The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-11-15 00:00:00

STATE OF THE COUNTRY. (FROM THE NORWICH MERCURY.) . England has now remained at peace for api nearly equal to the average duration of the tea national tranquillity. Our insular situation, set ....kiwi° often been a plea against embroiliesecenteel . ....;with foreign countries and foreign wars, is now further guarded by a sense of financial weakness,.w fra hich mru . • serve for a more pow a etraT persuasive nst in volving the nation in a 'contest than any argumeht that arises out of insular position and strength. Both may be needful fur us, for the rumours of wacs are growing louder every day, and the mission of Prince Bletternicla to the King of England at Hanover cer tainly augurs the discussions of some topic of more , thou ordinary weight and importance. Conjecture' rests upon the probable difference in opinion as to the disruption of that part of the Turkish empire which lies in Europe, from the feeble and despotic grasp of the Sublime Sultan. Russia (ox die) is dis posed to seize the European prorinces, and Austria to prevent her august and holy Ally from the work of spoliation and self-aggrandisement, while Prussia favours the hope of despoiling the infidels. France and the other Continental Powers are supposed to have enough upon their hands at home, and England is to become the object of negociation. Such are the opinions of' the politicians of the day. Their ima ginings may or may not be founded in some approxi• I 'nation to the truth—but so enveloped in clouds are tie real facts, that all we are able to see clearly is 'roe weak condition of our own poor country, which has too many evils of her own to encounter, to allow her to take part in the more remote disputes of the Powers of the North of Europe with the Porte. The nation—the country—the people certainly sympa thize with the Greeks : but we cannot suspect our r;ilitig Statesmen of suffering any such amiable weak nesses tri lead them astray. Charity they will surely - say begins at borne—and never was the recollection ci this homely maxim more necessary that in the bi tos!ion to which they have brought us. Even the distresses of England begin to he over looked and postponed to the consideration of the coo. nition of Ireland, and his Majesty himself will learn, if he has not already learned, that something more Ciao his Royal presence and amiable intentions and I manners—something more than public entries, public dinners, and public shews, are indispensable to the conciliations of parties, the tranquilization of religious animosities, and the general amelioration of that un happy country, We have in a former postscript re lated the true grounds of the forbearance which ex is!ed during the short period of the King's actual presence. The fact is, as we stated, that the Itoyal authority produced a temporary but brief respect tawards the Catholie, on the part of those who had so raltd with a rod of iron, and the moment that authority was removal, they hastened ao -renew the r?e.nonstrations of their suppressed power with a nicest indecent and insulting, not to say malignant spirit. These causes go not act all to justify the two; a ions nuttages which buffo' TriSced the disturterttilt : ' saints in the state they now ate, hut they strew how instfici• nt, superficial, and absurd are the expecta tions raisedirml the means used during the King's visit, tetras& the real improvenaVit of Ireland.— Nothing but an almost universal change in the system of Governmerst can conduce to this end, and above all things the natural connexion between the aristo cracy of the country, the proprietors of the soil, and Heir tenants mad dependants, and their presence upon their estates and good offices with the people, must be seriously, earnestly, and effectually encouraged and enforced. The long continuance of mat-administra tion of the affairs of the sister country has so weakened 11. e springs of government in every sense but one, caked absainte power, that little more can be done by the ruling hand, than to demonstrate a new disposition, a frank anti zealous desire to surrender its fatal pre jtx,li,es, and to meet the people half way in the good %, work of regeneration and civilization. The gentry most be allured and engaged to