The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-10-22 00:00:00

IMP" !r:z; r 77. ....... TUE CAPTI rE PRINCESS. (PRO)i TILE 'ARM 3117.:1CURY.) With the persuasion drat a public journalist cannot Ise 'more usefully employed than investigating the pre-, tensions of public character', for the purpose of esta blishing and supporting the olaiins of the meritorious. and putting down fraud anti imposture, we have be stowed some pains upon the pretensions of a lady who has lately attracted a good deal of . attention, and who is now soliciting the public synipatly and support for " Captive Princess." This lady is no less a person age than the soi-desante Princess of Cumberland, whose pretensions are set forth in a petition to the Muse of Commons, on the 14th of July, 1820. This petition states_ ahat the petitioner, Olive Wilmot Serves, was the ligitimate danghter of the late Duke .-Of Cumberland, whose marriage with her mother, Mrs. Ann Mortises, had been solemnised in the year 1767, and that she became the affspring of that marriage in , the year 1772. The marriage was kept secret; and the Duke_ afterwards inarriA again : this second mar ' tie r +, did•not, however, vitiate the first; and the Pe titioner,. in consequence of her royal birth, Conceived • herself to he entitled to certain property belonging to berdeceassed father. She further stated, that she' • had in her possession a document with the late King's sign manual, acknowledging her to he his brother's child and she prayed the House to institute an en . glary into her claims. This petition was orderesl to lie un..the table% bat the sebsequent Session of Parlia ment paved over without the investigation having been instittit.ef. This heroic Princess still continued to advance her pretensions, and Et f.!iv weeks ago she repaired to one of the churches of the mr.tropolis to take the benefit of the ceremony of baptism. The public sympathy to ards the nermnade Ch still rietian Princessi ichetl , and last week she put forth a placard, which was in rittstrionsly posted on the wails of the metropolis, and of which tile following is a copy :- 11 NUS:Cr:IS OF CCNIDCRI,AND IN CAPTIVITY, " Contrary to her Rights, Privileges, and Rank, at Mr. Davis's. 45, King-street. Soho. ~ " Princtsse of Uninherland informs the Enclish tritinn, that an execution has been served on her body f'r debt, and that the late King bequeathed her 15,000/. which has been proved "according to law," and applis i e4tion mule to Lord Shimmy's for the payment of that settiovithout effect : therefore, not having received one guinea from the liovernnient, or any of the large stuns hequerthed to her by her uncle, King (hinge the Third, she is under the painful necessity of appealing to the bottonrable generosity of the British public. " Olive." " 43, King-street. Soho, Oct. 9." To add to the force of her pretensions, the tlieconso late Princess addressed a letter to the ex-Sheriff of Lon. rion,J. W. Parkins, Ecq. culling upon bins to contradict • a tattooer that had gone abroad, to the effect that he had lent her large sums of money, and that his friendship to wards her was not altogether Platonic. With this call the gallant en-Sherifftlid not fail promptly to comply, adding thrt his friendship anti considerations towards her ori ginated entirely in the belief of her being an unfortu nate descendant of the Royal Family of this kingdom, in proof of which she had ehJwn him many corions do cuments, and particularly a correepondeoce with the late Deke of Kent, from which it aepears, that he acknow ledged her as his " cousin." A claim to Royal parentage, however fallacious, has often been attended with consequences the most di tas trims in the country where it is made, and an attempt to excite public sympathy by false pretension is the most effectual way to dam up the streams of charity. We will not say that the " Princess Olive" is an int pofture, but we will state the pedigree and connexions of a real Olive Wilmott, and the details will not only shake the faith of Mr. Sheriff Parkins, but of every other person in the country whO may have given credence to the tale of wee. It happened then, that in the year 1772 (mark the time), there was burn in the borough of Warwick, a youirg lady, the daughter of Mr. Robert Wilmott, a hurler-painter, by Anne-Muria, his wife. This infant was baptised at the pariah church of St. Nicholas, in that Borough, on the 15tIt a April, 1772, by the name of When.of a proper age she was put to school, and diselayed the first fruits of a very vivid imagination: l and siteh Was her power of invention, that if she had ho nestly employed her faculties in the production.arf ;A new series of Arabian Tales, she might at this moment have been in the enjoyment of respect and competeney. Sub ... sequeet to quitting school she went to reside with her uncle, the