The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-03-14 00:00:00

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MARCH 14, IBM The Paris Papers that have arrited this morning, COntain no account of an actual engagement having Liken place between the Austrians and Neapolitans. ferri s e l eT RI a Lerma PRIM rate, eniclt ilarmatannts from Naples this morning are est of hit portent, i ac.-battk has as yet taken place, but it cau lk 110 1 1•Cifisfove the Sword will be drawn, aid a ;vela Aiaiolthiend will Sow. lt appears that the Ne. apolitaas with it small force hare entered the Pope's donsiciosts, bat it is supposed only on a reconnoitring patty, The son of the Prince Regent has arrived at the army, and bas caused great enthusiasm amongst the troops. The Sovereigns are still at Laybach.— Our Finds are 83, 69. without the dividend. The unsatisfactory speech of the King of SPAIN to the Deputies, and the observation of the Count Tottassto, that it was necessary that all the world should know what National Congress thinks of the eveuts of Naples and the Congress of Laybach, have excited considerable sensation at Madrid. The mtg. n rEttOINAND's 3iinisters on the evening after the first sitting of the Cortes, is expected to produce some more explicit declaration of the Kyle's senti ments, and also lead to the members of the Cortes, re (wiling their disapprobation of the conduct of the Allied Poo ers.—(Paris Puprr.) From the American papers (last received) to the 12th February. BRITISH POLICY. It is, perhaps, not generally knoun that the Foreign Ministers who represent the Court of St. James's at Paris, St. Petersbnrgh, Atnatertiam, and Madrid, receive each, as an atonal salary, eleven thousand pounds ster wf:ile the British Minister at Washington is paid only the hvlf of that sum. The bare statement of this fact is sufficient to open the eyes of the most birotted, as to the contemptuous manner in which the English (lovernweut, view this country, and its want of gratitude for the immense stuns which we pay to the manufacturers of England fur the articles they are daily sending to the United States. Their trade with this country in domestic manufactures, greatly exceeds • stet Prance. Rnssia, Holland and Spain, put mtge. thee; and, perhaps, of all Europe. In return fur this, we are treated as a power scarcely deserving half the re spect of one of those nations taken singly. Even the British Minister residing at Lisbon previous to the late Revolution, received as large a salary as the En- 1 Toy to the United States. We do not hold this out ass' subject, calling for the interference of our tlovernment; hut we think that those who are so strenuona in advo cating British interests, and in promoting the con sumption of British manufactures in this country, ought, if they are really ail.bitious of our natural honor, to vii•te this circumstance in its proper light ; and when we find that the nation on which we are con. (erring such manifold benefits, treats its in return with contempt. it is time we should show a proper resent tnent, by leaving them to seek another market. A letter from Jacqueitiel of the 12th December, states. that President Boyer had found at the C. , pe up. wards of thirty millions of dollars left by Christophe, and that, since, llavtian and Spanish money were con sidered of equal value. (In the 12th of November, the British biig, Nymph, from London, six weeks hound to Port an Prince with a full cargo of dry g" 1 : 5 1 Was spoke to by an hermaphrodite brig, show ing no colours, who ordered the captain on board with hi , Palters, and allowed her to proceed after ex 'm64ll". At l I li. 111. two boats full of men rowed l along side the brig, knocked the man down from the. helm, hove the loig to, gave the crew 15 minutes to Loin out the long boat ; gave it to them and s. t them adrif , without a Farthing or any thing, and a lady passenger whom they sadly wanted to retain. Her en treaties however, overcame their barbarity, and she itas allowed to go in the boat ; and as far as they could observe the boat, they tired muskets at her next day, the brig was seen standing to the West ‘..f f ape Saint Nichola Mile ; the crew were taken out M s French ship and bronglit to Port au Prince. X LiV Tuna, JAN. 13.—We have been furnished by .lonatbaa noinp,on, collector of this port, with the following for pubtleation.