The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-10-26 00:00:00

. •. g ... - A i - f, 1 , 4 . : t ~ i r I II I r I .. . '. 1 1 l• 1 ' 1 ! '1 . II : 1 i • I i If i 1 #i 1 t . 1 i i i i k .' ! i• Ili 'pit hol tut. CCC . 1 ti tw% POEI`RY. lINTRACT /DON A LEYTE* SAID TO HIVE DIEN LATInT Ananiusto DT RASTELIoI 10 TIM COLNTEIS Or COLON. DATED MILAN. Dear Countess, at last I've in safety got over ; We'd nothing hut squalls, from the hour we left Dovet. I was sick all the passage, and cursedly 'fetid. That matters, you know hail been worse if I'd staid; Aml thongh drowning at sea, you will say, is a bore, 'Ti', not so exposing as hanging on shore. And, if I'd remain'd, that I fear hail been my lot ; • caution Majoechi as well as the pilot: is I learn by a letter from P—l, our friend, The cause looks but so so, nor likely to mend. And I And, from the papers friend P-1 has sent, That all his dependence is now on the teat; the folks laugh and scout at the dance of Malkomet, T'to' the Colonel expected such mighty thing, from It. c swore It was filthy. but Brougham deny'd It, And show'd that a Bishop's own lady enjos 'il it. ▪ oh! how vexatious! to think, my dear Madam, We should not succeed with the fig leaves and Nihon. Yet the: call Raggazoni a wicked suborner, And swear no man living can see reload a corner ! Then, as for their kissing, by sea and his land, They only believe the Count kiss'd the Queen's hand. N ou and I could hove told them 84 much, long ago; Bat that word.' not answer our purpose, son know. Tat , game seems all up ; and 'Mere in thinking, • ilecnmp, like a rat from a vessel that', The storm is at hand: so you'd better be 11,64. Sas sour grandmother's dead, or your ktl is sick; Arid P —I can't find in his heart to refu,e : t'. lose not a moment, but frame sonic excuse. Y.'s: must swear, as I did. when ray furlough Ws: granted, Tani you'll tome back to England, whenever s °Wee wanted. list, once snag in Italy—You know the rest—Mum I The noire they eell for us, the more we won't route. iVe've got all the)*ll give us; our pockets are full ; We'll kiss, dance, and sing here, and laugh at John Rull. .Vito n. P.M jar: got mistier from one of our party, AI in says they begin to suspect Vilmarerti. Ile says, 'tis reported that Bacchl's off. too : I think 'twig the best thing the fellow could tin.— Rut the mail's settler WE My (*.ear Countess, adieu! THE QUEEN AND HER PROTECTOR. FROM A FL1613140 1.1:11LIC4,TIONI NOW 14511:140 PROM Till ►ims, ENTITLED, "JAC% AND TIM 4LERN al , OR TOE GIANT OF THE INLAND." The bark was launched no Conio's ware, The oars in silence sternest to lace, And Cynthia threw a mellow ray, To light her on her watery way ; While, o'er the deep. the illustrious fair Preferred to ilearen her ,tippliant pray t r. Sailing wfiere 11.3 go's isles of green, Along th' Indented shore are seen, When. hark ? a voice came on the ear From Lago's shade, melodious, clear, And soft and wild. I wern, as when Sweet Ariel's self attunes the strain. Along rows:Vie Cnmo's shore The listening boatmen ceased their oar. While thus the floating Sylph divine Cheer'd with his lay fair CAW/LINZ : •l• Fear no danger. lady fair! " Virtue's 17emen's peculiar care. Though th' assassin aim the blow, Innocence need fear no woe. " Fear not thou the midnight plot. Fiends conspire. yet dread them not ; Snake. nor Leech, nor serpent fear, Thongh the reptiles shelter sear. • • • • " Fete not. though the poisoned bowl Fiends prepare, of darkest soul; Fear on danger, dread no wound. Reeves shall dash it to the ground. " Yet a bold protecting hand Shall dissolve th' as in band : Thou shalt tread base falsehood down. And Justice yield at last her Ursowit." 