The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-11-17 00:00:00

ytt rug EDITOR OP THE ETATEEIVAIt many years in business, and I Stib4 scriber to your excellent paper the Whole of the t i m e, I feel an interest in its welfare, and regret that s ay thing Acted occur that might tend to impede it , I was therefore surprised to find by the Sterttsams of Monday and Tuesday last, that another r pm with a Lieutenant-Colonel at its head, lately professing independent principles, should in so un teadesrnan-like a manner, attempt to impose on t he public a substitute for your paper, which has g;e so many years been the Constitutional Advocate ° llk People. scheme appears deeply laid. and intended as a gull for Tavern, Hotel, and Innkeepers, the major poi of whom are Subscribers to that excellent In mei" the Licensed Victuallers Society, and to the lietssing Advertiser. It appears to me, when the Lieutessat-Colonel and the wise men of Gotham formed their Rules and Regulations, they did not calculate a p e s a pertain Rule of the above Society, which pro sides that N o Member shall be entitled to any benefit: arising rom a, Morning Advertiser Institution of he be en 'tided to receive benefit from any other Society what rievor,ket he shall be totally excluded/roue all relief," fcc. . 71r Heads of. this Mock Society must have had a ata rd (opinion of the great body of Licensed Vichy- Ars, when they supposed them dupes sufficiently ir D orset to swallow their eight and twenty samples of literary humbugging. But I must inform those Rule Bolters, that the Licensed Victuallers, who take in livening Papers, and who have generally given a reference to the STATESMAN' are not so grossly stupid as may be supposed. Although not classically as. painted with the learned languages, they are adepts at common honesty, and have too much respect for the fair trader to encourage eve-droppers or customers whir false pretences. They like to live by their busi res. but net at the expense of their brethren in the trade; nor do they wish to prevent any man from receiving the just reward of his industry, provided he don't act unlike a tradesman in his avocations. — That the party promoting such a mock-society, did Weed to injure all the evening papers is obvious, and among the rest the STA Timm which has been so long the evening paper of the publicans. It gave inr pleasure, however, to see the fraud so plainly and so ably exposed in your columns on the evenings alfuded to. Pursue that course which has already obtained you credit ; continue to expose unfair dealing, and there is no Licensed Victualler, who respects the ditties of one tradesman to another, but will support you with the same cheerfuliess as AN OLD TAVERN KEEPRIL Walworth, Nov. 17, 1021. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN. Si,,--As soon as i became acquainted with the deeply-concerted system of finesse pursued by The weer" Traveller, in substituting himself for a BPI RITIE D STATESMAN, (mark the contrast!) I hastened, from with you in check• foll7iretriulgated through spectable Paper. 1 furnished you with a clue, by epis tolary intimation, to ascertain the correctness of what advanced; and, I trust, Sir, you have a►ailed your self of making such enquiries as could not fail to elicit the t►uth' I shall be really to address you again, 11r. Editor, upon this subject, if occasion should require; as toy researches have not, I am happy to 147, been altogether fruitless, but, in many in stances, attended with complete success. As there bas been a hold, fair, and open statement against the Lieut.-Colonel and Co., submitted to an enlight ened public, which still remains vs:refuted and unan swered, it is evident that the authors of such sordid stratagems as caniplained of, are completely at a loss for the materials of a tangible exculpation, and that their silence is a virtual acknowledgment of their con viction. I shall conclude, Sir, by intreating the public to take into their considera'icn a fair, unbiassed view of the case, to weigh the subject deliberately in their Mods, and, calling in conscience as arbiter, to form : their own conclusions.