The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-01-14 00:00:00

r. 4 ' Pang teens' if the &sate •f the United' cominunicatett tf. ti h....ty on Friday, two . Is from 'Officers of the Navy mu d of the Marine Corps, remonstrating in strong terms against Commodore l'sailt's treatment of Captain —haAtu, B ud the proceedings thereon. . " The Bill from this other House, for abolishing the totems) Taxes, wealth° received, reed twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. 66 In the House of Representative's a Bill his been introduced to establish a Uniform System of Bank ruptcy throeghont the United States, which was twice read and committed." SH/RACT OP A LETTER TO THE EDITORS OF Tux ion. TON PATRIOT , DATED WASIIINTON, DEC. 6. s $ 6 A commercial intercourse with the Scituate- PORTZ, and a mission to his Court are among She topics of conversation. A Minister resident hashes.; accredited from Russia, and it is generally heileeod' that both Mr. PurciNEY and Dr. EUSTIS have revisits h ed letters of revel. The nominations which thew various rircornstinces will require are subjects of ea• rious conjectures ; and one or more of y our northern gentlemen are already spoken of as on the list of candidates." . , Under the head of South America we have insert. ed several ietereitim letters received hy,the Lepeart Island packet. The accounts from Trinidad ire tip the 270, and several other Documents and Papers have reached us from the Main, for which we cannot And room today. .....diMmi....,. Dutch and Ifamburgh Paper• have arrived, from which we have made extracts. Tie latter have some statements on the news of hostilitie. that have token place between Persia and Turkey. They seem, how ever, to be of such a nature, that it is probable they will not be 'invaded by any important consequences. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE was expected to return to the palace of Ilerenhausen, yesterday, from Cassel. His Royal Highness will doubtless transact the bosi. ness of his Government, as speedily as possible, but the States of Hanover are sitting, and it is thooaht, that he cannot arrive in England sooner titan the middle of February. His Ro)al Highness, after a short stay here, will return to C,sset, and will there receive she hand of his Piincess ; but the marriage will be again celebrated in England. WINDSOR. LArr. I 3.—Ye4ter.tav horMaJzstsr, the Ptioressas A t/GVSTA and ELIZABETH TiSi9Pti the Doke and Duchess of GutucesTEn, at liegshot Park, and returned to the Castle to dinner. The Duke of GLoucctun arrived at Windsor yesterday, on horse back, on a visit to the Princess SuentA, and after. wird' refuelled to Digshot to dinner. This morning the Princess SOPHIA of GLOUCVITER left Bsgshot for Loothot. The I) tke and Ouches' of GLOUCESTER are expected to leave Bagsltot fur London to.mor. rue, for the season. BRICIIITON. Jan. 12.—The Pavilion this day has received a colisi.lernhle accession of company.— Among the principal arrivals are the Count and Countess LIMN, (;metal Coatlt IYOJ A ROWSKV, to I Prit ce IV oRENsit. A .ft.fle• CR its p to the Count. They hare jest arrived 'rom o .e r r.f Peters• burgh, with an autograph letter of condolence from the Emperor of RUSSIA to his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT, upon the death of his illustrious daughter. His Escellency Co ti' MUNSTER, the ' 1 jisnesprisn Minister, arrived, and had an itti.•l Mediate interview with the PRINCE REGENT. Lord STEWART nllll Sir B. BLOOMFIELD IPtO111"11 here, after an absence of a few day.'. The l'atucz RE. OEN? enjoys most excellent health. This morning a large party of Nobility, the•above.named fure;git visitors, dined with the PRINCE. By a letter received yesterday, we learn that the 41.4 , - , ital Gambier, Blunt, laden, with Government IllOce4 for Ceylon. was totally lost on the morning of the 20th of J,tio lost, having stuck no the reef of Juan de Nave, in the Mozambique Channel ; crew sued. A series of Birbieloes Papers, from Nov. 8 to Dec. the c2d. have been received.. His Excellency Lord Costastrateat had returned to Barbadoes, from his visit to the neighbouring islands. It appears that some of the sessels whirl, drove out to sea, during she late hurricane, from Martinique and other islands, had either foundered