The Statesman. — London, England, 1819-03-13 00:00:00

Tilt S rAI ESMAY: BANK RESTRICTION. Mow In grow Arlo ? West*. a Ban Director!!! TO THE EDITOR OF TOE STATESMAN. Sll,—This cpsestinn being at length brought be fate PatUselesst far its final adjudication, every per son capable of taking a just end clear view alit, may be permitted to discuss it without the imputation of iscnbinism, nr subjection himself to those penal yr.- .. c onnits, which ended in sentences more dreadful than such Is arts passed apse individeels convicted of the most infamous crimes! Upon this crisis, I most sincerely connretulateyosooti the wh e w 00 11 00 , and shall avail myself of it, to lay before the Public, through the median, of your Coustitetioesi Joernsl, • few of the leading facts which form this ref, ex traordinary vote, and which the entire Politic are wow anxioesly awaiting the Report of the Secret Coos stifles thereapon. On the47th of February, 1707, the Back of Eng• land, then in the 103 d year slits/mimetic@ (and oil ginally constiteted as • Bank, for the more econo mically circulating the interim! trade end essamorce of the kiagdoni), and which, till that period, fellowlag the principle upon which it was histitesed, and owl ler which it had prospered and flourished, stopped payment. Th e c osset which led to this event will form the sabject of fetters communication. I haste Islay be fore yeti a statement of facts which hare arisen out of this clecemstanee. Ist, Their affairs then, as now, were laid before a Secret Committee of both lingoes of Parliament ; and the following is a short statement of what ap peared is he abet then sheltie, tt•-• Tee Sava so Eamare. ,58,610.1150 Us.* cam e!t• caw fhlis c iris. &swig esunislk me. fir dertated, and Mier dim .113,110,X0 - . TIM WWII Of' FJIGLARD, Cos. By odyssey. ts Greenwald ea laird and Malt, of 17! t, 5.6, sad 7, mid perces/ea liodiesser sad ,ravury Ililb, and saterest. Dv all ~her creiltio. eis. eneb, ballisa. bilk dlr envied. d, money km, and wises saber credits 11011,7116 617,501,11111 Balance it wields In keine of the Book —(eitelo .lte of m rnbveribed capital, panted a cab Par. lamest as *toothy lot Dods tradrog)—aad an ds, idea ‘3,1124,1110 1 'ball refrain from all emossests is these facts se prestos, mod proceed to observe, Owl Parnassus, oft tho soggestioa of Mr. Pm, passed an Act by "raids the Dank of Eoglaud Noses become a Segal leader, and could afterwards be deassorkd pay ment of ia she cement twist el lb. reale. The as most valise dust could thew be placed epos their his swoons of capital, stock, and vaditided surplus, was as Amorist of capital rabserilled Is Parlimeat, sad pledged tar their ( - Ismer lll 1786.N00 Arvind et Sorplor Profits vialtrided 3id1.1190 Total property or Bast Proprietors a11a,513490 This sum heists divided, pro ride, among the Proprietors of Bank Stock, would render the market rice, or salve of it in money, meal to 131. 1. per Cent. The alarm produced by the steppe's, oc .asioned it to fall to 1091. or 1101. pe► Coot.; bet in January, 1797, the consul pram was 1451. per Cent. and the 3 per Cent. Consols at 304 per Cost. By means of this Act of Parliament all contrast over t►e foams issue of their Bank.notes was re. moved, sod the Book had no *cask,n for the ass of say other capital than the paper.mill and the en graving tool, for occomelot ing weals to as extent co existent oil% its own will and pleasere. How Ibis will and pleasure has been exercised, the followiug faces will illustrate:-- They have divided amongst slut Proprietors of Bask Stock, hoot their stoppage is 1707, enchains of their Oleo 1 dividend of 7 per root., iris.:— Jose, 1 . 7911, .10 per tem. May, HMI, 8 p.. ere,. . 861 10 P. ow. 10112. Ye per test. -• • • .... .• • • 264161.1 termite Tat. firm 1;90 lON laclosive, fter yeas', at 10 per real. per amuse so I. at ; per ems. E 816.1.1411. is £ll.OOl 101..5110 fee tear plan it 24;14140 °cr. 1901, 5 prd mat. I ICI. i Mt, di% 4), do. P,5F11, Tat to 12111-6 per cyst. from INS to WA I and 01 (eft Imo 1004 t.. 11101 at•.., 106,1114 Irmo 100; 1.• 11111118tiodoe.