The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-10-17 00:00:00

. seee•------_ ep until be carries away every tenth sheaf. In potatoes there is a maximum of so much an acre, which in bad c repe is a great overcharge; tb such eases the farmers lure the tenth ridge owing, by which so much labour i s leaved. This is the most oppressive part of the tythe system, and was the primary cause of the white holes. and other gumshoes assemblages. . Ito effects c reclaimed lend was cruel ; a landholder has a piece of bog, swamp, scrub or mountain, which from its iteg !cited state is good for nothing. He gives it out gratis for two and sometimes three years, that the caltivators might stub, drain, or burn it. The poor creatural. after immense labour in the winter season pa/ A ni bal, prepare this la d for a crop of potatoes , which l'e common reason we conclude cannot be . very good the first year, whether good or bad, the tythe farmer comes in for his tenth, although the landholder gives it free for throe years ; this our readers must consider a great hardship to the poor labourer, who toiled early and late to cultivate and improve it from waste and barrenness. To this op pressive system also may be attributed many of the 1 heartberaings to which the Irish people are subject. It maybe asked, why don't the Parsons let the tythes themselves. Many of the parishes have neither resi dent ,Parsoas or Churches; or if they had, there would be no congregation. The unfortunate inhabitants are not only obliged to pay tythea to those Parsons. bat dues to 'their own clergy beside; should they omit paying tythes, or have soy dispute with the rapacious tythe farmer, they are cited to the Bishop's Court, where the cause is sore to go one way. This is not the only opprissive point from which we may trace the disturb- ances in Ireland. The absentee landlords, who hold large estates there, (with few exceptions) never spend a shilling among their tenantry. They employ agents to receive their rents, who not unfrequently become ra pacious tyrants, in order to collect those rents and stand well in the eyes of their absentee Lord, they liarrass, distrain, and often sell the cattle and stock, through which the poor farmer becomes totally unable to manage his farm. He is then ejected for non-payment of rest, and his land let over his head, to the highest bidder, and himself and family sent adrift to starve or rob. The absentee Lord does not see this. The Agent tells him if he did not take such measures, his Lord ship would get no rent, and so the cruel exactions go on in perpetni. There are also resident landlords who lice in different parts of the country, away from their Eitates, whose rentals at times are - too contracted for their expenditure; and there agals. the unfortunate tenantry are the victims of fresh oppressions. The present tumultuous meetings in the county Lime r:clt, proceeded from similar sesepo i ,..lf the fostering hands of the abuses" repels** OS& eisident gentry were extended to the dwellings*, eathetkovelitnithin grateful people, there is ni apantry . could boast of snore peaceable and affectionate peasantry. Another grievance, of a most barbarous nature is the Orange proem. Those exterminating raffia's have long been protested, and on different occasions committed Mur ders on their poor and unoffeading neighbours. This brought forth processions on the firstofJuly, with digs and Orange emblems of blab etamtigis4biell was stall aegis aiehmpailai by' 'shit to ACM illiuillsiiiprOved of 9,e •Initniy, and kept np shill MI SO, of trs in! nt fir en attempted to form • brotherheef te, f cilfection . iv at I rishole*Opeery religions persociioa, bat who failed in thaohject by the Boveraineue suppressing the system of onion. To those teams may he attributed the insurreclion'of 179/I„,tbese causes and their effects existed, until 4e:snivel of the LIM& in Ireland last August. *host first ass was to maim that obligation which the UNITED IllififtilliN had protottlieted 23 'years before. That his ffigjetilly'affibatitable advise hos been strenuously followed up, all the liberal feet.odesitakinemost rejoice at, wail If a few rotten Coginitioniste, djesppeinted Rawatjags or morrow eertisfligots rentals dog to the aileim4the Kinn. vs shall *vetted pray hi s repseseanstive in that abased country to make an example of them. • It most be traty grateral tiled the charges on the last circuit, breath with peaceful seeitausendatioas, particularly the -Chip( Barn Sisiva, who is a most exalted character at it'lowyet, and a gentleman, in gaming ',tisue& a . Ornagareca, found Guilty alZro of Monslaugnier, g of deig a pow woman in the streets of - 'lbsie', maptitallikbigatry) on one of their evjoititig 440 htst hay. . 