The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-02-10 00:00:00

..,.' . . I ~' t.: THE STATESMAN: COURT OF cOSISION PLEAS, Fro. 9. LOWDEN( V. lITEKONII. Tlsis day the Court granted a new trial oo this question, cnovirtsiog tolls in Covent-garden Market, in respect of Peas,,Beans, and Vegetables. The action was brought by the Lessees of Covent. garden Market, under his Grace she Doke of Bed ford, to recover said tolls of. the Defendant, a Mar ket Gardener. The Jury fogad a verdict for the Plaintiff, da ages Rd. The new trial was obtained on the ground that llov Noble Noble Duke, who holds Covent. garden Market by Royal Grant, did not make out • right to the tolls clajesed by the Lessees of the )lasket. COURT OF EXCREQUER, Vas. 9. sift WATXIN LEWES V. MORGAN. This long litigated cause was again brought under the conviderstiose of their Lordships this day. The result wag, that Mr. Morgan should be allowed till the 20th of April nest to pay into Covet the money in question, with liberty to move for an enlargement of the time ; and that daring that period he.be restrained from receiving any paruof the rents or profits arising from the estates. PRICE OF STOCKS Till Ilanlt Stock n per Cent. Red. 8111 81 3 per Cent. Conbol4 8i 1 ; Comols for Arr. 80,f,tj 4 per Crut. 99iji 1g DAY' AT ONK O'CLOCK. 5 per Cent. Navy 104 104 India Honda p Stock 441 Long Arm. %11 15 16 Exchequer Nibs 1§ Y 8 p THE STATESMAN. ioNboN: TUE9DAT, PIIISIIMCIF 10, tlllB. We have received farther accounts from Trinidad, dated three days later than those we published yes terday. They are contained in letters from English Gentlemen, and strengthen the agreeable espectation excited by the former accounts, that a getter order of things will be established on the Main shortly, in favour of British trade generally, as General Bott 'cart bad marched against General Mom Lro with so imposing a force, that it is supposed the whole Pro vince of Caucus will be reduced by the Ist of Fe braary. Should this be realised; of course all the ports of Venezuela will be open to our trade. Ad miral BRIoN, who remained at Guyana, will be pre. pared soon to co-operate with Bouvan by sea, as his army shall approach the coast. General Boctv an, before he left Guyana, established a Pro visional Government, until the expulsion of the Spanish troops may allow the Election of a General Congress, agreeably to. the Independent Constitu tion; and Guyana will be ao long the seat of Go vernment. The greatest order and tranquillity prevail there, and a brisk trade with the Islands, chiefly in British vesselt, whose flag is well received, and uni lernsly ',greeted by the cruizers of Venezuela.— " The least infringement," says the writer of one of these letters, " is severely punished by BRION, and bas only occurred, to the best of my knowledge, in two privateers having taken a Spaniard and his dol lars out of - a mail-boat. Both the man and his mo ney were immediately given up on our Admiral's re. quisitlon at Margarita ; where a Captain - was also hanged for robbing vessels ou the coast of St. Thomas In a piratical way." The latest authentic news from Generall3ou van's, or the Grand Army, states, that General Beastuntz has been sent with 1300 men to take the command in the Province of Cumana, where he is to raise troops, and act against the capital and sea-coast. General ItloNacas has the same commission in the Province of Barcelona. In both these Provinces the Patriots are superior to the Royalists, who are confined to the towns. General Patz's army, 4000 cavalry, com mends all the province of Barinas and the Loner Apure. The Spaniards are shut up in the town of St. Fernando, on the Apure, by this army; and by water, by the Patriots in Guyana. General Mo ort.i.o's head-quarters, it is said, were at Calabozo, -and all the troops he can muter were endeavouring to collect there, and it is in that neighbourhood, pro bably, that a battle will be fought, if it bat not al ready taken place. BOLIVAR states that he is ready, and if he can meet him in the plains of Calabozo, an overwhelming cavalry will give BOLIVAR every ad vantage. The spirit of the country is all with him, and the cause of FERDINAND, and the Inquisition and Monopoly must die a natural death soon. The People on the Main, it is said, will read English books and will wear English manufactures iu spite of 411110. Some most important disclosures connected with the Government proceedings towards the public, in the neighbourhood of Manchester, were made In the Houses of Parliament last night. From the Petition presented by Mr. PHILIPS, and the circumstantial detail of the events alluded to, which the patriotic Member gave, it appears that several Gentlemen of the highest respectability in Manches ter, not