The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-11-08 00:00:00

nwmw'''--- . o wlet, the mischief-makieg cowards, who blazon forth a r o e 0 a civil war, and encourage tythe exaction and the robberies of tytbe farmers, falsely accuse th e hal f. ater eed Irish peasantry of inyabordinatien.— Illegal' meetings • are crested by tyrants and their mee ts, bailiffs, and absentee landlords, s set of oppres sors, w ho never lay oat a' shilling of their rentals sw ag their distressed and enslaved tenantry. Instructions were yesterday received at Carlton Pa lace, to have every thing in readiness for his Ma sty's immediate arrival. About twelve o'clock si t William Congreve called and inepeoted its fit sew for the reception of his Majesty. His Majesty w ill, it is said, leave London soon after his arrival, f ar Brighton, where be purposes to spend the Christ was holidays: . The guns at the Tower are ordered to he in readi vo to fire upon his Majesty's arrival in the capital, w bi e h is expected to take place on Saturday next. The Marquess of Londonderry arrived at Ramsgate 1 1 from Calais on his return to England, on Tuesday m in, and slept at Walmer Castle, He was ex vetted st his seat at North Cray, Kent, to dinner yes wasp wort of a letter from Hanover, Oct. 26.—There is tittle fleet of the disposition that exists in the Cabinet, a /oin to support the measures adop ted at St. Peters-. b o p but, in the event of any hostile declaration cm t he pert of Prussia, she would immediately . lose the pro weds on the Rhine, that are now groaning under her 1 r ke, and impatient to shake it off. This consideration s low is said to restrain Frederick William from openly 1 es pousing the cause of the Russian Autocrat. It would wear, however, that no hostilities are apprehended, for in Majesty, when conversing familiarly a few nights a go with some of the gentlemen of his suite, said it was his positive intention to make another visit to the Con tinent next year, and that he would then go to Iltrlin, Viesna, and Paris, after having first stayed a short time is his hereditary dominions. It was, moreover, remarked . that on some public occasions lately, his Majesty appear ed dressed in the Prussian uniform. OCT. 29.-1 have just discovered that the differ ences between our Sovereign and the Elector of llesse CasSEL have been so far adjusted as to induce his Majesty to alter his determination of not visiting the capital. His Majesty very properly resented the in dignities which the father-in-law of the Duke of Cam bridge, the Landgrave *of Hesse; was known to meet with from his undutiful nephew, and therefore refused to admit the Envoy of the latter to an audience. The mdse is said to have produced a salutary effect on foe violent temper of the Elector, who on finding that be bad rendered himself obnoxious to so great a min as the King of England, sent immediately General • Baron Mader to intercede in his behalf, and the result is that his Majisty will visit Cassel. YesteedaY at one o'clock the Utah Justices for the Administration of the (kiirninent during his Majesty's absence from Enilind, held a meeting at the Council Chamber 'or Cock-pit, Whitehall, which was considered el 'an extraordinary meeting, and their Lordships continued assembled till near four o'clock. „Sere were present his Royal Highness the Doke of Task, his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, Vircoont Sidinouth, Viscount Mel ville, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Mar quess l'holmondeley. hie. Hamilton attended Ifs the Lorin Jestices' Secretary. 'LiesareoL, Nov. 6.—General Don Francisco Vices late Envoy extraordinary, and Minister Plenipotentiary from Spain to the United States, arrived here on Wednesday, in the packet ship, Amity, from New York. Dos Ocelario fie Rivas Salmon, Secretary t. the Legation, remains as charge d'Affaris. Extract of a letter, dated Paris, November 5 :-. " The Chambers were opened to day with a speech torn the throne. It expresses nothing, and has pro dined no effect on the funds. There was a great at tendance of members of both Chambers. The speech was delivered in the Louvre. the King not being able to repair to the Chamber of Deputies, in which it has hitherto till last Session been the custom for him to meet his Parliament. All the Princes, except the Duke of Angouleme, who has set out to meet the King of England at Calais, attended." A mail from Italy has brought an account of the ' proceedings before