The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-05-01 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PA 11 NY: HOUSE OF COMMONS, Arum 29, A: about half-pan three the. Speaker took the ('hair. 1?1 A lillqEpp. :.or H. BEREtiFMiIt appear.4l at the Bar of the H asv, ittfornte,l the. lloov., that hia MajeAly. r 1. 1 .1 1 ro-eive the adds ss at four o'clock ; ant that 11 en, sty hail rereirt h.. various Alltlrrio.r• voted uhich he woull take into ronAitleeatioes. firm Lis:. Mr..lftlll . lllNOT e,l, that the Holmr re.olve i•v:f into a Committer ui t be Houle, to take into tor%idenititbil 11111101 of his 31a . ,esty's Speech ac re -late.l to the t it il List, on Tnemlay neat; aura th thi% 'notion he taken into conNitieration on Monday ne a'.—Atijuttrtirtl till llonday. MR,VDICI IT SUPPRESSIoN The Annual fleeting of this Society was had i.n Saturday, at the Freenia•ons' Tavern. The 11.. port of the proceedings since the last 3lee;ing havin.; been read. several 11entlemen address,' th e Aran /1 1,1y, pointing out the many excellent objects and plans di the :society, an:l the improvements bat had ni alitaile sing sin the last meeting. It w a s suited the e Ma nazers hail hrioiglit their arrangements to stoat peer that great hopes were entertained of th"ir i•lff aide to a •eomplis!J the total suppression of men iii the HI. tropolk ;it no very if relt distance of thongli they had met with many o bst ac l e! , from the state of the. Pours' Laws. 'lbis ife. laration was . reueiveil with Inetil cheering. A recidlitii tt awarding t.i Ilr. Mullein, the 11 ary Secretary, a piece of plate, of the value of lltu gni teas, fur his arduous and able services in the cause of the Society, mai rat. Mr. 31. liritiiiivaa suggested that the fends of the Society should not he diverted from the object for which t:iey were raised ; but that the odrring of re apeet to the high merits and disinterested exertiuns of their Secretary, sii-uld lie made by the individual Managers. The original motion was, however, noaeiimansly c-irrieil ; soil 31r. Bodkin, in a neat and feeling man are, returned thanks. 1:e friends of the Society afterwards dined toge ther in the Hall, W. Williams, Esq. 31. P. in the chair. After .r the customary toasts were ii aus, and s•iiiie songs given by Messrs. Pyne, 'f and Jolly. " The Duke of York, the Patron," with three tines three. The l'it.tinsian then proposed "Snceess to the Su eiety," and .aid, that lest any persons should he pre sent whJ were nut acquainted with the course of reeding adopted by the Board of Menai:men', he would briefly explain its nature and objects.. The cud proposed by the Society was to rid the streets of the wretched objects who appealed to the compassion of the public ; but they did not wish this to he dune by • . the tarliscrituinate refusal of relief to all applicants. '1 hey knew, indeed, when human heiisgs apparently in a st tte of great distress were presented to their view, it was extremely diffieult, and indeed impossible fur brneeolent men to refuse alms, though they were aware while doing so, that the gencral tendency of their act wss to increase the evil which they lamented. The iiiteie:y, therefore, wished to take such measures as would give an assurance to every beuevoleut man, OE,, while he refused alms, those who realy eieeerved re scf, might nut he exposed to die of hunger. The Manazers, therefore, undertook that investigation of the character and wants of each applicant. which in- C:vitluals, when applied to for alms, coalil not or would not undertake. They ctsttillatcittickets to their sub:critters, or those who would purchase them, and these tickets being distributed to men , leants, entitled cm!! I f them, on applying to the ouice, to have his CUE inquired into. lint that they ?might err on the a.tfe side in all case's, the Managers gave a meal to the person who hail the ticket, whatever mizitt be his c'earacter ; further relief was granted according to his wants or merits, in which respect a vast deal had been d one by the individual exertion of the Managers.