The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-07-26 00:00:00

N4V4L INTELLIGENCE. POnT fOirTII,3IILT ^ 26. —,Smiled, with the Kind at StSf.E. the Expedition, under Admiral ()sway, to join the forte is t h e Downs, commanded by Sir Rickard Strachan etimist- Mg of the Monarch, 13e4leitle, Cesar, Valiant, Achtlie,lm pctuelit, 111u , trious, Guars. Aboukir, Revenge. Eagle, B .11,11 a, Hera, Reslution. Marlborough, Royal Oak. ha perieuse, Rota, trades, L'Aigle, Redpole, Flethei Harpy. and Plover; with troops on board, amounting to 11.0 W mcn.—They were unfortunately detained so long, lint for tar want of °Men, Mad afterwards by a foal u itsd. that they pot to sea with a very tabu breeze, is hope of being* to reach the Downs. s.tiled the [lardy, with 17 sail of transpgrb, for the Downs. Povisciern, JULY !4.— Arrived the Orion, Capt.Gravec, t eta Surinam, twins with agar, &c. boom! to !midis° ; tu:d 11•Iplioat brig or war, (roe Portsmouth. Dr. t L, JULY 23—Teiterday at 3 P. V. there bells every 3 ppear tnce of a change of wind, Srt Riehard Strachin, in ixe Ainethst frigate, made Mosel foe the Seet to prepare to sail, but the wend continuing at N.1 1 1.r, they were prevented. This nursing an Eacixe Utter. tomisanded by Captain Cunthorpe, arrived here frame of Fitelbleig, with dispatches; je brought an miens:sat that 11 sail of the bar of the enemy's 'baps were endeavouring to make their 'escape, and that live of them were under salt with ateeriuesaila tie, but the wind taking them a-head, they were obliged to pat hack t a tom .equence of this biliarmatioa, it is sopposed Sir R ieh. Straehan, with mar of the line of hold* ships, will immediately sail. notwithvtAng the wind is contrary. Lord and Lek. Castlereagh landed here this morning. from the Lively Excise cotter, Capt. Withers; they have bees tnr a eruize off Duvet, sad the cutter was immediately or r!cred or foe Flushing. _ 13RIGI1TON, JULY 21. ''..sialffi• The now regulation, as alluded to in a limner letter, which contributed to the safety and good order kept on the Ram-hill on Friday, Saturday, and to-day, was that of having a body of the South Gloucester Militia, armed with their muskets, sta tioned on duty there. The soldiers, with great labour and perseverance, kept the Coarse clear during the time that the horses were running, a circumstance that certainly has not bcen very Wetly attended to here fur some years put, and acci dents, that might have beet% itOided, have thereby sometimes been the mak There are many, however, who strongly object to the new regula tion ; the people, they contend, have no right to be preserved from accident against their will • that such conduct is an infringement on their libe rties,: and that now, in enjoying the pleasures of a Race Course, they are literally and bona fide put under martial law. CORN EXGUANGE, Jur.v 26. To-day the Market has tolerable remaining sup plies of Wheat, the samples m o stly v i nary, and chirtly of second and ordinary quality ; very few buyers attended to purchase at the late ad. vance, wailing large expected arrivals after the Embargo. Barley and Malt vary but little ; Peas and Beans of the two kinds likewise : there aro also tolerable quantities of Oats, sales thereof nearly at our last currency. Flour this week at an advance of about sa. per sack, and fine Am. rican as our last. • Wheat% • • - TOL Ph 16, fine ditto ----- 10. Rye. Barley, Malt. Till Demi. • - • 14.10•. Oalt o t4o. 214. Poland - - :1515. 38i. Potato, &Is - - - - to 40y. Rape Peril • - - A4I se& re.. Vk - - - - NIL keel* 7016 756. W. Pens ( Boilers) II; 164. lirev Pens, 465. 525. BC3lb 56% JNSO LVL'N : DEBIORS. A vast number of persons of both sexes arc confined in the different gaols of the metropolis for debt ; but the beneficent Act of the last Ses sions will relieve a multitude of them—in fact all who were in actisal cestody up to the Oita .f February last, will he discharged in the course of this and the three following days, from the prisons of the City of London, the Lord MAYOR, in conjunction with She Recoatma, Laving seconded the humane intention of the Legislature, by appointing the ugliest day for their liberation that the forms of the Act -would allow, which is this day. There are many individuals excepted from the benefits of this Act ; for instance, Swindlers of all des criptions, Adulterers, and persons under the deno mination of Seducers, unless where they have been ten years in tastody; Attornies, and Perions acting as such, who have che4ted their clients by converting monies entrusted to them, for such clients' ase, in their professional capacity, to their own profit. These, and a great many others, will meet with opposition, and of course, be re manded until they can overcome the objections made to them, or give satisfaction to their respec tive creditors. But all who are not opposed will be discharged, the number whereof in the City of London, exclusive of the County or Middlesex prisoners, amount♦ to upwards of COO. Sir JAMES IMRE.