The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-09-06 00:00:00

!HE STATESMAN. were carried away, and our anchor stove in her sides. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. WATER LOO SUBSCRIPTION. • To this sicking state the ship's compaoy, sixteen in ; 17 , 11 r. General Meetin g o f th e Subicribersor the Relief o f th e S u ff erers a t t h e nu mber, got on hoard of us, including two children. ' DEAL, SEPT. s,—Arrived and sailed fo r the Ri v e r , Yt:ste9 laterloo, was h e ld a t th e Th atc h e d-h ouse Tavern, f or th e purpose of receiving ft communica. la sh e then dropt her stern, and in a few minutes went the Ocean, Bank t corth, S a pph o , and F r i en d s hip, f rom to th e ; 1 V d o wn, with the Master, one man, and a child.—To Jamaica, and a few more, names not known.—Sailed Rattle of g et the Warrior before the wind, we cot away our the llippolita, f or Newfoundland; Lustre, for Ile& tine from the London Committee, and for other pur mizemmast and hove our anchors overboard, but fax; Jane, fo r Q ue b ec; an d Eli z ab e th S o phi a , for poses. At about two o'clock the Duke ef York took It had not the desired effect. We then strove to Surinam. the bury, ysßuitsirinoprtendfltyLotihldeoAn:cahbci.shoip,heofasCsearnntbeiry (!,ha the ir' th r ow over-board part of our guns, but were unable .1 i ) oarsatovit, SEPT. s.—Sailed his Majesty ship b was by no mea ns nnmerous . so to do, owing to the ship being nearly on her , PrevCsante, for Dantzic; and Snake, for the East- , broadside, and in some degree water-logged. yell , ward. The Secretary h ar i ng rea d t h e proceed i ngs of the last mewing, t h en cu t away our mainmast and got a tiller shipped PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 4.—Came in his Majesty's 8 1 144 Mr. Berm ,/ 1.050 rose end ob serve d, that he i n t h e w ard-room, when she righted, which enabled Chesapeake, Resolve, and Insolent.—Sailed the D. as deputed by the Committee of the L on d on T a . as to throw over-hoard twelve of our main deck fob store-ship. tern In attend th e p resent meeting, to make a com munication respecting the scale of distribution it would recommend. This scale, formed on the prin. ciple of that of the Patriotic Fund, hsd already been laid before hill Royal Highness the Duke of York, and he believed that it would receive his sanction, for which the Committee of the City of London were now waiting. The Duke of Yona observed, that having PlA milted the scale which the Hon. Gentleman had some days ago put into his hands, he found thit it entirely coincided with his views a n d w i s h es . Mr. Bs.arrom Loo added, that the scale sub mitted to his Royal flightless would now admit of augmentation, in consequence of the increase of eon. tributi..... Ile remarked upon the relief hitherto afforded by the Porintic Fetid, Which granted an nuities to the patent of 30001. and requested that some Gentleman of the Committee at the West end of the town should attend the Committee in the East, to itsalwrt the distribution. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY did not think such a proceeding at all necessary. The Committee to which be betonged were much flattered by the proposal ; but he thought the distribution could not be in better hands than- that to which it was now confided. Mr. Alderman Rowceorr observed, that as yet nreliiii4 definitive had been settled by the Committee at the London Tavern, regarding the scale of distri bution ; it was yet :tit; lattice, and assi-tance would be gladli received, that every care might be taken, that rank, service, and situation might he duly at tended to in the formation of a scale for the distri bution. guns; at this lime the wind shifted to the south-west and we got her before it, but found the lower deck ports under water, aud ten feet and a half water in the hold—ill hands to the pumps, when we soon gained on her. At this time the gale,whicts had lasted f or seten hours, began to moderate, and by two o'clock A, M. on the 10th we had nearly freed the whole water. Our bed-rooms, powder-magazines, provision-roams, and almost every other place in the interior of the ship got filled with water during the gale, which bad nearly destroyed every thing therein. About forty sail of the convoy, we understand, are dismasted, and se►eral foundered during the gale. We hare spoken ships bating on board the crews of Ire others. The Genetic of last bight offers a reward of a hun- I Bred guineas fur the discovery of the murderer of Isabella Young, and a pardon to any except the actual perpetrator of the crime. We do not know from what authority a French Paper gives the following:—" An English Officer, named Joux ALTA NSON, was shot last week at Cher burgh its a sentinel, after he had answered his call. The Officer lived 36 hours afterwards, during which time he never ceased requesting mercy to be shown to the soqier. who was arrested and carried before a Cnuocil of War. In his defence, he said he mistook him for a Prussian, whom he suspected to have come , in disguise into the city." By a ship from the Brazils sAlvices were received yesterday. The following refers to the state of affairs at Buenos Ayres : " RIO JANEIRO, JULY 7.