or were wrecked. The former fate, it was feared. had happened to many of those which left Dominica, and had not since been heard of. CALCUTTA•—According to the Dkbars of the last year, RUNJUT Strom had withdrawn the Seik army from Molten. Heavy falls of hail in the wheat coun tries had destroyed the crop, and rendered all kinds of grain excessively dear. Prince KADIRIIN had marched from Candahar towards Cabot, and King ISIAitatOOD SHAH had proceeded from Peshawar in the same direction. ADORER KIIAWN wad Still occu pied with the siege of Madhooragporah, and Holman bad promised his rebel Chieftain Gueroon'Knam, that be, or the mutinous army, should not be attacked by &INDIA'S troops under ANDAJEL. We are happy to learn, by letters received from the Mauritius, that Dr. HIGH had reported, that the Cin namon-tree was thriving on the island. We have been informed that a legion, to consist of cavalry and infantry. is to be raised at Cuttack fur rovincial duties , and is to be under the charge of Capt. SIMON FRASER ) who lately commanded the Javanese corps. To make the Revenue of a country exceed the Ex penditure is the desideratum in Finance. The same applies to private life; but the Minister most resod to Taxation, to accomplish the means, whilst the private man has only to court a smite from Fortune, who hawing now One Hundred Capitals to disperse Imoug her favourites, she may by the mere turn of a %heel, on the 4th of March, confer upon him One or Two of the Three Prizes of £30,000 in the pre lent Lottery, and thus establish the Ways and Means for ever, in Sterling Money. 1 1 47 '1 oppoiC • 4 The States, col Memorial' r t it 4 Pr" - 11P.:7:: . .. THE STATESMAN. . r ' ‘4.-1 • • ElNGPritEiteiCE.; " ••••1101.- Other& iris performed again last night, to ?silo) a full and genteel audience. if there be any part of this Opera more charming than another, it is that Atelto between 'Grin.lda and Lisdta. It was given in a most exqtliSite style list night, and was encored. Madame r c •Don was in the full possession •of her doicet tonep, anctit is but justice to say, that she was very well'supported by Miss, Moat. CntveLLl seemed labouring under a cold—his tenor was not.aa clear as usual, and when he attempted to rise, his notes were broken. Bet this was evidently the effect of indisposiiion. In general his perform ance of the Marquis is agreeable and effective, and It derives additional lustre from the gentleness with which he fulfils the honours of his rank. .NALDI, as the father of Griselda, is just in his element.— His appearance its this character may be said to have something of the picturesque about it. The duetto .which he and his daughter sing before his cottage-400r is extremely beautiful. The new Divertisement, Le Depart de Sancho Panto, was received with the most flattering marks of approbation. Mademoiselle Mammas-Tx, one of the graceful trio by whom it is danced, is an artiste of great ability. Her attitudes are excellent, and there is a playful lightness in her step, and an un. affected assist her action, that rivet the attention to her performance. .The new Ballet of Atilt, et Fulrie followed the, Opera, and gave the new Dancers, Mademoiselles Como end lasettoss, and Monsieur, 1114,1.1• and ' T •DyiSAINT, a second opportessity forth. display of their powers; They performed with greater spirit than on Saturday evening, and were much applauded. • On this occasion, Mr. O•CAR !Wane made his first appearance, this season, in a Pat de Deus with Ma demoiselle VoLrr. On his entre he was loudly greeted by the applause of the audience. Ile danced with uncommon energy. Ili. pit ottete was, in par ticular, admired by the cognoscenti. It was rapid and viprous, with„out extravagance or confusion: This plant of native growth, may, we think, vie with the best productio.os of a foreign soil. LAS GASAS AND NAPOLEON. • We have received tome curious pertirel•rs respect. ing the Papers brought by Count Lap Cases, which are said to 11 , Te devolved into the hands of the agents of the Alien•OAlce. Among the documents referred to are several letters, one of which is addressed to the Empress Maria Louisa, which gives a description of the afflictions Napoleon bas suffered, and of the constancy with which he has endured them. It con. tains a plan of