assist strenuously ; without such meats Ireland is lost oc surrendered to destruction, through the disorders amongst her owl: children. How lung will the King's government &lint their eyes upon facts? How long frill they ob stinately persevere in a course of action, which by its manifest, open, visible consequences establishes its null allots? How long will it be maintained that a system cfaihniuistration is good, because the country submit ted to its operation exhibits the must dreadful symp toms of poveity, violence, and incivilization ? Fur sash in truth is the problem and its den ))))) stration as applied to I 'eland ; and this too in au age when the spi- t it and desire of improvement is the very genius of the time. If we were called upon to point out the prominent characteristic of the mind and policy of the present ad wittistration, we should say it is their universal disregard of all the grand points of a subject, and their adoption of * train of shallow expedients, to co.! err (for jtowever short a time) and draw men's minds ftotu their inattention, indifference, or incapability to grapple with the greater necessities of the national case. If this needs the illustration of facts, look to tlleir employment and the direction given to the af fairs of the kingdom in Parliament during the last ei 4 hteen months. These grand objects are, the in crease of eritnes s —the pressure weid evils of the poor laws—the failure of insufficiency of the schemes of finance--the depressed condition of agriculture, and the impending ruin of the tenantry—the burdens of taxation augmented by fresh imposts and the depreci ation of value—the necessity of ceconontical retrench awe ts—and lastly the invasions of public liberty. Now, what single step has been made towards the remedy of any one of these evils ? And whit have been the capi tal employments of ministers? The case of the Queen --the Coronation—the events attending her Majesty's funeral, and the King's progresses to Ireland and Ha sorer. Say, reader, are we then right or are we wrong in our estimate of Ministerial dispositions and calm ci:ies ? Sailed on Thursday last, from Portsmouth, the ship Windsor Castle, Captain Lee. for Madras and Bengal, with the following passengers, viz.— Captain and Mrs. Osborn, Captain and Mrs. James, Captain and Mrs. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Matthews, Mr. and Mrs. Crisp. Mr. and Mrs. COW., Miss Wallace, Miss Carr, Colonel Sullivan, Captain. Hodgson, Captain Coombe, Messrs. Hill, Matthie, Tattoo, Arabin, Brown, Harper, Walker, Grant, and Trimmer, Writers and Cadets ; Mr. Stoddart, Free Mariner. lave to preserve the public . that it e‘tilidittght plunderer would have been de 416feeerley-thetrspirit and mutual co-operation, from pursuing his guilty purposei. The very district, how ever4sisimich • these outrages have occurred, is that igrbich the Gentry themselves exhibited. symptoms of eliettnion, and came to • what may h e considered • counter -resolutions ; thus giving hopes to the roarau- P 'siers that they may eater on their lawless courses with impunity. Oa Sunday night last the Louse of Mr. Itr.tert Roe pees, within a mile of Buttevant, was entered by a nu merous armed banditti, and robbed of two guns ; which from the situation of the house not being calculated to stand an attack, Mr. Rogers was reluctai.tly obliged t.) give up. The party were all strangers, and seemed to he under the direction of a young man of rather genteel appearance, who was dressed in a grey frock coat, overalls, and boots and spurs. He desired Mr. Rogers riot to he alarmed, that they oaly wanted arms, he also asked f,,r a little water to drink, and when pressed to some :.oirits or wine he declined, nor would he allow tite teen to accept of any. We understand the.: visited different other houses in that ncighhourhuod on the same night, and succeeded in their object. On S*nday morning, about two o'clock, ;:nether armed set of these nocturnal depredators attacked the house of Mr. John Arnold, within a mile of litelmels - and after firing a shot into the parlour, demand ed his arms, which not being immediately complied with, they commenced breaking the doors and win dows, and it was only when they were in the act of setting fire to his out offices, fcr which purpose they procured a lighted candle and straw, that he was in duced to give the only fire-arms he had—a gun. They then entered the house, which they searched closely, Laving left do place unopened ; and finding nu tuore arms they asked Mr. A. and his brother to join their party ! stating at the seine time that two such clever men would soon be promoted ! They then required some spirit, and wanted to entice hint out in the road, which was literally covered with men—tint which having declined, they left the house, observing that " they were on very miens business, which would soon come to light," and desired the family to retire to bed at once.