—Persteseas Dtvidiod sod 1, time let s 1 per cent. which 4 per coat. oars ow the Dicidrod fa 11 0 7-14 19 yew. 1.11014.512 larreaso at capital disoilistr4 from pallet. 20 per cm. as the capital st 11,00,4a11. 2.921,600 Zion prrflri divided Kan 17P7 To o tor.. being addril the is re of o. raplial of 14 II WI. it 960 per sett. she prrirot owlet peke of Mask Ilesek—i4 As/ &doming X30,916,316 The wake of ils espial •od peaks or 114 Via at I. ebrsary, 137,a /Wed before &am He mu at .E 35,3 1 .1.616 noptallis batibe by His C..tediratiwe swim he itsopper um 1797 - and eel of sY. Aet of raellarroi. [To be oenitsauedi Tee Prologue of Bergamot, the very eeeeeesfel Tragedy of the fin. It. C. htevuetst, Ives ',time by J. Hoseousr., Esq. aid the Epilogs, by the Hon. ta &MUM LAN Sot/ BRING[.—This strecture, it is said, will ike opened by the PRINCE thouit. with n s►snd Processines. nu t►e 25th inst. It is composed of three Aim arches ; the centre out is 240 feet in span, being ten, feet niers in spin thin the celebrated Sander. lend Iwo Bridge, cud larger in span than any bridge is the world, save the fabled dying bridges of Mrs. The two ride (arches are 210 feet each in spen.— The quanuily of iron toted is neer 6000 tons Is spi t *, and many of the single castings weighed 10 tiros each. It will receive en arming the &Halto m'', of 7iifollat Bridge. To Tao BDfTOR or roil STATESMAN. Stn,—Until she present system, peeked by many tradesmen, is altered, that is, making the living pay for the dead, or, In other words, makiag the honest Mill that is in their power pay for the mio that chests th►m, the lambent Act should cooties•, wish alterations, such es appointing • Jury or Committee of independent men, if possible net enrged In trade, to examine into t►e elates of creditors a, to their jostles ; not permitting eetertion to pass unnoticed, het liberating the debtor immediately whom it is prac tised upon. I look upon It, t►e man of freed, by this time, is nearly shut oat from getting credit : the new Act has made tradesmen mottoes. The limiest debtor will scorn to take the benefit of spy Act so loss drives to it by • merciless creditor. The mossey.lender and pawsibr 'kyr are seder strict laws, and why net the tr•rlestnan who frequently charges most enormously for credit, and sates • for tone, independent of losses, which he takes care, is many instances, shall not fall too heavy upon I himself. If we were to examine into the Pees of Insolvents, we should lied many sent to prisms by I persons who bad practised tricks epee them, by ges sing these to accept bells soder eireemstassces that would not bear easedestion, and by other sets equally to be reprobated. By a Jury or Committee these things would be scrupulously •Remised. he fraudulent or swindling debtor should not be sent to a place of ease and comfort, bat punished severely— , an honest bet unfortunate man should receive every indulgeace. There is • clots of creditots which the Insolvent Act has much lemened, who. when Ihvy wean sere of incarcerating for 14 or 15 years the man they United, gore credit in the most loots almoner : the inifortsnat• victim who then got into their power was son to be reined by their extortion in a few rm. By a Jury, or Committee, these characters would he imposed for the hawk of g I society. There if another grievance which frequently injures tradesmen in a most 'material degree; that is, the fashion of great and titled men giving notes of hand, at long dates, 'tier two or three yesra credit, thereby impoverishing their tradesmen, and mulching a set of vermin oho live by diocnoni.. The weighty tabation comes to aid the tradesman in his misforusiies; rain folios. him with Marty steps, and his fellow, but successful dealer, would on. wish to base the old veal system of mug imprison ment restored, from the Christian print ipie of send log the unfortunate to another and a better world. Tho !coolers' swearing t. he giving op .II his property iticrramos oho 'dread, disgraceful usuiteplie,ty of oaths, and I believe has added owe to that In jurious end dangerous crime—perjorry, than •ny other law he this tawdry, onless "rethink with Iludibras-- He