charged with disaffection themselves, or liable to the terrors of the Suspension Act, and yet aware of the evils and unjust operation of the arbitrary measures resulting from it, and the ma chinations of the Government Spin, had under taken to investigate the allegations respecting the events said to have taken place in their vicinity, contained in the Reports of the Secret Committees, and the result of their patriotic labours are thus sub valued to the House of Commons. Lord UOLLAND also came forward in the Hone of Lords, and de clared that he had been entrusted with a like Petition to the House of Peers, but his Lordship was unable to submit it at the time, from having unfortonately mislaid it. This is a most praiseworthy conduct on the part of the Manchester Gentlemen, aad peculiarly seasonable at the present moment, when fresh Reports on these subjects are to be founded on new Secret Committees, and Ministers boast of having restored the tree . - quillity of the country by their system of spies chi coercion. We hope similar means will be adopted to bring " the hellish agitators" to light in other calumniated parts of the country. The Pe tition presented treats of all the mischief resulting from, and all the machinations of the Government spies introductory to the odious measure that has bad such baneful effects on the liberties of the country.-- it recommends also the conduct of the Magistrates and Police Officers, as well as that of the supposed traitors, to the attention of Parliament. We hope Parliament will feel it to be its duty to attend ,to this recommendation. This do. cement, which the Petitioners engage to substan• tittle by evidence, if peiviitted, places it beyond the shadow of doubt that . the agents of Goyernment had, by every 'means, endeavoired to inflame the People to acts of rebellion ; that their system was peiseimingly parisea . ; end that their scheeiel were I• constantly' tristrated by the firmness and loyalty of their inithess'. It is impossible, we think, for the Secret Ciiinenittees 'of th e t w o MUM of Parliament to present their Reports without hav i ng i i nvestigated the statements contained in this Petition ; and if they be fouOd substantiay correct, the House of Corp mons would beiwanting he its duty to the People of England, iiire it not to compel the Law Officers of the Crown to Commence immediate proceedings against the cruel instigators of those events which have been repeatedly denounced by Ministers as in surrections end treasons. --~- The Treaty concluded with Spain, by which the acquiescence of the Spanish Government to the Atte ntion of the Sieve Trade at the distance of two years is purchased by this country for 400,0001. was fully discussed lest night in the House of Commons. Lord CASTLE REACH enlarged much on the gratitude due to Spain for this disinterested concession, be cause she had been offered a much larger amount by the Spanish Merchants to continue the abominable traffic! and his Lordship took occasion also to pay a sufficient number of compliments to the Congress of Vienna for the wisdom and humanity of its errrangements in favour of Slaves ; but like Mr. W t Lime nces philanthropy, the humane considers lien of his Lordship's Congress has not admitted of every close test—it has not, like true charity; be gun at home ; and though it bas taken an mortice range wheb called to operate, and allowed that free dom may be very different iu Africa from what is conceived of it in Europe, yet it does not appear from all that Lord CASTLEREAGII has advanced, that any one of the States which profess themselves interested in the Abolition of this inhuman trade, have subscribed one shilling to purchase the acquiescence of the biggling parties, except our own " honourable selves."—it is attempted to he made out, that the object of Spain in agreeing to this Treaty was not money—but this is far from being established to our satisfaction ; for if 400,0001. he such a trifle in her eye, she might have scorned the bribe altogether ; and as to the offer of the Ha. asimah merchants al one time, we doubt much whe ther even these traders would be such fools at to give millions for FERDINAND'S protection South of the Line now.