'Well might the hapless CAROLIME RejOit'e to hear the Sylph Divine. F..r those who watch hut to betray dad worked the wanderer for their prey. ' • • • • • • The valiant spirit that was plated In JAI:11 the Giant Killer's breast, Roused by the sympathetic strain Now showed its daring power again. arotto's pleasing shade In slumber's dream, brave JACK was laid, When lo! a Sibyl's form appeared, And thus his soul to glory cheered : " Hear the Prophetess's ray. Valiant stranger, haste away; Waken, hero! from thy sleep,— Wake, or Innocence will weep. " Valiant stranger, haste away, Fortune sheds a golden ray ; Yonder Princess needs thy aid, Leave the grotto's secret shade. " Happy! thou shalt be the Page Of the glory of the age— /tumble stranger, though thou be Royalty shall smile on thee." We regret to state that the high wind of Saturday v*,:!it and yesterday morning so considerably increased e height of the title as to flood several portions of I.te. grooml in the neighbourhood of Shireltampton, r Uristol, and some sheep and other cattle hare been in consequence. On Thursday morning (Oct. 5), the Worcester and London Ply Coach, on its journey downward, was up s.-t at Stongliton, four miles from the former city. Or passing the bridge at the above-named place, ow irg to some hitherto unexplained can't., this ponde r :es vehicle was in a moment burled to the ground with a most tremendous crash, when fourteen passen gers, (four inside and ten out) exclusive of the guard •n.. 1 coachman, received such a vio'ent cournssion as to occasion to nine of them the most distressing re sults. A lady had her arm hroken—a poor woman h.q. arm broken and a contusion on the head—a gen tleman had his hip dislocated, and was otherwise brui-eil--two children were slightly hurt--a man was contused on the chest--a gentleman was slightly cut on the forehead----a person named Poole was severely injured, and the coachman (Might's) was seriously braised in different parts of his body. The remain iog five providentially escaped unhurt, The anfortu nee sufferers were imnsetliati.ly removed to Worcester. Monday sentlight, in the afternoon, about five o'clock, a tire broke out in the houses at the back of H o rse and Jockey Inn, in the village of Heavitree, iteion ; and the houses being thatched and very dry, burnt with great fury. The engines from Exeter at geode.' with the greatest promptitude, but five or six houses were totally destroyed ; among them 3lessrs. 'IOW ' S, Atomise* end others. . The greater part of the itnittire 11:!. I.egriared, Out with such haste as to be :*-itidau t aged. 'Otte fireman had hi, Irg brukre, and ro others none muck b r uised. THE STATESMAN. LA' INTELLIGE.YCE. COURT OF KINGB BENCH, Ot ILDIALL, OCT. lb. • Befure Mr. Justice Bawl, and a Special Jury. LAURENCE r. ABERDEEN. The plaintiff in this case effected an insurance in December, Inks, upon seventy head of cattle, which were shipped at Cork on hoard a vessel named the Edward, for Barbadoes. The ship sailed on the Inth of January, and on the Lath of the same month she was overtaken by a violent storm, and driven into Mount Spain, in Cornwall, and at this period there were only nine head of cattle surviving, namely, three oxen and six mules, the rest having been killed by the agitation of the vessel during the storm which she had with difficulty weathered. The day after their arrival at Mount Spain the three oxen flied, in eonse quenre of their wounds and bruises, and one le died afterwards on the voyace to Uarbadoes. There was a clause in the policy of insurance, stating that the underwriters would hot be responsible fur any loss occasioned by mortality, and upon the application of this clause the question arose. It was contended for the plaintiff, by Mr. Scarlett, that the term mortality did not apply to that death oc casioned by perils of the sea, and in support of thin con struction he cited a case front the Ist Term !Isparta, •' Jones against Small," is Web was a case of insur ance upon slaves. In that case there was a similsf clause of exceptn, and yet it was held that the under writers were liable fur deaths occasioned by mutiny. Mr. I.lcittstv, for the dofentlant, contended, that even independent of the wristl clause, the under writers would not be liable fur death occasioned by i!iscase, and therefore, if it hail any meaning, it was, that it should protect the underwriters from any risk except such loss as was (went' dby shipwreck, and in %nisi ort of this he quoted the premium paid on this insurance, namely, one anti a half iter cent. and with• ant that clause, and with a view to that extensive liability which the plaintid'now sought to attach to the defendants, they would not have consentid to re ceive less than trout ten to fifteen per cent. on the value of the cattle. Mr. Jostles RUT said, that the word mortality, hod. as used in the policy and common parlance, im plied that death occasioned by sickness or disea• e. He therefore thought that•the Jary should had a ver dict fur the plaintiff, with liberty ,to the defendant to apply to the Court of King's Bench on the i r►priety of that opinion, and in case they set it aside to enter a nonsait. With respect to the mule that had died on the voyage, he conceived that it could not enter into the present question, as that question confined to the cattle destroyed by the violent notion of the vessel. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages rile' red. OLD &HUSE SESSIONS. WFDS: SPAT, PVC. 24. The above Sessions commenced this day, beh.re the Lord Mayor, Mr. Baron Wood, and Mr. Justice Park. Sheriffs *adorn's and Williams encoded. STATE 01 THE CALENDAR. The following is a summary statement of the various off, ee‘ with whirl' the prisoners stand charged Ifouvebresking. 2: burglary. I; forgery. 2: attend' forged nolea. 310 ; Itighwa) robba 13; threatening letter. sr., I ; cutting and stabbing. I; stealing in a duelling. hour• I ; stetting private!). 2: hone-strafing. I ; posses sion of forged notes. I : lareenies. lU7 ; bigamy. 3; receiving stolen goods, I 311.41111 g from do. permm. 33; embezzle went, 4; inimlemeshimr, ; fraud. ;—Tutal, 101. IiTATE OF :SEII O.ITH. Mules. Fern. Corn lets under sentence of death. _ 94 4 upon wl the judgment of the Court Its 3 been reviled, S 2 Transportation for life. for 14 years, 3 I. for 7 years, 3O 22 Cutler sentence of imprisonment for felony and ntiolenteanours, . 23 It) _ __ . Committed 11) Commissioners of non:.rupts,.... t It For trial at the present Sessionc. 101 U At the Idosirelly Sessions .. I U State prisoner . I U For ,1c,iera,..... Itemiln4 fro llouges of Correction . U I Reviled during his :11itirst)'s pleasure lB Tuta1,......4U4-1193 1 ti The first prisoner was Mors Mixer, charged with stealing on the 25th September, a quantity of wearing apparel, the property of Mr. W. Ili!lett, of St. Martin's in the Fields. The case was clearly proved, and the Jury found the prisoner Guilty. Christopher Fredesiek Cryt was indicted for steal ing several Antes, the property of Messrs. Potter, Goulding, and Co. Mr. Law, on behalf of the prisoner, tcok an objec tion to the form of the indictment, which the Court held to be valid, and the prisoner was found Nut Gritty. _ . _ G.iffiths was indicted for stealing a grey gelding, the property of Smith, at Padding ten. May—Death. Dalai! G.Rele, aged 20, and William Reid, aged 31, were indicted fur stealing a quantity of plates and dirhes, the property of Mr. John Mortlake, residingin Oxford-street. The particulars of the robbery have already ftppeared in the Public Reports, in this paper. Both the prisoners here found Guilty. • Cross-examined by Mr. Axonaws.—The letter gave me much alarm. Mrs. Rodber was at Wey bridge when the letter was received. Thomas Pare, offieri of Queen-square, deposed to having taken the prisoner into custody at the Caledo nian Coffee-shop, in company with Cooper, to whom be stated that a gentleman, near the House of Loris, asked him to write the letter. _ _ The first letter was then put in and read. The let ter observed, that the writer knew well what 3lrs. Rudher bad gone to Weybridge with her father for, and that he would let the Gentlemen and Ministers know all about it ; that the writer had been ill-used, and was in great distress, and if Mr. Itodher would let him have 4/. 15s. to get his clothes out of pledge lie would bury the matter in his own bosom fur ever. The letter was very ill spelt. The Jury prim at iced the prisoner Guilty—Death, but reeuunneutled the prisoner to merry, iu which Mr. Ito(lber joined. Mr. Justice PARK said the recommendation should be atteuded tu. THREATENING LETTERS. The following ease excited considerable interest:— Chu,/es Kimg, of youthful appearance, was capi tally indicted under the Black Act, fur felonioudy, knowingly, and maliciously sending a letter to the Rev. William Johnson Itodber, without any name, de manding money. The Rev. Mr. Rotlher, who is a preacher at St. Margaret's Church, and Secretary to the Society fur Building Churches, &c. stated, that on the third of October he received a letter signed B. B. B. at his house in James-street, Westminster, by the twopenny post ; witness had no knowledge of the hand-writing or of the prisoner. On receiving the letter he con sulted Pace, a Queen-square officer, ■nd by his advice wrote a letter and kept a copy—he gave the original sealed to the officer. On the everting of the 18th witness received a second letter, by the twopenoy post, in the same hand-writing as the first. 