Rev. Dr. Wainscot, who enjoyed the living of Barton on the Heath. While in this situation, she ap peared as.a witness upon a very extraordinary trial for a burglary in her uncle's house, against two men, who were tried, convicted, and executed for that offence. Her story was atost marvellous, and her own conduct, as she represented it, most- heroic. After the death of the Doc tur, n bo'k was . puhlieheri, of which our heroine was the, author, the object of which was to'prove that her *uncle was the real Janine. In the mean time she married to a person of the name of Serres, we believe a foreigner by birth, and a dancing master er portrait painter by pro fission. lite rest of her history is oblivion : possibly! she became a Princess. The lady. of whom we speak was famed for dealing in ductunectal evidence ; but unforttinately for beriete.o the writers Idea her documents always happened ter die before their letters and certificates are proditeeek The Warwick fami y have long been the objskteof her! solicitude, sad is, n regard had she fur their lionour and reputation, that she made an offer to one of that fa anily to wilkbohl from the public the letters, teal or pre tended, of another member of them, then deceased, for a Valuable consideration. Tu gratis) the fair lady's taste for documents, we beg leave to present to the pule lie a certificate of some iusportance ist this affair, which we have been at the pains to obtain from the register of the parish church of St. Nicholas, in the terrine' of Warwick.rehoiog to the baptiser of Olive Wilnmtt. is as follows '• April April 15. Int (Baptised) Olive, daughter of Robert and Anne Maria Wilmott." . We have not soother word to add upon the subject. except to iseisite whether the Olive Wanton. christened at Warwick as the dssirbter of Robert . Wilmott. in , 1» is tlitasame Who Wilmot who avai rheisteued in Louisa is ilf a. as site dsogittee.of the Duke of tow berisad ? kik*. este Is Iwo a ono* estraordlaser ootasidsasa al mass% aid circumstances. , . i - • rHit t4TAT - .. PRICK OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT OWE ICYCLOCII. 1 Bank Stock !HOP Indle Stook • 3 per Cent.Re4 7MI DlttoSonde —• —s. 73 Os. 3 per Cent. Con. TSI2I - Seuth-Mee Atm* 33 per Ce:4 flooth Sea um Ann. .. 4. per Cents. 1/411 Et` 9111eld. IMO/. es.4siiii: 5 e - r Ct.Nery 11 la ---11001. Us. fis. /mope. S per Cent. ----Smell 7‘.60. pm._ Long Ann 193 1 India for dime Imp S ter Ce, - !t. Con. for fleet 791 9 93 [rich Es per Cent. Lott. T.nkets 194.• 19.. LONDON: moNDAT EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1821. A private letter from the Havannah received this morning states, that a suspension of arms has taken place in Mexico. New York Papers arrived this morning to the 26th September, from which we extract the following FROM THE GAZETTE OF THE 24TH. NAVY DEPARTNIENT.---Ali vessels bound to the West Indies and Gulph of Mexico that shall rendezvous by the 15th flay of October next, in latitude 37 degrees North, andelo leagues east off Cape Henry of abe Chesapeake Bay. may have the benefit of convoy of the United States ship Hornet, and brig Spark. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM PERNA:HUECO, At:G. 25. On Satnrolav evening, the 21st ult. the General of this place in passing the bridge of Banavista, in eons pany with his private secretary, and a merchant lately arrived from England, bat a Portuguese, was fired at by a man concealed at the quay. The Uensral was wounded in several places ; the merchant accompanying him was also wounded, I nth are, however, in a fair way of recovery. The . onse hence of this has been that more than 200 persons have been apprehended, and are still confined in various prison'. It is said that Lisbon will he their destination. On 310allaY follow ing a body was found floating on the water, which was exhibited the whole day in the streets, with a reward o:rered to any one who could give information. Government suppose this to be the person who fired at the General, for on his firing he threw himself into the water. A large pistol was found between his jacket and shirt. Two pieces of Horse Artillery, and 50 (cot, with the same number of Cavalry, are plant ing the h . use in which the Governor lays woumled. (COMMERCIAL ADVENTI'RER Or THE 24TH seer ] FROM HAVANNAII AND MEXICO. An arrival at Mexico has furnished us with dates from Vera Cruz to the sth of August. On the 341 of August General O'Donojn landed at Vera Cruz as Captain General and Political Chief of the Kingdom of Mexico, the title of Vice Roy having been abolished by the Constitution. On the same day he issue& a Proclamation to the people, and on the 4th, in a pub. lie address, be congratulated the troops and inhabit ants on their having annihilated the enemy's forces which hail appeared before their walls, the greater part of which, he observed, paid for their temerity nit!' the loss of life and liberty. On the :nit!' ult. a fleet of 20 merchantmen sailed from the Havanna!' fur Cadiz, under convoy of two sloops of war. Cuanissrox, SEPT. 10.