---Lord CASTLEREAGH appeared ex tremely anxious to deprecate mixing this subject with the South American question ; and it is really a matter of some surprise to us that the debate steered so clear of our connection with the Southern Indepeodents, especially as the liberal Mr. WILDEUTORCE took so much pains to show thel advantages in a commercial point of view, which must attend this humane Treaty in favour of the Africans. The worst part, we believe, of this Treaty is, that the money thus humanely bartered away is the very means by which the Spanish Government is at present enabled to carry on its operations against the Colonies that are struggling to be free. There seems to be little - doubtlhat Spain, single banded:lnuit lose her dominion over the Continent of South Ame rica, and specious pretests most be found by our , friendly Government to aid the 46 beloved," and cram the execrable system on the South Americans by prolonging the misery of the country. The motion for voting the sum was approved by a majority of Fifty-six to Four. Sir Os,Au) MoSELY, in calling for the division, made some ex cellent remarks, and Sir Gir.nuar litaynoots . took an important and correct view of the situation in which Spain would be in regard to this 'f testy and the South Americas Provinces, in the event of the latter establishing their independence. One important point in this Treaty is the establish ing the Right of Smirch in time of pace. No lag ought to be permitted to wave with impunity over a floating prison of enslaved human beings, but the same feeling that would dictate such a stipulation, ought to say, no such tyranny should , be allowed to exist as would doom enlightened and innocent Eu ropeans to imprisonments and chains equlrl had ble, the Barites of Siete auspiciini. We are glad to perceive that those who have the power of returning Members to Parliament are now making principle and pefilic integrity a sine qua non in the objects of their choice. - If the Nation is to enjoy the blessings of freedom and constitutional liberty, Electors must spurn at the interested Ad dresses, and the feigned smiles of dissimulation which so abundantly characterize the crouching syco phants of a weak and corrupt Ministry, the voters and enjoyers of unmerited Pensions, Salaries, and Places. It is with pleasure we observe that Mr. BM/UMIAK% canvas for the county of Westmorland meets with the greatest success, and that no doubt is en tertained of his final triumph. Mr. B. has signified by public advertisement his resolution, by accepting the call of the Electors, to maintain the independence of Westmoreland ; and it is with no less satisfaction we observe, that the independent Electors of Lin colnshire have cued upon Sir Roacav lIERON as their Representative, whose public conduct certainly well warrants their choice. ..Yesterday morning the Duke of Your transacted military business with the PRINCE REGENT, at Carl ton•house. At one o'clock the PRINCE REGENT left town for Windsor. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sessce gave a grand dinner, on Suede) , last, at Kensington Palace. Tie party were, the Areart• of Caneaevne, Lord Ossur.wrost, Lord AUCKLAND, Lord KING Lord GRANTLEY. Lord A. Ilistivrosr, Lord KING, Sir WM. BIAIROUGM. Sir It. FERGUSON, Sir JAMS, MACINTOSH, Mr. DUDLEY Nonvir, Mr. BYRD, Mr. BROUGH AM, and Mr. STEPHEN4ON• We learn that hi. Grace the Duke of NORTHUM• REILLAND heS accepted the office of President of the Society now forming for the Suppression of Mendi city. The Independent Freeholders :of Westmorland hare great reason to rejoice at the reception which Mr. JAMES BROUGH AM met with at Appleby on the sth instant. It was no loss pattering to the lovers of the cause, than at Kende!. He arrived about 12 o'clock. accompanied by Sir F. VANE, Hirt., THOS. WYBERGII, Isq., and D. B. DYKES, Esq. ; and, long before his approach to the town, was greeted with the acclamations of immense numbers of Free holders and Gentlemen of the town and adjacent districts, all equally anxious to evince their at tachment to the cause of his coming, and to anvil the Independence of the County of West. morland—took the horses from the carriage, and drew it over the bridge ; the crowd, which was immense, insisisted on his quitting his carriage.— He alighted, and was chaired in triumph round the cross, the bells ringing a merry peal, and accom panied by an excellent band ofMusico; the united ac clamations of an immense number followed him until be arrived at Mr. Men's, where he addressed: the Freeholders in an excellent mut animated speck; Mr.WYsenon and Mr. DICKEA also severally ad nressed the Freeholders and populace, in most ap propriate speeches, previous to die appointment of a Committee.