The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-11-05 00:00:00

F:77 I I r 1 „ r r . in7Yl R 01 TIF I ST. Sta,—The escetlent remarks in your Paper attest night upon the conduct of the Times and Courier, respecting the melancholy fate of Sir &mutat. Ro- SILLY, merit the approbation of all humane and liberal minded persons. That the deceased was in a errand state of mind at the mnmeet he committed the fatal act, as insinuated by the Papers alluded to, is what no man in his sober senses will believe. No re tional mind will attempt to vindicate the unnatural act of self-destruction ; but surely a. calamity so dreadful as that derangement of mind, as well as of body, which too frequently impels ed nature to seek refuge in death, the very cause of ell its horrors ; may be pitied .and de. pored, without mingling with the natural sympathy 'thus suited political rancour and party hate. These bad Wings 'are certainly ton perceptible in the pages '.T Übe Government press ; and it is perhaps the lyealistet,proof of the malevolent spirit which pervades Arm illibt ralJoarnals,that e►en upon such an occasion as has called fo►th the public sympathy, not e►en the realest of misfortunes to the object of their political dislike could iodate them to refraiu from indulging in injurioes sod faltsimputations. Nov. 5. li4Or4i INT'ELLIGEN'CE. A. . DIAL. OCT. 4.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Prince of Orange, Silk, from Calcutta—sailed - .the 14th of May ; Brunswick, Blakey, from Que hec ;. Hastings, 74, from indis.:—left the Isle of rance the Bth Asps., and St. Helena the 19th of September. The wind this morning got to the S.E., and wet of the cutward-bound got under weigh, and proceeded on their voyage.—Came down from alto River and remain, the Dale, Sughrue; and Nelly, :fseghtwel Inv labssico ; Zodiac, Johnson, for Au. ties; and Unity, Edwards, for Dublin. Firii o'Clock.—Ssveral of the outward-bound that this morning, have beat out and got mend to. , -tho &loth Forel:sod, and several of them have bore op to the Downs; amongst the latter is the But fot A. Isle of France; sod Wilford, for. St. • it AMMIATEI Nov. 4.—Came in several vessels fur Maslow, amongst which the sloops William Skerne, Richards, and Endeavour, Parry, both with damage, having von foul of eaeh other. IMINTMOUTIII, Nov. 3 —Arrived the schooner )lary, of Kingston, Smith, from Ilayti for Boor denies, with loss of her rudder, mainmast sprung, awl other damage-43 days out. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 3.—The r r iedonia, Stewart, •-• !ailed Own hence for New foutidland 20th Sept. pot back again with loss of sails, compasses, boats, but. walks, &e. On the 18th Ortobar, e lat. 42. 54. Imam. 35. spoke the (a) brig Unina, Petmaborgh to New 'Verb, who tattooed them resistance. '1 he FAtlbillineisloore up for the Wetiern Islands on the 0 111 of October, but cool() not make them. Letters from fiavannah, of the 9th of Sept. state, that an Euglish vessel bad recently entered that port, whose cargo, among other warlike atom, contained 16,000 stand of arms; these were immediately seized by the Spanish Authorities, who refused either to put.. chase them or to restore them, or even to suffer them to be disposed of in the island. It does not appear whether the vessel was bound to Cuba, or merely put into Ilavannah for some temporary accolumodation. A great strictness prevails generally in enforcing the laws relative to ,the collection of the duties on goods; and sarualleg, owing to the increased vigilance of the present Governor, had become almost impracti eerie. Commerce was far from being in a flourishing state, or likely to realize the hopes of speculators. The liistings, 74, arrived at Hastings, .the teak venial so much talked of, the first of her class huilt at Bombay, and intended as a present to the British Goverment. She was found unfit for the service originally calculated, and on her voyage was compelled to put into the Isle of France, and to un dergo • reduction of 300 tons in her measurement.