—Captain Jelielfße left St. Jago de Cuba on the 20th of August ; informs that the troops composing the Garrison of Boyce Chiea had arrived at Cuba an prisoners of war. The capture of Bocce Chica must soon lead to the fill of Carthagena, and the latter place is probably in possession of Boll var. The reinforcement of troops which is- supposed to be levied in America, have positively refused to take part in the war, and have been sent to Jamaica. where i they arrived the 10th of August. Although the dif. ferences existing between the United States and France have not yet been settled, American teasels continue to be admitted as formerly into the colonial ports of Martinique and Guadeloupe. . CI'IMACOA, AUG. 11.—The Governor has received official information . from General La Torte, dated 29th July, of Legatira having been declared in the same state of blockade, as the harbours and coasts of M are .caibo, Coro, and Barcelona, and that all vessels attempt ing to enter Lagnira, reckoning for 14 days from the date of Torre's dispatch, will be considered as good ad lawful prim. , , VULVA at A Rtve l8 .— There c, Aro. 18.—here IS 'no miiii of importance to communicate, except thitt 1700 rain, who sailed not long since, from Porto Cabello. for Corn, have been completely defeated at the latter place, by the patriot*. and the roOitits could not re-embar more than 3or 400 men. An immocse quantity o ' arms and ansmimition fell into the hands of the independents. Nonroi.x.-- , The Boad of Health of Norfolk, report one death, from milignant fever on Saturday lath ion-., two on Monday 17th ; and two on Thursday the Ititb. They rate that the number of new eases and deaths has greatly diminished during the last week. PIRACIE4.—Many of the lute Piracies seem to pro ceed from a nest of ruffians whose place of resort is somewhere near the Havaanah. It is to be hoped ef• fectual measures will .be adopted by the Government to extirpate them. A siagle sloop of wir or even a C. Stutz schooner would suffice. On so occasion should 'ha blood of as American Cititea be spilt, his hair be toothed, or the slightest kiosk offered bile by any citizen of another teenier, without signal punish meet being pa the °treader ; meth lees should; ' any offset* be tolerated when it proceeds Snout a pi rate. What think•yee ftentien of the Caked *NM peeud eitit-sa of suck i If on. of yew ftllovr citilllll (as related Ivey last roped) bullet a "pi i• •• • • 4111 p tled round Isis peck in defiance of your power, of his head beiv.placed upon a block for the amnsement of Pirates, and of his bring stabbed. Does not his "VOA arouse you from your lethargy ? Does it tart Mill forth the averging sword .of jnstice? Your 43o vernment will follow whatever impu'se you give. Your voice need only be heard. it will be obeyed. By Paris papers to the 20th we have received an article of the 7th inst. hem Vienna, which says--" We have just learnt that our capital will not he lionotirml L uo by the presence of the King of Great Britain. d'Ainee Nicholas Esterliazy, in consegnence of some gracious expressions addressed to him by that Monarch respect ing Vienna, had imagined that it was his intention to visit it, and had sent orders by an extraordinary courier to make suitable preparations at his residence of Eisenhart., in Hnngary, and at his palace in town. These preparations have now been conn - ermanded by a second courier." The intelligence from Ba;codona is of the most afflicting nature. It comes down as late as the 6th instant, when the ravages of the fever were still on the incriese. M Toitosa and in the vicinity of that town it raged with still more violence. These' papeis also bring accounts of the capture of several fortified towns by the (;reek's, and of the geieral pro gress of their arms in the Morea. From the °rollers given by the Emperor ALEXANDER. on his arrival at Witepsk, in his way to visit the various corps of his army, and from a superior (officer having been dispatch ed to the bead-quarters of Count WITTGENsTriN, on the Pruth, it is inferred that a settlement of the slit. ferences with the Porte has not yet taken place. Baron STitoCoNo7F, it is said, was• grael-lisly received by the Emperor at Witepsk. Fnexen Ft:stns.—Five per Cents, 99f. fie.