The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-10-22 00:00:00

p ■ ) I. . ~ P t. 7 PT \ • • F 4 a/ n vec, they. felt as if they had just awaked from -inns* ecstatirdceam, of which they were uuable to secsl or connect the particulars. It was such a speech as they believe had miter before fallen from the lips of man ; and to tbis day, the old people of that county canuot conceive that a higer compliment can be paid to a speaker, than to say of him, in their even home ly phrase, " he is almost equal to Patrick, when he ilaad against the parsons." The only topic of this speech of which any au. thetstic account remains, is the order of the King in Council, whoriehy the Act of 1758 had been declared void. This subject, had in truth been disposed of by the demurrer; and, in strictness of proceeding, nei ther Mr. Henry nor the Jury had soy thing to do • with it. The laxity of the County Court practice, however, indulged him in the widest career be chose to take, audits laid hold of this point, neither with a feeble nor hesitating hand, but boldly and vigorously pressed it upon the Jury, and that too, with very powerful effect. lie insisted on the connection and reciprocal duties between the King and his sub jects—maintaiued that Government was a condi tional compact, composed of mutual and dependent covenants, of which a violation by one party dis charged the other; and intrepidly contended that the disregard which had been shown in this particular, to the pressing wants of the Colony, was an instance of royal misrule, viiiich had thus far dissolved the poli tical compact, and left the People at liberty to con sult-their own safety ; that they bad consulted it by the Act of 1768, which, therefore, notwithstanding the dissent of the King and his Council, aught to be considered as the law of the land, and the only legitimate measure of the claims of the Clergy. The natured this topic, and the earnest and un daunted manner in which Mr. Henry is said to have pursued and maintained it, proves, that eveu at this period, which has been marked as the era of our greatest attachment and devotion to the Parent Coun try, her mind at least, was disposed to pry into the coarse of the regal administration, and to speak forth • his sentiments without any fear of the consequences. 'The reception which the people gave to the argument, proves that they clio,had no superstitious repugnance to the consideration of such topics, nor any very in superable horror at the idea of a separation. Not that there I; ground to suspect that any one had at • this time realized such an event, or even contem plated it as desirable, The suggestion, therefore, which I have sometimes heard, that Mr. Henry was already meditating the independence of the Colonies, and sussing the seeds of those reflections which he wished to ripen into revolt, is in my opinion, rather curious than just. I believe that he thought of no. • thing beyond success in his cone; and since the des perate posture in which he found it, demanded a dar ing and eccentric course, he adopted that which has • been already stated. The character of hie argument, proves indeed, that he was naturally a bold and iu• trepid enquirer, who was not to be overawed from his purpose by the name even of Sovereignty itself;' • and of coarse that he was made of good revolution • cry materials. But an adequate provocation had not, at this time, been given; mod it would he imputing to Mr. Henry a criminal ambition, of which there is no • proof, Is suppose that ba was meditating she emitter. *ion of a Government against which the voice of • serious complaint bad nottet been heard. Besides, Mr. Henry's standing in society was at this period so humble, as to have rendered the meditation of such a purpose, on his part, preempt eous in the extreme, end equally inconsistent both with his unassuming modesty, and that natural good sense and accurate judgment, which are on ail hands assigned to him. immediately on the decision of this cause, he was retained in all the cases, within the range of his prac tice, which depended on the same question. But no other case was ever brought to trial. They were all, throughout the Colony, dismissed by the plantilfs ; nor was any appeal ever prosecuted in the case of Mr. Maury. The reason assigned for this by Mr. Casnm, is, that the Legislature had voted money to support the appeal on the part of the defendants, and that the Clergy were not rich enough to contend against the whole wealth and stieugth of the Colony. 