The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-09-16 00:00:00

and leave us still in uncertainty as to the statements which had been previously teceired from France. Bv other accounts we learn that a great sensation w as reported to have been excited in ()porta by a counter Proclamation issued by Conde d'Aiasaa s who had the command of 5,0110 troops. lie bad. it was said, declared for the present lioH rernnient. The force under him is differently rated, At front three to six thousand men. One of the letters expresses great alarm on the occasion. which was heightened by no advice, being received from Lisbon' n p to the evening of the 2d instant. The accounts which had been received by way of France were vague, and were acknowledged to have erne from Spain by a circuitous route. They cause too, niaccompanied with any official character, which, had they ever possessed, would have doubtless never been removed by the Censors of the Paris press. There is, there fore, notwithstanding the Procluttatiun of the Conde d'AL vaiIIIANTE, good reason to hope that the progress ni the Revolution has not hitherto received any seri nns check, or been stained by the effusion of blood.-- What slams the rumours to he either groundless or exaggerated is the representation which they make res pecting English forces. It is well known that there was not in the service of Portugal any military corps, or staff, that bore the British name though many British officers were attached to Portuguese regiments, dis persed in different parts of the country. The Paris news, however, according to the papers we have this day received from France, became discredited iu Paris itself. Perhaps in the whole history of this country, there ner.r was a period so big with importance as the pre sent pause in the !louse of Peers. We have now leisure to look around us and view the passing scene, and can once more breathe our native air, %%Wawa be ing stifled and stufocated with disgusting calumnies. But although the sluice-gates of foreign impurities, by which the country has been lately inundated, have again been closed, still long shall it be before the pare atmosphere of England is purged from the pollution. And although the waters have sub s:tied, no dove returns with the olive branch to assure ns of oar safety. Every where is confusion and discontent. No sound is heard, but the sound of indignation. Eves• countenance seems to denote some charge; every movement of the military is marked w i t h a ttention. What reflecting mind can contem plate those things without alarm? and what honest heart that must not glow with indignation against the men who have plunged their country into such cala mities? But it is nut to be wondered at. It is in perfect unison with the wise system of State policy by which the present Administration have been so itonuarably distinguished. Plots and conspiracies, spies and info; users, seem to be the principal ingredients of which their political catechism is composed. But the introduction of I t ;Hans to teach Englishmen the art of lyi9g, seems to have been reserved to grace the downfall of Cos rucftasun's administration. It was the me pies Ora of that most sapient legislator t the master-stroke of that accomplished diplomatist. But alas! it was too much even fur his great talents. And most miserable, indeed, did he miscalculate on the characters of Englishmen. He thought the ball was at his fo.at, and that he could roll it at his pleasure ; but be found that he was unequal to the attempt, and that the very effort which he made produced a re-ac tion, to which (if we mistake not widely) he may trace his overthrow; for the people will not tamely submit to anger each men to hold the reins of government any longer ; men, whose sole object seems to be to destroy the liberties of the conntry. The future historian will say they hate certainly performed their part in the politi cal theatre of England. The Tragedy of Peterloo will never be forgotten. The Cato-street 'Tragedy is still fre.h in our recollections, and we suspect that the Melo dra•na at Cotton-gardens will close the career of these miserable, drivelling performers. If they have any shame, they will retire. But no, it is the cause of that mean spirit by which they are ac tuated, that inordinate lure ofpleer, that thug would suffer any degradation, no matter . how before they would resign them. But it mast ulti timately be their fate. Nothing else will allay the present ferment. Nothing but an honest and able admicktration can preserve the constitution and the tranquility of the country at the present important The attention of the public is particularly directed by a journal ofthis morning, to the following alarm ing statement Two persons arrived yesterday morning at eight o'clock with dispatches for the Oneen; they left Milan on the 7th September. They report, that notwitbstand trig all the professions of impartiality which have been made, and every recognition of Mr. Henry as her Ma jecy's agent, passports were refused to witnesses sum moned on her behalf. In consequence of this, a mes senger was sent to Vienna, who took a letter to Lord Stewart on the subject, and returned on Monday senniebt with an answer, enclosing Lord Castlereagh 's letter to Lord Stewart, which it appeared his Lordship bad laid before Prince Nletteruich, who replied that the Austrian Our-rmitent required a letter from her Majesty or front .Ir. Brougham for each witness—a thing of course impossible, unless her Majesty or her Attorney tieneral were present there. Oa Wednesday se'nnight Mr. Henry applied to get a passport for • "Venetian witness. 