The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-01-22 00:00:00

II icsommamt fiNt fiver the —Sailed the rasters and .Remain the le Norfolk , and Jong. F . B•rhiee.-- feekson s for this Bar, the I, in 16 days. I the Argo, from. Altea ; i Alicant. ort dm ,brig • Button to e, of the ship 1 this evening Sktely. r Roads yes the Charles yesterday to ess Rork , is '•got off last ins at anchor the Contest, ed letters. C istlereqh, roger', from Jane, Owens, Michiers ; lice ; George, , Clare, from .rbice ; Janet iant, ()peon, led the John, Ogilvie, for I' hpld it She C,ommonders deporting for .Grptain M. r. A. Thum. CMno Copt. E. BA r.sTos, Ile. The ship len up for one ~t.—From the sit :—lly Cal. that the Ma st d Nloorsheds. tit pith no ac• /0 of the hike Pry unpleasant meward-bound 'e esptain was for two very di%ahled •hip. ors may ester's cached port in hat the Benson so completely he could be re. . After leaving inally going tilt it to these mis. to nut amongst of the men, It me altercation, in irons; this w, who Imrnt toard, went be. duty daring the. sequentlr corn. of the ship, a n d entially reached the MutineVro; I against five of leoced when one which we hare iberltlon of the Jail Tues. l'clock, the two rated by special ter withir Mr. under a similar hoe.maker, and 11. EVANS, who , og her son and nrsemonger-lane she came away, er of them would after she had •re d her son, ,ho returned. We fter four o'clock ForSIBM01140V.IA 04) frd SIDNOUVII to retied to the Go. in person then illy delivered the .rs were immedi ed the prison.— ed, to be imme. ONANT. We un. conduct his own Mr. EDITOR,—I heve:lltlkred • week to paw by to hopes, that seine of your Correspondetite tirkield notice the Note to the Beettsstra• Matess-leits lAA bet as no one has remarked upon it, Lreloctentty take op my pen to tumble you with a few elisetve ties,. NOTE.—" It is notoriose end epos record, in lo ony places, that the Prince's Debts upon his mar riage did not amount to half the sum stated by Mr. Hist.t.cre; that NO SPECIFIC SUM was voted by Perna. ment for the peruse of them; !bet an allowance w as grouted to the Prince declared to be scarcely oquivilent to that enjoyed by his Grandfather, the Prince of WALES, in the time of GEORO . E IL anal that retrenchments were secured out of this allowance t o liquidate the Primula Debts." Now, Sir, I did not Understand Mr. ll•cterr to say (at the Berkshire Meeting) what the Debts amounted to, or that a' ape* sum was voted by Parliament for the payment of them, bat that "in consequence of the marriage 1,430,0001. bad been paid towards the Prince's Debts, and --. Here be was interrupted by the most indecent clamour, I ever witnessed, proceeding principally from the chosen few on the Bench, who were invited for the occasion. It is really unfair, and efferent', int rudely to stop a man before he has finished his speech, and then, to calumniate him in a Newspaper, u pon garbled extracts, or hasty, detached, sentences, excited sty a tetuult of the moment. You will not understand, however, that I mean so to dispose of the main points, that here been animadverted upon, or to allow, that the mention of our country's cals• slides was " ill-timed," or can ever be ill-tioted at a County Meeting, let the call be what it may. The grant, which Mr. HALLETT must have alluded to, you will find in the 35th of the King, chapter ?.9, giving an Annuity of , 65,0001. out of the Conan• lidated Food, for the payment of the Prince's Debts, 4c. " in coherence of his late marriage," and to continue during the joint lives of his Majesty and the Prince. In looking into the Act, I find Mr. HALtrrr did hot reckon quite enough, haling, I presume, made Ills calculation from its passing in June, 1795, whereas the Annuity took effect from October,l7ol. —The payments then, for the Prince's Debts, 4c " in consequence of the late marriage" will stand at ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED AND Irrisctir-rres TtioUstvir PoUstnr, to ()::tither last—unless any of the BERNMIIRE AN% notorious record:, " &many' places" should have arrested the operation of the Annuity, after the marriage became of no avail to ilium:try, in which casts, I trait he will be kind enough to inform us, and should it really prove to be at, I shall be ready in admit Mr. HALLETT was in error, , poll ' most happy, awl seriol.ahly surprised to WHO, that an act of j t ice rind Peting, hes been th4plalerl toaards use heavily taxed People of this ONCE happy Country. It *VI be good of him, also, to tell us, where It is declared, that the allowance to the Prince was 66 rrarrelr equivalent to that enjoyed by his Grandfather the Prince of Wales, in the time of George II.," what the difference is, anal, if not too much trouble, from what fond the 35,0001. per annum comes, that enable* the Princess of Wales to live apart from her husband in a foreign land.