The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-11-10 00:00:00

feelings, and and redress the sufferings of the people. The King don't want the inclination were he left. to his own l a, but he is so hoodwinked, so bewildered with the toils they have spread around him, that his beat in teations are frustrated by their interested advice. That a barrier is formed between him and his subjects we deplore, yet we hope, and trust that this unnatural hhstruction will be shortly levelled and removed. The Dublin papers, which arrived this morning, too t l in extracts from the Limerick Chronicle of the instant, but happily not a single instance of any 'd eb outrages as have recently afflicted that unhappy county. The articles relative to the public meeting it Kilkenny, and to a recent meeting of the Aldermen o f Dublin to endeavour to palliate their supineness on the decoration of the Statue of King Wirmait, will b e read by those wbo are attentive to the progress of opinion in Ireland, with no inconsiderable interest. Yesterday the Duke of York paid a visit to the King at his Palace, in Pall-mall, on his arrival in England. The • Marqueas of Londonderry had a long audience o f l b. King yesterday. The Lords Justices of the Administration of the Gerenunent during his Majesty's absence from Eng laad, did nut meet on Thursday, as stated in a paper of yesterday. On Tuesday his Royal Highness the Duke of Glon rester arrived at Cossey on a visit to Sir George atti Lady Jerninghaut, when a party of friends was in vited to meet the Duke. His Royal Highness left Cossey for Rainham on Friday. The flight Hon George Canning left Tuddenham, the residence of his relation the Rev. E. Mellish, after a v isit of a few days, at the end of last week. The Subscription to indemnify Sir Robert Wilson proceeds with spirit through the country. The last list exhibited an addition of above 4001. The Citizens, it is understood, are extremely in dignant at the manner in which the business relative to Lord Mayors' Day has been conducted. It is usual for the Lord Mayor elect to nominate eight Gentle men out of his own Ward to form part of the Corn utittee to conduct the arrangements, each Sheriff naming four in the same way. The new Lord Mayor, however, has resorted to Walbrook Ward, at the in stance, it is understood. of Alderman Atkins, and has appointed Mr. Gibbs and Mr. Woodward. We have sot learnt whether those Gentlemen possess more talent or property than the Gentlemen of the Lord Mayor's Ward ; bat thus the matter stands, and, it is thought, will be the subject of discussion in the Court of Com- Imo Council. The most rigid system of economy is shout being practised by the new Lord Mayor, u may be seen by the account of yesterday's procession ; not a man in armour was to be seen, or any of the usual attendants on the 9th of November. Mr. Sheriff Oar ntt's friends on the Committee were desirous of keep- Mg up the usual style on the occasion. but the Lord Mayor refused. The expense would have been about 140. it also appears that domestics who have been at the Mansion House upwards of 20 years have been discharge d. Arto*g tloesitimas yesterday, tle Raciest tow good hying was kept up to the usual tone. Most of the taverns were occupied by the different companies. The London Coffee-house entertained three, among these was the Worshipful Company of Glaziers. — Their master, T. Obedebild, Esq. was in the Chair, sepported by Messrs. Brown and Jones, their wardens, with 50 other gentlemen, who sat down to an excellent dinner at 4 o'clock. The entertainment and wines were good, and the company cheerful. The party were en tertained by a variety of songs, until 10 o'clock, when they retired well pleased with the evening's amusement. An individual in the Pay Department of the Vic tnalling-offiee has soddenly decamped with a consi derable sum of the public money. But it is not true, as has been insinuated, that the fraud arose from any want of expedition or caution in the Audit of Pub lic Accounts. Not only has the Public Account of this person been audited up to Christmas last, but his receipts and payments since that time have been regu larly examined and checked once a fortnight by the Victualling Board. As far as the investigation has proceeded, the fact appears to be, that this person Wei that the office he held was to be abolished at Christmas next, and that he would then be compelled to re►ire upon a pension considerably lower than his salary—that two days before he disappeared, a sum of money bad been transferred tohis account at the Bank of England, to enable him to carry on the public pay ments—and that in the course of these two days, be bas drawn out a large part of the sum so transferred. and has carried it off with him.