The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-09-17 00:00:00

If; ~~ B/w To TOE EDtl 1R or THE STATESMAN. Sig,—Heavy as the afflictions and miseries have been which some of our fellow-creatures have suffer ed, I know of none more deeply afflicting to the f ee ling mind than those which are the subject of this letter. The treatment of many of the Insane Patients In Private Mad-houses has been so bad, that the sufferings of the Negroes in that most dreadful part of their captivity, the voyage from Africa to the West Indies, has not exceeded their's. They have been kept for months continually chained in hollow wooden beds, called bins, until their limbs were con tracted and useless for want of attendants to get them up, dressed, and exercised. The Patients that have been sent by the Overseers of the Poor, in particular, have been subject to all manner of. ill-usage. One case came to my knowledge, of a female being beaten so as to occasion death ; another, of a man having the scrotum partly torn from his . body ; and in both these cases the masters retained in their service the persons who had been guilty of these enormities. The situation of one bemired and fifty persons, shut up within a close building, and a yard twenty 'yards long and seven or eight broad, with high walls preventing the free circulation of air, is truly dis tressing ; but in these cases there most be added to that the confinement of straight waistcoats, fetters, and chains ; the pot rid smells arising from the persons of those afflicted with bodily as well as mental le firmity ; together with the ill-usage of those appoint ed to superintend them, which iltegether forms such a catalogue of human misery, that it is difficult to bear the contemplation of it. Yet such is the si tuation of hundreds of infants persons in this me tropolis. I have stated in this and a former letter fear cases, two of ill•uiege and two of false haprisoetneut, which may serve as a sample of many. Whether the treatment of these afflicted persons is consistent with that philanthropic benevolence which ought to dis tinguish and ornament a Christian nation, Ist the Reader judge. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, Loodoo, Sept. 10. ISIS. S. CALYER.T. BRIGHTON, Seri. 15. It i:: still uncertain when the Regent will be here. Mr. Watier, his Royal Highness's hoese-steward, came down a day or two ago, but is expected to re turn to Carlton-house to-morrow. The Duke of York had sigulied his intention of paying a visit and passing a few days at Sir Jobs Shelley's seat at Ma resfield, but which the dangerwes and lamented in. disposition of the Queen has prevented. A Lady of fortune from this place had • narrow escape from drowning, at llove, on Ssterday last.— preferring the bathing there, she had been driven thither in her carriage, and alighted on the cliff.— There is but one bathing-machlue at Hore, and that is at a considerable distance over the beach from the houses. This was presently in order Anther, and, on her taking possession, it was moved to the water's edge, when the attendant received an order to retire, but to return at a given time. This oilier had not been long obeyed, when the rope which confined the wheels of the machine gave way, and the declivity presently immetsed the vehicle in the sea. The Lady's situation for some time was extremely perilous; she was at length rescued by a poor man of the name of Harvey, anti l conveyed to her carriage, her servants till then being unacquainted with what had happened, and the time not having elapsed for the bathing at tendant to return. The Lady received, however, no essential injury. The machine was floated many yards to sea. Harvey was rewarded with 101. Considerable business was gone through at the Town-Hall yesterday. Mr. Segeant Bennington again presided. The Inns and Public-hour-Licences, which, from various causes, had been suspended, were all renewed ; but not an additional licence for the year has been granted. The town, the Serjeant observed, had too many licensed houses already, and the Public should not have to reproach him, for in creasing the evil. Such victesliera as were oppressed by the brewers, in serving them with had beer, he advised to apply elsewhere for a better article of con sumption, promising them protection in so doing ; and though it was not in his power to prevent the land lords from ejecting them from the premises, yet it should be his care that they took their licences with them, if their conduct otherwise was deserving his approbation. A publican of the name of Jupp, wbo had been warned from his house, because the .beer which his landlord, a brewer, bad supplied him with was not saleable, and he bad obtained a better sort, at the same price, from another house, to pre serve his custom and support his family, would have been allowed to act upon his licence in another house, had not the brewer acknowledged his error, agreed to cancel Jupp's notice of acquittal, and pro