'this poor creature Sesa4a.au aariall•fi Sta t itteffegasser sad going abase her italisavy affairs, ethos she was Am through the heart by these eontamisated villains. Baron Sinn itgailtifd On thetatam* of ilringliall-savtridge, in the streets. and on the enormessoilineof murder, and that the pieiding of Orangemen atieseilleakwely they wished to Irvesictintepeace, and if there &Prated any iblag like &AO of Mention ' to. skew malice prepense against the deceased, the situation of the prisoners would be a most anfol one, as 'be should by no means retard the progress .of the law. Such men as Baron Smteu &Ammar to the Beach, and to that profession of Which' he it so efficient a member. --Nolpi•--_ We rejoice to learn that, even without the stimulus of a POlie taming. the sukseriptio• for Sir Raseaz Wtisox proceeds as prosperoosly as the Meads of in dependence can desire. I• addition to the fresh con tributions announced yesterday, *e have testate a sub scriptioa from his Once the Doke Of BZDIPORDOf 5001.. from the Berl of THANST sad of four other semi' to the amount of 2001. more. We think the postponement of the meeting which bad bens' appointed to take place this week, was a judicioientgt. It is desirable it should be held at a time convealeut for the respectable personages who wish to attend ; in order to thew the enemies of Sir jimmy WlLsox with what power as well as pepalarity the gallant Knight is supported. It has already bees understood that the Chair on that occasion will be filled by a distinguished Nobleman ; and 1)y whom can it be better Shied than by the bead of the illustrious Hume of Roseau, when nutailleence we have the satisfaction to announce ? THE PLAGUE THE LONDON COLVIte THE CITY TO TRZ =ITO& OF LETTER IL London, Oct. 13,1921. Sts,—To judge from the conduct of governments and municipalities, it seems to have been i prevailing maxim with tfiem, that it is safer to believe, than not to believe, in the existence of a specific contagion, as the cause of epidemic and pestilential diseases, whether that doctrine be true or false. Thus, they have adopted precautions founded on that belief, without any previous inquiry into its validity. To that belief, and to these precautions, 1 have demonitrated, on other occasions, that, in all epidemics amounting to pestilence, nine teen twentieths, and frequently even more, of the whole sickness, misery, and mortality, incidental to pestilential maladies, is owing. The validity of this doctrine was, at my instance, some years ago, for the first time, made a subject of regular enquiry ; and the l investigation occupied, successively, the Privy Conn cil, the Board of Trade, the College of Physicians, and a Committee of the Honse of Commons. Those, who, feeling any interest in the subject, may take the trouble to peruse the report of that Committee, of the 14th June, 1 8 19, together with my works, and the works of my op ponents, will, I doubt not, perceive that the adherents of the doctrine of contagion have been completely beaten out of every position, which they have sac ceuively taken up ; and that only one miserable and untenable subterfuge now remains to them. Finding themselves obliged to admit, what indeed they tan no more deny, than the influence of the mid-day sun. the influence of the atmospheric air in prOducing epidemic diseases, they still gallantly persist in taking a specific contagion for granted, and in assuming also, (for they are made up of assumptions), that this speci fic. contagion is only acted upon, and made operative, towards the production of disease, by particular states of the air. 