—(Ministerial paper.) The American ship Franklin, of 7.1 guns, preparing for an expedition to South America, has a library of 2,500 books on board. The commercial regulations of Russia have appeared. respecting the settlements of that empire along the north-west coast of America, the Aleutian islands, and the east coast of Siberia. The line of maritime and commercial dominion thus covered by the decrees of the cult •m-house of Sr. Petersburg extends along the American coast fnll 10 deg. of latitude from Belling's Straits, in about 61 N. to 51 N. in the neigh bourhood of Nootka ; and on the Asiatic side, from the same Straits of Miring, above 15 degrees along the Eastern coast of Kamtschatka, and down to the South Cape in the Island of Ourop, lat. 45 deg. 51 min., not very far North of the Empire of Japan. The I regulation is nothing less than a prohibition to all foreign nations to commence the whale or other fish ery, or any other branch of trade or industry, on any part of the aforesaid coasts or islands, or to approach any one of the Russian settlements within a less dis tance than 100 Italian miles, under the penalty of losing the cargo. There is an exception in fa►our of ships driven in by stress of weather, and of ships sent out on voyages of discovery, being previously provided with passports from the Russian Minister of Marine. If any thing be necessary to evince the high Pretensions of Russia to exercise dominion where ahe can, the above is surely sufficient. Mr. OWEN'S PLAN.—The proposals of Mr. Owen, of New Lanark, are at length in a fair way of being subjected to the test of experience. The subscription for erecting one of his projected villages at Mother well, near Hamilton, already amounts to nearly 30,0001. and is prosperously filling ny.--CfPB;4l"e4 rw .- THE. STATESMAN. ANOTHER MEETING OP DUBLIN ALDER- I . MEN. • [PROM TILE DUBLIN MORNING POST, NOV. B.] There has been, it seems, another Meeting of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, convened by requisition. " lo adopt such measures as tiey may deem necessary to justify themselves to the Government and the pub lic." The following document, which we copy from the Correspondent of last evening, is the result. We defy the most expert logician among the whole of our readers, to ascertain from it the " measure' " that have been adopted, or even to unravel the meaning of the second revolution ; and, if the meaning be comeatable by great labour and industry, we shall then put him to reconcile its structure and phraseo logy with the rules or syntax of any Oranunar, an cient or modern, foreign or domestic, with which he may be acquainted. We woul.l most humbly suggest to the worthy Corporation—to nett no more. At a Meeting of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor and Board of Magistrates- held this day, at the City Assembly Honse, William-street, in pursuance of the following Requisition : To THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD MAYOR. We, the undersigned Magistrates, who sanctioned and approved of the proceedings which took place at the City Assembly House, on Saturday last, when certain resolutions were entered into in order to prevent the dress ing of the Statue of King William, on the 4th of Nov. having seen, with deep regret- your Lordship's authority and that of the chartered Magistrates of this City, set at nought, request your Lordship will call a meeting of the Magistrates forthwith, in order to adopt such measures thereupon as they may deem necessary, to justify them selves to the government and the ABRAHAM BRADLEY KING, THOS. AIsKENNY, WILLIAM STAMER, DRURY JONES, JOHN CASH, JOHN S. FLEMING, RICHARD SMYTH, SAML. W. TINDALL, THOMAS ABBOTT, Wm. H. ARCHER. JACOB WEST, Nlonday, sth Nov. 1521." Resolved—That it appears to the Meeting, that the instructions of the Lord Alayor, as conveyed in the letter of his Secretary to the Police Magistrates, on Saturday, the 3d instant, were clear, express, and definite, and that the opinion of this body, unequivocally declared in their Resolutions adopted on that occasion, fully and sin cerely accorded with the instructions