mised to supply him Netter in future. In the event of the latter particular not being feifilled, Jupp had instructions to apply elsewhere, as he kad done be fore. The unfortunate difference between one of the popular Members of this county, Mr. W. Burrell, and the Innkeeper of the Royal Hotel, New Steyne, William Rudley Mott, has been happily adjusted, end the licence of the house renewed. The black boy, a servant of Mr. Wattsford, see. geon, who had confessed robbing the shop of Mr. Sheppard, in St. James's-street, mentioned in a for. vier letter, underwent a long examination. Three gold seals, a gold watch, two gold brooches, a pair of b,oe cloth pantaloons, and a handkerchief, were the snide' produced said identified. He had pawned the seals and brooches at Mr. Folkard's, who at tended with the articles to give evidonc. He was commited to the county jail at Horshatn, to take his trial at the Assizes in 'March. The importation of grain into Scotland still con tinues; of 91 vessels which passed El4ineer between the 16th and 18th ult. no less than 44 were laden with chffereut sorts of grain. • _ • .... --=": '' THE STATESMAN ' NAVAL INT ELLIGENCE. DEAL, Sem 16.—Arrived and sailed for the River the Lord Nelson, Anderson, from St. Kitt's ; George, White, from Seville ; Thetis, Denham, from Jamaica; Union, Rattle, from Petersburgh for Cadiz ; Alert, Helm, from Rotterdam for St. Thomas's : the latter remains.—Came down from the River and sailed the Thalia, Herbert, for Bengal. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 16.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Tartar, from the Downs for Africa ; sod Tiber, from a cruise.—Passed op Channel the Layton, Taylor, from Bengal, out nearly sits mouths, landed the passengers here. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 14.—Arrived the William Peon, Brown, from London for St. Andrew's, with loss of foremast ; Queensbury packet, with Mails, from New York : sailed 6th August, and from 11alifaz 'loth August. Butrrot, SEPT. 16.—Arrived the Queen Elizabeth, L 40es, from the Cape of Good Hope. LIVERPOOL, Sem 15.—Arrived the Earl of Beek • inghamshire, Johnson, from Bombay; sailed the 17th 'of May. The Honourable Company's ships Canning, Thomas Cootie, Marquis Hensley, Duke of York, and private ship Melpomene, Vaughan, from Lon don, had arrived at Bombay.—Also arrived the Lord Wellington, —, from Prince Edward's Island. MARGATE, SEPT. 16.—Arrived off this port the Venetia, Hearn, from Jamaica, for London. Grutesszno, Sarr. 16.—Arrived the Chance, Men to►, from Petersburgh ; Mary, Dupeny. from An tigua : Amazon, Everard, from Archangel ; Serrey, Brady, from ditto ; V 4 illiams, Young, from Malta ; Lady Sherbroke, Reed, from gt. Vincent's ; Barri-k, Smith, from Quebec ; Metcalf, Howard, from Cii. cotta ; Lindsay., Turner, from Buenos Ayres; Al lance, Foster, from Prince Edward's Island; and Hyacinth, Martin, from St.Vincent'?;.--Sailed the Iris, Herbert, for Bombay, &c. ; Northumbrian, Lawson, for Miim, &c.; Thomas, Cornfoot, for the Cape of Good Hope; Thirza, Peck, for Genoa, &c. ; Di ligence, Owens, for Dublin ; Junge George, Dai mon, for Havre; Joseph and Jane, French, for Elsineur ; Merchant, Finlayson, for Stettin ; and Ca• tharina, Estberg, for Carlscrona. The pilchard fishery commenced at Mevagissey on Sunday evening last, 1% semis shot, but the shoal being a slight one, only about two hundred and fifty hogs. heads were enclosed. 'they are very plentiful a mile and a half from shore, and very fine fish ; so that the approaching spring tides afford a very fair pro. specs, if the weather continues moderate. About 40 hogsheads were also taken in Mount's.bay ; the fish. morn have not yet resigned the hope of a tolerable season, es there are abundance of fish in deep water, which may yet come in-shore. On the 31st of last month, the Sidmouth Packet, Capt. Pteon, fell in with s shoal of pilchards, several miles in patent, off Cape Fiuisterre , the pilchards were followed by 'a great number of porpoises.—( West Beacon.) A deplorable event took place at Chartres on the 3d inst. A vine-dresser, named Durand, having to empty a privy, took three of his sons to assist him.— The eldest went down, and fell senseless; the be. cond followed to assist his brother, and experienced the same fate. The unhappy father called to his third son to go down and assist his brothers. The young man instantly descended, and perished. The alarm spread in all quarters. A party of soldiers succeeded in making a hole through the wall of the privy, and the dead bodies were drawn out. They were much re gretted, being honest and industrious young men. A Meeting has been held, at the Guildhall of Nor. wick, for the purpose of . carrying into effect the rendering the river from that city to Yarmouth, ea. fixable for vessels of burden. Two poor old women, one named Elizabeth Clarke, the other Mary Griffiths, the former 103 years old, and the latter 104, applied, on Saturday last, at