The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-06-22 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN. *Arnim( all before him. No meeting had taken place wirr en the marine forces of the Patriots and Royalists. lir the schooner Jane, from Havannah, we learn, t i n t on the 16th inst. 37 officers of the army were ar row(' there, fur reasons unknown. The public mind f ns in a very unsettled state ; many of the inhabitants , p peared anxious that the island should he declared a t iepentlent Gf Spain. The liritish ship of war Nau tili., from Jamaica, was taking in specie at Havannah. Quebec Papers have also arrived 'to the 27th of Nly• MONTREAL, MAT f.—Montreal has seldom or ever ex. perienced a 67C more extensive and destructive titan that which took place on Thursday evening ; it broke out in a larte building retired a little from the western side of College-street; nor did it close until it had eonsntned a lame range of houses, including the theatre, which has thus shared the Lite of those of Philadelphia and Wash ington. Tli;s morning, Friday, we visited the place, which presents to the eye a square of desolation, smok ing with recent conflagration, amongst which were wan derioe the nohr,Ty sufferers. The number of houses beret amounts to 22, the greater part of which were wocden tenements: those of a better description have heen ensured. To detail individual losses would at pre sent butt the feelings of the sufferers, as it is almost ir.,pm Bible. 'the Hop! Charlotte arrived this morning from Que be:; this is the frst vessel from that place since the frost broke up. Four hundred vessels had arrived there pre vious to her sailing; four were lost on the passage, one of them with a very valuable cargo on hoard. (CRON THE CHRONICLE or THE STH OF MAT.) His Majesty's frigate Ipliigenia, of 42 guns, sailed frow Port Royal yesterday, on a cruise. Jamaica Papers arrivei this morning to the 9th of }lay. (ranm THE ROT 11. CI lIZETTR CT THE 29TH APRIL.) Accounts from Ilavannah state, that Captain Brown, aid the crew of the piratical schooner, Panama, taken a. Tenadada de Cuba, bad arrived at that place, and were tried and condemned to fourteen years bard labour in the mines. General Moril!o, according to the last accounts, was at Payo, a solel village in advance of Valencia, with 4,000 men, and the regiment of Valencia, 1,200 strong, in his rear at Victoria. This would certainly seem to indicate a retrograde movement, if we compare it with the accounts from La (Juin, which state Morino to be at CaLabor°. (FRO.I THE ROTAL GAZETTR OP TAR 22111 APRIL.) There have been several arrivals from the Main dur ing the seek; no action, it seems, has taken place be tween the contending armies. On the contrary, we understand that Morns wJs returning from Pao to Vs lensia, the patriots not having made their appearance. It is also stated, that a great number of foreigners, with a Colonel at their Isead i had gape over to the Ihryalieve - Rear-Admiral Sir Home Popham proceeded on a cruise in the Sybille frigate, of 4S guns, on Monday afternoon; the Sybille ;gas accompanied by the Con si.ince, of IS guns. The usual salutes were fired on the vessels quitting port. The settlement of the important question, which orates such deep and universal interest, has been once more dc!ayed. At the moment when the im arose crowd of Members and of strangers thrilled with anxiety on hearing Mr. Wit.nrstroaca's name called yetter‘lay by the SPEAKFR. the Hon. Gentleman was nut to be found. The call was vainly repeated several times, and a feeling like consternation was beginning to spread through the House, when the champion of peace made his appearance, and was greeted with cheers by the assembled multitude. His absence had been the more remarkable, as it seemed to be the effect of some external occurrence, the Hon. Member having been seen in his place about half an Lour before. The satisfaction expressed at his return was, however, soon damped, by the intelligence that circumstances had arisen which compelled him to im plore the House to grant a further delay. The first burst of disappointment displayed itself in an almost universal cry of " No!" but a few moments' conside ration led to the conviction, that, in a case like thepre sent, too much caution could not be used, and that if one day were