contained in that letter. Resolved—That, it having been stated to this meeting. that, after the proceeding of this Board on Saturday, it was communicated to the Lord Mayor and Police Magistrates that they could not legally interfere to prevent the dress ing of the Statue of King William, unless a previous information upon oath or otherwise should have been made, that a riot was likely to take place by the dressing of the Statue; and that in consequence of such legal opinion, they did not conceive themselves warranted to act in conformity with the Resolutions so entered into. Signed by order of the Lord Mayor and Board of Ma. gistrates. ALLEN AND GREEN. Secretaries to the Board. Dated this 7th day of Nov. 1821. The worthy Corporators forgot, in the hurry of taking their " measures," to notice the following statement, which we copy from a cotemporary Journal: 6' A fact of some consequence towards enabling the Government and the public to form a correct notion of the views of the Magistrates previously to the Fourth of November, bas come to our knowledge. It is this :. Captain Smith , the Senior Hi e rastilf, proposed to the" Board," when they had to their Proclama tion, to place a party of pile* under his orders, and engaged, if they would do so, that he would prevent the dressing of the Statue, and, at the same time, preserve the peace of the city inviolate. This he offered on his own responsibility, but his offer was not accepted! Doubtless, for very sufficient reasons, though we have not heard them stated." In thus publishing gratis the measures adopted by the " Board" " to justify themselves to the Govern ment and the public," we expect a vote of thanks at at die next Quarter Day. MAIDSTONE.—On Friday last the election for the' Mayor of Maidstone for the ensuing year, was held in the Court Hall, and C. Stacey, Esq. and George Burgess, Esq. were nominated by the Bench of Jurats, for the election of one of them by the freemen. The party opposed to the Corporation demanded a poll on behalf of Mr. Burgess, en the principle of rejecting the rotation, in consequence of the same system having been pursued by the Tory party, to the exclusion of the elder members of the lower bench, from a participation ' in the honours of the Corporation, merely because they differed with them in politics. After about two hours polling, Mr. Burgess was elected by a very considerable majority. When he bad taken his seat, and the customary oaths, a vote of thanks was pro posed to the late Mayor, for his conduct during his Mayoralty, and the following Amendment was moved : That this Court, viewing with just indignation the unconstitutional and intemperate conduct of the late Chief Magistrate, John Wise, Esq. in calling out the military on the evening of the 20th of November last, a measure calculated to disturb the peace, irritate the minds, and endanger the lives and property of the inhabitants of the town, which it was his duty to guard over and protect ; do calmly and dispassionately censure his conduct, which has brought the office in to disrepute, and entailed a lastlag stigma on the Corporation ; and which censure they direct to be en rolled in the books of the Corporation, as a Memorial to future Magistrate, to avoid such intemperate and di:lr.:MO] acts." The amendment being read from the bench to a crowded Hall, and a spew of hands taken, the Mayor, after consulting with his brethren, declared, that he could not decide either one way or the other, and refused to count the numbers, although manifestly in favour of the Amendment, be then re tired amidst much disapprobation. The vote of thanks consequently fell to the ground.—(kentish Chronicle.) DISCOVERY SHIPS.—Most satisfactory accounts have been received from Captain Parry, dat6d the 16th of July, when the ships had cleared the ice, which at this season is always found to be dense and extensive round Resolution Island. On the 22d they were met with by the last of the Hudson's Bay ships, steering N. W. with a fair breeze and an open•sea ; and, as the latter was clear of ice as far as the coast of America. there is little doubt of their having reached that coast a few days after they were last seen. Not an accident of any kind bad happened to either of tho ships, and both officers and men were in high health and spirits.