the Town-Hall of Liverpool, for relief. — Both were natives of that town. Parcels of considerable value hove for some time past been missing from the Holyhead and Birming. ham Mail, to a vast amount, withont any discovery taking place till Monday evening last, when, jest as the Mail was going to leave Lombard-street, a person well known was taken into custody, on suspicion of being concerned in the depredations upon that Mail. He immediately confessed to 11 parcels, some of which were of great value; he says there are three more concerned, one of them a Jew. Potatoes are now selling in London at from 71. to IN. per ton. They are espected to fall to 41. or 51. , per toe, in consequence of the arrival of large im• ports expected from Lancashire and Ireland, Large imports are also expected from Jersey and Guernsey. The best Lisbon and Spanish onions are 41. per chest, if quite sound ; DOI ditto 13s. to 14s. per bushel. Lemons 51. per boa. There are oo oranges. A New Spanish Melo-drama, called the Monk's Cowl; or dm Child of JlNstery, was produced for the first time on Monday evening at Astley's Theatre ; tie story is well told, and gives a correct idea of that family pride and superstition which formed a pro minent feature in the Spanish character of former days. The Piece was received with enthusiastic air [ please, and continues to increase io public es►imation , ese every repetition. lii• Alesticks were A few days ago two silver cam. stolen from the p a rlour of the Rev. Mr. Perry, at Britton, by a man who went in at the front gate and close up to the window, for the professed purpOse of soliciting charity. The robbery was discovered al most immediately, but the thief ran across a field to wards Stockwell, and escaped. SHEEP-STEALING.-011 Monday morning last 101 South Down sheep were stolen from the grounds of Mr. John Miller, of Yalding, in Kett: a flock with Mr. Miller's mark was traced as far as the Borough, but no further intelligence of them has yet been ob tained. A reward of 40 guineas has been offered for the apprehension of the robbers, and •bopes are en tertained that this spur to the vigilance of the police. officers will not fail of producing the desired effect , and lead to the detection of the offender& • 7• tin EDITOR OF THE STiITENMAN. SlR,—in your Paper of Monday, the 14th inst., in the Report of the Old Bailey Proceedings, 1 find s in the speech of a Learned Judge, the espressien of his perfect satisfaction (in a case of life and dead, too) with secondary evidence—vi[. that Bank In specturs are perfectly competent to prove the forgery of another's name—lie the signing Clerk, being at the same time alive, in good health, and in every way competent to attend and negative it himself; in deed, the Learned Judge is reported to have added, with divers notable and weighty reasons, that it might be troublesome and inconvenient for the principal to attend. In your Paper, of this dly, I find a !mimed Baron reproving the ignorant Jury for requiring primary evidence, end immediate!) , pronouncing an eutogium on the pecatiar fitness of secondary cvi. deuce in every case of forgery. Now, I will under take to say, as a Lawyer, Out from the earliest pe riods of our jinidical history down to the enlightened nineteenth eat-vary, aye, and down ton to that CON VENIENT part of it, the year 18, such a doctrine was never heard of. Well may England boikt ber Trial by Jury—their conduct did them honour. Bot the splendid talents of a Burke, a Dunning, onto Erskine, would atone aeffice to do jestice to the injured fipirit of the laws. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your constant Reader, Lincoln's 100, Sept. 15, ISIS. A. B. REDUCTION or rstE FORGES. TO THE EDITOR OF THF'. STATESMAN. London. seer. 15, 1818. Sta,—That a conaiderable reduction of the Forces will take place on the return of the' British Con tingent from Frame, no person can entertain a doubt. How this is to be carried into effect, to benefit most essentially the country, and to do justice to the army in general, is an object well worthy our present at tention. Any remark, therefore, of your Readers, calculated to throw a light upon these means, will, I hope, meet your attention and insertion, relative to the proposed (or, I should say, anticipated) Reduc tion. Under all circumstances, where this has been found necessary, the Line has been bad recourse to, and have suffered a Redaction more proportionate to its strength, than any of the other services. Why this partiality should be adopted, I should beglad to he in formed through the medium of your Independent Pa per (the Line has done its duty whenever and wher ever called upon) ; therefore this proceeding is Pg. trernely onjest. Time this distinction does exist, will folly appear in the following remarks :—The First Regiment, the Colestream, and 3d Foot Guards, consisting at this velment of seven battalions, still retain their • toll War E s tablishment of Offi cers of every rank ; and in all reported Reductions through Daily Prints, not one allusion is ever made relative to these enormously expensive bottalions ; as if, Mr. Editor, it were a sacrilege to attempt a pro• portionate redaction of these regiments of Gentle men's sons. The partiality here evinced cannot escape your observation. 