'I he wit ness stated be was married, and that he had no know le'ilge of any of the relations of the prisoner, but lie kid sitter learned that the aunt of the prisoner worked fur his family. POLICR, MANstox-Hovic—Rotherg of the Pais --Jabs Pearson, and Hrisrp , Hart Scynimir were brought up, and underwent a second examination be fore the Lord Mayor, on x charge of having rubbed the liover coach, called the Paris ltilii_rnce, of up wards of 540 minces rtf gold.—Mr. Alley and Mr. !farmer attended on belmlf of the prisoners. Mr. Andrews and two other Gentlemen conduced the 'pro secution. It will lie recollected that on Ufa former ',tansies*. titbit evidence was adduced to prove that the prisoners and another Iverson started oh the nay to Lover is company, awl that they had returned ta town iu mom patty in the Ihiver roach, on the day of the robbery. The evidence of 31r. Alderman Cox, Mr. Merle, and Mr. Wah!war, gulf( refiners. was also matins-4.d to prove that the ta u lerkolliT4 had taken upwards of *.:(111 ounces of gold to be 'hilted and assayed at their shops within a few sL a after the r .Idiery of the roach. Hart, on that ovcasion, denied 11.avi.tg kern out of ton n for three weeks. he pold had been con from Paris to-Mr. M. J. lierts, merchant, in Nt, !Idea's Place, but it had been insu.e.l, anti the Imo ronseptently Gills on the coach proprietors. J. Ilallyer, tbr kook-keeper at the Saip-h. tel, in Dover, deposed, that the prisoner Pearson came to tbe)r oust ott the jth of October, and hooked himself in the name of Brown, to go into the Eiligcnce to Grailsentl, and paid 1-Is., the outside fare. Ile got up sad salt on the near aide of the box. It was the Jay on which the treasure was stole hr .eliir pri sorter, !tart, ranee on the same flay, and him self for London, in the name of Warr, mid cot lip an the hack part of the coach. The prisoner had nil' bin, a small pair of saddle hags. The wipers saw the wart, loaded and the gold dei.osited in the f...c-bunt before it started. , e - 1/Ir. ilAastgu asked the witness how he came to have so strtm; a recollection of the prisoners at so great a distance of time ? Then itness replied that he had seen them before, and had particular reasons for noticing them. W. Slade, the coatliman, who drove the roach from Dover to Canterbury, said that he had so faint recollection of the prisum•r liart's being on at road, /011 the day of the roldiery ; but he di:l nut tie to swear positively to him. Ile deposited four parcels of gold safely in the bout, nearly at the IrAtioni. (Inc of the parcels was a little cask of about half a gallon nit asure. Ile hail seven passen!.ers tall the outside of the coach, which was taken charge of by anodic: coachman at Canterbury. 'I . his was all the additional evidence offered yester day on the 'mart of the prosecution. 'Mr. Aso. ;sus applied to the Lord Mayor to put off the examination for another week, in or•ler to give the prosecutors an opportunity of bringing forward witnesses to prove that the prisoners had leen down to thover often 1 elute, watt king and malting enquiries respecting consignments of &old sent to the same coach office. he Luau 31. t von acceded to the application, and remanded the prisoners for one week. IlaamEl4, on behalf of the prisoners, requested that they might have permission to see their friends. The application was t strennonsly opposed by the Solicitor fur the prosecution, on the grounds that the priptiers might then see tho it accomplices, anti con cert means tor eluding joslice. Mr. Harmer con tended that one week's solitary confinement was amply antfirient f r e'irry purpose of justice, and that further solitary cool:nettle/It would