— The Hastings Whigs home a considerable part of the crew of the Cahalva, unfortunately wrecked on the Island of Cargados; and we are happy to learn, th a t confident expectations are entertained of saving a material portion of her valuable cargo. Mr. AYRES, the Purser, remains with the wreck, actively engaged in superintending the requl.ite operations. Died, on Saturday evening, aged aged 60. CATHE. BINA, the wife of JOHN JOHNSON, Esq. of Seymour covet, 'tear Marlow. On such trying occasions many have sought refuge in superstition ; and their weak ness has been the foundation on which Churchmen have established their wealth and their power. This Let4ts, supported entirely by the fortitude of her own mind, and the approbation of her own conscience, met death without dismay, evincing that HEMS and itORALITY Alone are sufficient to disarm it of its terrors. The ever-to-be-lemented death of Sir S. itostnEY will cause a great distribution of business arrongst the King's Counsel, at the Chancery Bar. A Junior King's Counsel received on Tuesday 9.1 general fP. tauten; from Solicitors who were in the habit of giv ing their briefs to Sir S. ItosittlY• The early rising of both Courts of Chancery yes terday, was in consequence of the briefs delivered to Sir S. ItorarcEY not having 'teen banded to other Counsel in time for their consideretion. The death of Lady lionrEEY will be felt moat se verely by the unfortunate. her Ladyship distributed 10001. per annum privately amongst worthy families. who had been reduced by misfortune. . • Tee CorroN SernmEits.—The trials of these per: eons, which was expected to have taken place here at the present Session, 'on a charge of conspiracy, have been traversed until the neat Session.—( Man cheiter Courier, Nov. 3.) A man, named Wolfe, has been committed to Dar. ham Jail by the Magistrates of Sunderland, on suspi cion of being concerned in murdering the servant- Maid, and setting fire to the house of Miss Smith (sow. Lady Peat), at Herrington, some years ago. i'• 1 11 '. ,-a. . ~~. - - TO TUE EDITOR or ries STAITICgiI t etN. Sta,--In every respect It would be ealreMely painful, if the British Public. wholsave taken, end still take so decided an interest in the just and glo does cause of South America, were'eventeally as crificed, by unguardedly trusting to sothorities, re presentations, and acts, w hich are in themselves either totally false, or described to the Public in a very different light to that in which they really stand. It is, therefore, of the utmost importance, at this mo ment, that truth should be made clearly manifest to every Englishman, in order that he okay enabled to direct his operations relative to South America with due security q and obviate the dangers wising from artifice and deceit, which, I perceive with the greatest grief, are unjustly employed to the prejudice of liberal and enterprising persons, and spitist the honour and prosperity of the Itidcpendeue Govern• ments of South America. The Somme Government of Venezuela, desirous to prevent such enormous esils, took the most active measures to put an entire atop to the ahuses com mitted et sea by privateers sailing under the as of Carthagena and Melia), which Governments do not at present exist, and at the same time gave instructions to their Generil Deputy in London, charging him most particularly not to allow the British Public to be unwarily decei►ed by agencies, representations, and authorities tieing palmed upon them as true and legitimate ones, to hen, in reality, they were merely suppositious, had died away, or had no other ex. istence than a circumstantial and voluntary inter pretation. _ _ On this account, the Deputy from Venezuela co'n ceives himself compelled to request the Editor of the STATl‘sm.ix to publish the following facts, in ad. dition to his nose of the Ist Instant, conceiving them interesting to the welfare of every Englishman, whose views &redirected across the Atlantic:---- " That since the year 1816, when the Spani s h troops wider-General Morino occupied Nee Gra. nada, and destroyed the Congress and Gov Pr WIWI§ 1 4 there has not esisted, nor does shera yet 'list, any other Congress or Government, in any part of New Granada, nor any Body of individuals basing as sumed, or made themselves known there, under the appellation of Aggregate Independent Government; nor can any Act or legal Micument be produced to the Public, emanating from any such Body. " That the Congress of New Granada, in the year 1814, that is, two years previous to itsdestructlon, sent to Gs•tndon as their General Deputy, DJII Jose Maria del Real. " That, sub;equpntly, there Ins been no indivi dual in London who can with truth and jottice as sert that be has any Dvistation, Power, or ennirnis lion, from any Collgrel;S or Government existing in New Granada, nor from any Corporalion known under the name of Aggrtgate Independent Govern ment, nor produce any legit document to that effect. " That the military operations of New Granada, whose