'Tis tree, the principal part of the Cavelrt base beets reduced to eight troops ; but one still observe, the Royal Horse Guards Blue, the Ist Dragoon Guards, the .Bth, 17th, 21st, and 22d Light Dragoons, retain their 9, 10, and 12 troops. The 24th and 25th Light Dra goons, it is said, are ordered for reduction on their arrival from India ; and these regiments, in the Army List. " ordered to be disbauded.'• This has been the case about twelve mouths. The corps of Royal Artillery had ten battalions during the war ; only one of the battalions of this heavy and expensive corps has been disbanded since its termination ; and the full War Establishment of Officers for nine bat talions are still retained, although a reduction of men has since taken place, exclusive of the Horse Brigade and the Drivers. This body (although of great utility) might with propriety experience • further reduction, as well a• the Engineer De partment. If it is the fat e of the Line to be again incleded in the ensuing reduction, let it be acted upon consistently and advantageously This would be the disbanding of the regiments in Coto, from the 99th Regiment down as low as circumstances wilt prudently permit. This will cause a clear saw. ing of all the eapences incident to the Staff of a Regiment, and the emoluments arising to General Officers possessing them. A reduction, Mr. Editor, of this nature, of sine Regiments of the Line, to 90th Regiment, with a proportionate one from the seven battalions of these highly favoured Regiments, the Foot Guards, extra troops of Dragoons, fire. the Artillery, Engineers, and Commissariat, would be attended with infinite advantages, and would not, in the slightest degree, put to jeopardy the safety of the country. But by a paltry reduction of two compa nies of the Regiments " not employed on service," as stated-by several Deily Prints, would bona fide be no reduction at all, and may be compared to the fa• mous economical hoax lately attempted, in the re dection of the Widows' Pensions, and an immediate motion for an augmentation of the income of all the Royal Dukes—which, thanks to the Independent part of the Parliament, was thrown out with the contempt it merited. Under these circumstances, Mr. Editor, I cannot for one moment stw*, that whilst the three Regiments of Guards are permitted to retain their seven battalions, the Dragoons, the. extra • troops, thelßoyals, Ist Foot, two battalions, the 60th Regiment four battalions of Foreigners, the Artillery nine battalions, reclusive of Horse Brigade and Driters, the Engineers and Commissariat, their present establishment ; that so expedient so insignifi cant in it, nature, and distant from the professed economy of Ministers, can be in agitation; as that of barely placing on Half-pay One Field•officer, Twp Captains, Four Lieutenants, and Two Ensigns, from all the single battalion Regiments (not en service). Not being affected by any reductions myself, being long retired from the service, I merely send you my ohms vationa. I UP, Sir, yoer obedient servant, A RETIRED LINESMAN. P.S. The Redaction said to be in contemplation includes several Regiments of Cavalry, &c. Lancashire has, this year, a second crop of pota toes, which is not only more productive than the firm s 1310 She of sopetior BEAR TURNgD THISFri On Sunday evening a lan who 'rebels toond the country with a dancing Mat, called at the house of Mr. Tote, farmer, on the road bet*een Enfield and Edmonton, and requested a night's lodging, which being vented, he was rccommodated with 0. bed in the house, and the servant whn accomptitied him was put to aleep en a loft in the barn in which the bear was. About midnight the bsrn door was forced open, and two men entered, fot the purpose of stealing corn, when Brain, who was not much accustomed to noctutnal visitors, on •one of the fellows approaching saluted him Itith a most ardent, though unavelccithe embrace, on *hith his com panion finding that he was laid hold of ran off as fast as be could; the fellow roaring bat 'moat vehemently; Bruin as veheinently hugged, till at length the keeper being alarmed, got list of bed to ascertain the Caere, ■nd found the affrighted wretch locked in the paws of the animal, from whence he rescued hies. 