The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-10-15 00:00:00

lmbly bi islnortrat to October ; :map shod& ao mato-I rill variation tong places in tbe audispeas markets, we may *ripest to melt retch at about 1$ to 17 mita, as was the tate I'M year.—(Sooth Americas Patriot.) • • - • A letter files Bayonet, dated the 4th last. was red sired ea Saterdoy, which costal** the followisg in feemetios cioessiag the affairs of Spain .By the arrival-if travellers front Spida, we lears that the slobs at Madrid relialited closed,. lid every expostatios existed that they would eosins* so. The affair of &iv* is sot skids( into oblivion. It was said that 'soviet's represeetatioas were about to be 'divested •to the Cortes, milling oa them to institute as w e ary into this affair, and to • detailed of the Go- Tientsin for what cease they had removed the Gene ral free Ids cassava. The Liberal party are eepre seated to be Is high spirits, though • the bulk •f the people are still too much seder the influence of the e l e gy. Still, if they can be spared from any eery ri gid mad" they will remais quiet, and disregard the suggestions of the serflike. Widths these few days the cordon es oar frontiers )," b e e. streagthened. Transit. is, however, sees. lousily permitted with the aid of good passports, and a certificate sf 'width. The easy of Spoiltis wool sad othereserehandise is strictly forbidden. ' Is ear "ltiper of Friday last, we Sated that iii 'oh bitriseetrettlerteivi -itottletive duties hipeeed as titbits& irPertttpl, our Charge d'Affaires at that Coartba& felt. himself coiled apes topmast a recto` straw. the spirit. of which bad offended the Cons.— The following Letter on this subject has eines appeared is a Ministerial paper, aid adds poste farther parti colors :---- “ beams, Seer. 28.—The revolution in Portugal will sot prove very advantageous to the British. The Cates forgetful of all treaties which have been entered into betweea England and Portugal, and setdag at sought ell good faith, is pursuing a system which must at eon alevines every one that the English iallasseo no longer prevails over the King of this country. The dismissal of Lord Beresford was the first step, and the imrsitie• of duties on British maaufactare, amount leg tea total prohibition is the second. The British Anibassa4loi here sent in a formal remonstrance 'phut she adoption of these new duties, tes the 24th last. aad the day after bad a meeting with most of the sew Mi nistry ; but his influence has availed nothing, aid the l'ortguese seem determined to follow the wise esam ple set by Spaia, of prohibiting almost every article of commerce. i‘ There have been arrivals from Rio de Janeiro and Bahia within the last week. Matters there have a quiet aspect, but another political storm is looked for, sooner or later." Letters have been received from St. Petenbargh, dated the Ilith nit, which state that the &whinge had advanced very considerably : it was at V b-16. The letters contain no political intelligence. Sir John Beresford is to have the command, as Admiral on the Leith station. Ministers, it is stated, have at length, come to the determination of relinquishing their plan Ear eon. !Airdrie, a superannuation food la the several public alerts, [IV be drawn eat of the jpeekeie ei the Orb& The injastiorrof,this measure kw bees so generally decried, that its abandonment is supposed to ham pro- • ceeded from a mixed feeling of shame and apprehen sion—the apprehension of a final Inability to en force it. Would it not be some tribute due to the memory of Mr. Reanie, that his funeral should proceed to St. Paul's, over Waterloo-bridge, one of the greatest and most imperishable monuments of his skill and science ? A new Tragedy, from the pen of Lord Byron, is in the press. His Lordship has left Ravenna, crossed the Appesiner, and gone to reside at Pisa. Saturday's Gazdte contains two letters trans mitted to J.W. Croker, Esq. by Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, Commander-in-chief of his Majesty's ships in the East ladies, from Captain Lumley, of his Majesty's ship Topaz', dated nil Mocha, the 13th of December end 20th of January last, detailing the operations aid results of the attacks on that place, of which an &coast had been given in out paper several weeks ago. In the return of the killed and wounded of the Topase, in the attack of the • 4th of December, are the names of— Lieut. R. ti. Atkinson, Royal Marines killed; Mr. C. P. Hill, master's mate. do.; 51r. F. S. Burnett, midship man, do.