The Statesman. — London, England, 1824-01-24 00:00:00

pm- T HE prlNti MEMORIAL OF RI MO TO MIS WIFE, p• 1711 5031 F PARTICPLARS OP HIS LAST HOURS. The r e n am ing well-authenticated oartirulars of the last hares of General Riego, are exceedingly interesting, as the y speak volumes, as to the treatment of that anfortit pr patriot, while in prison, and completely refute the calumnies with which his memory was attempted to be „ i vied by thr propagation of his pretended recantation an d confessiA. Indeed the document which appeared in some of the French Papers, purporting to be the confes si„n o f General Riego, needed no evidence to convince the w orld of its want of anthentieity, the hnngling fabricator i t h av ing made the General sign it two days after his r ieention !! General Cloche, who lately arrived in Englsiall, was the bearer of a small parcel addressed to a Mr. Binder, an ! ow l gentleman, now in London. The General was quite ignorant of the contents of this parcel. On its reaching its destination, however, it was found to contain a hlack awl a white handkerchief, enclosed in an envelope, eith a letter, from which it appeared, that they had been transmitted to the Duchess de Fritts, by General Riego, a few hoary previous to his death. On the fifth of October, t oo days before the execution of the unfortunate patriot, a c onfessor, whom Riego had prevailed upon by the most ' ,matt entreaties, waited upon the Duchess to ascertain whether she would receive a memorial from him, to trans mit to his rife. It appears that this lady is related by martiaee to the Rirgos, General Valdes, a cousin of the late General Me t ro, having married her sister. The Thichrss im•nediately consented to receive the me morial. The Confessor went away, and a few hours afterwards returned with a black hand kerchief, which Riego was desirous should be hor,arcl.- ed to his wife. The next day, that is the day before the emotion tit? . asue,triest. hroggistre white hood It eras!!! 10 be Irantudtteitiffeet , ilil Tali.. The man positively re fused to cuter into any explanation. lie was deaf to all entreaties. In fact lie was evidently afraid to answer quite tions the moat indifferent. Ile had no doubt been prevail ed upon, out of compassion to the victim, to undertake the charitable commission of delivering these memorials of love. The manner in which it was undertaken and executed, clear ly proves that it was contrary to the orders of those who had the superintendence of Riego's imprisonment; and tke affair altogether iscontirmatory of hishaving hail opiates adminis tered to him • o prevent him from epcaki ng at theplace them' tioe.hisol lois gaolers not leers convinced that he could have wrdien in s-ch a manner to his wife, that would have rOlll. pletrly Waf fl ed their isles of his terkeasion, he would not have been prevented front writing:or had he been inclined to have recanted, they would, no doubt. Mire permitted lan to send letters to any part of the world, provided such recantation made a pert of them. But Riego could not be prevailed upon to disgrace himself, therefore was be cut off from all interennrae, either by message or letter, with the world, to which he wife doomed so shortly to bid an everlasting farewell. The kturffele, of having written a letter to solicit his pardon, is complete? Milled by this anecdote. The handkerchiek are both at present in the han d e of the Canon Ueneral Valdes nut having arrived in Englacd. LORD BATHURST'S CIRCULAR TO TIIE PLANTERS. By the arrival of Jamaica papers, by which we have ob tained particulars, as given in another column, of the pr, - reeding% in the Lep/iota:we of that island, we have received the hollowing copy of the circular of Ler4l It.. hurst, which been frequently referred to in the Culonial papers, but has not before been quitted en tire :-- Colonial °Mee, Downing Street, Msy 29, 1823. enclose a copy of a letter, which I have this day tddresseil to the Governor of Dei , and ,on will hot fail to follow the directions, therein contained as far as may he applicable to Me Colony tinder your Government, where no public body exists with similar Inactions to those of quh,Qoart of Policy. You silt, therefore, prepare the Slave Proprietors in the Co lony under your Government to expect, that the Court of Policy are ins lied in the first instance spontanrously to enforce, and I trust that they will be equally disposed, individually and in ern.rert, to anticipate the decision of his Majesty's Govern au t. have the boom to be, Sir, your most obedient Servant. (Signed) BATHURST. To