Long.wood, which the younger lits Cases had drawn durllitphis residence in the Island, and which he intendeeetwe present to his mother. — The. Count announces to the Archduchess the present ofa lock of hair of Bonaparte, and which he says he would not surrender to any one but hi August Con. sort, who is alone capable of appreciating its value. A second letter is directed to the Gould Duchess of Baden, and its principal purpose is to obtain en asylum for M. Las Casas within the territories of the Grand Duke, should he be refused admission into Great Britain. A third is for Prince Joseph, in America, and it presents only what is called a faithful picture of the " torments" of the exile at St. Helena. A fourth is without any address, escepting to a Hake, in Wank, for whom Las Cases is said to have formed an affectionate regard on board the Bellero phon, and it is believed the Nobleman alluded to is the Doke of Rovign. A fifth is for l'rince Loden, and a sixth for Car. dins! Pesch. Rome. After repeating the details to the Archduchess Maria Louisa and Prince Joseph, M. Las Casas informs the Cardinal, that there is no Minister, of Religion at St. Helena, that the French Inhabitants feel severely this privation, and that he is assured if Napoleon were allowed to do so, he would request his uncle to look out for a Clergyman, who, in addition to his other duties of • sacred nature, would copy correctly from dictation. Las Cases en. quires of Prince Lucien, if lie could procure from him a place of refuge at Rome. The letter in which these particulars were con tained adds the following remarks : " This anxiety to obtain an asylum, expressed in all the letters from the Count, shows that he did not expect to reside long in England. But the language to the Archduchess Maria Louisa sufficiently proves, that he should have preferred to remain in London, if leave should have beet► given. He acknowledges that his first object, on reaching Europe, would have been to have placed at the foot of the Archduchess, his most respectful homage, but that the object to which his whole life had been devoted would have induced him to have remained in England, to invoke the laws and Ministers of that country in favour of the illus• trious Prisoner, in order to obtain some alleviation of his miseries. The British Ministry,' he says, • could not have been deaf to my entreaties, because I cannot believe that they would have been guilty of any personal revenge: and I am persuaded that they would content themselves with measures that, at the same time that they rendered sure his confinement, would not add persecution and cruelty to the re straints imposed."- Who,' says the Count, 'Could better fulfil this important duty than I, who have wit nessed all the wretchedness to which this august .pri goner has been exposed ? That duly I will fulfil With the most ardent zeal, and most faithful loyalty,' " &c. The Anniversary of Mr. Fox's birth is announced to be celebrated at Edinburgh on the Rith, GEOUGE SKENE, of ;4ket►e, Esq. one of the old and steady friends of the illustrious Statesman, in the Chair. A Meeting is to be held at Glasgow on the same occa sion, which is expected lobe numerouslyattended. Captain BAILEY, who unfortunately lost his life in a duel on Monday, was to have sailed in the In dian, for South America, but mined his passage.— It will be recollected that the Indian foundered at sea, and all ou board perished. William Wolstenbolme, the last of the State Pri soners conked in Winchester county jail, was last week liberated, on his own recognizance, to appear in the Court of King's Beach the first day of next Term. • ' - • . • ,EFFERS.• -. The folloWing ptopnsition s regreeting the asnnopaly of Public.binses by Brewers. and the evil of the present Licensing !loom, will. we understand, be shortly discussed at a Public Meeting : • 1. That high legal authorities have declared all Monopolies, to he against the ancient and funds. mental Laws of the Realm, and injurious to the Public—first, by raising the price of commodities ; secondly, by diminishing their quality ; thirdly by impoverishing poor manufacturers. 