—The BERKSHIRE MAN, in his first letter, accuses Mr. 71Ismrrr of insulting It a father torn with grief for the loss of his only child, by asserting that he was hired by the Country to beget a larger family, and bad failed in his part of the engagement." These words, however they may suit the cant of the author, never came from Mr. Ilit.t.rre's lips, but as far as the disgraceful uproar of the elect, would enable me to guess his object and Meaning, it was to show that every inhabitant of Bea kahire ought to be summoned to the Meeting, as the poorest individual pays his quota towards the sakl salinity, in lazes upon his ne cessaries of life, which are said to 'need ten shillings in eighteen shillings out of what he earns by daily labour—being charged for one article atone (salt), tOs. per bushel, whilst the American labourer con sumes the same quantity at only 3.. including the espences of conveying it from this country across the Atlantic. Here I most readily join the Bta IL. !HIRE MAN in exclaiming, " for shame! for sb.-me!" It is, however, but fair to state, that the Americans derive no advantages from Rate* Boroughs. So far from insulting the father, Mr. lIALLETT sp. proved of the Address, and " blamed not his Royal Highness, but his Ministers." And, Sir, they have been to blame, for introducing an improper woman, as a wife to the Prince, if she was a woman of bad character, or disposition, and for not bringing her to trial for the charges alleged against her, when she desired to be placed lice to face with her accusers," a right the lowest subject is entitled to demand by the laws end Constitution of England. As this Berkshire Man affects to be eery squeamish Da the procreative port of Mr. HAMM'S speech, sod ap. pears to dispute what he said, at the Meeting, let us see whether the Annuity was, or was not granted with "the prospect of heirs being provided for the House of Brunswick by His ROYAL HIGHNESS"— what could the Legislature mean by saying, " in con- sequence of his late marriage," if it were not to in. crease the family? Wag it merely to procure a hopeful pair to hang gems and gaudy clothes upon at Birth.days and Holidays? No, no, Sir, it was to carry on the line of succession of that family, which was expressly brought over to this country, to wear a Crown in support of the Protestant establishment, and oar liberties, which the worthless race of Stuart had so shamefully and wickedly abased. But, Sir, this part of my case more clear, if that be wry,l give you the preamble to the next Act of liament, chapter 30, enabling his Majesty In pay 'I. per annum to the Princess of Wales in the ' her surviving her husband—" Most Gracious we your Majesty's most dutiful and loya , the Commons of Great Britain in Parlia. assembled ) being truly 'sensible, We acceptable It witllle.te yoiilsWity, that a gide es" eleilleßstii rerilliii W "Anal re v i t du Moe • 'ilnd ilidi)'''Of her, Ito i t 'I 'llli Areqi 4lr Print:Hey - id tit* it* shell *derive bee aij4i Coo. sort, the most eleellent George Aegystes, yen 'Majesty's Most deerlf beloved Son t and consider ing the happinesi ' which (by the blessing of Almighty GOd) the subjects of these Kingdom teener 'fail to enjoy by a Succession of Princes derived from her." Here it must be *Rowed (in spite of hypocri- I deal chicanery and foal insulting langstare), the happiness (and without fail, mind) that a House of Commons anticipated (by the blessing of Almighty God) to the subjects of these kingdom', was from a succession of Princes to be DERI VED from the Princess—and can any honest man now hesitate to declare, that another House of Commons (ever faith ful when taxation is in question, and no less scrupu lous in the observance of precedents, when our li berties, and dearest rights are et stake), is not in duty bound; strictly to enquire into the causes of our disappointment ? ' If the blessing of the Almighty has been averted' by unforeseen, or unavoidable circumstances, let us know what they are, and the People, ever liberally • disposed, will beer their misfortunes with becoming; r eesignation ; bet if our grievances have been occa sioned by the evil machinations of perjured, or other, wicked wretches, let the Attorney-General bring forth all the artillery of his office against them, sod 1 he will be entitled to the thanks of his country..