—Bank Actionr, 1595 f. Madrid papers to the Bth inst. which have come to . hand, contain declarations from the Boards of Health from various provinces, describing the sanitary state of the districts under their jurisdiction. These reports arc generally favourable, with the exception of that from Part St. May's. The public health at Cadiz re mained unimpaired. The Cortes are constantly en gaged in discussing the important plan for the new di vision of the Spanish territory. in one of the Spanish papers, the Clkirersal of the Bth inst. we find part of a in onifesto of the Political ('hiefof Aragon, respecting the late occurrences at Saragossa, in whirls he contra dicts some parts of the statement of Kiev, which was pahlished some time ago. lie declares that he never meant to intlitile General Riego in the charge of re arblicanism. The Holy Alliance, the S ociety for the Suppression taf Vice, and other Associations, look on with Chris tian charity and patience on the decapitation and nsur 7 der of Christians in Constantinople, and the reiterated persecutions of suffering hatnanity in every part of the Turkish Empire. But the Grand Signior is aLc A ritimate, and nut accountable for those cruelties which Make humanity st utlaer; besides the Christians in those parts have committed a grand political crime, which serer can be forgiven by such moralists, such rtli giocists, such living Saints, whose thoughts are not on the pumps and vanities of this wicked work!, or the sinful lusts of the flesh, bat upon higher objects sot upon the sufferings of Greek*, who without the fear of the Lord before their eyes have declared for liberty and the Rights of the People; which. alone. is a crime of such magnitude, as to prevent the interposition of the Religious Pretenders, whose sanctity is at market to the highest bidder. The Greeks have made a noble stand against. the Mnisulutaans ; they have partly destroyed tlkrJe fleet : they have conquered them in many battles ; have besieged and taken their town', and treated the captives with humanity. as Christians shoulok The Came of the Greeks is the Cause of (leaven ; the Cause of Liberty. The Penny Subscription, if devoted to the Cause of the Clistians in Greece and Turkey, would in a few months enable them to meet the Turks in the field. Volunteers, frOm all parts of Europe, would pour in and banish the sanguinary Mussalmanns to the South of the Dardanelles, sever snore .to make Europe shudder at . their murderous deeds. Neleasecaber subacriptious for Portuguese, Seabirds, 'Germans. and Swiss ; then we ha the Frelt.h I. peror to stimulate our charitable feelings then uto. waged war against the French people for choo.ini Government for themselves. But sow that Ism:tato na ture is cruelly outraged, and thousands of Christians are immolated by monsters in human shape, we hear of no esertion made to.assist the persecuted Greeks. The Ministers of the Crown set their face against the Emancipation of Atnerica, of Greece. and the Catholics of Ireland ; they look on with apathy at the miseries they could remove, and they keep their :Water in the dark. Stick a state of things cannot long exist. The clouds of ignorance that covered the political Govern-, meats of Europe, are gradually evapor4ting obiftwe the Heavenly light of Freedom. The Greeks will ultimately conquer theirtyrants, and we shall soon have 4 reform at home, by which alone can he insured the happiness and independence of the people. A publicailoa has w ithin these few days appeared: containing sot only the correspowiessee which recently took place Isetweitaßir 11,011ERT Virrusom and the Duke of YORK, bat smote of that whictsparoest between thein at former period*. By *hit Or other memos some ether documents have cow to light. - In a fetter pablished yetterthsy s addresaml by the Doke to the gallant Knight. sad dosed t4th Alf Jaaeary. 1.113. his • Royal Highness assures him of the very favourab!e manner in which he was bnpressel by the merit of Sir Ronrn•r's zealous anti diatinguisbet; service', atd „.. expresses his regret that the principle of limitation, under which Ow (1-,ter of the Path 113.1 I.een extenfli did not admit of his name being included. To this his Royal flightless adds that, upon future occarionN he shall be most happy to bring Sir Roamer WlLaaa's name under the Pnisce R::orsT's consideration, not only Jur prVessiuitql distiiteiioa, but a 3 a ea,dirlater ur commaad of a Ctrairy regimeld. From this sc. knowledgment of Sir Kongwfs merit, what would any candid man infer ?