necessary to enable the Hon. Member to re consider his motion, and to frame it in such a manner as to meet the views of the lligb Parties, whose dearest interests it involved, one day should not be refused. The proposed delay was therefore granted ; but not without a remarkable expression of impatience on the part of Mr. nutter, who, since the introduction of tbis subject into the House, has maintained a kind of neutrality, which some would be apt to consider omi nous. Iro sootier bad this point been settled, than the most extravagant conjectures were formed, and the wildest rumours set on foot to endeavour to explain the grounds which had so suddenly arrested Mr. Wusisit specs iu his coarse. It was said, amongst other things, that bey Mssesry had dismissed Mr. , BaotGH.I.3l from her Councils, and retracted all the concessions which he had made in her name: The Waist, it was added, bad eves intended se repair tq the House, in person, to demand an imme diate trial, sr the restoration of her rights. It appears, that at the very time when we were ex- Pressing yesterday the following sentiment--• it may I astonish the country that a !nano( Mr. IFtLISIIIOIICIO2 I Telitispit priorijass sisox/dprepore to malice'. a 9psEN t 9 stir, the prayers of her people," her MAJZSIT was 'rails' to Mr. Wmasaroaca, w to express her sur prise that aGeitternos: of his religions priasiplas and or sb.siox opinions should proposer to the Qtrisis to with -4." 4 creeiffrom the prowess of the people." It was t''4 jest ant feeling remonstrance which Induced the Honourable (lentleman to suspend his motion ye terday, probably for the purpose of communic &op with her BlaJewry. 1V understand that he has sine so modified his proposition as to remove the objectiol. entertained against it. We therefore sincerely hope the' when brought before the House this evening it ma) meet with the success it deserves, and lead to the be nelicial result which it is intended to produce. We cannot, however, refrain from repeating what we yesterday maintained, that her MAJESTY cannot he expected to yield that point, which is the grand desideratum in the opposite quarter, without making sacrifice of every point that is valuable in charac ter, as a female and as a QUEEN. We again assert ' what we then declared, that if her 111.w.sry can be prevailed upon to consent that her name should not , be restored to the Liturgy, an equivalent, if it be pos sible Ai equivalent can be devised, must be resorted to as a means of removing the unfavourable impres sions which the removal of her name had originally caused, and must continue to produce. From all that we have been led to conceive of her MAJESTY'S charac ter, as well as of her 31aaestv's right, we hesitate not to confess that, if her 111a.tesTv has not persevered in that determination which we had reason to expect, our disappointment will be greater than we shall ever ven ture to express.--But our confidence iu her consistency is still unshaken. Earl Oroavenor, last night, in the House of Peer., made a motion for a reduction in the present military establishment. We are glad to find some Members, in both Houses of Parliament, retaining so much of the genuine constitutional feeling, respecting standing ar mies, as to enter a protest against the alarming ex tent to which they have at present been augmented. The press of other interesting matter of a temporary nature prevented us the other day from making our remarks on the objections urge 1 so f .rcibly by Mr. Honuocsa and Colonel Davies against the spirit and expense of our military force ; nor could we notice, as we ought, the observations made so judiciously, the night before last, by Mr. J. SMITH, on the extrava gance that pervades the whole of our system of Oo vernment. It was the fault, as Mr. 53117 so justly said, not only of the Ministers, but of the Parliament that countenanced it, and of the body of the people who regarded it with apathy. A large and expensive mili tary establishment is as Pattering to pride and folly, as it is advantageous to idleness and peculation. Perhaps, with the exception of those religious feuds into which poor human nature has been betrayed by want of a due understanding of the benevolent spirit ' of real Christianity, and by the artifices of ►igots and of those whose interest it has been to throw