—l am, Sir, your's, &c. R. M. Church-street, Blackfriar's-road. • *We have made the proper enquiries, and have certainly &oersted tbe information of our Correspondent to be quite , onset. . - The Papal government has been induced, by the re presentations made to it, to restore to Ancona and Civita Vecchia the privileges of free ports for the foreign silk and woollen manufactures, which were lately withdrawn with a view to favour the national manufactures. The Government has perceived that such restrictions do not promote industry, but injure commerce. The towns of Ancona and Civita Vecchia bare testified the greatest joy and gratitude for the re storation of their privileges. The Trinidad Courant of the 14th of August says— " We hoar, with a warm feeling of gratitude, that Sir Ralph Woodford is exerting himself to proenre for this colony, a General Free Port Act ; and that the many im portant modifications which his Excellency has sub .milted to Lord Bathurst were to be taken into eonsi dewiest after the adjournment of Parliament."—Tri ni 'l44 is a thriving colony, and from its extent (about 90 valltshy 60), together with its local situation, and other peril/at advantage, must ere lon becours a very opts tem reantry.—(New York papar. / The ships Edward Ellice an Lord Snffield, which tritedetalaml by Lord Cochrane, and excited so much iaterest here, are stated in a letter from St. Jago de • Cliila, of the Bth of August, to have been given up, to gether with their cargoes. Hie Majesty's ship Owen Glendower arrived at Val- Pais° the 13th of July from Callao, and the Creole arrived on the 29th from • cruise. The Superb and • Creek, sailed on the 31st for the Coast of Peru. The Magistrates having come to a determination to ' tappets gambling of every species, in the different pahlie.hoeses, those of Glary-le-bone have cowed the following letter to bectrculated, cautioning all licensed • trietaallers against the precdce :- 0 Public-office. Marple.bone, Nov. 21, 1821. °The Magistrates of this office having re ceived infor mation that many piths licensed victuallen in this die- Vieteuffee gentles in their bosses, with cards, dice, do aims, and other pining implements, have directed me Ulnae Wows, by way of audios, that they are deter mined topmast such practices in future, by a rigid en fercementedibe law sada far that pawpaw. COP.' bY the Chief Clerk.) 4`7°.11t. --akorpor of the -- Pablic-houw.— street, 111.1414m5e.." tonscientious motives, to co-operate with you in check- on Sal is; the base attempts to delude the public, and ac- Darted lording) , ,addrease4 Ostler to, 14 ,,, j ,...0,, „,,,kO.l, L ew al teadiag to corroborate the statements so ably and man- day ni (Ay eremulrated through the medium of your re- a mail orA , DlSftirhall DIORICTS IN IRELAND. By the Dublin papers arrived this notelet webs,. unwired copies of two Proclamations issued on Wednes day last by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. By the first the Baronies of Duballow, and Orrery and Kilmore in the Conatytof Cork. and by the second the County of the City of Limerick, the city of Limerick, and the libel , ties of She said city, are proclaimed to be in a state of disturbance, and to require an extraordinary establish ment of Pollee. The following are the accounts received this morn ing relative to-the disturbed districts : Coax, Nov. 13.—0 n Saturday, at two o'clock, I Lord Aylmer, Adjutant-General, and Captain Craig, Deputy-Assistant-Adjutant General to the forces In Ireland, received.orders to proceed forthwith to this county, and such was the expedition used, that they left Dublin by the Cork mail-coach that evening4ar rived in Fermoy on Sunday evening, and immediately set off for Mallow. It is understood that their visit is to facilitate the movements of the military in the dis turbed parts of this and the neighbouring counties; and thereby to prevent the delay consequent on the different applications to Government. We understand that since his Lordship's arrival in Mallow, an order reached this city for a reinforcement, and a menagey of the regiment marched off at five o'clock yesterday morning. Previous to Lord Aylmer's ar rival, the gentlemen of that neighbourhood, in the most spirited manner, subscribed a considerable sans, and bad the Mallow yeomanry placed on permanent duty, until a communication could be bad front Government, and in consequence of some alarming rumours, the respectable portion of the town were swore in as special constables, aided by the gentle men of the surrounding country, twenty of whom, well armed, every night in turn, regularly patrolled the different roads adjoining town. About one o'clock in the morning, on Monday last, 1 3th inst. the house of William Purcell, of Altamira, near Charleville, Esq. was surrounded by an armed handitti, who instantly attempted to break through the front and back doors, and the lower windows —same time discharging several shots at the upper