'This is the only position to which my ad versaries find themselves, by dint of mystification of language and ideas, still enabled to cling. But their footing is very slight; and, by a few more raps on the knuckles, they will soon be.forced to relinquish their bolds. To effect this, it is only necessary to grant them their own doctrine, and to show how ridiculous, as well as pernicious, upon the presumption of its truth, are the measures of precaution which they are recommending, and which governments and muni cipalities are, unhappily for mankind, pursuing. We shall suppose the state of the air at Barcelona to be such as makes their specific contagion operative, bat that a state of air prevails in the neighbouring towns, or in the adjacent mountains, quite different ; a state under which the supposed specific contagion is inoppe rative, inert, or innoxious. Would not common sense, Is such a case, indicate the propriety of immediately re moving the people of Barcelona, both those who are sick, and those who are well, out of the air, which, by supposition, renders oc keeps the contagion active, and of placing these is air, where the contagion already af fecting the sick would become inert; and where persons in bealth would not be liable to be at all affected ? sueb ir vaaP° 141111 , 1 "" ' 1 Jeishisable in such a case, which sonsson sense would dictate. But what has common sense to do with the doctrine of contagion in epidemic disesses f Instead al recommending to the inhabitants of Barcelona, as a measure obviously resulting from their own , doctrines, to seek a state of air, where, by suppositiot, the coo mewl would become mild in those already affoels‘ 'and would not at all affect persons in bealtb,#. e. where the removal would be attended witb certain benefit to' the persons removed, and with no danger to gibers. The 'advocates of the doctrine of contagion recoeunend that the inhabitants of Barcelona (or any city calledinfected) abonld be compelled, by eordoes of troops stationed round their walls, to remain exposed to the joint in fineuce t..f the contagion and the air, which they say renders it active; so that but a very small proportion of the sick can recortr, and bet w few of those yet in health can avoid falling. sick. Such are Abe...flagrant isempdstencies between the doctrines and the measures of coistagionists; incest's:wades which would be *sly It matter for ridicule, were it not for the fatal eon •setsescee to mankind attending the carrying their is ease or stupid projesto into effect. is Barcelona the rush of these measures will bee multiplicities, at least Illiguty fold of toffee, et oldness, of mortality, sad of diary of every kind; an? finally, as previsions grill no assarily cease to.be regularly supplied when terror ar rives at a aerials point, famine may carry off whoa pugilism bas spared. Considering these calamitous consequences of persevering in the application to the affairs of life, of an hypothesis palpably absurd, and in its origin fraudulent, those constituted authorities, who either refuse or evade to give to the investigation of this subject an unbiassed consideration, and the meet pro found, as well as li3olllllllWiltiell, NSW be admitted to deserve, cast statx=t and derision, but **hea viest tonsures of generation, sad of the re motest postetity.. 'Cauti.es The Duke of Sane•Coburg has given a Constitadon to Ms State. The linty of drawing it up was imposed on a Commission. which finished its labours abottuthe beginning of August. The Duke signed it on the stb of the same mouth. It is divided into ten chapter.. and is so voluminous that if drawn out in large cha racters, would corer a considerable portion of the Duchy. Adviees from Newfoundland to the 12th of Septem ber have bees received. His Etcellerey the Governor embarked on the 29th of August, on board his Majes ty's ship Grasshopper. Captain Buchan, and sailed likr Labrador. The accounts from Labrador, received at St. John's. which are to the 23d of August, stated that more damage than ever was known before bad been sustained among the vessels which arrived there this seams, owing to tie vast quantities of ice driven on the coast. An Americas Paper states, that in January last there were no• fewer than sseeptrtwo steam-vessels plying on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, several of which were above 400 toes; sad rote of them, the United States, Captain Hart, was of the astonishing size of 646 toms. The Clip accounts inesdon an advance In the rate of ezehaage, and remark, ;hat tallow bedlidvaaced from 137 i to 145. r„ 'ATESMAN. ... I" T _ epos , yosilistelliteit .riortespendent, Sam Spool; in answer to my teens* 'letter, I pereeive he is metewliat enatteed, is *Age. aszed, at my ironical dehisce of the P. Ws.. The-tall of the Old Maid's heavy gniams appears to breeding lighted him almost as much as if he had them in Mil own possession, because it not only gave him a fresh opportunity of attacking the worthy gentlemen, but ofl lugging in by the head and shoulders the OLD MAIM HEADED INFORMER, whom