be illegal. There was no Act of Parliament which warranted tlre keep ing of pers.ors untl. , r charges of felony from veiling their friends. The Common Law allowed the pri easier every facility to make the bot defence he could ; and a man might be unable to make his de fence, uttl..ss Lis friends wenr allowed free access to him. Prosecutors were not to be allowed to torture a prisoner, by solitary etorlinensent, until a confession was obtained. The Loan Magna said he certainly should not think himself warranted in putting so harsh a re straint upon prisoners, unless upon occasions of an extraordinary and peculiar nature, :mach mare so than in the present instance. Ms Lordship ordered that the friends of the prisoners should have free ac cess to them. A poor man, of the name of Parsons, who got his livelihood by gathering samphire, having, on Satur day, u usual, driven a stake in ground, and at tached a rope to it, by which be suspended himself d.iwn the Cliff of Dover, the stake broke, when being precipitated some hundred feet to the ground, he was killed on the spot. The Overseers of the Poor for this township have Eisen public notice of their intention to make a re duction in the scale of relief. The cause assigned for this alteration is the reduced price of provisions ands desire to relieve the rate-payers from a part of those harthens, the wriest of which has been so long sod insupportably oppressive. The reduction, which has the conrurrenee of the Magistrates, will take place on the ad irritant—(Selcid Iris). • DIED. Oa Tuesday last. at CuHand's Grote. Southgate, Alesair . der. the infant son of William Curtis. Esq. At the Swan Inn. Mansfield. Lott•, on the 2311 instant, na his way to town, John Waite, Esq. of Old Burlingsoa street. 1.1 London. on the 14th inst., in the prime of life. after a few days illness. Mary Stewart Mackenzie, youngest daugh ter of Mr. Mackenzie. hanker in Inverness. On Tuesdes% after I frirda's illness. Caroline. the eldest child of Mr. V. Raldwyn, of Newpb•street. aged b On Mandan. the lbad instant. at 111.9,44er'. llerefossishlre. hrr Oren the Dadsess Dowager of Norfolk. in her serent}• first year. London : Edited. Printed, and Publiihed at the ORO ef ' 6 T4a AN" earl 66 TN* COMTITI 11016" (!tad", Paper). No. Mt Mewl, opposite tl4. Clement's Cherub. by R. WARDELL. Jan .. I.L. to whom all oil. nioaleations, Orderak Re. are request:,l to be addressed. SAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. The Borneo, Ross, from Batavia. remains on Sontl. Sea Beach ; cargo discharging, hitherto free from da mage. • The Ann, Cowie, from Qnehec, arrived at Shoreham 22d inst. with considerable damage and loss of two anchors, having struck on a bank near the Oaers, on Saturday. The Integrity, Sutherland, from Lisbon to London, got on shore on Lesso Sand on the 13th inst. but beat off again after receiving considerable damage, and nag found to be very leaky. On the 14th, she fell in with the Friends, lt,illinson, from Memel to Yarmouth, who took oat the crew of the Integrity, which vessel then had 8 feet water in the hold, and the ship in a sinking state, the Nedgon bearing E. S. B. distance about 12 miles. The crew were all landed at Scarboro' on 234 instant. The Ileleno, Bell, of London, got on shore on the Bit. at North Shields, hut was got off on Monday, and car ried into the harbour. The Aristonsenes, Barker, from Stockholm to New York, put into: Bristol on Tuesday, in distress, and must discharge her cargo. The Kendal, from Dublin, sunk in the River at Liver. pool, on Monday. The vessel being dry at low water, the cargo (grain) it was expected would he saved. Faistorcat, they. 22.—1 t has blown a trentendeas gale from I 2 o'clock last night to the present hoar, 7 p. tn. from the Westward and W. N. V. with heavy squall. HAltlclell, Ocr. ?).—The Royal Oak, Datley, vl s i t h was ashore upon the West Rocks, has been got it, al a i rides at the back of the garrison noder bare poles, het rigging and sails are almost all brought in here. The Mary, Kirby, and the Carlew, Steward, remain upon the tinotlret in a hopeless state.—There is a faint hope, if the wind keeps nioderate, that th.• Boyne trill he rot oif the lintitleet.