% Kca, Bart. was unanimously served heir to the Dukedom of Roxburgh, in the Parliament House last week at Edinburgh, by a respectable Jury, at which his Grace the Duke of Gotteox was Chancellor. In a matter of account which was yesterday un der discussion in the Court of Chancery, a list of Ind debts was motioned, the int item of which was—" Sir Fletcher Norton, 65." On Friday as Sir Joss and Lady LADS Were going down Ifenapsissd-hill, in their way to Hen. don, in a coracle, the pole came out of the splash ing-leather, and falling against the horses, set them kicking and rutming at full speed. In this perilous situation, Lady LADS jumped out of the eurricle and fell, but received little hurt ; 'Sir You c kept his seat until the foot-board was kicked off and the harness broke, when, flailing that he had no command, he leaped from the eurricle, and was much bruised from the fall ; the horses cm. tinned running furiously to Sir Joss's house with the coracle, a distance of near four miles, and en tering the yard, got into a pond, from whie!‘ they' Isere got out with difficulty, very steelt eat shout the legs, but not othcswise hart. Sir Jon" and Lady LADE were both bled, bnt fortuuste'y have received ao very serious injury. . THE EXPEDITION. OtakCTtliNll FOR, DItIMBARIPII4IIOIIO,II. --- is to superintend the disembarkation of the army ; fax this service; and they are to take t o th e i r assistance such o fficers or the ships which they respectively command, as may be necessary to execute the object, and to preserve order and re. gularity among the men, and the boats of their several divisions. The boats of the tnen of wir and transports are to be classed in divisions and subdivisions, each division to be co mantled by one of the Captains, and each sub livision, which is 'not to consist of more than six boats, to be commanded by a Lieutenant. There is to be in eat,' of the boats a careful petty officer, and in each of the transports' boats a careful Mate. The Agents of the tr unisons are to furnish a list of all the boats on board the different ships under their charge, specifying particulkidy the description of boats, and the number of troops they are capable of carrying with perfect conve. nience. A list also of the boats that are unfit for that purpose, describing whether they are capable of carrying stores, fit to tow, or to what other general use they may be applicable. The agents are to put their boats in divisions Ltd subdivisions, with s proportion of Masters, and a Mate in every boat, snbmitting their general disposition to the senior Deicer of his Majesty's ships attached to that division, for his approba. don. The boats of tho men of war which are to com ,pose the divisiema, are to be arranged according to the following order, viz. First Divisioo. Second Div. Third Div. ' ta►rth Div. The launches of the men of war which hive to disembark the field-pieces of the brigade, are to be fitted with skoeds for that lmrl►ust:, u► order that each gu►t may be landed at the moment the boat touches the beach. If horses are embecited, it is recommended that they are nut landed in the first instance, but that a strong company of SCA_ men, with their harness to each goo, shall be employed for that purpose, as they can move much quicker than horses for a short distauce. The men of war boats of divisions to be die. tingaisheil by a small divisional pendant ; and if the transports can furnish their boais with a small pendant of the sante colour, it gill bo a great convenience. When the signal is made for the boats to assem hie for receiving troops, cat+ triviiion is to collect alongside the ship which is puintrd out by signal, and the is immediately to hoist the divisional flag as the point of rendezvous. will give the necessarydirections for the boats to repair in divisions and subdivisions to the ships of war and transports ; when they are to