The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-09-27 00:00:00

I at Sun-rise on Monday last, incladitrg 10 by malig nest fever, viz. William Levering, Fred. Otte, Mrs. Smitb, Lucy Degory, a child, Mrs. Lowry and daugh ter, Miss Cunningham, Mr. Garret Brown's son, a child, John Berkman, jun. and Pence, a black man. ' Interments for the last week, ending on Monday morning, were sixty five--of which number 14 were coloured. • It has been a finesse in the late European wars to bolster up the loss of one battle, by report of a victory ich formed a kind of for is asother qaarter , wh ed the desponding balance conse the moment, and pr event quences likely to follow a material reverse. Our Trans atlantic politicises appear to have caught the utility of adopting similar measures, and in order to coun teract the real victory of Caliboso, where the Spani ards were beaten and routed by the Independent army, or we might be allowed to add, by the noble assistance of Our countrymen, under Col. Ferrier, they have given us a Spanish victory over the patriots at Lima. —Before we credit the account, let us examine our source of information, and then calculate on the probability of its correctness. The ac count is given in the Jamaica Royal Gazette ; but bow is it given ? By accounts from Panama, under date 20th of July, by a Spanish ship Esperansa, a Spanish recollect,, which accounts were received by a schooner from Payta in ten days. These accounts from ship to ship, and from hand to hand, leaves great rdent to suppose the finesse above-mentioned has been played of en the present occasion. They tell us that 'General St. Martin. (the brave cotemporary of O'Hig. gins) had left a garrison of 900 invalids ; it don't say where : that he embarked at Quacho with 4000 men, and landed two leagues from Lima, (a fortified city); that the Royalist army attacked him and killed 1500 Cl ilians ; that St. Martin escaped with the rest, under %cover of night. The first question we naturally ask, is, what wets the Royalist army doing while St. Martin was landing 4000 men, within two leagues of the fortified city of Lima ? or, after such immense slaughter of the Independents, how comes it, they did not follow op the victory, but let a con quered army take shipping quietly, within two leagues of bead quarters? The thing is too preposterous give it a inoment's serious consideration. That a battle Lao taken place is most probable ; and that the Patriots may have received a check in an attempt on Lima is not improbable; but the judgment as well as the intrepidity of St. Martin, is too well known, to ad. mit us to supplant be would make an attack on a forti fied city without sufficient number, and the likelihood of a successful Issue. Where a manoeuvre of this de scription is playeela, they frequentlt give ns too much of a good thing, which, by calculating on the past, helps, to strengthen out doltiKs of the present - account. Although the troops at Lima did dot 'pre vent St. Martin's easy embarkation, they can be spared for au expedition against Trazillo, where the Governor is prepared to act on the defensive. Another account, tut sot a lino of written document throughout the whole :—‘ 4 The Captain of a British whaler toothed at ?girl, after the departure of the aforesaid schooner, and reported that he bad spoke a Spanish brig of war, in company with a ship of the line and frigate—ail Spanish, mind ! directing their course to the port of Callao; from those he learned. that the Emeralds. a frigate captured some time since, by Lord 'Cochrane, had been re-taken by the prisoners on board, and car ried into Lima." This, indeed, is very like C whale ; Lord Cochrane is so foolish and so remarkably im prudent, that he left a *efficient number of prisonets ton board iris prize to let her become the easy prey of those he so lately conquered. So that we may say the Spaniards have it their owe wain on the shores of the Pacific. - - eld Spalti v some bops were entertained by the Ultras that the presence of the sanguine monster, Miwillo (whose footsteps Were covered with the blood of the Columbian Patriots), would have given confi dence to the ;may, and enable the petticoat-maker to bring forth another edition of the murders at Cadii ; but it would not do. The soldiers of a Patriot Army are not to be induced to fire upon their mothers and sisters. Morillo *as known to the army ; they loved the honour of their country ; they would not degrade, they would sot divide the name of soldier and citizen ; is fact, they would not murder their nnoffending seighbours, The attempts to ruin Quirego and Mini proved abortive, and the people triumphed, while the beloved EmbrAdererimpt as close as other great men. - Still the people are determined be shall not give them tile slip once more, and demand his presence ; but the 'poor dear creature's illness prevents him gratifying Aid loyal subjects with a view of his beloved coon tenanee. In Prance, Richlien and the Intro are totteringo and It is thought the desired cannot carry