The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-09-18 00:00:00

- ••• - NAVAL L LICENCE. • DEAL, Srer. 17.—Arrived and remain in the Downs wind-hound, the Union, Johnson, from B enga l, last from St. Helene, nailed the 27th July ; Nestor, Theaker, from Calcutta, sailed April 27, sad from St. Helena the 29th July ; the Layton, Taylor, from . Calcutta ; Sappho, Grice, from de. ; John and Hobert, Swinton, from Jamaica; Aurora, Griffiths, from Limerick; Albion, Aldridge, from do.; Endeavour, Humphries, from do. ; Mariner, Ballantyne, from Berbice; and the United States sloop of war 'Hornet, Cep,. Reed. from Copenha. gen for America.--Some of the home wa rthbound ships that arrived yesterday are still detained by contrary winds. FIVE CeCLOCK.—Came down from the River and 'ailed, the Iris, Jones, for Bombay. - DavEtt, Sat T. 17.—Arrived off this port the Dow. son, Dormer, from the West Indieand M s; Dischess o f Bedford, Lacey, from Jamaica ; argaret, --, from Beenos Ayres.—Came in the brig Valentine, Hancock, from Seville to London, basing cut from her anchors in the Gore, in a gale of wind from the N. W.—Arrived in the roads, where she has been supplied with anchors and cables, the Edward, Whittlridge, from Sumatra to Antwerp. Posrsmoutts, SErT. 17.—Arrived the Hope jun brig, from a cruize; and Laurel, Newman, from Jersey.—Sailed the Rover, Nichols, fur Shields; end the Bork, Quaker, for London. MARGATE. SEPT. 17.—The Thetis, Denham, 62 days from Jamaica for London, rode out the gale last night and is all well this morning. STIVERIVESS, SEPT. 17.—The Queen transport sr &ell from Chatham and sailed for Deptford. Snips SPOKEN wiett.—On the 10th Aug. the Mar garet, Allen, of London, in lat. 3. N. long. 21.15. W. ell well, bound to Batavia and Calcutta.---Sept. 31, the Margaret, of Glasgow, hound to Demerara, in lat. 49. N. long. 8. 15. all well, by the Nestor, Theaker, arrived its the Downs from Calcutta. We received Nova Scotia Papers to the 15th eh. Halifax was declared a free port by the Proclama tion of the Governor on the 13 th of August. The following is an extract of a private letter from Bala's, dated 20th August, 1818 :—" Several Ame rican vemsels have arrived within these few days, the consequence of the operation of the Free Port Act, will lumber, grain, and flour. Trade, of course, revives a little, and expectation is ardent. The Elec tions for Representatives to the House of Assembly are nearly closed; it is a doubt whether the new Members returned will tint in numbers exceed the old ones. Very animated and spirited canvasses have taken placeithrough the different counties and town; anti have caused more bustle in the province than has beets remembered for many years." The ship Union arrived off Portland the 16th inst. left Madras the 22t1 March, and Columbo the 18th wipril. Extract of a letter from Manchester, dated Sep tember 16:—Yesterday a person named Pilkington, and one of the name of Kaye, were apprehended at Bar), on a warrant, charging them with sedition, and sent off to prison. Kiltington ism person Of con siderable talents, and made a conspicuous litgere, at some of the meetings for Reform, at the time of the hlstiketeeriltg expedition. lie was one of those who were confined under the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act, mud liberated without trial. Madame BECEENDOOF is seriously indisposed in consequence of her incessant attendance on her MA JESTY (Wring her illness; no other female attendants but Madame and Miss BECKENOORT being admitted to the Royal Chamber. She is visited daily by Mr. MANDE, of Arlington-street. The Duke of BEGIN/RD arrived in town from his • seat Woburn Abbey ; yesterday, his Grace left town for Cashiobary Park, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of ESSEX. The Journal des Debais states, that Prince Ilia -mimeo lives in a very retired manner at Aix-la- Chapelle. With the exception of a promenade which he takes once a day with his Princess, the whole of his time is devoted to official business. From a report of the Newry Fewer Hospital (Ire land) it appears that the typhus has decreased consi• derahly. The cases are fewer and less virulent. Saloom:4c M ATCII.