—(Southern Reporter.) COUNTY OF LIMERICK. Listenicx, Nov. 10.—We have authority to state, that the Lord Lieutenant has appointed that highly efficient and active Magistrate, Richard Wileocks, Esq. to the command of the County of Limerick Esta blishment of Police, in the room of Major Stewart. — This appointment, at the present crisis, !trust give•uni versa' satisfaction, from the well-known activity anal competency of Mr. Wilcocks. He will arrive at Rath k:ale this day, to enter upon the officialduties of that outplay men t. On Sunday night, the house of Mrs. Sher in, of Ka>- tany, was attacked, and as she had no fire-arms, was obliged to give money for the purpose of purchasing ammunition. On Monday night, the house of Mr. Arthur Hariis was attacked a third time, his windows broken, amid he was obliged also to cuntribnte for the saint purpoNe. On Wednesday, the house of William Carroll, near Hospitle, was attacked and robbed of a considerable sum of money. We are happy to find that the report of an attack on the Pol:ce at Hospitle, so very generally in circulation on Wednesday, bad not the slightest foundeion. Mr.. John Gray's house, at Dorringetown, in this Comity, was attacked by an armed band of villains on Wednesday night, between the hours of one and two o'clock ; after tiring several shots they broke one of his windows, and proceeded to break the door with a sledge, which they could not effect, they then de sired him in the most threatening language to deliver his fire arms, which his son, John Grady, jun. refused; they then applied 'light to the thatch, which they brought for the purpose, and soon 'set it in fiames ; finding the house on fire, Mr. Grady, with his sun, and only one workman, rushed out and fired on time rufli, ens, who ran away in all directions—Mr. Grady with the assistance of some neighbours, was able to extinguish the fire, without any very considerable da mage. The following has been sent to us by a most re spectable active Magistrate, who desired his name to be mentioned, if required " We are informed, that within the last four nights, large parties of armed men have paraded through the southern part of Costlea, in this County. They de prived seven houses of arms, and rifled others where they suspected such were concealed. Little tranquil= lily can be expected, when no attention has been paid io a memorial from the Magistrates of that district, frari either an accession of police or a military force." Last night. at "in early hour, two stacks of wheat were maliciously set on fire on the lands of Wood-park, within one mile of Castle Connell, the property •t John Collins. The chief peace officer, amid the police , stationed there, repaired to the spot, brit every exer tion to extinguish the flames or apprehend the perpe trators proved ineffectual. Major-General Sir John Lambert has taken up his head-quarters in this city. Parties of the 93d are ordered to ilallyneety and Fedamore. 7 --(Linserick Chroxick.) CORK.—Although we are assured that the character hitherto maintained throughout that part Of the country for peaceable demeanour and obedience to the' laws, must in a great degree prevent any suspicion, - that the barbarous murder of David Stanley, men tioned in our last, could be owing to any political cause, or have any connexion with the disturbances existing in other places, we feel a pleasing duty in being enabled, upon the most respectable and decisive authority, to remove any apprehension that might bare been excited on the subject. An inquet4 has been bold by John Isaac Heard, Esq. Sovereign of Kinsale, assisted by the Itev. Thomas Kenny and William Newman, Esq. late Sovereign, and