— hose persons who had settlements in the London pa rishes were disposed of by an applieati in to those pa r.siars, and measures were taken fist sending home thane who had settlements at a distance. The Society having made thine arrangements, could appeal with • exttiilecce to the public to abstain from indiscriminate • aims giving, and to throw the sums which their cha t eity might prompt them to bestow, into the fund* of . tke Society, and to give instead the Society's tickets. ;Ay which they might he assured at once of the relief of tl:t distressed and the detection of the impostor. The toast was drank with applause. " The health of the Members of the Board of Manage ment" was dem* i The Comtism's observing, that those who derided their time and pains to the business of charity, were inure hiehlv to be commended than those who gave their toitury only. The lion. E. Bastion° returned thanks in the name of the Board, and being him's' If a 'Brutber of it, he eott!il hardly venture to speak in the manner in which tha feeliogs prompted him to do of the exertions of his endleagnes. Slit only 'hail the ordinary duties of the &minty been performed, but many small tradesmen who had been unfortunate hail been put into ways of being permanently useful, by the exertions of the • Managen. Owthe health of Lord Sondes, Mr. Hothouse, and the other strangers who had honoured the Society with ,& sir presenre, being drank, Lord SONDEti returned thanks. . • • Mr. Ilonnoust returned thanks, and expressrel his gratitieatkM at meeting an assembly in which all va t... tielies of opinion were lost in the common feeling of • henevidence. Ile also stated from • Sir F. Purtlett, •• Oat that Honourable Baronet would . have accepted tbit invitation of the Society, had he Not bees unavoid . Italy prevented r and that he entertained the waruseet • i wishes for its success. •• In the course of the evening it was state& that-the s • Puke of York, the Patron, had assured Breit/Warman .• the he would attend on a future occasion.. Ihe Duke . cf Northumberland, the President, was prevented from •eatendieir Ply a Jomeatie calamity. His Grace', health war drank.—Aniong the eempaey we. obaerved PAU; errolse, Sir J. H. Palmer, and H. Wrottrairi, Esq. M.P. FEMALE FASHIONS FOR HAY. Ws tat su canibric muslin high dress; the la m b• is laced behind ; the heck is plain and mo derately nide the front is ornamented with lace lozenges; there are two rows left in on each side, which forms the front in the stomacher style : the waist is very long. Long sleeves, made rather tight, and finished at the hand with lace; the epaulette, which is very full, is formed into lozenge puffs by narrow tucked bands of cambric muslin. There is no collar, but a full fail of lave goes round the dress at the throat. A single flounce of very rich work ornaments the bot tom of the skirt. 'I lac pelisse worn with this dress is composed of the beautiful new silk, canc.! :.(phyreriar; the colour is a peculiar shade of lav ender ; it is made tight to the shags, long in the wai-t, ornamented with rosettes MI :Ile hips, and has a high collar rounded in front. ; the sleeve is moderately wide ; it is finished a! the Issit.: lay three narrow ronlemts of gees ilf Naples, each at a little distance front the other. The half adorer is composed of alternate folds sof groat de Super, and sephyrerne, which are crossed in front if the arm. The skirt is of an easy fullness, and is trimmed at hot tom only with a fulness of lavender-en oared gauze, rinixell with !main to correspond.—• !esti-dress,a bon net 1111 l yosed of white ►oa do Nap/re: the 110 Y 111 is him the brim large, but extremely becoming, formed something in the capuchin style, hut to st::ad out a good deal from the fare ; the eCe of the brim is tioished with blond, and a bouquet, coinposed.uf a full blowst rus-, surrounded v ith buds and leaves, is placed sai fr nt ; strings, to corn yawl with the pelisse, tie it 'antler the chin —Las-ender-co:mired kid bouts and Lia.erick doers. Frt.% t lie uss.---.!low dress, r posedarrlings' I..ee, figured in a leaf pattern ; it is worn over a white slip; the waist is rather lung; the bark plain, and the f:.tot formed exactly to the s:aaprof the bosons. The dr. ss is cut tainyla lower in fr• nt of the bust than wreath of le..yes, coutplued tai lace, and edgial with 1.i5.1• j.,aa .Vvidvs, goes round tl.e bust. 1 L•e sleeve is a mixture of pink A fros dr .N.apler and rich I the former its tail bias folds, the latter quilled between t!