The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-03-12 00:00:00

PRICE (W STOCKS THM. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. • Monk gtork 5 per Ceet. Navy 10511 3 per Cent. Ned. 'Wilt Haab 93 94 p - 3T 7$ - - BliPek .ConAnl4 for A. ISM Long Ana. 4 per Cent. Ezdalatr HUN 10 13 p TILE STATESMAN. - - LONDON: • 111VIIISIATe MANCH 12, 1818. • by the Shipping Intelligence tq-day we observe, with much satisfaction, that so losses hue been sus. taitteJ on the Leith coast. • The Indemnity Bill was fully discussed last night In the House of Commons, on the third reading.— The debate afforded ample scope for eloquence and nnergy in displaying the iniquity of the measures which have been pursued by a corrupt and a►bitrary Administration; to keep the People in subjection to 'their thraldom, and impois •pots the nation /heir law and Gevernment as the Coststkution of Siseeoun try. Some of the speech,. 'against indemnification for *hese measures were excellent; but if majorities air votes be triumphs to Ministers, in spite of all the reasons urged against the Bill, in spite of Conviction itself, the majority in favour of Indent- pity amounted to 173, there being 238 to 65. To produce this happy result for Spies, Jailers, In formers, and their official employers, Mr. CAN. NINO made a most furious defence of the Spy S)stem, and actually found a precedent for it, Pot rather an unlucky one, in Bowen, where poor PRIAM, amidst his incapable Ministers, is in formed of the destruction of 'rroy, more by the flames raised around him than by the friendly soli. citode of the guardian Oliver of that day. It is cu. ;loos to see what arguments and histories, bearing upon any thing but the point in question, are set up to disprove evident facts, and how such arguments are received as triumphant refutation. Mr. Law was Soother of the Ministerial defenders, who expatiated largely on the propriety and lenity of the system for putting down the Reformers. He declared, that to ter rinate the system of delegation adopted by the Re formers, was the object of the measures of the Suspen. lion ; that is the system of delegating such men as Oli rer to parade the country, and blow the materials of combustion into flame, was wisely and prudently re torted to by the Government ; sod Mr. LAW, for delivering this speech, 64 sat down amidst loud cheering from the Treasury Bench !" We ought not to be surprised at any thing that occurs, after the proceedings connected Kith this memorable le gislative measure; but it is really as surprising as it h amusing and instructive, to observe the character of these avowed proceedings, and the nature of the de fences made for them— •' To lamb outright vtere sivn of wan, Ounce, And to be grave ricer& all power of face." These patrons of renegado democrats, and josti liers of the seizure of innocent men's property, can easily conceive how illogal actions might have been committed, )et be absolutely necessary and legally justifiable, from the same patriotic motive that suggested the expeditions of the Spies and Delegates from tine Home Secretary's Office. They also think concealment extremely decorous and necessary, in re gard to their Informers, but pronounce all other statements false, unless the names of the parties are disclosed.' But what is the most strange part of all this. strange business ic, that .names though given mould be held as nothing, for even the oath of re epectable men at the bar of the House is refused to tracts of the utmost importance alleged and denied lit the House. It is attempted to quibble easy the feet of Oliaer's basing been in the Park inciting the populace, in the grossest language to outrage. In- •toad of tbts contemptible mode. of meeting the assertion, let the fact be investigated. We have heard the Gentleman who saw Olivcr state the particulars of his conduct on the occasiuss alluded to, and his veracity and respectability are well known sod acknowledged in the City. Mr. CANNING OM this Gentleman a traitor, because he did not g 6 for vieerel and ledge information with Government of Oliver', conduct. This Gentleman is far from me riting such on epithet ; nor did be conceal what he bad witnessed in the Park on the