'the Clergy took their revenge in an angry pamphlet from the pen of Mr. Camm, in which a very con temptuous account is given both of the Advocate and the Court. Mr. Henry was stigmatized in it as an obscure Attorney; and the epithet was true enough as to the time past, but it was now true no longer. His son had risen with a splendour which had never before been witnessed in this colony; and never af terward, did it disgrace this glorious rising. - It is almost unnecessary to.state, that the display which Mr. Henry had made in "the Parsons' cause," ske it was popularly called, placed him at once at the 'Mead of his profession, in that quarter of the Colony in which he practised. lie became the theme of every tongue. He had exhibited a degree of eloquence, *which the People had never before witnessed i • a species of eloquence too, entirely new at the B ar, and altogether his own. lie had formed it on no living model, for there was none such in the country. lie had not copied it from books, fOr they had de scribed nothing of the kind ; or, if they had, he was a stranger to their contents. Nor bad he formed it himielf, by solitary study and exercise; for he was far too indolent for any such process. It was so unexampled, so unexpected, so instantaneous, and so transcendent in its character, that it had, to the People, very much the appearance of supernatural inspiration. lie was styled, " the Orator of Na ture :" and was on that account; much more revered ,'by the People than if he had been formed by the se • Arerest discipline of' the achoo i ls ; for they considered bias as bringing his credentials directly from Heaven, and owing do part of his greatness to beaten insti. ,tiros. There were other, considerations also, which drew •biou stilt more closely to the bosom of the People.— "the society of Virginia, was at that time pretty strongty discriminated f A Gentleman who lived in those daft, and who ad the best opportunities of • judging On the 'subject, Ates furnished the following interesting picture of it. 44 Ti, state the differences between the classes of the society and the lines of demarcation which separated them, would be difficult. The law, you know, admiited none, except as to the twelve Counsellors. Yet in a country insulated from the European world, insulated from its sister Colonies, with whom there was scarcely any intercourse, little plaited by foreigners, and having little matter tout ~. THE grf upon within itself,certain families had riaeo to,sples. dour by wealth, and by the preservation of it from geniration to generation under the Isar of entails ; some had produced a series of men talents ; families in general had remained sialionary on the grouudsof their forefathers, for there was no emigration to the west ward in those days; the Irish, who had gotten poseecsion of the valley between the Blue Ridge and the North Mountain, formed a barrier over which none ventured to leap ; and their manners premiss() no attraction to the lowlanders to settle among them. In such a state of things, scarcely admitting any change of ststion,society would settle itself dowd into several strata, separated by no marked lined, but shading off imperceptibly from top to bottom, Ors thing disturbing the order of their repose. There were, then, first aristocrats, composed of the great landholders who had seated themselves below tide water on the main rivers, and lived io a style of luxury and extravagance, insupportable by the other inhabitants, and which, indeed, ended, in several iustances, iu the rein of their own fortunes. Neatto these were what might be called half-breeds; the descendants of the younger sons and daughters of the aristocrats, who inherited the pride of their ancestors, without their wealth. Then came the pretenders, men who from vanity, or the impulse of growl.; wealth, or from that enterprise which is nature te" talents, sought to detach themselves from the plebistir ranks, to which they properly belonged, and toted, at some distance, the manners and habittef the great. Nest to thase were a solid and indepow4 dent yeomanry, looking askance at those above. let not venturing to jostle them. And last and lowist, a feculuns of beings called overseers, the most abject, degraded, unprincipled race; always cap