—Lient. W. Moriarty, Royal Navy, wounded ; lieut. C. M. Wright, do. do.; Mr. Alex. Morton, boat swain, do.; Mr. R. Ward, Admiralty midshipman, do. severely, since dead ; Mr. Wm. Stephens, do. wounded ; Wm. Neil, boatswain's mate, do.- John Brennon, quar ter-master, do.; Wm. Stewart. do . seaman killed ; 10 wooed:4 ; 5 severely, 2 of the latter since dead. EAST INDIA COMPANY'S CRUISERS AND AIITILLIIIITo -2 seamen, 2of the Bombay Artillery killed.-1 seaman, 3 quarter gunners, I private of native Artillery, 4 sea pots, wounded. Total—S killed, 27 wounded. Additional Returns ofkilled and wounded in the attacks Wiesen the 26th and 31st December. Torasa.E.6l Ovate Marine killed; 5 seamen wousied. EAST INDIA COMPANY'S CRUISER'S AND ARTILLISYr lieut. IR. Wilson, of the Company's Marines, wounded severely; Ulna. Was. Jacob, of the Bombay Artillery, do.-3 seamen wounded. _ _ Tottal—l tilled , 10 wounded. &oven CLEAN INllsB.—Nothing strikes an English stranger more forcibly on going to Scotland, than the short gowas worn by the females of the lower orders' of society, and their feet without stockings or shoes, in wet - sod dirty weather. Both the dress and the un dress present a disagreeable appearance. As English female woaW feel ashamed and disgraced beyond ma son, la such a situation, even is a country village, much more in a large town. We must not infer from this that the people of that country are alike iadilfer ens to appearance and to actual cleanliness. As as in stance to the contrary, we have only to remark, that an ensineat ntsslia manufacturer in Glasgow, has re cently erected an. elegant Mansion, in which we are told, he has introduced ao less than twenty-eve water-closets, to the great womb* of the Water Work Company of that city, who serer dreamt of having so many outlets for their water. ALUMS') Duns ON SATORDAILLAtiff all the OW laity our Esebasge.Reportitr could Enke, relative to *duel, reported to have taken plass on Saturday, sear ihrasey, bet« ma two leatlowuta of the. Stock lb thaw, hi hii sot hoes able is meet with sap pima who he..,. imp thin of the bedlam or of the parties. irm fur) thesofore, that the repbrt Is fold of .filsw ash& 4/40. 'lt it itilr aisettekehernhe circles 61 the Court, that the Lag wiltqd'arinakee from Hanover, without taking Bar Viginaii; or Paris, in his route, and that his Majesty may 'be aniseed -to arrive in England Asset the 25th of nest snoatit. " (riots Ira z voltam, rooting.) AIX-LA.CitAPCLIII. OCT. Majesty the King of Blighted arrived here on the tad lomat, in the after noon, and alighted at the Grand Hot& Teolorday,to ten in the morning, the English Mottinh left ui to continue his route direct ibr Hanover. HANOVER, OCT. our Wipes be 10E deceived, we shall, on the 4th enjoy the happiness of seeing amongst us, our Sovereign, °corgi IV. His august brother the Duke of Cambridge, has set of to receive him on the frontier of the kingdom. Independently of the Prince Esterbuy„ seat by the emperor of Austria to congratulate ear Kieg on his arrival In Germany, we expect the Archduke Ferdinand. The King of Prussia has teat Generals do Bente 1, de Tanned'', and de Natsmer, on the same 'libido.. The whole vicinity of our town is thronged with troops of all arms. They are waiting until his Ma jesty shall himself decide whether they shall form one great ramp, previously to the grand nasearres. --(Coedit de Prance.) . . • COMMISSIONERS of !Mill& is IRELAND; -~►.- We understand that the Hoard of Parliamentary In quiry have, for some time past, been in active cor respondence with the Commissioners of Customs. During the last and present week, sevetal Mereb ants of this City, and others connected with Import and Export business here, have bee■ under examination before them.—(Dublii Months' Post.) ROTIENCHMMIT.—Mr. lirant hes recently forwarded Circular Letters to the Governor of those Public Insti tutions which derive their support from the Government Funds, requesting of them to point out any savings which might be effected in their respective Depart ments. We have beard of several projected arrange ments and changes, in pursuance of this application, with a view to carry into effect the wishes of Govern ment. It Is intended, we understand, that no indi vidual shall be suffered to bold two places or appoint ments at the same time. The Surgeon of the Royal Hibernian School la the Park, Doctor Trevor, is sae of those who come under this last regulation. This Gentleman loses his place at this Institution, which, certainly, as there is-a Resident Surgeon to do the duties, may be loooked upon as a Sinecure.