—(.lotericao.) (Cup.) Consulate U.S. Cape de Verd Island, Villa da Prays, St. Jago, Nov. lb, 19110. stn —please to hare the goodness to make known, for the information of American merchants, that after the lit day of January, I s2l, a duty, in addition to that imposed by the Alvan of the 25th of April, 1818, Will be laid on all wines and spirits imported into lime islands of eight milreas, per pipe of 180 nuclides. Invoices of merchandise shipped in American vessels after the lit day of January next, to this CaPi kaia, subject to an ad valorem duty, must specify ell the carg o on b oard, recognised and certified by the rurteeeese consul in the district whence Sod 'bee the argyle intended for different islandstilici Tft part disposed of in due most be endoteed me the invoice, with a certificate frost the Custom House at the Island that the competent datin have ben paid, otherwise in entering the net port, if the cargo on board does not eorre•pend with the invoice thus ea dorsed, the vessel and cargo are subject to seizure. I am, sir, your most obedient sercint, 3A311 :11L HODGCII, hill. To the Collector of the Customs, New Ye*. (IPROOf THE NEW TOES ETEKING POST.] Our port Isaace more fairly open, and free from obstructions by ice. The following vessels are the first that have been enabled to pet to sea for the last ten or twelve days :--Ship Zodiac, Barnes, for Newry ; ship Lucy, Elkins, for New Orleans; ship Alexander Mansfield, Hamilton, for Londonderry ; British brig Commerce for New Orleans, brig Edward Foster, for do. and several coasters. The sadden change in the weather last Saturday, from severe cold to a temperatnre not far helow sum mer heat, continues to this day. Last night we bad a heavy and warm rain, which has melted away the snow and ice, so as to make the walking quite to lerable. The House of Commons yesterday made but little progress in business. More than one important mo tion was postponed, in consequence, it may be pre sumed, of the late hour to which they had been kept by the debate of the preceding night. The Minis terial prints this morning are very loud in their out cries on what they term " the vexatious proceedings'. of that occasion. But let them be comforted. We do not entertain a doubt that the supplies will pass, and to as large an extent as they ran wi•h ; though we do not yet expect that the Minister's motions in a British Parliament, will he carried in the same brief quiet form as a French King's edicts had hero used to be registered in the Parliament of Paris. Le•t English men have the liberty at least of grumbling, when their money is voted away. The University of Cambridge, res are informed, has joined its sister of Oxford in resolving to petition against the Catholic Claims. These two venerable establishments, like the sisterhood of old maids, seen: to grow more superstitious and childish as they ad vance in years. A County Meeting also, it appears, is to be convened on Friday next, at Exeter, to con eider the expediency of petitioning Parliament against any alteration of the laws, as they now exist relating to his Majesty's Homan Catholic Subjects. To the credit of these wise men of the west, the county of Devon is the only one in England that conceives the Church to be in danger from the agitation of the Catholic Question. One would have thought that the Geode men, Clergy, and Yeomanry Freeholders of that large and suffering county, might have easily found some lit ter subject for their consideration at the present season. But Devonshire is almost one of the extremities of England, and the success of Mr. Prebendary DENNIS there is worthy of the ages past. In our paper of yesterday, we gave a sketch of the spirit that prevails in Dublin against the Emancipation of the Catholics. Where " Protestant Ascendancy" has become the watchword of a party, and the principle of its local rulers, no wonder that some pretended Protestants in Ireland may take alarm at the appearance of any encroachment on the exercise of their monopoly of political power. Where the minority govern the majority, the jealousy of their authority will always he proportional to its unfairness. But jealous as a Dublin Orangeman may be allowed to feel on the occasion, what evil can any enlightened English Protestant dread ? To fear that the Catholic religion will again be the reigning religion of England, is to be terrified by an event that never will occur. The warmest admirer of the Protestant Church ought not to wish to see it pro tected by persecutions, penalties, and unjust restric tions. What injury would arise to that Church, if a Catholic should become a Legislator or a judge, would poszle an alarmist to pouring. To diminish the ter rors, absurd as they are, of the enemies of the Catlio lks, let the situations which a Catholic shall not at tain to be defined: say at once, he shall not sway the sceptre, nr hold any office in the Church, or be Chan cellor, Chief Justice of either bench, Commander-in Chief of the army or navy, Privy Councellor, Speaker of the Commons, or Prime Minister; and the exclusion from these offices will be quite punishment 'enough! As it has been strongly asserted that no pledge was ever held out by Mr. PITT to the Catho lics, and that he was not friendly to their views, it is necessary to recur to the declaration transmitted by him to the Marquis CORNU•LLIS, in ISOI, and widely circulated in Ireland. Purr says—" The Catholics may be assured, that Mr. PITT