in hand to the dons who employed them, and furnishing ma. terials for the exercise of their pride, insolence, and spirit of domination." NEW STREET ACT. The investigation of the claims for damages end compensation under this Act was continued yester day before the Deputy High Bailiff, at the Goildhall, Westminster. The first claimant was Samuel Fyler,, Esq., who sought compensation for 28 houses, running in a line with Swallow-street, and standing on a part of the intended site of the New Street. Mr. Serjeant Ben was about to open the case to tile Jury, when it was understood in the Court that an agreement had been entered into between the claimant and the Commissioners, by which the further was to receive the stun of 20,0001. for the whole of his losses in the above premises. The next case was that of Mr. Bather, proprietor of an oyster and ginger beer shop, in Jermynest feet. 1 Serjeant OrtsLow stated his case. The profits of the oyster department he estimated at 3001. a ,year. l The profits of the ginger and spruce beer were also estimated et 3001. to establish which several wit. nesses had been called. These sums, with the valet of the leasehold interest in the premises, and several other items, enlarged the whole of the claim fur com pensation to about 1,2001. The claimant's Counsel attempted to put forward another. ilemarndkepee the ground of his having suffered considerably to his trade for some time, in consequence of a sewer that was dog near his premises, by order of the Com. rnissioners‘ This claim was argued against by the ATTOUSY. . . _GENERAL, at great length. The DEPUTY lIIGU BAILIVir, after hearing the addresses on both sides, gave it es his opinion, that the consideration of what the claimant might have suffered by the obstructions to his trade by means of the sewer, or pulling down of houses in his neigh bourhood, was not included among these in. juries which had i right to be redressed according to the Act of Parliament. Ile recapitulated the evi dence to the Jury, who found for the claimant 7001. The. Court adjourned to Tuesday next, on which day the affair of the Argyll Rooms wilt be investi gated. Bovec.—A smart pugilistic combat leek place yesterday on Clapham Common, between a cosier monger known by the appellation of Dandy Jack, and Bright, a Guildford boatman. It was a hard fight of 57 minutes, for a stake of five shillings. Jerk gave 16 pounds in weight, but he made up that defi ciency by going bang-up to his adversary's head, and brought him down to his own powers, but not without receiving in return. Bright fougbt manfully until the thirty-sixth round, when he received a chattering left handed slap on the jaw, and be felt as if to try if his head was on. All the fight was took out of him l and Jack won in 42 minutes. Some days ago we stated that a daring end exten sive robbery had been committed on the premises of Mr. Leftwick, at Rotherhithe. Yesterday Mr. L. received an anonymous letter, informing him that several of the larger notes which had been stolen from him having become useless to the thieves, in consequence of being stopped at the Bank, he would find them either in the pound or under the bridge at China.hall.fields, Rotherhithe. Mr. L. accompanied , by some friends, went ,to the spot described, and in the midst of some stinging nettles, he found a small parcel, covered with canvas and tied with rope-yarn, which contained 1001. in Bank-notes, and a watch, of which he was also robbed the same night. The letter further informed him, that the gang consisted of six men, and it was their intention to have mur dered every person from whom they experienced re sistance. Tuesday night, ate late hoer r an Excise Officer,, named Foster, was alarmed by the cry of " on that part of the Thames, near the West Indhi Docks ; on proceeding to the spot, he foetid it put. ceeded from two men who were drowning. He steady went for assistance, which with much dial•, alley was procured. Several boats put Out, and one of the men. named Orossley, was taken out of the water; he proved to be one of the sentries who was on guard that night at the docks ; he was in s senseless condition, but the means recommended by the Royal Humane Society being immediately resort. ed to, be was soon recovered. It appeared they were assisting each other in putting a puncheon in a barge. and they both (Alin the water. Soon after the body of John Davis was taken out, but all efforts to save him proved useles s he being quite dead. The body was taken to the Black Horse, High-street s Poplar. . . . • LTESMAN LONDON MARKEIS, COTTON. -Generally the Cotton market may bit stated sieceedingly heavy, though there is some nisi pearance of a revival in the export demand ; the purr chases by private contract are-150 'Pernams 29. id.; 130 Mayanhams and Babies 23d..; 80 Boweds 20Id. to 214 d. ; and 250 Bengal., in the house, Bfd. to 9d. By public sale this forenoon :-30 bags •Berbice 21d.; 50 Demararas 22d. to 220.; and 35 Carria cou 17d. to 20d. " LITEaPoOL, OCT. 17.