Slat impose , as MIA makes it. ISM be Hisd far e..erreirwee lakes if. Theo lo.w ran mat man bra. 13. To bleak an midi be never wasie I" If these loose titooebts lire jorlgtel worthy of in. sertion. end you print thee in your woeh.to-be Meowed end i.proved Piper, it will oblige your amount Render, March 11, 11119. ANTI-DRACO. On Monday week tboNow Branch Canal between SWAIM and the River Don Navigation at Tinsley, was opened, and a direct navigable communication wow commenced from Sheffield to *very near, sea, and continent of the known world. There are now fitting our, et Hell, ne lets than 65 ships for an Greenland and Daris's Straits Whale Fisheries. In Fes, a richly-endowed Lamella Hospital is maintained oat of fends originally bequeathed by pious testators, for the purpose of " Assisting and nursing risk cranes and storks, and of Nosing thew when dead!" SINGULAR INTTANCI or Eltstwrcaturesumess--A Ueetestamt-Getseral in the naval armies of France, .awed Desseutax, whets he was may in She most subordinate rank i. the Marine service, wished to be. .eft his native country, Island of Goads by establialting there the cultivation of coffee. The possess was long and obstructed by contrary winds; and as eater had become scarce, it ass distributed to all on board at stated periods, and in very small men. urea. HOSLLItUX reserved the greeter part of his share for the porpriee of refreshing his pleats. Oae of them died, but the talker survived the voyage.— Hams arose the cultivation of coffee in the I.land of Guadeloupe, one of the greatest sources of riches to that colony. The inhabitants wishing to testify their gratitude, offered their benefactor an annuity of 150,000 francs. " And whet shell I do with it ?" was the reply of Drsa t.i.t mos : "what Iha ',Alt hough limited, is solleirent to my meets, because I have al ways taken rare to limit my wants to the necessaries of notate. Employ the moose, you offer we to the propegetion of the plaits, and the prosperity of my country will be my gratifying re•ard." This es eellent man, whose pairiotivin has seldom bees set passed, died in 1776, aged 88 years. Dtan.—ln her 7titb year, after a few days' ill. ness, on Thursday, the 11th inst. CATI1A111:411 KLIMA, relict of the late Cul. Onto HAMILTON, of Olive slob, North Britain. Tile residettrw of Vincent Woolettere, Esq. was broke open on the night of Thomlsy last. and e great quantity of piste, jewellery, slid leveret Bank notes, were taken by the riabbers, lobo got clear of. PRICL o• llowon.—The only paotariotts yes. Imlay were. New I).,oblowns at 41. 2s. ; end Silver is bets, standard, at Co G.I. CirARLO littunaTT.—llre lang-expecied strivel a this rersoo will, it is said, certainly take place very sii,rtly. Matters hatless beam properly arranged for his removal to this country ;twit persona were sent of from the Secretary of Stare's Office tumoral days ago, arid their return with the Prisoner is hourly looked for. There are, at this time, 400 Pr'swae►s conined is the now county j.it of Kent; a inelaocioly picture of the depravity of int times. trAr4L INTELLIGENGB. DIAL. MARCH It —Passed by it the heck of the Goodwin fiend yesterday, the Vigilant, fro m Canniest*. for Copenhagen ; aid boson, Mayo, from Amsterdam for Batsria.—Cease down from the River, the Jane. M'Clore, for Charleston ; Sir S loshinoton. 11Pliellar, for Madeira and Boarbey ; Ann, Quelch, for Madeira and St. Kitt's ; Trio, Smith, for Leghorn ; Prince of Orange, Silk, for Cork and Ceylon ; Meerimia, Cows, for New Or- WWI ; Si. Pardek, Crosby, for Belfast ; Vona., Lawson, far Bahia ; the whole have soiled eacept the Sir S. Loshintenr.•=—Pet beck, the Neptene, Bead, for Cadiz. POSITSNOCTU, MARCH I 6 L—Arrind his Majesty's ship Grecian, from a cruise, and a fa, coasters sad colliers. l'i.rmourtt, Matta: IL—Sailed the vessels bound up Chontori. i' s ALmoUtit. hi A 11C11 ill—Sailed Sit or seven V O. tele fur Geode.; and a few othors for ports in the Channel. HUI f., M 4PICH 11.