The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-10-18 00:00:00

Sri,--1 was much shocked the other evening, -at seeing a scurrilous attack in your respect able paper, on that honourable, but ill-used body. ebo Paws-irrekers ; but I was ouch pleased to see that your impartiality bad afterwards induced you to import Dick Duplicate's able defence of .dismuar. Inniniased individuals, from the attacks of poirlses geiserous correspondents. Spout and Co. We are all liable to soiitakes, Mr. Editor; betas a benevolent set of men, (whose whole time is implore. and whose thoughts are eouetantly engaged in adpitaie tering to the necessitous.) to be branded as swindlers, because ip the berry of business they NO and then make a mistake? Surely, this is an act of gross injustice towards the Paws-broken. wha t I dare say. are more ilitenced by the pkaeure they feel is providing a dinner for their more seedy fellow subjects, than by the paltry 20 per sal. and piekiage that the legisla ture has very properly allowed them for their trouble, attl the interest of their mosey. What is 20 per cent., eves with good security, for money now a days? 1 *appose Messrs.. Spout and Co. would bare chuckled finely, if they .had been acquainted with the following occurrence, that I *as called upon .so opopos (because it enables am to vindicate the P. E. from unmerited s espersians.) to the other eves . ing ; yet after all you will perceive, Mr. Editor. that, it was but a mistake A decent sort of wows*, whose manners indicated that she had seen better days, was foolish enough to suffer poverty to get so far the better of her, that, among other things (I suppose) she pledged a pair of cearly new, bat clean and fine blankets, at one of the most re-spectable and its-portant Pawn-brokers in Lon don, whose shop is on the Surrey side of the Thames. Well, Mr. Editor, this woman (whether from want of money, or some other sinister motive, I know not) did not redeem her blankets at the expiration of the twelve months; on the contray, she applied for an extension of time, and they generously granted her three months longer; mark that, Sir—for the goods were by law their own ; but their generosity did not stop here, for it was not until the expiration of some days harmed the aforesaid term of fifteen months, that she appeared to pay the interest : and this liberal P. B. net yet worn out with eo many abuses of his benevolence, actually took Me money and gave her afresh ticket. • Now, Mr. Editor, you will confess with me and Dick Duplicate, that this is a fine 'mit; after all this trouble he took the money !—Mark the sequel. In about a month after, the devil put it in the head of this woman to redeem her blankets, after having been so kindly treated. Site accordingly gave the ticket and asked to see her blankets. This was gory properly • refused I bat when she bad paid the principal and to te; eat, as she 'ought to- do, s bundle of blankets was banded to her, which she immediately declared were tot her own ! She said that her blankets were fine, nearly new. mid emmequently clean ; that they were ,narked with a certain letter, and that she had paid tl. 4s. for them. Whereas she contended, that the blankets now before her were coarse, dirty, and old.— Dill you ever hear such impudence ? Well, what was to be done ? The great man himself was out, (as it af ter.vards appeared.) engaged in some IMPORTANT PARISI! Brst:vese. The boys were unwilling, during t to absence of their chief, to take upon themselves the reironsibility of indicting her for perjury ; they, ohm elute, after politely telling her that " she should 1 a • them 'e e or none," and finding that she persisted ho " having her bond," despatched two of their body to tura her out of the alio', which they effected in a in note that might have been considered rough and unmanly, bad she not so richly deserved it. It appears, that when this woman returned home ith the bundle of " dirty blankets" that she was turned out with, she was in tears, and fancied her self, to use her own expression, a most unfortunate woman, to be compelled to have recourse to " such places," (mark! bow insulting to the P. Ii.;) and there riot only to be robbed of her property, but to be sub jected to insulting language, and turned out of the place like a woman of a different description. What affectation ! go to a Pawn-broken' and then talk of fine feelings! What business have the needy and unfor tunate with fine feeiisos ? Whilst the casuists are re solving the question, I must tell you that the wo than's landlord took fire at seeing her in tears. and too hastily adopting the illiterate opinions of Sam Spout end Co, stalked about the room muttering," infamous conduct ; what brutality ; robbery," Ike. and boldly vectored to predict, that he would see her righted on the morrow. ..The following evening (for I know net bow it is that, although Pawmbrokers are such respectable mee,dm cent people feel a reluctance to visit them by day light), I witnessed the interview between this beralandlort and the important personage alluded to. The fortior,l who little suspected "be had got the wrong sew the ear," premised, by stating the case as Owe re. fated. adding that although the treatment the menta l& but unfortunate female bad met with was highly deserving of legal visitation. yet, that nothing more was required than the restitution of the identical bias let that were pledged ; otherwise the affair would be brought before the public. The Pawn-broker, with an air of dignity and einuteious rectitude replied.