The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-07-22 00:00:00

NAWiI L INTELLIGENCE. DEAL, JULY V.—The transports and outward bDund remain in the Downs. HARWICH, JULY 21.—Sailed Lord Nelson packet, with a Mail fox Cuxhaven. PLYmoura, JULY 20.—Game in the Wanderer sloop or war, from a cruise; and the Duarf cutter, with dispatches from the French coast. PottrcMoUTu, JULY 21.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Mu, list!, from a cruize; Alliance, from South ampton, with provisions; and Hope, from Bristol, with iron.—Sailed his Majesty's ships Urgent and Red:cing, on a cruize ; and the Grampus, to the E as tward.—Went out of harbour the A !Non.— Sa:lvil last evening, after_Poq, the Eurotus, fur the East Indies. FALMOUTH, JULY 19. Arrived the Integrity, from Waterford ; and the Laura, from Bristol. SCILLY, JULY 18.— Arrived on the Ilth lust. the Surprize, from a cruize, and flailed Itgain on the 16th. NEW‘;AsTLE ELECTION. A vacancy having occurred in the representation of the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stafford shire, by the vacation of Lord GOWER, who is gone for the county, two Candidates have started, Mr. WILMoT and Sir JOHN CHETWODE, Bart. The Matteis of STAFFORD possesses great influence in the borough, and it is now more than a century since a Member was returned fur the borough in the inde pendent interest, with the exception of Mr. Law- T JV'S election, in the year 1734, and his seat was yawed by pPtition ; and the election of Sir Jonsr Fes cox BououEY , Bart. in 1812, the present Mem ber. On the present occasion, Mr. WILMOT is COH• SiderPd in the 1 renthata interest, and he is supported by the Marquis's known friends ; but, as an elec tioneering stratagem no doubt, has actually hoisted the blue (lag (instead of the red, the blue being the colour of the independent party), and played the tune of Freedom and Liberty—this attempt at cast. ing a veil over the eyes of the independent party, has, in a great measure, failed. Sir JOHN CHETWODE is father-in-IHW to Sir J. F. Boucecr, the present Member, and though he came very late to canvas the town in the independent in terest, yet met with great encouragement. The poll commenced at nine o'clock no Wednesday last, and the contest was carried on during the day with ex treme rancour on both sides ; on casting up the first days' poll, Mr. Wztstox was 23 a-head ; but per ceiving (luring the evening that his cause was losing ground, at two o'clock on Thursday morning he left the town; and at 4 o'clock the same morning the Stafford Militia, who had only left the town in the early part of the week, returned with flints, and eight rounds of hall cartridge each.—At seven u'elock the same morning Mr. Witatoes fare wel Address was out of the Press, and a great selovion was spread through the town ; party spirit was never known to have run so high. Sir Jowl CHETwone refused to resume the poll until the mili tia were marched out of the town again, which took place at nine o'clock : the contest was then resumed, and Mr. Wituox's Mends carried on the poll in his eame, While four of them set out to fetch him back, and about 12 at anon lie arrived at the hustings, and told the electors that his frie•ttls had promised not to put him to any more expence, as he declared it was impossible for him to bear it. At the close of the roll the second day the num bers were—Sig. CIIETWODE 183, Mr. Wilmot 143, giving the independent candidate a majority of 40 votes. At the last election in 1812, the contest was extremely severe; yet during the two first days of that election, the whole number polled was 300 ex actly ; but during the two first days of the present election, 326 have polled; the whole number of burgesses who polled at the last election was 645. The independent party have no doubt of success, and that the election will finally close this day. The town retrained very noisy so late as half-past ten on Thursday evening, and the militia remain in the neighbourhood. • LYCEUM THEATHE.