amongst mankind the apples of discord, there is in active life no inconsistency so great as that which we every where behold, of the great mass of the people in most countries being made the voluntary instruments of their own degradation. And perhaps, of all other instances of this monstrous anomaly on record, nu one is so strange, so unaccountable, so pernicious, nor so full of certain fearful, though perhaps future accountablenes4, as that of the people of one country 'offal ing, nay, as it were in some cases offering, themselves to be set in hostile array against each other; that, without pPrsonal itijnry, attack, or even insult, the people of any nation should be opposed in &ally or personal combat against their fellow-men. Where have been the effects of the boasted spirit of philantbrophy ?—where have been the results of the vaunted doctrines of Christianity, as taught by the precepts and recorded in the sacred Gospel of their divihely commissioned Teacher, which have thus proved ineffectual to restrain mankind from the perpetual violation of its first principles, from gratifying the must diabolical passions, from destroying the order and happiness of the creation of the Almighty, and sacrificing their own best in terests here and hereafter? " War is a game," said a celebrated moralist of the last century, " which, were the people wise, Kings would not play at." At that royal game Kings hare, however, played; and what hare been the results? Happy, comparatively happy, should we of this country be, if past, or even present experience (dreadful as it is), could furnish the cata logue of consequences I How greatly those in store may exceed the past and present, it would be presumptuous to attempt to determine ; bat the prospect is almost overwhelming. We mean not to restrain the efforts, to check the zeal, to cool the benevolence. to weaken the truly Christian spirit of the friends of peace, directed is any channel calculated to bring into deserved hatred and necessary disuse that infernal love of war which has de luged both continents with blood—which has turned man into a monster—which, whilst it has violated the I revealed will of God, has sacrificed the best interests of man ; but experience is better than precept ; and if the experience this country now has, and that which it is about to encounter, teaches not practically. as well as painfully and effectually. the lessons of peace and good-will to man," then neither will belief become general, “ though one rose from the dead." The folly, as well as impiety of wars, for .‘ the defeats of religion and social order" (so called), must be made *prima threegh suffering; and although the people ot this assentry congratulated themselves, that the wan excited by their *Oen deluged with blood only the country of I their neighbours, having partaken in their pile. they mast in vain expect exception from the punishment. Ent it may be said that, as the people of this coun try were not fully, fairly. sad freely represented in that branch of the Constitution, peculiarly and emphatically their own, their anent and ammo were not given to the warlike system of politics, whi'•h will distinguish in history, to the astonish ment of after•ases, the reign of lisonost THE TbIIRD. How far permission may incur the moral guilt of perpe oration, we will not pretend to determine; but of this we nay be certain, that it will in this case be involved in lie penal consequences. And it is of consequences, not principles, that we would now speak. We cease to ad. lress ourselves to Englishmen, as actuated by an en. :iglitened spirit or lore of rational liberty. We call not upon them, in this day of danger and dismay, in the sacred name of country—long ago we fear, with the venerable Bishop of LANDAP?, that narrow selfish feel ings have embruted a great portion of our countrymen, And rendered them callous to superior impressions— hut we call upon them, by that sense of danger to their own persons, to the persons of their families (for whom the preponderance of selfishness has not yet destroyed all regard), and by the love of personal property and its indulgences, now, in this crisis of their own and of their country's fate, "TO KNOW WHAT TRUTH IS, AND TO POL. LOW IT." A good tree cannot bring forth bad fruit, neither can a just and wise administration of