—We have had several arrivals from the River Plate. ARTIC.%S haJ issued a Proclamation, declaring that he would not afford assist I IleP to British persons and property, after the expiration of 15 dsy i, and of c.rurse great confusion prevailed among our residents there, the time being so short. The conduct of this native Commander is ascribed to two ca t ie4 : the fear of the armament expected from Cadiz, and the refusal of our Govern meet to repel it." The Allied troops in France have be.-n amongst tl , e most strenuous supporters of the Corn Bal.— T ., ey 'sill take sufficient care that there shall he no i•apertatinn of corn from France during the ensuing year, to hurt the agricultural intersts of England. Cdcutta Journals here reached us to the end of April. A general promolon has taken pl , ce in the armies in India. The Calcutta Monthly Recorder', i i for April, says—" The Right Hon. the Getternor- General was visited . by the Rajah 'tirR * URTPORE, it Futtepore Sekree, on the 19th ultimo, and on the following morning his Lordship returned the Rajah's visit. By letters express, dated the 17th ultimo, from General OCIITEKLONY, accounts were received of the surrender of the foreof Ramgurh e an the pre ceding day. On the morning of the 18th oltimo, an express from the camp of Major-General OCIITER, LON Y, was received at the head-quarters of the Go vernor-General at Futtyghur, announcing the sur render of the Fort of Tarsghur to Colonel Cooreit's detachment. A road for the eighteen pounders had I been previously prepared with great labour; and the batteries opened about ten A. M. on the 10t h ultimo. The place fell on the night of the 11th ; and one ac count states that the garrison are prisoners of war." The celebrated sculptor, Canova, who has recently arrived at Paris to execute a statue in marble of the Empet or Alexander, at the request of the Senate of t St. Petersburgh, was the favourite artist of Bonaparte, by whom he was engages' to form the colossal sta tue that was to adorn the triumphal arch then erect ing beyond the Champs Elysees. The style of Canova is purely after the antique, his figures are in general ; naked. When he introduces drapery, it is with ' great caution, awl in the light broad folds of Grecian costume. In the design and execution of allegorical • subjects he is said to surpass all other modern artists. A child of shout three years of age was crushed to death, on Monday night, in its mother's arms, in going through Bortholomew Fair. • THE THEATRES. Drury-lane has not undergnne any alterations be fnre the curtain, since the (low of the last season, but several judicious improvements have been made behind, for the purpose of working the scenery, wings, and flies, with more ease and correctness. The herring fishery this season is generally very productive. The whole coast about Eyemouth is literally swarming with that excellent fish. The quantity taken on Tuesday and Wednesday was greater than any person now alive at Eyemuuth ever saw brought in. On Tuesday a boat belonging to Coldingharn caught as many as not only loaded her self fluid a cable, but also another drave-hoot ; the quanti'y was reckoned about nue hundred thousand. On Wednesday another boat had such a vast number in their nets, that their ropes broke in drawing them, from /; , e great weight of the fishes ; of course all We nt bottom and were lost. They aredt pre rent sellin g from Gs. to 104. per barrel, and 15d. per hundred. There was but a thin muster of the corps dramatic yesterday morning, in the Green-room of New Drury, several of the principal Performers not hav ing reached town. The Mesdames, however, assem bled pretty numerously, and high and low received the " compliments of the season," and the custo mary welcome kiss from that Manager. The !Goals is said to be the ()peeing Comedy, with, if possible, The Maid and Me Magpie, the parts of which have been transmitted into the country, to the several persons who are to fill up the dramatis persoace. The new decorations at Covent-garden Thi6atre are of the most otli°endid description; the staircases to the boxes are all newly painted, and the iron ban nisters silvered over; the saloons ate coloured in imitation► of costly cabinet wood, richly mounted with silver moulding. The ornaments on the front of the boxes are now distinctly made out, and the roses, thistles, and the shamrocks are plainly to be seen from the opposite side of the hou■P. The proscenium of the stage will produce a most brilliant effect. All the interiml avenues are to be lighted with gss. While the Proprietors thus manifest their zeal in the service of the public, we cannot pass over with out notice the liberal concession they have made to the