2. That the Legislature bas passed numerous Sta. totes .to punish sec) as are guilty of creating Mo. nopolies—partiCularly Monopolies of the neer.. satin of life: and so early as the 24 and 341 of Ed. ward IV. very heavy penalties were imposed on ;Victuallers, who combine . together to raise the price of victuals, extending, upon a second repetition of the offence to ibeiltiory, the loss of an ear, and per. petoal infamy. 3. That, notwithstanding the illegality of such conduct, and its injury to the Public, a Monopoly in the supply of Beer, haa.of late years been raised in Teri• ous parts of Englatid,eod particularly in the Metropo. insornechtliat the whole custom of its population is engrossed by about a dozen great Breweries, whose principals act in combination—meeting together like the partners of one concern,, and fining the price at which Beer shall be sold. 4. That.when the reduced price of Malt and hem of horses' provender and labour, the lessening the, Tan on 'Malt, lard, the soblevent abolition of the IcrVitirty'retiersabled the Brewers to musks great teductions in their accustomed charges, they did net mike such reductions, but kept up their prices, until after their conduct had elated animadversions in the Rome of Commons, alleging aa a reason for their doing so, that their stock in hand most be firm disposed of.. 5. That so seats es the failure of the harvest in 1816 caused the price of malt to look up, and while their stock was wholly unaffected by the rise in the materials, they revived the high prices of Beer to the consumer, which prices they bare lately still further adveneell. 6. That much"( the Beer now made is so yohl of the nourishing and invigorating qoalities which it for merly possessed, and is oftentimes so ungrateful, and even injurious to the stomach, owing to the delete rious ingredients of which it is composed, that con. sumers are frequently driven to use a mixture of gin with it, to give it the semblance of strength sod spirit, or still more prejudicially to the drinking of gin instead of beer. 7. That these, and numerous other evils, are justly attributable to the Monopoly which the great Brewers have established. S. That this Monopoly is produced and upheld by the unconstitutional power given to Justices of the Peace in their respective localities toprevent any persons from vending Beer, excepting such pergons, and in such houses as they please ; a power. which being subject to no human controul. and being es. ercised in many instances by nerdy or avaricious men, is naturally applied by them in preventing compe. tition in trades, in which they or their friends or pa. Iron are interested. 9. That a desire to prevent an unnecessary number of houses, the reason generally assigned for refusing permission to open houses, built for public-house., where the reasonable wants of the Public require thorn, is inklenrty - insincere; because the same. licensers grant licences to public-houses in cloisters where the interests of their friend+ is thereby upheld, although such houses can only be supported by al rowing end encouraging bad practices. 10. That the similar pretence, that competition is prevented in order that the landlords of the favoured houses may flourish, and not be induced through necessity to suffer disorderly condect on their pre. miles, is equally fallacious; because the eirnora of the favoured houses, who are generally Brewers or Spirit-dealers, always require premiums of their tenants, equal to the value of the Monopoly to them, or an additional rent,tbus keeping the tenants' profits down, however valuable the Monopoly may be to the principal. 11. That the supposition of correcting the Heel). tiousuess encouraged at some Peblic.hnuses by deny. ing licences for others, is only calculated to benefit the Monopoly S)stem : it being evident, in principle. that Men will not drink less, or be less disorderly when drawn together in one house than they would be if divided among two or three ; and notorious in practice, that some of the most profitable houses are among those which are most injurious to the public health and /morals. 12. That such is the value. however, of the pro hibition of competition, that thousands of pound., are frequently given for the consideration of a licence to a house, iu other words for permission to trade, which expellee, together with the extra profits secured by the Monopoly, fall upon the consumers, and be come a grieroes burthen to the lower classes of the community. 