he regrets to find I should call an OLD Roacs. If my defence of the P. We. was ironical, his delicacy for the reputation of the " She. herd of the Bush" is evidently affected. But whatever may be his opinion on the subject, I shall not suffer myself to be diverted from my purpose I shall still continue to relate such eases as I think beneficial to their defence, and leave the Public, and the Public only, to form their own conditions. The cases I have already mentioned, will. I have so doubt, go a great way towards removing theprejudices already existing against that respeetabk body. The follow ing, even in the jaundiced eyes of Sam Spout, must place their fair characters above the reach of male; • yolence. a • ~ - A short time since a poor fellow, whose wife lied been for some months confined in consequence of hay ing broken a limb, was necessitated to pledge the greater portion of his small property to defray the ei pens* necessarily attendant on a sick-bed. His Ow tee's rent became due ; taxes were called for ; hla i landlord was impatient, and the tax-gatherer clamorous, His resources exhausted, and nothing remainint but die bed on which his unfortunate partner lay in the great est agony of mind and body—it was taken frees under her, and placed in the care of an honest gentleman not 10d miles from Fleet market, who conceiving it rather too heavy for the strength of his boy, opened the tie!, and abstracted a great portion of the feathers, which be made into pillow's and sold in the shop. The poor fellow soon after redeemed his bed, but the super fluous feathers were never missed. What will Sam say to this ? Dear, delightful Sam Spout! I kmer i be will chuckle, and call my system of defending the P. B's. left-handed ; bat whatever he say say um the subject, the Public. I have no doubt, will centime ft , entertain for these worthies that high *pillion tbey•ltive so long and so justly enjoyed. Another case, which exhibits the ingenuity of these gentlemen, may not prove ueintereetingt. A potion pledged a gold watch for eight pounds, which Cost 26 guineas, at the shop of a gentleman, well known lid the vicinity of Shorediteb. The time expired. Aim Act of Parliament required its appearance at the pub lic sale room ; bat to avoid the payment of an over. plus, a WATCH of INFERIOR VALVE was substituted ' and bought in again, to prevent the possibility of de tection. The parties applied for a balance ; the miry of sale was shewn, and instead of receiving an moo piss of five or six pounds, as was twistedly ezpected, found, to their astonishment, the 26 games watch heel been sold for about int, just sufficient to covet the I)iripal, towd e. aad exposit hi balm . flans Si et 'l. l lin nu done. belipie, wilt -entiesvehr to ambit 'VA world believe, that some legislative measure is ewe eery, to repress what he calls " a system of p lunder. ' Ma! Their dexterity will sever be affected by Acts l of Parliament. But I fear, Mr. Editor, I am occupying Its great a portion of your valuable columns. A fe • more cases, already cut and dried, must form the sub jest of another letter, with many thanks for the inser Lion of my former. I remain, your's, kc. Donate-hal. DICK DUPLICATE. The Sessions for Middlesex will begin at the Ses sions Home en Clerkenwell-green on Monday next. The Sessions for Westminster commence this day at the Guildhall. To-morrow the prisoners who stand from on charges of felony will be removed from the several gaols in London and Middlesex to Newgate, prepa ratory to their taking their trials at the ensuing Ses sions in the Old Bailey, which commence on 11'ednes day next. A meeting was held at the Guildhall, in Barnstaple, on Friday last, for the purpose of raising a subscrip tion for the relief of the families of the unfortunate fish ermen who suffered at Cloveny and the neighhourhood Out of forty boats that were driven among the rocks, thirty-five men perished, most of whom have left large families. The meeting, we are happy to find, was mo‘t , respectably attended by the inhabitants of the town and i its vicinity, and a liberal subscription entered into.— ! Before the close of the day nearly 200/. was subscribed. We understand that the Magistrates (the Members of the Association for the Protection of Game) who lately convicted Hugh Stoley, at Barnstaple, in the penalty of 10/. and costs, for having in his house two young hares, which were accidentally killed by his mower, have thought it proper to re-hear his ease. and reverse the conviction : which, in all probability, the Court of. Klag's Beneh . would otherwise have done.