The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-01-06 00:00:00

,YOB BS( HIRERS ro viz MANCHESTER N FER ERS. In the entire history of Petitions, Addresses, and sahieriptions, never has there an instance ever teen w i tm> sed, vsliere indeocudence of character, st d Ministerial influence, have been put into ap roidion andwapno. sition so plainly as ill this case be ;ore us. Th e publication of the times has been ` a 3 to y jndirions thing. and will do more than a dozen eb s:::..s upon the evils of corrupt influence. The total number of subscribers is 2,026, exclusive nt a list containing nearly lUD names, which, by o re malicious and evil disposed person, was stolen f ro n the Town House Tavern, The Committee have thought proper to precede t he list of Subscribers by the following short but appropriate Narrative In t h e m inds of all Englishmen who wished this rAp i re to he the land of freedom and of equal laws, the * heious events of the 16th of August, at 'Manches ter, earned the strongest feelings of indignation and t,t i orrenee ; and Cie utopialihed approbation bestowed by his Majedv's Ministers on all the actors and abettors of that Vooicy and lawless scene, deeply alarmed the the Constitution, and called on them to pro friends of test agaiust such an unheard-of and wanton violation of the timid right of petition. me first politic meeting on this subject, was held at Westminster ; and the second, at Norwich, was eon yard by tli Mayor on the 16th of September , in conse quence of a most iimuerous ant respectable requisition h o ist been presented to him. The meeting was ex ceeded in nember by only one within our recollection. The business was opened by the Mayor, the Resolutions *ere moved by ,Captain Money, and seconded by Mr. Jobe Taylor.—A person whose name was then known rely tr a rery few individuals in the City, though he has time been annothwed by the Li•udon 1 .- orrice as " the of the purple and orange party in Norwich," was the only one who came forward as the advocate of the 41aechester Magistrates, and ti.eir Ministerial panegy rists. Whether this person was reputed by his followers to the honourable office is not e vain, but it is certain that every possible exertion was made use of to second his endeavours. Ile had no baidiers on the hustings, hut is various parts of the Hall were seen clusters of the loyal" marshalled under varous leaders. Unable to atter a single word in reply to the facts stated in the resolution', the strength of their opposition was exactly proportioned to the strength „f their lungs. rut with all their roileavtiors they formed so contemptible and pitiful a minority, that the grater part of them left the tall, and the leadeis of the 'esp.-elite gangs of noise makers were left to" wage the th' unequal war" almost by themselves. The Address was moved by Mr. Bright- Weil, and seconded by Mr. I dward Taylor; but before this " the leader of the por tle and orange party" had Neck his colours and shrere off. The Address and the lesolations were carried amidst the shoots of the peo ak, and it was resolved, on • he nudism of R. N. Gurney, b‘, our rierllrist Member. that a Subscription should Ito *limit into, for assisti-g the wounded and maimed Rakers at Manchester, ant' for enabling them to obtain legal redi-ess for their on t sq. " Lists were distributed in various parts of the City, anal persons of all classes eagerly contributed to the fur therance of so humane and so constitutional an object. These are now collected and laid before the politic. bombe isaceuracies may be found in the names, which from the naoiher of signatures is almost unavoidable, but in general it is presnineil the lists will be timid cor rect. '1 hey are amply si:ffitietit to prove that the Citi zens of Norwich have not confined their sympathy to wards their iejured fellow-countrymen to mere words, but that they hale bees lesions to contribute their share of assistance towards the mitigation of their suf ferings. Souse of the rontribntions are anonymous. These sre principally of individuals who from fear of incurring the loss of employment and support from the advocates of Manchester law, hare feared to enroll their raw% on our list There are many instances ef men (conitl their names be disclosed) who, though in worm! or compelled against their better judgment to sign the Declaration, have Eiveu their mite in support of the reuse of humanity and