—The Ann, of Whitby, remains the same. AI itsv; ITE, OCT. 24.—The Hobert lie; frith her hick broken, and the remaining. maos gone. Shoal I the weather rome and cotillion, moderate, and the %%red: hold together, there is reasois.side prospect to evect that the mahogany will he got out awl rafted on shore. NCKIIACILS. (kT. 2-1.-011 the 22v1 we experience! such a high tide as has not been kamvsi fur several wears. The river bank• gave way tont partially inna dated the low land. 'The Custom. Watch llottae on the river hank hail a complete passage forced through it. The Western pier has received considerable damage.— Same day a large ship was seen going I.:toward, dis 'staved; she fired several gun!, hut no assistance could b e eem l eee ,l h er . The John and William arrival Wit slay frosts Waterton), having lost her bulwark., host, foresail, end fore-staysail completely split to pieces, and mainsail cut away, far the preseivathm of the ship frosts sinking, whirls the master expected every suoment. tier cargo, consisting of oats, is partially ila suagenr. Pvosrow, Orr. 23.—The Churchill, Ninnt, from Pa ler for Liverpool, was firirell on shore last evening, in a oln.atiful gale, near this place, and it is meek feared will tl o to piers. xcc, ()cr. 22.--it has blown a Yale an last ninift, anti still COIIIIIIIII% from W. S. U'. to N. W. Ti,. Cannella, Gearv, from Gibraltar to Cork, at anchor in Guavas Lake (under quarantine) parted early this worn. ing and ran fur the pier, and was svi9l difficulty got safe in. V ARMOVTII, OCT. 4-1.-Tilf. Iferalil, of Sunderland, Roundtree, for Deal, roil laden, which went into our Bar on Sunday morning, is now a total wreck. Vrssecs SeoliEN WlTlL—Ahlltlrilh, Winter, Unarm and Cork, to New South Wales, on 19th Sep. Lt. 13. 11. long. N. 24. 6. W. SENTENCE OF THE COURT M4RTIAL ON COLONEL, FRENCH. A Court Martial was lately assembled to try Colonel Permit of the 6th ihazoon Guards, upon charges pr. ferred against loins by the Earl of Carhampton, fur keeping a woman in barracks, fur inflicting a greater pun's! •nt on three sergeants, than was awarded by the sentence of a regimental ('ourt Martial, and fur the sale of horses. The sentence of the Court Martial bas been recently announced, from u Lich we learn the Cosa his fully anal honourably acquitted the Colonel of the :Id, lib, sth, and 6th charges. It finds him guilty of only so iiinch of the first charge, as relates to his ki n ,• in ! ! a woman in barracks, whom lie called by the name of Mrs. French, lint it adds, " that the retired and quiet habits of life, which Lietenant-Colotwl Freisc:i pursued with that person, and the care which appears to have been taken to prevent her obtruding herself upon the other inhabitants of the barracks, have in s n ore degree counteracted the tendency" of such conduct. It finds him guilty of the second charge, (that "of inflicting a greater iiiiiiishment on three sergeants, than was award ed by the sentence of a regimental Court Martial,") hut, it states, that lie " appears to have been led into this irregularity by his anxious desire ,to maintain the dis cipline of the regiment." The ('ourt finally recommends that he should ba ad monished upon the breach ut decorum involved in the first charge, and reprimanded for his conduct as complained of in the second charge. Nis Majesty a:.- proves and confirms the finding, and sentence; but es presses his regret, " that the Earl of Carbatupton should, in reference to the 31, ith, sth, and 611 charges, have been induced, from misrepresentations conveyed Yo him, or from a misconception of what had reached Ith knon ledge. to withdraw his confidence from IdentdeL French, who appears from the result of this invest** lion not only to have never forfeited his claim to tilt good opinion and confidence of his Colonel, hut to IT . , merited, by the discharge of his duties as Commanding Officer of the 6th Dragoon Ahmed., daring a long series of years, the honourable testimonials which he produced , • , to the Court. Setcingt.--Monday morning - , Mr. Pothergill, an officer in the nary, pat a period to his existence, by shooting himself throngli the head with a pistol, at his hiking , . at the Sltip and Whale publie•hoase, Wapping-Wall.