— •" Sir, you were not here yesterday when my yettog men ill-treated the female in question, and I was en gaged in some important parish business : ergo, she was not ill-treated; and as for the public, the public and I have been long acquainted ; and, if you bring me before them. why, your own name must of came appear also before the public in a case of pawning blanket,'" There was a poser, Hr. Editor! Our hero-landlord took the hint—premised to himself to behave as sac ought to one's supettors : and to' the P. B. be promised that be wield send the blankets on the morrow, in order that the mistake might be tea titled. , • The following evening this avenger of wrongs • strutted late the Pawnbroker's with the " dirty blas kets." sad he was told with- that air of isepertesee sad authority se peculiar to public was " that he mast leave thew; they were buy and he 011111 sat yds." Ike. He attempted to eveatttlais sheet less time, *great distance," aid manly. Wiwi his teas. per. senstable and goalies were eat fee, who ewy reps* leseleed the mien if We nip Mai* P. es Ism him sst. Welsh they lemedistely did, wield cent nay sabessolat sessassy. Ms was iaselessi "pears. -- ''Which it was &ilia that this respectable P. 8., who wields " the sword of the parish," was too powerful Jo contend witlet..-alsai pacific measures would be the most likely to obtain a restitution of the property with the least trouble and expense , and the hero-landlord having too much pepper in his composition to tempo rise with what he 'chose to consider a nefarious transaction, a friend—es relationsof the female, whose prudence could be trusted, was requested to accompany her to . the P. B. with the aforesaid pacific intentions. Raving announced his errand, the " parish chief." with becoming dignity and dexterity, said," 1 am Dot going to commit myself—are you a Solicitor, Sir? The other with manly candour, I must say, replied. " No ; I am not; I am a relation of this lady," &c. " Then, Sir, I must tell you she cannot hare her own blankets; they were sold before she paid us the fifteen months interest." Now, was not this candid Mr. Editor ? Yet, the relative chose to call it dishonest, to tyke the interest when the things were sold—to call a mere mistake (as Dick Duplicate terms it) die hon Well, I understand, that these people were wise enough, at last, to take a couple of " filthy blankets." a seed ,them to the scoorers, saying, as they went away, " it was so much snatched out of the fire." t I fear, Mr. Etlitot, that 1 have already occupied too 'much space in your patriotic and invaluable paper, on so paltry a theme as a pair of " filthy blankets ;" but my object is, to rescue from unmerited calumny.. at Walt, one honourable individual, who, I am convinced, will always act in the same upright manner, whether thespledge be a pair of "filthy blankets," for seven shillings, or a gold watch for seven pounds. Oct. 15, 1820. BEN POP. time. In )e rallying poin► :hey are getting as font, Isitkons on the adjacent ciintinent, and hail fete same ~of those inspiratians which have operated so favours .llly on ,Boyar's government in the Spanish pat of St. Domingo.; where European policy is already pat .to the blush ; where black men and white 'men, and men of all colour, consider the same sun which enlightens the one should not be prohibited from shining on the other ; that Black Slaves, when blessed with the spirit of freedom, can be as good ci tissue and as good men, in every sense of the word, as the creatures of a Cant% or the supporters of Divine right. The fallacy of despising a Republican Govern ment hat been obliterated in one solitaiy year, and the force of the change in that island will give more uneasiness to France than can be easily foreseen. The overwhelming navy now building by the Government of the United States, skews that a combination of all the Transatlantic Republics is an event that may be naturally anticipated. These are hints more worthy the councils of this Government than the petty revenge of dismissing Sir ROBERT WILSON, or the enconrage went of a nefarious Clang, whose obvious objects are , power and profit, al the expense of constitutional right I and impartial justice. The Ministerial writers, well acquainted with the artifices by which subscriptions for their partizans were managed, affected to disbelieve the sums contributed is Sir R. WILSON'S behalf, because the first appeared anonymous, and of great amount. What