—II I the Opera of Frederick the Great, Mr. FAWCETT last night mad- his first appearance the present season at this Theatre. His performance of Brandt was distinguished by all that ricnne... h9mner, and knowledge of nature, which first gave the character importance on the English at tie, and the satisfaction of the spectators was com plete.. Mr. RAYMOND, as Frederick, oas all that ,u1(I be wished, as wos Miss KELLY, in Matilda. KNIGHT was very diverting in Stock, and COOKE and PYNE in their respective characters, contributed largely to the success of the whole performance. A Mr. Iltumsw, as Rolf, obtained considerable ap plause for his voice, which made a greater impression on the audience than his taste. The Opera, alto gether, was well acted; and the afterpiece of Bark gain Hoax, closed the amusements of the evening, with oft re- 'ed bursts of laughter, and shouts of unifiers-' 11 :EVTRE. — The Bold Stroke for a .t night repeated. As on the first night, ..nce afforded the highest gratification to the NIissGRF.?IviLLF. was throughout eminently .essful; and Mrs. BEISIELI), though still wanting n confidence, failed not to find her way to the heart. 'he farce of '° Darkness Visible" followed, in which OEELY appeared to great advantage, and the other new pet formers (aided by some of our old favourites) ill further developed their talents with the happiest ifect. Picstroctims.—A few evenings since, Mr. James haw, of St. Saviour'?, had his pocket cut off whilst •alking in Vauxhall Gardens, and his pocket.book, mtainiiig a considerable sum in Bank-notes, was ;ken away.—On the same evening, Mr. Edward 'olland, of Lower Eaton-street, Pimlico, also had s cost-pocket cut off whilst walking with a party the Gardens, and his pocket-book, containing 121. Bank-notes, was taken away. In cutting his 'cket, it appeared, the villain most have cut his vn hand, as the remaining fragment of Mr. Box nd's pocket, and the cost near it, were much stain. with blood. 4 " 47 . Zr.tt THE sTATEskASt. ~;^ '~' is; • • OF .1 NAVAL BREVET. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN. STATE OF THE PRISONS. ~, ~ going on, would have left no doubt of that to* ni 'ha cdse, even if he had lint Acknowledged it. Ak. eller of a prison receiving from it a lit "f 35901. and not drily inspecting and ♦kiting the oria soil, and hod being persottilly acquainted loth all that is transekted therein, seems to liter Committed to prove the existence of a state of things that ought not to be suffered to continue. [To be continacd.l . r, Conceiving that Extracts from the Report of the Commit* appoi n t e d to enquire into the state of the King's Bench, Fleet, and Marshalsea • Prisons will he extremely interesting to the public, • ' more particu- Inrly a; Mr. Bennet, one of the Committee has signified, that he s h a ll brill the subject under the consideration of Parliament in the next Session, beg to observe, th a t we s h a ll continue we the santeom time to time, as c onven i ence may permit. ' from Fiat, with respect to the Marshal • • of the King's Bench : • —ases-- The Report states, that the Marshal is, at the real Yesterday the buke of York held a Military Lia commendation of the Chief Justice ' •• tee, at his Office in the Horse Guards , whic h of the King's *as Bench, appointed ty the King, either by sign ma- • 'attended by-, nual or by letters pair.nt, in virtue of the Act of the Lienr.•Orn. Sir John Murray. on hi. r•sarrt frmis Canada I 27th Geo. If . Win. Jones, Esq, 0 : 11. Sir John Crodd.ok ; Major-Oen. Croine; A 1.4.1 Oen. the resent Mar Gra l n y li &r. fie. shot, Was nominated by Sign manual oar the 19th ' March, 1791, and he holds his office" for so of airants hate been 'squad by the Lord lien or so long a I tenant bf Ireland, for embodying 30 regiments of time as he shall behave himself well, and shall be ' re- , Militia in the ensuing month, in !bele respectite eosin: sident within the walls or rules of • the prison, and no ' ties. longer." s •.). he British army • • ' r in the immediate aicinity of „, ss4 'l • ltere is no salary attached to the office . of Mar- Paris, and composed exclusively r : . • . o. wore troop., Is • • •s s steal ; his income is derived from f on commi t- tto consist of 20,000 men, and other detachment* are merits and discharges, and from other source s , be such to stationed permanently in Wend of the fora ''..A as the rent of rooms in the p • mon, profits on the sale tresses. The total number now Outlet pr N.