The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-08-31 00:00:00

. • 'I. 01 r e : „ IS C sumed in its translation from the French into the Turkish language, and the Reply of the Divan from the Turkish langvage into the French, they would re quire forty-eight hours delay before they could transmit their answer to Baron Strogonoff in the official form. It appears, however, that the peremptory manner of the Russian Ambassador accelerated the movements of the Divan. By the evening of the 26th they had completed their reply in the official form, and sent a message to Baron Strogonoff that it was ready for ]his acceptance, thus complying with the letter of the Russian note even to the period allowed them for ac quiescence or refusal. No reply to this communication was condescended by the Russian Ambassador. On the following morning, two dragomans (interpreters,) at tached to the Russian embassy, appeared at the Divan, and demanded passports for Baron Strogonoff and his suite to quit Constantinople. Instead of compliance with that demand, the official reply and snbmission of the Porte to the propositions of Russia were then ten dered. Acceptance was refused by the Ambassador, who declared that he could not accept a "tardy an swer," and the demand for passports was repeated.— They were at length granted for his suite and for his vessel, but the insertion of Baron StrogonnlVs name in any passport was refused, it being understood, however, that no opposition would be made to his departure. — On the other hand, they would not expressly consent to it. Baron Strogonoff declared repeatedly to the other Ambassadors, wlioof course watdied anxiously all his proceedings, that whether he obtained passports or not lie was determined to depart. The motive assigned here for his extraordinary conduct among the diploma tic circles are, that knowing of his recall at the time, he was solely bent on making his retreat so as to save his cretlii, and to preserve the secret of his disgrace. Earl BATHURST has condescended, according to the term of courtly writers, to answer Mr. Sheriff WAITII MAN'S letter. The reply of the Noble Secretary of State, and a rejoinder from the S'.eriff, will be found in another part of our Paper, and he read with an in terest even greater than the Sheriff's first appeal. Af:er aelinowledging the receipt of the Sheriffs letter, his Lordship takes occasion immediately to state, that he hail anticipated the object of the Sheriff's application, not from the views the Sheriff had given, but in con sequence of representations which differ in many essen tial particulars from the statement the Sheriff commu nicated. This, one tt ould think, was lordly enough: but his Lordship did not deem it quite sufficient. In the sanifrspirit the Noble Secretary ex presses to the She riff his regret and ,tir::rise that when the Civil Power tender the Sheriffs direction tea, fully adequate (as the Sheriff had stated) for the preservation lit the peace, a mob should have been permitted to ;.tonti,t Ia a roil ti,),,cd state of riot, after the soldiers hat been with drawn %titbit' their barracks, anti until the Riot Act bad been read by 31r. CONAN', and the rioters dis persed by the peace (Oliver* under his orders. Even this was lint recl.oned rep. inland sufficiently pointed ; fur It!s Lord,ltip is pleased to subjoin, for the purpose of an additional sting, that he does not understand that Mr. CoNANT in the execution of this duty had retri=ed any assistance from the Shera. All this erustur, it cannot fail to be remarked, proceeds front a member of that government which, at the funeral of the Q. , ers, (the source of much immediate disaster, land tl:e origiral occa•ion of the m:-chief now before us) though naroral of the tnntult and bloodshed that wo u ld att e nd th e mod e and route in which they ha; proposed to direct the removal of her 31 ‘Jesca's re mains, persisted in rashly proceeding on what they lead weakly projeetrd, and from want of such a shoo of force or authority as I....tubd hare resisted o;lprpi. tion, suffered their vexations %client:• to be ignobly de feated, the corpse o 1 the helot ed Qi•EEN to be the occasion of c (Intik*, and the en trch of death to be converted into a rrintup nt processio Pn. oe a ministry so satarti-g la helArpli disgrace which th e i r wan t o f f ores i g ht an d , precaution bail 'ormaglat on them, to affect itt high tone to blame the Sheriff for neglect of duty, and with his Case before them, is ;in inconsistency that cool.' scarcely been conceived. Rot still mere strange and inconsistent, except it be ascribed to that imbecility which has been so manifest through