Sir Ralpb Woodford, Bart. de. de. (ENcLosuaE MIER REN TO.) Colonial Office, Downing Street, May 94, 1523. Stn,—l take the earliest opportunity orcummunicating to )ou. the Resolutions, which were unaiiimously agreed to b) the House of Commons on the 15th instant ; and in order that you ea) better understand, not only the general impression of the Rouse in coming to these Resolutions, but more particularly the principles which hare guided his Majesty's Government in proposing them, and which will continue to guide them, in the treasures to be adopted for the furtherance of the important ohjects to which they relate, I hare enclosed the best report I eso procure although it may not be altogether a corruct one, of the speech of Mr. Secretary Canning. Ido not propose, in this dispatch, to call your immediate attention to all the subjects to which the speech refers; but to con;ine myself to one of those points, on which I have not found that any difference of opinion exists, and which, being tinier in its nature, may be at once adopted, viz.—An abso, lute prohibition to inflict the punishment of dogging, under sny circumstances, upon female slaves. The system of melba rating the conditio n o f s l aves , t o w hi c h hi s Majesty's Govern ment stand pledged by these Resolutions, cannot better com mence than by the adoption of a principle which, by making a distinction of treatment between male and female slaves,— " csnnot fail to raise this unfortunate class generally shove their present degraded level, and to restore to the (anode slaves that sense of shame, which is at once the ornament and pro tection of their sex, and which their present mode of punish ment has tecded so unfortunately to weaken, if not to obli terate. I should therefore have communicated to you his Majesty's r v emands, that th e pun i s h ment of flogging should for the fu re teak %ith respect to female slaves, had 1 not been de sirous that the prohibitit it should proceed from the Court of Policy, as l am unwilling to deprive them of the satisfaction, which fam sure they wi,l feel in originating and supporting a measure which has beau approved of by all classes. W ith respect to the practice of driving the slaves to their Work by the oind of the whip, and to the arbitrary infliction of it by the driver, as a stimulus to labour, I am equally dis posed to trust to the Court of Policy to originate measures for the cessation of this practice, which I need not state must bo repugnan t to th e f eel i ugs of every ind i v i dua l i n this country. In ' la aware that a nec ess ity ma y ex i s t, f or re taining the penisho tilt of d ogg i ng, with respect to males, though, at this same I 2" • it should be subject to defined regulations and restrico "or; Mail an immediate measure, cannot too strongly re e2smend, th at t h e whip s h ould no longer be carr i e d i nto t h e Lid,_,l and the re di splaye d b y the d r i ver as t h e em bl em o f hi s a ority, or employed as the 'ready Instrument of his dis plessure. !hare the honour to be. Sir, your most obedient Servant. To Major Genera l Murray, &c. arc. An Inuest was held esterday . before Mr. , gra, De q puty Co r o ner fo r Westui.tster evening , at the St. James 2armary, Poland Str ee t. O x f or d Street , on th e bOdy of Vr• John D.Howell, aged thirty- e i g ht, who died suddenly. v erdict Died by the Visitation of tiod." Twenty-fi" Paands Isere offered by a surgeon to have the body handed ° rar to him for dissection.. It as effeminate in its ap- Nance, the bones were teniarkably small, and, to the le of a common spettator. nothing extraordinary aP ,ll4rrd; yet, so' valuable did it appear to the surgeon, that the above enormous price was im me di a tely o ff ered for it. "5 know not whether those who have a claim to the body ail] consent. • TFIE STATESMAN me, on the part of the Duke, and for which I hold Mr.. Jordan's receipt. It should also be understood, that up to the dAy of their separation, Mrs. Jordan had received a large annual al lowance from his Royal Highness. A cessation of correspondence between Mrs. Jordan and myself ensued, until September, 1615, when I most unex pectedly received a note from her, requesting to . see me immediately. l found her in tears, and under much em harassment, from a circumstance that had burst upon her, as she said, " like a thunder storm." She found herself involved to a considerable amount, by securities, which all at once appeared against her, in the shape of bonds and promissory notes, given incautiously by herself, to relieve, as she thought, from