-A large public sale of Orleans and Upland Cotton being advertised for yes terday, the trade deferred fieying in the espectation that a decline in price would then take place ; prices did accordingly give way Id. toi Id. in Orleans, and about Id. per lb. in Boweds.froailast week. There were sold 1500 Orleans 171 d. to 184 d. for ordinary to fair, 19d. to 20. for good fair to good (350. were withdrawn) ; 450 Boweds 18d. to T. for ordi nary to fair, 19.1. to 190 . i for good fairTo good ; 92 Laguiras 151 d. and 16d. Though the prices declined as above mentioned, yet the sale went off with fully as much spirit as was expected. The sales by pri vate contract,have been very limited, sled at a decline 'of folly 'ld. per lb. on most descriptions, except_ East India ; they are as follows :-450 Boweds /9d. to 20d. for tar to good ; 230 Orleans 19d. to 201 d. for fair to good fair; 300 Tenessees Ind. to 18d.; 200 Sea Islands 2s. 1 Id. to 3s. for middling to fair, and 4s. to 4s. 2d. for very fine ; 450 Permits ts. to 2s. 94d. ; •750 Marauharas 224 d. to 234; 250 Ba• bias 221 d. to 231 d.; 35 Pares 21id. to 220.; 30 Demararas 2s. lfd.; 120 Bengals 814. to lOd.; 920 Su rats 124 d. to 13d. making, with those sold by suc tion, 5800 bags. The arrivals are 8058 bags." SUGAR.-The heaviness of the Sugar market'has continued for such a series of weeks, that the holders have become more earnest in effecting sales ; the prices of Muscovades again declined Is. per cwt. to. wards the close of last week, and the market was heavy at the _depression ; good Jamaica sold at 1761. Gd. and 775.; browns at 751.; low brown De -1 mamas, but dry, 735. 6d. This forenoon there has been generally little busi. nets doing, and the market heavy; one house ap. peered determined to effect sales, anticipating that the late heaviness eould ultimately occasion a consi derable depression; the sales in consequence amount to nearly 300 Mids. at a further depression of Is. to 2s. per cwt. good Sug 11.4 751. and 765. a few sold at 744. the better qualities sold rather higher in proportion. A public sale of Barbadoes Sugar was brought for. ward, and, as the finer qualities are rather in request, the whole went off rather freely, supporting fully the prices of last week-good white 92 ; middling 89s. and 90s ; the inferior qualities 81s. to 884. The Refined market was heavy, and the prices de. clined till towards the close of last week, when the buyers evinced a renewed desire to purchase, but the demand appears chisity confined to the home trade, as the export season is far advanced. Molasses con tinued in good request. The demand lately for Foreign Sugars has been very limited, and the prices have been generally giving way. Last /Leek a public sale of savannah, descriptions was tigegght fertsiald, tr varnishes& of 442 chests ; dingy white, but very strong grain, sold at 635.; a shade inferior 61s. 6d.; good yellow 50s. 50s. 6d.; brown 48s. to 495. 6d.; generally, the prices may be stated 3s. to 41. per cwt. loner, and the sale went off heavily at the reduction. COFFEE.-The Coffee market contioues to fluctu ate, but generally the prices may be slated declining. The public sales lest week went off at the reduction of '24. to 3f. per cwt.; 284 begs Havannah, fair qua. lity, 138 s. to 1405.; 1056 casks and bags ordinary St. Domingo at 1395. Gd. to 141 s. 6d. The public sale this forenoon consisted of 163 casks ; the fine ordinary, middling, and good middling Cof fee went off at a further depression of 2s. to 3s. per cwt.; fine ordinary sold extensively at 1365. and 1365. 6d.; middling at 140 s. to 141 s. 6d. ; and some parcels, nearly good middling at 1425. 6d.; the sale went off with some briskness, the ordinary qualities fully supported the late market prices. mist) PROVISIONS, &c.