gen-2ral opinion, - upon the subject of an addi tional price for admission to the pit. Mr. LAURIE thought that until the extent and proportions were settled, tet:perary relief might be afforded to the sufferers. Mr. Alderman ROWCROFT replied, that in the course of ten weeks, not more than 100 applications had yet been made, and those chiefly frnm Lieutenant- Colonels, Majors. and Non-commissioned officers, though it had been advertised often through the three kingdoms that temporary relief would be given. This relief would not he required while the sufferers were with the army or in the hospitals, due care being taken of them there, but after discharge or re turn to this country. To widows the pensions would be given, not to be spout abroad, hut at. home. It was impossible at present 'o fit the pro- Cis4k scale, for it could not be known what would he the amount collectet!, or the Pewit of claim upon the fund, but the design was to give to sufferers a relief that might be considered almost a perpetuity. The amount of money now collected was not less 300,0001. in the whole ; but there were 90,000 men engaged of the British army only, calculating that army at 40,000 British troops, and 50.000 allies, 1 under the immediate command of the Duke of Wet. Mr. LAURIE put a question regarding what part of the sum collected was to be applied to the British only, and what part to the British and Prussians jointly ? Mr. Alderman RowcaorT answered, that the sums collected under the King's letter in the various parishes was to be applied to the relief of the Prus sians as well as of the British. The same Gentleman who put the last question re commended that the funds should be concentrated as muck as possible, and that the efforts of each Com mittee should be in the same direction ; for this rea son he wished to know whether the collections made in the churches of Scotland, amounting, he believed, to 12,0001. were to be applied to the single or to the double purpose of relieving both the British and the Prussians ? Mr. Alderman Rowcaorr said, that in Scotland the subscribers had neither heard nor thought of the Prussians; their attention was entirely directed to their own people, who had suffered so severely; what was otherwise obtained by private Means was con sidered to belong to the joint fund, and was so en tered on the books. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY observed open the difficulty attending such a separation of objects; two Committees were existing with distinct Trea surers, and sums were transmitted to both : doubtless the great purpose was to give relief to the sufferers of the British Army; for it ought not to be for gotten, that besides the aid we should att•ord to the Prussians, they had a subscription at home to look to for aid. Mr. Lowtstses, after adverting to the difficulties some bankers felt upon the respective funds, pro posed what he conceived a very feasible plin , that would, no doubt, be productive of a very la• ge sum : he wished to know why a lonely should not he esta blished, to be called the Wellington Lottery, by which all might contribute, and all have a prospect of advantage in return ? He also suggested, that a number of uninhabited houses on the Hammersmith road should he purchased, at a cheap rate, as re sidences for Ruo widows of officers, which might be I called Wellington College. lie thought an improve ment would he made if the Committees far the WY. terino Subscription should meet nt the Vest end of the town only, near the offices of the Army Agents; , such a situation would he infinitely more convenient for those who had to make application fur relief. Mr. Alderman Rowceorr objected to the removal as unnecessary, since all personal communik had been, and would be avoided ; they rook! pro duce no better consequences than communications by letter, which always came free of postage. Personal interviews would only be (!istressing to the feelings, and would occupy infinitely too much time. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY recalled the at. tention of the Meeting to its particular object—the gectiriag of a communication from the London Com- Mrii•dat• se'rrniolit the Earl of DnNOUGHMORE and loud flu•icrirssom arrived at Knocklofty from Eng land. Toe:day the Pool Mail was overturned near Bag 51^t ; the pacseligers and corchman sustained trifling iipry, but the guard dislocated his shoulder. DOG.—" In our Paper of the Sth of Jul% last, we ii , diced the miraculous escape of Lieut. Frqlik Warde, of the Rocket Corp., nephew of Gen. irdu, at the hattie of Waterloo ; and his los' of a f You I it'. dog on that memorable day. Lieutenant W. iftfrwards advanced with the Prussians to Versailles, whPre he was wounded—hut subsequently joined his awn corps, and marched with part of the British army t" Neufchatel (a distance of 400 miles from %%Tater. 