all these deplorable transactions, is the ignorance displayed of the separate times at which the several events happened on Sunday evening, and the attempt to confound them together and represent the several acts as one. The ex posure of this attempt which the Sheriff makes in his reply, is complete, and unanswerable. Ti. ail., to his plain and manly statement is outset-es sail. Ile did not retire from the scene of action till he had assured himself, for above an hour and a half after that affray with the military which was the %ob ject of his complaint. that tranquillity was perfectly restored. The circumstances to which his Lordship's tourer ran at all apply, appear to leave been some unforeseen occurrences which took place tutu hones after the Sheriff had retired. If any other testimony besides the Sheriffs were requisite to carry conviction. we would only add that which we find in a ministerial' print this morning. It comes, says the .1/ornior Post, from the pen of a Gentleman, against whose honour and veracity no living being elm or dare breathe a doubt or aspersion.—" It appearing to me that the presence of the Sheriff only tended to its flame the minds of the mnititude and to encourage the tumult, which his departure might have the effect of allaying in a great measure by drawing .ti a large portion of the people, I approached my horse close up to him, and taking Lim by the arm, advised him to this effect. My words, I think, were:—' Mr. WAIIHMAY, you must perceive that your presence here only tends to sanction that of the people, who will not go so long as you remain; and as their remaining only increases the tumult, which you have not sufficient civil force to suppress. a new broil must ensue, if you do not move Mt and endeavour to take the people with you.'.-.fir. WAITHMAN apparently adopted the ad vice, as be immediately took the direction of Picca dilly, attended as before, and followed by an immense crowd. lilir. WAI t OMAN returned to the spot once more NOWT thb4, sod west to some distance t heyond the Bar forks, towards Keasiagton, exhorting the peopleos the road ts• tows, on foot or riding, to make all haste vitg ETA' onw•ar.ls and not to stop before the barracks. On returning, he took his stand on the rising ground close to the turnpike at Hyde Park Coiner. and repeated his admonition. This was about hall-past seven, and Mr. WArroms N, leaving a great concourse of persons behind him, then took his way along Picca dilly home." Not a 1110 fir Sill? letter has arrived to day, nor a mail from the Continent or from Ireland. One Banker in the Cit 6, on Wednesdar, it is said, received through the clearing-honse upwards of one million in Bank-notes. A riot is stated to have occurred at Bordeaux, in consequence of a serenade given to a Deputy, on his return ; which being of too /it,era/ a character to please the Authorities, an armed force interfered, and five or six individuals were• arrested. An insurrection is stated to have broken out in Ara bia, which has produced a deep sensation in Constan• tinople. This is headed by a man who claims to be descended from Mahomet, and is traversing the country with a vast number of armed partizans. Another in surrection is spoken of in Egypt. A letter from Dublin states that the King was to take his departure on the 31st inst. (this day.) Preparations are ntakinz for his Majesty's reception at his palaces in London on the sth of September. His arrival in town is expected between that day and the 7th inclusive. It is expected that he will remain only six days in London, prior to his departure for Hanover. The Sqlv,i , ?.4 of Wednesday, received yes terday, says—" We regret that it is our duty to dissi pate the pleasin , :anticipations entertained in this vi cinity, of a vi-it by his Majesty this year. We have heard, from undoubted authority, that his Ma. j&•sty does lint %i•it tither IVynnstay or the Princi pality on his r.•etrn fro.:s Ire:and, but will sail direct for Portsmooth." A latter fr to Dubin be the mail that last arrived says "to mos.!' of tlse loistle, the pleasure, and activity that were visible in every street a few days back, has disappeared, tls st 'he town begins to wear a gloom, and a person would be almost induced to think, that the treat effort rl:4 :e on the day of his Majesty's public entry. b • lc:l:lusted in some measure the spirit of the people. The cause of this apparent dulness is the absence of the ling..