—A match for 100 guineas, of a novel nature, took place on Tuesday, het weep Capt. CI RA Nt, of Heston, near Hounslow, and JoNAs LONG, a keeper. The match was who should kill most head of game in eight hours, within ten miles of ground. The sportsmen started in contrary directions ; the Captain taking a direction from Burnhem, Backs, towards High Wycnnsb. LONG crossed the river, and shot towards fienley-upon-Thames. The Cap lain bagged nine brace of birds, and three hares ; sod Lung six brace and a half, and four hares, by which he lest the match. On Monday neat, being St. Matthew's Day, ac cording to annual custom, the Lord Mayor, Alder men, Sheriffs, and Governors of the several Royal Jlo pitsls,will attend Divine Serviceat Christ Church. After a sermon by the Rev. Joust Remelts PITMAN, A.M. they will proceed to the Great Hall, at Christ's Hospital, where two Orations will be delivered, In Latin, by Fftcoustics Iturr, 111 ENGLISH, by G. BROOKES,. the two senior scholars of the Grammar School. The Derry Journal am :— ts We are sorry to learn, that some of the deleterious staff, 'Dandle. turgid to imitate and mix - with tea, which for a length of time has been so abundantly diffused in England, and some parts of Ireland, has at length made its ap pearance its this neighbourhood. A parcel was seised last week by Mr. O'Neal, and seat to the Excise Ogice.!' A certain Dandy hussar regiment, which long baked in the rays of the rising sun, bus undergone en eclipse since that bright luminary arrived at the unith of glory. The regiment alluded to is on its Inamh to ' .he West of England, and the Royal favour is now transferred to the Lance, which it is thought will be a more pictutesque ornament to the /Vim l'avillion. .~--- ' • • .6, r Tttig gtATtsm I'HE . -DURE OF DEVONSHIRE. • -it itn..ll Visa . , • tyROM AN IRISH PAPER.] TTis Grace continues his attention and liberality to the Charitable Institutions of the county of Cork. The encouragement of education amongst the lower classes of the People, end !heir consequent advance men, in an itttellectual at 1.11. es a moral Rod reli gious view, appears to receive the unhoutided support of this philanthropic Nobleman. There is not a town or village within the circle of his Graces's ample possessions in this neglected country which has not esperienced the cheering influence of his patronage; and the unreserved, prompt, and amiable anxiety of his respectable agents in this and the' neighbouring counties, to the solicitations for his Grace's bounty towards Schools for the I.:duration of the Ponr, calls for much applause and gratitude from the numerous tenantry. who derive from these institutions edera lion, habits of industry, end moral end religions in. struction for their dunterouSemd heretofore neglected families. What a happiness for Ireland, if the ex ample given by the Duke - rif Devonshire were imi• tated by the other nonresident Proprietors of our toil! What a different aspect would the hamlets, villages, and towns, that are spread over the face of this extensive country present to the eye of the travel. ler from what they do at present ? But too—to strip —to impoverish—to draw the last farthing from the gripe of the slave, to whom they apportion out a plot of their domains—would appear to be the object of the majority of these individuals. DRURY•LANE.—The new Manager of this Theatre deserves much praise for his endeavours to please the Pelllic, atul for his judicious selections of novelty. — Last night exhibited two new appearances in the tra gedy of Othello. The Gentleman who personated the jealous and impassioned Moor, according to the bills, made on this occasion his first appearance on nog stage, and if this was really the ease. it was op on the wholes very promising attempt. His Moorish disguise militated against him by obscuring his face and figure ; bet his impassioned dialogues with taro were sustained with great spirit, and he was often striking in his delineations of the sudden changes in an agitated mind. D'sdemona was assigned to Mrs. W. WEST, who, ire are told, was some years ago (then Miss Coos E) at Covent-garden Theatre. She has a good person, her posters are considerable, and where the character would admit of any thing like archness or playful expostulation, she was eminently happy. Throughout she was honoured with the most tumultuous approbation. The whole of the peform env. was received with great applause. Yesterday, a range of Istnp-iroes were erected on each side the street in Hatton-garden, similar to those iu Holborn, preparatory to a lighting with gas. WIN now TAX.