windows, the fire, however. being quickly and vi gorously returned by Mr. Purcell, he forced the party to retire, after persevering for at least an hour ir the attack. From the quantity of blood found after them, there must be many wounded, and most likely severely, as it was with swan-drop that Mr. Purcell's guns were mostly loaded. The darkness of the night and the smoke of the firing prevented their going off being seen, or their route being traced. Mr. Purcell's spirit and coolness pro tected him from the sanguinary designs of those miscreants, whose vengeance was particularly inflamed against Mr. Purcell, in consequence of his zealous and active discharge of his duty as a Magistrate. During yesterday there were rumours in circulation of several other houses in the neighbourhood of Mallow, Mitclaelstown, and the surrounding country having been attacked and plundered of arms and ammunition Saturday and Sunday nights. It was also re., on the authmity.of a person who was said toy 1 arrived from Mallow last-evening, that on Sun-1 ay night there bad been an engagement in the vicinity of Mallow, between a party of dragoons and a large body of the people, on which one of the latter had been killed and several taken prisoners, but after the most diligent inquiries up to a late hour, we could not obtain particulars of either. The Magistrates of Kanturk, and its neighbourhood have also made further application to Government for a greater reinforcement, as the number there at present is only sufficient for protecting the town from attack, which they are nightly in dread of ; and all will not admit of any parties to scour the country, to endeavour to come up with come of the marauders. A regiment in Naas got the route on Saturday night, to march the following morning for Feranoy. The 19th regiment embarked at Liverpool last week for the South of Ireland, and several other regiments are under orders fur the same destination.—(Sotabern Reporter.) Five of the persons who have been apprehended as Ribbonmen, in the Barony of Kilmain, as stated in our last, have been committed to the empty gaol, in this town, by Alexander Clendinning, Esq. •The others are still detained in Ballinrobe, for further examination. The names of those who are fully committed fur trial, are Joules Costello, Michael Burke, John Jennings. Murty Farraber, and Thomas Donoghue. The two former are charged with having acted as leaders at a Ballinafad, and having, as such, administered illegal oaths, and the other three are charged with having attended the Ballinafad. and assisted in administering the unlawful oaths. This much we are able to collect from the committal, but we have heard from another source, that some of those men were amongst the most active promoters of Ribbonime---that there is reason to hope their apprehension will lead to the restoration of peace and good order in the Barony of Kiltuaia— aod (*bat we are very ready to believe) that this ad vantage bas been obtained by the well-judged and well -Iteecuted plans of Mr. Alexander Clendinning.— (Mayo Cosesletwtion.) We cannot but express our surprise, that nothing decisive has yet been done in Limerick. It appears that Major Wilcocks, whose activity bad been so con spicuous in Tipperary and Galway, is appointed to Limerick. This is the third time, within a few weeks, that the Commandant of the Police has been changed. —We hope and trust that the change will le followed by the results upon which Government calculate. We are sorry that in consequence, it should seem, of some differences between the Magistrates of the county of Cork, some disturbances have occurred in that county. The particulars of this difference we have stated int a - former occasion. The nature of the disturbances will be seen in an extract from a Cork paper. We have received some consmanicstion from the south of Ireland this day, which contradict the astri ngent we copied into 7%e Dahlia Evening Post of Thursday last, from The Limerick Telegraph, roger& ing an attack on the house of Mr. Langford. It is very extraordinary that journals published on the spot, should so repeated*, lend themselves to kihese exaggerations: in this instance, however, nr a tim.