=e folds ; these folds are SO disposed as tort.. a tioi•ls to the bettoau of the sleeve, which is also ornamented by two small bombes of !easel., one at tached to Cleil of the folds. he skirt is fancifully trimmed with pink /trod Jr Naples, laid on plain in separate pieces; the top of each is suturthieg in the lozenge st►:e; a rich and uncommonly g0...1 iw.tation of Valenciettors lace is quilled round this trimming, and a alai, tioun.e of lace to correspond faui!hes it at the butt 44444 --the etleet is novel and strikingly elegant. be front hair is d . el in louse curls, which fall low at the spies of the free ; it is less parts! un the fore- Lead than we have lately seen it ; the hind hair is negligently f.stened up by a pearl c b a few ring lets descend from the row.. of the hemd to the throat, but are nut suderrd to fall into the ateck.—lleat: ::-rss, artificial *ewers, tar trfully intermixed aid' the bale. Pearl nerbiere sad ear-rise.— .4 hits kid Moves sell white silk .shoes. l' MF. STATEstriAN. 1111)Nr111.)' AfIRICCI.TUR-1L tysPoitr. Of 1 •te years, the fainters have ?keen remarkably rortsanate in their seed season ; the I resent yields to no former tine. Never was the Lent corn t.f every description, lint into the earth under nal re happy empires, or the liti‘inrss enrol leted with greater ex petlifon, or at Iris exrenw. The season had been previously m i st favourable for manuring, and the heayirst clay, worked to admiration. The spring, however, has not been equally far. arable to vegeta- Con, which had, until t:.e late rains, been very hack o a d ; great pa. t of the wheat'', the grass and the eat tle crops suffering exceedingly. Early sown wheats upon ;moil sound land will suffer little, perhaps even he I easeti:e.l :.y the cheek ; but the latter sown, and particularly upon hoer and 'spongy soils, in many parts, are as materially injairrtl, that it was sonar time since supposed they would he scarcely word priming I.r a cr.sp. The late rains, which in this county, 4444 !lugged about nine da:.s, from Old Lady Day to the Lida iust. it may be kited, will be the mew s of improving and acting such crops. In heist- woodland soils, the wheat becomes root ; / /km, (met exposure to eharp drying winds, I nth io the rainier and early spring, the moulds as-aming the appearance and quality of meaning sand, forsaking the roots, and subjecting them to deadly chill, front which they never after sufficiently recover to produrr a crop. On this head, there is a most im portant h;tit in the Bede Report, which we strongly 11x...women-I to the consideration of fiartrwrs. It is drill c; to the sufficient depth for sand of the above description. Since the rains, there has been a re rnrrenrc of sharp easterly anal va iahle winds, which has proditred an irregular and trying temperatnre to the human constitution, and also considerably 'retarded vegetation. On the whole, however, the resent appear anc- may be deemed favourable, and the show for fruit is abundant. After the turnips, the 'Writ of fodder bT4 to run short, and o the bay came into general requisition. The fall or lambs has been sidfitient in number, hot many have perished, and a great num ber of both ewes and lambi' remain in a weak state: in general none have dune well but those which have been amply supported with hey and corn. Store stock has sold well in sonic parts, in others has been cheaper and difficult of sale. Fat hogs cheaper. The fairs, as usually filled with ordinary horses, which have not found any high spring prices. By the lat ter accounts, there is an immenae quantity t f wheat and oats stored at the shipping porta of the Conti nent, ready for any favourable change of markets in this country, and in increased breadth of wheat upon the ground in every exporting country of Europe, and in some which have recently become so. Such are the effects of cultivating foreign wastes with Bri tish capital; and they who are interested therein may now, if they please, institute an inqu i ry, as to what public body originally and effectively promoted this scheme, and as to those periwigs who foresaw and pub lished. its tendency, and ineffectually deprecated its adoption. The Court went omit of mourning resterflay. The whole of the King's ser►ants and attendants appeared is colours. An article from Constantinople states, that at the Isle of Chios, in tlre'Midst of a tremendous storm, a ►iolett shock of .an earthquake had oceurreel, whirls had occasioned considerable damage. LAW INTELLIGENCE. —,...