memorable day of the insult to the REGeNT. The circumstance was mentioned, and made a 'Subject of very general con versation in Companies six and nine months ago . , Why did not the Spies mud Informers whoa Ministers keep in their pay mate them acquainted with this particular ? Can it be asserted that this pretended ignorance extended to the Home Office ? And why, if it is not to screen Oliver for this act. (and Heaven knows how many of a darker cha racter, of which the Public are ignorant), is the Indemnity to Spies made to have a retrospective effect so far back as the 26th of January, 1817 ? This art. fiat and convicted villain, whose authority lies been so much relied upon, is' now espusfd, and ample proof can be produced of his treason. lYhat is pro posed to be done respecting hirer ? Why " thl much injured individual," whose character may be easily collected in Ratcliff-highway, and the most notorious parts of the Erst end of this metropolis, is to he protected by an Act of Parliament, and probably to have something better than another certificate of his loyalty pat in his pocket. When Spies like Reynold:get places of a thousand a year, are made Grand Jury men a Counties, and have their sons provided for with situations in the Treasury, Oliver may Dow look to sowetbing beyubd a rope. - t • le t w vi ti: STATESMAN The Paris Papers that were in arrear, including xis days (to Monday last), have at length arrived. Tilers is nothing, however, of any great political importance amidst their multifarious contents. The statement given in our Paper, about e . ..week ego, of the report of a musket having been heard at the back of the Duke of WELLINGTON'S Hotel, is confirmed; but the story amounts to nothing beyond the ap pearance of a hoax upon the Duke, and that by one of his owe sentinels. The knavish sentinel on duty declared in the first instance, that he bad fired the musket Is his own defence, having been attacked by several persons who endeavoured to fame their way into the Doke's hotel. The Duke, on being in• formed of the circumstance, sent one hundred francs to theleordier, who, on a subsequent examination, confessed that all be had said was false, and that be bad fired off the musket from fear alone. He has been committed to prison.—Lord KINNAIRD had left Paris pn his return to Brussels. There base of late been frequent conferences between the Duke of WELLINGTON ' the Ambassadors of Austria, Prus sia, and Spain, and the Duke nz RICHELIEU. A (.►et► has been proposed by the Government to the Clamber of Deputies relative to Arreits for Debt. By one of the articles men of 70 years of age are not to be exposed to personal arrest. Every debtor imprisoned for civil or commercial - debt shall obtain his release after three years' imprisonment, by paying or assigning the third or the principal of the debt and its accessories ; and giving besides security, accepted by the creditor or received by the Tribunal. The Recruiting Bill was still in its progress through the Chamber of Peers. Several Amendments have been - moved ; such as substituting voluntary enlisting to impressing,and giving bounties in money to encou rage voluntary enlistment; but they have all been negatived by divisions. The late storm has done great damage in Paris. A slight earthquake was felt at Marseilles on the 23d February, at seven o'clock in the evening, and on the 24th, at eleven in the morning. The same phenomenon occurred also on the 19th at Rooffach, Soielz, and Beffort, in the Upper Rhine. The inhabitants in terror left their houses, but no injury was sustained. French Funds 674. —New-- The only reason assigned, and It is no doubt the only one that can be assigned, for depriving the Duke of BEDFORD of the Lord Lieutenancy of the County, in which he holds the principal estates, to give it to Lord GRANTHAM, who has scarcely any property in.,the County, is because the Duke of BEDFORD subscribed to Mr. Hums!! This, with something more about the arbitrary right of the Crown, is the reason expressly mentioned by The Courier for this insulting deprivation. Ni*, we will just ask this question, and let the answer decide the justice of this curious proceeding. Did not Lord subscribe to Mr. CANANG'S