--' But whether, in his wisdom, he shall do so, or no, 'the honest historian curtest fed to render justice, by recording the truth, and the witot.s: TROTH—nor can the contents of Tut Boot, by any intrigue or con trivance, be washed in Letbe, and forgotten. Yours truly, Jao. 6, 1818. if. JURY Tem.—At the Norwich City Sessions, held on Tuesday se'onight, Mr. Steward ALDERSON, ita the course of his Charge, took occasion to pass a just eulogium on the• inestimable advantages of the Trial by Jury, which, he said, was almost•cooval with the Nation itself, and was sluctioned by the Great Charter handed down to us by our ancestors: it was one of the greatest privileges of which we. as r Englishmen, bad to boast ; and Mr. Justice iILACR. MORE had remarked, that Awhile Trial by Jury was opliold, the Constitution of the country could. never be subverted. Ile then proceeded to observe, that whilst he indulged his privilege of speaking, he could not help reminding them, that the greatest danger .1 the destruction of this mode of trial rested with them. selves; for should persons in their situation lead themselves to party in political questions, or to an arbitrary Government, then would arise the danger, then would the Government step in to the destruc. tion of this inestimable privilege. The Grand Jury, by their Foreman (W. Fonts, Esq.) retaraeal Thanks to the Learned Steward for his truly con• stitationsl anti patriotic Charge, in the sentiments of which they folly acquiesced. r BEXLEY MATO, KENT.—.-This Heath, containing Soo acres of land, was taken in under the Inclosure Act about three years ago, end was theft a wild desert, hut now, from the enterprising spirit of those to whom allotments *ere given, is become, le so shot* a spare, a benotifel cultivated, spot, lateness* 'the last year not only oats, barley, it'd buck wheat were growing, but vast tracks of potatoes planted; and this year in massy parts fine crops of turnips, some as large as a half peck tamer*: and the road to Dover is now rendered the finest in all England.. Shooter's 11111, that dreadful dreg and destroyer of horses, Is now cut down, so that the stages and post. etulses absolutely are enabled to trot up on a smart pace, where, but the other day, the wearied travel. lets were obliged to alight to enable the horses to get up; besides all these rapid and useful public im provement', a horse and foot patrols are well esta blished on the Bexley Heath road; and it is a fact, that the place where the most daring robberies were formerly committed, is now become the safest. In addition to all these vast public advantages there is, within these five months, villas, cottages, and other tenements, in extent a mile long, on that once desert, Ibut now beautiful cultivated spot, Bosley Heath. Out of some of the plates where wells are digging on Belle) , Heath, have been brought op vast quantities of oysters, which must have lain then upwards of 1 6000 years, besides Roman pots. A General Court•Martial--.430e1d at Montreal, in Canada, on the 21st July, and continued by ad. joarnments to the sth of August, on Lieut. Henry Driscoll, of the 99th Regiment, for having falsely traduced the character of his Commanding Officer, Brevet-Major MARTIN, of the said regiment, in as setting in a Memorial, which Lieut. Driscoll address ed, about the 20th Jan. 1815, to Lieut.-General Sir G.. Datuatoxo, then commanding the forces in Canada, that he had every reason to imagine that the amid Brevet-Major MARTIN when examined on nails es a witness before a Court-Martial held for the trial. tef Lieut. H. Driscoll, at Niagara, on the '2Bll. Oct, 'lBl4, did swear what the said Brevet-Major MARTiN knew to be false. Upon which charge the Gout earns to the decision that the Prisoner was Guilty, het not with malice, and therefore sentenced him to be placed at the bottom of the Lieutenants of the regi ment, and farther, tube deprived of three years' rank. The PRINCE REGENT has been pleased to approve and confirm the finding and sentence of the Court ; but, under all circumstances attending the conduct of the Prisoner, in regard to his malicioas dispoal- Hon towards Brevet. Major M Alerts as referred,to in a dispatch accompanying the proceedings from the Commander of the Forces in Canada. The Perect REGENT has been further pleased to consider Lieut.. cant Henry Driscoll " To be an unfit person to re main in his Majesty's service. and to command