—(Corliele Journal.) - We stated yesterday that TUISTLEWOOD had sent a challenge to Lord Stenotrn, and we gave the proceedings in the Court of King's Bench upon the occasion. After the Solicitor of the Treasury had moved for the attachment evilest TIIISTLEIVOOD, he immediately applied to the Sheriffs. of Middlesex, who granted their warrant to Messrs. BEA MON r and Sort, and D. SIMPSON, their offieers, who proceeded between three and. four o'clock in the afternoon, to Tntsvcawooo's residence, in Stanhope-street, Clare. market, •took him, sad left him' in custody at Mr. BUTLER'S in the same street, being near his own REGALIA or SCOTLAND. — We have the pleasure to I announce to the Pantie, that the examination of thel Crown-room and chest,. supposed to contain the Re galia of Scotland, took place on Wednesday last, at one o'clock, and was attended with complete success. Nothing was found in the room but a large . oblong oaken chest, secured by two itrong locks, for which no keys had been found. The Commissioners, Sc. cording to the tenor of their warrant, directed the chest to be forced open, which was effected with some difficulty. It was found to contain the Crown, Scep tre, and Sword of State of Scotland, answering in the most minute particulars, to their description in the Instrument of DepowitatinO,26th March, 1707, which is printed in Nisbcrs Heraldry, vol. 2, and more correctly in Mr. Thomson's late publication from the Records of the Jewel-office. There was also a silver Irod of office, of which the peculiar use is not yet ascertained. ENGLISH OPERA-llOUSE.—fast night there was most extraordinary spectacle—art exhibition of I Highland Bagpipes at the English Opera-house ! We know not the motive for opening the Season at this Theatre with such an exhibition ; but if it was in the expectation that the nationality of the Scottish rpert or the population of the metropolis would crowd to this " gathering of the Clanil," and " warm the house," this hope was sadly disappointed, for a colder appearance could only be exhibited on the native scenes of the bagpipe. Fortunately for the performers, dancing constituted no small part of their exhibition, and in this particular they certainly gave unseeing proofs of national excellence. There was an exhibition of the use of the broad-sword, dirk, and target, the Dance of Killum Kallum, with the ceremony of a Highland Wedding ; but the great. treat of the night was specimens of bagpipe music by various of the competitors who have gained prizes in Scotland, ajtd in this department of music we ac knowledge we never heard any thing equal to this exhibition. Mrs. DAVISON, we are glad to learn, is reinstated at Drury-lane Theatre. MOST EXTENSIVE Itoeseasr.—A charge of robbery was yesterday made at Marlhorough-street, by J. Wilfred Parkinson, Esq. of No. 17, Riding-house- Noe, Portland-place, against his servant, David APPcy, who has absconded, for stealing the Mina , . itsg articles, viz. :—a large rose diamond, nine 300 guineas, one valuable large pearl, 4000 small pearls, 60louis-d'ors, a quantity of gold pagodas, guineas,, and other gold coins, to a very large amount. A g moult was issat4 agaiqit eV:Vey. , : NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. DEAL, Fee. 9.—Sailed again the Princess itemell it , falstoa, and London, Campbell, for Madras China; also the Vigilant, Scholes, from Gents Hall. • PORTSMOUTH, FEL O.—Arrived the Kingston, Bowen, from London for Jan; and Maria, T from the Downs for St. Lucia. The Kingstot rived late on Saturday, but owing to the intense from that time till thisafternoon at three o'clock, could not be made out. ' ►aselia, Is and its toe Rsto n , Tottit, on ar• tee foga abs tt Sea. packet, tio J a . packet, P Afar. fur Gi. Pemz4mct, FED. 7.—Arrired the schooner lark, from a cruize. FALMOUTH, FEB. 7.—Arrived the Blocher pack, Capt. Wetheral (acting), with Mails from Rio neito, in 57 days.—Sailed the Duke of Kent pa( Lawrence, with Mails, for Lisbon ; and the chioneas of Queensbury packet, with Mails, braliar and Malta. Mimics!. Fee. 9 —Arrived the Thetis, Stokes; Charlotte, May ; and Jane, Mortleman, all aid) Mails, &c. from Gottenburgk. Dovim, FEB. 9.—Arrived off this port the Astrea transport, from Portsmouth for Chatham, with valids. GRAVESEND, FED. B.—Sailed the Duchess of Bed. ford, Lacy, for Jamaica ; and Swallow, Oliver, for Madras, isle of Priori., &c.---Arrived the Three Johns, Roberts, from Ostend. G tt.4.lrE3 END, Fka.9.—arrived the Prince-of Orange, from Rotterdam ; sod Prince of %Waterloo, Page, from Ostend. " • • The Sally, Be l ih, Poo New York for Loseriek, was abandoned by lorterew the BtR. sit. la tat. 39. long. ta. being in &stickier lita4.l • Tice HORRID NURDEILS at GREENWICH. Monday a Coroner's [knot INN held at the White Hart 'h. vent. Greenwich, before Me. CARTER, the Coroner, on the mur dered bodies of Mr. Hint (aged 88), nod his housekeeper. After taking a view of the bodies, the Jury proceeded to inspect the house, gardeu. &c. to ascertain by what means the murderers bail gained admittance. There is a brick Wall about eleven fret high divides the dreeased's garden (lam another in the rear, called Pow is's garden; in Pow is's garden the marks or mass footsteps were traced, the tile of a summer-hovae lay os the ground, and appeared to be newly broken