Parodies when they were published in the Anti- Jacobin, and is not Lord GuiwruAM at this moment a subscriber to the Courier, in which these and many equally blasphemous Parodies have appeared ? What shameful insult to worth and common sense is this What rare Constitutionality it is for those who hold the forms of the Constitution in captivity to avail themselves of every prejudice, and every ateeifeste. tion of independent and generous feeling, in those who dissent from political prejudice, to deprive the most deserving of their natural share in the Govern. merit, and to confer power and office only on the Members and supporters of Corruption ! A Public- Meeting for Reform took place at Man. chester on Tuesday. We shall give the particulars to•morrow. WINDSOR, MARCU 110:—Yesterday Lady Joint THYNNE arrived at the Castle on a visit to her MA JESTY and PRINCESSES.--ThiS morning, the weather proving fine, the QUEEN and Princesses AUGUSTA and ELIZARETU, attended by a Lady in waiting, took an airing in a coach and four, on the Maiden-. head road, and returned to the Ca.rtle to dinner. Yesterday the Duche4* of Cbstnenctmo was bet. ter of her cold, but her Royal Highness did not leave the house. The SPEAKER'S last Parliamentary Levee far the present Session will be, on Saturday neat, the 14th instant. The present Parliament wss sontinonial ia April, 1812. The qoestion now is, will the dissolution be postponed, till all the Parliamentary business of the , present year has been transacted, or will part of .it be done by the present, and part by a new Parlia ment ? Upop the business of 1810, the present Par liament certainly will not enter. The King of PRUSSIA seems to have an isthmian of visiting Paris frequently, for he has b .:whetted of EUGENE BEAUIIARNOPi, the hotel , .in Whitt. thit latter used to reside, iu the Rue Bourbon. The prior was 250,000 francs. A Poet has appeared in Russia, to whom the PERM has granted a pension of 4,000 roubles, about 7001. a year. His name is SCIIAKORt4T.. Red Ms work is upon the Ruins of the Kremlin, at Moscow., Miss SotamEnviu.s: i late of Drury-lane Theatre; it seems, wes married during her late trip It/ Her name is now Mrs. BUN. Nothing can be more appropriate, Mrs. BUN is the daughter of a respect able baker. Mrs. B. is now mined at Covent•gar. den Theatre. By the intended extension of inland navigation northward of Bnroughbridge, by the rivors Swale and Wiske to Smeaton-bridge, nearly half way be twist Northallerton and Darlington, a communica tion by water inland will be opened thence to York, Gairishorough, Leeds, Manchester, and Liver pool, also Sheffield and Birmingham, and by the Gram) Junction Canal to Paddington,- aid to all Farts of the stipth-west of Englaud. . NAIVA I. INTEL LIG ENGE. ' YiutttoVrtt, M Aim 11.—The vettel we men. tinned yesterday as on shore, is nos; stated to be a brig of one hundred tons; she was standing in, and struck on the Newarp, and sunk in about seven fa thoms water. t Oar boatmen have been off to her, and say that die topsail-yards were out of the water, but jolt as they got to her she laid down and dis appeared. The Masts were painted white ; an iron bony was floating between the masts. It it very much feared, that the crew of this vessel hive suffered.— The Seven BrothefliTenwick, struck on the Newarp last night ; the Master has taken three extra hands nn board, in consequence, to assist in getting her to London ; she has also lost her fore-yard.—The Mary, of Lynn, which was on shore, has been got off, and into our Harbour. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 11.—The John Winslow, of Cardiff, from Savannah, is on shore near Calshot Castle, and it is feared most discharge part of her cargo to et her off. I.Errw, MARCH 9.—The Greenland ships got out of the harbour on Saturday, and will salt from the Roads this day.—Notwithstanding the very boister ous weather experienced, no losses have been heard of on this coast. MARGATE, M ARCH 11.—Four loggers and a smack, loaded chiefly with cotton, have come in froaothe Marquis Wellesley Eest Indianian, since yesterday, and have landed and warehoused their mirgoes. The weather having now become 6ne and moderate, more of her cargo is reverted to be got out next tide. The Lord Wellington, Keens, remains. 