justice. "Norwich, Dec. 14, 1619." In iO-111OrrIM'S STITESVAN we propose to take the subject up noire fulls', to its conclusion. fi'ESTI! INSTER SESSIONS. This morning the bolsinetts of these Sessions began before Ronea•r Bolen, Esti. and a full Bench of Mag►s trates. On the Brand Jnry for the City of Westminster and Cuuntv d.f Mi.i.llesex being sworn, the CUAIRDIAN addressed them as follows: . " am happy to aeqnaint yon, that the Wender is flinch smaller than naval, you will therefore nut be detained lung in investigating the business that may be brought before you. lam glad also to congra tulate yoa MI the good order and tranquillity of - the Chi' at Westminster in general. The measures adopted byl'arliament has had the effect of enabling the quiet and well-disposed to follow their avocations in safety and quiet, it will not be necessary for me to advert to parti enler Acts of the Legislature; you are doubtless well acquainted with diem, it will not be requisite for me to detain yon longer." The Court turn proceeded to the disposing of cases on the traverse paper. The frost, which set in severely before Christ mas, continues with unabated rigour; during the last few days there has been a considerable fall of snow, which tics like sand, for dryness, to a great depth on the ground in this neighbourhood. Low est state of FanuEsuarr's thermometer, exposed to the open air:— October 21, 1819 - - Snow - 41 Degrees. 22, •- - - - 28 ditto. Dreemb. ll,' - - - - - - 13 ditto. - - 21 ditto. 31, - - - 25 ditto. January 1, Itl3ll , . - . 16 ditto. In the year 1818, it wee never lower than 20 degrees, on the 11th and 18th of December. — (Sheffield, Jan. 4.) During the thick fog, an Tuesday night, several accidents occurred, particularly on the Essex and Mile end roads. As the Leeds coach was passing. on Tues day morning, between Bawt7 and Ferrybridge. it came up to a cart, which was standing by the road side. with a man sitting in it, le an upright posture, with the rein hanging low in his hand. Tie ceseluman having called to him several times withist receiving any an ewer, alighted ; and, am eaansisiagtho niaa. was shwelgod lo Gad him quite lend. Re hod duebthes perished through the inc alba witiher. The feteseverewMg torr brought bettor wild 6wl into •• 2 leech, which perhaps the little wind that preened say would foc i as it enabled them to lie qty at sea where they could be is no west of food.—(Lewes Paper.) PUBLIC OPINION. The following observations on public opinion, and the influence of Newspapers, will, upon the whole, we think, he considered tolerably correct: — Public opinion is like a mass of loailstone, which, from its bulk and locality, may be incapable of exerting its mys terions energy beyond a narrow circle, though it possesses the faculty of communicating its virtue to all the iron n the surface, or in the bowels of the earth, if brought suc cessively into contact with it. The publications of a free press are like magnets, deriving their attraction from the loadstone of public opinion. These being multiplied without restriction—for both magnetism and sentiment resemble fire in the property of self-extension, without li mit or loss,wherever they touch upon kindred materials— might carry the spirit of public opinion in one country (on any subject of universal iutc lest, such as polities or religion), beyond all definite bounds, till the whole hu man race, and every civil institution, became affected by it. In England there are no magnets of this descrip tion so gene-rally in use, or so quick and powerful in operation and effect as Newspapers. It might be too much to say, that the country is governed by Newspa pers, but it is not too much to presume that they hold a high and unsuspected ascendancy over minds of every order, from the most cultivated to the most igno rant. The Legislative and Executive Authorities are principally employed iu imposing restraints ;—excite went, on the contrary, is the business of Newspapers ; whence, as man delights more in being stimulated to action than awed into submission, leis willing obedience is yielded to those who rule him by persuading him that he rules himself (which the most servile prints in the land attempt to do), and lie bows to the decrees of sovereign power from necessity alone, whether it be the city of prudence, of fear, or of good I rinciple. And this is right, for man in society should surrender no more of his