—(Alfred.) Last week, the servants of Mr. John Coles, of Lyth court Farm, about two miles from Tiverton, discovered a fine male infant, ap parently about a week old, which had been deposited in a three-wheel put, standing in a lane leading to the house. The child was delivered to the parish officers, and in the course of the day baptized by the name of George Lythconrt. Last week. at Northtawtou Michaelmas fair, Mr. T. Hooper, of Bow. purchased three witch cows, and forty sheep, for 181.165. 6d.! The Obelisk at the end of Bridge-street, facing Fleet-market, is nearly repaired, and raised about three feet higher than it originallfr was ; all the old lamp irons which so long disgraied it are removed, and new ones for the gas are substituted. EAT rn Am OBELISIC.—In the account of the Egyp 4ian Obelisk, inserted in oar paper yesterday, we un iisrstani that one part of the dimensions is incorrectly stated. It is 22 feet in length, bat only two feet 1 Aquare,iastead of four feet, at the base. A serious accident occurred to two of his Majesty's footmen, about a mile from Munster. The dickey of the earflap in which they were seated, gave way, and they fell to the ground together. °beef them is tweet at resent In a dangerous state; but the injury which th other sustained was comparatively trifling. few days ago, a turnip was pulled, in a field at A by, sear this city, which weighed 311bs. mgr. Join Bentley, of Illaryport, lately pulled an `apple in his garden. called Hswelloradon, which 'Mend 12 minces, and measured 12 inches round. _ . r 7 OF IitSiILEITICE. 1.,•,* ; ;It , an, - 4,BOgERS. IN OF PKYllid424ll, 4sto OF BARCELONA. ' TO i i iiinitirrionME ST) . " ..w..e..a- OF TUE STAN. Frei. an etsek made epos me by IRTINGIAVALLIGRAGE. - • NEWMARKET. Iltvitsoky,OrrosElt 16, 1821. • •• eon tided of a Suleserlytien, of Ars smelt. for 4 yr oldsolts, Ad. lOtb. and Mlles. Sat. 711 a. D. I. Bona fide the.pro petty of Subscribers. Lord Egremont's b. c. Robin Hood, (W. Armsl.l) • - • • I Sir J. Shatley's b. e. tvaaboo -• H. R. H. the Duke of York's ch. c. Oracle - , . P.! Lord Jersey's b. g. Sporus - - 2 to I agst Robin Hood—Won by a length. Fifty Pounds for 2 yr old tolls. carrying Bst; 41b. and fillies dst.9lb. T. Y. C. Mr. Greville's cb. L sister to Plumper, by Election, , (T. Goodison) - - - Mr. Wyndintm's b. f. by Whalebone, dam by Canopus • 2 Mr. Udny's ch. f. by. Beulah out of Mite - . Mr. t roeitford's b. c. by Selim. out of Young Chryseig Mejnr Wilson's ch. f. by Juniper, dim by Trusupstor Mr. Nea:e's b. f. by Rubens. out of Spitfire Mr. Goddard's b. f. by Mansion, out of Wymplsina Mr. Smith's ch. f. by Blucher, out of Mockbird Mr. Hunter's b. c. by haphazard, out of Pea-blossom Duke of Rutland's U. c. ley Sir Paul, out of Streanslet The Judge placed hut 3. Ito 1 scat eh. f. sister to Plumper-7 to 4 agst b. f. by' Whalebone-8 to 1 agst ch. 1. by nelito-6 to 1 apt. Ist by Rabens.—Won by half a length. A Gold Cup of flOgs value by a Subscription of 15gs ageb, for horses of all ages. A ts. M. • • Lore Maynard's a. by Penises, out of Gin, 3 yrs 7st. lib. (Lad) - Mr. Batson's Freak. 3 yrs old, 7st. - - Mr. Udny's Banned& b yrs old, 9st. - Mr. Fox's Pacha. b yrs old, Sat. 7 1 b• Mr. Bouverie's Paralus. 4 yrs old, 7st. 111 b. Mr. James's Fleur-do-Lis, 3 yis old, 7st. Slbs Lord Clareudon's Mirandola. 4 yrs old, 7st. 81b. Mr. Neale's c. by Pericles. out of Circe. 3 yrs old. 7st lib. Duke of Ratland's f. by Waxy, out of Pbtaytrumpet ' , yrs old, 7st. * J. Shelley's Phldias. 3 yrs old, est. 1111. The Judge placed hut 3. 41!& I agst c. by Partisan-6 to 1 apt Fit u•-de-Lis—•b to T . ) oust Altraudola.—Won by half a loogth. Ilk. Fox's Paint-brush. Sat. M. beat Mr. Daisy's Pantegle. 70. I Ilb. D. M. h. ft.-2 to 1 agst Pa:so-brush. —Won by a length. • . . i At Tavistock fair, a yoting.wootan, named Monroe, one of those ladies not much celebrated for virtue, pinked the pockets of a conntrytuan of 631. and was broughe Exeter for trial at the present Session. On Monday se'nuight, an inquest was held it month Dock, on the body of John ,Williams, a smiler belonging to his Majeity's ship Tartar, who weed:lasted under the following circurustauc. s The deceased too applied to the connnaniling officer to obtain leave for himself and others to go on shore, which being refused, he communicated to his comrades his intention of swim• :wing to the beach, and procuring a boat to take them ,Mkt of the ship; he accordingly leaped overboard, and bed only proceeded a little way, when he sunk to rise us usore.