—(lbid.) We rejoice to bear that the admiralty has promoted Capt. Parry to Post rank, and Lieut. Liddon to that ,of Commander. LATE PUBLIC rEirlN.a,tai ,KILN.NY. In reporting the resOlutiUnlor appointing a Com mittee to prepare the Petition, the names should have been separated from the resolve. The motion having been carried, Thomas blacartney, of Archer's-grove, &1., the proposer, nominated one member, who nomi nated another, and so on till the whole number pro posed were appointed, upon which William P. Leech, Esq., moved that Mr. Macartney be added to the Com mittee, which was unanimously carried. We omitted entirely the name of one most respectable gentleman, Michael Warren, of Salisbury, Esq., who was a Mem ber of the Committee. The Resolution regulating the presentation of the Petition to both Houses of Parliament, was acci dentally left out of Saturday's Journal. It was as follows : Resolved—That the Earl of Ormond and Own , be requested to present the Petition to the House of birds, and that Lords Dononghmore and Clifden be requested, by letter, to support the same ; and that the Hon. Chas. Butler Clarke be requested to present it to the House of Commons, and that the Hon. Frederick Pansonby, the Hon. %V. G. Agar Ellis and the Right Hon. D. Browne, be requested to support it.—(Leinstcr Journal.) PROGRESS OF LIBERALITY. The cause of religious liberty is every day making greater progress amongst us. Even The Moderator newspaper, which was lately so decidedly hostile to a meeting in this city of persons of all religious persua sions, to petition for Catholic Emancipation, ig, it seems, completely satisfied of the propriety of that measure. Nay, it even goes a step further, and re commends a public meeting in the county for the same purpose. We have great pleasure in subjoining the article, and have no doubt but the advice it contains will be speedily followed : " The friends of public harmony and social concord, encouraged, doubtless, to further efforts for the pro motion of these invaluable objects, by the very signal success of their recent undertaking, in their work of peace, have resolved, if report speak truly, to follow up their wise and salutary labours. Another Conciliation Meeting' is likely to be soon organised in the County, under the same kindly auspices that have so admirably forwarded the cause of public union and tranquillity in this city. The persuasive combination of temperance, liberality, and good feeling so eminently displayed at the Meeting of Tuesday last, cannot hut ensure the prompt and ardent co-operation of the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and other inhabitants of the County, on the oc casion of this . projected Meeting.—(ldem.) BRIGHTON Nov. 9.—On Wednesday morning, the brig William and Sally, belonging to Mr. Izard, coal merchant of this town, received so much dam.tge when getting off our beach, from a sudden shift of wind to the south-east, that she became water-logged ; and, in attempting to enter Shoreham harbour, upset, and is a complete wreck : the crew were providentially saved, after clinging to the rigging for some time in immi nent danger of their lives, but with the loss of every thing bat what was on their backs. Another coal brig was driven ashore the same day, but fortunately got off in the course of the evening. The brig Iris, coal-laden, in approaching Arundel harbour, on Wednesday, ran ashore, and is much da maged. ~• SniatYLAiltiiuts? —Died in Tr4lee,. tos *WWI ' aTt., aged 7firafter ir protrketed illness, Jeri- alit leaving prop*, thihe amount of 20,0001., which he bequeathed to theinbabitants of Tralee, to be added to sums already subscribed by them, for the purpose of making a fold to defray the expenses of a lawsuit, about to be carried on, in the ensuing Term, against the Denny family, to open the Borough of that town ; and the overplus, if any, to form the commencement of a Sinking Fund, to secure the future independence of the Borough, by defraying the expenses of the popu lar candidate at any future contested election, and thereby encouraging talents and independence in the country. And in case the inhabitants should de cline prosecuting such suit, then the said sum to be applied in support of the different public institutions of the town, to be distributed as the Grand Jury shall thinVilit. The history of this man's life is as extraotellary as his bequest. In the early part of, ids career he was an attorney's clerk, in obi* situation, by persevering industry, and rigid ecodemy, be amassed a considerable sum cf money, and considering