natural freedom than is requisite to in sure protection in the enjoyment of the rest. Nor is the ascendancy of newspapers, where the liberty of the press exists, either unnatural or undesirable in a political view. We must drop the magnets and change the meta phor, after repeating that newspapers owe their attrac tion to public opinion, emanating from, and depending upon it for favour continually, yet exercising an influ ence over it, which has no parallel in the affinity be tween iron and the loadstone. Newspapers are first what public opinion makes them; then, by a peculiar re action, they make public opinion what they please, so long as they act with discretion, and seem to follow, while in reality they lead. The young tarun- We (the spider, whose bite in tlee human subject is cured by music and dancing) is no sooner hatched than he sets about devouring his mother. Newspapers are not exactly reptiles of this kind; yet they are no sooner born of public opinion than they begin to lire upon it. In fact, it is their daily food, which, though to some it Le comes poison, must leave the art to season to their taste, and many of them fare deliciously upon it. After all, they do speak the language of the nation, sad therefore they aro the meet poplar organs to ex press public opinion; for though that language be as manifold as the dialects of Babel when the builders were confounded together, yet every voice that finds utterance through the press, however contradictory to all the rest it may be, is perfectly intelligible to every British ear. Public opinion consists not in unison of sentiment, which can only be found (if the reader will pardon a well timed absurdity) where there is no sentiment at all, — under a despotism, whose iron enters the soul—% hose fetters are so attenuated, yet so strong as to enchain the mind, while the thoughts (if thoughts can breed in such a paralysis of feeling) are close prisoners in the dungeon of the breast, and the tongue, instead of being their herald, is their gaoler. Public opinion, in a free State, so far from being one and indivisible, is only the prevailing tone among sentiments as multitu dinous as the waves of the ocean, all blended in chorus, and obeying the influence of one moon, under all its changes, impelling their tide, %bile they roll, at their leisure, round promontories, along shores, amidst rocks, over shallows, and through inlets, till every point of every insulated subject is embraced by thent;—and these sentiments, so diffused and diversified, whether discordant or harmonious, whether embroiled by the tempest, or composed in the calm,—these sentiments afford the truest criteria, is their general era, by which the character of the people, the government, and the constitution of the country east be appreciated, at any time, and under any circumstances. Of all these sentiments, thus amalgamated into public opinion, the newspapers are the minute and infallible Reporters ; minute, because fire-side conversation is not I mere familiar and capricious than their details; and Infallible, because, whether they report falsehoods or truths, they are equally right in the representation of that which exists, nr is believed to exist by one or by many among the million, for whom they pander. In times, therefore, of popular commotion, there must be contentions among the Editors of these, corresponding with the dondiet of interests, passions, prejudices, and projects, of parties and patty-men that happen to be at issue in the state: and, like tournaments, in the open space between two armies drawn up in battle-array, these personal combats may be hot only examples of the ani mosity of those who have not yet fleshed their swords, bat precursors of a bloody, exterminating engagement, a fierce and desultory campaign, or a long revolutionary civil war. (This subject may probably be resumed and extended.) John Robertson, of the Calder Main Colliery, and John Ooodear, inn. of the Flockton Colliery , were committed to York Castle for three months on the lath alt. for enticing Colliers to enter into an unlawful COM- Mamie% called the Minister's Union, and for inthnida lOW others, who were not in the Union, from working, I ming threatening language. On the 211th tilt. and two following days, the did Regiment of Foot, under the command of Colonel O'Hara, marched through Gloucester, on a route for Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, which