the tribunal established at Turin for trying the persons engaged in the late revolution. A great number of the accused have escaped beyond the' reach of vengeance ; and though they may suffer in their property, have saved their lives. Thus Del tem, whose name so frequently appeared in the • preceedings of the Provisional Government of Pied. meet, and other leaders, are sentenced in contumacy to be executed in effigy, and to forfeit their estates. ' There are various punishments besides death. Many • ) are condemned to the gullies and imprisonment foe ce different periods. It as also but fair to state, that many of the moused have been acquitted; and that, ' among very severe sentences, there are others of a i more moderate character than might be expected from the angry feelings of a restored Government. )tract of a private letter , dated Au g sbur g , Gets 29':-:—The King, when he saw the young son of the 1 Duke of Cambridge fot the first time, asked him 111 be could speak, the infant immediately replied 0 ea I save the King ! !!" The ancient mansion, Blarney Castle, has gone with{ nil the rural ornaments of that romantic residence, eel theliammer. The breath that Oliver Cromwell is saidl --,, to hare made in the battlement, will be nothing coon , pared to the gutting it is destined to suffer during the i Issuing week, as part of it has been purchased ifierely for the materials.—(Cork Olson.) .Dtscov eat Sntes.--Letters have been received from . the Discovery ships, dated 16th July ; they were then at Resolution bland, in Hudson's Bay.—They bad met with some heavy icebergs, and considerable ole• struetions from the ice, which was then melting fast, bat were past these inconveniences, and were pnrse ing their voyage of discovery up the inlet to the north of the Day. The officers and men were all is the highest health and spirits; well sad most amply found in every kind of provisions and comforts, and delighted with the security and excellence qf their . ships; which, though so deeply laden, have proved tiemselves most lively and obedient sea boats. 1 A company of Corned:lass in Devonshire, auttOetiterl i a short time since, a grand spectacle, is which rani was to be personated by a young spinster: bet a consi derable delay taking place before the representation of the piece, a lady soloed the stage manager "-when they really intended to perform it?' He replied, "we shall not be able to play it for a. fortsight, for the • young lady who is to perform die character d Maim, is bat jolt brought to beds". COMMERCIAL LIVgRPOOL, Nov. 6, 1621. Treasury Chambers, Sept. 1. CiErruuktas—The Lords Commissioners of his Ma jesty's Treasury having had under their consideration an application, stating the injury which arises to the Revenue and the Irish trade, by the importation of fo reign butter, as grease, for ships' ointment, &c., at the low duty of Is. 6d. per cwt., and praying that mea sures may be adopted to remedy such evil t and certain regulations having been submitted by you, with re gard to the mixing articles of the above description with tar, anti other ingredients, previous to their ad mission, I have in command to acquaint you, that my Lords approve , of your suggestion, and I am to desire you willissue the necessary instructions to your of ficers accordingly. (;costa lianalsoN. To the Commissioners of Customs. WAREHOUSE ACT, PORT OF COWES. Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, Sept. 12. After our hearty commendations, having considered your Report, dated the 15th inst., on a Petition from Cowes, praying to be allowed to Warehouse some Bear-skins at that Port, these are to authorise and require you to permit goods enumerated in Table D of the Warehousing Act, to be warehoused at the Port of Cowes, and for so doing this shall be your warrant. VANSITTART. To the Commissioners of Customs. STATE OF TIIE COUNTRY. It is notorious, that although rents, tithes, and taxes, have been lowered only in a very small degree, agricul tural produce has fallen most rapidly ; and there is no wonder, therefore, at the distress experienced by the occupiers of land. The average price of wheat for the last week, as published in Saturday's London Gazette, was. not more than 545. Sd. per quarter, while the far mers declare that not less than SOs. is a remunerating price. And it is demonstrated, that this diminution in price is'not so much caused by the inferiority of the article, as by the vast quantity thrown into the market ; for, it is an undeniable fact, that while in the six weeks ending the 27th of Oztober, 1820, 46,393 quarters of wheat were brought into the London Market, in the six weeks prior to the same day in the present year, no less than 105,141 quarters, exclusive of flour, were brought to the same market, being more than double the quail. tity ! Surely it cannot now be argued, that there is any want of corn in the kingdom! and the farmers have no resource, but to use every means in their power to pro cure a reduction in these three great demands upon their purses—RENT, TITHES, and TAXES. We are happy to see that considerable reductions in rent have already taken place in sonic parts of the kingdom, and we hope they will soon be general. Tithes have also been partially reduced, but there is plenty of room here for thl /1111 to obtais--ewessealegree of. /se and cralit.., even of popularity, amongst those wko sup port them. But the great matter to be sought after is the lowering of the direct and indirect taxes, especially those upon MALT, LEATHER, SALT, and WINDOWS ; the total abolition, or even material reduction of which would be a great boon, both to the farmers and the nation, and the relief which this would afford is almost incalculable. Let us hope that the country gentlemen, who now must feel something of the distresses of the country, will loin the independent phalanx in the House of Commons, in the ensuing session of Parliament, and compel Ministers to lessen the burdens of the taxes; or let us rather hope that Ministers themselves, who are undoubtedly making very considerable retrenchments, see the absolute necessity of relieving the country, and will, without delay, propose some measures which shall effectually benefit the farmer, and not merely amuse him with the prospect of a distant good, as in the case of the Corn Bill. It is universally declared that something must be done ; and we shall see what the " collective wisdom" of the Parliament will produce. The Madrid Journal, called El Universe', after extracting from a London paper an account of the disturbances in Ireland, asks what would the English ministerial papers say, if such disorders occurred in the provinces of Spain. How would they," says the Universel, " di s cuss the subject ! What conclusions would they not draw from it against the constitutional system! Tbey would regard Spain as plunged in a civil war, and would labour hard to prove to us that we must not expect tranquillity as long as we have a cons titution. We advice thes e writers, instead of dis creasing themselves so much about Spain, to look at home. If they could judge without passion and pre. Judie*, they would readily perceive that the disorders which occur here are, under the circumstances is which Spain is placed, harassed by the opposition of the internal and external enemies of her welfare, as few as could be expected. But even those few have *1 tendency to decrease and terminate, because the re ntedy for them is to be found in the very Cause *hick produced them; whereas the disorders experienced is! the British empire are always angmentiag, and cannot terminate, as its institutions remain in opposition to the interests and wishes of the people." Early this morning, one of the workmen empinyet on a building within the precinct of the Savoy .ell from a scaffold , and was ta ken up most dreadfally shattered, and almost in a lifeless state. He was car ried towards the Hospital, bat on the way expired. Notwithstanding the late fatal accident in the Strand, occasioned by the upsetting of one of those, modern vehicles for the mareyance of luggage, ‘ 4 Vass." we observe theis leave Abe metropolts dalty„, laden is the most dangerous moaner. One of thes was piled to such an immense height yesterday eves- so be scarce!, able to pass throagh Temp le- ISM OD . It ss anakiaL4 upwards of as hour is F lee t . str bar eet, fro a m part tailor luggage on the top becomisg nod ft man it! a ttempting to replace it'was pre lose% cipitated as the paventest and sellettely hart. Proofed! log to the Ozterkeed, we sapipeee, throagh Tavi stock-sweet, Coyest-pries, the top reschlag the t o p a the But-moor vrindessk an d all the structure sodding, its appanage was tremeadeits; aaol all the people et the pavement ef that 11141 TOW SUNS WPM `-.seed art their suety as it was fig.' THE stATtsk COUNTY OP LIatIEBICK. .UR. HU ME. The LiMeriek Chronicle of Saturday, received this morning, details the distribution of the formidable