The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-12-15 00:00:00

repo rt which was current at that 111131) ihat sob is the fact, and there are now here individuals who saw 000 ie the British fleet. It is said one of them is c oed (Niguel's& and it appears that one of the ist ees subscribed to the note published in yesterday's • Ouillemand the question is, whether 4sette, is also • ; *a person now in this city who ,signed the note just * Wooed, is the same who accompanied the British anorw i l bh was defeated by General Jackson in 1814 alms. We hope and trust for the honour of human l ave, that M. Ouillemand will make it appear that be b sot the same person. ISTOACT OP A LaTTsa FROM BOMBAY, JULY 2. • Sis natives have been convicted before the Supreme Coot in Calcutta, of having inflicted torture upon two noe!ittadtes, in order to force them to confess that t i n ibad been guilty of murder ; and have been see mewl to imprisonment. Of•our crop of cotton not more than 60,000 bales boa band their way to Bombay, the greater part of Whieh . will go to China by the regular route. • Iftstterentat. AItaAr4uSUENTs.--The Orenville's,l it is understood, are coming over, and Mr. Charles Wynn, their representative, who has long been long ing for place, is at length to come in. lie is expected to go to tke Board of Control, and Mr. Canning is again talked of as going to India. Dr. Phillimore, it it believed, will be a Lord of the Admiralty. Certain changes lately rumoured are also looked fur in the my departments in Ireland. Mr. Sanas, it is re ported, is to succeed Lord Norbury, who retires, in order to make way for Mr. Plunkett, as Attorney • ; sad this step, on the part of the latter, is , tithed to be preparatory to his transfer to the Chan teltorship of England, whenever Lord Eldon retires. `attract of a letter, dated Oporto, Nov. 20 :—" The Potteries' Cortes and the Public are well aware of the detriment to the whole nation from the bad state of the paper mow, and many plans have appeared in print, and been presented to the Cortes, for diminishing an d e i r tinguishing paper money : some plan will be adopted; sod I have good foundation to suppose that the loss on paper money will gradually diminish. One grand point is already in operation, namely, that lands and property belonging to the Crown are now selling, payable in paper, which is directly to be burnt. A very heavy tax is Uul on all ecclesiastical property beyond a certain amount, and all church dignities of bishops, canons, &c., are not to he replaced for the present,but the revenue to be paid for the same purpose; only parish priests with the care of souls are to be regularly filled under a new regulatio n, and no salary to be above 800 milreaa yearly ; the stir p'us to be paid for the above purpose. No more friars are allowed to be admitted. it is supposed that gra dually two convents will be joined into one, and by that means a large property'and revenue be sold, without in stigating any fears to disturbances by turningthem out. The Cortes have been very cautious and prudent to avoidsiving cause for any greet discontent among the ecc lesiastics, and by applying w hat is taken from them , to pay oft' the national debt without laying new taxes upon the nation; no disturbance has appeared, nor is there any apprehension of such. Those whose income has been curtailed by taking off feudal duties, &c , are not only its disgrace with the public, but also too few in *umber sod too much dispersed ; therefore there is rea , ginistiotrust that we shall see nose of them no fOrkUnate , tallies lb Portugal which have happesed jet Spain. From the two following paragraphs it may be In (erred that so little agitation prevails among the Baltic merchants. The rise in the price of tallow. it Will be observed, is variously accounted for The report that the Russian Tariff is of so safe vourable tendet-y towards this country, has caused tome consternation among the Russian houses. The additional Attlee imposed are said to be equal to a total Prohibition, particularly those on sugars. The speculation in tallow has been so great. that the par ties have oversold tliernscl yes, and have not a sufficient quantity to fulfil their contracts by • considerable amount. Tallow in consequence ruse ss. per cwt. yes terday. Sr. PETER U. - 6, Nov. 13.