--The fallowing vowels bare this day sailed for UsNs•s Straits Filbert, Liarchard; Krill ; Dockenfield Maddison ; Msry Frances, Wilkinson ; Al bion, Siimiaby ; i.ntsel, Maxim, ; and Progress, G•wtharn; sod th• Ebor. Lon, f.r Greenland. MILVOIRM, M %ncu 4 —Aborts 20 sell of Irish traders and coasters base pot in bele, and mantis vied•boe.d. Pawl Cow/sta.—TM adoption of colours as bodgn,.f distinction, religious and political, has pre wailed ell owes the world. Mankind led mows of separation so whist* and salsogible, the grottos number of partisans would not prows, a dear ids* of the side of the question to which they belong, without rouse rally i ng murk to the senses.— There 'misted two hellorig at Constantinople, while it was the sinstropolis of the lower empire, which might have fallen Won this error, had they mot happily thought of the terms blue and green. Thus clearly distinguished, they tore one another le pieces with great precision and eelf.salisfaction ; 'sadly es aim'. tarty esrllghteited personages hare since done in Ire land, by the felicitous @advance of orange, 4c.— " The Priests of Thibel," sit s Tueern, in his iseemsul of his Fintnney to Ike Teske° Lama, " were habited in long robes of yellow et sib, with • conical l eap Oils, same colour, hewing flips to fall down and cover the ears. I node, this peculiarity of &eerie their dress, as it is 4 dislinetins adopted to mark wee lof the two religious sects that dieide almost the whole of Tottery. from Turkistan to the Eastern Halite el this Coolobeht. The oilier Colour Is red; aid the' tribes are known as belonging to the red or yellow Mr. The littler are considered as the most ortkodeos, lend to be p.ssessed of the greatest In/hence. The late Emperor of Curse was decidedly a votary of this met, slid he Nnetiessed his preference of the yellow eels', by a law whit+ limits it to the service of religion and the Imperial use."—This Interference of lb. Royal list.tr•Lnllo does him as mach honour as his Ode to 'fem. Woe& European policy seems understood in Cline ; for it was reported that a greet favourite, the Vice-Chamberlain. of his son, the present Emperor, proposed to establish lodges of yellow cops all over the empire. Whether headers, we have not ascertain. ed ; bet as that vast country was soon after in • state of search: and rebellion, it is not improbable. With os we base the Windsor Uniform (Tories), and the Bile end Deff (Whigs), embracing no religious kin whatever ; and of late scarcely manifesting any hied of political difference. COAL DUTY.—The duty on Coals was first im.. posed in the reign of RICUAID 11. at lie rote of 6d. per children, towards the maintenance of • trading fleet to Sandellead and the northern counties. In 1695, during the reign of WILLIAM 111. this duty be came Is. and a Dill was afterwards enacted, making the duty ss. which rendered the thing so productive as to be continued ever since. In the reign of Qateds Anse, an addition of 21. was laid on, in order to leis* money to build Churches; and when lb* object was attained, the Tat was still medalled. CUAMLLI 11. also laid a duty on Coals imported into London, to gratify one of his mistresses. Maui the relies of Graeae!. and 11. an addition was spits made of 1 1s. 4d. per chaldron, so that the importation duty oe Coals into London and other places. Is now 9s. 10d. per chaldroo.—The purport of the Petition presented to Parliament from the Inhabitants of the Met rape. lis, is to subject Coal to a Ise at the pit's mouth, in. stead of the present one on Coals carried coastwise, a in which will be attended with most serious ennseqemices. It has bee, observed, that the coal. mines of this country form a sort of natural capital, which constitutes the very serve of our industry, the source of our manotameres, and most essentially metabolite to the comfort of all classes; it there. fore is highly important that so great a blessieg should remain free from tendon, as the effect of the most impost must be sensibly felt, chiefly by the greet manufactorers and the poor of the Coenlf). ( Belk We:aide.) GAME 1.411 4 / 4 .