11,Aw.GATI:, AUCti 11 —*lshe Glory has beets got offend into the basin ;•the Argus remains in the same state, but every Ofinrt i 4 making to go/1w off; t h e Asia remains nearly as bef•.re, and is unloading as fast as possible. SAVING BANKS. IT are GERARD 74013. , . To gise the world a saving fit. When ert.ll i. gone, were funuy The Parson. all would sere our souls— Tire Ministers our nsorte t , : • Proverbial svit, one here descries, In policy su rnsiiab: • • Mao ends in bring "penny eciNc . ." Who started with pupal foethil." • 1 . Prince LEOPOLD and his suite :47614d. at Weymouth on Monday, and occupy Ow K*es , Lodge At. that place. The Prince of II EssEllostanua, meat- Tuesday evening with the Duke mod Duchess of CIIiIERJAND. Yesterday his Serene Highness rode, out ou horse. back, attended by Baron O'NAGtITEN. •Uis Serene 11.ghtress received visits from the Mr' of A BERDeIM, Sir CULLING SMITH, Count MUNSTER, -and Mr- MILTON. In the evening, his Serene Highness• ho floured the Marquis and Marchioness of STA PPORD ,with his presence, accompanied by Baron O'Naort yaw. A Neapolitan Abbe, J.tuutt, ha; discovered. in . the Royal Library, at Naples,. Manuscript of Da.- .Corivivs, • Poet of the 5111 century. It contains ten small poems hitherto oarkuowo, upon mytho logical subjects. The late excesses committed by the Dey of GIERS, have been notified to the Court of Vienna, by the Sardinian Minister, who has received an assurance of the I:Presumes wiliiogness to co-operate in any measures which other Powers think requisite upon the occasion. SOUTH AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.—The question of acknowledgment is thus treated ikon American Paper before os—" There seems to be much doubt in the minds of many distinguished men in oar country, whether the United States ought to sc. 'knowledge the Independence of the •Sourh Ante rim Republics. We have no doubts on the sub ject : we boldly say, that ..we deem it the,, duty pf our Government to acknowledge them, as Fruiter and Rolland acknowh'ged us--- 4 Free, Sovereign and Independent . States.'. What are we taw fear England has declared by solemn proclamation tlttLahe will have. nothing to do with tlsconte;t in gapt:l2 or manner. Russia cares nothiogabout Mel whether they are free or in slavery. She has no Nagavalto. political principles in relation to them. Site hus-sold Spain ships of war,to gain a foot-hold t in the bisnliterre. !; wren. She pursues her interests and-will not qpncre-1, with wirer nations for acknowl edgment of the .4.4144 prudence of, South America,: The • United: SOW, then, have nothing to apprehend from Euglatul or Russia. "Certainly we haver nothing.- to :fear from Austria, France, op any other Power.-, Whet, then, have we to:. apprehend? .Perhaps. T... yes, perhaps—a quarrel with Old Let. come. If Old Spain wish*, to draw- the- .sword, because we will not acknowledge the ewer of the POPE, FERDINAND, and the II:Os-Won,' in the New World, in contradistinction •to a. ea- Bookl system of Republican Goverronents,L let her come on.— Ws wilt show her • rampart of fire and a wall of bayonets. Let not nor Govern ment be swayed by petty considerations of fear or interest. In oar Declaration of Independence, we have proclaimed to the universe the unalienable rights of man. Let us acknowledge that other nations have as good a claim to the enjoyment of these righta.a. ourselves. Do as you would wish others should do ralto you, is a sound maxim." A new Edition, with Additions, has lately IP proved of the Essay on the Art of Preserving the Sight. An Oculist of considerable experience is evidently the Authbr of this little Work, which per sons 'Meted with complaints. of the eye will do well to consult. A Tradesman, who held a Share of No. 6,963, drawn upon the First Day, and entitled to Four Pipes of Port Wine, said he was quite staggered when the Clerk at Basses told him of his good for tune. Nobody will wonder at this, fur what is so 'likely to produce staggering as a quantity of good 'Port Wine? . • . SUDDEN DEATH. --Tuesday. ..