will do his utmost to establish their cause in the public favour, and prepare the way for their finally attaining their objects;i and the Catholics will feel, that, as Mr. PITT could not concur in an hopeless attempt to force it now, he must at all times repress, with the same decision as if he held an adverse opinion, any unconstitutional con duct in the Catholic body." And he desires them " not to suffer themselves to be led into measures which can, by any unconstruction, give a handle to the opposers of their wishes, either to misrepresent their principles, ores raise an argument for resisting their claims on proper occasions, until their object shall be finally and advan tageously attained." Yet, among the most unrelent ing foes of the Catholics are many of the most staunch disciples of Mr. PITT; admirers of principles and actions which disgraced that Statesman ; detesters of the principles that reflected honour on his name. It is stated 'that the sum deposited by the Queen, on account of the purchase of Cambridge-house, was six, sot fifteen thousand pounds ; and that some difficulties have since arisen, which may probably prevent the agreement being completed. 111 r. Canning is expected I'l=oll.loly to rotors to England. ORIGINAL POETRY. Likks ADDRVIODIrriIIY KINCIKRE rftiklai M? LATCH-ISY. Though west --tholes% beeper assess me la the faess Though every moment brings me fresh diaries', Though my stettertbe brush'd, sate. la troth. Its texture more resembles list this cloth Ali my poor Walliagtos's and Patent Hat. Both water pry'—sow both admit the wet; Though. like my dress. my table's sa reduced 1 scarcely sow could tell yes boll'd from roast, Or if, perchance. invited oat to (Noe. Could toast and water know from beer or wine; Though 'pen my breakfast now, so otl I sup, I'd scarcely know a rummer from a ear Though to an attic lifted by ■y fall, My satin paper, now—a whitewash'd wall ; Though to be outcast be my guiltless lot, Though ev'ry door that should be epee's shat I have. though hatless, bootless, hungry. poor, One faithful friend to me will ope the door; A friend that hides my thread-bare blue sartout, My dropping beaver, and my leaky boot ; A friend that saves me from exulting eyes, Yet gives me air, and gives me exercise ; Supplie, am ..ra, a thousand wretched wants. And saves en) feelings from ten thousand taunts. Atd may that constant friend, vt:so hides on) wants, Alit! sacs my feelings from all galling taunts; Ma) he he never lost—and thou art he. 11) et er faithful, secret, dear Latrh-key. Leicester-square. N.IPLES --•••■•-_ :EXTRACT /ROM A PRIVATE LETTER, DATED s int', FEBRUARY til.] " I send you this by the hand of a friend, being doubtful of its reaching you ,►v the revilar eonvevance, as I hear th it an Austrian commission is established at Hume for the purpose of opeiiing all letters coming from hence. Aim alarming crisis is certainly at hamd in the affairs of this countr►•. The Allies sad• their determination is irrevocably fixed, amid the Parliament bas decreed not to make peare as long as an enemy shall be On the territory. The pa. triotic spirit of the government is most amply second ed by the disposition of all classes of the people, who show a determination to resist to the last ; and I really do expect, although the Neapolitans on other occasions have not made themselves conspicuous for courage, that they will tight well, because they have something to fight fur, which they never had be fore ; and it must be admitted that there never was a 'poer rause thsn their'•. A• in the event of the Austrians reaching. Naples, a scene of great confusion will ensue, the English Consul, as a measure of pre caution, has desired returns to be sent in of all the En glish attached to the different hstablishments. in order dirt places of refuge may be provided for them on board the different English men of war now in the har bour. The Rn•sian. Austrian, and Prussian ambas sadors, quit Naples to-day. They applied for a passage to Leghorn on board one of the English or French ships of war, but it was denied thetu." YORK LENT ASSIZES. YOWL M Mit Mb. CROWN F;Nr).--ii mil TREASON. Before Mr. Justice 13 Ksr A Per the usual preliminaries on opening the Court had heen gene through, the tirand Jury sworn, and the learned *Nage delivered his charge, which contained nothing of interest. Thomas Farr i mond, (aged 57) late of Barnsley, weaver, was placed at the bar, charged with High Treson, for having, (along with several others, who were lately transported for the offence, amongst whom was his son,) " traitorously assembled together, in arms, for the purpose of levying war, and with hav ing levied war against oar Sovereign Lord, the now King, within this resin, and of compassing and ima ginning, to depose the King, in order to compel him t., change his nieasnres," Le. L.