1 0 , ), where, five weeks after the battle, he was joined h) his faithful dog, wounded, sod having lost the use or one leg ;"—(Cambrian.) mittee, regardioi the scale of d; .t ihution. Tit r at communication had now !serif made, sod he there. fore moved a Itosoluticin of roinks to the Committee of the London 'favertt, _expressitei of the eritiie Con. 6dence of the p r esent Meeting. It was put from the Chair by the Duke of You, and carried unanimously. Mr. BEESTON LONG expressed his grafi. tide in the name of the Commi tee of the City, wiiich had but one common object with that of Westminster. Mr. LOWNDEg explained, that it was only to *sW trouble, and not from any want of confidence, that he wished the Committee to rernore to the welt end of the town. Thanks were then voted unanimously to the Doke of York for his conduct its the Chair, and the Meiet ing adjourned. COURT OF ASSIZES IN PARIS. SERITIOCS CMS. Charles Francis Royer, aged 48, w mendicant, was brought before the Court, charged with a double offence:— • Ist. For having, by selitioos cries in ti public place, excited the people against the Royal Authority, to change the evi,ting Government, and to arm one party against another; ►vhich provocations produced no effect. 2d. For having opposed, with force and violence, resistance to the public power. It appeared in evidence, that on the 15th of July . last s . Royer,: passing by the street St. •Gerrimin, l'Auerrois; cried out with all his strength, nee Napoleon ! 'Pipe l' ft' mperear ! Jusqu'a la Mort!" This unhappy wretch war aisquatiirl to yetis/Otit the language of moderation had no et eft on him, be continued to Pacite the people, occasionally exclaim ing. Live the man mho tare us bread! . Three persons seized on ['Layer, but althriugh in firm and on crotches, he opposed an obstinate resist ance' and tore from one of them the decoration of the Lily, uttering a tprvot of abuse. At length secured by the Natrona Guard,. on his way he said he would go to prison, and get out of it for thirty anus, which induced several to imagine that he had received this miserable sum for exciting the tumult. The Prisoner was found guilty, and had the words provoked any arts of violence, the punishment would have been capital ; but that not being the cue, he was banished for five years. The fellowinx sit...eking accident occurred at Sheer ness last week :--A sailor, who was intoxicated, haw. ing been put to bed, and, as is the usual custom, the door fastened on the out.ille, in order to get out, he jumped from the *ittdoor of his bed-room, and broke both his legs. Surgical assistance was immediately procured, and three men sat up with him during the night; unfortunately, they all fell asleep, and the poor man, unaware of the operation he had gone throogh, undid his bandage, and bled to death. A few days since, as one of the tenants of W. A. SA NDFo g n , F. 41 1. of Ninehead, near ‘Vellington, was removing the thatch from the roof of his cottage, he row - .d at the bottom of the thatch, and laid upon the window frame, several pieces of silver coin of Ilevav VIII, There were two sorts of them, one having the full face of the King, and the other a profite. They are in good preservation, and the in. scriptions very legible. In size they are nearly as large as our present shillings. Mr. Ssntrft. jun. ascended from the Bowling. green, Newcastle, on the Ist inst. in a balloon, amidst thousands of spectators. He descended in 20 minutes at Whitby Park, two miles north of Tyne. mouth, and returned the same evening to the place he set out from. The day was fine, and no accident whatever occurred. We read, in clart , ic history, of Jupiter's feasting the Gods ; but Oman, of the Royal Circus, in dressing the Feast for his Benefit, on the 11th inst. has outdone Jupiter himself ; for he has not only united the grandest display of Scenery and Action that can be selected from the annals of enrth(y ex ploits, but has actually contrived that a brilliant Balloon shall ascend to the upper regions, teceire from the Temple of Fortune several Shares of Lot tery Tickets, then, by a meteoric bursting, not only illumine the audience with the rays of the Three Prizes of 850,000 awl the Four Prizes of ,e 20,000 in the present Grand State Lottery, which begins drawing on the 7th of November nest, hut as a grateful tribute, he will present such part of the au: dience on whom they may alight, with the Shares themselves. Thus may any person who honoars CooKE's Benifit Kith their presence, nest Monday the llth instant s become possessed of a Share of £50,000. BRIGHTON, SEPT. 4. The Steyne last night had a Orr nemeroes cort course of promenaders, including more of rank end fashion than is usual to find there on a Sunday even:. log; and the sociabillties of the walk were continued for full two hours after sun-set. The band of the 53d played various national and popular aire, and were engaged there until netrly nine o'clock. Many of their veteranly Officers were on the green. The evening was rather cool, and the degas.' of the lA dies were in accordance