—Very considerable con tracts for the supply of the Russian army have 'been entered into by our Government. All the soldiers of the Corps of Occupation have been newly clothed, and have received warmer great coats than those hitherto supplied. The Emperor will not forego in the least the conditions contained in Isis ultimatum. The oc cupation Walachia and Moldavia, as well as of some fortresses in the Morea, is confidently expected here. • The inhabitants of these provinces would he happy to live under the sceptre of Als•xander, who, in return, would do every thing to promote their wel- ofilis renal' foot r. 1 5 . Seem asti's d* at 110 .1 fare. Considerable loss may by possibility be sustained by some individuals through the detention of the ves- sels with tallow cargoes from the Baltic, by contrary winos. Owing to this circumstance, the greatest part of several extensive contracts, from the inability of the speculators, have not been delivered according to agreement, and a rise in the price of that article from 431. per tun, at which it was yesterday dimming, to 43/. per toe, has taken place. blark-lane continues to be glutted with grain of every description. Flour has suffered no diminution in price, and from this circumstance it is inferred that wheat bas at length found its level. Several wealthy millers, acting upon the general opinion, made large purchases yesterday forenoon in wheat, at a reduction of two shillings per quarter on Monday's prices. The ilave trade, so far from being abolished, was, it appeared, never so extensive or so cruelly carried on as at present. According to the Sierra Leone Ga zettes there were upwards of forty slave-ships, ex amined by or known to the British cruisers on one part only of the coast of Africa, in the course of the monthstofJnly, Angels% and September. Of these 'rimed., 32 are described to be capable of stowinz (as the unhappy creatures are at present stowed) from 11,000 to 12,000 victims. They are of all Christian nations-.-French, Portuguese, and Spanish —bearing nndisguisedly the flags of their respective Govern seats : and, few of them indeed, 1:-oni the restrictions imposed by treaty on our cruisers, can be lawfully con demned as prise. As a sample of the mode in which this inhuman traf f ic is conducted, it is said that a French schoonerlatelv sa iled from the coast of Africa, with 200 slaves. for Cayes's. ; aod this naval engine *berm" was so constructed, that as a provision for each slave, in a voyage across the Atlantic, and be tween the Tropic, she could hold no more than nine 'gallons et water: IRELAND. -. 111 1 11 ". CARLO*. Dec. 10.—We nagetittitti Predations have been committed In the' of Clonegal.in remote part of Ale borders of the county of Wetforda acquainted with the particulars, but hope session of them before our paper shall be put to press. We understand that Colonel Barry, and the gentry of, that quarter, are actively engaged in searching afti r, the perpetrators.—(Carlow Morning Post.) [butting, Demesne B.—This day Laurence Barry was committed to gaol, for conveying a letter from Captain Rock to John Reily of Ardagh, threaten ing the said Reily ; he was sent in by Colonel Balfour, of the 40th Regt.—(Chronicle.) ATHLONZ, Dec. 7.—On Wednesday last, in cense- 1 queace of an altercation that took place between them, a man, named Cunningham, was killed here, by a thrust of a cane sword. which he received through the heart, from one kliManus, of the Roscommon po lice. An Inquest was held on the body next day, and a verdict of wilful murder was returned against the police man. He his been committed to Roscommon gaol, to abide his trial at the ensuing assizes.—(Ath lone Herold.) APFREURYSION OF ANOTIMR OF MAJOR COLLIS'S SUFPOSILD ISURDSRRRS. A man of the name of John Larkin, charged with this dreadful crime, was, yesterday evening, appre hended by Francis Spring, Esq. of Milltown, assisted by Mr. Robert Eager. Larkin was seized at his own' house, near Batterfield, without any resistance, and safely lodged in our gaol yesterday evening. There are now confined in our gaol for this outrage. Major Collis's two men servants, (Scanlan and Callaghan.) Healy, Gallivan, and Larkin. One of these, it is ge nerally understood has turned approver, Six persons formed the outside gang who came to the house, besides any persons who were implicated inside.—(Kerry Evening Post.) On Wednesday last, at a full parade of the Dun dalk Yeomanry, commanded by the Earl of Roden, that corps (with the exception of a few who hold public situations) volunteered their services to any part of the kingdom. Lord Roden and Lieutenant Shekelton were the only officers present. His Lord ship expressed himself highly gratified with this ad ditional proof of the zeal and loyalty of the Dundalk Corps.—(Drugheda Journal.) The Castleblaney Corps of Yeomanry, commanded by Captain Bellingham, ever distinguished for their zeal and loyalty to the Constitution, having, long' since, volunteered their services to any part of the king dom. were placed on permanent duty ea the 2d inst.- 1 1 (ibid.) GOOD EFFECTS OF CONCILIATION. Lausetee, Dsc. 7.