—By a Return, made to Parliament, of the member of persons in custody, in England and Wales. for offences against the Game laws, distie grdshing those who have been committed under the Act 57 Gee. 111. cep. 90, and specifying their re spective sentences ender the some, it appears, that sou the 26th of January last, in 186 of the prisons, there was No person in custody for any offence against the Gave Laws ; anti that in 75 prisons there were then in custody for such offences 522: of whom 99 had been committed under the Act 57 Gee. 111. cop. 90: of the latter member the sentences( trensportation foe 7 years was passed upon 9; of imprisonment (or two years, en 20 ; for 18 months, nn G ; for 1 year, on 22 ; for 6 months, on 12 ; for .1 months on 5; far 2 wombs on 4 ; and there remain for trial, 23. Thersday afternoon, between three and four o'clock, a poor labouring man, the father of See ehiklien, who was assisting in repairing the roof of the Clarendon lintel, is New Dond-streer, over. balanced himself whilst walking en the parapet, and was dashed to pieces by falling into the street. lie was taken up assd carried inter the Hetet, bet ter. gist aid was useless. A litter was sent from St. George's Workhouse, es which the body tresses. ~eyed thither. To rnr. EDIWR or me fl i s period lik. me ..ont o when the . minal Cede nf ear LAws is underlying a re•lri • trout the following trill be oceetnnbie to Tro. know it is anneals' with your !abets, and sentiments. In barbarous limes, end among nations of on. enlightened Indians, it is not so mach In be won dered at that human life should be esteemed lightly. and that superstition and ignorance should occasion grievous abuses smoeg men ; bat that nations *I.- the arts aced sciences hate arrived at a degree of ex cellence unknown in the history of the world, that prefers to be Christians, should consign a man to destruction for a small offence ; and, seder the pre. tensions of administeting justice, Commits most un warrantable and barbarous murder, Is so retrain dimity, that it would scarcely be credible were it net seen. We have, in this metropolis, a moveoble engine epee improved principles, for destroying oar fellow-creatures, and the life of a man Is •eloed at a few pence t—this is British philanthropy In the ultteittenth century If we 0311111111146 the records,' that nstion whose Com usandmests appear in our temples of worship, close to Ibesltar,we shall find that he that stole from his nfieh. boar was compelled to make restitution, not to safer death. In the laws of England, touching criminal mat ters, there it merit absurdity.—A man that stops ano ther on the highway, and takes from him a few shil liegs, suffers death; whereas a sin who commits Mur der, aggravated by every possible drceensts noe of cre• elty, suffers no mere. Here the punishment is certainly not commensurate tothe crime, which, in the admi nistration of justice, ought to be se all nearly as pos. table. It is asserted, and sot without foundation, that mere theoretical reasoning is uncertain guide in affairs of public concern, without examples of prac tice to sanction the theory. I may, therefore, in some future Letter proceed to show, that minor pu nishments have been, and are practised with success ; and prove also, that capital punishments generally tend to votress* rather than diminish the number of offences. The indiction of death, escept to cases of Murder, is ■ punishment which no Legislature has a right to prescribe : it is en act of war against ibis ♦lmig►ty, by unjustly destroying his people, and lacers a tremeadoes responsibility.—Your'.. fcc. MSLAIICIOLT Acons:lT.-011 the morning of Saturday sennight, a melancholy accident happened at one of the ce.l.pits at Fairlee. Two colliers, viz. James Dunlop and William Rot, stepped into creel to p down to their work, when they were un fortunately precipitated to the bottom, • depth of twenty-four fathoms. :iaveral other colliers had de scended is the same creel that morning ; bet unluckily the two men did not observe that when they mitered it. the creel, instead of being suspended as usual, by the dogs, hung only by a pia:, al tar string which was instantly broken by their united weight. They were brought aboveground withall possible dispatch, both alive ; bet Dunlop expired woe after. Rae' hick was broken, and he was otherwise shockingly cut end bruised. He survived about three hours.