—\o circumstance seemed to Live noire p1..4 :I;e to all men, and to every !party her., than the cessasion of political hos tility, ...id to have been produced by the resent., of the It wreath. to be lamented that any . irrnsuttat. e have arisen calculated to destroy so -n effect. The toast given at the Mansion iiso s ss e , after Isis Majesty left it on Friday night, is nose the suis,;,et of general conversation. A person not very intimately acsiniinted with Ire land, can h::ve to. idea of the feelings that :nay he produce.' there by so trifling a thing as an orange ribbon, •r a toast such as this. Either is itn tnesliately interprcte I as conveying insult, and a chal lenge the L'reat majority of the population. It is said that the I.ord 31aror, who, while be continued in the chair, asord n ith propriety, has expressed regret that •Itch a fin wostance took place. Some of the Roman Catholic Peers and Gentry were present at the banquet. 'I hey wen. hi. Lordship's gnetts on the oc casion. Were it Irani no other consideration but this, he mast h ivs• f. It pain, that any thing should have: ra.Tril whirl, crud I, by any fosse of interpretation, be construed into in•olt.- Of the cmnpany at II:4* late Civic feast in Dublin, it is •I ated that tirai;y three-fourths consisted of avo•veil Oran-!eincn and actual Plaeenien, sir imme diate dependaws upon the 1;ov-rant-tit. This accounts fir the hers with it hich the Itra:th of Lord London dcri was recrived—the imlrpetident and liberal part; of tlir Meeting being unwilling:, by any expression of &sand, to di-ntirb the harmony which generally pre vailed, and which, from respect to the Itoyal pre sence, it was so very desirable to maintain. But how ill were these lientlenten rewarded fur their liberality and forbearance, Iry the offensive toast which Alder man I)arley anti leis frantic friends obtruded upon the room, at a time when one would have thought that tic' circulation of the t• le glass, and the face tionsness of social intercourse should have dissipated every disposition to animosity or ill humour ? By last accounts direct from Spain, it appears that the agitations mentioned in the French papers are mnch less violent than they had been. The conten tions with the Roman Pontiff still occupied much at tention at Madrid, and it was conjectured that the Spanish Bishops could ultiniately be nominated by the King withunt referring at all to the Pope. Contra band trade was very active, but regular commerce in rather a stagnated state. _ . Letters received in town. yesterday from Barcelona, to the lt;th init. state that the shipping in the Port had been attacked by the yellow fever, which bad spread considerable alarm throughout the neigh• bourhood, the inhabitants leaving the town which had been nearly evacuated for the last eight days. A tiumber of vessels lead been ordered to leave the port, and othets to perform 40 days quaran tine ; added to which the Civil Authorities were sting every means to prevent its spreading on shore, and all communication with the shipping had been cut off. The disorder had not attacked any one on shore, and in consequence of the precautionary mea sures which had been taken, it was hoped that the in liabitan's would shortly return to their habitations. One of the vessels ordered away was the Harmony of London, the carpenter and a seaman of which, are stated to hare died of the plague. She was ordered to perform quarantine at Mahon. Accounts from Mogadore to the 20th of July. state that at that tithe there was a partial tranquillity, which, however, was not expected to continue. Ala gadore itself was comparatively healthy; but in Mo rocco generally the disorder had made great ravages, though it was not known whether it was the plague or the fever. An arrival at Cadiz from Lesko mentions, that Iturbide was making great progress in kiesic4., and that General Crus had capitulated in 011adalasata i Colonel flevia, we already knew, wu killed I and the Insurgents were in possession of the whole of Vera Cruz. _ _ _._ Accounts have been received from Lisboa of the celtnter-revolution, of which wt had bees apprised at Rio Janeiro, and of the declaration of the Junta of !labia, not to recognise the Regency at Rio, or any other authority, save that of time Ring himself. Tito Cortes have approved of the coign% of the &kiwis. 