—The following communication has been made to us from respectable authority : On Sunday last, the principal Farmers of the parts of Dromin, assembled at the Chapel School House, for the purpose of taking into consideration, the propriety of reducing the rent of Potatoe-gardetss, in consequence of the melancholy failure of those crops, and the unpre cedented distressed state of the labouring classes. It was unanimously agreed on by all tho se present, who had let gardens, dist they would make an abatement of over one-third -- tenants. The misty numb* 441fsethro and attention towards them ; that the exemplary conduct and forbea;ance of these poor people, rendered them worthy of the protection sod consideration of those under whom they live. The principal farmers of the adjoining parish of Atli- Jacky have adopted the same salutary and humane mea sures, and it is therefore confidently expected that the readiness with which the farmers have thus come forward to alleviate the distresses of their poorer neighbours, to gether with the very liberal abatement made to them, in their tithes, by the Rev. Edw. Crokcr, the highly re spected and esteemed Rector of those united parishes. will induce them to persevere in that peaceable line of conduct, for which they have hitherto been remarkable. The above adjustment, so much to be wished for, has been effected through the interference of the Reverend Charles J. 111`Cartliy, P.P., of Dromin and Athlacky, who has been indefatigable in his exertions to ascertain the cause of the discontents of the peasantry of this county, and in endeavouring to allay them, his praise worthy task he has had the satisfaction in this instance to see attended with the happiest result, and peace re stored amongst all parties. Conciliatory measures of this kind must be attended with the best effect, and we sincerely hope, from the good result attendant on this transaction, it will stimulate others to a similar mode of acting, in preference to coercion. RENTS. --We understand that some gentlemen in this neighbourhood have it io contemplation to reduce the Rents to the occupying Tenants who hold deer ground ; but not to middkmesi. This is right; tit*, should be no clog on the indiestt7 of the farmer int m it is possible to remove , b y fait means, at this time.— I The middleman mast, therefore, feel it bill interest either to resign in favour of the occupying tenant, or else occupy the ground himself. This, perhaps, may not be agreeable at first, but time must reconcile him to the inconvenience. We speak the sentiments of a very respectable landholder.—(lbid.) GALWAY, Dec. B.—This county enjoys most folly the blessings of internal peace and we hope that tilt good sense of the lande&-terest will strengthen Ali compact between thaw and their tenantry bf e a pa rental care of the poor. TRALEE, DEC. B.—We (Kerry Evening Post,) are happy to state, that our industrious peasantry appear to become daily more alive to the mischievous plots which have been formed against their tranquillity sal happiness. Every publication almost, Gambles us to furnish smother evidence of this fact by some new Pa rochial Rashciation. in the county, for the purpose of discountenincing incendiaries avid lawless emissaries. PAROCHIAL DUTIIII.—A poor old woman, a PM testant resident of a neighbouring parish, having been confined to her bed for several years, had no opportunity of attending public worship she consoled herself, however, by reading her Bible, and such other good books as she had access to; waiting with patience for her summons to " another and a hotter world ;" one day, during the year two gentlemen, who had been out *hood* took shelter from a shower of rain in her bumble cottage the old woman inquired of her grand-daughter, who the strangers were? tke,stri answered, that they were Squire --- a nd the lillniiter --- open the door," said the poor old woman, " that I may get a sight of him, for I did not lay my eyes on one oft hem these twenty years ! We hope that the new Church, to be erected in the Dua_LittDAs.ll.—iiteaterdsy, a macrons and re spectabteiderAng of Ike Catholics took plate at D'Arey's Corn-Szchance Tams. At a quarter before font &clock the Earl of Fingal was called to the Chdr. Mr. O'Clonstaw Secretary to the Catholics, they stated, that he had convened the Meeting in cense (Mate of a 1(8%11410*n that had been handed to him, signed by Catholic Gentlemen, aad that the object of the Meetiag was for the voting an Address to the Right Honourable Charles Grant, on his leaving this country. Mr. O'Cosnai.i. pronounced a high entogions on the character and conduct of Mr. Grant and concluded by moving, that a Committee should be appointed, for the purpose of preparing an Address, to be presented to the Right Hon. Charles Grant. Mr. Moen O'CoNson and 11r. NICBOLAS P. O'Goa / amp, both rose at the same moment, for the purpose of seconding this Resolution, when the latter Gentleman gave way to Mr. O'Connor. The Resoladon buying been put from the Chair, pasted usealmonsly. A Committee, eonsisting of 21 Noblemen and Gentle. men, were then appointed fur the purpose specified in the Resolution. 