ml litary force which now occupies that county. The only fresh occurrences. it states, are the following : On Thursday night. a number of armed men were seen on the road leading from this city towards Bally seeda ; many of them on horseback. They proceeded to Roxborough-house, the seat of Mrs.Westropp, which they entered by climbing a tree close to the wall, and got into the servants' apartments, and took thereout one musket. Yesterday morning, as a respectable farmer, of the name of Riedy, was proceeding from the town of New castle to his farm on that estate, two men, armed with pistols, jumped from a quarry not 200 yards distant from the barracks, and attempted to shoot him, which be evaded -by running to the opposite side of the car, and then retreating quickly into the town. No cause can be assigned for this attempt, hut that he was brother-in-law to a persun who attended at the last Assizes, as a prosecutor for the Crown. It has been ascertained, that one of the persons shot in the attack upon the Police in the county of Clare (as stated in our last) has since died of his wounds. His name is likeson, and lived at the side of the mountain near Meelick, about three miles from this city. 1k was. heretofore, considered a peaceable man. Wednesday morning, at one o'clock, whilst a detach ment of the 42d and Adare Infantry, under the command of William Smyth, of the latter corps, and Magistrate of this County, were patroling, they apprehended a man, named Kelly, who was mounted on a horse, which he acknowledged was stolen; he is charged with being a principal in several of the outrages that have been com mitted in this county. Kelly was on Wednesday even ing lodged in gaol, under committal of Lieut.-t-olonel 'ickson. The freedom of the City of London has been given to Mr. flume, for the services which he has rendered to his country. The motion was opposed, and the person who figured away as the champion of the slaves was a new man, of the name of Crocker, or Cruiser. The hero did not venture to deny that Mr. Hume deserved cotnntenda tion ; but he ventured to shew, that lie bad made mis takes in his calculations —in one instance to the amount of a halfpenny ; in that of another, of a farthing per cent.!—but, in two cases, be detected more substantial errors. The better half of a man's mind must be stultified, who would deny the profound knowledge of the illus trious Cuvier, because he had stated that certain disco veries were made 74 feet beneath the surface, which some ideot had afterwards measured and found to be seventy-four feet, six inches, and three lines. Small, indeed, would be Mr. Hume's claims to the thanks of his country, if he rested his merit on calculating the per centage of the expence of the collection of the taxes. He deserves those thanks, not for two and two make four calculations ; but for his indefatigable industry—for his unsleeping perseverance—fur his un daunted resolution—for his exposure of public Jelin qttency and public frauds—for his detection of Minis terial extravagance—for exhibiting before the world the Vampires that devour the vitals of the nation, in their proper clothing and colours. Strange, indeed. it is, that little animals, whose intellects nature con fined within the range of a Dilworth, or a Cocker, should dire to attempt to appreciate the value of exer tions which they cannot comprehend. Much good feeling must dwell in that heart that can charitably listen to nonsense ; and more than Christian charity was required to give attention to a silly being, who affected to he wise. Poor Mr. Croker and the Mini terial myrmidons, were defeated, and the two-and two make-four-man pocketed his calculations, and walked home. The City of London sometimes throws off its leading strings in this instance it has acted with a manly dignity. If it always display such firmness, it may laugh at the miserable efforts of the Curtises, the Willis.mses, the Dixons, and the Crokers, and the wholeof that race of imbeciles. They may bawl—and their slavish coadjutors, to support them, may rise out of the slimy poul of corruption. and shake their green sides. They may bawl—but the people will despise their threats. and laugh at their lamentations. The more they endeavour to depreciate, the more the Patriot will rise in public estimation. Let them say what they will--the notion owes march to Joseph II __(Alfred.) Mr, Wilde bas arrived in Paris be is expected in town next week, when the QUM'S house will be