Provinces are now acting in unison wish those of Venezuela, are carried on in conformity and with the assistance of the Government of Venezuela, and I under the direction of General Bolivar, the only I Captain-General the Independent Armies of New Granada ever had. " That General McGregor has served with the rank of Brigadier-General in Venezuela and Now Granada ; but that at present he is neither employed by the Government of Venezuela (whose service he left at the latter end of the year 1816, leaving the troops under his command at Barcelona, ar►d pro ceeding to North America, without hiving had since that period any communication whate►er with the said Government), nor by any Congress or Govern ment existing as such in New Granada, nor by any Corporation established or known under the name of Aggregate Independent Government. No lege' do. cement can be produced to contradict this assertion," The Deputy from Venezuela, as a proof of McGregor's rank, and of the union which exists be tween the Provinces of New Granada and Venezuela, has the honour to annex a Proclamation of McGre gor's, in Amelia Island, dated the 30th of June,lBl7, countersigned by his Secretary, Joseph de Yribarren, and printed at Fernandina by It. Findlay, Govern. ment Printer. The Deputy from Venezuela is not now obliged to enter into the merits of the said Pro. clamatiun, but merely to mention the title, whict► begins thus—`' Gregor if• Gregor. General of Bri gade of the Armies of the United Provinces of New Granada and Venezuela." Gator-loco, Nov 2, MS. Drtuair-L e THEATRE.—The Comedy of The Heir at Law was performed at this Meet..., la s t night, to a tolerably numerous audience. RAMJET and KNIGHT completely relieved the tediousness of the evening, end recollecting the merits of the piece, as well as the support it received from the remaining actors, we must own, that it, was an achietement no common order. The melo-dranie of Barniecide succeeded. It was received with the same approba tion as on the former evening. This being the Anniversary of the Popish conspi racy, commonly, called the Gunpowder Plot, the Paik and Tower guns fired on the occasion. The Yeomen of the Guard and his Majesty's servants re ceived their customary gratuity of wine, it being a pitcher day. 1 Yesterday the LORD MAYOR held a Court of COM. mnn Council for the geneial dispatch of business, which was numerously attended, but nothing of any public import4nce occurred. A cargo of apples, from Jersey, was brought to Eseter last week, and sold on the quay at 2s. a bushel, which is ■bout 20 for a penny. ANOTHER CASE OF POISONING ay MISTAKE..-- A few thy, ago a woman, iu the neighbourhood of Franc, near.Tunbridge-wells, administered to a child about 18 months old, two spoonfuls of laudanum which she hsd mistaken for Godfrey's Cordial. The mistake arose in consequence of the poisonous liquid being in a .Godfrey's bottle. Medical aid being had recourse to, we are happy to state the child is re• covered. The laudanum had been purchased at a chandler's shop, and no label attached to the bottle to specify its contents. Surely something ought to be done to presort the frequency of such mistakes, which so often, as in the present instance ) are attri butable to negligence. • , l : Ai ,-, 7 Ist 5La SAMUEL ROM/4LY. •I Romilly was one of the few men, *boy white they have the unbounded confidence of their osso party, centmand 'the respect of their political seior,: Iles. Though he tekeed most questions with the reedurtr that is inseparable from a love of truth, ! and with 411 the fervour by which zeal in a cause is I characterised, he never eitettettliveleesi suspicion of his motives, even when his . ressot4 siere urged with most force and warmth. His oppontisis seemed its: vttialffltiirespect his intentions when they combated his irtainints with the greatest . vehemence. This most flattering testimony was ,tont a circumstance pe collie to the min ; it - would hare happened to any other, who should hew. displayed the same rectitude in public life ; and this is a fine rebuke to those who never emend their liberality beyond the narrow pale of party. It is the pride of our country;that honour and integrity are to be 'found in many political sic's; and it is the knowledge of this fact, which has prow. dared that liberal spirit, with which differences of opinion upon the gravest points are regarded amongst us. The lamented steject of these reflections was a striking proof of the justice universally shown to an honest vindication