• rick Telegraph appears to basil given %seed to s gratuitous and gross invention. Mr. Laagnord's house, this paper stated, was within ten minstea l . walk of the Cresceat, mad still nearer to the Barracks. The outrage, too, is stated to have occurroduip Sanday. Row ties could this story hate pleas late*, Ume rick paper, when the Editetteoul4 have informed blur mll'llll,B minutes as to the fact ? The robbing for arms pee ea. Is the misty if Cam, is the neighbourhood of Castle Oliver{ lB stanely arms bad bees takes sway lest week:— (DelshOkiting Post, Nov. 13.) MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCE. An occurrence took place in the Bois de Boulonge► on Sunday last. which has given rise to numerous and diversified reports. The following is an account of the affair from one of the French papers : " The Sieur Menette, horse patrols of the Crowd Forests, was making his accustomed tour during the afternoon of Sunday, when he perceived a maa con cealed in the bashes, and advanced towards him. The stranger called to him to stop; bat Menette continued to advance, and the individual fired a pistol at him. Menette's horse made a plunge and threw him. When lie got up he saw the man making off. and was unable to pursue him. Ile found on the spot a double-bar relled gun. and a little farther a hat. which the stranger had. doubtless. lost on taking to flight. ' " The gun and bat have been deposited with the Magistrates. On drawing the charge of the former it was found to contain about 20 buck•shut. A name is inscribed inside the hat : we think it our duty to for bear mentioning it, from motives which way easily be appreciated." The Cuustitutionnel acids to the above:—" Various rumours are to day in circulation respecting this af fair. We wait to communicate to our readers more enact and authentic information. Justice has taken cognizance of it." A letter from Paris, dated the 12th of November, gives the following very different and alarming repro sentation of the matter :- 1 " I have this moment heard of the following event, which is to be deeply lamented :—Yesterday as the Duke de Bordeaux was out siring, an attempt was made to murder him, by a fellow, who escaped. He placed him ' self in the Belt de Boulogne, with a new pistol, fixed between the prongs of a fork to aid his levelling, and fired at the acudt dumestigue or piqueur. This man was obstructed by obstacles in the road, and bailed by the , fellow to halt, or he would be shot. The fellow fired, ' and shot the horse, but missed the man. The man who fired ran away, leaving his pistol, hat, and fork. The carriage was far behind." The Wife of the defaulter belonging to the Navy Victualling Pay-office is understood to be with him on the way to America. He embarked in the Downs o the 29th nit., and the vessel was detained by blow ing weather to the sth instant, at which period his leave of absence bad expired. Had the vessel re mained 48 hours longer, be would have been taken. HAGUE, Nov. 10.—Frosn accounts officially communi cated, it appears that in general the cholera morboe in the island of Java was diminishing very considerably. From the reports received from some of the Residencies, it is to be observed that many persons have been reco vered by a timely use of what is called the " cholera" mixture, of brandy , laudaneni, and oil of pep rilermist.-Ztslafonsequence thousands of the natives mive ined eagl7 applied to the local authorities for this re- His Majesty, while on board the Royal Yacht off the Hill of Howth, gave a gold medal to each of the Offi cers and a silver one to each of the crew, on his birth day, and distributed them in person. Tits Recommit's REPORT.—Thureday the Recor der made a Report to his Majesty of the Convicts upon whom sentence of death was passed at the last Septem ber Sessions, held at the Old Bailer, when the follow ing unhappy men were ordered for execution on Wed nesday next : Josiah Cadman, aged 26, a scrivener ; Edmund Spar row, 21, grocer; John Ellis, 21, scrivener; Thos. Top ley, 23, painter, for littering forged W. notes of the Bank of England; George Smith, 31, labourer; John Cabelia, 24, brazier, for highway robbery; William Harding, 29, labourer, for stealing 6 sheep ; Wm. Gar ton, 24, bricklayer, for stealing a 501. note. The others were respited (luring his Majesty's pleasure. Thurs day night the Rev. Mr. Cotton, Mr. Baker, and Mr. Brown, jun. communicated the melancholy intelligence to the unhappy men. On Cadman's receiving the in formation, he instantly exclaimed, " Is my poor wife saved ?" The Gentlemen assured him that the Royal Clemency bad been vouchsafed to her. " Thank God said he, Y. then I shall die perfectly happy." The other unfortunate men received the notice of their fate with becoming resignation. Yesterday morning the Rev. Mr. Cotton and Mr. Baker visited the prisoners, and afforded them all the religions consolation in their power. They appeared perfectly reconciled, and joined fervently in the devo- EARL BATHURAT.