will be Mad quarters. Two divisions of this corps are to be stationed, one at Alcester, and another at Hanley. i THE STATESMAN, THE CAPTAINS LADY. - o w- A SONO. ■• R. MIDERSON. Ti Nt—" O'e► the lunar amang the tether." Lassie wi' the coal-bleek locks, Wilt thou be a Captain's lady Qom bare mountains, glens, and flocks, Heed nae mans, or mimed daddy Hie wi' me o'er Scotia's hills— By this sword, nee loon shall harm thee; Thy sweet luik my bosom fills— Est nae codger e'er alarm thee !" " Stranger, ware nae words on me, I'd no' be a Captain's Lady ; For the gowd o'Clirissendie, I'd no' lea' my feeble daddy ! Grey in years, hosed down wi' pain, Jean's his hale delight and treasure ; In rude cot we y none, Thar a ild glens ay gie Its pleasure." " Lassie, ditina turn awa'; Suin in costly gear I'll deck thee, Sig for thee a bonne mair bra'— Mistress o' the hale I'll mak thee: Thou shalt see the auld folk blest : I'll protect them free Ilk danger; Age and pnirtith se lack rest— Dinna frown upo' the stranger !" Near yon kirk my mithees laid, 'Tears o' sorrow I shed o'er her ; Your red coat and bra' cockade a' to mind one I lost for her : Des, he lo'ert me, sought my Land ; Moth. I priz'd my main and daddy ; Hun far free his native land They slew my fsithfu' shepherd 'addle !" " Thy bright e'e's dimm'd wi' a tear, Mine. to see it, sheds anitker ; 11% theTeerly drops. I swear, lieppy days we'll pass thegelher ! I'm thy air blithe shepherd lad, Rich, and hale, and honest-hearteda Haste, let's mak a parent glad, Until by tyrant Death we're peril!" • SCOTCH FR UGA LITE. Hon• To PAVE OUT or Stlevvcs A DAT.—Alluding to the present scanty mode of living among the Scotch manufacturers, a gentleman observed, that he found, during a two years' residence in Edinburgh, about seven or eight and twenty years ago, that many at the College of that City lived no better, and thought it no hardship! He can speak from his own observation (having hoarded and lodged in the same house in the old College-wynd with several of those students), that their hoard, wash ing, and lodging did nut exceed ss. a-week, including W. for firing—their rating not 3s. Tea or course wax never introduced among them but on a Sunday afternoon perhaps, when they met with ludicrous formality. Their daily runnel of meals was—oatmeal porridge for break• fast, potatoes or barley soup for dinner, and oatmeal porridge attain at supper. A meal of this porridge did nut cost lid. They cooked it for themselves, merely by placing an earthen piykin with a little water over a slow Awl', anal al/Hilitling in about a pint of oatmeal, which, swelling with heal, absorbs the water, and settles into a jelly when cool again. This, with shout half a pint of milt poured over ir, formed the breakfast; and a repeti tion of the like the supper; the dinner cost but very lit tle more.--Ily this mode of living, every Officer who has known the habits of old Scottish regiments, can bear witness, that their grenadiers nsually saved money out of Oki. per day. In comparison with the poor in Scot- I land, our poorest English are most improvident. AN ECDOTR. A RIPICCLOCS OCCUR'S:SCR IN FRI HOURR OF COMMONS. ►ROM LORD NORTH'S NRAR-SIGIITEDNRSS. The deficiency of Lord North's sight was to him pro ductive of many inconveniences, both in and out of Par liament; for even at the distance of a few feet he saw imperfectly, and across the House he was unable to distinguish persons with any degree of certainty or ac- In speaking, walking, and every motion, it is not enough to gay that he wanted grace; he was to the last degree awkward. It can hardly obtain belief, that in a full House of Commons, he took off, on the point of his sword, the wig of Mr. Welhore Ellis, and carried it a considerable way across the floor, without ever suspecting, or per. relying it. The fact happened in this manner. Mr. Ellis, who %ea. then Treat-m*l.er of the Navy, and well ad vanced towards his wventieth year, always sat at the lowegt corner of the Treasury Bench, a few feet re moved from Lord North. The latter having occasion to go down the House, previously laid his hand on his sword, holding the chafe of the scabbard forward, nearly in • horizontal direction. Mr. Ellis stooping at the same instant that the First Minister rose, the point of the scabbard came exactly in contact with the Tres sneer of the Navy's wig, which it completely Wit and bore away. The