on the joke without the assistance of Decant, who has gained more science by retirement than in a scene where he was surrounded by a batch of narrow minded Ultras. Should the change take place, the Liberals will be come more formidable, and public confidence increase in due proportion. la Turkey, promises and manifestos are the order of the day, and if we are to believe the Grand Signor, be is a most Christian•like Prince, as far as be is al• lowed by the tenets of the Alkoran. Notwitbstande Jag, the Russian has no MOT. confidence in Ms premises than we have on the Holy Alliance, and in all likeli hood, will clip his wings, and in due time prevent his lying across the Dardanelles. Already have the Turk ish troops bees witharawo, from the Ins pr daces of .: THE STATES Wallachia and Moldavia, and browsed the Danube for the, capital. These 6ne provinces being bounded by Hungary, it is not impossible the Austrian Eagle may perch upon them, to keep him flint in the interests of the Autocrat, until it should suit their convenience to serve the Turk as Tamerlane did Bagazet. At home we are quite happy, if such happiness could exist in the absence of the King, who will soon ap pear the most polished Gentleman, at the most polished Court in Europe. ' That he ought to be well received by the Bourbons, is as certain as that it will be other wise with the great body of the French people ; but as be is likely to spend a deal of money in Paris. The folks there, as long as it lasts, will call hiui the Grand Monarque. In London, the cry is, what bad Sir Robert Baker done to be removed from the head of the Police ? A man learned in the law, an amiable character, and a Gentleman, with every requisite to constitute the Magistrate and the independent administrator of the law to his Majesty's subjects. The only reason is, because be was not as willing to cut down the people as the beardless-boy who assumed the command. — Here the wonder becomes the more wonderful in the ease of Sir Robert Wilson, who is dismissed without any cause being assigned. From a statement of the price of a Lieutcnant-Colonelcy being above six thou sand pounds, Sir Robert's loss must be of great magnitude to a man of a small fortune, as he is said to be. However, we feel pleasure, in per ceiving that although his services are despised where they should be most valued, and where his talents are abused and sycophancy rewarded ; where peculation is considered no crime, and Patriotism a never to be forgiven offence ; where the Cardinal virtues are most talked of, and less practised. Still, Sir Robert Wilson, like a brilliant sun, breaks through the clouds of oppression. The strength of the country feels itself insulted, it reprobates the little acts of little minds who have deprived him of that scanty interest for his money, which twenty-seven years hard service should have at least secured to him. But we live in an age of wonders, and should not be surprised at any thing from the same source. It is still a great plea sure to find his constituents in the Borough of South wark come forward to second our unremitting exertions in the cause of such a Representative, and we hope the patriotic example will be followed in every town and parish in the United Kingdom. We again and again repeat, let there be no A, B, C, D, subscriptions, let the names of the liberal donors be made public, as a stimulus to those with more means though less incli nation; let the pennies, the sixpences, and the shil lings be collected, and let every Briton have it in his power to lay to his children, " your father has sal4. 4csibail his mite to a brave said eseritorions wilmwevelltik was dismissed from the service because he was a humane Englishman." This is the way to let all have a share in the glorious work. Let not the minions of power, the informers of the gang, or the black coats, prevent Englishmen from showing to the world their grati tude to a man whose iife has been honorably dedicated to their service. It is now more than a fortnight sincea verdict of man*- slaughter was brought in against the officers and pri vates, who were engaged, on the 14th of August, at Cumberland-gate ; and we must own, that we did ex pect, before this time, to have heard that some out ward form of an investigation had taken place, if it had been done only to save appearance*. And shall we then peaceably sit down and conclude that it was only our want of judgment that had led as to believe that such investigation was necessary ? No, no ; we cannot without deserting our post ; ire cannot, as Statesmen, as British Statesmen, suffer such an event to pass by without raising our voices against it; with out forewarning ottr fellow subjects of the dangers into which sUch a precedent may precipitate them ; without using all ear endeavours to hinder its taking place, by awakening the Mind of the people to a sense of their danger ! Under the most arbitrary governments the common administration of justice is ►offered to take its course. The subject, though robbed of