11e was told that lie mast be seat to Venice to get his passport, and it was not until after remonstrating strongly against such abominable shuffling, and a decla ration that Mr. Henry would advise her Majesty not to proceed any further in her defence under such circum stances, that he obtained the passport. Colonel' — sends conriers daily to Como, who pay witnesses for the Queen to stay away, if they fail in %miming them by bribes to depose against her Majesty. None of the military will go as witnesses for the 0111111111. as orders have bees 101,011 forbidding them to Mr their uniform the moment they land in England. Until this restric tion is removed and until the AustianGoverninenterder theta to go to England, and moreover movime them that they will not suffer any loss by it, not oaf will leave Lombardy." THE StAl THE KING. tiIItOIITON. SEPT. 13.—His Majetty, accompanied by Sir Binjamin 1:loomtleld, arrived at the PavUlion t►is evening from Wintivor. It is rumoured that the Royal yatcht is coruing round here. and that the King will take daily excursions to sea, provided the weather con tinues fine. PORTSMOUTH. Sari. 14.—Orders were this morning received for the Active frigate, Sir James tiordon, di rectly to proceed to Brighton, for which place she sailed immediately. The Liffey frigate, at present commanded by the Hon. Capt. Duncan, takes out Sir Edward Paget, as Cons wander in Chief of Ceylon, whose appointment is an nounced in Tuesdays' Gazette. Extract of another private letter :—The riggers have been busily employed the whole day in getting the Roya I Oeorge Yatcht ready for his Majesty.—The Active sails this evening for Brighton, to receive the King on ►oard, and bring him round here. FATAL DUEL AT CHESTER. ...-.101.-- In consequence of a dispnte which originated in supposed claims to a female, Mr. Folliott, a gentle man well known in Chester fur his amiability of dispo sition, on Monday morning received a challenge from Mr. S. Burrowes, a person connected with the law.— The circu mstances basing accidentally transpired in Mr. F.'s family, means were taken to prevent the meeting, which was to have been in the drop field, and the parties were compelled to find sureties. Not withstanding this, a subsequent communication took place, and at eight o'clock on Monday morning, Mr. Folliott and Mr. Burrowes wet on the esplanade, front ing the new burial ground, near the Infirmary. Mr. W. Pemberton attended as second for Mr. F., and Mr. E. Hall fur Mr. B. Mr. Penton was the medical man mutually agreed upon. It should be observed, that the parties have been acquainted with each other for a long series of years, and their families are united by distant ties of consanguinity. The combatants drew lots for the first fire, which Mr. Burrowes wont the distance fixed upon was twelve paces. Shots were ex changed without effect ; the pistols were a second time loaded, and both fired together with the like result.— An ineffectual attempt was male by Mr. Pemberton to reconcile the parties, and the fatal weapons were again discharged, which unhappily were too certain in their aim. A ball pierced the head of Mr. Folliott, and considerably fractured his skull ; Mr. Burrowes was killed upon the spot. Mr. F. has been trepanned, and great hopes are entertained of his recovery, but it is apprehended the mental consequence may he serious. Mr. Burrowes had experienced throughout the last twenty years, the intimate friendship of Mr. Fulliott, and the grief of the last gentleman is excessive. Mr. F. is a gentleman of large fortune, and made himself commendably conspicuous in founding the Chester Lunatic Asylum, ou the plan of that in Spring Vale, Staffordshire. From New York papers of the 15th of August.— Tbo United States *choosier, Lynx, arrived krre from a cruise in the Uulph of Mexico, reports that the commerce of the liulph has been nearly uninterrupted for some time pa-t. since LAPITTIe abandoned and de stro}•ed Oalvestor, he sailed (ruin thence on the ;th of May, with an armed brig, and two schooners. His intention was to join At:air, whose cruises rarely enter the Onlph, but generally cruise on the north side of Cuba. The merchantmen are frequently bu:►rded by them. An EnrHsi, ship was plundered b} one of them on the 15th of Jul.y off Cape Corlentes. 