'The fellow being to Much affrighted thiii he threw himself on his knees to -his preserver, and confessed he came for the purpose of stealing corn, and said he thought the devil laid wait for him to prevent his desige. Had trot the bear been nsuatted, the fellow must have fallen a victim to bis voraciousness. The keeper kept the thief its custody until he alarmed t►te landlord, who, ,after a suitable admonition, suffered him to depart, being satisfied with the punishment and airtight he received from the bear. Mr. Tuke did not charge the owner of the bear nor his man for the espences they incurred in his how l and after breakfast. they set off to Edmonton fair. ;. • Oo Monday eight, a small boat belonging to the sloop Ann e of Kirkwall, was spot off Wane. The Ann ton bound for the Thurso market, from Strom mess, with merchandise; the owners of which beiog anaioes to secure loddginga, crowded into the boat. When about , to depart, oue of theme au Italian, jumped on the Ran wale, and immediately upset her. Mr. YOONG, and his wife, sometime metchint in Campbelltown, the skipper's son, aunt the • Italian l oat of seven iti the boat when the accident happened, were drowned.—(lncerne.l journal.) A fanner of large property., in Deronsitire, hal been committed for trial, fur sterling out of the shop of a mercer et Plymouth, two eleganl silk scarfs. Yesterday morning, as Thomas Bulmer, Esq. merchant, of Aldersgate-street, was indennoring to avoid e hackney-coach, which was driving furiously along before the India-house, his font sliPperlf abd he fell with his legs underneath a catOreavily lades, which was passing at the Moment; the *hut Of which II went over hoot thighs, end crushed then+ pieces. The unfortunate Gentleresn'was . lromediately'taken up, and conveyed to an adjacent publte4ouse, medical assistance procored a He wea'qulte sense less, but his residence havritg been alrertalnedlf a card in his pocket, he was conveyed home upon d litter prepared fur the purpose. "The - Medical men said, that the amputation of both legs would he in dispetviable, and that even then the recovery of Mr. Balmer was very doubtful. About three o'clock Yesterday afternoon, •as Mr. Browning, timber-merchant, of Lrrobeth; wait , re turning from the Commercial Docks in a Overly, while passing under the centre arch of the new South• wirk-'bridge, some of the heavy timber which had supported the same gave way, and falling on the boat it was immediately sunk. Fortunately the tim ber fell in such a direction that, although the boat was destroyed, the passengers were not hart. After struggling for some time in the water, they were rescued from their perilous situation without having received the slightest injury. No boat or barge is stationed there to warn passengers of their danger while the wood-work which supported the centres is removing. Tuesday night the premises of Mr. Coiling,* in Bridge-road, Lerebeth, were attempted to be Irobbed a second time, by means of false keys, and ao endeavour to force the lock of the front door. Yesterday morning about twelve o'clock, a party wall which has been standing sines the late fire, at Mr. Cook's hoes', in Prince's-street, Drury-lane, fell down with a tremendous crash ; provideutially, the workmen had departed a few minutes before, or the consequences alight have proved fatal. A wall adjoining is also in a very dangerous condition. Mr.. Scott, of the Marquis of Granby, at Maid. stone, has now growing in her garden an enormous pumpkin, which measures bye feet eight inches in circumference, and weighs seventy pounds. Seven others nearly equal in size were grown on the same bed. Tuesday night, about !nine o'clock, Mr. George Winter passing through Bedford square, was stopped by three men, one apparently a sailor, who held a doped knife in his hand, and threatened immediate death in case of alarm, one of the three beat hint severely, but a young man coming to his assistance, they made off and escaped. RtsellEßY.--Tuesday two persons entered the shop of Mr. Holland, linen-draper, Newington Causeway, and stolen two pieces of printed cotton, which they decamped with and got clear off. It is a consolation to the indestriow 'tidy:tritons of moderate income, who are afflicted, to knew, they may base the best advice, gratis, if they attend at certain hours, namely, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday mornings, Until one o'clock, et the Medical Board, Great Charlotte-street, Stack. friars'. road. That thousands suffer from improper treatment is a fact-: the latent seed of a dreadful diverse lurks in the system, destroys demestie hap. plans, and entails debility on the rising gen eration. —The Medical Board claims tire attention of those sfflicied wah strictures, Fistulae, Cancers, Scrophu. las, Nervous Debilities, Eruption., ulcerated Throat, Pains in the head and limbs, frequently mistaken for Rheumatism, Nodes on the shin bones, Stc.—Messrs. COOPER and Co. after forty years practice in various Hospitals abroad and in this metropolis, are consult ed at Woodstock-street, ()afoul-street, daily, from eight till eight ; and at the Medical Board. Char lotte-house, Great Charlotte-Street, Rack friars'. had, precisely from t w elve until eight in the even leg.—Ruptured Patienti, whose tuna:run exceeded A side door, and priv at e to the surprise inches, forfemales. :of the MedihavcalePrhoardesstihoenm returned, .- "i• .• 71 6 ;111 M=