receive the towns in regular order, accord ing to the regiments that are to be landed ; and when the signal is mado to put Wl*, the several boats containing each regiment respectively ere carefully to keep together in a line, and not to mis with these carrying other regiments in their way tip the landing. The more effectually to ensure this desirable end, one Lieutenant is to lead the !meteor each regiment, and (me t° keep in the rear when they are pulling in a line a-head ; hot if in a line abreast, to be on each beam. if it is taped lent for the regiments to land, so that they may be immediately funned, the con. mending officers will point out the central compa nies and the relative position of the other cumpe. nice, in order that the boats to receive them may be arranged accordingly. The boats carrying the central companies are to be distinguished by colourof the regiment, as a mark fur the boats of that regiment to form ou each side of them ; and the boats carrying the flank comps. vies to be distinguished, the greriadiqry or right, by a pendant, light infantry, or leltoi pendant. _ The lung boats and launches are to be attended by such boats of their respective ships as the Cap tains may think necessary to tow them ; and the boats not employed in this service are to assist in towing inch transports' boats as may be directed by the Captains of the divisions. laartienlar eau. lion must be taken not to crowd the boats, espy. eially if any opposition is expected. The mode of disembarking the troops must be decided by circumstances, and the number of boats belonging to the Expedition ; the rendezvous will be signified by signal. In forming the order of landing, whethet in brigades or divisions, attention must be paid to keep the boats, in which the btigailca arc embark. ed, in the order of landing, that there may not be any confusion on the botch. The divisions may be snide out iii starboard, larboard, and centre ; or, first, second, third fourth, &e. &c. all to be distinguished by pen. dents, and the officer who commands the division is to carry in his beat a small flag, of the eoloor of the distinguishing Bag of his division ; and to have two Officers to atteud him in boats without troops, fur the purpose of carrying messages across the line. Officers to be provided with speak. log-trumpets in the beats, and messages to be re. peated. A proportion of spar( beats to be in the rear of the lines, as a rescue for any assistance which may be required. Au old viaticsr to, a roodeut of the city of Chaster, of the na...0 of Sina i better knowo in the annals of sporting fame by the name of OLD Stan, has undertaken, for a wager a 500 gui. seas, to perform 1000 miles in 1000 successive hours, upon the BANCLAY plan. Odds are, in general, much against him, from his extreme old age, but the knowing ones back him pretty Not& deotly, from his approved game. The Chester race.courso is expected to be the scene of action. Yesterday Mrs. Osborne, of Piccadilly, was badly bere t by the horse on which she rode run., ning against the ironwork at the entrance of Hyde Park. The servant immediately misted Ms mistress, and called a backney.coash, in which she rctltratvi home. r - Y 3 O 410 E. MA %LIM 10 lit if —Yesterday, Joseph Heath, a well-lusown Character, was charged With a capital felleity, ia obtaining by meetves of Madame Parnell sic bank notes of 11. each. ,It appeared by the statement of Maaatne Purnell, a millisser and late dealer, in Berwick-mead, that. the Prisoner called on her on the 10t11 Instant, sot represented himself to be Mr. Reeves, of the Alien-office; be informed her that an inforsnation, had beat laid against her at that Office, as being a person unfit to remain in this country; but that he.(lllr. Reeves) being interested for her, would, it furnished with 101. from her, take care to shut the mouth of the malicious informer. The Prose. cutris, knowing there was such a gentleman as Mr. Reeves at the Alien-office, became mach alarmed, end under • the impression gave the Pri. 