'I he Lynx met Oesseral Lo g. in a small sloop, on the Ist of July. in the Sabine, accompanied by 25 officers and men ; being unarmed they wen• allowed to proceed. Extract of a letter from Caen, Sept. S.—thir harvest has been over these ten drys ; crop good, yet wheat is not under 60s. or 635. the Winchester quarter. 'I he country perfectly quiet, but both parties preparing anxiously fur the elections, half the Chamber of Deputies (above 221) being to be returned next month. By the Leeward-Island packet, letters were received yesterday from the island of St. Thomas, dated August, which mention the receipt of intelligence front the Spanish main that an armstice had been concluded between BOLIVAR and l'iloatm.o. its duration, however, was limited to one month. From the Sirrra brume Gazette of June 29.—1 t is with melancholy and painful feelings we notice the sudden and accidental death of Assistant Commissary tieueral LEVEVRE, froil• his fowling-piece. His remains were interred on Thursday last, and attended by Sir Oconee COLLIER, the officers of the navy and army, and the whole of the Europeans and respectable in habitants. The letters received from Naples, in regular course of post. are dated the 25th ult., and contain no political intelligence or information on the state of Sicily; but we understaud advice% are in town of the Slst, which encourage the hope that the differences hr. tween the two countries will terminate in an amicable ...... _ Such is the state of the private trade to the East Indies, causal by the inauspicious markets, that a large vessel, the Lonach, has arrived in the Channel from Bombay, which she left on the 7th May, in ballast, finding it im possible to obtain any height at that port, either for Europe or for China. We regret to state, that private accounts received yesterday morning, mention a very serious riot at Leeds, in which the military and the inhabitants were engaged when these acconnts left that town. Doubts are expressed of the ultimate issue of the conflict. Mr. Aldermrn Waßhona has, we understand, with the concurrence of his Colleague, determined to aban don the old custom of the Sheriffs to p.usiper City Officers with repeated feasts, for which there is no ra tional occasion ; and also to use his own private coach upon all occasions. CARRICK-ON-Slit Basin.---We are happy to learn that the Banking-house of Messrs. Sause, at Curia ori-Snir, has for some days back resumed its payments. This event, which must have a cheering influence in that neighbourhood, proves that the confidence of the public in that highly respectable establishment has not b een misplaced.—(Waterford Mirror.) TIIE ECLIPSE. A Dialogic, la the Somersatibire Dialect, betweea twat Puman lad RAaa• Hoe, Sept. 7, 1810. HARRY. Come, stop your nags. Peter, cry• whoa to your term, And look for a bit at the Zoo ; Here, look through this glass that I've smoked, vor 1 seem To 200 this here 'clipse has begun. PETIR. Aye, to It is, Ham, vor I too can see A scollop notch'd out pretty wide, Just as thaugh Mistress Moon, to her trolicksome glee, lied gi'en him a glib on the ride. Haar. Tie a 'nearing fine sight ; but I've beard people ray, That when these here 'elipses be seen, They signify rumthing, and Ibis one to-day 1 wish I kne what It do mean. PETRI. Why, there now. I'll tell thee ; I've just sound it out ; Vor it can be none otherguess thing, ktethink it means sunithing that's great, and no doubt We ma) liken the Zun to the K. Now, Harry, it will not long puzzle your brain To rind out the nest thing I mean ; Vor nothing ror zartain were ever more plain, Than that Mistress Moon is the Queen. Vor ate bow site travels:berour him in slate, And darkens his bright shining rare: She 'clipses him sinely, vor thaugh he's so great, tie teems ill behind in disgrace. Panay. Aye. 70 he does, Peter, 1 think you are right ; At Lanoun this 'clipse may be teen, And I wish to my heart I could zee the vine light, Zo here goes " success to the Queen." A TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION. (From a recent publication. iva titled Tim Borax Larren- Him.) The Lords are met--the Cissix—LL—a Begun already to de mar— Trial proceeds—a wordy war Between the Counsel at the Bar. User—a with shame would almost MI ye, And too looks very silly. Boo—on—Ts tells their Lordships very roundly In law they are oot skill'd profoundly, And D—Nll-91 follows, hinting gaily. There's much more justice at the Old Bailey. Now from the gallery hollows And muck to do 'bout nothing follows ; Old L—u—t.►. his tongoe in wedges And talks an hour 'bout prii ilrges— Vows that he has no place or pension. Or aught from Stated ing mention, To show how welcome such a thing Would be from Minister or K—a. At length a witness comes and tries To prove there's truth in bags of lies : As yet, there's none of all the brew Hes proved poor Oter—o's story true. In hopes to get at what he want's, 'Hr's working now at Mrs. Create— , A buxom dame—nut blushing maid, 'FUCA unaequalated with the trade ; Beds she has made, if tales he true, For all the folks In Carlsrbue ; But, curse the ja-•e. she's now found napping, And 411e11111 to have been bred is Wapping. Another witness—ruin seise them— The bloclheads always tell who fees 'ens. 