•••••••• Esq. of No. 13, Park-street, Grosvenor-square, went to bed ima good state of health, and neat morning, not , getting up at his usual hoar, a person came to hi; bed- MINN where he was found quite . dead. The family Immediately sent for a sorgeou, but his efforts proved nnavaitiog. The body now lies for a Cor9uer's IP quest. . . . . . , • . •. ' . . . :1. . 5.1 „_:.!.. . ..:. ~ .., . • I . • THE CASE OF POISONING. • ,HATrofr-galtsitd.—On Wedaesday, the Seal examitanig eo p Titoism Dawson and Samar, !Lenten, hmsh-maters, etanahanii and Thomas Potion, Deo semen's sermate, ekg rel d • no suspicion of pois o nin g Beath Woodmen, Sarah Morgint,Jesio Tucker, Jane Griffiths, nod IS e by F ox , too k place. - Sarah Woodman depoied, that she Prisoner, Daw s o n. who worked in a sepdtate room, came into the roam in whit; no worked, about twelie o'clock, on Saturday last. and *nano, a pot , containing about a pi n t o f b eer , w hi ch be o ff ered G ls e my sister, Mary Ann Woodman, but she relnavito *k o h l he Own o ff ered It to Sarah B e tty, an d s h e lik ew i se refused to drak he then gave it to Sarah htorgan, and she drank = Meg H eim ' Fox, Jain. Iriffiths, and Jane Tucker drank. and l drank Wit. 4lad shrew away what iesnaiaed, I did not look age,, o t , „ it suspecting no harm ; Dawndo did n ot °MT the bees to ' who was in the shop a Renton did not drink, reither did U. ls _ gas a Renton and Dawson iinniedineely left the tttti p, sg t. Reilly was then in the cosseting house wish his partite; .6 1 , 4 Rogers, and in going out. lie passed through the out tarried away the pot, which th en &modem a cameral's* is live minutes oftrr I.draak the beer, 1 was sakes very sa • wish a violent pain to the head, and a sickness at the no - We other fOur who drank of she beer were taken with the lam MAGISTRATII.— Did yea observe any particular taste imago beer that Dawson gave you I— lt had a remarkably plea sa d . tweet taste. • • •MAGlrefteTE. Do you know-of any particular Wien*, pu s . /were Denson and any of the young women ?—None %shames ever. MAGISTIRATIF..-- Can you a;sign any TrU•011 why ve r iq ur Mary Ana Woodman or Sarah Batty refused to drink ?-.4"b e r told me they thought he bad been playing tricks with sh e b it? bud put something to it, and' desired Inc not to chink, but lei 4 'skink. • • Mary Ann Woodmen, sister to the, last witness, wrpea...4% last witneves evideate 111101 read 'over, to her, all of *hick confirmed ~,,...dassavdara.,,What smear had ye.' to forbid Serg i a stly or your sister to di ink of the,beer ; what cati.n had you temps' page there was any thing improper io T- Frith) their rear tinging as up any beer hefortvk 'nought they 'night hr plhying some tricks wild it ; there was something struck me it was rut; • :; right. Mantrravvr.'-• Have you ever heard that a n y of them pas any thing iu aver or.erher. liquor Ware, so as to make an y pea. sou sick 1-1 hosefieg,rd, rram a gratis ma at's serval:: , 11( :HMOS. of Fox, that Iteadn pat some suit into some run, .11ili .11:11er, ti n hick be gave him once to drink, which towed blot to he very ; sick. • . ••• Alscittravre.— Do y ou know "live that genilemap's semi* lives?- In lilackfrinrs -mad. 1, • Mr. Reilly, the landlord (gibe Greyisoand public-honse, suet ; then called, and questioned as fallow s at, G ,, FE C ATE .,-- What is the Doctor% opinion of Jaae Grilse ' and Betsy Fox ?—That Jane Griffith is 'nut of datntei; gem% Fox is better, bitt still so extresaciy.4ll.that Dr. Darling** I not fret himself. starranted in pronnencing her nut of •cleager, Make) lielitut every expectation of her ultimate recovery. ft , • thacurtalsre.-11 the/term° here who way in 3 atm' hossesuf heard Renton make use sof-some suspicious s. , ords to I)astsso ; when they were going to be taken jute custody, .I—Be iabergy - present. • "'Amick ilslCenn sworn.