trifling difficulties," a near relation, in whom she had placed the greatest confidence." Acceptances had been given by her in blank, upon stamped paper, which she supposed were for small amounts; but which afterwards appeared to have been laid befcre ber, capable of carrying larger sums. . _ She was fearful of immediate arrest. She wished to treat all her claimants most fairly and liononrably, and to save if possible, the ttife and children of the person who had so deceived her, from utter ruin. She could not enter into negotiations with ber creditors unless at large, and apprehending if she remained in F.ngland that would not long be the case, she instintly adopted the resolution before mentioned, of going to France. A list of creditors was made our, and an arrangement was in progress to enable her to return to this country All she required, in order to set her mind at ease on the extent of the demands that might be out against her was, that the person who hall plunged her into all these diffi culties, should - declare upon oath that the list he had given .to her, included the whole. • This the party from time to tinsedeclined to do, and disappointed thus, in the hope she so fondly cherished of again returning to her country, and seeing those children for whom she bad the most tender affection, she sunk under the weight of her afflictions, and in the month of June 1816, died at St. Cloud!!! In suppo. t of the forgoing narrative, the writer has the most ineontestibte evideni e; but be trusts nothing can be more satisfactory or convincing to the public, than the fol lowing extract from a letter, addressed by Mrs. Jordan to him, dated at Paris, 18th Jan. 1816. "bear Sir,--I.have forborne writing to you that might occupy as little of your time as possible. My spirit* are in so disturbed a state, that my weak hand is scarcely able to trace the still more feeble efforts of my mind. • • • • He assures you. that I am in possession of the names of my creditors, to whom he has made me answerable, by filling up th..se blank aeerp•anere. that I so unguardedly gave him, and yet declines making an oath to that pur pose: this Vas closed use much uneasiness, for it appears.to use vague, if not equivocal. " I can solemnly declare that the names I sent you, are the only ones I know of, and the greater part of them utter strangers to me. " I was in hopes that not only out of humanity andj attire to me, but fur his own sake, be would have done it volun tarily, as it would have been a means of removing. in a greet deg tee, the unpleasant impressions such a determina tion might ramie on the mints of those who still remain anxious for his futnre well doing. " I do tint command or enforce it, but intrrat it, as the only relief he can give to a bring whom he has e.nic.,t destroyed •". What int,rpretation hi put on his refusal ? If he says he will not tale the oath, It is cruel, and if he adds that he Nor not what is to become of me? it is in nature possible for me to return to an uncertain home, with all the horroe s I have an f. fared there fresh on my multi, with the constant dread of what may be hanging over me ? I really think (under those circum stances), that when my presence would be absolutely neces sary. that It would not remain fit my own power to be able to encounter suds misery. " it is not, believe me. the fetlings of pride avarice, er the absence of those roniforts I have all my life been iv costonted to, that is killing me by inches; it is the loss of wy twig refutaitting comfort—the /tope he red to lite* jsa rw lime to.lisne, of seeing. my children. The above assertion 1 can convince the the world of, if driven to it, by leaving the bond (all I have) to the creditors, and the Date's generous allowance, to 'the decision of the law. '6 It is now, and ever has been, my wish to save • • • • • ; for even now I feel a regard for hicu I can not cooper; but surely I may expect some r. turn of gra titude from a man, who, by a single simple act, could re lieve those feats that are nerdy insupportable. The ides is shocking. . . " Excuse this lons letter ; but I am sure you will see and feel the motives and the urgency. Ouce more, clear Sir, forgive sod excuse your., " DORA JORDAN." I trust, Sir, that I have thus put in a fair point of view thew hole of this delic4te yn •stion, and I shall trouble you ith but little wore on the subject. With the death of Mrs: Jordan, ceased the allowance which, by his Royal Ilighness's means, she was enabled to make of 2001. a-year to each of her three married slaughters. Sorely, then, no blame