—The indictment was of great length, and consegnently occupied the Court a long time in reading it. Upon being asked whether hr was guilty ur not guilty, the prisoner, very notch affected, and in a fetal tering tone, replied, " I confess myself guilty, from my own feelings." lie wa. , asked if he wished the plea of guilty to be recorded ; when he said, he certainly Farrimontl then, in tears declared that thotigh he hail pleaded guilty, yet he never consulted or con spired against the life of his Majesty, or the life of any other man iu his life; that he never wished or intended to rob any person. It had been his misfortune, he said to be Secretary to the Union Society; and it was well known that hr was connected with the Grange-moor meeting; but he had the happiness to say he never en tered into any semi consultation; and could call God to witness that he never conspired against the life of any man—against the laws of his country, or to rob his neighbour of the smallest tiling; hut he being Se cretary to the Society, they did many things in his name, which he was totally ignorant of. He then, in the most a ff ecting terms, beseeched the learned jadge to exert himself in his hehalf as much as was in his power; fur the sake of his poor wife and family. His wife (added he) according to what he had heard on Thursday last, was in a dying state—he had a son who was 'deprived of his reason, and also two poor children unhrought up. He concluded by again con juring the judge to do all in his power to save his life. -- - The prisoner was then asked if he had any thing to ►ay why judgement should ■ot he passed upon him, to die, according to law ; to which he replied, " No— t aaa willing to submit to the law." After the Crysr of the Court had oessumeded all person to beep silence, oo pain of imprisonment, while 'mitoses of death was passing upon the prisoner at the bar. Mr. Justice Barr addressed him to the following ef fect:—After stating the nature of the indictment, (as mentioned above) his lordship said, that the plea which he had voluntarily maJe, he had admitted himself guilty of tlias indictment. Tee offence of high treason was the highest offence of which a person could be guilty; for it not only aimed at the overthrow of the state ; but it also cosiest:ea with it the crime of murder; for it could not be carried into effect without causing the death of many issooest persons. He (the prisoner) bad ap lied for mousy; but the crime of high treason being so intimately osenected with the sovereign and the state, be could do nothias wore than pass the sentence of the law aped his:—The meeselen of this count/. strong in the affectioas of his people, was always reody, where it could be done with safety. ever to ItlcWaite that ainiabk prerogative—MancT ; it was through him. and through him alone, that he conk' obtain it. His Lout ship said that the prisoner knew, that it was nattor. what he had declared, that he hid never concurred id • say set of violence—he knew thee be was the first to iced his companions from the path df duty—hi knew that he was the first to delude *cif tolatisi and to do it more effectually, he procured them such books as wen most calculated to make them discontented—he knew. that. after having so prepared their minds, he load taught them to march in martial array to the Odor, after having provided them with gins, pistols, pikes, and other wea pons, to destroy the peaceful subjects of this retain. Such rash steps could only tertainitte in the destruetion of himself and his associates. He was alike a traitor to his country and to his own comforts.—What (his Lordship observes!) he most disapproved of was, the speech which lie delivered to his eamrsfles on the us instead of reconiniendi million to return to their slaty. and to make atonement fo- their conduct ; we underssood his Lordship to say, he desired them to die like mea s . Ike. Hr (the prisoner) had talked of his wife and family, but he should also recollect that others had wives and chil dren, for n lions they had as great an atection as be had for his ; his family were pledges to his, country, for 1116 good conduct. The learned Judge again informed bi that it was to his sovereign almie to whom he most look fot mercy, it being only his dotty to pass the sentence of the law upon him, which was:— " Thit you be taken to the place from whence you cause, and from thence, drawn on a hurdle, to a place of execution, there to he h anged by the neck until yon are dead : that afterwards sour bead be severed front your body, and vsur body divided into four quarters. amt be disposed of as is thought fitting to his Altesty, and may ISM have mercy upon your Jotti."—The prisoner was m then taken fro Ilse lac e: ._ .._....__ . CiTnni.te RuANctr.vrion.