-- COURT OF LING% BENCH, Aran, 119. PO ARAN P. ROBINSON. This as an action of assault and battery. Mr. Iliennam opened the pleadings. Mr. Sesiteser stated the case for the plaintiff. It appeared that the plaintiff, a young lady of respectable connexions, occupying• a house in Russell-place, Charlotte -street, I•'itsroy-squa.e, had let part of her house to the defendant, who is a voting man holding a situation in the War-Otlice. Ili* father and mother also occupied apartments in the same house. Sumo misunderstanding had arisen as to the continuance of the defendant's tenantry, and, WI the day mentioned in the declaration, the plaintiff, in company with her sister, went to Serve a a ritteu notice upon him relating thereto, at new lodgings which he had taken in the saute neighboarhnotl. She put the paper into his hand; he threw it front hint, au•l struck her violently on the arm with his umbrella. She fell upon the steps of the dour, and was very severely hurt. The defeedast was afterwards requested to make an apo logy fur his conduct, which he refused. Mr. liiseork deposed, that between seven and eight o'clock in the reciting of the 24th of January, he was iu Charlotte-street upon business, and in crossing,• the way from the west to the cost site of the s , reet, he saw a young lady struck viultuutly on the arm with an umbrella, by a gentleman. lie iinutediately went to the spot. be plaintiff• was reclining with her chest against a post, crying very bitterly, and complaining of being struck. Witness asked her what was the matter? She answered, " This gentleman le.s struck me; I gave him this letter, and he snuck inc." '1 here was then a letter ►ying on the ground. Tile defendant said, " Why did you push it at ate anti walked away instantly. Witness accompanied the ••laiutid home. lie saw her arm after...aids; it was very much in flamed, and there was a bruise about the size of a dollar, and an appearance of b!act,me•us. Cross-exatitined.--ifiul nut hear the defendant say that the plaintiff hail thrust the ietter auto his fair. The parties spoke with vehemence, and he stated all he heard. As it was it a--11:.„Its,w:tiless could distinctly See the blow strvu•k. Miss Sarah hurrah cor.luorated the last man. •s as to the particular, of tile a wogs The deh•n•t:uat en•: his father and mother fur sip months in plain tiff's house. The tit.lentlakit was a t lurk in the M ar- Office. licr sister's atm anti side wire %teat touch bruised, and she felt pain for it week afterwards. Mr. 64 • 11NrY Alhiressetl the .sure on behalf of the defendant, and represent..l that his client been very rudely ass-tiled in the sheets, and 1.a:I a paper thrust with violence into his face. Not knowing who the assailant was, but conceiving it ass a person of a very different character (ruin the plaintiff, he merely pushed the party aside with his umbrella, without meaning to commit any violence. It was at night, and he had not the means of distinguishing persons. It was not true, as had been stated, that the defendant had refused to snake au apology ; on the contrary, an lipolvgy was offered, but an action was pleferred. he Cuter Je srtra recapitulated the evidence given, and the Jury found their 'verdict for the plaintiff— Damages 20/. OLD BAILE E On Satanlay, J. 711 , ,tur. a hackney-coachman, wag indicted lor assaulting P. W. hushes, and rubbing him of a silver wads, tie. The prosecutor is a footman to the French Ambas sador. ( h i the nicht of the rubbery be had been drinking iu the city, whirr he met a hackney-coach man, named Jo i, who promi:.ed him a lift to Drury lane theatre for wine which he gave him. Judd, however, set him down at the door of the Mar quis of Drauhy, in (larks -street, Oovent-gardeu, where he was surrounded by hackney-coachmen (this being a watering-lions:), and the prisoner snatched his watch from his fob, whilst some of his associates held the prosecutor behind, until 1w broke from them, and pur sued the prisoner, who threw the watch tutu a coach iu the rank. 'a he prosecutor did not stop to get his watch, but continued his pursuit of the prisoner, whom he took ; but as he was being conveyed to the watch house he was rescued by wine of his associates. The pr •secutor, however, procured the beadle. and they went back to the Marquis of Granby, where they found the prisoner, who held down his head when he saw the uroaecutor, who instantly recognized and positively accused him of bring the man who stole his watch. Judd. Itaudall, and Auger, three hackney-coachmen, we:, called for the prisoner, wha swore that the pri goner was not out of the tap-room at the time of the robbery. These men were contradicted positively is many material