'otter 41. and promised to pay the remainder when he should call again in a few days. On this the, prisoner departed, after basing enjoined secrecy of the Prosecutrix. He called again the day before he had appointed. The Prosecutrix having some suspicion of the man, a female friend was stationed behind the door whilst she conversed with him. She gave the Prisoner this time 21. more, and he was to call again for the remainder. lie added that he should not expect much for his trouble. He did call again, and the Prosecutrix then kept him in conversation, whilst Gregory, a constable, was procured, who took him into cus tody. iefore the constable came, the Prosecu trix had told the Prisoner that she could not part with snore money, when he replied, that she should not roman bvehonrs longer in thiscountry. The Prisoner always refused to give his address any otherwise than that his country.house was at Somers-town. The Prisoner behaved with the utmost audacity, and attempted to repel the charge brought against him, by accusing the NOSCCII Iris of haying dult in contraband goods; but the Ma. gistrate refused to receive the charge, and the Prisoner was fully committed for trial for the capital offence. GUILDVA LL. —Yesterday, a servant of Mr. Rivington, bookseller, was charged with stealing a bundle of printed paper. One of Mr. Riving_ tun's shopmcn stated, that several bundles of waste paper had been missed from their cellar, which pat them on the watch. Ou Monday, the Prisoner was desired to take some .books to the binder's, when the appearance of his bag exciting suspicion, he was pursued and detained; the paper in question was found in lie bag. The . Prisoner begged hard fur mercy, and Mr. R.ivington sug gested, that the best means to retriere.his charac. ter, would be to volunteer fur the Navy. He re. quested five minutes to consult with his wife upon the subject, n hick was allowed him ; he after. wards returned, and expressed a desire to accept the offer which the humanity of his master had suggested. Mr. Matthews, a cheesemoner, charged his porter with steeling two pounds of cheese, which were found concealed iu his hat. Mr. Matthews said, he had had several cheeses broken to pieces, which bad been carried off piecemeal, and he had suspected several of his sertants. It was diseo. veresl that the cheese, when broken, was stowed away in small pieces, fur the convenience of car. rying off; one of these pieces being missed when the Prisouer went qut to dinner, he was pursued, brought back, and the cheese found in his hat. The Prisoner now declared, that it was the first thing he had ever taken in his life, and his 'outer compassionately agreed to forego prosecuting. At the Assites for Lincoln, held on Monday last, Ann Gibson, the wife of Joseph Gibson, of Torksey, farmer, was indicted, upon the verdict of the Coroner's Inquest, fur the 'larder of her daueter, three years of age, on the oth of April but. Joseih Newby deposed, that he lived as servant with Mr. Gibson ; that his muter had four chil dren ; ho remembered that on Thursday, the oth of April, about nine o'clock in the morning, he heard a child scream, as if distressed, and thought the sound proceeded from a well near the house; he looked in, and saw two of his master's chil dren in the water, upon their backs ; the well was eight yards deep to the water, and four yards more in the water ; both the children were alive and floating, when ho discovered'thetn ; a person of thr name of Mary Noble, who had been employed in the house, came to him, with a view of' assist. ing to save the children, and she let down the bucket a little way, whets suddenly she perceived Mrs. Gibson, the prisoner, run to throw herself into a pond ; whereupon she let go the windlass, and the bucket falling down upon one of the chil dren, struck it on the head; the witness afterwards descended, and recovered both the children from the water; but one of them, Ann, three years old, was dead, he had no doubt in consequence of being struck by the bucket, as there was a strong mark on her forehead ; but he could not tell wile ther her skull was fractured or not. • The JUDGL .here interposed, and said, the death of the child was clearly not caused by drowning and suffocation, in eenseqoence of being thrown Into the well by the mother, as stated by the In quisition ; but was occasioned, however nnintee tionally, by Mary Noble letting rho bucket de scend with velocity when she ran from the %ell to take care of ber mistress ; the indictment, there fore, was defective. The Jury eocurdingly ac quitted tide prisoner. Janes Pao', of East Botterwick, in the parish of Messingham, charged with the murder of her infant son, a year old, by drowning him in a posit, was satisfactorily proved to be subject to Ara l and to have been insane at the time of the saciaockuly catastrophe. She was therefore uttered to be im prisoned during his Majesty's pleasure. The oveicheAl wuman, it appeared by the evidence, took her two children from her home, and pro, corded to a ditch or pond some distance io the felt, where the attempted to drown both them and her self ; and, when taken front the water, they all appeared to be dead ; shei sod trne of the childree, flowerer, were restored. ... LattW IN7'ELLIGIINGII. COMM 4a w tHANCBRt. • — 7ltosdiv, Jfis The Covet of Uliiittery ails day *v. Oteepied from ten iu - the nioroingonttl tlitee, in hearing "miatifel4 to dr: Witter 'I frepOrt; - none of which 'fiord any thing irrtereitiacto the Raeder . HOME analitt. -....... 