govern ment produce distressful and dangerous results to the peace, liberty, and happiness of Nations. IN ALL CAM. " by their /roils ye shall know them :" and it would be as rational to expect salutary fruit from the Upas-tree, which scatters desolation and death on all around, as to hope for relief to a suffering country from those men, on those menages which have brought it into its present state of distress, which have increased the Public Expen diture, according to the Report of the Committee of Finance of the last Session, from 13,969,178/., which it was in the year 1790, to G 7,779021. in 1819; and the PRAMESTARLDIIIMENT ONLY, from 5,391,•_'06/. to 20,839,038/. !! WISTMIMPTIREILTI,IO.—The appointment of a Westminster Meeting to address the Queen is post poned from day to day, like the Parliamentary di!,eus rion on her Majesty's affairs. We know not whether the High Bailiff's delay be designed as a compliment to the Inhabitant Honseholders of Westminster, but it surely indicates an apprehension that the sentiments these worthy gentletneu might be disposed to express to her Majesty might have a powerful influence upon her Majesty's determinations. It had been pron:ised by the High Bailiff, as we stated on Saturday, that he would on Tuesday decide upon the appointment of the meeting, but, on the application of the deputation at the time proposed, instead of obtaining a decided an swer to the Requisition, they were only informed of its further adjournment. The following note from the Deputy Bailiff is the last intimation which the-e gen tlemen have received of she High Bailiffs will and pleasure relative to the meeting : "Ste—ln reply to your note jest received, I beg to say, that I have received instructions from Mr. Morris to postpone fixing the day for the Westminster 3leating till after Wednesday next. " Your obedient servant, . _...... alra•M a••• MB a • 41 # It Iftpri.e. Jew W." Prince Leopold will, it is said, succeed to the varant Chair of the Royal Soeiev. instead of the late vene rable Sir Joseph Banks. Baronet. The contest for the *presentation of the City of Dublin will be the most severe known for many years. Mr. Ellis has declared that he will, if necessary, spend the last shilling of his twins' tether than nut succeed. Saturday morning, t►e Glasgow carps of yeomanry learalry marched for Stirling, where they are to re main for ten on permanent duty. They mustered strong, there being few absent, and Viose detained either by sickness ot pressing business. - - - 1 1 ORM ClTY.—Letters from the south of Russia sate, that M. Kaptncst, a German proprietor, has dis covered an ancient mole, and other unquestionable re mains of a Greek town, at a village called Kuktaucl, situated between' Katfa and Sadack, in the Crimea. M. K. believes them to be the ruins of Theotbsia ; but a correspondent, who has visited the spot, is hardly persuaded to refer them to so considerable a city. Since the late stir in trade, says the EdiAergh Reeniftg Conroe', the coaches between Glasgow and Paisley have regularly at least a third more pa3sengers than they got fur some time before. The East India Company's ships General Harris and Warren Hastings, arrived in the Downs yesterday.— The General Harris left St. Helena the 3d of May, and on the 6th of Jane fell in, and continued in company with the Warren Hastings. The Canning and Lady Melville, oni arrived at St. Helena on tho lit of May, The Marquis of Mundy, also outward-bound, was all well on the 29th March, in lat. 1. 30. N. Ay the Prince Blucher, arrived in the Downs from 'Calcutta, advices from the Cape of Heed Hope to the 19th of April have been received. At that time the rolonists for Algoa Bay lay in quarantine on board the I transports, in consequence of the small-pox having 1 bruken out on board ; but they were then doing well, and were only waiting for a fair wind to proceed to their destination. The Prince Blucher touched at Awed's' on the Bth of May, and left ther, his Ma jesty's ships Pheasant awl Heron. The Tarter h.d sailed the day before for the West Indies. IMIPRONTI.T. wk 'Web In tbs forest grows Protected Marks saes from kis foes ; And sow eosin W..d Is semi llbelawieg Britala's gracious guess. ZPITAPH LPON Fit=MM. ISMS or wain. too •11' cEOIIIII H. AND rvrooo or *co Lott moo swoon tat., room -moan's /*averts state." Hon Soo Moe* Foie, Homo Mos ora•og Hie deed: Hod it bees Ms lather, We bad meek radar; Had It boss Ida metber. •star Ibis say odor; Mad It Mao Ma dear. lair aaaallitav• lased Mr ; nad k bass iba whale poraradda. Taa theft WOW for the aatiaa ; la. .roe Ile only Fob. %ones so in bo mid. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEwcAtrrLi: RACES. MONDAY. PAINE 19. The Produce Stakes of 30gs each, h. ft. for 3-yr olds; ell's. Fat. 41b. ; fillies, Sat.—Two miles. Mr. Loftus's ch. f. Woodbine 1 Mr. W. Orde's b. c. Felton Sir Wm. Maxwell's cb. c. Monreitit Sir M. W. Ridlo)'s b. e. by Comes Mr Hutchinson's h. f. by Walton Mr. Hiddell's h. c. by X. Y. Z. Sir Alva. Don's ch. e. by Welton and 7 to 4 Monteith airs' the fiel.l-4 to I asst WoJdblue -3 to 9 apt Felton.—Won Very easy. The Northumberland Stakes of Vigs each, p. p. for horses. te. of all axes, bona lido the property of the subscriber at the time of oatnlaz ; 3-yr olds, bit. 10ib. ; 4-)r olds, Set. filb. ; 3-yr olds. s;t. 101 b. ; (4yr olds and aged, Sst. TM o Wks awl a quarter. Marquis of Queensberry's b. e. Gonsaltri, 3-yes old Mr. Latobloa's b. e. Agricola, 4-) rs uld to 1 on Agricola. Sweepstakes of 50gs. each, h. ft. fnr 3-yr olds; colts, Sst. Si; Mlles, Rit.--7;:..wcastle Turn-In. W. Brandlinit's b. c. by Orville MU+AS of Queensberry's h. c. by Cardinal York Mr. Lambton's hr. c. by .imnlensko Et en on the Marquis of Queensharry's b. c. RIOT IN WESTMINSTER. --.1.1..- A nnmber of the lower orders of the Irish who live in the neighbourhood of Westminster, suddenly col lected together last night about seven o'clock, in coh nequence of some quarrel which briginated between two men. After being sonic time in the adjacent !greet!, they went to a house in St. Ann's -court, St. Ann's-street ; there they became very riot, us, and se veral of then being intoxicated, they occarioned con siderable uneasiness to the peaceable inhabitants the neighbourhood. The noise and out rare c o l: fi l med to increase till eleven o'clock, when the watchman of the place interfered, and endeavoured to ret.orc This not only proved ineffectual, but hr got himself *r verely beaten by them. Constables came to his assistance, but with as little success. Several police-offirerswere then sent for; but the rioters, who by this time were very numerous, overpowered them also. It was found ne cessary to send for a file of soldiers from the Illor*e• guards; on their arrival they were attacked by the rioters, and pelted with brick-hats, stones, and tiles, which were torn front the top of the house and thrown among them. The horse was nearly un roofed, for the purpose of obtainin; s.— The soldiers, after using every means to quell the tnitult, were obliged to fire five or six rounds ; this -enabled them to get to the door of the hou.e and break it open. On entering, a man presented a pivol at the breast of the Lieutenant who accompanied the soldiers; it fortunately fissile in the pan, and he was secured, along with eight others, who were safely lodged in the watch-honer. The rest were then dispersed. The rioters, it is said, were chiefly composed of Irish labourers in the empl of the Ilan.-light Company. They allege, that they can muster 5110 strong; they appear to he desperate and dangerous men. Two constables were severely hart in the affray.----The men who were taken, it is expected, will undergo au examination at the Police, Queen-square, in the course of to-day. XArdIL LXTELLIGEXCE. Dm, Jt•Ne 21.---Arrived yesterday the Prim.. Blocher, Johnson, from Calcutta, instead of the Bar ro•a, wgich vessel was reported by mistake.--Arrived last night, and sailed this morning, with the wisnie of the homeward-bound, for the River, the Thomas Oren vine. Manning, from Madras and Bengal; Morris, from Bombay ; Sir Godfrey Webster, Boy es,. from Jamaica; Hannah, Powditch, from Cadiz; Prim e Regent, Taylor, fron► Tobago; Douglas, from New York, for Ant werp ; Colonist, from Barbadoes ; Urauze Litchfizid, from the Sonth Seas ; Anna, Phillips, Croat Valparaiso; and two others, particulars unknown.--- The Anna remains.--Came down from the River the Arethusa, Norie, f,,r Jamaica ; and Mary, Harvey, for Havannah ; and sailed, with the whole of the outward bound.--Put back the Hirondelle, Denrnouchelle, for Havre. POITSNOCTII, JUNK P.