himself independent, he resolved to become a man of business; he did not hesitate long making a choiee ; he commenced the trade of a stock broker, or " advantageous money-lender," and in a few years his seams outran his most sanguine expect ations. At hts death he had liens on the estates of several of t Grandees in his neighbourhood. Fo r the last tw s years he was the " Collective Wisdom" of the " Western Empire ;" his house was, at nights, the resort of all the knowing ones; and as be had no family, their socturnal orgies were not interrupted by any apprehensive. of a curtain lecture, or any anxiety for any offspAng, whose provisions those revels might lessen,—(Dubfin Paper.) CARLOW, Nov. 3.—A farmer in the neighbourhood of this town, having brought the produce of several acres of barl ey for sale to the market , found that , on ' rece iving the iino ant, he was mines It 6s. 10d. allow ing for labo , seed, tithe and land tax, without taking the rent at all-into account! This sort of farming is a bad look out for the landlord. During the late harvest an old woman, named Bridget Kelly, aged 104 years, hired herself to bind for Mr. Jobs Warren of this town, and worked the entire day, IPithout appearing more fatigued than the youngesftleotnan in the field. KILICIIH*T, I INIov. 6.—On Sunday morning rather a heavy shower of snow fell over this city and neigh bourhood for upwards of an hoer. The unusually long etapillirondelle tribe is m uch noticed. On SatunTarillißrd, t young swal low, not Wiled sufficient for flight, fell down the chimney of Mr. Win. Hardballs, grocer, at East-gate, Chichestn i t on the 7th , a large number of t hese birds we alag over the Broyle road with their accustomed alacrity. - • A most melancholy accident hap pewei at %Vesture, on Friday se'nnight. Whilst SrAg,ittoper to Henry Elwyn, Esc was steepiog to pick up a hare which his master had just shot: and another hare rising at the Mee tints, be anxiously springing forward to stop his dogs, was unfortunately killed on the spot, receiving the eentesste of his master's other barrel in the back of his head. What adds much to this melancholy ca tastrophe is, that his father, Wm. Smith, of Tittles ball, was reseat:—(Norstic4 Mercary.) MrERPOOL, OCT. 9. [RECEIVED THIS MORNING] FROM THE COMMISSIONERS OF CUSTOMS. Custom House, London. Sept. ti. GENTLE)! EN—Doubts having been entertained upon the arrival of a vessel at her port of destination, on the 31st of May, with a cargo of timber, whether such cargo won be subject to die new duties, imposed by the Ist and 2nd Geo. IV. chap. 39, and which attached on the 28th of that month, until it was proved that the vessel had not been within the limits of any one pert in the kingdom, previous to the Vith of May ; the practice having been to consider Great Britain, as one general port, and that the arrival within the limits of any one port, constituted the importation, and that, at such period, the duties then in existence become due : we directed the opinion of the Attorney and Solicitor o.t -tierals to be taken, whether the duties attach, upon the arrival of a vessel within the limits of any port in this kingdom, on her transit to her destined port, or only upon her arrival within the destined port and they have given their opinion, that the duties do not attach upon the arrival of a vessel within the limits of any port in this kingdom,. on her transit to her port of destination, but only upon her arrival within her destined port. MANSIU-V-HOUSE.—Tuis Der. A case which excited great interest came on for hearing this day. Mr. Pickersgili, who is extensively engaged in the silk business, was robbul some time ago to a great amount, by a servant of the name of Louguett, who was in the habit of booking articles as sold, when, in fact, he had converted them to his own use. A discovery, at length, took place, and Mr. Pickersgill accidentally found oat that much of the stolen property had been pledged. He traced three duplicates to the possession of a person of the name of Wilson, ho it appeared had sent a boy to the shop of Mr. Purse, tho pawn-broker, for the put .pose of redeeming the goods. Under these circum stances Mr. Pickersgill had Wilson apprehended, and sought to recover the goods from Mr. Purse without • further expe►►se. It appeared upon examination that Picker gill had voluntarily suffered Longuett to go at large after he had confessed the robbery, under the hope of recovering