-The pikes of Better are considerably lower, and the market is very heavy at the decline. Beef and Pork remain steady ; the sr rival of the new cannot be expected for some time; the late close weather will prove unfavourable forth* curing of the early parcels of Beef end Pork. Iscrioo.-The prices of Indigo are little varied since the sale at the India.hoose : several parcels' hove been sold at a premium of 3d. and a few at 6d. per lb. ; the market is, however, without briskness. Ort.s.-The demand for Whale Oil was consider. able last week ; the request has since given way, end purchases could be made a shade lower.-Southern Oil is 11. per on lower, and rather heavy at the de cline.-Galipoli has also given way.-In other de •scriptions there is little variation. Toeacco.-The market continues in a very de pressed state; parcels are offered on lower terms, without facilitaliog sales to any extent. No export orders yet appear; the prices in London being still high in proportion to the markets of the Continent. NATAL SToati.-There have been few sales of Rough Turpentine for some time past, purchases could, however, be made on lower terms. Spirits are heavy at the quoted prices. Tar has been in good demand. Pitch and Rosin remain heavy. Ilene, FLAX, AND 'CALM:M.-The prices of Tal low have given way 2s. to 3s. per cwt.; and the market is heavy at the decline; for arrival during the whole season the last price realised is 86s. Hemp Ws also been purchased on lower terms, and the market way be stated heavy. Flag is improving. The letters yesterday from St. Petersburgh state the Ezettange a little uuder 12d. Rust, BRANDY, AND ifoLLANua.-There is little or no business doing in gam ; the quotations are the last piices paid, but were sales forced in the present eitnation of the market, they could-not without dub. culty be realised. Brandy is heavy and declining. Geneva is without variation. DREADFUL ACClDENT.—Yesterday, about one o'clock, one of ilia men et work on the repairs of the Church, at the corner of Gracechurch-street, wig precipitated from the top and literally dashed to pieces. The feelings of the passengers passing at the moment may he better conceited than described. lie Was removed for the Coroner's Inquest. MANSION• 1101 few days upon of 13751. by of which the Prisi (vire a divide! money from fore the Lou; He consent hating thougl according to His Lordship named Cannn- The letter transaction Mn he recollected strangers comit street Prisor borrowed his nor In any nil lie told them in placing thi after their iv lions given the clerk tk might be ver but he never In his presence, -the time that never before man ; should suspected the bad done vr' upon his (t 1 tiort of the was particuk before a Mai old man. The Ll7lll sity for call portatit.--The Bow-eta" Henry Fist Milli, a sta , number of different time Mills as a pot , at different in pledging tor was cot her having worked for husband we. stealing, a her trial f, been stolen, MARLEI in the empl Duke of S , watchman, in Gloucest dered to fil Yesterda cha-ged bs The Cornish reused son who ego with sech success), lo the entitled to one-teeth of the .profits. A short time ago her brother left England upon business of im. portance, which he had to transact at Rotterdes, and in his absence the Prisoner was left to semis. tend the business. Some short time after dude. parture of Mr. Drouet for Holland, the Prisoner tol. lowed him. They quarrelled at Rotterdam, and the Defendant returned to London on Monday, and re• paired to the house of Mr. Drouet, see. where the business had been carried on. The servant answered the door, but had orders not to admit him. Hoes ever, he came in, and saw Complainant iu the draft. ing-room, and accosted her very civilly. Ile after.' wards held a conference with her father, in French' respecting the removal of the flutes and music.— Nest day he came again in a very violent passion, and demanded the ledger, which her father refaced to give up. lie said many ill things to the family, and used some strong language to Complainant; is consequence of which, her friends advised her to have him bound over to keep the peace. Mr. Shad well said, that he had embarked 5001. in the speed lotion with Mr. Drouet, and could obtain no satis rectory accounts. The charge was not supportetload Mr. Shadwell was dismissed. HATTON-GARDEN.