4 "••• . MAN. LORD V I THURST AND MR. 11:11THMAN. -:..e. 1111'.:eha11, Aug. TS, 1821. STR-11 have to acktrwledge the receipt of your ' ter of the 2ftb inst. relative to a riot which took place at Knightsbridge on Sunday last. I bad, before the receipt of your letter, given direc tions for an inquiry• to be made into the circumstances of this transaction, in consequence of representations made to me, which, I am bound to say, differ in many escen tial particulars from the statement which 1 have received from you. I cannot refrain from expressing my regret and sur prise, that " when the civil power under your direction was fully adequate (as you state) for the preservation of the peace among the people," a mob should have been permitted to remain in a continued state of riot, after the soldiers had been withdrawn within their barracks, until the Riot Art was read by Mr. Conant. and the rioters dispersed by the peace-officers under his itnnte diate orders; and I do not understand that, in the exe cution of this duty, he received any assistance from you. I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, Mr. Sheriff WAITHMAN. BATHURST. .11URDER. . Ptsnaturr. Ace. 3.—=-llre hear that a Convention has bees concluded between our King, who resides at Modena, and the Austrian Uovernment, by which It.ooo Austrian troops are to occupy, till the end of September. 1822, certain districts and towns men tioned in the Convention. The Austrians are to re lieve their garrisons every four months with troops from the Mileasse. Un the other band, King Charles Felix pays 600,0011 francs per noustb, and furnishes daily foliose of bread. Various reports having been spread in Upper Italy respectiag as iateaded in terferesee of Autria in the Journal stars of Sardinia, his Majesty. Charles Pella, has caused a circular note to be delivered to all the Foreign Ministers at Modena. _ MT LORDAS my ohect, in the representation I bad the honour to snake to his Majesty's Government, through your Lordship, of the circumstances of the affray which occurred within my own observation, at Knightsbridge, on Sunday, was the performance of what appeared to me to be an indispensable duty, your Lordship's note. acknowledging the receipt of ilie communication, would seem to require no reply, more especially as your Lord ship intimates that you leave given directions for an in quiry into the circumstances of this transaction and, although bound to acknowledge your Lordship's can dour in communicating the receipt of representations which differ in many essential particulars from my state ment, I should have relied in confidence upon the result of that inquiry establishing the facts I had the honour to represent to your Lordship. It appears, hOwever, highly important to that inquiry that I should explain to your Lordship, that although I was on the spot for nearly nine hours, and did not re tire till I had assured myself. he riding about in ferent directions for above ail hour and a half afar the affray with the military, that tranluillity ryas perfectly restored, no Riot Act was read within lily hearing or knowledge at or near Knightsbridge Barracks on Sun day last ; if, therefore, the Riot Act was read by Slr. Conant, and the rioters disrersed by the peace officers under his orders, your Lordship will perceive that this, must have arisen from some new and distinct disturbance, and wns not the consequence of the mob " being per flatted to remain in a continued state of riot after the soldiers had been withdrawn within their barracks." During the whole period I was in the vicinity, I neither saw nor heard of the attendance of any Magistrate ; and your Lordship cannot but feel surprise with myself that the High Sheriff of the county, at the head of the civil power, should have received neither assistance nor cons tnunication from Mr. Conant, or any other Magistrate. The representation I had the honour to forward to your Lordship, stated a gross violation of the p.iblic peace, and daring outrage spun the civil power by the Life Guards at six o'clock, the circumstances of which I need not repeat; and your Lordship's reply appears to have reference only to some unforeseen occurrences two hours afterwards, and consequently could not have pro yoked the previous assault by the soldiery, and which, therefore, neither concerns me on the subject of the com plaint, which still remains thee same, and demands ri gorutis inquiry and exemplary satisfaction. I have the hosour to be, my Lord, , • Your Lordship's humble servant, fridge-street, August 29, IS I. R. IVAITIFIXAN. The Right Hon. Earl IletHuiteT, &e. The Common Law of England enabled the relations and friends of the deceased to prosecute the murderer without Bill of indictment, c r any other form than bring ing them before the Judges of Assize, or the sessions of Oyer mmll Terminer, and on the oath of a credible wit ness, or witnesses, submit the case to the disposal of a Jury of twelve men, whose verdict, if Guilty, was pu nished with Death, without benefit of clergy ; nor had the Ring himself the power to pardon, unless the pro secutor joined in the convict's petition. By an act made some few years ago in silsilar