4 : % HERTFORD MIME& Month% July 24. This rooming, about twelve o'clock, Lard Et LEXIBOROUGH and the Lord Chief Baron arrived in this town, and opened the Commission for holding the Assizes fur this county. The Lord Chief Ba ron sat at the Crown side, where only three pri. 40nell stood fur trial, and merely for petty of fences. Lord Elleoborough on the Civil side, on which there was only one case of importance, which related to the right of FOX-HUNTINO. TUE LAM. OF EMI W. Tilt HUN. AND KW CAPZL. This was an action of trespass, in which the Noble Earl complained that the Defendant (whi is his brother), in company with divers other per sons, broke and entered the Park of Cashiobary, in this county, with hones and dogs, and destroy. ed hi♦ herbage and broke down his fences. To this the Defendant pleaded, that he had started a destructive animal called a fox, and that be was in pursuit of him, as the most effectual way to kill him. To this plea the Plaintiff had replied, that the trespass was not committed with a view of killing the animal, but for the pleasure of the ehace. Mr. Scrjoant SHEPHERD said, the Defeudanta were Members of the Berkeley Hoot, who kept a subscription pack of hounds, and they claimed the right of pursuing their game over every man's Inclusure; and as Mr. Capet put himself at the head of this Club, the Noble Earl brought the action against him, as the most prominent person of the party. 'l'he Jury, without doubt, knew, that in the neighbourhood of Cashiobury, laud was divided into much smaller divisions than it was its more remote parts of England, and was also is a much higher state of cultivation. There were gentlemenle plantations, nursery.grounds, garden. grounds, and small farms, of high cultivation, yet all the property of these persons would be at this mercy of a mob of London huntsmen, juktieg a subscription pack of hounds, if the law were to be as it would be contended on the other side. He would submit it to the Jury, wkethermhe plea of the Defendent 0,411 not perfectly ridicolous. He fancied there 'IF" many more effectual r eme di e s for destroying fpacs than by bunting the ru with a large fi eld of spitritimen. Among 'the metabets of the Berkeley Ilthif, there were several clergymen, who descended from their pulpits—bankers, who left their shops iu London—and brewers, alma- Boning large concerns—all, as they would fain persuade the good people of Hertfordshire, for the patriotic motive of destroyhtg these noxious aui.. male, the foxes, in this county. But he would ask the Jury this question : supposing arty rustic should shout one of these fuzes while the hunt was in full pursuit, though that would be a far more effectual method of destroying the wheal, did they not believe that amok a man would meep with lenges. ettOrtalisaseat from the stembers of the hunt ?—Thg doubt was, whether ,Ae would not meet 'Or at good hurse-whippiisg for his pains. He shook clearly prove the thspasses and as to the question of damages, it •Wis nut thug wish of the Noble Lord either to put inoney in his own pocket, ur take it from his brother ; all he asked were nominal damages, to settle the quest lion of Two wituesses were then called, who proved the factsaer the Berkeley Hunt, with a subscrip lion pack, frequently during the season hunting over the estate of the Noble Plaintiff ; and Mr. Hollingshead, the Plaintiff's keeper, proved that the Defendant had &Wired him not to destroy the foxes. Lord ELLEnsolouots said, lt was useless to go further with this case. The only question on the record was, whether the defendaut pursued the ga m e with the 'ale view of extirpating flexions animals, or with the desire of sportsmen. And could any man entertain a doubt on the subject ? it was said in the old cases, that destroying noxi ous animals was justifiable for the benefit of the common weal ; but would that authorize a total disregard to the interests of the landed proprietor ? Indeed, the case would not bear argument ; no man could for a moment snppose that the lk. retidents had any thing but their own pleasures In view. The Jury found a verdict for the Plaintiff— Damages One Shilling, which carried costs, as -there was a justification. It was *greed to take similar verdicts in the other actions.