can they say now when the contributors of these sums are avowed, and others equally large are subscribed in the names of the most distinguished per *images in the country ? They are confounded and silent; and so must be their employers also. It is im possible for the supporters of that system which was ex ercised on Sir ROBIRT WILSON, not to perceive, that they have roused the indignation of the noblest spirits in the kingdom. This, unless they are intoxi cated with power and authority, will be suf ficient to teach them moderation, if it does not raise the feeling of shame. Every day affords fresh evidence of gentlemen of the highest rank aid most distinguished character coming forward to protest against the revolting measure. To the names we mentioned yesterday, we have to add those of Lord KING, Lord ROBERT SPENCER, T. W. COKE, M. P. JAMBS BARNET, Esq., DAHILL SYKES, M.P., ABRA• HAM ROBARTS, M.P., MARMADEKI WTTILL, M.P., who have all rontrihoted largely. The whole amount of rontribettiows, thongs sin onstrikatoes. billiorto, are comparatively few, exceeds £4,000. The French papers continue to announce intelli gence of a warlike tone. The Emperor of Russia cis said to have made communications to the Great European Powers, through his Minister, Count Capo D'istria, which had excited an extraordinary sensation. Of Austria in particular, be is repre sented to ha►e requested, " in consideration of the ties of friendship which united him to that Power," that she would abstain from interfering with a view to the adjustment of the existing difficulties between Russia and the Turkish Empire, and that she would observe the strictest neutrality.— Meanwhile the Greeks appear to have gained some advantages over the Turks in the Mores. The re ported breaking up of the armies on the Pruth seems also to have had no foundation, as we find by these papers that large bodies of Turkish troops continued to accumulate in Moldavia.—The Vienna papers no longer allude to his Majesty's intentions of visiting that capital. His arrival there was certainly expect ed when be set out for the Continent, and prepara tions were even commenced for his reception. Now, however, not a word is said upon the matter. It would be rather a singularity that the King should visit Germany without having a personal interview with the Emperor of Austria. Berlin, it is said, be will visit. !Palma FUNDS, OCT. 13.—Five per Coate. 89 f. 73 e.--Bask Stocks, 1592 f. 50 e. (Further extriett from American papers received yesterday) Accounts from Lagnira, of the Ist of September state, that three Spanish vessels, richly laden, ran in, ignorant of Laguira being is possession of the Patriots, and were made prism ; after which, Lainire was blockaded by a Spanish squadron. Accounts from Santa Martha state, that Getters! Deverenx is at Santa Fe, where be was re ceived with the most lettering 'cordiality, both by the inhabitants in general, and the Government. PiILADBLPIIIIi, San. 14.—The British sloop of war Bann, Capt. Piste, arrived at this port yesterday, from Jamaica and Havannah. We learn that a piratical schooner was cruising off Cape Saint Antonio, and have boarded the British brig Alligator, and plundered her of every thing. The brig was afterwards east away. BALTIMOKB TZLIORAPS, Saps. 11.—Baltimore and Boston are the only two posts as yet ascertained that have escaped the severity of the late storm. NORFOLK. Saps. 6.—We are informed, that the de struction in the country, in, the direction of Moors aod London Bridges, and even to the sea coast, is inaswase, including houses, mills, bridges, stock, corn ; and it is also said, that London Bridge is swept away by the tor 'eats. The muds are almost impassable, even on horse back. The eropa are laid low, and the country exhibits one scene if wide-spend 41csolation sod ruin. Noaresa. Sarr. 8 —We kern from some d the eons• tries illivaas. that Ouch iajary has beam data so assay i k tat law grand lialisalselmice• and ears. by the labs 1 Wavy ram la street imamse soder kW bars lams • i \ . • f _ r overdowing of the waters. It is thoiiiiit at wet weather, after so long a drough t considerably the lattermost corn, and like, wise forward the growth of tobacco. PROM TER CUARLESTOWN GAZETTE, SEPT. 8. SIEGE OF I.IMA. We adtrise our readers to spe li to this story, alit comp in a very questionable shape.—San Martin's forces, w ere represented SOON time ago by intelligence from Jamtim, and other channels of South American news, as not el,. reeding 5000 wen. If he raises his army even to 20,0 a nd attempts the seige of Lima, we doubt his surer' ' , because the rim Roy, Sem, is the choice of the pe,,p. e , and the city itself is uncommonly strong and populots, San Martin was, according to his own proclduration, ih e liberator of Peru, since August, 1880, and 'now we 114 that the capital defies his forces, though united with Lord Cochrane, in June 1821. The fact is, embellish. meats are so common in South American news, th a t we find it difficult to discover the truth. Sir Robert Wilson leaves London in a few days for Paris. Further plans of retrenchment are said tote in the meditation of the Ring's Ministers, who are to take it Land the long-neglected office of Receivers-omill 44 Counties. Henceforth. it is added, a salary of '6001: per annum is to be the sole remuneration of the . Re- ceiver-General, with u- a balance in band. Well-informed persons write from Madrid that de neral Riego, at his own pressing request, is to I v brought to answer for his conduct before a Court 1 mpiry.