'Twee* well we had not given a crown To Vilmarcati, Jones, or Brown— Cuiseppe Bianchi's stuff but mocks ye. There's noise that swears so well's klajoecki. Such hubbub now was never seen, The shouts resound—" The Queen !" " The Queen !" She comes—the Lords are on theit feet, Provoking sight! the (lures to greet. The cross examining—a bore— Unsays all that was said before, And, spite of our redoubled plan, The business ends where we began. Not so, our dire disgraces end— Tate troops are wanted to defend The Ministers—even Is, skulking, through the back-door gone, And folks, indignant, cry he's no man, Who thus makes war upon a woman. A young woman of the mime of Harrold, in the vil lage of Southstoke, near this city, who formerly had the aYALL-PDX ftollll IHOCHLitIOII, is now afflicted a second time with that Brea Iful malady, and with aggravated symptoms.—(ll,ltA and (,'lic:le/sham GI- Zate.) A water-spout was observed from Maidstone on Wednesday last in a south-west direction, and it since appears that this singular phenomena burst over Peinhery, in Kent, and its neighlbourl d, which in consequence were deluged with torrents of rain, but fortunately did no Tell material damage. The extent of circulation and rapidity of introduc tion into the great Schools and Academies of Gold eolith's Biographical Class Book is without example. The merit of the volume entitles it to enry preference; but merit is often long iu being appreciated, and in finding its due reward. Tut Mao AL's-R.—Wednesday afternoon Johnson, the braille of the parish of St. 'I honias's, Southwark, waited on Mr. SHELTON, the Coroner for London and Southwark, at his office in the (fld Dailey, with a let ter from the Steward of Guy's Hospital, intimating that a man was brought there that morning, in conse qiietwe of his having fallen off a scaffold, and that he died almost immediately. Mr. Srawrom issued his warrant for an inquest to be holden on the body, and the beadle returned and summoned a Jury, who were to sit the following evening ; in the mean time the dead man was removed to the dead-konse, and several of the students accompanied the body. to learn what internal injuries be had sustained. Some appearances, however, led them to believe that life was not extinct, and, in order to try the esperinient, they applied them selves with unabated ardour t o use the means gene rally adopted in restoring animation. After the lapse of a few hours, animation was restored, and be was able to identify several of his friends who were in at tendance to make the necessary preparations for his burial. He is now considered to be in a fair way of recovery. OLD DAME,' SESSIONS; THIS NPRSIINtt. sttr BANK PROSECUTIONS. This Morning, on the sitting of the Court, the following . prisoners were put to the Ser. charged with forging and at teriag certain noted; purporting to be the antis of the Bank of England. The following pleaded ratty to the mieor offence, namely basing the notes In thelf possession, which subjects them to transportation fur fourteen years : Robert Edis ; Juhu Smith; John Neiman ; Charles Watkins ; Jonas Wright ; John Smith; John Dugand ; John Ward ; 0. Sykes, alias Edward Dowdetl; (leorge Brown ; George Codicil; Henry Howard; Mary Jones Sarah Wriviit ; Ella. Maid ; Mary Howard, and Joseph Aston. The following having pleaded h.Gnilty generally, wit staid their trial for Ike capital offenee:—. Thomas Goodall, Sarah Price. Wm: J. Pannytoo, lee, Henry Harris, Juhn Madden, Elizabeth *unshaken, Wm. Stephens. The prisoners who had pleaded Going to the rninair offener were then placed at the her, when Mr. Re. notds said he was directed by the (lovrenors of the Hank of Englan. l ; to of r* nu evidence against the prisoners. and he hoped the C.•urt would allow him to adopt that course, to which the Color: was pleased to assent. Robert Aloft was then charged with uttering it Bill of Exchange, amounting to SW., with intent of de ; handing Thos. I liddington Wood, and Wood. Thos. Millington Wood sworn.—He is an iron monger, in Earl Street, Illaeltfriars; knows the prisoner ; says, he (the prisoner) called at his warehouse ; said, he bad an order fur some iron, from a gentleman named Dover. Here the order was prmiseed, folded like a letter. de scribing the quantity and quality of the iron, and di rected to hint, (the prisoner) Robert Mutt, poulterer, in Leatlenhall-market. The prisoner gave him a Dill of Exchange for 511/. drawn by hint on Mr. Dover, whom, he (the prisoner) described to witness, as a respectable builder, at Bucks. Witness said, that the prisoner was not Mr. Mott, of Leadenhall-inarket, as he described himself. Mr. Jii.ties Iteivr.