can attach to the Duke of Clarence, whose liberality, in order to enable Alm Jordan to make a suitable provision for them, in the event of her death. has been acknowledged by her to have been " most noble and g:•nrruus, in the highest degree." All sorts of means were resorted to by one of the parties (now no more), to compel a continuance of these allow - ances. The Hake did not chose to be driven in this respect ; but when the importunity, from the inefficacy of threats, had died alsay, his Royal Highness, of his own generous accord did give to each his kind assistance, and I am to this day paying, and as long as it shall be his Royal Highness's pleasure, shall conti nue to pay annual gratuities to tise two surviving daughters. _ _ Who then, after this statement of facts, shall accuse the Doke of Clarence with want of generosity towards Mrs. Jordan or her memory? The a•kiiinistratiora to the effects of Mrs. Jordan, by the solicitor of the Treasury, was ex-officio, and the ;adver tisement which appeared in the papers, and which has 4‘llo4l,turtla this; last attack, was put in, in regular discharge " of the" luties of his administration. I must conclude with one assurance. that after having given a true, and I trust a candid recital of facts, I shall treat with contempt any thing further that may be said on this subject ; resting satisfied —if after an attachment of six and thirty years service to a good and generous master-1 shall have added any dila, to his com fort in convincing a single individual of the injustice he has sustained. I am, Sir, &c. &c. Jons BARTON. Royal Mint, Jan. 21, 1624. INCtSSANT INCUBATION.—Last summer a turkey cock, the property of Mr. Thomas Brand, of Peutiow, in this county, "took to setting," and actvally hatched no less than 58 head of poultry; namely, early in the spring he hatched five goslings ; then he took to a duck's nest, and batched 11 ducklings ; next, ascending a • skep which hung over his head, and driving away . a hen which had set therein a owek, he hatched a tine brood of 13 chickens; again, be taking himself to a Pest wherein eggs were laid daily, and sitting closely fcr three weeks, he hatched one and two in a day as the eggs had been laid, 20 more; and last of all, fixing himself again upon a duck's nest, he hatched nine more ducks. Tints ended the summer la'aours of this ex traordinary turkey cock, who is now strutting about the farm yard, among his numerous tribe+, with tile authority which his unwearied and patient perseverance to bring them forth end iele) Iles him to exercise.—(Chelinsford Citron- IRELAND. It appears that Lee, the murderer of the unfortunate Fitzgerald, at Duninan way, in the County of Kildare. never said Isis wife .deserted him, but has given an address in Liverpool, where he thinks else may be found. At die In quest on Thursday last. he was asked, what could induce him to murder. Fitzgerald ? he replied, with much fervour. that before (lon and man be hil.l 111/ motive on earth for murdering him ; that whim Ise w( lit to bed he began dreaming that he was ent!ing the throat of his Father-in- Law, and jumping out of his sleep, Ise took the razor front Isis pocket, and cut the throut of the unfortunate man.— When a sal lice in the :6111, quartered in Dublin, he would not get leave to marry ; he deserted, went to Liverpool, and there got married, and afterwards enlisted in the GOth Re giment, was quartered in the Isle of Wig,ht, where he lost a. linger, as Ise says. by accident ; was Cogged, and then dis charged. Ile tame from Bristol to Cusk, and from thence to Dunmanway. CLARE.—EYms, Jen. 17.—0 n the night of Wednesday last, in consequence of information being received by tlin police at Crusheen, that there was a monber of persons col. lected at a wake in the house of one Hogan in that neigh bourhood, one of the police and three of the military pro ceeded to the place and found in Hogan's Itemise about one hnndred persons collected ; on entering the house the can dles were entinguislied by some of the party, when an at• tack commenced on the military by endeavouring to disarm them, however, they (lit! nut succeed ; the policeman, as e .on as he eztricat-d himself frosts the mob, gave directions to his party to load, and take post outside the door ; a num• her of the fellows and- toeir way through the roof of the Inonse ancicommenced throwing stones at the party. by which one of the military was slightly injured. Too emelt cannot he said in favour of the policeman and military out the occasion, as they conducted themselves with every de gree of