—(Paris Paper.) • The Jews, says a letter from Frankfort. *is ac i d.' to express thenrselves with much displeasure at the re. fusel of several Governments, and particularly of the, free cities, to grant them full and entire enjoyment ef civic rights. One of the richest of them said lately, If, at the Congress of Vienna, we had foreseen this backwardness on the part of the free cities, we could have easily, by the aid of a few millions, prevented. their re-establishment." FROM THE PHILADELPHIA FRANKLIN GAZSTTII.4.• The opening of the port of St. Helena to vessels of the United States is a treaty right secured to this eountry, by the 3d Article of the Commercial Coe. vention, concluded at London on the 3d of July, 1813. It was suspended in consequence of its having bees selected for Napoleon's place of confinement, upon the exchange of the ratifications of that conventios at Washington, on the 24th Nov. 1816. The right, however, amounts to nothing more than the privilege of touching at St. Helena " for refreshment, but nut, for cymmerce." Us FUR TRADE. --It is stated in the Wide Press of the 21st ult. that two schooners had arrived at Buf falo from Detroit, during the preceding week, with six hundred packs of Furs, valued at about ninety thousand dollars, which is equal to rather mote thea 20,0001. PATERNAL GOVIRNMENTIL.-air. Henry Matthew? spookier of the" universal outcry agaiast the paternal 'flaerernioceesofilastria." a1i0.... 8y ah a way , ibis cabs phrase seems to be appropriated, as if la $ 'mishit& mockery, to the very worst governments of Romps unless, indeed, it be taken from the old adage of, he w h o spareth the rod, *pallet's the child, which...ems to be the leading maxim of the paternal Gosernmente, is their conduct to their subject States.".—(Diary of as /a p. 103.) ST. JAIIILS'S Psax.—Yesterday morning several workmen belonging to one of the Gas Companies cut • menced the long contemplated plan of lighting this beautiful place with gas. This is the only place. near the centre of the metropolis, where the merchant, the tradesman, and the mechanic, can breathe the air freely, and promenade after the labours of the day; but, (for a considerable period) the disgraceful scenes at night in the dark walks, and the timber of thieves and other abandoned persons who have frequented this plan for the purposes of plunder, &c. have caused the Park to be deserted by respectable inhabitants. To put a stop to these nuisances, the Board of Works have, we are informed, given orders to a Gas Comply to prepare a plan fur lighting all the walks leading from Spring Garden Gate to Buckingham Gate, and from Story's Gate to Chelsea. 'fbe workmen were driving pegs, at given distances yesterday morning. where handsome lamps are to be erected, to be lighted with gas. Tna LATE DR. Knox.—This amiable and public spirited Divine having promised the Rev. Dr. Runs to advocate the cause of the National Schools at &Alms house, Sunday last was the day upon which his pre mise would have been fulfilled, had be mot been ar rested by the band of death. The following siegoni and justly-merited compliment was paid to his oe mory, by the clergyman who supplied his place o* the occasion " I have now concluded my observations on this lot portant subject. It was to ham been recommosadad your attention be a preacher of consummate ability. whose name stand's high in the mortis of literate", and whose life was one continued coons of ardent benne letter and usefulness to his fellow-Creatures. The place now filled by his unworthy sabstituto on 060 014 * i ' he bad for a considerable time before his drywriso from this life, and while totally unconseiewe 51 ,th° arrow that !limb in darkness, consented to °natl. Int that Almighty Provideoce, to whole decrees a de ' li ' in heaven and earth do bow and obey, thought pion after a brief warning, to remove him from this shoo; existence to that reward, h a we hare le sson to hope. which is reserved for those who have walked hank* and piously with their God, and **led an swie ra l delight in advancing the atomised intellectual happinco cal their species. To him who bas been appointed ta supply the place of so eminent a Floater in the cause of charity. emelt indulgence is therefore twenty. lk pretends neither to talent nor celebrity. and is molt with simply expressing his hope that little weds 55 added to induce you," &e. Use of the papers informs us that an eminent artist is painting a hinsileoene likeness of Sir John Siirratoo the Recorder of London. Gtr On the Ist of the present month a dreatlisi broke oat at Bouirsage, is the Upper tbrouse, vibicu was so rapid in he progress that it was feared lb' whole of that pin o f the town wou ld h av e twee tie strayed. The solaria was geaeral, sad a pecs'sss'"' o f the host was made darts% the sighs. 