his share in the legislature, is still protected by the laws. The political freedom of an English Constitu tiOn was once the pride and honour of an Englishman. The civil equality of the laws preserved the prosperity, , and defended the safety of the subject. Are all these glorious privileges the freehold of the pttopl% or are we only ttnatts at the will of the Ministry ? Surely it is not a lest crime, nor less fatal in its consequences, tb encourage a flagrant breach of the la* by military force, than to Make use of the krmt of Parliament to destroy the Constitution. The Ministry s rem deter. mined to give us a choice of difficulties, and if possi ble to perplex us with a Multitude of them." Lest one Infringement of those laws, upon which the safety of the nation and the authority of the constitution depend, should engross the attention and arouse the minds of the people s before they have scarcely had time to take one into consideration, their minds are called off by repetitions of the same offences, in such tepid suecesilitn, that they have no leisure to sit doer' and cast up the consequences of any. And this hoodwink ed and blinded by the_ingennity of their rulers, they surrender that liberty for whichi if they were aware of it, they would willingly and generously shed the last drop of their blood. " Had we taken sip this affair at an earlier period, we should have been accused of an ■ncandid and malignant precipitation, as if we had watched for an Unfair advantage against the M iniver' and would net allow them a reasonable time to do their duty. But; instead of iimplOying the leisurbi that they have bad in a strict examination of the af fair, 'they seem to have considered this indulgence at a security to them, that, with a little time and mi nagement, tint whole affair might be buried in silence, and ultimiaely forgotten." And if our only object were the punishment of the soldiers, we per haps might likewise have been unwillingly to have urged the shatter to any extremity; but the affair doe's dot regard individuals; it regards the inter est of the whole community, and the lives and safety not only of ourselves, but of our posterity, to whom we are bound to deliver down the Constitution in the same healthy condition in which we received it. It is the laws of our country that has received the injury, and it is to them that the remedy must be applied ; they cannot, like the injuriesofindividuals be closed srp and healed by time alone ; no, for unless the proper application (that is satisfaction) is applied to them, they never will close, but remain like an increaiing wound, to irritate the whole frame of the Constitu tion. limey sot be undeserving of our consideration to enquire into the pernicious effects which may follow -from each a precedent. The death of the two men was thought to be an event of too flagrant a riatuie to be passed by without any notice. the Coroner accord ingly sat, and the verdict pronounced that an offence had been committed against the laws. What was the natural course that was then to be pursued ? Were not the offenders, according to the laws of the country, at least to have given bail for their appearance to stand their trial, or in default thereof, to have been confined till it took place ? This was the course thit, on any other occasion, would have been pursued ; but in this instance, the Ministers by this means would have had to comply with the wishes of the people ; and sooner than submit to such en event, our laws are to be broken, and our lives endangered. This is the consequence that will naturally follow from such a precedent ; but, as it is our bounden duty to watch over the safety of the people, we shall, from time to time, still continue to put them in mind of their danger ; and if we should, which heaven forbid, fall in our endeavours, there will still be left us one consolation, that we have done our duty as far as the means which we possessed would permit us. An express arrived yesterday with disratches for his Royal Highness the Duke of York, announcing that his Majesty had landed at Calais at hal tpast four o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. Every preparation had been made by the local authorities, to give him a suitable welcome, and all the English from Boulogne, Dunkirk, and other places on the coast had poured into Calais, to witness his landing. Among the exhibitions prepared to entertain his Britannic Majesty at Brussels, is, we underhand, a grand Review, which, from local as well as national circumstances, cannot fail to be interesting in a eery etiesordinary degree. The Review is to tak e pima. onaitelield of Waterloo. The podeloas that were most remarkably contested there, oa the day of the de cisive battle, will be occupied and attacked by troops that will go through the same manauvres as were practised in the actual engagement, and as complete a representation of the ever memorable scene as can be given on a limited scale, will be displayed berore the Kings of Britain and the Nethetlands, who