other zealous sad active Magistrates and tieutry of the vicinity, at which, after a minute investigation of many corrobo rating circumstances, and the examination of several credible witnesses, it was clearly mentioned that the unfortunate man was not, as Brat ascertained, denord from his hens, by an armed party, but was the victim O we the hi ~• Juree between hit try who lived, i upon the verdict of theinry,ball airrce when all duabritis i • e,eonfessi , :n of the woman, who, living had a knowledge of the over. The deed was perpetrated , tht villain called the unfortunate sup out of the house at a late hour, on some pretext, and while he stood unsuspectingly, fire' a short from a musket loaded with a ball and three slugs, which entered at his back and passed out through his right breast. During Monday the body was concealed in an out-house, and the story was fabricated which the wife told on Tuesday. It is but justice to the people of the neighbourhoo d to state, that so far from having any part in the atrocious act, they expressed and ma nifested the strongest abhorrence of it, and exerted themselves as much as possible in detecting and tracing the criminals.—(Southern Reporter.) PRICE OF STOCKS TILL' Bank Stock per Centßed 77 j I per Ce 781 71 per Cer.t 1 per Cents. 96:3 5 pit et-nay 1 1 lk per Girl. Lori; Mn Imp Ster Cent. 19a 9-18 I r;sh 5 per Cent. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stook Dittollonda —a• Tis 71a. pa San 'h-Sea Stook Suuth Sea Old Ann. 77 EzHilla9d. IGOOL6s 55.45. p. 5001. Os. O. Os. pin. SMall Os. Os. Os. pm. India for ditto Con. foe Aoet 7521 S Lott. 'Mists 22/.. 14s. HIGH Wikl Eta Al' LON DON•TIRI nos T4I.IIIOIIROW. Mot:ling 6 ram otter 7 .—Esceoing SS nin. after 7. • TILE . Si ATF4S . - AN' . • - • TA 7 RO•Ur!IeAND6 $ .of iktqllicitilirlitutcouree hetv 4 • streant..naoed Geary who UNTIPW " CORK. - theca! linmedlately upon tit . . .'ov. 10.—We insert the following. accounts xere _ takap insa , s4sue d i ; s Seri , . • ,ruv " "itigrarilliltr66l- in Tur c . 74 ." I y. beep t rentred i butitt , confesl which of with deeptier4t. We haehoiparf that. the Aigouri g ot h ver. .d en f e t having 1, sel e. • ' 1000101110.1414•91-" r magistracy w"ul d =Trier until it was over. ~ __ age 1 •10 able to preserve 01i public tranquillity, and as Sundaynischt; tht villas . , R. 11t. to-morrow. LONDON: 711URSDAT EVINING, NOVEZIMLIL 13, 1821. Paris pipet* to the 3d instant have arrived this soorni co% An article in the official Gazette of Berlin, dated Nov. 3, contradicts the intelligence previously contained in the Lyons Journal, that among the officers repairing to Greece, through Lyons and Marseilles, there were several of - the Prussian guard of the first fam;li. sof that kingdotn. The saute Gazette gives the following article, decal Constantinople, September 25.—" Our position becomes continually more and more peatealmic. The insurrection of Moldavia and Wallachia is con%itlered as almost terminated and there is reason to hope that a good understanding will be re-e;.tablislmed between ltus:da and the Porte. A shot time ago, the Lientesiutt-Captain Pacha set out f.mr the Ari7.:mirela:ro with a Greek bishop, with a view to pet suade the Creek.; to return to obedience. There has Lamm no enga.,oommemst between the hostile fleets. *time negociations which arc intended to produce peace, are very popular." Maputo, NOV. I.—The Minister of the interior conveyed to the Kimmi at St. Fernando, the resignation of th e 2,ll i datee of Finance, which was accepted.— Lieut. Gcn..Valejo, was nominated the successor ; but this nomination gave so touch dissatisfaction to the ministry, that two of the Chiefs repaired immediately to the King, and tendered their own resignation, and that of several of their fellow-citizens. It is even said, that all the Ministers have resigned, with the excel). :ion of the one for foreign affairs. At present there appears to he no Govertimemt. Every thing ;Treats to be in a state of complete disorganiztion. —At Valenti:. the troops are without pay and dying •f Imumsget. There has appeared in the environs of Jaen a f r esh i smo l o f liefraders rf //4c Pait/e. Accounts from Panmpelumma of the 3 , 1 inst. make mention of some disturbances that have occurred at Saragossa. The him;; has nominated as Meim;bers