accident, however ludirron., was wholly unseen by Lord North, who received the first intimation of it from the involuntary bursts of laughter that it occa sioned in every quarter of the House. Mr. Ellis, how ever, without altering a muscle of his countenance, and preserving the most perfect gravity in the midst of the general convulsion, having received back his wig, re adjusted it to his head, and waited patiently till the House bad recovered from theefiect of so extraordinary, as well as ridiculous, an occurrence. In consequence of the sudden indisposition of i Mr. OISEIRT, the part of Lioneltie Sampson, in the opera of Guy Afannering, was performed at Drury-lane Theatre, last night, by Mr. LISTON. A housewife, of Hodsack, near Blyth, has now living a hen, that, after laying 16 eggs, batched 13 chickens on the 7th of January, 1919, and reared 10 of them; began to lay on the 27th February, sad sat upon 15 eggs, all her own; produced 13 birds on the 6th of April, and brought up twelve of them, also six of a nother bee's; after the 14th of May, she laid twelve e ggs, produced eleven birds on the 20tli Jose, and reared s ine ; on the 19th of July began agaia to lay, sad from sieves eggs produced seven chickens; and lies at this time fourteen eggs towards another mildew; se that within twelve swaths sbe has hatched lee_tylit birds, and broaght ap the same umber, mid is 13 swaths has laid 08 eggs in the saute nest. .Y.IVAL INTELLIGENCE. J IN. s.—Arrived, and sailed for tie Rini Ilero, Carrick, from Bengal: P0:iv:n.14.711, JA::. 3:—Arrived the Triumph, front Bengal, last from Falmouth ; and Dorothy Sunder', from thii Downs; for flarhadoes. Utait liarlimit Ilk Majesty's chip Liffey, from Spitlicatl. \on ru SHIELDS, JAN. 4.—The I. tkly She: Sadler, that Was upon the Herd Sand, has been and lironght into Shields ; nearly the tanle of th, is expected to be saved. His Majesty's cutter pirLeil up at sea and brought in here live pieces ber, part of the Lady Sherbrook's cargo. PLV)10117.11, JAN. 4.—Sailed the Mercury. Timm Lisbon ; Suffolk, Kenn, for Portsmouth ; Selina, tinger, for South America; Eagles, Veal; and Br Baragh, for Smyrna ; Hawke, Anderson, for and Isabella, Priem!, fur Demerara. FALMOUTH. JAN. 3.—Sailed the Duke of Kent , with a Mail fur Lisbon ; Medora, Speureley, for fort ; Industry, Williams, for St. Michaels; T. Strut ; and Ann, Layburn, for London; and Forth James, for Lisbon. MIDGHAM PIGEON MEKTING.—The Gold karil was won at the Annnal Meeting on Monde , by Mr. Price, killing twenty birds from Nem, Messrs. Knvvett, Parr, and Simpson, bagged each, and the former lost one bird ten yatds Rounds, and another fifty yards. The second Silver Cup, was won by M'r. Phelps, killing tc out ofrleven, and then the odd bird, in shootil tie with Mr. Ferguson. PLUESTRIANISM.—Yesterday morning, Stanton, a young man, who, it may be reutenmi short time ago attempted to run twenty-one t three hours, in which he failed by five minutt given time, again attempted s. similar task, accoi agreement, on the same spot of ground in the' Park, having recovered ;row a slight strain received in the prior attempt ; fifty guineas stake. On starting he went with great sped, . tinned so to do for the first seven miles (uccatl lessening his pare), which he performed in one b' fifty seconds ; the second he petformed in one' two minutes ; and the last seven miles in one limo , lost by two minutes and fifty seconds ; his fai: attributed to a heavy fall, in consequence of slit the last hour. SKATING MATCH.—About ten o'clock _ day morning, two gentlemen, named Marriot and lin, residing in the lurtain-road, Shoreditch, decide a bet of one guinea and a bottle of wine, had been made the preceding Saturday eveni public-house in the neighbourhood, viz. whist skate three miles in the shortest space of time. spot selected for the occasion was a large pond. quarter of a mile square, situate about three yards front the Cat and Shoulder of Mutton tea-gardens, in Hackney-fields. The ground was measured, the given signal (the dropping of a handkerchi started for the first mile (a quarter in and out; was equal ; hut for the other two miles Mart considerably a-head, and finally won the mat. first mile was done in eight minutes, and the other in about twenty. The following occurrence happened on . last in Hyde Park ; —A person of genteel appearance exhibiting all the graceful manceuvres on the - edge, backwards ; but having crossed one of which intersected every spot, his conduct gas to the sliders, wb, deputed one of their body his heels. After many effort.; it was done, by a stick, and the skater had a desperate fall. 