eveolness and regularity. They succeeded in ap prehending nine of the persons, who arc now confined in the military gaud-room at Crusheen. MR. WILLIAM PROISERT. (FROIK T i MORNIU.CtIRGINICLI The following- letters from the Solicitor of the above! rained Gentleman, sill no doubt have the effect of putting an end to all further discussion ressecting him. As the letter which lately appeared in The Times turned out to he a hoax, we sapposed the letter to otirselvesfrous Mr. Mann, was of the same nature, till we were furnished with the other, to Messrs. Knight ard Lacey, requesting theM to name their solicitor, anti assured of its genuineness. As the pnblic have by this had quite enough of Mr. W. Pro bers, they will lose waiting by the silence which he imposes on the Press, whatever may be the case with respect to Messrs. little:lit and Lacy. Mr. Mann, as we'l as Mr. Mut ray, knows the protection which the law affords to goo I. fame and reputation. It is, however, but justice to the for mer to say, that he takes the lit-we manly course, procted ing by action, and nut by indictment. Every year is re markable for &northing. last year was famous for the com pl-te triumph of devutisni. will be famous for the triumph °flaw, in protecting the fame of a dead King 'of England, a lieiqr of Poyais, ani Mr. Wit:fans Probers. To rus EDITOR or TIM MORNING CHRONICLE.: Red Lion Street, llolborn, .114 a. 21, INC " am requested by Mr. William Probert to,inforta you, thut in ronspipierice of his name having been used by yule and several other E•litors of the inelie JOU/11114, in a most un arrantab e manner (alluding to a Iste stelancliJly tank), that upon a repetiti,;n of Cie *eine. :eg3l proceedings will be 'Vl toted against the parties so oft . ..tidbit. Yon must be perfectly aware a man when erywite I by a Jury of countrymen, is not, in law, to he co , lsitiered culpable. And, begging your ailvntion to this ii“tice, 1 u.. 1, Sir, your obedient Sertient, " JACOIS 11. MANN." " 71, Red Lion Street, Jan. 22, ISV. " SIR —I am desired by ' Mr. William Probert to institute• proceeding; ag bust you, as nuhlishers of a work, eutitled. '• Recu'ledimis of John l'heirlell." for certain libellous matter contsineil tuereiu sgAi as: the said William Probert : the pre sent is to request you will tatliedith furnish us with the na Ild of your Solicitor. in order that I may forward communications to Idiu relative to this unpleasant affair. "t ant, Gentlemen, your obedient Servant. "JACOB 11. MINN' " To Messrs. Knight and Lteey. Paternoster Row." CURIOUS CONVICTION. (Prom Use Morale: Herald.) Aco nplaiut was ethiloit d h-fore the Migistrates n Queen- , q rare Police 0.11,y, against a timber-merchant and 'milder at lirompron, for rein wing soil from a parricuhr portion Of. Iris ureurses in the " da!/ con t .." Th e infor mation proccedid on an act of ti?). 11. The facts were proved, and the Magistrates said they Must convict. On referring to another part of the Aet, to ascertain what pe nalty most be inflicted, to the no sin ill astonishment of the Magistrates, and to the oo small consternation of the builder and his legal adviser, In and behold ! it was found that the penalty was '• tem days' imprisonment in Bridewell!" The Act on this point was imperative; at least here min " even-handed Justice ;" it was the sm.. law for the rids that was prepared for the poor! The Magistrates bad no power to diminish the term of imprisonment, nor to cow mute it by fine! What was to be done?? because, fur a res pectable tradesman, though he had so transgressed thetas, to go to Tothillfields, or may-hap to some Tread-mill, for " tell days" was horrible, Well, what was to be done ? " Why appeal to be sore," skid the Attorney. " Yes," replied the builder, oho, thong!' he found himself in a mess, teok it cooly, " Crat may dr very well for rpm as a lawyer*. but what will it do respecting the threatened tea days!" " Oh, you have the chances of quashing the con viction, and rhea yon escape the punishment ; the prison, you know, is a terrible thing; and what will the neigh• .sours say ?" " Yes, bat what chances base I ? If the conviction he confirmed, what then ?" " Why then, visa mast visit Tothi 11-fields i" " Well th an, as the case is held to he clearly proved now, and as it can be as clearly proved another day, and the law being positive..l see no chance, ; therefore I may as well visit Tothill-fields now, awl have doneywith it!' And away, sure enottsgs, he went to tot hill;fidds Mcleod!, on a " ten days' .viait;" but, however he may have beep previously eogagedOis went thither armed with sweet philosophy." As.proof of the indivi dual's re s pectability, it may be mentioned* that part of his property chnsists of twenty houses at Bromplon. The ids• tence iS now in progress! MELANCROLT OCCURRENCE. 