—Let Mr. Mott be sent fur. Mr. Sheriff ItornweLt..—My Lord, I know Mr. Mutt, and I can sir the prisoner at the bar is nut he. Mr. Sheriif Huthwell was then sworn. Mr. Animptics.—Pray Mr. Sheriff Itothwell. do yon know whethrr there are two persons of that uawe in Leatienhall.market ?—No, Sir. Oh, then yon only know that the prisoner at the bar is not your poulterer ,—Yes, Sir. Mr. L. Hall, a City Marshal, said, there were two per• sons of that name, and he believed that prisoner was nephew to one of them. Mr. Dover was then called, bir _ Mr. dowries Base thought, as there was no evidence to negative the hand-writing,the trial could not proceed. He was sorry more pains had not been taken to bring home a charge of so serious a nature as was brought against the prisoner, if he committed it. Here a person stepped forward, who stated himself to be an attorney, and produced a release from the prose cutor to Mr. Dower,and as be was exempt from the pay ment, he could become evidence for the case. hlr. A uoLvitus made an objection to Mr. Dover being called as a witness, which wu overruled fur the present. ith a reservation for the opinion of the Judges. t'harles IN•ver wu the t sw irn.—He mid the band•writing in the Hill was not his certainly. kaantined by Mr. ADOLPHUS—He said be had deallags with the prisoner ; he sold him ale in ISIS; hegira prisoner a bill fur 411., but never saw that Bill before • he frequently conversed with prisoner ; be knew a Mr. Rley, and a Mr. Richardson ; be saw him (prison-0 altar be heard of the forged bill. Mr. Jostle* Bus—Yew say yea bad deallap she she prisosert—Yes. Do you believe that letter and bill to be the band-writing of the prisoner I—l do. Mr. Justice Barr.—Now prisoner, what have you to say in your defence ? The prisoner then addressed the Curt. He said, lie sold Mr. Dower MI barrels of cyder, and that he gave hint the acceptance in question. WI. as payment. David Bailey was then sworn.—lie knew the prisoner (Alott) and also Mr. Dover. He believed the Bill to he the hand-writane of Dover; that Dover told him he gave prisoner the Bill in question, to pay for iron. He, Bailey, lives in Montague street ; on being cross-exa mined by Mr. Justice Best, he said he lived in Castle street. Mr. Justice Ilese.—llow dare you Sir, tell me on your examination in chief, that you lived in Montague-street? Witness, I removed there lately. Mr. Justice Best. then charged the Jury in his usual, able, and distinct manner, and summed up the evidence. Ttio Jury. after an hours absence. returned a Verdict of Guilty, but strongly recommended the prisoner to mercy. The conduct of the seamen on Wednesday, who accompanied the presentation of their Address to the Queen at Brandenburgh-House, appears to have been distinguished throughout the day with as great a degree of decorum as of spirit. As soon as they had gratified their honest feelings with a sight of her Ma jesty, and with paying her respect, they hastened to return to their respective ships or lodgings without lingering ou the road for rest or refreshment. On passing by Knightsbridge barracks, indeed, we are told they stopped, and gave three cheers, and called the " Queen fur ever!" which was repeated by as many soldiers as were present. Fourteen hundred of them, it is sAid, went in procession from one house iu the neighbourhood of Wapping. We hear that Saco nn Pains sill be taken at the Haymarket Theatre from Monday next, until the end of the 54.144011 ; and that BaAsAs4 is to appear on Wed m••day next, as Corks in Sheridan's charming Opera of thr Deanna. limirsrav •xa ATTEIIPTCD MURDZlL—Theirsday night, between the hours of eight and nine o'clock, as tleorge Welfare, one of the constables at the Town Hall, was walking along the Dover Road. his attention was attracted by a moaning noise, which seemed to proceed from a small field at the end of Dover-street. He hastened to where he thought the voice proceeded from ; and as he approached closer, he beheld a man stretched on the ground, and the first %turds lie utter ed were, " Oh, dear me !" The officer lifted tin up; but it was some time before he could persuaded Li= be was safe ; at length be suffered himself to be carried into lii road, and from thence to a sur i teon's where he was properly dressed. There were three to wounds on the bead, and one on the cheek, santeeed to have been iutlicted by some heavy weapon, and his I clothes were turn and bloody. The account he pee of the circumstance was, that he was a stranger to the ' neighbourhood, and whilst crossing the kid where the officer found him, was attacked by a number orthieves and women, who beat him with sticks until be was stormed, and then took his watch and pocket-book, in which he bad 51. in notes, besides a few shillings in silver, with which they made off, leaving him in that deplorable situation. '1 he attack was so nada). that he could not identify any of the robbers.