-for a e '''`4l; ,c of porter,. ale, .and wine, the rent of the coffee- embarkation • in house, &c.; but his principal emoluments arise from a r e 12 ,000. the rules, or th he followinge liberty of livin g with ou t T ' troops tailed on ** ( befit* Ali :. . --` 7 , the malls of the prison., within a certain area. The Ostend, under convoy of the Clinker :—s-34ts ; 27th, 80, sth, 39th, 41st, end 88th tit liar ir• - 1 average gross mnunt of revenue d er i ve d f rom these 11 ff •r ... uail:; - . ' eourres is estimated annually, for the last three years, mews. A". at 50001. t5r..-Sid., according to an account delive r ed T C Tile following regim e nt s are or d er ed to etkett . •-... . r .: 404 0 11 in by the Marshal; the expences and outgoings, in- h 13t , '''' 2i th, 2d Batt. 49th, and 73d Foot: chiding the payment of clerks, turnkeys, watchmen, - 'n -7 1 1 taxes, itsrc. are 17301. 9s. 6.1. leaving a net income to . . the Marshal of 32701. O s . 2 r l. T o t hi s must b e a dd ed THE ATINETI=StCOND REGPMENT. --‘ - . the fees taken on bails and judgments, which are --stosese calculated at 3201. per an num ; ma ki ng i n t h e w h ole Theis-following facts respect ing this gallaht tolls a sum of not less than 35901. Among these emola- are worthy of notice r— rnents, that on beer sold its the prison amounts to Lieut.-Col. Erskine, of Corarost, the first cob -8721.; and that on the rules to 28231. per annum. mantling officer of this corp., fell &ritual". at the The outgoings consist priecipaily in salaries, taxes, head of his brave corps, on the 11th of March. ISM, and law expences, and the small sum of 7514 for re- in PgYPt• . • pairs ; though the Committ e e o b serve , t h at b y t h e " Lieut. Colonel Napier, of Blackstone, his success+ ..t 17th clause of the 27th of George IL c. it., " the sor, fell in the same manner •at Coraando in Jan. Marshal of the Marshalsea of the King's Bench shall 1800 - at his own cost, out of the fe es o f hi s of fi ce , we ll an d ' Colonel Cameron, of Paitifo rn , al s o seeeeeded- 1 ;- • ' ~,. sufficiently repair, and keep in good repair, the said Col. Napier, fell at Waterloo, • ne the Mat alt. its prison, and all the buildings thereunto belonging." the Thinner described Its .the.Dialstei‘Williegtoe* '.. • The Officers of the prison are all in the appoint. dispatch. . _f •!, ; - ilho 14, V .. : . .y. 0 ir1. t went of the Marshal, and consist a s f o ll ows: •Lieetenaht-Colonel 7411elselis is b• *Wirfola The Deruty-Marshal is Mr. Josiah Boyden- This cemeeeed .1 the tegimeets^ wai sew &Mira& . gentleman has nothing to do with the management I wounded, and carried off the field, meigalng . Ow l of the prison, and has no salary, but his emoluments-. enmmied of the battalion to Captain Ile! es, the arise from fees taken under the r u l es an d or d enro f settler o ffi cer present, but Captain Milian ha d not the Coot t, dated 1759, and Which amount from 3501." been long la command when be rek-also carried of to 4001.. per annum, and would, it is stated, be con_ wounded. .•' sitlerably increased, if the fees were not voluntarily ! Cwt. Dugald Campbell then teolLthe comma& relinquished in all cases of poverty and distress.— and he was soon after wounded and retried of the The duties of this Officer are to attend the Chief field, the command then devolved again oe Ski Neat Justice in Court, and to acconipany him to t h e R oya l senior officer present. 