7 .1 S is with the deepest non cern and regret. we have to announce to our readers thot following distressing accident : —Mr. Charles Pollet had been for some days on a visit at Hillersdon House. 0-ar Cullompton, the residence of Captain Born. On Monday morning list, being at to accompany Captain B. on es shooting excursion, he went into the yard, for the purpose of turning out the dogs, taking Isis fowling piece with him ; the door of the hamlet not opening readily. Mr. F. *Wick it forcibly with the butt-end of the gun, which canoed it to explode, and the whole contents WAS lodged in his, left side, in the direction of his heart. His death was instan taneous. A Corou.r'e Inquest has been taken on the holy. • ertlict—Accidental Deato.—The deceased was the second son of Benjamin Follett, Esq., of Topsham. twenty-fire years of aut., an mini tide voting luau, and will be tome I re gretted by all who kne.v hint ; the grief of his relatives and the family at liiileradan may be conceived, but cannot he described,—(E.ecter Piping Post.) .......... • • 1 . ., r BOROUGH OF PETERSFIELD. •i I TNL CONSEQUENCES OP THE ELECTION OF A MAYOR. The Borough of Peters&ld, it would appear, ,bids fair (6 rival that of llehester , width excited so nines public at tention, to from the conduct of a certain gentleman, in turning out his tenantry, who would not be subservient to his wishes et eleetiosta. On Mwtrdav last took place the annual election of a Mayor of Peterafield, whose only duty consists in acting as returning officer at elections of Mem bers to serve in Parliament. This Borough has. within a few years, bee 'me a place of considerable notoriety, and patiticularly from the result of the last election of members ba i ling been submitted to two Conirnittees of the House of Commons, the last of which restored t, the Freeholdfis the elective franchise,which had been portiallylost tothem for nearly a colitury past. In addition to this, several important constitu • aortal questions relating to the affairs of theßorougb have lately brim agitated in theUourts of Law,& are now in progress to come before the House of Lords, where it will be decided whither or not the Steward of a Court Leet, appointed by the 'Lord of a Manor, can exercise the functions of the Bailiff, who alone, it is contended, ought to warn all renants, and impartially take from amongst them fit and proper persons to serve on the Jury: instead of the Steward of the Lord, and Patron of the Borough, being allowed to pack a Jury, and select a Mayor, with a view to answer a particular purpose, as has been the case many years in this Borough. On the present occasion, this system was continued; and a Mr. William Blunt, formerly a baker, was returned as Mayor for the ensuing year.—A natural feeling of dissatisfaction, having, fora lung time, evinced itself amongst the inhabitants, against the measures of Hylton Jolliffe, Esq. M. P. for the Borough, Lord of the Manor, and Treasurer of Churcher's College ; (a Charity has I ttely made so mach noise in conmquence of the gross abuses detected in its management, sad sr" version of the benevolent inteatioes of he founder') t et °oedemas, we are informed, has followed the example of the other at IL:heater, by serving notices, the day after the election of Mayor, on several of his tenants, to quit their houses, fac. held undershim, because they would not any longer submit to serve his party purposes. We hope however, they will not be intimidated by such measures, but persevere in the course they have so nobly, and to. successfully pursued. MRS. JORDAN. TO TU EDITOR. SlR,—The atter& on of the public has 1111014, as it imp many times before, been drawn, by notice in the Jail, papers, to the CAR.- of the lee Mrs. Jord its, and much pain. have been tak , n to stigmatize the conduct .if an ilhaqtrions personage, as it relates to that celebrated and much esteem ed favourite of the public. These censures upon the condnet of the Duk. of Clarifier, have been often repeated, and as often treated with silence on the part of his repe ated, Highness's friends. This silence has however been construed by many into admission of the accusations; till at length the stories so often told of Mrs. Jordan's having been obliged to leave her country, and Sy to a neighbouring kingdom, where, it is said, she died in solvent, for want of r trilling all sw ince being made to het by the. Duke, are assumed as facts. It has gone on thus, until some persons have exclaimed, " has the Doke of Clarence no friend, who, if the accusa tions are groondless, can rescue the character of his Koval Highness (rant such gross calumny ?" All who knew the. Doke or his connections intimately, are acquainted with the truth ; but none brink so fully possessed of the whole case as myself, 1 feel that any farther forbearance would amount to a dereliction of duty on my part; and, therefore, in pieties to a much injured character. 