of Opinion ; and there is not a good or an eminent man, ea the opposite side to that %%Ph which Sir Samuel acrid, that does not share in the lulling, grief oresioned ! r t his loss. Zeal in politics world he a cerise, if it Were ineontistent with the charities of our nature, and if it (hied up the sourer' of pity. But, thank Heaven! it is not so ; and an enlightened sod hottest man may assert his sentiments with ell the force of *Neil he is eapable, without es posing himself to the Int ve judgment of those wbo Differ front him in the view of the suhject. Sir Samuel Roteitly'a opitsion also upon any sob. Jett made a deep impression, not so much horn the ability he displayed, uncommon as it wets, as from the high respectability of his 'Character. He had errors, no doubt, hut they were not of the heart. But that he toted his country warmly, is beyond dispute.— Thet his opinions were governed by that principle is equally undeniable; and that he oreer employed an *fitment, or made use of a sentiment, which di i not embrace the happiness of his countrymen, is nut sincere conviction. If he erred, the fault lay in the limitation of human mind ; but his motives were on impeached ; and the reverence in which he was uni versally held, constitutes a lesson which ought to operate upon those who engage in politics. Ili' pro found judgment, various arquiremetsts, his skill its forensic and parliamentary speaking, Intlhis asta visiting industry, w hich,ensbled him to weed to the weighty twine's of his profession and to his duties in the tionate, are too well known to require para. cular notice. It is his independence and integrity, which are more difficult to be appreciated (and with out which, mental powers are a nuisance), upon which we are ansious to fit attention, and which render his loss a public calamity. Long also will t the country bewail the death of so good a man ; land every tear that is shed to his memory will be a tribute to virtue, and an offering, which only met it like his can receive from so enlightened a Public. TEE D UCnON OP 71111 ARMY: -.NIMIN'' -- Were subject. wise, war is a game Kings would suit play at. CEMPBR. If the rumour be true, that the Ministers have, with di ffi culty, enforced the proposed reduction of the army, they deserve the thanks of their country, because they have obtained for it en advantage, at thej expence of a little courtly servility. But the pro- I posed redaction, whether agreed upon by all parties, or by the determination of some, against the inclina tion of others, ought not to satisfy the People. It is the People who maintain the army—the People who suffer from the expence—the People who may dread the extinction of their liberties, by the force of the bayonet, that anima ratio regain. A Standing Army ought not to exist in a free country : it is in. j compatible with freedom, and a pollution of the land. Wherever a Standing Army exists, there will be I Cherikhed a love of watt, and war is the heaviest curse that torments mankind. ile, who would pre. vent the temptation to gamble, should deny to the gamester the use of his cards, his dice, and his play things; and he, who would endeavour to suppress the 104 of violence, should remove the 'machines with which the game is played. It is sacrifice enough to the soldier, that, in time of war, he should tease to be free; it is too great a sacrifice, to espect him to reverie in a state of degradation in time of ream The greatest boon is I.IIILIVIY : it is worth more than silver, or much tine gold. The li berty to go, and to do, as we please; whilst society ingrains no injury from our actions, is the highest privilege man can enjoy : and to be tried by a Jury of our countrymen, when we offend, is the greatest right we can claim. The soldier must resign the free dons of action ; he must not go, or do, es he pleases; andy he sin against the Articles of War, he can set vp no claim to a trial by Jury for the offence. — Courage is his virtue, obedience his duty. IVild, mad, or ferocious, as may be the commands which he receives, be must obey. To hesitate, is error—to refuse, a crime. No honours, no rewerds, can suf ficiently compensate for the resignation of our noblest rights. The., to the soldier, to keep up a Standing Army in time of peace, is injurious—to the citizen, it is productive of misery and evil. To support, iu an overdrained and exhausted country, a large mili tary force at a vast expence, is criminal„ . eveu in a pecuniary point of view, because it tends to drain the