of the Grand Cross of the Oilier of the Guelplas, Prime Frederick of the Low Countries, Lira Clamsearty, Baron Nagel, Archduke Ferdinand IFE.Ic, Marquess of London derry, :Marquess of Collet's:ham, Duke of Saxe IVeimar, Primmee Gustavus of Alealemshurg Siitserill, Count IldrileilbUrgh Iteventh , tv the Envoy of Denmark, Count Pappenbiem the Envoy of Bavaria, the Duke Regnant of Saxe-Gotha. and General Thielemann. Ills Majesty has given time cross of a Commander to Lord F.Coovngliamo ; to Sir E. Nagle 1 to Major Ge neral Sir A. Bern.mr:l; Sir W. knig,ltton ; to Count Nostitz ; to time Prince of Soling ; to Lieutenant-Gene cal Coclshormt; to President Malzhan ; to Count de Saliscb; to Colima Boompesch ; and to Ceu , t. de Tip- Ipelsbitelmen. Count de Biome is named Chevalier of the m•roler. Time King has given a valuable gold emuff-box or namented with his portrait, to Count Tauenzien, and a gold soutf•box, enriched with diamonds, to Count Schlieffen. Sir Robert Wilson, it is stated, is about to prosecute the responsible Editor of The Gazette d; France, on , accodnt of a libel relative to him, inivrted in that • ~.• ilgarnal. On the 2Stb ult. about 9 o'clock at night, a shock of' an earthquake was experienced in the villages of Sehocher, Schleasnssig and Lindenan, on the Lippe. FitENCII FUNDS.—Five per Cent. Consols, 891. 15c. —Bank Actions, 1595 f. New York papers arrived this morning to the 26th October, from which we E xtract the following . [FROM THE SIM YORK ADYRRTISKR.) i We have received Curacoa papers to the 29th of September. CURACOA. SEPT. 25.—Accounts from Puerto Ca bello states, that the leguira frigate was lying there ready for sea, and was to sail in a few days fur Cumana, with several other vessels under her convoy, 1 laden iv ith military stores for the relief of that place.— I A party of the Independent forces had been for some time past within a short distance of Puerto Cabello, and has had skirmishes every night with the Spanish out-posts. Accounts from Maracaibo announce the, arrival of Ueneral Bolivar in that city, being the fisitt.time he ever visited it. We are informed he in tends to . proceed to St. Martha. and Rio de la Rube, for the purpose of inspecting these places, and frost' thence to the head quarters of (Unocal Montilla, to give effect to the operations for the reduction of Caethagena. TURACOA. Avo. 29.—A1l the offspring of the slaves born after the date of this decree shall be free; t L. ,:. i . • $ _ petit masters will bring them up and provide fir thee ) until their eighteenth year , and until that p, rind enjoy their services. N slaves can be sold be voo a the province of their habitation, nnr any family o f children be separated from their mother. Slav' scan n o longer* imported, and is foreigners arriving -iv& Ports of Columbia will be allowed to import onif one under the denominatifff of i servant. Thoie nite r who have perldenied services to the Republi c will , considered free. CURACOA, SEPT. 29.—The schooner, Two Friends, of this port, was tai:en possession of on Sunday, 04 her passage from Aruba by a Spanish Privateer, ['Amos°. It is reported that the ntatanders intent' tt , capture all vessels having produce on board. We h oe been told that the Admirals on the Itarbadoes an d Jamaica Stations have written to Geu. La Torres, that they cannot acknowledge any blockade, wires 16 powtr declaring it has not a salliciency of uten-ofe u to carry it into effect. [NT.W YORK AUVLUTISCP, OCT. 23.1 FLontna.—We have Leen favoured %title itSailit Augustine paper of the 6:li instant. Tim only article worth copying is the following, front which it appe ars that Governor Worthington, of East Florida, has bete obliged to resort to simiter measures for obtaining possession of public documents, Ike. in that Pioric at. as those pursued by General Jackson et Pens:to:lt. General Worthington has issued his Proclamation, d e . daring the city of Saint Augus►ine to b., visited a most fatal and malignant sickness. The Board of Health reports that it is chiefly confined to the Louring classes of white people who have recently arrived from the north, and that the natives ate gene- rally exempt. C./LUMBI AN REPUBLIC. The Governor of Carthegena (Torres) has pro. posed articles of capitulation to the General cotninan::- ing the