parts of their testimony by the prose 'rater and the beadle: and ou the former poieting thew oat, us oath, as being part of the men who held him whilialie was rubbed, the Commute StILIZANT ordered them to be detained in Court until the trial was over. J. Smith, clerk to Mr. Whitelock, the prisoner's at torney, volanteered his evidence for the ilef•tiee, lie having bees passing after the rubbery ; but he gave his testimony in so singular a manlier, that the Cons noon Serjeaut said that lie hail exhibited very great folly ; or if it was not fully, it was something worse. The *lazy found the prisoner guilty of stealing, hat net by force and violence. The Cumuli,/ Sun./Eva?, as an example to this gang., itu w tiiately sentenced the prisoner, who is a , sruart-lo 'king youth. to be transported f..r life. He then ordered three of the coachmen to Newgatc, to be triecd for holding the prosecutor while In was robbed ; and directed the beadle to represent this watering house to the Magistrates as being unlit to hare a li censee. The officer said, there were hardly two nights is the week bat a rubbery was committed in that street. The Creole frigate. Cpat. Hamlet, returned to Ports mouth oa Saturday. from the South American com mand, where, for some years (with the rank uf Com modore), he has rendered very important services to his couatry. He yr*►as suceeeded by Commodore Sir Thomas Hardy, Baronet. The Creole brings ao South American news, either important er interesting. The latest servants from the His de La Plata are of the t2d •of Jesuitry, at which time Nothing ins known of Lord Cochrime's peoefediuga. lheyorid hie—fa lace before Callao, as acconat of which bas already appeared. It was supposed he would remain at lea until obliged to rrturn to Valparai.o, for want of provisions ; b ut there was no chance of his gaining an► further advan ges on the coast. Sir Thomas Hardy was at Buenos Ayres ; and Capt. F. L. Maitland, C. 8., with the Yes. geur and Superb, was at Maldonado. The Hyperion, Capt. Searle, C. H., went round Cape Horn in the be ginning of January. Sir Thomas Hardy's broad den. dant was in the Owen Glendower, Hon. Captain E. Spencer, which ship arrived from England the day the Creole sailed from the Rio de la Plate.--(Pirts mortl► Pap r.) RfottlliKV AT DRIVRT-LANITHEATRE.--On Saturday evening, after the play of King Lear had been con cluded, Mr. Ilussewlliscranmeanfyortah•ainr: Oc an e d ur a r d ed dre to ssc i o n l : c ha r. audience. Ile said, the public, at all tittles indulgent, r h t ad fi t t a h u e g i h m t rf ti tr i r e i t a u ta ' nce, to come boldly forward to speak the plain and honest truth. On the present occasion he was sorry the entertainment which hail been an- • flounced for this evening (The Ibinkeeper's Datezitor) could not he performed, in consequence of the music, which sem all in manuscript, having been stolen, :14 , 1 there was nothing left fur them but to do the hest ems , could antler the present circumstances ; titre had, therefore, substituted Of ii it re To-morror fur i'.c La-1 keeper's Daughter. This apology did to-t, f...wever, satisfy the majority of the audience. Miss Kelly Mr. Ilarlev commenced their performance, but acte nut suffered to proceed ; when Mr. Russell . .tgain rams forward, but with no better Success. bir . Eilistok tl presented himself; and,the clamour nut much a!)ating, • said, he hoped the " respectable part of the au firm:* • I would not allow bias to he insulted." This appeal changed the tide of clamour into approbation. Me, Knish's' cowiaued with grcit warmth; hut, owing to the noi-e at this t . we could not distinctly hear ' what was said : we, however, caught a few of the concludiag words—" I hope we shall van friends, and you will allow the performance to proceed." The piece accordingly proceeded without fart h er inter ruption. A ffesnas:o Po:so:yen E T !us wire!—Monday se'nuight Thomas Worlock, a butcher, residing at Oldhuid COllllllo'l, in the parish of ninon, Glouiviter shire, whilst taking soave refer:ll:went after a journey, ordered “ise of his boys to bring hint a jez of beer. As the lad was fulfilling his father's order, ilOrlock's wife infused into :he liquor a quantity of sugar of lead, which she hail purchased three weeks previously! Upon tasting the beer, the man curup!aiu,sl o f it s flavour, when his wife told hint that it was only souse flour which had been noised with the liquor by acci dent, and urged hint to drink the remainder, which, • on his declining to do, she threw away. The effect of the pois:wi was soon felt ; and notwithstanding medical assistance was immediately procured, the poor sufferer lingered until Ftiday morning, in the most excruci..ting agonies, when he ectired. An inquest has been held on the body, when the Jury re turned a verdict of wilful murder against the wife, , who is committed to Oloucester gaol for trial.