resources of an over-hurthened People. Oar ancestors considered its intrnditetion a. a stain on the ba non : they bated it with a deadly hatred: the best and wisest Statesmen, Lawyers, mot Philosophers, have condemned it, not iu silken terms precise, hot in terms so killer, that they would hurt the ears of their slavish and time-serving children. They knew, that the Continental Despots awed their usurped power. and wanum privileges, to the sword: a good Government, ties knew, needed not its aid; and to a bed Government. the en lightened part would have denied it. Where the interests oldie Ministers are identified with the interests of the People, the Go vernn.ent would scorn any awi4ance hut that which the Prop', would give; but when the penmanl advantage of the finvernors is inconsistent with the rights of the People, there tier sword wilt be employed, to curve nut the advantage_ from the rights.— " A Standing Army," !hid • lime of the wisest of onr ancient Senators, in answer to the tatii,t earnest entreaties of our great deliverer, " is inconsistent with a free Government, and absulutely . destructive of the Barrow CotteriTuTioN. The records of every age. and of every country, have dawn. that the establishment ors military force has ever been fatal to liberty. A People are no longer free, when the sword is wrested out of their hands, and transferred to an nrmy of mercenaries." And the resolution was carried. that all the forces raised since the year 1680 should be disbanded. " The King," saysao isimoriau, t .~ } T" a.... .. :~ .. was unaTtnap own etsessisenD at the Its-solution of Oat House." He had assured it, Enema could act tiG safe without it land I.irce. But the good patriots of that day preferred their duty before their ,:ersonal interests. :Ind proved that their toed of the Pelt* was greater than their feat of tile king's dis pleasure. Yet En g l an d safe, because the safety of Enc. land depends on tka People, not on the strain lint these patriots mitered SnUO soldiers to remain embodied t and from this ais. ctrus of woe has sprung up a thousand its. Now a land :orce in peace btu become a perennial curse, though it is Still pretend ed to be only an earn'st evil. It goat& the theatre; surrounds the palate, and may be found snootier, as It Is castes, a pie tureg.llery, or a museum. It, is ono, without retociatiee..re sorted to. in order to quell runs which. would die beneath the staff of the constable; and ibis frequent in . roductloo ttitt d on• the abhorrence of its intetferenee, when it may be wasted for blacker deeds. In the great riot, when the wage and patsiotic Chief Justice Holt, acnonipuided by bit tipsialf atone, iiis persed the furious multitude, he told the Commander of the imam sent out against the rioters, .thaj if pre of the people was kitled by his soldiers; raid if he wit tried for the asurdet and brand' guity, the King himself 'Weld nut save him from being hanged. Holt was a freesias). a true timslishason, sad felt us such; but the breed is almost estiogisigisest..--lt would -be an easy task to till column titer aroma 'Vitt the noiectises of the gritty groat cud good against a Strot4ag Army: but that is useless, as its adv an?. are only pawl ,wf brut.' admit, too igootant to be vapahle of Isiticipatiug she 4- fecbcof such a force or too base to dread them, if k new n. Not one argument can be adduced, at present, fur the continuance (except as to the increase of our colonies) of this two/4Am hional force. but most be weaker than in the dine of Theo tens of thousands, and &padre& of thousands, of English, Scuich, bud trash, wished aid prayed fur tire return et the t)ratinieill Stuarts; now, the ?tallow is nu longer disturbed by Pretenders to the Throne, against the will of tite nadjurily. A Standing Arai} seemlier'', leads to despotina,and de spoir.so begins evil kw the Sioseteign, third& RS 431 t she sshject. ley the abuse of absolute, power, the stesPOtti=i u ta tiger in ' human revolt he growl (trochees matte g ra • erre' ; lieu *ibis his law ; he aoverus by caprice. sod hoklehi s ow e l i f e on ' Ilse frail tenure of tote caprice of lust slates. and yet, soca at* Wit disgustingefeets of potter, that Kings of jetsam nave boot* nod cuuugh to wish to become /Clog. of slasea • ADULTERATED TEA &MOW N0v..2.-3atorday lest the Commis+ Amseashot Customs pronounced judgments in the call stiffNeenuel Julteson, of Essex•street, Ch u w as to n * . ;knotted in the penalty if twelve liandred Pounds. The 1641 of John Lawless, of Poollseg-street, came seat under the considers, ton of the Court. The ina. 