troops besieging that place, (Marino Montill4 who finding that the propositions were not advantage. ints to the republic, would not at cept them. The pro vinces of Venezuela were perfectly tranquil, and Pam, Cabello only remained in pssession of the ltoyaiists. Eight thousand men of the Columbian army, 'order the command of General Urdanetta were besieging that place. [exTnacT OP A I.I:TTUR FROM GAKPC, Ac G. 2.11 We have been visited by two of his Majesty's slo.ips of War, the Carnation and Jasseux ; the latter is vet on this station. They are iii the lialph for the purpoo , of preventing the Americans front encroaching ou o;:r fisheries. The American fishermen do not wish t come within three miles of the shore, as their right b, fish at that distance is unquesti , notile. Our fisheries are diminishing fast, iiiol it' the treaty witinAlaiheinti cans lasts, a few years will pat ass end to it. "The Americans must be kept out of the Culpli, or Canada loses its cod fishery. Fttost PLaNsmunco, SLPT. 211.—The brig Nyinp is going off in a hurry. I have only time to Odors .you that the Revolutionists are within nine wiles of this place, arid are said to monster I 0,4110) men. NEW YORK, OCT. e learnt hat Admiral Bibb, Commander of the Venezuelean Navy,' died at Curets on the 29tk. of September. The intimations we have lately given of a changes; Ministers now appear to be about to be commonicatmd from other quarters. In one of our other colones are two paragraphs we have copied from the pars of this morning, relative to Mr. CANNING ; the more is his arrival in town, from the Puke of Poterv.No's, the other his long interview with the Earl of Liveneomea yesterday morning, at Fife &louse. These anuotuee• ments have obviously more meaning than immediately strikes the eye. They proceed from Ministerial papers; and in this way the public mind is prepared for the arrangements forming. In the mean time no n otice is taken by these journals of the business in hand, because in their estimation it would not be decent to announce it before it be completed Their silence is, however, a sufficient confirmation ofour statements: for if ;hey were unfounded, they would be very sees contradicted. We, notwithstanding., view the matter as of no importance, except as a symptom of the eirfie nets of the system, which Ministers !mew, or of the incapacity of the present men to carry it on.. The 1b terations contemplated are, to the country, so phon e for the better. Some new expedients maylie and some fresh bustle may he made about them, bit the old system will be s u pp orted, and the reek 614 to bend to that, instead of th at bein g altered to acorn =Ante the people. Towards the close of the last Session of Parliament, the strongest appeals and a"' s,•verations of the Chancellor of the Excheyger were unable to protect the revenue front wbat he was pleased to term " the commencement of a gown' a•tack upon the entire system of finance. ' 1 be 4 6 ' cultural horse-tax was repealed in spite of the utmost other efforts of the Treasury Bench , a nd there were symptoms which could but alar m, and t vLirim !WO im lic knows have alared Mini s ter, and h o' 6" them to consider the means of a :eduction ia the public expenditure. It can no long er be coneeak that all Ale. Vavdttare a s schemes for raising the r e ' venue imave failed. Old and n ew taxes faN war the country can no longer h.. deluded wit h the ike' tolml tale of " the change from pea ce to war , " the plainfact stares us iu time fare--that while the oir of production is vastly and inilefirmitely rethleed' t he amount of taxation is de manded, awlthe kes* riment is even now Irvine., whether tim e l o uden terest can hear the additional weight thns thrown them, while the general price of commodities at_ commodating itself to time reduction of subsistea'r: Time landed interest now loudly & w and, that the ather ; ev_ i uied interest should be made to share, or r lieve them of their burd ens, b y a sacrifice of a port; of time interest at least of the national debt. w here The capitalist resists t he demand, and el' , n there can be found au indination to liana to ~u ‘ • et" bttP • - 41f ihi .to rt ` freclu Che s e titattisman. " Tl![ DRITISD 1111114.48 LA N" INCOAP AAAAA D WITS " ?EP n es gnat selves ilang 4 1,1 an •••ei 'a am V