—A very serious accident had nearly befallen the Noble Earl yesterday, while pro ceeding is his carriage to attend the King at Carlton- Palace. His Lordship had reached the end of the King's garden wall, in St. James's Park, when one of OM horses became suddenly seised with fits, and stag gering forward a few paces fell, and commenced planting with his feet till he threw the other horse ; from Vile situation the Noble Earl was extricated by the pr •mpt assistance of the bystanders. A servant w a s immediately dispatched to the Palace, and the Marquess of Londonderry's carriage returned for the Earl, who generodsly rewarded some laborious per lous who had assisted him. The harness was obliged M be cut to pieces before the horses could be got up, and the carriage was left on the spot anvil fresh horses were sent for. SUOCKING ACCIDIN".—As the civic procession with the address to his Majesty was turning round the cor ner of King-street, the bore on which Mr. Wontner, the City Marshal, was mounted, took fright, reared, 'sad threw him. Mr. Wontner retained the bridle in his hand, when the animal plunged forward at him as be lay. and fell down upon him. The animal rolled weer him, and plunged in a frightful manner not to be described, and which prevented any one from ren dering assistance. When it rose, it plunged again at Wontner as he lay, helmg probably agita ed at the 'eight of his scarlet uniform. But few of those who witnessed the scene conceived that the bluebell was still alive. Ile was immediately tarried into a shop, and from thence conveyed to his house in Aldgase, when Sir William Blisard promptly arrived. One of its legs was broken in two places. The tractors:4er* emereaad, and it was apprehended that the limb mast be marinated. We regret to state, that we have since teethed In formation that his leg has been amputated a little lkalaw.the knee, and that he continues is a dan ger**. state. . • unrsiesiry INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGICi Noir. l6.—Dr. Jelin Clarke Whitfield, dritanist of Hereford Cathedral, and fortnerls *organist of Trinity Ind St. John's*Colleges, was on Weilnesday last, by a Grace of the Senate, elected Professor of Music in this University, id the room of the late 1)r. Hague. The stilled of the Nortiaian Prise Essay for the pre sent year is--a The internal Evidence of the Divine Origin of the Christian Religion." • The Cambridge Philosophical Society held their first meeting for the present Term on Monday even ing last, when the Very Rev. Dr. Wood, Master of St. John's College, and Dean of Ely. took the Chair as President: The meeting was very ?cancerously attended. His Rbyal Highness the Mike of Sussex was elected one of the Vice-Patrons of the Society. After electing many other new Members and receiving com ncuaications trona various quarters, a paper was rem' hr Mr. Okes, npoh an uncommon malformation of the ureter, and its consequences. BRIGHTON, Nor. 16. A Meeting of the inhabitants and visitors df this town was held on Wednesday afternoon, and another on Fri day " to take into consideration the best means of giving Ptiblic Expression. on the day of his Majesty's expected arrival at the Pavilion, to those feelings of joy, which have been di ff used among all ranks, by the prosp e c t of having our beloved Patron and Monarch agai n resident among us "—T. R. Kemp, Esq. occupied the chair. Af ter a short discussion, it was unanimously determined to Address his Majesty; and a Committee was appoi wed Ito prepare an Address, as well as a rlun for other pith lic testimonials of joy. There is to be no public illumi nation (such a mark of rejoicing being, by many, con sidered highly objectionable 0 but there will be a grand procession. A French galliet, laden with wine and tobacco, is on shore at Thorne) , beach, Seises : cargo and crew saved. Smuggling has been carried on with great sneers. of late in the western part of this county. On Sunday morning five carts, heavily laden with contraband spirits,, and a gang of men, with three tubs each. posited throne' Chichester, escaping the vigilance of the Revenue Offi cers. Fifty men, armed with bludgeons, and uniformly dressed, marched down to the coast for their load, and returned without molestation 1 The enlargement of the Parish Church in New Fish bourne is rapidly going on: an additional north aisle is nearly complete. An ancient stone,bearing the following inscription, perfectly legible, will not be disturbed :=— HIC IACET ANTH : WILLS GWOIIDA. DE BRARRIDGE IN COM. SOVTII. GENT. SEPVLTTS 9 DIE MAT 1394. The public will be gratified to hear of the detection of a nest of horse stealers who have been committed to Winchester gaol, They have confessed to the stealing of 206 horses, of every description, in most counties in England, within IS months. A NOVEL MODE OF STEALING A Honsa.