that his name shall be erased frons•the list of the Army." The Dublin Petition against the Window Tat, says the Freeman's Journal, will be delivered to Mr. SUAW on Wednesday nest (yesterday). The signa tures, if placed in single columns, would extend to the length of one thousand feet. It is understood that a Depotation will wait upon the Marquis of DOWNSIIIRS, at Hillsborough, with the Petition to the Lords. Colton sa's Imp:am—Yesterday, an Inquisition was held at the Rising Son, Bethnal-green ' before J. W. Uswre, Esq. on the body of Mary Wilson, a rieng woman, who put a peal** Bit Warne by poison. Verdict—hut:oy. ,„am ti v. _,_,. • - --• 4-11 r We wederstand that es soon as the birth of a s.. cad hale so the aseidnt aid respestable house of lambtes eras saneesced is Durham, en Friday last, the belt of the differing perish churches immediately streak ep a merry peal, bet when the enfortenatei bell-ringen of the cathedral applied to the Sah-Dead c Dr. Haggitt, as is atrial, for leave to join in the goJ newel congratelation on each occasion, they were, contrary to all. former precedent, refuted the India. geom. Taking for granted this statement to be tor rect, our imagination is at once on the rack to sot. mire the motive which prompted this Sub-Deen to re• lase a request which could at no rate ansliver soy Remote beyond depriving those poor bell-ringen of their *seal compliment of a pound or two, on such occasions; but as we are willing to suppose idieni tary of the church could not be excited. by any vili fya motive of resentment against those poor indivi duals, ouretrojecteres are immediately net at 44A lo probe this seemingly ford transaction to the bottom, and to , discover the real cause of such apparent per. motel, eajestifiable malignity. Now, it is well itioirn, bit. Lanibton is an independent man', and of amine peak:ally hostile to all those who fetters on the bounty of Ministers, and who, like all *thee Place. (nen and Pensioners, must support such priaciples as they for the time being may adopt, whether good, bad, or indifferent, however hostile to the Ctinstite tion, or inimical to the liberate of the subject. But one would expect the conduct of Ministers' to be *imported (at least by men of learning and informs. by arguments in the Semite or at Public Meets inc., and not by tittle, pitiful, personal resentments; and therefore we are equally unwilling to suppose this conduct could have originated in so base a mo• tie., for if Gentlemen, mach less Divines, were to carry their politics into private life, and tura person: ally hostile to the individuals she might diger from them in opinion, the roles of hospitality Would be in. triaged upon, amt the smell, sweet courtesies of life, which make the paths of it so smooth, would be at an end.. We, therefore, presume some esplasiailon will appear ne;t week, accounting for this @Ora. ordinary refosal, having no doubt that wbeu the, circumstances, enesplained as it at present appears, meets the ears of the Honourable and Right Reverend Prelate, who is the head of that church, and who possesses the " suaviter in anode," in so eminent a degree, and whose courtly correctness is almost proverbial, will not fail to enquire into the kaose of this singular refusal, and it is still more sur prising how this could happen by the directions' of the Sob-Dean, how a men whose good fortune and exalted situation are principally attributed to an at. tendon to the little things of great men, should le ifiis singular instance have omitted paying his tassel homage to his superiors. Bet what will the Earls of Darlington and Strathmore, Viscount Bsrringtee, the Honourable and Right Reverend the Lord Bishop ,of Lichfield and Coventry, the Honoerable and Re verened Anchitel Grey, and other men of honour, liberality, and family, think of this apparent piece of ecclesiastical rudeness, malice, resentment, and nechariteblesiess. We will not, however, investigate this unpardonable mark of contemptible resentment more minutely, but conclude our remarks for the Floret on this estreerdiaary end umptvonlestei pew. reeding.