—(lbid.) PaoxecTlNG es.—The following letter has been received by the Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce :-- _ _ _ - Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade, Whitehall, 9th Oct. 1831. Stu—Having laid before the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, your letter of the 4th inst. transmitting certain Resolutions of the Chamber of 1 Commerce of Dublin, relative to the Protecting Duties, established by the Act of Union, &c., I am directed to aerabet you, that as their Lordships understand that this *abject is at present under tho eolusideration of the Comatieeiowas of legal t tato the oolloodes .sad Ina stegtooeut of the . stiglitg in itelaud, who are now sitting at Dublin, it is the wish of this Com mittee, that you would communicate a Copy of the above Resolutions to the said Commissioners, and that you will also address to them direct, any representations which you may hereafter collect from the Manufac turers of Ireland, in consequence of the suggestion con veyed in my letter of the 2tKh ult., instead of transmit lag them to the Lords of this Committee. I am, Sir, your most obedient bumble Servant, TUONIAS LACK. To the Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, Dublin. BANK Novill.—ha account of the average amount of all promissory notes and bills of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, which have been . in circulation during the Quarter coding the 10th day of Oct•ber, 1821, distinguishing the respective deno minations and values of the several not.. and bills, aad the average amount of die several notes and bills of each denomination and value respectively. purivant to Act 59 Geo. HI. cap. 45, as nearly as the same can be complied with : Bank Notes of 21 •nd 24 4.718.141 16 1 3.001,801 16 3 10 16 147.494 14 4 1.307.963 17 It Yb 30 40 au 100 900 300 300 1000 Bask Post Bills ........ 1,*13,000 6 6 Average of the whole. :90,708,080 & RAPIDITY OF Btatantic.----Within the last three months the heildisgeon du east side a Weenie.- bridge-road, have increased so much that they sow consist of several streets. The principal is just named Bond-street. Four or five shops are erected next the Feathers, and, in short, persons who were on the spot a few months since would recognise but few of the old features. Such erections are gratifying as symptoms of increasing population and prosperity; and we shall who're them 'lore if they prove as stable as rapid. It is seldom, however,.that productions of a rapid growth are remarkable for duration, and it is not surprising, when we know the materials of whirl; they are com posed, that some rapid buildings fall almost as soon as they rise. We had the painful task to announce a Cie tastrophe of this kind last week, in one of the Dew raised groups of houses a little to the south of this col ludo° ; and we are concerned to learn, that the coaseitsucts are more serious than were 01 lint apprehended. The boy is not expected le recover, and Mr. Short, the owner, is severely hurt, nod net able to leave his room. A lofty house, just arsiiad Is front of the New Cut; lei stands in a most tisaproes condition; the workmen were employed in miss it in, but the foundation bas given way, and intro is a specs of upwards of tbreeinches between that ma the adjoining uneasy. : its fall may be hourly ex if r use may )edge from the tottering appearance presents. The complaints of the inhabitants are leed sad •sisaatess is tbis• quarter, w'bers the more vigilastssporistesdasci of the 'District Surveyors 10 .ssitaisly required; as slimy of the small . liaises set Wlt of sere rubbish. t f; 2 , Z, 7 : -- isiti :YOTfIKI( ARNE . • --"welb-.2.." , • s OF 1 1 0 THE EDITOR Of bl 2 ATESMAN. . • Oct. 14, 11111. Sta—,-11 surprises Mt much to bear the enemies of injistice and oppression, in argnieg the ease of Sir 'Robert Wilson, set out by an admission which vitiate, all their subsequent reasoning—that the Croton Ma a rig& to dismiss officers of the army, i. e. topsaieh those