---As a team of horses were travelling with a waggon, in the neighbor hood of Midhurst, the carter and a lad being asleep in the vehiele, the fore horse was actually taken off, and thrown into the hedge. The carter on awakening an i perceiving his loss, had the presence of mind to take an other horse off the team, and, pursuing the thief, came up with him and the horse, and secured both. On being taken before a justice, the fellow stated that lie only in tended the thing as a joke ; being, however , a p e r fect stranger, the Magistrate did not credit his assertion, bat committed him to prison fot trial, 6- - [The writer of the last article cannot term this mode of stealing a bone a novelty. He has forgotten " Giles Jolt as sleeping on his cart he lay"— We remember, besides, to have seen a carter who had his shoes stolen off his feet, as his cart was jogging on a :ehtish rood.] . _ DIARY FOR THR ENSUING IVRRK, - - NITA 'NB TIROS OF EON waria AT Lowsox-astaos. Nov. 18, B.—Tw ' INT. kr -SECOND SUNDAY after TRINITY. High water—morn. 64 at. after 8; evea.2lm. after 9. 19, M.--Japiter sets 24 min. after 4. 1110 water—morn. 47 !wafter 9; even. 13 a. after 10. 20, T.—Ent. King and Martyr. High water—morn. SO matter 10 ; even. 6E. after 11. 21, W. ---gun Asa 44 nt. aft. T. High water—more. 30 a. after 11 ; even. b 4 in. aft. 11. 22, Th.—Cecilia. High water—morn, 12 o'clock ; even. 18 a. a ft er 12 . It — m F.--St. Clement. b id St. Martin. . High water—mora.4Bm. after 19; even. b tn. after 1. 24, B.—New Moon at 7 aft. High water—rnorn,29m.after 1; even. 83 to. after I. The planet Mars, now rapidly approaching the Lion's Heart, will produce a pleasing effect in the south by its proximity to that star, about six in the morning of Tuesday next, when their apparent dis tance will not be more than one degree. Cosa,. Peovistome.— At Blandlord fair, on Thurs day week, there were about 15,000 sheep penned, being 5.000 more than ever before remembered. — Dorset ewes fetched the best price, which were about 28s. Good Southdosn ewes were sold at from 14s. to 235. One lot of lambs was sold at 2s. per bead. Beasts had a very dull sale. Some middle-sized pigs were sold at from 14s. to 18s. and some as low as 41. Many hundred pigs were driven home, their price not being even asked. At Portland annual fair on Mon day. about 600 sheep were penned, which sold at from 14s. to 21s. each, and there was a much larger show of cattle and pigs than usual, at low prices. The best potatoes are now selling in Taunton and neighbour hood, at from 2s. 6d. to 2s. 9d. per bag of 3 bushels. Eton —Thursday evening, about seven o'clock, a fire broke oat in the premises of Mr. Wright, dyer, at the corner of Thomas-street, Goswell-street-road. it originated in the dying department, in consequence (as is supposed) of a spark of fire from the furnace communicating with semi raw wool which was lying near. By the prompt exertions of the neighbours, aided by the Eagle fire-engioe, the dames were extin guished, but not till a considerable quantity of mate rials had been destroyed. SIATCII TOR A STAIIII Or 1,000 OUINIAIIe.-A trotting match for the above stake, was made at the One Tan Tavern on Wednesday evening, by tweGenGelllllll back ing their horses to trot against each other one mile. and to carry list: each. Each party deposited 250 guineas aside in the hands of Mr. Gully, to be made SOO aside on the 14th of January.—Even moor/ seas offered that the •mile will be performed within three `asinutea. A MINIM'S TOO ors.--.A Gentleasteraillmt of No. 7,950, in the present Lottery, and paid •intstbillings extra to secure it ; we uprose he dreamt about a ' minute too long, for had he waked mushiste earlier perhaps he might have Geed on No. 7,ll;l9.thrtpreeed- Jag number, which was the 30,0001. Prime that theft sold on the firnt . day' of the present Gotteiy; we are ,inforatedv that the same number was a 14,0001. or 30,0001. Prise, about thirty years ago, sad was alto sold.ot ilismitUecee. . *. .. r: . .. . , k , . . . . 4 - i , I, - I. i • , • 4 0 1 , 4 4 ,ft rt kii-... ... t ~.„ Iv 4 4 . ,:i • 1 1, .. .. ~ 1t.... 4 i T ..., )I', • , i il • :. ire the Pa• . ~% i =