—The lionseh bier s of the parish of i St. Mark, Dublin, assembled, n Monday, to adopt measures for procuring a TOTAL. efTEAt of the odious Window Tax. EnwAnn Ctislscit and Ttiom ss Witicter, 144'sqrs. were called to the Chair. The Re. quisition under which the Meeting had been con. veiled was most respectably signed. After the object for which the Parishioners were assembled was stated, a Committee of five Parishioners was appointed to draw up Resolutions, who reported ,accordingly.— The Resolutions were carried unanimously against the Window Tax, and in favour of a Petition to Parliament, fur the total Repeal of this execrable impost. Silt Guwoit WGREGOR.—The Dublin Rvening Post, of Tuesday hit, says, " We stated on Satyr day the arrival of Sir GREGOR MiGKEGOK in Dublin, on the morning of that day, and his intention to pro. ceed immediately to Belfast. We have also learned that this distinguished supporter of the Patriot cause in South America intends to sail in a short time from England with an expedition for New Grenada, an extensive and delightful country, but nominally sub ject to Spanish domination, only a small remnant of Montt.t,o's army still holding Carthage:is, the capital. It is expected that a large force will be assembled for this purpose, and an experienced Officer will, it is said, assume the command. In two months this ex pedition will be ready to sail ; very possibly it may be sooner, a large number of men and officers being al. ready engaged. We understand, that a particular arrangement has been made, by which officers may receive their pay while on service, or have it trans mitted to their friends at home." In a letter from Trinidad, of July 16, it is said— " WG ktEGOR is much wanted, and might be of great service." EMIGRATION. —Yesterday morning, the deaf and dumb Brother, and elder Son of Mr. HUNT, went on beard a vessel in the River, the Amazon, bound for New Orleans. Their final destination, we under. stand., is to Shawnee Town, in the Illinois, near the residence of MAURICE BIRKBECK, Esq. from whom they have purchased a considerable tract of land, for the purpose of commencing agricultural pursuits, l and have carried with them a large quantity of ne cessary husbandry implements. Prince LEOPOLD of SAxt-ConunG intends to pass some time with his sister, the Grand Duchess CON.. sTANTME. lie will visit with her the valleys of Lasterbruen, Grindwald, and Ilassli, in the Bernese Oberland. Miss WALSTEIN, who displayed considerable to. lents a few seasons ago at Drury-lane Theatre, has returned to the stage, and is engaged at the Kilkenny Theatre. Her sister is to appear there merely for her own pleasare, not meanies to adopt the theatri cal profession. Tuesday THOMAS IlissAtt. and NICHOLAS ROCII, Esqrs. were chosen Sheriffs for the city of Bristol, and on Wednesday morning HENRY BROOKE, Esq. was sworn as Mayor for the year ensuing. Since Saturday week there have been considerable arrivals of corn from Russia at Newcastle. One •es sel, the Harvest, Captain Murray, has made a voyage from Sunderland to Archangel, and back to Newcastle, in the astonishing short time of one month and 27 days. It is calculated that from the port of Thurso to Frazerburgh there are not less than 3000 large boats occupied alone in the herring fishery, each boat carry. ing on an average five men, and consequently giving tutployekent to 18 2 000 seamen. - WIDbWS' PENSIONM AN 114. DISCUSSION ADDItESSED TO THE Efery one who pusseites a proper items for the relidr of herrii•ns and departed contemplate with pleasure the eirculat from the War-office, in dispensation of and impolitic part of t heir affidavit, which . dependents to swear themselves in au act_ widowhood. If this provision were granted Legialsture, as a debt of gratitude due ' vices of their late husbands, who had yielded lives in the defence of their King and. Count' doom the forlorn, the destitute, and whore jointures have beast purchased - gant a price, to a future, a dreary, owe of celibacy? A condition of 'ached to such a • Pensine,• was in the premium for perjury or prostitution ' if not justified in the eyes of the world, woman, at any rote, stand excasable ii of her friends, for compromising her hi serve her income—for the sacrifice of Its the retention of her property In justice to Captain Fairman, whose as a humane and spirited advocate, been only noticed, believe, by their feats on the Army and the Public, give observe, that this considerate, this most tetanal' (wish many others which are able, anti advantageous for the military 'as been framed entirely on'a soggestior The'following paragraph, from a pay fished by that patristic officer more that I ago, ' , united The Reduction of the For( {every measete likely to condoms to ti the service, and to ameliorate the condi' belonging to it, was urged with lea& sod manly independence,) will distinct! the @bow stateinent to he true.