13. That it is unreasonable to invest Justices of the Peace with the right of issuing exclusive powers for trading in 'victuals, when the issuing of such powers by the Sovereign himself is declared to be votd in law. :_ 14. That it is equally unreasonable to aothotise the said Justices to disseixe men of their liberties and l free customs, at their own will and pleasure, with. 'nut being accountable to any human being, while the King, un his Thritne, is interdicted from " hurting or injuring" she meanest 'object. unless by die course of law. and is answerable for his acts is ffin persons of his Ministers. 15. That these extraordinary and unconstitutional powers, even in the purest hands, are inefficient for the object of keeping victualling-houses in good or der; because they are only in action on one day in the year, when punishment, as' regards the past, is easily got rid of by shifting the tenant. and as re girds the tsture; it is as impossible for the licensers to know that such houses as they patronise will be well conducled, as it is that those which they refuse , to Hanle would be disorderly. 16. 'That it is therefore equally in vain to expect an effectual centres! over Public-hoe:es, or • termi nation of the. wrongs inflicted on the owners of houses, ea Victuallers. sad on the Public at large * under the present Licensing System—a syiktonn which 4 proved to be equally inefficient for good purposes, • from Guernsey Lt,uipoor Liverpool ft '2B, in lat. dron, from Ballytrigue and cargo ea. • PoRTIIIIOOI4I, brought up - to conarnonicm from the S.' RAIMATE. schooner landed here the schooner on the 28th Oa to Lisbon. the crew saved which they ...Arrived • Qirbliu, with Me e from ! for Bermuda which he bet A new Opera, is in rehearsal at Coventiarden Theatre. and wilt be ready for representation the beginning of neat month. _ •••• .CoRN EXCHANGE, JAN. 14.—We are still without ••ty arrivals front the Suffolk coist ; Anne although the supply of all Grain is in consequence very moll, the Wheat trade is heavy. ',wept for prime rumples. which suppnrt Monday's prices.—There was no 6ne Bicley at Market, the peke of which is nnoinagy as on Monday, bet the inferior descriptions are ervole ehitt.—ln Oats, Beano, ud other articles there is no al teratioe. The Brighton Theatre has closed for the preter• , aeastot, which has been enseccesafel. SolventXi n (! and Queen: have, therefore. inn theirgceptrett, satiny of whom have been " hurled Unlit their thronis;" without being possessed of Oen half-a•crean. • -, - ,-, ,-....,,....r.A - ,--- A• •- ,- -: ...: .. • ~' .:.., "..r".•' • - . • , • " - • . .. • .• . , _ . . . t. • V sad all-powerful for 'WI vii*.-Lereethig a . *split : -- : over the comforts, the property, sad the righie of the - • • subject, which is autemaions in- the•Constitetional • Government of this coentry. Ind which is believed • - _ . f to be unknown in any other. . . 17. That to produce a remedy, it is necessary for - the Magistrates' power to be removed from the p.. . s tremor of the trade of Victualling, to the correction V of the disorders which sometimes ark* net of it.... from the exercise of their own encontroulable wills, to the administration of legislative roles 'godly sp. - ! plicable and extending to all, and in which the pe• nalties are proportioned to the offences, and are ope- rative immediately. 18. That in as far as it is deemed expedient to re. strict the number of Public-houses, that end will be t most fairly and beneficially accomplished by imposing f a heavy duty on the Licence to open any sew house, thus diverting the valve of the restriction from the - • pnrkets of the licence jobbers to the uses of the : • ' State. - 19. That with a large defy imposed on leave to open a new house, and due means provided gar let. p mediately stopping a trade conducted in a disorderly , . , manner, no'good meson can he Wexner(' against re. ....• storing to the Public the benefit of a free competi. Lion, and to Victuallers she common rights of thole ~ countrymen—namely, the liberty , to carry on their trade in such places as they find most eligible (nut . . .1, being locally offensive), and to ;wahine their Londe • 4 of such niauefacterers as offer to supply Ow ow the best terms. . , ... * ' ..VR. HONS. ' • ' -- -..;'. • , 1 . • the following adtwiriblietatelbemi lite reel of • s Sefton, ,relative to Mr. Urine his bees re. ceived by Mr. Waithman s.