34 N. Manes was then called to the Chair. when die Malts of the - Steeting- were leered by Mr. (non 'nell to the Earl of Fingal, for his proper and dignified conduct in the Chair. The Meeting then adjeersed, eke die. The Commissioners appeiuted by Parliament to in qaire into all the departments connected with the re venue in Ireland, have closed their sittings in that country for the present season, and have adjourned to their office is Cannon-row. Westminster. Mr. Herrin:. Mr. Lasbingtoo, and ►Mr. Berens, are arrived in Lon don; Mr. Wallace, and Mr. FranklamiXervis, are ex pected daily. Greatly as corruption was suspected to prevail is those departments, the abuses brought to light by this Commission, •it is said, exceed expecta tion, and almost stagger helief. The Right Hon. W. Peel is at present residing at Lultvorth Castle. the seat of Mr. Weld, a Catholic gentleman of ancient family. The Right Honourable lientletntn, aho has taken a lease of the castle and domain, is perhaps daily meditating in the very library pf the owner. how he may the most effectually exclude lam, and others professing the same faith, from a par ticipation in the rights of British ,citizenship—Res leant Artisans .I:chile leclibriam: The stijoursed meeting of the landed gentry of Renfrewshire, with a view to the further consideration of the corn laws was held last week. The resolntions ,they 41eagtb came to were the following : first, that it :was necessary to revise the present corn laws ; secondly, that a protecting duty would he better than a prohi bition like the present; and. thirdly, that a corres pondence was expedient with other counties, in order to frame a petition to Parliament for relief. At a numerous and respectable meeting of Agrical at Warwick, on Monday last, it was a Petition, signed by all who wish to Banc rlianrer particularly, MIS and woel. The destination of the East India Company's ship, London, has been altered from China direct, to Madras and China, to be afloat the 23d of January ; sail to Gravesend 6th of February ; stay there thi.ty flays, and be In the Downs the 14th of March. A letter from Douglas, Isle of man, dated December 8. after stating the effects of the dreadful 12,c1e of wind, with which the island was visited on the 39th ult. rays, " I could add much more were 1 to enter upon politics; there has been a tremendous row here be tween the (Werner, his Grace the Mite of Athol, and the house of Keys (Manx Parliament) on the subject of the late slots, &c.&c. I was present until se.r.n gers were ordered out. Manx constables have been sworn in within these few days; and a company of the 29th foot, which were sent here during the riots, are ordered for Dublin, and will sail the first fair wind. Before the *inter is passed, mark the result !—A Pro clamation has been issued to prevent the low Irish landing, &c. kc." SARAH BOND.—Wherever the carcass is there will the Eaglet be gathered together. Besides the expect ants previeusly mentioned, there are other persons starting wbo, it is confidently asserted, w:II totally 'supersede the Irish claimants for the wealth of Sarah Bond, as noticed in the Statesman of the 11th ult. An inverigation, it is said, is now making in behalf of. t lastly in indigent circumstances, the result of which. will probably be to establish by conclusive evi denetrileat Sarah Bond was one of the many children of a rot man in Norfbik___; that she left her home whet very young, and was :lever afterwards heard of, nor eorreepended with her family. The singularity of this eiresmstance, and the extraordinary account of a Sarah Bond dying so rich, led to inquiry, and it is supposed she was the same Sarah 'Bond ; and after ab sconding, that she went into service for some time near London. and by degrees amassed the i:nrnense wealth of which she died possessed. William Bond, a brother of Sarah Bond, died s!a four of whom, Elisabeth Thompson, Ann liutcl, Es ther Collin, and Tabitha Bond, are living, and will, with other nephews and neices of the deceased, when her identity is clearly established, be entitled as next of kin to administration of her effects. Died, en Saturday last, Henry Baron. of Long row. near Bl.:ckbarn. He was a man of uncommon strength, and his death was considerably accelerated by his own inadvertency.