—(See ' 6 In the same spirit of exercising," Fairman, 64 rather than of directing the is further suggested that, upon every ennoble groutot the lialf-pay should with due regard to length of service, (prem.(' to brevet anti local rank. "r, l entitled to surh extra rates as•should a comparative scale. too, the t racks were to be oreeeiteCliry a . .priittr her of reduced Officers, It might rack means of adding to the repose of thou seniority or infirmity. shoutl be select them ;and by keeping the buildings tr sired, they would be the better pr( more effectually prevented from going in the arrangements about to be adop forgotten the widows and orphans nl heroes Who hate fallen in battle. TI the former ought to be raised, wit! thekkorfeiture on future intermarriage STRAIAtir ON AN INSTITUTION SO I? LESS IMMORAL. WAN IMPOLITIC: tlu instances to illicit intercourses • in oti tine unions; in many to false a ffidavits. prominent points connected with tit, subject, stare now intended tn.be submit consideration. To discuss each of these tail, wneid be a severer task than, in ty of their adoption. could be expect/ In the same little work was submit We Men for the immediate and perma, ment of the discharged sailors and in a partial way,hat since been acted rai meet in its issue of FAchequer Bills, nicipalities to contract and carry on provements. Had it been adopted, NATIONAL measure, and to tits extent commended by Captain Fairman, the sequently ensued, and were plainly f( intelligent writer, might have been As the Peace Allowance to the die terns of the Militia has beets humanel the STATESMAN of the 7th inst., I wi other (musket from the same Pamphlet bly produced to the Officers of the that accommodation, you have so ed fur those who doubtless stand of it. " The present llalf.pay," adds Ca " does not exceed, annually, to the " Lieutenant 431., the Captain 921. pittance, after its irregular issue, ar Oration of each six months, is liable abatements. Now, as so slender a it were increased to double its 1» WOW) BE BAREI.T MORE THAN INIOLTH, FOR THOSE WHO POSSE 4 co;RE the convenience of such (the it is feared, of the persons receiving t terially consulted, by its being issued and haply still farther, were it even I every mouth. To the Government I no essential difforence, were it an ohi cern, of less serious accommodatiot untiringly, nay, most ravenously, I, to it !" From the testimony you have occasiot to the exertions of Captain Foirmart merit of the general good (whose proved even less successful, would ht to some substantial proofs of the poi you will readily give insertion to this Ministers profit by the hints of pri they should never withhold from those tical suggestions they avail themselves, ward. Though divers measures of have been confidently intimated by to the different departments of the opportunity of knowing, that not spective branches has yet conferred least requital of his gratuitous and self for that reason his honnorshle and mr bouts. It is fitting, at all events, munity should be made acquainted wi originate. On the principles then . Cesar the things which are Caesar's, less find a column in your publrcatiw SINCERE. TRIBUTE TO August 18, 1818. MERIT; - Mr. C. Form, of the Norwich ' to Mr. DAVID FISHER, who is Drury, is shortly to mate hie el latter Theatre ) as a singer. ,„ i•Pwlpow , !; - . _ _ ~-~ f *--. - - - - 7.1 IP.. •:...y. nit Aim, ~. • • spi:*. '. ...PIP ~„. • '• i $- 4 , ,, ) t. . • i., , , ••-• ,• • -. . .• .. . •.• ; • 4LF•PAY. NORTHERN EXPEDA 4 IOIf• •, . . ,r, ---iab-- i, . E EDITOR. tie following very interesting Letter Is from art ' on , e o f f e eli ng . OWE employed on 'the North-West Espedition, to ) d worth, most a friend in Town i- -1 lar just issued 9 4 H. N. ship Alexander , lone 17. 