'rug iiK vi at length subdued. The Los was roasidesoltl s - itr stated la the Genetic de Franc oa the aatbarill l b letter from Amigos, that IS Woes lit the Vsalnamir g V-iiien Nat dig ohs. have 'W ell a r i to the Lam. and that stasikr perished its one 5 1 cse haws. • TI STATREI .. . . , . . . PAWN -BROKERS. . 64 " ' M eti t: nth tat lay. .tiat , tiro oat seemed . ith leek 011- in proper, . —....-- • lilts this biases as loos as they bad . obtaioid iiiir. which Mu been the TO THE EDITOR OTTIIE STATESMAN. s lien of your property. it is supposed they . . It appears that a council of tear wee sow belt( at hen • - • _ _ J • ' as t ea the attl _ t! , • the fae4i l r ood of Cuba. r/verad,by the point of the %ankh caw* 'that the Prom Log as food of liberty there will benefit con wits Si. Lutes.—Holiday at the Stock Exchange, Bank, and other Public Offices. MOW WATER AT LONDON-RRIDOE TO-MORROW. Honing 49 min. after 9.—Evening 14 min after 9. etc kiatesiman. TIN SWUM STATILISIAN" IS INCOUPOIIIICID WITS " TINS • STATSSMAN." LONDON: TRURSDAT EVENING, OCTOBER 18,1821. • Esperience, the supreme guide of wise men, is look ed upon by the Governments of Europe as an unne cessary ingredient in their public proceedings, and the same cause that disgraced the dark ages of our history, is now made the golden rule of their sapient lucabrations. They have not profited by the exer tions of Freemen, in the war waged against liberty in North-America, and its consequent defeat, nor in the Rev°lades of France,• where despotism was over throws stosi teieetated at the espouse of eiyhteaubees. wrested from the grasp of British Industry; nor in the overthrow of the Inquisition in Spain and Por tugal, by an army supported to perpetuate tyranny ; nor by the glorious light which is about to illuminate the Southern Hemisphere of Columbia. These are examples thrown away upon Monarchs and their wicked advisers, %%hose powers Lang upon a thread, which daily stands a chance of breaking under the weight of mistaken policy. The system of education lately cultivated in despotic states, will enable the rising generations to rg ad and understand, and when the unshackled mind begins to expand, divine right and passive obedience have no charms to create any attachment to slavery or coercion. Adieu to the maxims of bigotry or coercive laws, when the light of reason opens upon the human Intellect. The cause of liberty in Europe is about to rise triumphant over wanton power and the prejudice of early tuition. The Turks and Russians are well matched in point of freedom; the more they mix with their cultivated neighbours, the shorter will become their prospects of thraldom, and the attempt to rule in France, according to the doctrine of half • a century back, will so far counteract the influence of Royal power, as to make the people as heartily tired of it as they have been heretofore. These disturbers of their neigh bours' peace have sent their emissaries into Spain to form mock-plots, and to try to divide the Spanish people, who with the army, have declared for liberty. Their Holy embroiderer still acts under the direction of the Clergy, only when be finds the people will not be awned with nonsense :—fear only guides Ms acts, and he is neither more or less due an Ankaistian in the bands of the strongest party. He should call in more salutary Counsellors than those, vascillating son-entities who have the care of his conscience.— He 'build learn from his fader-in-kw, that respect and attachment due from a Monarch to those who expand their blood and treasure in defence of that Constitution he has solemnly sworn to protect, which has placed• him, as its first Magistrate, without talent, understanding, or any claim whatsoever, save shit of hereditary right, a right or agency held at the will of the people. Shoold be attempt, by any des. pule act, to disputes with its special previsions, be must be aware of the consequence. He should learn from the state of his transatlantic, ex-kingdom, that Spanish rule is partly exploded, and that the pinions metals are u. likely to meet a market la say pan of the world as in Spain. We long since re• probated. the idea of any attempt to subjugate Spanish *merles. at bring it back to the delusive system of its old masters, which is as likely a circumstance as the United States becoming subservient to British rule. We resnommead an arrangement which might prove lastaally advaatagooas, from a local reciprocity of hp totems. Ist the idea of colonising it it as overt set of tossaity itself, soli only who'd to the sopsoisits slob of doe iloloved andwpolities) is anitioiciteatoittutoe the irtaish I • , l .... 4 0 4M 4 kil at eel wil •i