—About six weeks ago he was drinking at a public house in this town, in com pany with several persons, one of whom had a bull be longing to him in the field, which Baron undertook to drive to a certain field (distant about a mile,) on audition of becoming the owner of the ball, and an other person offering him 20e \ extra. Baron imme diately pulled off his coat, drank a glass of spirits, and set off to accomplish his task, which he completed after being dragged by the animal, *hick he held by the tall, through several fields. In accomplishing his purpose, be was thrown into a violentperspiration , and whilst in that state, drank a considerable quan tity of cold water, from the effects of wisicis be was mach ihditosed, and lingered until Saturday last. - cuußr UP KING'S Br:MM.—(Txrs Mosuettra.) . CRIM. CON. WRIGHT V. WRIGHT. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a wine and spiiit merchant, residing in Ratcliffe Highway, to recover from the defendant, a manufacturer residing in Norwich, a compensation in damages fur criminal con versation with the plaintiff's wife. Mr. SC/11114TV stated the ease for the plaintiff and called Abraham Rement, who produced the certificate of the :marriage of the parties, which took place at the church K Worth Walshatn on the 2lst of July, Sarah Hubbard and Mrs. Stuart knew the plaintiff and his irik, and described them as living very happily up to this transaction taking place; they had' two ,cliti dren, the eldest of whom is sic years of age. Harriet Banks lived as servant with them about two years ; remembers last March the defendant cstne to her master's then, and visited them ; the day after he came he dined with his master, and after dinner pre vailed upon the plaintiff to accompany him to the Roy- Shy Theatre. The defendant returned about half•past nine, and the witness shortly after going into the kitchen was surprised to find the defendant with his arms round her mistress's neck, and his haul on her home. The witness described several situations of this description at different times, in various parts of the house. Matthew Higgins, cellar-man, deposed that hear ing a noise in the parlour, he went up and saw sufficient to convince him that a criminal.iptercourse bad taken place between the parties. Ht . informed his master in about ten days after of what had happena, and shortly after his mistress left the house. Mr.:GURNEY, in a very forcible manlier, addressed the Jury on behalf of the defendant. The Cuter JUSTICZ summed up, and the Jury, after a few moments consultation, baud a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 1001. DESTRIXTVIL Ftaa.—A must alarming and de structive fire 'was discovered on Saturday morning lmst. between the hours of twelve and one o'clock, in the large and extensive spinning; factory. six stories • high, situate in Hoghton-bottoins, near this town, aud • occupied by Messrs. Bailey and Livesey. Sul* was the rapid progress made by the devouring flames, that the entire valuable machinery, with the whole of the stock, was totally destroyed in the short space of two hours. A messenger was dispatched to Moon's Mill, to obtain the aid of the water 4tmgines, but such was the rapid destrurtion made by the flames, that it was afterwards considered useless to bring them a dis tance of two or three miles. The cause of this de plorable event (by which nearly 290 individuals will.. be, at least fur a considerable time, thrown out of em ployment) is not exactly ascertained, though it is presumed to have arisen from some waste, which caught fire on the afternoon of the preceding day, ?l as having been quite extinguished, although to every ap pearance it had.—( Dlaekbern On 'fuesdav evening last, au inquest was held at the Queen's Head public-house, !Inn, before S. Hadley,. Esq., one of the Coroners for thisliorough, on the body . of Robert Robertson, a youth about 19 years of age, who met his death under the following circumstances: About a fortnight since Mr. Pond, of the Waterloo shaft, in High-street, lost six Bandana silk handkerchief., which were stolen from a broken pane, in the fan-ligbt over the sbop-door ; wishing, if possible, to detect and secure the robber, on the following night he placed loge weolomeibenoliellatsibsseasno aldliatlon and secatmi.. lansisamismiesk IRA, et *ells by.. .chmeansAititiopeatetto bsslarmed in time to have caught thesOepredstor ; but the handkerchiefs not beisg tied sufficiently strong, were taken away also. Ex pecting anothet visit on Monday clefit 'last, Ise again tied four handkerchiefs more secure in the same place ; and about half-past four o'clock on the Tuesday morn ing,. when the watchmen