--The Assizes ended. t YORKSHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES. FORUERY. David. Anderson *al indicted for uttering" knowing them to be forged, two notes, purport. ing to be Bank of England cotes, d t e ♦alue •f 11. with intent to defraud the Goweroor and Coe►pany of the Bank of England, Am Mei PIUI ' on behalf of the 4 prosecution, stated, pat he had been eight years Counsel for the Bank of Rugload, in prosecutions of this sort, but this was theint in whick be had been employed with., in this city ; the case, when ad the circumstances are disclaud, was such als complied them to pro secute; sod if it was brought home to the Pri soner, it we much to be Mutated, but the law must take licoeurse, as these is no doubt the Pri• soner will s fall under the statute which makes the stance cnillistl A Dent, one of the witnesses who woeki be i - alled on behalf of the prosecution, had reason to knoi or the Prisoner's cooing to York, as ntrdeubtle had amounitnted the L. I aI. • . • . . . . _. .. • 71Ig IC. X--NumP D 17'10 N. YV 41C.E. LAW INrE L LIGIiNGB. t--. 1.. -...........- . • _..... ,- II FOIL DIoRIEBARIrIffirrILOOPIL Maamsoaolic if *STREW!. —Yesterday, Joroplo COVRT4W tHANCIIItt. • ) Heath, a well-known Character, was charged a Ith o superintend the disembarkation of a capital (obey, in obtaining by assumes of s - livestigy, Jgly lki'. are to be attached to him Madame Purnell six bank notes of 11. each. .It The Court of Obietery ibis day *se beeepied I • • ce ' • and they are to tak e t o their appeared by the statement of Madame Purnell, a from ten iu- ilie Wareing Antil thtee, in hearing , II officers of the ships which they mi er and hiewriatolor, in Berwick.atred, that. caceptiesia to dr: Mister's frepOrt, — none of which c ommand, as may be necessary to the Prisoner called on her on the 10t11 instant, sat would hard any thing irrterwtiarto the Kinder ijcct, and to preserve order and re. t . -‘_. ~-,.% represented kinisclf to bo Mr. Reeves, of the lg the men, and the boats of their HOME ClRViiii! • Alien.otfice; he informed het that an information ns. had beat laid against her at that Office, as being ---ewee..at , a person unfit to remain in this country; but that if the men of war and transports HERTFORD /13111211‘. ised in divisions and subdivisions, h e .( Mr. Reeves) being interested for her, would, to be co "minded by one of the Monday, July 24. it furoished with 101. from her, take care to shut I each sub livision, which h 'not to the mouth of the malicious informer. The Prose. This morning, about twelve o'clock, Lard Et re than six boats, to be commanded cutris ' knowing there was such a gentleman es LeXIBOROUGH and the Lord Chief Baron arrived in nt. There is to be in cath o f the Mr. Reevea at the akliesi-office, became muc h this town, and opened the C o m m i ss i on f or h o ldi n g I petty officer , and in each of tho, s l ime d, en d un d er ' t h e i mpress i on gave t h e Pri- theAssizer fur this county. The L or d Chi e f Ida ` ats a careful Mate. wiser 41. and promised to pay the remainder when ton sat at the Crown side, where only three pri- of the tr oisports are to furnish a he should call again in a few days. On this the nets stood fur trial., and merely for petty of. boats on board the different ships prisoner departed, after having enjoined secrecy fences. Lord Elleoborough ;at on the Civil side, .. barge, specifying particulkrly the on which there was only one case of importance, .. of the Prosecutrix. life called again the day boats, and the number of troops before he had appointed. The Prosecutrix having which related to the right of 1 1 ile of carrying with perfect conve- some suspicion of the mm, a female friend was rmr.ii IMPri Ain_ 111 I 1. . C 1 1 . : . - i 1 1 , •r i , : 1 I 1 , , i i 1 t td . i t t , 0 1 11 I ' I . 1 : .o k -1 . # 1 •• ) , • i 1 . .: . i ''.' • if il l , # , • Vi r , . „ • :,•D i f t ! 1 • f. S ' •.; r . i ; ° 1' 1 1 ! /I 4 4 . 1 , 1 . r 41. j I I 11