by some person is climbing over the wall, as the marks of footstepsoppeared quite plain on the mould in the deceased 'o garden. Is this garden the old Gentleman chiefly passed the day, and took morn delight in beautifying it. Two bottles, which appeared to have been recently emptied ands, tobacco-pipe, lay un the padatu table, having the marks of blood on them, from whence it is conjectured that the instrelerer or murderers must have regaled themselves. Nothing in the house being disturbed, it is Ai pii,ed that the crime inust have been committed by some penis or persons Who were not stranger q to the family. It 'appeared from the evidence of several witnesses, that, no Saturday night. about ten o'clock, Mr. Bird's door was oh ( served to be open, and a woman standing nearly uppwite to 4„ t and nearly at the -amo time three ill-looking fellows were see* lurking alsoitt that part of the street. On Sunday morning, the Wither of the deceased, Mr. Bird. called on his brother's twit door iwighbour, in consequence of his not receiving any as. swer to his repeatet knocks at the door; they got over the wag, and found the place mi.-1y shut tip; they suspected till was sa right, and repaired to the front of the gate, and forced it open, their endeavours proving *aim in tiling to open the street door,• the key being at tile inside. They then forced open a bark window. and on opening the door - beheld the horrid spectacle. The Surgeous attended, and described the attire of the wound.. which were unmerous. and said they were sallieleut to cause death. The CORON FM said, that so evidence had been adduced to k the murder fill any particular person, and if the Jary thought proper, as it was late (eleven o'clock last night), hf would ad journ the Inquest to a future day. The Jury were of opinion such a proceeding would be best, and it was adjourned accord ingly. The .Jury entered into recognizances in the sum oflol. oath, to appear at the time appointed to renew the investigatium. The Jury Room was crowded to excess, and the street was thronged throughout the day with persons of all deocriptiois horrified in the coutemplation of the dreadful event. On Saturday last, Mr. WARING JAMES, eldtll SOB of .10SFPIL JAMES, Esq. of Esher, Surrey, left King ston about six o'clock in the evening, to return to his father's house. Ills servant drove him in a gig: at the end of the town, near the Ewell road, be tut fortunately mistook a light in a barge on the river for one in the houses ; and, in consequence of this dreadful error, the vehicle was precipitated over the wharf into the deep river. The servant was saved by the people in the barge; but Mr. JAMES being in cambered with a thick boa-coat, could not swim, and before assistance could be obtained, sunk to rise no more. This afflicting accident is the more painful, as it would trot have occurred, had the Cor• poration of Kingston taken proper care to fence dm side of a wharf, which has before this been proved to be most dangerous. A short time after the above catastrophe, a Gentleman's carriage. with the family hi it,'was within_ a yard of being driven down the same precipice. Me. JAmEs's servant watt driving footpace, and the-gig had lights. We should like to know by what process% of form, or by what right, a Magistrate, with a certain number of prisoners before him, all alike suspected of, or charged with Iliglr Treason, :an, upon secret intelligence that some of them are spies. dismiss 'these, and'erimmit the rest to prison. Our la w nei ther acknowledges nor makes any exemption in fa vour of spies; Kell are concerned in the same overt acts, the treatment of alt ought to be similar. Yesterday the whole town of Greenwich eshibited signs of the consternation excited by the late dreads ful murders. The inhabitants bad a meeting, at which a reward of 5001. was voted for the discovery of the perpetrators. Four persons have been aPlue" hended on suspicion. • - At a late hoar on Saturday night, or early oe Sunday morning, the premises of Messrs. Bentley and Jones, of John-street. Paddington, 'vas privately entered and rubbed of valuable property to en es tensive amount. On Sunday evening the house of Mr. Wm. Stocks, hat-maker, in 11'01)014-street, during the absence Of the family, was broken open and robbed of tauh► notes, &c. to a large amount. FORGED BANK-NOTES —Sonnet Forte*. .filweir Low, James Shand, .Icdsn Stephens, att4 Maul !Vetter, five youths, from 16 to '2O years of age, 111 very respectable appearance, were charged with beim, common utte r er of forged Bank of Englaw; note. Weller was rlischargeil ; the other four Pi-miners mere committed for trial. , 1 4 4 1)0N Printed and Pfetle4l.-d ht D. toy( I.'" -.le 4 TaTl'm 4 lt Orries, Not t, Iliguitterl-tuort, li t i r