—(Tyne Mercury.) . - . . NARRATIVE or ((4,,/,4_ 1 11 N, GAPTIPMT kle JAPAN. • •{The foltowleg passage contain a pietios4if flew thaist of the manner hi which the ttr, Captain Ostavnle, one of his Midshipman , his pilot, Chiebtelkoff, and Waist ithhisseim 4 iibb eeptereria after belogesaticed Itstb"s Papeillowl felliffilii Nth pow fissions of friendship ' • ff 9 • " 0e entering the aatingote,l Ott ltisinisMt the number slims I law elhilebad there. Of Mt. diets alone, I obeened fMtt tetwalo tour kiedrol s armed with gaskets, boieW vilifireoWn*ond *peta l sitting in a circle, la he open 'Opiate the Agin of thit gate: on the Left a- cootatittsa iindtitiede of 'Keifiles surrounded a tent of striped Imo* cloth "' about thirty paces frets the gat. I eiteeriraidd ham supposed this small insignilleant piece camps dad. tensing so many men end eetteladed them have beat collected gom all thelleTgitboottig sons since we appeared in the heehaw. . 44 We were soon • introdhced :info the tent, en a seat opposite to the entrance of width Ike Oeveinne bad placed himself. He wore a rich sidearm, *ph a complete suit of armour, and two sabra Wader his girdle. A long cord of addleeilk pasted oter hits shoulder ; at emend of this cord west tassel l e= same material t end at the others steel bade he held he his band, -and which was doubtless tho symbol of his authority. His armoor.bearen, i ons holding f spear,, another a musket, and a third his helmet 'sat behind Nib on the door . Thaholemet rto ambled that of-the second in commas& with this dq. Terence, tint Instead of the tips. of'the moon, it bore the image of die sn: This officer no* sat on the Lett of the tiotentor, on a seat somewhat totter than that of his superior; he, ton, had his armoilr-bearers behind him. Four. officers were piffle* crees•legged on the floor on each side of the tout ; they were black armour, and had each two sabres. On our entrance, the Governor and Lieotenant.Governor bath rose op; we saluted them in our own manner, and they returned the compliment. They larited to so sit down on a bench which was placed directly opposite to themselves, bet we chose to nee tho seats we had brought with us. Oar sailors seated themselves on the bench behind es. After the intro. ductory civilities were concluded, they entertained 01 with tea without sugar, in cops which. according -In the Japanese fashion, were only half filled; the, ceps had no saucers, hot were handed to as oa smelt trap made of varnished wood. Before they garnet 'tea tea they asked whether we wootil prefer any thing else. Pipes and tobacco were afterwards brought to us, and the conference commenced. They desired to know oar names and rank, the name of•oor ship, whence we came, whither we were hound, why o• had visited them, what had induced Rustles, ships Lo attack their villages, and further, whether we knit* Hesenoff, end where he now wilt ? Our answers these questions were conformable to the ratements we hadpreviossly made, and were swatters down by the Lientenent.Governer. 46 While the conference was ganglia,. Mr. Moor observed, tint naked sabres had been distributed among the soldiers who were sitting in the open Apace. s' lint the kind Whiteley' of the Japeuese, and their anorance that we had nothing to fear, again tranqeillieed es, and Inds_ at to 'baud/testae sass piciliss of their "treache They entertained as with rice, fi sh in a green slice, and other savory dishes, the ingredients composing which we did not know. They also gave os sagi. After we hid dined. the Governor was again about to withdraw. I near declared that we could wait no !Anger, but most re. torn immediately on board.—On hearing this he onto more set down, and having intimated that he could not supply es with any thing without an order from the Governoi of Matsmai, ander whose jo. risdietion he was, proposed that one of us Should remain in the castle as a hostage until a decision should be returned by that Commander on the report he was shoat to transmit to him. The Japinise gen now to throw off the mask. I desirediolie in formed what time would she occupied in seselhattba report to Milani and obtaining an answer ; be rah plied a fortnight. I felt, however, that it wettld tar dishonourable to leave ae'Officer behind ea ite4 hostage. There was; besides, no kneeing telsest such an affair would be brought tee aractetionwitlt a People like the Japanese. It was probable that when the report reached Matenial the Ciontinassdre sir that island would say Is. could; do nothing the authority of the General Government ; AIL! should, perhaps, have to 'wait until Witter for a, ci‘ive answer. I therefore stated that I could set wait so long without consulting the Officers wise re: mined on beard the Diana, and that I *sold leper no Officer as a hostage. Upon which we sae to go away. 66 The Governor, who had hitherto conversed in a soft and geatlevoice, now altered his tom. spoke loud and with warmth ; frequently mentioned am oral.. (Repine') and Nicola-Sandrejeseen (Nicola! Alesandroivitsch, meaning Chwnstolf, the Captain of the Company's ship), and struck several times on his sabre. In this manner be made a long epreok,.oli whirls the terrified Alesei interpreted to is.only this following sentence The Governor mp, that if he let a single one of es oat of the castle his own bowels will be ript op.' This was brief and decisive! Wo ioatsntty made all the haste we could to escape. Thai Japanese did not venture to close upon as, latest op t • toed cry, and threw oars, and large piame nf weak at os, to knock os down. On oar reaching the gate, they fired several times' on os. bat witinsoCeffect, though Oat of their bills whistled poet the head of Mr. Chiebniffee. We now found that.they lard sm. ceededin daunting Mr. Moor, the sailor Meheme t and our Kurile Alezei, in the castle. We ran, home ever, to oar landing-Plate, bet in arriving there, perceived with horror that the tide' bad ebbed abase live fathoms and left the strand quite dry. As tie Japanese saw that it was implisible for es to get the boat afloat, 'and bid previously ascertained that it conteisied no aims, they becatite confident, edvanced against es with 'drain sabres, which they. held -in both Mode nuiskets and spears, and surrounded es' beside thettioit. nisei a look upon the boat end said to myself—lt mast be so ; oat last refuge is lost(, oar fats is onevoidable! — l surrendered." Fortytoor sail of iessels are sow employed in the India trade from the town of Salem, Is America * amounting to 14,020 toes. I . In 4r • 4: •••.11 DIY ill •••• SI the propriety of to make th for the repeal of necessary, t the Croon Ina, Pa oliament r. lig st. manure, 50 , 001 . per experienced ogri. event of heinvereige, very great v alue; Sovereign, toed fay Wile, is subjects, Intla MUM • DUBLIN THE4TRe. Miss KELLY appeared again in Opera, nn Satur day ni4ht, as Lille, in the Siege of Belgrade.— As a Dramatic production, the Siege is truly con temptible: most of the persons brought forward— 44 hue as characters at all," but Lilts, when played by Miss KELLY, is foremost amongst the very few exceptions. Indeed Miss KELLY, in most instances, does much more for her author, than the author for her—even when that author is greatly above any Operatic Writer that we know of the present day. Her performance on Saturday, exhibited a highly pleasing union of nocent simplicity and sportive gaiety, supported and tempered by good stew and good feeling. Iler scene with the Serarkier, in his apartment, and that with her husband, before supper. were excellent specimens in both wa3s; and certainly in no other scene, where it was possible to make alt impression, did the exertions of Miss KELLY &owlet's effective. Her introduced duet with Mr. Hoag, and 'eyeful of ' her songs, were warmly applauded.-.-(Freemorts' Journal.) Ftle.—The premises J. N. Firby, Esq. near En. glefield Incloasre, Surrey, were discovered to be on Ire on Monday night, occesiened by a beam over the laundry-flue. taking fire. It was 'supposed to have kindled several hours before it communicated to the children's bed-room in a contigeous apartment. Providentially it was discovered in time to save the three children who slept In the room, the flooring of which was on fire. The interior of the house, which was new and bad recently been perchased by the owner, and thegreater part of the furniture was destroyed, the Rams being so rapid that the inmates .bad first to look to self protection. • Yesterday morning James Knight a labonier ern. ployedin the West India Dock 4, assisting in lower ing goods by means of a crane from one of the ware. bosses into a cart s his band accidentally became en tangled its the jig,ger, lad his three Owns were literally torn olf. 'The poor man was taken to the Lowden Hospital in great agony. An attempt was wades few days back, by a gang of despoil* romans, to cot open the iron Cll3lll of 4111- a 11 1 11.41 11 of wild beasts, now exhibiting in ha libido are confined a lion and . a tyre, with the mischievous view of letting them loose. By the timely interference of the Baas, this diabolical plan was prevented, aild dos atifibir apillaule are In cestedy. ' -- run , ICA The rArt of CAnt.nmt gate 130 tart toads of coals to the indigent poor of Brampton, In Cumberland, last week they also received 10 bushels of oatmeal from the RAW. Mr. RAnSHAW. On Thursday se'nnight, at %General Meeting of the Inhabitants of Durban), resolutions against the em. ploy meet of Climbing-boys in sweeping ebimnies were passed. .4 al, el 8. • . • . •-• -