1 take upon myself to 'submit the following statement to the puhltc, acquainting them in the first place, that it was at toy sugsestiou Airs. Jordan Adopted the re solution of leaving tats country for France, to enable her the more readily and bonoorably to extricate herself from trouble tett)* which sit I bad lAten, thr)Wgh a tniaPISCMF confitieve ; and that i posies. a correspondence With - Mrs; Jordan, subsequent to her leaving England, which corro borates my statement in the minutest points. Upon the separation which took place between Mrs. Jordau and the Duke, in the year 1811, it was agreed that she should have the care, until a certain a: 4 .e. of her four youngest (laud!' ters. and a settlement was made by the Duke for the payment, by him, of the following sums : Per Ann. For the maintenance of his four slaughters X'1,500 Fur a house and carriage fer their use - - 6911 For Sirs. Jordan's own use - - 1,500 And to suable Sirs. Jordan to make a provision for three married daughters, children of a fuivncr cunneclion - - 800 In all - - £4,400 This settlement was carried into effect, a Trustee was ap pointed, and the monies under such trost, were paid guar early to the resp-ctive accounts, at the banking-house of Messrs. Coatis and Co. It was a stipulation in the said settlement that, in the event of Mrs. Jordan resuming her profession, the care of the Duke's four daughters, together with the 1.5001. per annum, fur thrir maintenance, should revert to his Royal Highness—and this event actually 4lid take place, in the course of a few months, in consequence of Mrs. Jor dan's desire to accept certain proposals made to her to perform. Mrs. Jordan did resume her profession, and not long after, reflections were thrown out against both the Duke and herself, whereupon Mrs. Jordan, indignant at such an attack upon his Royal Highness, wrote the following letter, which was published in the paper• of the day. "Stit—Though I did not see the Mottling Print that contained the paragraph alluded to in your liberal and respectable paper of yesterday, yet I was not long left in ignorance of the abuse it poured out against me; this 1 could silently have submitted to; but I was by no means aware that the writer of it had taken thet opportunity of throwing out insinuations, which he thought might be injurious to a to ( less honourable than •n illustrious per ' Linage. " In the love of truth, and in justice to his Royal High nest, I think it my duty thus publicly and unequivocally to declare, that his liberality to me has been noble and gedermis in the highest &Tref ; bat not baying it in his power to extend his bounty beyond the term of his own existence, he has, with his accustomed goodness and con sideration, allowed me to endeavour to make that provisioa for myself; which, an event that better feelings than those of interest make me hope I shall never live to see, would entirely deprive me of. " This, then, Sir, is my motive for returning to my pro fession. lam too happy in having every reason to hope and believe that, under these circumstances, I shall not offend the public at large by seeking their support and protection—and while I feel that I possess those, I Anil patiently submit to that species of unusanly persecution, which a female, so peculiarly situated, most always be subject to. Ever molly to acknowledge my deiciencies in every respect, I trust I way add, that I shall never be found wanting in candour and gratitude—nor forgetful of the veneration thatevery individual should feel for the good opinion of the public. " I remain, sir, your much obliged, bumble servant, 1 . D. JORDAN." It should have been before stated, that upon settling the annual allowance to Mrs. Jordan, every thing in the shape of a money transaction was brought to account, and that the most trifling sums, even upon recollection, were ad mitted ; and interest being calculated upon the whole in her favour, to the latest period, the balance was paid by , i~ 7771 i . i t 1,