cases, the King must now be the prosecutor, and a pardon is at his option, with or without a recommendation from lb(ose.. , mtor, Judge, or Jury. Something on the merits of this form of procedure, in cases of murder, we have witness ed in a recent instance of a very prominent nature, in the murder of the Fisherman, at Hastings, by a Revenue Officer, who attacked a poor fisherman in the open day, as he drew his boat to the shore ; and, notwithstanding, there was nothing smuggled, and no attempt to pre vent a search all over the boat, the ruffian shot the poor fisherman dead, and left his unfortunate widow and children to the mercy of the wide world. Next as !ins he was tried at Horsham, found guilty of murder, and received sentence of death, in the usual form, to be executed within 4$ hours after. The King was the prosecutor, and the murderer was pardoned, and at liberty within a few days. The Manchester were indicted at the suit of the King,, hint the Lanca shire Brand Jury ignored :he bills, and saved Ministers any further trouble on the occasion. The Life (hoards, or at least one of them, is declared Guilty of Willed Murder by the Verdict of a Coro ner's Jury. On that point, the Law says, " That all concerned in an affray where murder is committed, are guilty as well as the man who commits the murder." If, however, a prosecution should take place and con viction follow, a similar result to that of the Hastings murderer might be the consequence. If that were the' case, we forbear to say how far his Majesty's sub jects might then be considered as holding their exist ence almost at the will of any Red-coated ruffian who might think it necessary to cut them down. Turkey presents an awful and striking example of the danger arising from the employment of soldiery for every pur pose, for there the Janissaries are even formidable to the Government, and their late appalling butcheries are likely in a short time to overturn it, and throw their country into the fraternal bug of the great Russian bear. n: BURG!! REIOIOI. EDINnURCHS Ace:. 2!;..—At a general tneminir of !lie Merchant Company yesterday, the minutes of I.e , t e c L; hating been read, Mr. lk st K rose, and selejrct, .i to :.!r. n'augh's motion. carried at tint meeting by a tos,iiesti'y of I, which cast a censnre on him (Mr. Merit) for har ing proposed to a former meeting, ler whom it n a. adopt ed; a petition in favour of Burgh lit efortn. Mr. Black proceeded to argue at some length, that the proceedings of the meeting alluded to, on the question of linrah Re form, were not only proper and adriseable in themselves but perfectly legal, and had been conducted widen strict regard to die rules and customs of the Company. He complained, that the supporters of the close sy-t•m rever came openly forward in defence of sellelection, but took every method to evade the discussion of it on its ow.' merits. He concluded by moving, that the resolution of Mr. Waugh, carried at the last general meeting, re scinded from the books of the Company. This motion was seconded by Mr. ALEX.txrr. t CR AtU. Mr. JAMES Hui. then moved, that the motion car ried at last meeting should remain upon the rector !; which was seconded by Mr. Wan•rh. Thereafter considerable discussion took rolce, in which Mr. Black's motion tras supported by Mr. ti;.i tal, Mr. Archibald Anderson, and It. B. It y!hrt who t ailed upon gentlemen to direst themselves as much as possible of party heeling. and to vote upon this question solely with regard to its particular merits. Upon the roll being calleJ, the question was rtit—. " Ettputiv or approve? when there appeared for Expunge, MI . . AN : rove, Jr Majority in favour of expun g ing -- the motion of Mr. iVangh 36 The leet fur the Master and Assistants for the en suing year was then proposed and agreed to ti 1 41 ,1. mously. ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. The zeal of the Manager of this Theatre to gratire the public desire with novelty, produced last night a new Comic Operetta, in one Act called " A Curr jqr Cue rood's." The plot of this little and engaging rice t- as follows -- Easel (Wit E xcH), a Law Student, whore extravagance has obliged him to quit his Chambers in the Temple. and to abandon for a while the mysteries of special pleading, has embraced the profession of a Poorait Painter, in which capacity he is introduced to Mr.,. Tindall (Miss BLANCIIARD,) who employs him to pain: her picture. with which on his return she means to :•ar prise her husband (Wm - no-mast) then absent from Lem don on liminess. Easel, who is an incorrigible eon comb, imagines that he has made an impression an tips heart of 411.