brought to the hammer. LIICTIVRESIIIIP UP ST. UPWARD, SHOR7DITCII. State of the third day's poll, which closed yesterday at four o'clock : For the Rev. T. Mortimer - - 401—Gros- Poll, 1660 62 For the Rev. Dr. To wne - - - 179 _ _ Majority for Mr. Mortimer 222 1102 There was, last week. a considerable fall of snow in Stanmore, Westmoreland. On the east side of Whitcombe-street near the western entrance to the Mews, the workmen employed in excavating the earth for foundations for sew build• logs, discovered, yesterday morning, about fourteen feet below the surface, a portion of an old wall, about four feet thick, composed of Kentish rag-stone, so strongly cemented, as to require considerable force, applied to an iron wedge, to break it in pieces. Close to this Oortion of the wall were al so found, three ske letons, lying nearly parallel with the wall. The roots of several trees have been dug up in the same spat, whicb,,from these and other circumstances, and the depth vegetable mould, appears to have formerly hien cu tivated as a garden. The thoroughfare, lat terly c Whitcombe-street, it will be remembered, was pre sly known by the name of Hume-tone, and the aelghbouriog church still preserves the dis ,tinetion if St. Martin's-to -the-fields. We are happy to find, that our Port letters convey, with one distressing exception, more favourable ac counts of the effects of the hurricane ea Saturday aid I last, than OA been anticipated.--(reetish *.) art of ibis soften of smugglers Is the eastern p moire than compensates for the lessor sostalood "Os tale and the more western departments of mks We hear that.* cargo oralry pods, riled ig4l. was lauded about a foetal& Oreee, st ilmt; tow a kgger.—(Brightia Chroick.) ;--_ . SCOTTISH MUSitILAILINS; • A gentleman of this neighbourhood who has madi various excursions through the ino:•t interesting part f Europe and Asia; was lately in Constantinople, where he was more than once exposed to the outrages and insnits of the populace. Having applied to Mr. Salt, our Consul, for protection, he gave him in charge to a Mussulman in the service of the Sublime Porte, undre whose guardianship he visited every accessible object of intetest in that wonderful city. He was surprised, on a very short acquaintance, to find that his companion spoke the English language fluently.— On questioning him, he was informed, to his no 'mall amazement, that he was a native of Scotland ; that he was born and spent his youth in Luncarty Bleachfield, in the neighbourhood of Perth ; that he had a scuffle with another young Nati there, whose life was in con sequence despaired of, and, dreading the punishment of the law, he bad fled front his native place, and taken refuge in a vessel bound for the Mediterranean. This vessel was captured, and the prisoners carried to Con stantinople, where he was for some time in the service of an apothecary, who employed him to sell drugs through the city, allowing him a very small pittance from the sums he thus collected, lie afterwards ap plied to Mr. Salt, who kindly assisted him with money, sufficient to commence business as an apothe cary on his own account, and he had been so successful that be soon repaid the borrowed money, and was now in very comfortable circumstances. 'I his anecdote will remind our readers of the story of our ambassador, who, in arranging the terms of a treaty with the Maud Vizier, found considerable difficulty in coming to an understanding by means of rt interpreter, until. the Vizier ordering the interpreter and all the by-standers to the door, saluted the Ambassador with, " Fu' lang free Aberdeen, man ;" and the business was concluded between the countrymen in a trice.—(Perth (,'owrier.) The northern part of the kingdom seems extremely fertile in anecdotes of this kind. The late Mr. Gray, who had resided at one of the German Courts as Minis ter from Great Britain, and whose father had beets IL it6ter of the parish of Abernethy, near Perth, was ae• customed to relate the following incidents as having occurred to himself :—About thirty years ago, having previously visited those countries which are now the objects of contend ns between the Greeks and the Tu.ks, be had attempted to form a settlement in or near the Crimea, for the purpose of introducing British Aeri eulture; and had taken up his rceidence in a small town or village in which a troop of Janissaries, on their march, had occasion to halt for a night. —1 he Commandant of the corps, observing MY. Gray's