more duplicates. The prisoner tamed that he had been a servant of Lougnett, and that be had found the duplicate after he had left Longuett's service. The !AND MAYOR said, that no case of felony had been made out against the prisoner, and ordered him to be discharged. The unfinished new room adjoining the drawing room at St. James's Palace, is 74 feet square. The esti - rior is nearly complied, and is exactly uniform with the old building ; it is designed for the accommodation of the Ladies at the drawing-room. The new grand staircase is likewise nearly completed. In the list of patents lately granted by the Frenc'i Government, is one of 13 years duration to William Rates, of Manchester, for machines for spinning wool, c Atoo, silk, &c. A patent of the same duration is also granted to James Douglass and Thomai Gres• ton for machines used in casting, pressing , an d ro llin g i ihrtts of lead. ,%•DDoeL.—On Monday the 22J of OcioSeri:ilieering took place at the Church-yard of Conturkart. county Roscommon, between Hugh Kelly, Esq. of Wood mount, county Galway, attended by Captain and Counsellor Dillon, attended by Sir. West. On the first discharge, Mr. Dillon's pistol burnt priming, and Mr. Kelly's fire took no effect; a second case of pistols were then discharged, also without effect. The affair was terminated by the interference of a ielagis• trate, and both parties left the ground. This meetinz was caused by the publication of a correspondence and statement relative to an affair of honour between Mr. D. M. Killikelly and Mr. Val. Dillon. SINGCLAR SPORTING OCCURRIINCIL—OR Tuesday, the 30th ult., the harriers of David Thomas. Welltiehl house, near Muiltb, hunted a hare for a considerable time. Puss being hardly pressed, dashed into a pool called Hell-hole, in the river Wye. On the oppsite side stood a gentleman angling without success. The hunt,- man's hallo roused him, and seeing the bare he patiently awaited her landing, but in attempting to catch her lie missed his aim, and the animal, alarmed, began to swim back towards the dogs, which were grasping at her in the pool, when the angler skilfully threw his line, hooked poor puss in one of her legs, ' and rescued her from a watery grave, for another day's sport.—(liereford Journal.) Tue Two lIUNDRED MILES MATCH IN TIMER DAM-- The Gentleman Pedestrian, who started to do this match on Wednesday morning, performed seventy miles on the first day, and after refreshing himself four hours,•he started again at four o'clock on Thursday morning. Our Correspondent left him fresh and well a short distance from Romsey, in Hampshire, having done forty four miles at two o'clock, P. fa. His route would be through Salisbury to Devises, in Wiltshire, and from thence through Newbury and Reading, for London. His ground to finish is six miles from Longford, Middle sex. It is a match on which great stakes are pending, and betting has become even. A decision was made yesterday by the Commission ers of Hackney Coaches, of sonic importance to the public, namely, that the present state of the pavement iw-Regent-street, justifies a coachman in deviating from that line is his passage from Oxford-street and charging his fare accordingly. Several shocks of an earthquake were felt at Sienna. on the 20th of last month. We were visited on the night of Saturday last the 3d inst., with a dreadful gale of wind from the N.W., accompanied with rain. The storm commenced about one o'clock. and continued without intermission until about five o'clock. We have nut yet h ea rd o f any damage being sustained from it in the town, it we are afraid that we shall have melancholy accounts of its effects on the shipping on the coast. It will Le seen on reference to our marine intelligence, that se veral vessels have been driven on shore in the river and at the mouth of the harbour. The Waterloo steam packet, from Dublin fin this port, woo also driven on shore near Moylake, and we understand has fillid waier. The passengers and crew were fartonikintly saved.--(Liverpool Advertiser.) Ou Sunday afternoon, daring the high gale, die wall surrounding the garden belonging to Mr. Sayers. St. George's Colegate, Norwich, fell down with a tre mendous crash. Fortunately uo person was near, the scholars having left the spot a short time previous. A large tree, on the premises of J. Tuthill, Eeq. was tern up by the roots, and mach damage was suffered by several houses. J w Is IS, pa in by i n 4 gm .ii- I