-1 beard Denton say to Daimon, " be staunch, apd spy nothing about it, as Donne keens my thing about is." Dawson answered. "to he sure, as yams r knows bay thing about is." The words made a straw term. *ran on my mind a• the servaots. were not present at she time; I ana positive those words were what they made us of, The Magistrates, after consulting together fur some tisse.lai no further evidence beicg adduced against the Prisoners': Intro 1 ,, of opinion that the charge pr a malicious or feloniom internam c Was ant proved against any of the Prisoners, and as on analysing she• substance whaeb Deity lox had vomited, nothing 'of a poimeisous ensure was discovered, it could nut be deafly es certained that it was noisoo that was administered to them; those ciresiinstancts, connected with Doctor Darling's cenie Beate • declaring 'Belay Fox out of danger, which had des ; livered in s indtteed. thew s° take bail for the FriSsmers,illelbs selves in 501. each, and the sureties iu . • We heard, yesterday, that Mr. Wet.%Tee, when 'family suffered so dreadfully, dtirieg the late fire itt the Sfrandi is recovering from bit wounds, sad that the infant is doing well. _, Report A limn his been presentedte (ho Reeled ' Commons by the Ctimmissitiners appointed to en ire t,, like the duties, salaries, and • emoluments of i sea'" trial o ffi cers, &c., of the Cattail of Scotland. tis . i Confined to thiSherlit and Commisiary eourii, bilk' ennstitutinn of'whicii it 'recOmetends a variety of tn. prorements, 'the most Important of 'which is, th la ' place-of . four Judges in the Commissary Court, , • salary of 6001. each, es et present , there chat be I t ; only one Judge, *with a salary. of from 1;t001., its 1,5001., who shall be bound to deeote his eaclueitel attention to this duties of t h is office. . • ' 1 .... .: The premises of. Mr. Jame s Tittn0.,.. , 39, J,scres- 1 g street, New Cut, ~ litufbeth, were b r,p ike. open on l Monday a lernotin (during theebsenee,ettbe fen*, Who, it is stippittiii, were vsi(ChedfretkhOme). sod robbed of Proper4,,consiitinipifpleterjeweliila f and linen;to Lim stsuoiic s 4 4. t. *Oa .- ... .. • • ' - • . Stipqcieci Aeutur.srr.--.4% jrnoug 1.4 t, .17 , yeatll -of aefs 'clitaltsl. Neighbwer t liqqa* to-sitme lig rapbr. 1 • of • Ngsy.row, .1, 4 901 N ,Akkisit i t 0 . 40.4, welt • bernt .gg,,,dsvedfalty.ose.ies.e4gfeetalog i ttliet, altheogtilsit! • w" . 14,1 4„ _ Ml44l , .ti!kdkil loofPitigs,4ochopesere entertained! ,g-f.:Pe.F. !oCeillYypt, .7.6 b. bad. been etre party in Pad , . - qtegforsaitteet, with heraisseLsied ethers, and en t her wing into : her ...bed-mons, -.She. bkwelle IMO!? si ft e r .... Dot witk.:4er Sitriekss a.ed .site. was in one . bilose• • . 1 . PreOption of wejipPiPg the bedalide carpel mend ' r 1 ....,, ....,. taken by Abe servant,. but ler - pitmen* • which were of very light teller., were reduced D tinder. She his sentabsed senseless since the c,stss tr9Phe: a -..: ' . . .. . :.• PIDMKTAKIsit•=-The greet match of 15 wilily •IsetereewOld Tom, as nick“ineved,'who is berketcbil Colonel. Berton. and Rainer, the celebrated Kentish pedestrian, backed bye some Kentish amateurs, eas t eites•inore sporting interest tban.eny other whirls has 1 taken piece since that between Reiner and Captain Barclays grauna,• esadht?sy sums are betted tleilljew I the event. The Winner is hacked to do the first 10 4 miles within the hoer, and the whole distance ill an boor and 31 tninties. • 'Caudell TO 'TMADRSINEN.—Information leafytr ceired at the Queen-square Police-office.) esterday, theta fellow, about 23 years old, five feet four inches high, full face, and fair complexion, drested in blue clothes, and a black silk handkerchief totted his neck, is going about the town passing bed rotor, per- ' 1 porting to be of the Bath, - Exeter, and Semellet Bank, connected with a Bank in Ireland, and nsde payable in London. On Tuesday night he purchased a watch at the shop of Mr.• Fuller, in • Doke-street, Chelsea, and passed a bad 51. note of the above.de. script' :he represents himself to be a Lieutenant in the Navy. The Greenwich murderer, k is said, has been tslcew into custody. lia is said to he'a hoosekeeper . et : • Black a all,. Holt has been impeached by his own seders- The enormity oferimes in the country oneuestineo. ably appeal - 4 on the decline. In the Jail C4leoder, for Yorkshire there are only fifty.sis Prisoners" foe trial, and•not One for murder. SINGULAR CASE.— On Wednesday a lify gag whipped through the streets of Glasgow, pursuant to his sentence, for returning frOenttnishment; . is 1. NDON Print•d and tPubti.hed by D. iLoytas.. •l STATOMAri 1:14* mu, SKEbbury-crun, flat. Crrl L -