— They were both young men, about 26 years of age, l and one of them ( Develop) was lately married. avid ha* left • widow to deplore his untimely fate. It is saint they had been nine 'ears companions on boards ship of war, and bad seldom wrought asunder.—(Bdin. burgh Courant, Alnreh 8.) A. Itobertion, sentenced on Tuesday week, at Edinburgh, to be executed for theft, &C. way sent off on Thursday morning for Glasgow, is custody of three Sheriff's Officers. CAUTION.—Of late a set of fellows who cover themselves with soot, sod have ivo appearance of chimirey-sweepers, kayo been committing depreda. lions in &littera parts of the tome with impunity. They are in the habit of calling at different Genii,- men's houses, aril make enquiry of the mime!, if the chimneys want sweeping; and on bring admitted for that purpose, they rob the place of rateable pro. potty, which they conceal in their soot-beg, and heave the place undetected. A party of sorb fellows gained admissive into the lasso of W. Dippenstall, Esq. N 0.2, Dean -street, St. George's, yesterday, and stole a new great coat sod other property. The day previous (Wednesday) the same fellows gained admis.ion by the same means into the house of Mr. Travers, Nu. 2, Staofield-street, Stepney.green, sad robbed the place of groat coats and other property to a greet amount. Other persons in the same neigh. boorhood have sairread by the same practices. A few day, since, as some people were passing in mail boat from ono of the steam vessels es the Cly tin to the 'hero, the beat was upset, but they were all fortunately saved. As slid Gentleman and bin daughter were in the most imminent danger of sink. ins; fortatiarely, however, Capt. Pinkerton having got hold of the aide of the steam boat, the Gelatiniser' grasped ono of his feet, and trapported his daughter on his erns till they wets rescued from their potatoes sitoation. COXCIRS Or FROCK IX ilot.vvrtm.—Te a person coming at mice from Emgland (says a ream travel ler), the winsome* is new and mow; but that •bleb offered the greatest novelty to our pony, was the lowland imminent chores of asysiadsof frogs, the whole way from Laberk to Fratio. To call it croak ing, would enemy a very erroneoes ides*, it, be cause It is really karmioniows ; and we gave to the•e reptiles the name of Holstein Nightingales. Those who have not heard it, would hardly believe It to be possible fo► any number of frogs to produce sock a powerfal sod predominating clamour. The effect of it, however, certainly not unplea•ing ; especially after son-set„ when all the rest of ■nimaied niters is I silent, sod s. ens to be at row. The noise of say one of them singly, as we sometimes timed it neer the road, was, es esu•l, disagreeable, sod might be com pe►ed to the loudest quacking of • deck ; hot when, las it generally happened, lees of tbisembds, nay nog together, It war a choral vlbrarime, varied only by cadences of mood, something law than produced upon missies , glasses; and it areardad wick be •nitomity wbich t•llight cut over the woods mad waters. i . I id, certainly take place very children, who was assisting is repairing she roof of reed, was, es wrest, disagreeable, ‘nu sow , or ....- it been properly arranged for the Clarendon Hotel, i• New Bond-street, over. pored to the loudest quacking of • deck ; bet when. ty ;two. persons were sent of balanced himself whilst teething en the parapet, and as it gontrally happened, tens of thaosends. ^ B Y ate's Office forego days ago, was clashed to pieces by Catlin let° the street. He millions, smog toroth'', it was a choral vibrarioo, Prisoner is hourly looked for. wes taken up and carried into the hotel, bet Sur. varied only by cadences of wend, sometbinc Sim MP, 400 Prrsouere confined in dial aid was useless. A litter wee sent from St. those produced upon musical ; t wo's; end it accorded ..011; a intleoeboly picture of George', Workhouse, on which the body was ter with the uniton ool 7 °it ) " "n i g ht cell over the es. toyed tbither. • sods end waters. -.root