--YeSterdly S. Woodward wee charged by Mrs. Chevarite, flunter-street, Drone- wick-square, with stealing a large silver-gilt cream jug and table-spoon, her property, value eve pound,. It appeared, that the Prisoner, on Sunday Ise' called at the Prosecutris's house to visit her servant, where she was kept to tea and supper, and on the following morning the above articles were missing.-• She was fully committed. • QuEsx-squatte.--Yesterday, 11. Sommers et/ charged with breaking into a room at the Crabtree Ledge, belonging to Mt, Robinson, and silver watch, the property of R. Riley, the coach man. The Prisoner was employed in repaitiog house, and a back window, to which he had access, was found broken open and the watch stolen. The constable, on being informed, examined the places l and found that the print of shoes upon the floor cor responded with the Prisoner's shoes, He thee ~searched for the watch, and found it in a shed where the Prisoner had left his jacket.—He was committed fur re.ezaminntion. Union-HALL.— Yesterday, Goodhugh, I baker, in Kennington-row, pleaded guilty to as ie formation for having alum and sal ammoniac is has possession, for the purpose of adulterating breed, and was fined 61. and costs. The Officer seeiched the lower part of the house, but did not find lay thing. Ile was then proceeding op stairs, when be was - opposed by Mrs. Goodhegh and two othtt women, who held him until Mrs. O. got up itelres bat he extricated himself in time to see her throe , something out of the window, which he got, sad proved to be the articles above-mentioeed. Ask/t, a baker, of Newington-causewert also pleaded guilty to a similar offence, and *99 604 a like sum. His wife also threw the ingredients eel of the window. Lo 1v 1)0.t4 I Printed on* Publiobed by D. Low dt.s. Sr4yris A* °Fiats, tie. 4, Salisbitry-court, Flect-steuP • • Will========alftb i ..rft PO LIGE. OM OF GROSS FRAUD, .liousm—Jonet, who was examined on a charge of having deprived his father obtaining his signature to an instrace6% risoner said was to authorise him to re. lend, but which in fact transferred tk ii father to son, was again brought be. an MAYOR. rated to re-transfer the money to his father ght it advisable to leave it in his h an d: 4 ) the Lord Mayor. ship received a letter from the perusa l non. er disclaimed any knowledge that the was a bad one. The writer stated, that ted the 'old men and his son and two :oming into the chapel in White-cross. on when be was engaged writing; they is pen and ink, bat did not emelt him, manner call him to witness the instrament, q n it was necessary to be very parolee' '' . the calling and residence of the Hte names. lie heard distinctly the laet reo ; by the father to the son, 'Aka bet e l& to the attorney, and which ltwobserved try material in case any thing was Pf told him the witnesses were paid 11.eack once, or that he had reason to suspect et let the son had any sinister design. Re re saw any of the parties, except the old dd ,have felt interested for him, if he had the son had any bad views; and It th em wrong, it would depend most materially the writer's) evidence to prove the kites. • t father, as expressed at the time, and he olarly desirous to have his deposition taken tagistrate, if it could be of service to tlse RD MAYOR was glad there was no neces. Cling on the writer to give evidence so in* -The Prisoner was discharged. 'BEET.—Yesterday, a final examination of slier toot place, charged with robbing Ms. my-maker; in noisy weti-street, of a great `stays, supposed to be upwards of 500. at imes, while he was in the employ of Mr. porter; a number of them have been foetid t pawn-brokers, and his wife was detected ig them. The compassion of the Presets. maiderably excited towards her, owing fo g an infant at her breast, and she having for him previous to her marriage. The was committed on the strong suspicions! and his wife was admitted to bail to take for receiving them, knoWing them to have In. ploy e n%J o t a tt- the Portuguese STl .—lr Ambassador eSterdflytwO end s the erlaet St. Albans, were charged by Thornton, a a, with riotous conduct on Tuesday night, ester=court, St. James's, and they were or. find bail. day a young men named Shadwell, was by Miss Drouet with threatening her life.— pplainent stated, that the Prisoner was cos. ith Mr. Louis Drone, her brother Ow,. ihrfoitned LcAufin els the data mliptime sech success), in the musical line, and ins 1