'formation charged the I/ergotism with having its la, possession (hire casks, containing , 'weight. Michael Owen Hughes was eaaosiired on. the part of the crows', and . said rest .lie retollected hosing gone on the 7th of August last, to the house of the Defendant, in Poolgeg.strset, in consequence of ins for matins, pteviou-Iv teceitetl, anti there se:zing threat casks of imitation tea, cony dining 2321155. weight.-- Found the lea in UCH, IldRnIN accompanied the seizure to I liP Custom-house, where lie saw it weighed. Was pr•-se.tt w sett Mr. Hughes (the elder) gives sample out of the said casks, to Mt. fusser, 11. e tiotsuist, for esaminetion. The mks were in different pats, of lite room, one of them was without a heed, and ley those to the bed, • here Deu (elitism's wile was Ishii!, haring but recently Wiens exhibit " A," roil says it is a part of th• 'substance so seized. Cross.essaiiired by Defendant.--What slid my wife say to you at the lime you were taking the casks away?—'That they had been left the re by a parson o f the name of Dstidson, who told tier they contained red hers tugs. James Fraser (Bolinist) was examined, and p f „ iik j, th a t be had received tralls Mr. filches a sample of the substance seder se sure, for the pure poses of examination. lie (Mr, Fraser) infused tits samples iii but eater, and is able, from lilt know ledge in botany, to pronounce theta to be compound. ed and made up of elder and potato !cares, and as admixture of clover or (Trifoliant rep.ns) seed.— Found on tea to the compuintion. . Mr. Fraser swore postlvely, that he compared the leaves given him by Mr. Hughes, with than of the above pistils, and tad no doui of their com plete identity. Margsiet Coleman was examined on the put of the Defendant, whose sertant she is. She said she knew nothing further of the tea in question, than that a person in the employment of one D4vidsou, its herring merchant, had applied to her mistress for !else to deposit the ca‘l:s upon the loft. The mistress said be might, and Dirii!snit afterwards sent-the casks. This was about 12 months before the seizure was made. The witness said, she criold not form any eknion, whether Listless end Isis wife, during the said 12 mouths, knew whet the casks contained.— Mr. arid Mrs. Law less slept.for sit weeks on the lofts Ire`ore the seizure was made. The three casks stood beside their bed. IVitiiess never, during the said siX weeks, supposed the casks to contain herrings ; her reason is, she saw As hat they contained a good while before the seizure. In *miter to a question from the Court, this woman said, she Over mode use of any of the tea herself, because she did not think it good. The case being closed, the Court pronounced judg. meta against the Defendant.—Penalty, Two Thou. sand /tree Ilundred and Twenty Pounds sterling. The case of David .1/. 4 Ecoy was neat hrouirit on. The informations charged the Defendant with having in his possession 2721b5. weight of spurious tea, thd penalties on whisk would amoent to 2,7301. It went 'nosed in an early stage of the trial, that N' Evoy had, died a few weak' after the seizure hail been made. The Court, therefore, thought it useless to procied farther iutialiprirsecution. ~~:~. The Journal des Debeis notices Miss PItzCLA• atnCE's recent descent in a diving-bell, as a proof of the advance of science in the present s e . The pettiest effort immediate'y preceding it was the establishment of the Montagnes IJeaujon, but ill* J °urn!! honestly confesses that the descent in the car of ibis fashionable am ssesnent is contemptihle, whet' compared with going to the bottom of the sea, it a diving-bell. DAIL' MG RonnenT.— Yesterday evening, about. seven o'clock, some villains watched an opportunity. of tying the shop and private doors of Messrs. any. Mons, stationers, corner of Vttion-court, Old Broad. street, burst in a pane of glass, and stole a card of pencil-Wes, pocket-book, and several other articles, bat were prevented taking more by the sight of the shopman with a large paper knife cutting the rope. wh'ch held the door, and forcing his way into the street ; they got, clear off.--A similar robbery was committed at a watchmaker's, corner of Lower. Thaturs.street, some time ago. Within the last fortnight, 4,000 bushels of onions, from Portugal, France, and liollsott, have been ported into Hull. The price has been its causes' , very greatly teduced. melt ittiusoce • • • •••••••• :1. ~~ ~~~ ~.:, -_ ~.. I I C~