— . • '' Cretreth.aisil, Neat flvernoal. Jet 5.1 1 .... Sta,-1 address you from a sick bed, from which f I may perhaps never rise, end take advantage of an i interval from pain to send you a draft for 100 gel. near, to be applied to the subsiription for Mr. ILotse of which you are treasurer. . , I am happy, whiteser may be the issue of my ill. , t = toes% to he able to mark my abhorrence of the tyre's:. IC plicat e vindictive, and persecuting spirit whkii ispa ' manifested on the late trials, my contempt for ..ilie k, I spiteful imbecility which urged a continuance of 'Aim l, after the failure of the first, and my admiration of the (I , ;' . * , l' intrepidity and ability of the individual who so tel. y , omphantly defeated the greatest and most dangeress 1 4' 1 conspiracy of the year 1817. • 4 I fear my letter will be hardly legible, sal have f• ; r some difficulty in even holding my pers. - # I am, Sir, your obedient, humble servant, . 0 p To Robert Wonhooso, M - -- wr. SEFrON. - NAVAL INTE L LIG E NCR. ,• . • —om-- ~ . . . . r DEAL, JAN. 13.—. A sloop was observed this morn- r ing on the off part of the Goodwin Sands, with her , main.sail tip, and a signal of distress flying. Several . . 1 boats ate gone off to her assistance, but there sp. • pars to be some doubts whether they will be able to . , get to her, as there IS a dreadful sea on the Sand... li • Foust O:C4ODILi!—StiaIT . O! the boats are just camp ~ • • from the Sand, end, atlie great iisk of their °walker. * fr. hare used every effort:in their power to -sate the t l r crew, hut, lam optry.to'say, to no effect. • She die- ; appeared alt at'aince, and went to pieces, sad, no , doubt, the while of the creware:list.' ,She '.411119 a t; ' e large sloop, vi kis a - pinning bowsprit , end a top.nit. . .. • r) yard scross u these irk the only particulars I can give s you at present-010i iind.•salleoi for Ow , Rime, :. , the Lively, Go w ing t from &Mite ; Isabelle. Holmes, ;.: • from Jamaica ; and Ann, Walter, freinaeneriffe. . FIVE o'CLock.--titill blows strong and thick wee. s ther. The WNW, in the Down, upper to tido all 4 , . I well. • e . h WgirstOUTlt: JAN: I,3=.7 S krtiwed this mooing the - Countess of Liseipoal" packet, White, with KUM 1 from Guernsey and .1144y.,_ ,!. • ... • ✓ Ltrxnecroi, ? ax. 14.—the Pen , nine, ~ frogs . .:. • ✓ Liverpool for Baltimore, was s spoken with on Nog, • • , '2B, in lat. 38. long. 81. 30. The Francis, We-- ei :' '. 'Pi" a drop, from Terceira fcir Liverpool, is on shore in .1 P Ballytrigue Bay; thevessel will go to pieces; stew and cargo saved. ~ - PoRTIIIIOUTU, SAT. 13.—A large brig k just - brought up on the Mothrrbank, bet it is impossible , .1 to communicate with her, as it blows a gale of Ivied . from the S. W. . y RAIIIIOATC. JAN. 13.—The Mate and CPOIA:P d schooner Friendship, Robert Carr, late r, • • is landed here this day ((Otis Bouloine,and reportatgat i e the schooner Wall lost on the N. E. end of the Brake , . .... c on the 28th Dec. last, o s her voyage from NPlielii: tie t o Lisb o n. The Master droined ; remainder of the crew saved themselves by taking the boat, in ; • e which they landed on the French' coast the neat day. , I.' 0 —Arrived the sloop Jane, bile, from Yarmouth to ~ .. Dublin, with bre of en anchor anti cable. d' 1 d Gaavitsenp, JAN. 13. —Arrived the Mariner, In- ,. gram, from St:Vilery.Seiled the Uranis, Howell, 11 • for Bermuda ' • Bicton, ---, for Lisbon ; Mary., \ 4 Fox, for Lisbon ; and Brothers, Davison, for Genoa. • sr . . . r • . r On Saturday last died, of the gout, in his stomach, - 1 - Lieut.-General FLOTD, Col. of the Bth Dragoon', r. end Governor of Graveseod and Tilbury. W: on. • * doistand his Regiment is already conferred on 1,04 . d Eow.rap Soiststsato. it is 6 most lucrative Rigiment„ , I. as' tis in 'lndia. • .. . - S • . . . ~ .• . to • We understand Sir• Boatel . Maws is liar tri- g mitred in his canvass for the County of Lincoln, it •• . -.' le which he hat met with the Most eats ordinary weep,. - ie. A new Opera, from the pen ; of -Mr. T.:l7tnntw. I. :n rohllS feat At COVlPlrltArarden Theatre. and will , ' - , •-