'rime on recovering from the shock, coolly proceeds , ' off his skates, and then addressed his assail My friend, we will settle this !mines, oh The parties met on the north bank. The agi r ial,d off his Coat, the injured party buttoned nen rounds displayed the superior science of time Gen tleman, hat after the third, the aggressor declared he was satisfied! Indeed he ought to be so, for he had a most tremendous beating t both his eyes were closed, and he was covered with blend. As to the other, he again pat on his skates and resumed his former amuse ment, without the slightest scratch. FATAL PVGILISM.—A severe battle Wins fought on Monday, at Sealesworth, near Woodford, between george Clowes, a farrier, and Stephen grist, a paviour, originating out of a dispute at a public-house, about Christmas-boxing. Both men started off to fight in a state of inebriation, and the conflict wa s manfully, al though awkwardly maintained for three quarters of an hour, when Clowrs fell insensible, and ne v er spoke again. It seemed his death was occasioned by the rup ture of a blood-vessel. CAVAN. Dec. 31.—We are extremely sorry to learn. from unquestionable authority, that a serious and pre meditated riot occurred a fe w . days since at Carri 1 iu the county of Leitrim, and was entirely of a religious party description ' • we are not su ffi ciently acquainted with the nature of this unpleasant transaction to enter - fully into the particulars of it, but its consequences have been of a very serious nature, several persons having been severely and some of them dangerously wounded. Several of the Protestant party sought refuge in some houses in the town, which were surrounded by the Roman Catholics, rot the purpose of forcing a n entrance, and in the exchange of shots which took place, several of those outside suffered severely. Both parties were armed with fire-arms, pikes, scythes, and other murderous weapons, and were it not for the tim •ly and spirited interferema of Aeh. O'Brien, Esq. a Magistiate of that county, wbo secceeded in quelling the disturbance, and dispersing the rioters, the consequences would have been mums more seriotts.—(Cocas Herald.) The house of Mr. Walls, Maid-lane, Bankride, was broken into whilst the inmates were asleep on Saturday night, or Sunday morning. and property taken away to the value of ab;Mt 13/. The thieves must have hid a thorough knowledge of the premises, as they went up to the hrst floor front room, the lock of which they opened with a skeleton key (it is supposed), and 'took from thence most of the property. without disturbing say person, although a young man slept in the adAdog room. On the night of the nth ult., the stable and a cow bony at Hinton Hall, Salop. were hrokea open, and Mr. Re Tropp (in whose holding the premises are) was shot at, aad his bat shot through. A reward of_fibt pounds, and a free pardon to any accompli is amen in Tuesday's night's Gazelle, on the convretfa= ei offender. A reward sod free pardon is also _ 114 ea the conviction of the person who fi red a babas 91111 on the 29th ult., at a soldier, belonging to h= • Meld of Dragoon guards, now statioued at N upon-Tyne. Mr. Johnson, 31, Garden-row, London-road. Ms recently obtained a complete cure Roos at. n motion of the lungs by a single bolas Of a Thompson's Anti-couaumptive Elixir. bouslit st - • 13olton's Medicinal Warehouse, Royal ligchanga, ■•••._ ',--- —Aid • • ver. the , roster, 1 ale in:a I gut off, se crr;u Surle , s of tint- trers, for na. Pot- druniley. Lisbon; t peke'. or Ruch- 'ortitude, Id Tau- lay lass, to-one. — nineteen Is out of prize, a ten birds ting off a Richard uhered, a miles in tes of the :oriling to Regent's which be was ti e , and con- rationally hour and e hour and hoer; and ailure wa+ lipping in on Mon- and Mack- •h, met to Ille, which ning, at a ►ish could me. The id, about . a • hundred ta-gardens, ed, and at iiief) both t): betting irriot kept itch. The other two n Tuesday raranee was the outside r the slides, eve offence y to trip up ly means of latter, dud to pull ailant with, on shore." e aggressor Dned up his. of the flea- declared he for he had a were closed, le other, he rifler amuse- was fought rd, between t, a pariour,