were the most deeply interested in the issue of the battle, under the direction of the fortunate commander by whom it was won. id the sitting of the tortes oh the 28th ult.. a dote was read from the Minister of the Interior. i-equiring to know, " whether his Majesty could appoint one of his Councillors to the office of one of the Secretaries of State for the several departments into which the affairs of the kingdom are divided i" This question was discussed with great vehemence. One Dephty declared that the Minister had sinister views in pro pounding it, Which be would expose if it were per sisted ; another proclaimed it a " ntanduvrei" and many declared that a power of nomination would be an Woad upon the Constitution•. Aftet a warm de bate, it was decided, " that the King cannot appoint one of his Councillors to such Secretaryship, nor to any other office or employment." There have been illuminations and ether rejoicings in different parts of Portugal, in Consequence of the abolition of the office of Captain Mor, which was last occupied by Lord Beresford. The Bishop of Babis made a motion in the Porte gtese Corks, on the ink., for preventing burials in churches, which, he observed, converted the sa cred temples into receptacles of putridity. He pro posed that cemeteries should be formed in all the cities and large Wink bf Portugal on the plan Of the Log 11th burylhg-groonds at Liaben and Oporto. The motion Was laid on the table for a secoitd reading. when it Will be determined whether or not the qtestion shall be discussed. By a decree of the Owlet a Dew national cockade has been adopted for Portugal. The colours ate white and blue. - Letters from Hartitiiiis of the 6th ot August were received is town on Tuesday, which state, as news from Campeachy, that the Independents in !Addeo bad sustained solvers' defeats, abd that the communica tion between Vets Cruz and the capital had, in con sequence, been again established. O'Donnjn, the new Viceray of Blekicoi was daily expected at Vera Crliz, and great dependence was placed on his persoal enetgy for ,*storing confidebee to the royal cause. We are exceedingly happy to hear; that there are new tour elegant Steam packets eft ployed, in guying passengers betwixt Londan and Leith, tiz. the Moun taineer. City of Edinburgh, Tourist, and f lames Watt, one or other of which, will sail from here every third day, to that piatesgoes Sae vessels hare stew an opportunity a ff orded th em to &Mubarak and ret turning withie the week ; the oantaitteer liaaporkwased the voyme to and . from Ilidin ke nt in six days, Jibe afrived here yesterday is om Leith, including stoppages at Shields; S c arborough and,. Yatmeeth lauding se4 taketie s ia . passebgers. She is to sail aisle for these places Si &ads/ ant, 30th Last., friar new gate Halts, east earner of tbs Towel. • Average pion of Grain from the week ended the 13th of September, 11121-6 Wheat Olt. Id. ; Rye ills ' 9d. a Barley 271. 5d.; °stiffs. Id. ; Deals Its, Id.. , Piles 311. lUd• - ;b; LICENSED VICTUALLERS.-LETTER VI. My taking up the cause of this actiVe body of trades men has aroused 'many contemporary journals who have at last caught a portion of my ideas on die Licensing system generally. The Morning Chronicle has in con sequence given terrible offence to the immaculate Bench, so much so, as to draw forth an answer frcim their clerk at Hunmersmith. We are told that " too much cookery spoils the broth," which is evident on this occasion, ae the combined efforts of this clerk and his prosaic cham pion Of the Slop-tub, serve to convince me, that the sub- stance of the Chronicle's remarks► were founded upon correct information; for the short and long of the busi- ness is, the people of Hammersmith were steadily de voted to the late Queen of blessed neentoq, which was a seditious crime in the eyes of the ruling pewets ; and as the clerk and his enlightened Editor tell us that it *al proved on oath at Bow-street, that Sir Robert Wilson at tended a meeting at the house of Mr. Youde, the pub- lican, and that it was there the plan was matured to oppose the soldiers in taking her Majesty's corpse through the lanes, and bye ways, and bring it through the City. it also appears Mr. Birnie,—l ask the gentle man's pardon, now Sir Richard Birsie, had taken a spe. cial trip on the licensing day to Hammersmith, in order to withhold Mr. Youde's license, should it he proved that he allowed so seditious a meeting to be held in his house. As the substance of the thing had been the creation of some loyal 'brain, alive to its awn inter est% it could not be expected Mr. Youde knew the particulars of a meeting that never took place. His interrogatories ended in Mr. Birnie, (poob i pooh. Sir Richard I mean,) proposing an affidavit of the affair which he drew up, and was sworn to by Mr. Youde. In fact, each an opinion had the Knight and his sa pient brethren, of the oat's of their Bow-street in formant, that they gave Mr. Youde Mk license instan ter, and so the treason and sedition fell to the ground