-s. Tristall, and as the increased familiar:ly of his manner, and the heightened colouring of his com pliments prove to her how fully he is possessed with !his Idea, she determines, in concert with her waiting•oini 1 (-Indult,. (Miss STEvEssox,) not only to umleeeiv • 'Io• young limner, but at the same time to innrii,y hi. vanity. Sir has scarcely formed this rei•olution, when she discovers that her spark is a nephew of a most ;11 . 1- mate friend of her husband's, who is coming to town !or the purpose of enJeavouring to find him out (his . friesils having lost all trace of him for s ome time), an d wk.. i•i. tenis becoming an itiosawof Mrs. Trus:all'shionse his stay in London. Mrs. Truett/1, after taking her . 1.1•! for her picture, in fertheraoce of her plans to ;Innis!' the presumption of Easel, and in order to detain hint till the arrival of his uncle, invites biota breakfast ':•i• II her. At this period .11r. Trott:1811 arrives, and is not a little alarmed by the cautious manner in which hi •of t footman, Adana (WlLKlmsox,) thinks it necessary t.. break to him the intelligence that his wife is tlo-i at breakfast with a young tientleman. Upon learnin;:, however, that he is a portrait painter, his alarm,' are dis sipated, and he desires that Mrs. 'frusta!! may be in formed of his arrival. The husband's return is made use of by fliorlotic, the waiting maul, acting under the di rections of her mistress, to persuade Erryol to enneeal himself in a book closet, that he tiny nut be dircovered by Mr. 7 rusted!, whom she represents as equally jealous passionate, and athletic. While he is in tisis situation Mrs. Trustedl gives her husband an account, in the hearing of Etna, of the hatter's visits, and adds a por trait of him, su far from flattering, as at once to flirt' MC CO.lroutt, and effectually to quiet the jealous apprehen sions which her husband was again beginning to enter. fain. At this moment Eases Uncle (Ilex ter) arrives anal is introiliicell to his nephew in his lurking place, who. on his part professes his repentance of past errors, anti fairly promises amendment for the future. Slight as the materials of this little piece may he sup posed from the plot to be, they form a very agreeable st rut lure, ullich acquired strength from the manner in whis•li the several performers combined to support their resre live characters. WRENCII sustained the part of the f'o - rand, with most entertaining affectation; Misa STEVENSON was, as nsual, lively, and Mr. WILKINSON, as the old servant whose characteristic was an admiration of past ages, obtained much applause in a comic song, in which Ire most pathetically contrasted these degenerate slays with his favourite "former times." The piece was very favourably received, and promises to become a tasilu i , favourite. The house was well attended. . - nErrimo AT TATTERSALL'S, AVG. 30. DONCASTER ST. LEGER.-111 to . apt. (•~taros-8 t•l I •sst. Jack !Spigot-7 to I asst. Viagt-un-7 to I az, t. Statesman-1011h) 7 apt. Fortuna-100 to 9 apt. Sandbyvk —IOU to 8 apt. c. out of Altisidora-100 to 4 apt. Lunatic. On Wednesday last, when the Assizes culled at Croydon, and sentence of death was passed on severs unfortunate men for passing Bank-notes and different robberies; Judge Burroughs told them as it was fount that repeated examples had not the desired effect in the prevention of crime, he would commute their se•:• tenets to transportation. The glad tidings ha.l sufa an effect on the unfortunate convicts, that they at once fell tipon their knees and offered their prayers to bud, and thanks to the Judge for his lenient interposition. CORN ExcuaNca, Afro. 31.—The unsettled and very unfavourable state of the weather, with short supplies of Wheat, caused a brisk demand for that article this morn ing, and prime samples sold from 4s. to 56. perqoarter biNher than on Monday; and the inferior finalities (A ttuned 36. per quarter more than on that day.—Barley and Peas are 26., and Oats from 2s. to 3s. per quarter dearer; and the sale of each of those articles, were brisk at those advances. . MAIIIIIT.—This morning's market Wag, well supplied with all kind of cattle, particularly with Sheep and Lamb, in consequence of which, the prices were lower than last market day. (To slak the offal ; per State of @lbs.) Beef .... lA. Od. to 4s. 04. I CATTLIt AT Mutton.. es. ed. to 3i. Si. 'Beasts vial .... si. 04. t• 44 . OIL P•rk .... as. Od. to 16.104.1. lamb .... Os. Oil. to 4s. IL HAT 11A1111T.—No alum Calves 2L) gbeep and Lambs ll, tau Pegs _ in the rice of Ilay.— Straw and Clover u per our Hay .... 21.105. I. 41. 10a. I Clover —4l. Oa. to 1 1 .4 t 4 I last. Straw .. 11. lb, so It. £6