—That it imposed peculiar oblig-ation,npon those who made it,to view Sir Itoncnfa conduct generally in a fair if not favourable con sistent with the distinguished character be had at tained by his recard to honour, and by his various and splendid military services. We repeat it, if hie merit was not entitled to this, the compliments that were paid him were hollow and devoid ~f meaning. By a perversion, however, peculiar to ('curtly parasites, this very acknowledgment to Sir Rouen, WILSON, and all this profession of future favour, is made an ea- . cure for the illiberal treatment he has siztf..red. lit is impossible, says a:ministerial jattrnal of Satnrday, , not to feel that the most sincere respect and friendly disposition were entertained by the' t7ottiniatnier-in- Chief, by his MAJESTY, and by his Majesty's Minis- ters, towards Sir RournT, as tong as ke bcksred as ' became an Wirer iu the service off' his King. If any ' alteration has taken place in their sentiments, tan- tirmes this officiona and official advocate, this letter proves it to have been occasioned by an alteration is his conduct. So then, it is avowed, at last, that if a inilitary man, however high his rank, illustrious his, character, superior his mind, or exalted his mo tives, should venture, from the dictates of his private lodgment or the impulse of an independent principle, to deviate from the line marked to him by those who ate pleased to prescribe his DI:TY to ttli KINC, he it to be punished with ali the severity which the dutiful Ministers of Majesty can indict, as if he were an ab le'', slave, constrained to yield a blind ohcdieneo to an arbitrary and capricious will, or a mere machine di vested of the faculties and privileges of man. What that duty is which Sir HOLM WILSON is charged irith having violated respecting Ills-KING, we are totally at a hiss to know. We know of no such du'y but what the Constitution or the law points out ; and We can perceive none of that kind which Sir Roars? has violated. Of the offence he stay have given MS KING in any other respect, we presume not to judp. We can only look upon offences in a legal or consti tutional light, and not as personal concerts; and it the advocates of Kingly anthority mix up pet,* with public considerations in their pruiesoftlngs in has ' ease, we are confident their maxi", are nbt ealcalated fur the meridian of England. The public as well as private individuals feel the distinction and will wet be backward to evince their sentiments. In the course of the present week they will have an opportunity of expressing them. The public meeting proposed to fake place for promoting the subscripton for Sir llottenT WILSON in the City of London, will he hell on Thursday next. In the mean time, the contribution , are gradually coming in. On Saturday, 1001. was transmitted from Col. ; 201. from the very ReV.the Dean of St. MANI, and numeronsothen. Among those we ought to mention is the sum of 501., as the commencement of a Subscription at Li verpool ; besides a very favourable promise that bps appeared in the Reform Society of Norwich. Aube end of last week, the amount of subscriptions receita .1,.W311 more than -1,550/. There is little necessity fur suggesting to the public anv fresh considerations on the subject. The feelieg and the mind of the country bare been roused ; sad its liberality:will be viral to the occasion. Were it* pealient to add to the sconsiderations we h a re previously urged, we- would only intimate our hope that the tot. rributions will be sash as not only to indemnify Sir R. Wasosf, but *secure a provision fur his family. 11 ought to •be born; in mind that by the diemissal of Rons,a4, : I4ady Wu.sort is deprived of that proti• 'ion to whicb, in case of her survival, sloe would hate Um entitled, as the widow of a General Oilicer. • I . "A letter fro% Rtftle ',entire of dee 27th of Assist stales that arrikiniritrin vessel hail arrived there frost Ulu)* in . ;lS' ifitys; with information that so FAO , h shift , Ms 'Kober; FitOen. of Plymouth, bonud frost thence to . Lima r hail bees taken by Lord Ceelsrane. - • - The letterierquestion cootafos no Intelligesee of the operations of the Chilian force from Peru. The regular packet sailed from Itiside Jsniero on the day preredisf the slate of this letter. • • Letters from ilavannah to the end of August mw us u nicate .Seine fiietfte.r particulars regarding the dir• prsidationa of . ...the viraterp in: thole seas, wise. we "or. ntH. mate be. speedily. checked or estermiao by the in:erfrrenie of Oh g svernmcnt of the Vnites [States. An asldit4onal motive for this interftwea" II given in Ire' details ? Phut. peach ed Llo y d's on Slut ' dry. ".0n the 24th orAug. the Amerieau ship lir lout Mali boarded Asv - a brat full of men from IS Insneg•et • chnoni.r ; .-tHey consisted of Spasio d '' Americans. and sinter Anglish, and they plstmlered tb %hip of 3006 dolrais:!•tipnli provisions, an . / a part of I her (.440. They isininded the captsiii is the head is I - two plares, soil titfhtsriea to wissacre slot whole of tila i crew if they slid not stand offerors tke land. . Mr. shilly,..a iriater,orPole: Las . itiserted a ktter ,ut I ,_ he Aillrild; 4 de Olimoltati* that Bonaparte' WO" 5a /111610411104/14111611 fris in • Awe -in the atilt a • work. Patitistrk . ttritailte' PoUrivag. *c. de .in eil_ i • M. Je4iy addiv..tlisa he rii nig 'ski moutier4 l . 4 si :, that frhalcia altri‘ltiltifiti.bnes: foam, as t he of Illtrogitorte. b. - ' . _ eftr e ttztrillnatt. " TEE Immo/ STATESMAN '. IS vocoaroworen WIT, " TSB STATESMAN."