by the light of truth, as the morning gossamer does before the early snu•beams. The Knight, his clerk, and their Bow-street informer went to fish in a Slop-tit., and caught a whale. It appears the days of Rep ; odds, Oliver, and Edwards, ire about to be revivei'l and the unfortunate Publicans are to become the per secuted victims. In Brighton the game is play'd to some trine. Upon applications for new Licenses for situations where public-houses would be a convenience to the inhabitants, there were four respectable persons selected, who were desired to attend on the adjourned day, which led folks to suppose it would be all right. Previous to this, specula , ion ran high, from the known lintluenc'e of a certain Brewer, who had offered wagers that no new Licenses would be granted. The adjourned day at last aniseed, and expectation was on the tiptoe. The respectability of the parties glade the thing as sere as Coperat and geartia-rain Beer. The Magistrates held a consultation, and when the room was opened. it was found the Brewer was right in his calculation. License refaced !! ! Here's ago! ! ! It also appears that one of the parties refused, had lived in the house of a brewer, from whence he was ejected for refusing to sell his landlord's taplash , or filthy stuff; kir did he get his beer from another brewer until arg•ed by two of the Magistrates so to do. This Is **Hie only gsiewauce the Licettsed Victualler Tabours under% the Weevers have a more sansmary mode of pu nishing him, should be rebel against their Wert, and try to get good lieer elsewhere, the warrant of attorney he has given with his lease, when he borrowed the money thereon, is put in force, his sticks are taken in execution by the Sheriff, and if lie has not the good foe. , tune to get another brewer to relieve him or some friend to bear a hand. the goods and lease are sold for what ever they may fetch, and the nnfottunate publican turned out a beggar. This is not unfregnently the case with certain brewers, and it is a pity that some of the enor mous cases are not published, in order to part the ravens from the swans ' and prevent his Majesty's abject. from imbibing slow potion. Should the parties aggrieved give me an authentic account of such depredations npoh their industry, in writing (post paid) directed to me at No. 194, Strand, I'll show them that Tits STatssassw shall be the determined adVocate of the injured Pub lican, and place his grievances in such a point of view, as to make his oppressors feel that money cannot trample on justice and on right. Leather-line, Sept. 26, ISM. 11ARNABY SUNG, EGHAM RACES. WIDNVIDAY. Sur. a 6 The Egham Stakes of 3gs melt. with 50gs added . /NM% One elle. Mr. Ball's eh. f. by Illncher.B yve WM • • 5.... 1 I Mr. DoeJcray's Slim Mr. Setith's Mrs. Bang.. • • 3 S • Mr. Brown's Gift dr Mr. Field's Tybalt. Mr. Glee's Sciticenir. • 6 dr Even on Slim; after the heat, 6 to 4on the cod race. The Windsor Stakes of Ihts each, with 30gs added rota tbi Ram Fund. Mr. Smith's b. f. by W halebone. • 1 0 0 1 Mr. Heatheote's b. h. Gudenio 9 9 2 Mr. staithwalte's b. g. Philip. 6 to 4 on Whalebone. After the two dead beats, °medallic) was the faeourite. COVENT 8411,811 r Tlies/TRE. We Wert *shin gratified to eei sv. lfavird it. delx Theatre, in Rolla, a character in Wblu he has 'Al ways rec eived the geentelitelpC o se ig l:d never more fer- Vehtly expressed that! it was t, We believe 'lace his absence from the bonds. stags. m this piece has never b e en p e rf o rmed, and therefore the bouse; long be fore the rise of the curtain, was crowded iu every part. Mr. YOUNG is so well known in ibis character. that it will not be expected that we lehoield Niter into an ana lysis of the different parts, *herein he bas for so many years been known to etc.!: Suffice it them to my. that he has lost none of his spirit stirring, and at the nacr e time graceful action, none of his esergenc expression; in short that be has lost sone of those highly distinguished talents which raised hips into public fanner, end will ever coiltibue to obtain I'4 him universal approbation. MISS FOOTS, as Nils, was all tenderness, beauty, and fascination, and received no small shame apemen; stir must we forget Annex as Aloes* r Mrs. rASICt*, as Skirts ; nor BLANCHARD, as the Blind Mass 4 for they each sustained their parts with great ability. and highly to the sad:fatties of .the gudience. After the play, the Irish Widow was revived. in order to introdbee Miss WaLrout in the character of Miser Brady.. She has mach animation; abd is gifted with as ihteteMing and no Eisminott beadty ; bet we dis Set *beak she hes sufficient powers for nide as extensive Theatre —but, however, she received much applause, aid we hope she may continue to receive) t. Yesterdiy an Inquest Was beild at the Hop-poles in York-street. Blackfriers-road, on the body of Robert Cope, a Heckhey-coachman, Who Aestrioyed bin self by poison. Verdict—The deceased came by his death in tellseqUencl u( temporary loser ley. -r.a. _. 4 ..~i7/ • ,_L._ A _ ~~ I 4