- -(Bet4 ("Aron/etc-) SELLING • WIFE.—On Friday, opposite the Um Inn, Smithfield, a vast coneoorseof persons assemblei e for the purpose of nituessing the sak of the spouse of a resprrtablr wan, in the neighbourhood of Lincoln's inn-fields. Bills were stuck up in different parts of the town, au:nonncing that she would be soli at three o'clock, arrordi•ry to i f s::. At that hour the herply husband made his appearance, leading his rib by a halter round her neck, but a party of corkers making their appearance, they retreated with great speed, and made their escape. It appears, however, that the fair one was afterwards knocked down, at a very moderate price, to a butcher of Clare-market. FIG/L.—About one o'clock on Saturday morn i ng, a fire broke out in au untenauted house lii Shadwell market, which was undergoing Some repairs ; it is supposed to have originated its some lime out the ground floor taking tire. The house was in a short time consumed, together with a quantity of new tit bee ; the flames coutniunicated to the adjoining house, occupied by Mr. ellis, a coal-merchant, which was inateriall v damaged. Airs. Trills, who had been only put to het on the day before, was obliged to be re moved into the street fur safety, and she is danger ously ill in cunt.equence of the fright. BIRTII. On the 24th ult., at 13. Upper Gower-street, the lady et It. Itobiesk,n, E.g., or a sou. MARRIED. On Saturday last. Mr. John iladdelev, of Lroanotrest. Goodman's-fields. solicitor, to Elisabeth Kidnian. niece W John kidusan, Esq.. of Racquet-court, Fleet-stre+A. On the %Rah ult., Mr. nantuel Clark. of the Cirrus, Miseries. to Joauna, daughter of Captain John Niaclean, of Great Prescut-strert. DIEU. On Wednesday list, the Sdth of April, at Donetsk", Itel ward Topton+. Eg., in the (iPth year of his age. MOW to struggle lung will, a very painful complaint, but be ban it with the temper which had characterized Mai in every Myr I of existence. It were ungenerous to announce the deaths/ a brother journalist with on more words than mould ma* con tey the hell.Hte pibMe. Major Topton fumed/ pied • considerable spree in the notice of the world ; be wits beholar and a gentleman. From Eton he went to and from the University he came into the full enjoysarMit town life, and served as a Captain in the second 'regalia's! Guards. As he always lola up the literature he get to Dm. be at one period, with the Rev. t:. Este, cotabilild Newspaper called "The orld ;" he made it timiVIIMISO much amusing pleasantry. and oreasionallv of coallgerffir, biography. In the article entitle 'lle tiebali" bt • sketched the boyhood of some of the greatest was la We country. and in the same paper, io a series of numbers. Me the public an interesting and valuable life of Mr. Elm's. Ile is the author of nothing dramatic. rethink. beyoisd unless very pointed Epilogues. occasionally at the denim of their friends. may be tflought bey and them. Its Mei lections that flow in upon us respecting Tophlss. Pris i n g 6. with a character of high and poti.Awd manners, oromposisi whit some peculiarities that were harmless. as tisanes olss are now become no peculiarities at eq. To slifift# 1 4111 .,_ 111 , he himself has written of Elves —" In the Mesa Ol W p. almoners. and io the finished politeness of Ms slit" the" was more than a counterbola nee (+wall hie dagelndlleS.“ On the 49th nit., in the 7tith yerr of leis ace. Tbeasi Talbot Gorsuch, Esq.. of Queen -square. Mesbniaster. On Friday evening at Whiteball-place,John Garde% On" in his thStb year. Oa the Mb alt.. at Col-" Isliostas. MY. Mgr/ Fan.' Halepton. On Sato Meglas, Oa the Myth alt.. at Cotehroot-row, in the Mth year of hie age. Oa the *id alt.. Mr. Thomas hia.heirs, of Oak Istapton, late of Trdtlingtua. la the 67th fear of MI Oa Saturday morning. at Sunbury, to Ma Ma ran Itratts. Eaq., of Main. merlon : Prettied and Pabllalsed by the R. WARDELL Jae. at lift 00or, Ne. 1114. JIM Vt. destine' MINA I where Mt • dors, and Adsertemesta are requested to be • •