18111. f that immoral "Mr DEAR Sta,—l am now writing in a teat i b requited such 1 u p on the North End of Hare or Waned Island, with • " i the pendulum clock within one yard of. me. and the t 4 actual stale of . 4 ranted by the observatory and all the instruments isithio half a l i ire for the see- doz en . We were arrested in our pipes, )esterday 1 fielded op their by t h e i ce . which forms a com p lete bar !bast three -; oontry: why miles to the northward of this Weed, commenting on the Greenlan d se, f rom w h at i s ca ll e d 16E1 ad spouseless,tid at so extrava. Point, and extending down the Straits at a distance and monastic i not greeter than ten miles to the westward of this ~ d . a island, and 15 to the wer.ward &Disko. Soon after . / this sort, at. P nature of a entering the Straits, we found, it absolutely itnprac- I Thus situated, licable to go up ts.a middle, as the tee gradually I, would not a brought us into the land, till, a tittle to the North. • 3 i n t h e op i n i on ward of Itiskoll (outgo, Heel Koll), we were fora honour to pre- day or two totally blockaded. The ice then, by one ' her character of those unaccountable changes that so frequen.ly qci cur here. opened sufficiently to give us a free passage, t ; 1 1 toe good offices till , yesterday, we found a seared bar in this place. have hitherto From every account we have received, as w ell as from - what we base already seen, it is certain, that the last i T r beneficial er- re me leave le winter has oat only been a severe owe, bet that the frost has lasted leech later than has been the caswfot at judicious al. i. equally desir many years past. You may imagine our surprise sty profession) ' ) . T when on coming into this neighbourhood. yester. on of his. dal, we . found upwards of five-and-thirty BIWA pamphlet pub- ships at anchor upon.the ioe•beigs, which completely ban fend years form a cluster of innumerable islands from the spot aces, (in which in which I at this moment View them. They have the welfare of all been detained here—not days—but weeks, in (mien of those spite of every exertion to get to the northhard ; and riess solicitude the fishery may be considered as hitherto an en- t successful one, with the exception of a few of the A ‘ page 35 ) try demonstrate succes sful ships in Disko Bay. The causes which ope;ate upon the ice, producing very sudden changes in it, 1111 Capta i n says are so little undErstood that it is impossible to judge he judgment, it when any such change may take place as to enable It just and rea- olt to get to the Northward. I have just been.to the d be graduated top of a mountein of no inconsiderable heights), to de. 4, as alsoin ye. (ermine i ts alt i tu d e b y the b arometer , an d I w i s h I t i i ,. 'These mi g ht be could give you an adequate idea of the niagtsifirent he laid down in sublim i ty o f the seen. t have just witnessed. Too *1 temporary bar- i whole horizon to the Northward and West ward is ogle urologist, num- complete naafis of compact field-ice, with the emu,. k awlie be the tion of about WO tremendous icebergs, which. with lose who, from here and there a small spot of clear blue water c sette i leCted to inhabit , to vary the scene which would otherwise tire the eye • tbld e" n s ys°ll Y with the uniformity of its dazzling whiteness. To the I reserved, or the Eastward is seen the land of Greenland, very hightail. r. to decay. No most entirely covered with snow, and trots oing as it r,. f pled, should be at were upon the ocean of ice which environs its shores. rt. of the immortal To the South ward is the bland of Disko, with its sum' The Pensions of rt mit (which we hive never clearly seen) completely th a remorat of lost in the cloud , . Near this island are all the . 1 ales. ALL RE. Greenland ships at anchor, giving a finish to the 110I.Y, ARE NO smile, whose grandeur and beauty are far beyond hey lead in some any thing I have seen before. The longitudes of the hers to deludes- , S pares on Oda coast were very much in want of. COT• ~ rection. We had a great number of es-ellent lenatil ts. such are the this part of the. to the S out h war d , which. with Ike Isabella's chroo . it Emitted for calm onmeters (which go admirahlj ). will, I think, deieso 't here more in de. mine the tongitedes so far, to the nearest three toe t " the ascertain- four miles. The dip of the Needle in lat. 67.'21 was red." 52., and the variation 67. 30.