—. Arrived the Lucy, Coh en, from Zante ; a:td Eardston, Whiteman, from (.iibraltar. —Sailed the Ann, Ray, for London ; Ulory, Down, for Halifax ; and Hope, Bootie, for Sunderland. PLYMOUTH, Juxt 20.—Passed up Channel the Dart, Corbyn, front New Providence. PaLmovri, June Ill.—Arrived the Doke of Marl borough packet, with a mail from Lisbon; sailed the 29th ult. itLMO2I•II. Just' 19.—Arrired the Lady Welliag- I ton packet, with a mail, from Jamaica, in 41 days ; Trittovirate, Oreen , from the Bay of Row, out 11 1, weeks; his Majesty's ships Lee and Helicon, from a cruise.—Arrived of the port, the Lloyd's, ill'Pherson. from Bengal and the Cape, and proceeded for Londe.. H•awsen, Jame 2'l ...Arrived the Jane packet. with a mail from Gottenburg.—.ailed the Lord Nelson pa.ket, for Holland, and Earl Leicester ditto, for Cux haven, each with a mail. LIVERPOOL, Jules 19.—Arrived the Edward Downes. Russell, from New Orleans ; Orion, Banks, from Jam& ca ; Gratitmde, Kinnear, from Chariness; Diana,Ward, from Savannah ; Barham Castle, kl•Pberson, frau tilde; L'Activs, from Ostend; and Sanger, Wiekhald, from Dentsic. LIVERPOOL, JuNs 20.—Arrived the Echo, Hender son, from Maranhao; Lancaster, Banks, from liar badoes ; Kingman, M'Dowall, from Calcutta---salkid 24th January; from Madras fth February; Bitd keel the Cape Bth April. Loft at Calcutta the Primass Charlotte, Milan. loading for Liverpool. Left at the Cape the Baring, Leah; and Barton, Goldsmith. for London. On the 9th June, in lat. 48. 5. loaf. ft spoke the Bridges, whaler, Davies, with 100 teas of oil. Os the 10th June spoke the General Mirk. from China for London. The extraordinary answer of 1,474 apricots were plucked from a tree last week at Colialt-fern, seer Hearn, in Root. is order to thin it of fruit. that she remainder. &boat the same number, might &ital. their full growth. In the neighbourhood of Caaterbury, a viper. which 'measured three fort six inches. was tak .11 a 1 o es Tuesday bet, and en its being killed and mane 1. a to.ul, of an ;unseal large size, an 1 in a perk, • lest was found is the body. .• eiNi - _ ,IGENCE. CIES. 9. ft. for 3-yr olds; ell's, 'wo miles. 1 4 6 0 7 ,to I ass' WoJdbine— very easy. I each, p. p. for horses, arty of the subscriber 610. Ina). ; 4-)r olds, 'r olds and aged, 9st.— slid, 3-yrs old Jld Is. yr olds; colts, fist. S'3.; Turn-la. trdinal York ti rnshltrry's b. c. of the Irish who live inster, suddenly col- 'even o'clock, in rob- briginated between me in the adjacent St. Ann's -court, St. very riot, u•, and se- they ocearioneil con- table inhabltants in nd entrap• coi:ti nitro! len the watchman of nred to restore order. but he got himself *r- euse to his assistance, nlice-offirerswerr then y this time were very o. It was found 'ic- ier' from the Illorse• rert attacked by the s, stones, and tile, of the house and ,ttsc was nearly un- btainin; s.— I means to quell the five or six rounds ; I e door of the house sg, a man presented be Lieutenant who fortunately Avilir d, along with eight in the watch-loins.. 'he rioters, it is said, soarers in the empl ey allege, that they pear to he desperate ;tables were severely rho were taken, it is nation at the Police, Way. p i) rG EXCE. 'esterday the Prince instead of the Ba;- oy mistake.--Arrived 11 sg, with the whinle of er, the Thomas Oren- and Bengal ; Frey Webster, Doves,. 1, from Cadiz; Princ e Douglas, from New o Barbadoes; Ursuze Anna, Phillips, frua tinders unknown.-- s from the River the id Mary, Harvey, for thole of the outward. Denrnouclselle, fur ved the Lney, Cullen, .man, fmm Gibraltar. scion ; Glory, Down, m. Sunderland. up Channel the Dart, I the Doke of Marl- in Lisbon; sailed the d the Lady Welliag- ;mica, in 41 days ; iy of Roses, out II and Helicon, from a Lloyd's, M'Phereon, romeded for Londe's. • 1 the Jane packet, tiled the Lord Nelson °ester ditto, for Cox. • I the Edward D*lllllll, t, Banks, from Jens& Ulnae ; Dlona, , Ward, [Thereon, frost tilde ; 1 ger, Withheld, kenl d the Echo, HeoJer- -1 r, Banks, front Dar- win Calcutta---salltii February; tied front 'alcatta the Princess Liverpool. Leh at Barton, Goldsmiths 'lat. 48. 5. long. SO. We, with 100 lona of the General Heck, 1,474 apricot* wets 1 Colialt-farat. newt it at frail. that the • sight attain their iterbory, a viper, bee, was nth n a 1 n —t!! killed and *pearl, -I in a pert* • stet • tat • T