—Verdict, " Accidentally drowned." On Saturday, the. Mailain Iniiamen, of 1315 toes. was !twitched from thii yard of Messrs. Brindley, Fritulsbnry, near Rochester, on which occasion a meruus assemblage of peopk 11oed the shores and crowned the adjacent bills ; the Medway, between no. ehesterskriage and the Dock-yard was covered will. boats, and the Eagle Ratusgate steam-packet, with the rband of the Royai Marines on board, added to a scene. the beauty of which was considerably heightened by p remarkably fine day. The Ceremony of christening; 41se ship was peeformed by a Lady wives@ nauseate now bears. At the moment when the dog shore s were be ing lin 'eked away, and al l eyes were directed to the magnificent spectacle about to take place, a most die. tressing accident occurred, which caused a ilte.p sec sation among the assembled multitude. As Mr. Cobh, currier at.d leather-cutter, of Strood, was in the act of quitting the ship, and at the instant when be wa4 stepping to the ladder, it was withdrawn, and he tea , precipitated from a height of 40 feet into the slip, striking the ribband shore in Lis fal'. Medical assist ; mice was immediately afforded, but the injuries the unfortunate man hail received precluded all hopes ut saving his life. When he was placed in a boat to Le conveyed home, be described the pain as more than he could bear, and be died the moment be was placed on his bed. He has left a large family to lament his loss. The vessel went off earlier than had been anti, cipated, and to this cause the accident may iu some measure be attributed. The pressure of the vessel against the shores was so great, that they were er dered to be knocked away whilst eleven of the blocks remained entire. Immediately after the launch, the Macquin was taken in tow by the steam-packet, which,. atzeided fur the purpose of taking her to Northfleet, where she will be equipped for tea.--(Rochester Getz.) AN hlsti WAY OP PAYING A LANDLORD.--OD Mon day se'nnigbt, three men went into a spirit-cellar in the Bridgegate, Glasgow, and got two half-mutchkins of whiskey. When they called the landlord to get his reckoning, they tendered 4d. in payment of the whole. This was of course refused—the fellows said they would soon pay Cie balance, and the whole three seized the landlord by the collar, struck him, and threw him down a short stair, by which he was so much hurt and bruised, that he has since keen unable for business. They were all secured, and have since been committed to prison. es, Om ls.—Last Tuesday our town was in a manner glutted with herrings, a circumstance of but rare occurrence at the commencement of a season. They were brought by sea from Eastbourne, and one boat which arrived in the evening, laden with firs thousand fine fresh fish, retailed them out at 2.1 fw a shilling, and many in consequence found their way to the tables of the poor, at which, thus early, they must have been considered a delicacy. At Eastbourn , , on Tuesday morning, herriage were sold at 3s. the linadred. The average Prices of Corn for the week ending Or tither 6, being the first of the six weeks proceeding the 15th November, are now made public. The average . price of Wheat is quoted at a decline of fungi*. Prom 70s. 7d. it had fallen to 645. 7d. for the week ending on the 6th instant; and by the subsequent acconsts front Mark-lane, it appears, that owing to the continuance of an abundant supply down to Monday morning, the 'ivied.; of the corn dealers had undergone such a change feo:a their fnrm'r eagerness to purchase, as to produce a still farther reduction in old wheat of as. per quarter; in new • wheat of 3s. to 4s. ; in old Barley of 2s. : and in new of 49. to be. Coax EXCIIAN43I4 OCT. 17.—We bad a good supply of Wheat fresh in this morning from Suffolk, Ss a very large quantity of Monday's arrivals remained on band, for which there was but little demand, aid only the finest pulled samples could be disposed of at Monday's prices all ether descriptions were nominal.—The arrivals of Barley were very considerable to day from Suffolk, and having but few buyers the sales vere heavy &tan abate meet of2s. per quarter.—Beans, Peas, sod Qats are du;l isle at Monday's prices, the supply of each leeingou4 l a rg e r than the immediate demand can take off. , • • 14 - A c . I!