were off their rounds, he heard footsteps in the street, which he considered of a suspi cious kind, he took a double-barrelled fowling-piece, which he kept loaded in his bed-room, down stairs with him, and proceeded to the shop, when, by the light of the moon, he distinctly saw a man's hand and ar:n through the broken aperture of the window, pulling violently at the handkerchiefs • be immediately present - ed the gun and tired it, with die intention of wounding or marking the robber ; but unfortunately the contents of the gun lodged between the collar - bone and fi rst ti., under the left shoulder, which caused instant death. Juror's verdict—" Justifiable Homicide. .We feet compelled to say, that the deceased bore a very bad clma-' racter, and frequently boasted of his being at the head • of a gang ofjuvenite depredators, whom he hail trained to thievish habits in a regular systematic manlier. Ho! had been twice whipped at the Market Cross, and impri• . soned in gaol for various offences.—(lVorscich Afereary.y. Tax RIVAL PCOILISTI.—Gas,_ and the Bristol H. met at Jackson's School, in Old Bond-street, yesterday.; It is almost incredible that the vanquished should dis play so few marks of time blows he recaived in the late terrific rencontre—one eye was closed anti- bandaged ; he complain..nl of a pain in the head, only. Several Noble men and Gentlemen were present. Jackson paid over to Neat four hundred sovereigns, fur bets made in his room, and fifty were presented to Gas. The contrast in the size of the two champions struck every one. WHIMSICAL OCCUKRENCE; OR, PIM AND THE TAILOKS.A few days ago a poor hare. which lead been driven from her seat by a pointer dog, was observed scampering along the streets of a very pretty village not far from this town. In the coarse oldie chase the setter was joined by a whole host of yelping curs, who, like some other auxiliaries, were mighty valiant with their tongues, and seemed resolved to make up in noise what tbey evidently wanted in agility. The hurs i however, was still a good way ahead ; but in passing iil•wn a lane she was intercepted by a man armed with an umbrella; and being thus placed between two fires, she paused fur an instant, as if considering which of them sae slioat.t face first; when suddenly shifting her tactics, and tat i•ig a prodigious bound, she darted through the window of a dwelliog-house, and fell souce upon a board on which two tailors were squatted in the true Turkish style. The astonishment, or rather the alarm of the tailors-may be easily imagined. " 0 Tam ! Tam!" exclaimed the Oar, " 0 Davie! Davie!" responded the other, and suiting the action to the wood, they darted out of the house with nearly as Waal bier as the mawkiu had darted in.— Here they bad leisure to recover themselves, and reflect on an apparition, the sudden appearaoce of which might have unhinged the nerves of the moot courageous man. To metamorphose herself into a hare by some " devilish cantrip," was once supposed to be a faculty co 1111 l sou to half the old women in Scotland; ant even yet the is tre that evinces any ex traordinary power ei th er is situninsc or in carrying aw a y a shot, frequently extites .a suspi cion in some minds, that she is a witch incognito. At least, so says " Maistere James Llouggv," and it is pro bable some feeling of this kind crossed the tailors' mublits when they wade for the door in such a trenutaies hurry. Fortunately their retreat favoured the escape ot the poor hare, which by ciutiously cowering . among the neighbouring kail yards, succwded . in regaining those peaceful retreats where there , are neither e 4/minter nor pavements, village curs, nor cross-leg tailors.-- (Dtor;friis Courier.) THE ST TES . twisik ef Inihashia "my be at a convenient distance, if mei iebr i tbat the iababitaate of that that semi de- . plain may bit be a the necnalty of going oat of aeighbourhee4,Aeir own parish.—( dors paper.) comity, on the F. are not fully CA MC IVIIRTING. ope to be in pos. sly agreed on by all those present, who . turista„ held at . Warwick, which were stolen fror arwick, on Monday last, it was is, tli‘t they . would slake an abatement o f agreei4hat a Petition, signed by all who wish over the sbop-door ;t+ to Banc- of the original rent to their re s p ective tion the measure, shoal(' be presented to Parliament secure the robber, on e labourers of the parish, who were nume r- . osesiwe4rayieig *as peilseatait At tin. teliteiriaibildiells' • . 001 gvat 4 " itatVlli : rtb which means, S V IIII Xpi irds them ; and it is but justice to state. into this kingdom fro m ' forei g n countries, specifying, caught the dewclaw - . .__.-~ .. .~ _. V I N 1 ' ~"'"'~~ ~~%Y. :. : .1 . ' ' . .... 1