Witketed et trial. Sir, I totally deny that the Crown. in a Hiked Wanasiehy, has, or can have, such a prerogative. Whim is the law that confers • this right ? Or. is the exercise of a power to be taken as proof of the exist. mice of a right? If a King can,dismiss, merely be. value It is-his will and pleasure, an individual °Seer of the army, be can dismiss all the officers of the army, and a fortiori all the privates. The fate of the army is in his hands. They must.be his devoted hietrumeots; lam here talking generally. By what perversion of terms then, can a nation be called free, Ii which such a state of things is allowed to exist? By salferleg such a precedent to be established, the rights of the soldier, as well as the rights of the citisen, are annihilated at one blow: but it is the rights of the soldier himself that first suffer. He is Ent deprived of independence himself, that he might be compelled to attack the independence of his fillip's , libiltmt: It is.,talciag up ibis question on a very sarrinisait *woman ground, to coosider it as merely perusal to Sir Robert Wilson. Excepting in a view of immediate pecuniary interest, it equally concerns every other officer of the army, and every individual of every description throughout the United Kingdom : nay, u a matter of principle, the assertion of such a right, affects directly or indirectly every people in the universe, possessing, or endeavouring to obtain, a free constitution. I certainly very much approve of the subtcription which has been set on foot, both as it marks the sense of the subscribers of the merits of the gallant of persecuted, and of the demerits of those, who &dries his persecution. But I think every individual in the kingdom is as much-interested in the measure as the Electors of the Borough of Southwark ; and would ingest Mot a Central Metropolitan Committee be famed, composed of members from all the counties, cities, and boroughs, of the United Kingdom, not simply with the limited view of keeping Sir Robert Wilson bonnie's, but of efficiently resisting a precedent, which, if it be not so intended by the advisers of the meagre, is obviously calculated to destroy all that remains to us of our ancient freedom. Those seem to me to bewilder themselves sadly. who set out to ascertain what Sir Robert Wilson has done to incur the displeasure of Ministers, as if his conduct could, in any degree, either justify or palliate the ad vice which these corrupt men have given to the Crown area this occasion. Whilst I believe Sir Robert Wilson to be an able officer, and a worthy man, I muse maintain, that, if be had committed every pos sible crime, including murder and high treason, the set of his dismission without a trial would be nu le-s onjastiliable than it is upon the supposition of his pities Innocence. Voles% thee, a law can be *hewn. Peltlebittewfses es the-Crowe the prerogative of Inkeing military officers at pleasure. and unless such prerogative can be shown to be compatible with the principles of the British Constitution, or with any principles of freedom, it will follow as an inevitable conclusion, that, whoever has advised the Crown to the dismissal of Sir Robert Wilson, deserves to be called to immediate account for the act. 1 am, Sir, your obedient Servant, A CITIZEN SOLDIER. A Lady called several times last week upon Alder man Wood, and not finding bin at home, she requested on Saturday last, to see one of his family. She said she wished to leave her " mite" towards the subscrip tion for Sir Robert Wilson with Alderman Wood, and immediately counted out 1001., regretting she could not make it 10001. Upon being pressed to givc her name, she declined, and begged the sum might be en tered ender the letter B. Tie BRITISH Estrte.