with the chtinge; pellisses, mantles, and India stssi's being in numerous and elegant wear. The reons of the Castle are tiow closed; consequently there is no ball announced for this evening. The result of this meailure, es yet, has not began to show itself. The intercourse between this pert and liieppe in.; creases in briskness, owing to the number of British forces now cantoned in Normandy and the provinces. —Seven or eight packets now are almost constantly employed, and it was computed this morning, that there are,, at this time, between one sod hen hut,: dred persons In the• town professedly here for the purpose of embarkation. The return packets also come in much better freighted than formerly, but the passengers are principally English. G-itersl Wilson and family were landed from the Thomas here, at about one this morning. Lord M •uutjor was landrd at Newhaven, from the Eliza. on Tours+ . stay On the latter day the Countess Cimeroii and the Countess de Tott, sailed for France in the L4rd Wellington. The packets also reap• considerable advantage from parties that are formed here for the trip, merely as a change of amusement, sod who tall, visit Paris, and return, all in the course of ...ten or eight days. Many, who go no farther than Dieppe or Rouen, and the immediate country mum! ?haat, come back in the same parker that took thero'etec's ' The land departures from e ice Athettly, M. P. for Southampton : , Major-General Vino; foe Ringwood •, Mr. White., M. P for London ; Mr. Campbell, for Argyll-street ; Mr. Do g a gs ; f or Wripi mouth-street; Mr. Williams. M. P. for . London M r. Maddock', for Charles-street. Retkeley-equate and Mr. an I Lady CaNia.l for pithe•inp ton, Hampshire. • Mts. Dickens has conc'utl-d her theatrical engage: meet here. Her attraction was riot atteurlei with an much sterling weight to the 'misery as •wes - that of Miss Stevens. Powell closes his engsg meat here, with benefit •to-inorrow eventts. , The Soto: 4;1 Erin is the Coinday ns' -- • , . A perm) of the name of Hoerr Bnintll,.a titling* of this place, walked over 'Waif bet seven this plums' and Shotehatn, on Thursday night. and neck. Coroner's Verdict—Accidental death. The following we believe, will be found to be the 'regulations for holding the ships on the peace este. blisitment: None of the guard-ships (flag-ships ex. reined) to be held by any Captain under the first 100 on the Post List : none of the frigates by any Captain under five years post ; none of the sloops lor brigs by any Commandant under three years of that rank ; no Lieutenant to he first of a line-of. battle ship, flag-ship excepted, under ten years standing: no Lieutenant to he first of a frigate under eight years standing: no Lieutenant ta be first of a sloop or brig under four years standing: An order has been issue I, that all Wales and Midshipmen who have pas , eil for lieutenants, as well as those educated in the lios ni Naval C.:Alegi, shell, on their ships being paid nff, be sent (should they wi , h to continue in the service) on board• tte flag ship of the Commander in Chief, and there to be borne as Supernumerary Admiralty Mates end Midshipmen; and all those of the above desctiptintt, who may have been discharged, are at liberty to re. enter the naval service in the above manner. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty Inc. been pleased to direct that Officers beating the slims names shall hereafter he distinguished from each other by particular letters. %%hid, shall always after. wards continue annexed to their names, whether they remain in the same, or rise to arty superior rank. It is supposed the Nncy List of next month will pro. dare this arrangement. Private letter; from Paris account for the appe. rent jny with which the Emperor ALEXANDER PI. hai!ed in that city. Whenever he appears In pub*, the crowd assemble round him, and shout Vice Ene. pereur ! adding, after a long pause, Alexandre. to cuter the real motive of their acclamations. The homage is addressed apparently to the Emperor of RUSSIA, but the secret wish is breathed for Napo. LEON, and it is his memory that inspires the enthu., iasm. NI inn trE, SEPT. 4.—This day sailed from Rants-. I gate for o.tend, eight transports, having on hoard 200 men and 300 horses of the Royal Waggon Train, destined to join the army of his Grace the Duke of ‘Vet.t.tvrirou; at Paris. A rumour less' just reached this place, that a theadful commotion has broken nut in the Frenrh capital ; but though the intelligence is believed, we are yet ignorant what authority it rests upon. _ , • r. M 0 CORN- nit ell ra c e, EPT. O.—There being (kilo fresh IVheat , n-day, pricos remain as on Mondiv. Wheat ilinglish) 44 68 ' Reno. Ditto (Foreign) 4O 66 1 Old ditto li.ye So 11 ' Tick di,. 2B 91 Harley 27 29 ' Old - New ditto 1 Otab Malt White Peas 3l 34 i Poload dn. 29 26 New ditto .... ....... -- Feed ditto. Ditto Boilers 96 40 Fine Pinar ...... ....b6 60 (.re I'm 96 98 Seconds ..... .....• IA bb -.I