—The petition from the University of Cambridge against Catholic Enten• cipation, did not pass without a strenuous opposition. The ounshers, it appears, were-3G for the Petition to 2I against it, in the. Upper llousr-34 for the Pe tition to 24 against it, in the Lower House. The Pe tition nould have been lust, but tor the following cie two:stances :—First, Doctors awe allowed to irate In either House, thong): they generally do ao is t Upper ; on this occasion, they all foseed then:s*l into the Lower : and by this means secured a major y. Secondly, the Statutes require three flays notice to be given of every question to be proposed to the Senate. In this instance, the :natter was kept a profound secret till Saturday, when a congregat . was appointed fur 31ontlay. On Saturday there is no post, it as thus impossible for alembers of the University, resident in Lon.lon, to hear of the intention of the Vice-Chancel ' kr, who, on former oressious„ have never failed to come, in great numbers, to oppose all Petitions against j Catholic Claims. The remarkable circumstances of the case of Fro• derirk White, whose life has been so providentially pre•ervA, thrangh the hatuale a id persevering exer tions of Mr. Sheriff Waithumn, Karin: excited con siderable interest, the followiii i4 . additional particular+ re•pectin; him will, no doulr, be acceptable to our readet• Yuan; White, when quite a child, etiner , l great talent as a dancer, and was indeed considered a little prodigy ; while under the tuition of Di:lelot he per- formed the part of Unpill in the ballet of the lar riage of Zephyr and Fora, at the Opera, with great applause. Ile subsequently distinguished himself tinder the direction of Akins. Itoisgerard, the present acting hall I-master, hy , hi< performances before the forei••n potentates on their visit to the Oper:►-I►ousc•. during their stay in this conutrc. With Ditlelot he was a particular favourite. who, with a slew of doing him future service in his pro fes.ion, furnishett the boy's mother, on his quitting this country, with a certilicate,of which the following is a translation •• I certify that little While is the child, who, under my direction, played the !tart of Cupid in the ballet of the pia:- riaire of Zephyr ono Flora. In testimon) of Which I hare delivered him the present certificate. C. DIDELOT. •• Loi.don, Aug. IS, ISIS." Soon after tills period Frederick was placed at a re spectable school in the country, and ha: received a gond education. (hi gritting school his inclination still running towards his former pursuits, his frame of body not fitting him for more laborious employ ment, he resumed his profession, and ha.l latterly been engaged at the Norwich theatre, which be had recently :pitted and returned to his parents, when this unhappy affair occurred. Mr. Banister, the asaniger of the Norwich co►upany, on hearing of his misfur• tvnes, nnsoli••itrd wrote to %Vhite's mother, giving him an excellent chara'•ter, and expressing his readiness to re-engage Wass if he should be fortunate enough so get through Isis troubles. Besides his; talent in his profession as a dancer, he has a good taste foe music, possesses an excellent understanding, and is of a kind and ingenuous disposition. Mr. Waithman's solicitude for the youth's welfare slid not terminate with his imprisonment. Af:cr re ceiving the pleasing intelligence of his free pardon, White remain,' in the gaol that nigh•, and in the morning the Slierilf accompanied him to his friends. Their first visit was at the V i sera-house, where Fre derick's sister is engaged, and was expected to he at tending rehearsal, with the aiew ►snore particularly, on the part of the Sheriff, of seeing Mors. 11,sisgerard, io order to procure an engage:nista fur the youth under his old tntur. On their arrival they were shown into a waiting room, %%here they were soon joined by the sister, who was called from rehearsal. The interview is easier to be conceived than described. On entering the room she exclaimed, with ,indescrihahle emotion, "Oh, Fred:" and throw herself into the arms of her brother; they remained some minutes mutually em bracing each other in &Reece, relieved only by tears. She at length turned towards Mr. Waithman, seized his hand, but utterance was still denied her ; and she could only express her gratitude by the eloquence of her countenance and umener. Mons. Boisgerard immediately recognised his former pnpil, and received bitu with the utmost kindness and attention ; and, on learning the object of the Sheriff's visit, engaged him without hesitation, promising Lim at the same time to take every oppurtauity of pr.:- tooting his advancement. Cots EXCILII3I4III. biases. 14.—A tolerably large quantity of Whest and Harley remised over from Monday's supply. which met heavy sale this morn*, and only the Sliest qualities ontaisadManday's priest ; the inferior descriptionA wars tendered oa tourer tome wittiest being able to eitert sales.—The Oat tads was heavy at Monday's p&es, ha vino bad a plentiful oftival sines that day.—. Whits rots trs rb. thatrer.—la other articles there is so elterstasi. ~_ ~~ t e • et re A* ut {ix ark ave kich