—The population of Oreat Britain at the census of 1811, was 11,800,000, exclu sive of the army and navy, then about 500,000. From the returns, so far as published under the present cen sus, it appears, the increase is about 15 per cent. This will asks the population of Sirens Britain at present to he 14,000,000 of souls. Ireland contains 6,500,00 . ; malting the population of the British dominions in Europe, 20,500,000. The population of our North American possessions cannot be less than 1,500,000 ; West India Colonies, 900,000; Africa, about 130.000; in eke Mediterranean, 150,000; Colonies and Depen dencies in Asia, 2,040,000; and in our extensive ter ritories in the East ladies, perhaps 70.000,000 souls. The whole population of the British empire will, at that rate, contain about 93,220,000 souls. • We Ibive the best authority for saying, that in two or thine'weeks, the time of the Edinburgh and York sisil-coack will be changed materially on the• up ward route. The mail will arrive at Newark at three o'clock in the afternoon, and reach Stamford between scree and eight at night, four hours later than at pre sent. By this change, the town of Newark will re ceive the great accommodation of being enabled to answer letters from the South on the same day, which bow bees hitherto impracticable. The city of Lin cola also will be benefitted by the opportunity of 12 boors more time than at present for correspondence with the South; the mail-bage fur London are now taken from the Lincoln Poseeffice at six o'clock in swersing, and the office consequently closes over-night. When the new arrangements of the York mail-coach time ere completed, it will not be accessary that the leatlkies Lincoln for London, rim Newark, should be ' dhepitehed before twelve o'clock is the day, to meet .the York mail at Newark at three. The downward time of the Sdisbargb (or York) mail will not be win ierially altered in this part of the kingdom. The mail is to start from London at the usual hone, eight o'clock at night; any change of time on the raid will tents only from sock increased speed as 114 be found practicable, sad it is not expected that h can be oonsidesable within one bandied and- fifty miles of Landon. Some alterations of the Glasgow mail are eossimplated, bat that plan is Mt. yet selli .rieettiloattirsd tube spoken of with say otweatnty: The Genital Poet-odlee, we ikederstasi, haw the ossiskloraiima plea for • suit to Bell direst, vat tin cult NA illespe.--(Sientfersf Mercury.) . . AVOIYINR AWLS& '. . The old Jacobin of Saturday reciting ItU - ins: II !lease of decency; he raved the most incoherent ru dosiciatade on the subscriptions for Sir Robert illieon, being grace! with Supt. from Earl Fitzwilliam, an) the other noblemen and gentlemen that have done their selves anti their country so niucis honour, by sappoiti4 this brave man against the advisers of the dissoisreAl i g one a the first o ffi cer's in his Majesty's service, iitta out any obviutts cause unless that of being.polifixal y obnoxious. Conjecture is even on ;be wane, and 'I friends of Sir Robert Wilson and the law are as isms rant of a cause as a great captain was once of .the French force at Sure ossa. The understrappers, op peasants, and the hose Ultras cannot keep their , gun counsel; they will be blabbing, and, now atfd•llten attempt to shew their consequence by Waiting or 1114, information from bead quarters. It tispplSsi; front hints and actual assertions that the* weltdriitAfigillf , . foraters of the gang were sent tot on ti5q4.4141.4 August, to discover if they could give *icy value, fair the money they were receiving from the subscriptinp. list. One poor Wight, it is said, wishing to 'Oho into favour, made oath that he saw Sir Robert Wilson give a man money to purchase a pickaxe, for. the 'pur l . pose of rutting up the road through Keasinnton Gravel Pits, and another (as stated iq the. bidet, gt ;union, the clerk of the Magistratei at Hatiqinersolith). who made oath at Bow-street, `that Sir 'Robert Wilson attended a meeting at Mr. Youde's, the day before the Queen's funeral, aqd planned the attack that was to force it through the City.-- The King was brought home from kis Irish enjoy meats, and the first act he was advised to perform was, to dismiss one of the hest officers in his service, after 29 . years bard earned laurels ; and that histy measure to gratify the weakness and stupidity of his servants. OA, re/eat a world do we Gee id ! This affair was scarcely effected, when it was found the informers' re port was all smoke; the thing could not bear the light of day; but the Ministers purpose was answered, end when they could not shew cause for the act, they shielded themselves under the protectiun of his Majes- I ty's prerocitive. After. dept lying a meritorions of. fiver of that pittance which a long service, and the use of his own money should entitle him to, what must be thought of such men ? Now the sense of 41. e country is unequivocally expresses . ;, and the sympe: thies of human nature called fsrth to shew the tsetse of disgust created in the breast of every honest Ets; 4 7:• lisbman at the treatment of Sir Robert Wilson. "Iflos hireling hedlatuites became infuriated and intosiritei with an overflow of Lile or the essence of Janiprr, sH we may naturally conclude, the old Maniac, the attics cate of the Mad Bull, must have hit the old Jacobin, who now appears to feel the effects of the full moon in all its plenitude, which took place last Thursday. He roars nightly, and it is thought his case must come under `the immediate consideration of Dr. Millis, or Dr. nc'a hoyde. The Maniac at the house of ill-fame,.niftit the Obelisk in Fleet-street, has got hoarse with attinfpting. to . roar like a Bull, and since he lost the titic6n to steer his course through the mud, he is knockinc his bead about, as if he were iufected fish St. Viitts's dance. We purpose calling upon GI .fitcully topre• scribe for Mtn infbruas paffpcvis, as - fits! rafts flit snTi scriptions have been so little attended to. It is thought the Bull and the Black Cow will be im pounded in the saute peufold for the winter. The length of time will not be ascertained until November, when a consultation on their cases must take place.— From a perusal of Dachau's Domestic Medicine, and Burn's Justice, we are led to think low diet, constrained habits, and personal mortification will be presctibed, as the treatment and discipline at the Ar, rent house in Saint George's fields may be of too indelicate a nature ; they will, in all likelihood, be sent to some country college to perfect their education. In the mean time. the Gang nicer daily. It is by no means an uncommon thing to see them parade up and down, waiting for a call, while the Reverends and lrreverends keep the game alive by stationary attention, and have a Sharp look out for the wages of infamy and shameles prosti tution ; but approaching dissolution is shewing itself in a variety of ways, in none more conspicuous than in the falling off of the supplies, and the encreasing demand fur them. So, like the supplies in other places, they may trump op mock amounts, which will turn out. in figures only, of no sovereign value. MARKETS. CORN EKCITANGIC, OCT. 15.—We continue to be most abundantly supplied with Wheat, yet the major part of this year's growth being exceedingly damp and grown. What few samples appeared of fine quality obtained last ilon lay's prices; but all other deseriptin.,4 are nearl', unsaleable, and prices almost nominal.—The arrivsfi of Baler:both old and new, have been very large, and the demand for consumption having only par- tially begun, a very considerable reduction has taken place in prices, which are from 4s. to tic per quarter lower than on this day week, and 2s. cheaper than on Friday,.the supply far exceeding the demand, and the quantity very inferior. Oats an{ Beans are 2s. per quarter lower, and dull sale at that abatement. I n other articles there is no alteration. ENGLISH. S. S. Wheat,Kent, and Ecsex New 4O 56 Old so Suffolk, (New).... 40 36 Old . 60 Norfolk, (Old) 4O 30 Rye IS 341 Barley 26 30 j Malt . 6O 701 White Peas... Boilers 36 3•1 Grey ditto 26 30 SMITHFIELD MiRKET.—The Market was abundantly supplied with all descriptions o f Cattle, in conseqnence of which the prices are lower of every kind of meat. ' (To sink the offal ; per Stone Of *lbs.) ' i i Beef .•.. 31. (Id. to 4s. Od. • EATTLH AT WOW? Mattes.. 2s. 6d. to 4s, Od. Beasts Veal .... 3s. Od. to k. 0.1: Cite.. ' ilo Pork.... 3s. Od. to 4e.10.1. Sheep.ead Latabs... 21,960 Leath .... L . Os. Od. to Os. Od. Pigs t . dOtt HAT SIARDET.—No alteration In the price, of Hay. Straw and Clover as per last. May .31. lee. to 41. 6s. Straw ..I1 Si. Illi M. Ws. 1 Clover U I . Os. to 31. fa. ils tie. Oa Friday, the bth instant, his Majesty's ehi • . , • rod, Captafo Nelson, brought in . here the A• 10.1 eebooner Yaltare, Wee., from Perth Amboy, 40.11 . * after a dome of five hoar s and a half off, Inteks ' he bad bat oaa bale of taisacca op',#fia,rd _when tak es • . "be crew were to-d - ay Vsed tii Bridawell— (Greece. Atvertiser.) • ilor .. . I' s. s. . Small Beans Tick ditto 32 3.11 Oats, Potato, .. vtt 34/ Ditto, Poland 2S Ditto, Feed ...... . 19 2 , 2. Flour, Per Sack. 41J li3 Rapeseed, per Last 31. 33. Wheat, American.... • Dantzic • Baltic, Red .....•• . Hambro' Rod • f ' f t •i t 1 V r r,•~