—llere the dip about 1 itted an admire- the same, and the azymuths we have taken this morn. , . ;-, manent employ- ing we cannot work for want, of a latitude, which we ~ ; , t soldiers. This, hope to obtain at midnight. The transit of the son v 'pun by Gov ern, for the pendulum we hope to get to-inorrovr, and it , to enable Mu- the ice still remains firm, so as to prevent our leaving 'n provincial jai * this ulace, the next day, we trust, will produce some* , however, as a thing in this way. Delighted as lem to take a ink . -.- cot that was re * in these obseivetion , , 1 confess I should be glad to evil , which sob- see the tents Stfotk to.night, and the ice open ; and foretold by that you may rely upon it, that no object whatever will 4 'veiled. ever tempt our Cimmodore to neglect for an inmost lisbanded sobs!. the main object of the Espedition. Yoe must-not , rely alluded to in expect from me now any of the remarks which will will g ive Y" ° s "" hereafter form the most interesting part of oar story, it . et, which probe- ‘I b —. 4 but which you may (tepee(' upon it I do mot neglect e Regular Army In regis ter reside'', and f i ll y. My journal will, earnestly solicit- I trust, contain some materials which, in proper as much in need hands, will be easily moulded iota something briefest- ing. I do tint know that I allow any thing to pine $ I 3a P tain Fairwlsa l without notice, and I make a point of collecting every Ensign 341., the thing, whether animal, vegetable, or mineral, that —That miserable conies in my way. Of these I wish very much to . ' it the nominal ea- sen d h ome a co ll ec tion by the Greenland ships, but I e so some trillin g do not like the idea. of their !seine seized by the Cute stipend, though . - tom-house, and sold for five shillings at soction.—• present amount, , Our ships are every thing wa could wish. The elm" HA" To Alexander has now (among the ire, where the water NO °TILER IN.. 1 1, ! majority by tar, : is constantly smooth) the decided superiority, es she e i works as well as any boat , and h, in every respect, it) might be ma- what we could wish. We were much too deep. is . • ..I once a quarter, setting out, for she has s small liuld, but We are nor i i to be doled nut neatly clear, and all is right. this could make .. I cannot express to you bow thankful I feel be hject of less con• I having been allowed to take a part in this very 11. . , to, to the potties looking forward westing Expedition. It is an era in my life wl4h• 1 tru,t, will not remain unimptoved. You rill oblige me by telling Mr.., to whom I R un se casionally borne ! muc h , and to whom I have written a few l ast y a s for his advance- lines, upon the ground, all that I have soil to ' t e ff orts had the y you, as my time it so constantly taken up that L .1' have entitled him h ave scarce ly a moment to spare. There is, indeed. I. : public gratitude) nut a moment of the lour-and-twenty bows that .., is article. When something interesting does not present i t se lf ; and itrvite individuals, I am desires. to lose no opportunity of making ob. Ise of whose prat- nervations* and rematks; and apprehensive of any T s, ° suitable r e- thing being lost for want of ifs being registered • f vast i mportance at the time. The eurreottbat his been spoken of this useful man, as coming constantly dOwn the Straits, g it exists State, I b ase an at all, must be to the westward of our track up the t one of its re. Straits; and, indeed, all the Masters of the Ships d upon him the have a great dread of being set to the westward in b l • self•imposetf, but our present latitude, as they insist upon It, thet if a more laudable la- ship were beset here, she would probably come out s, that the com- i n 65 d egrees . with whom things "Tuesday, Jane !!• i • n, of yielding to " The ice hiving opened a little on the evening s .- I, you will doubt• of Saturday, we endeavwered to get over from flare on for this bland to therms' of Greenland, or, as the Masters o UNREWARDED call it, the .- East Land. The Isabella' *as beset Its making this attelipt, and iiiiiifilftea about with the 1 ti ice by the tides till Moodily morning. We were f t • oacceeded In getting over to the land, end into clear water, en Smithy earning, engaged at New Theatre, brother more fortunate, having. it —Thera would be no usv i g a t ia g this sea tint for eke $ ippeantiste at the and there made fad to a berg to wait for the I sabella. . - • . • 7r. 71)! !," 7 :