house to be the best in the place, had chosen it for his lodging, and Mr. Gray finding him him a well-informed and agreeable man exerted him self for his entertainment. After supper, the wine seemed as if it bad nut been forbidden to a k - by the Koran ; and the conversation became unrestrained, and carried on in different languages. The Janissary Commander, after talking in German, spoke a while in French, and at last in English, and, to the surprise . of Mr. Gray, spoke the latter language with a Scottish accent. Becoming frank with his companion, Mr. G. adventured to notice this peculiarity. in such a way as he hoped would lead the stranger to explain it. His observation had the detailed effect ; but the explanation was confounding. Pausing seriously a while, and then directing his eyes with a familiar smile to Mr. Gray, the Janissary exclaimed, in good broad Scotch, " Davy Gray, dinna ye ken me i" Astounded at this address, Mr. G. replied he did not; when his guest proceeded " Why man, do ye na mind the Janitor's son, when ye were at College in St. Andress*? I eta --, the very wan, the Janitor's son of the College at St. Andrews."—(ED.) Yesterday, a Court of Directors was held at the East Adis House, when Captain M. Hamilton was sworn into the command of the ship I)unira, consigned - -- - to Bombay and China. It is scarcely credible that one salesman in Leaden hall market, at the present time, sells on an average 14,000 rabbits weekly. He contracts with the coach masters for the carriage, and pays them 111. per thou sand, amounting weekly to 1541. The way he disposes of them is by employing 150 travelling pole-men and women ; in the morning they are started upon credit ; the next day they return, bringing back the skins, settle the accounts, and then take a fresh cargo. A few evenings past , a gentleman of Gilli ng ham was stopped by two men near the Chalk-hole, Frindsbury, both of whom he knocked down, and then endeavoured to escape from them, at the same time calling for help when a woman made herappearance, but, instead of ren dering him any assistance, she threw her apron' over him and dragged him to the ground, when the twousen beat and kicked him about in a most cruel manner, and succeeded in robbing him of his watch, and about thirty lb i Binge, with which they esesped.—(Rochedir Gimette.) MAID.TONN, Nov. 6.—A most melancholy and dis tressing accident occurred in this town on Saturday evening. Mr. Cowen, jobbing smith, was repairing the inside of the boiler of a steam engine at the brewery in the West Borough , belon g in g to William Baldwin, Esq. and io soldering on some pieces of iron be made use cif a cement composed of sal ammoniac, sulphnr, and iron turnings, which produced such a quantity of fume.. or gas, that it overpower ed Cowen, and he, in a few mo ments, was suffocated. W. Pearce, his man, being at work on the outside, cod hearing a struggling noise witliin_, ket through the aperture at the top, which was but joss large s enough to admit his body, and was descending lo master's assistance, when he inhaled the fames. ineigfell to the bottom. An alarm was immediately gives, ea a man named Oliver attempted twice to 'cleats*, bat he was so powerfully affected by the A: wig, that 111 *as compelled to relinquish the task. A large !waft of water was now thrown into the boiler, sad dais some minutes had elapsed the bodies were extricate'. Priestin ,was found (tithe dead, but some aptearanee of V. was visible in Cowen. who was immediately taken home a nd surgical assistance promptly obtained. Every means that could be devised were resorted to, but alt.the efforts made to restore animation proved unavailing, and he expired about three o'clock on Sunday sernisg, Whoa the lifeless bodies of these persons were cosseyed hare to their families, the scenes were treheart S i Cowen has left a diseipssolate oad six hid,- less little ones, and Pearce a widow and two little one's sad what renders this sad- event UPI more afffictinf ie : that Pearul's wife is veil sear her twallossient. indite th ese unfortunate - persons were truly limiest and - (nose characters. ahll much resteetod AM their splienS of life. COWS riceedidgly ilia. but soy clever ssd illealeas in . his tbasiarsv.—As love* woo lA= vies of the bodiessesterday, at the Wag t ails:ad, anomie iltraosse, Esq. Milo. apd Coroner. —Verdict. —"Acciitental death, occasioned by Suffocation." - IS.T by I I _ 01• Cr be Ptl. ove leek $ of Pee' 111 I 0 1 ; • j • 4 f