7 - • . . levees. ! In the afternoon of the 18th mit, thrlejlateete The situation of the Clerk of the Papers was held which was then reduced to alsratt•ioo men, foetid ib by a nephew of Mr. Jones, who is dead. No new ap.. actually necessary to charge a scheme of. the enemy pointment has taken place, but the Marshal receives which came down on them, troop* to 40Q0 men. the profits of the office, which, 'arising teens feee,•• —They broke into the centre of the column with the • maybe estimates at from six to seven hundred per bayonet, and the instant they pierced it the Scots annum. ; Greys dashed in to their support, when they and the The office of Clerk of the Rules is held by the 92d cheered and huzzaed, " Scotland for ever I"aes Marshal himself, who pays also three desks fixed —By the effort which followed, the enemy, to ts, salaries. There are, in addition, three turnkeys and man were put to the sword, or taken prisoners, after four watchmen, whose incomes are derived partly which the Greys charged through the enemy's wood. from salaries and partly from fees and emoluments line. arising out of the prison. I . The Chaplain is the Rev. William Evans, who is : • TO Tll2 EDITOR OF THE SIATE234AW. appointed by the Marshal :he has no salary, but he MR. EDlTOR,—Ohaerving an article in your Piper - receives a fee on the commitment of each prisoner, of yesterday, stating, that on the preceding month,* which is paid to the clerks of the Judges, at their "a dreadful fire broke out at Mr. Matthew's in Upper Chambers. Thames-street, which destroyed his very extensive The mode by which the Marshal is remunerated premises and several adjoining warehouses," I beg appears to be most objectionable. The sum itself is you will immediately contradict that statement, the great, amounting, on an average of the three last fact being that one of u n , upper workshops in Swtn years, to a net income of 35901. per annum. A lane caught fire, but which was, by the prompt and minute detail of the profits and disbursements is con- kind assistance of my neighbours and the timely at tained in the Appendix to the Report. It is the de- rival of the engines, extinguished without reaching tided opinion of the Committee, that the mode of my warehouses or any adjoining premises. remuneration arising out of fees paid by the Prisoner,l 1 am, Sir, your obedient servant, and by the emoluments made at the expense of those ' JOHN MATTHEW. who are confided to his charge, is the No. 10G, Upper Thamekstreet, July 21, ISM most objec.. —.es— limitable Gleans by which a salary is given to the i keeper of a prison. ills interests are thus set inva. I Tug GOLENOS OAK.—Description of the Golenere viably against his duty ; and his profits are made at Oak, purchased by the late Thomas Harrison, many the expence of those whom the law supposes to be years his Majesty's purveyor of Plymouth dock-yard penny less, and whose property belongs not to them- and Dean Forest, and felled and converted by him in selves, but to their creditors. The Marshal of the the year 1810 :—lt grew about four miles from the King's Bench and his officers are public servants, town of Newport, in Monmouthshire—the malls and as each they ought to be paid at the public ex- trunk at 10 feet long, produced 450 cubic feet ; one I pence. The allowing a gaoler to make a profit from limb 355, one ditto 472, one ditto 235, one ditto, In addition to the names of the Performers before coffee-houses and taverns, and on the sale of beer 156, one ditto 106, one ditto 113, and six other limbs mentioned, as having been discharged by the Board end win. , , within the prison, is also most objection- of inferior size averaged 93 feet each, making the of Management of Drury-lane Theatre, are those able. lie thus becomes interested in the promotion whole number 2126 cubic feet of sound and converti of Downs 's, AV %Mit:GRAVE, FLOKINGTON, CROOK, of drinking, and his emoluments increase in the de. ble timber. The bark wee estimated at six tons, but G. SMITII, Mrs. Gt.ovee, Mrs. Ilcamn, Miss VALEN. gree that sobriety and good conduct cease to exist as some of the very heavy body bark was stolen out of cEsr, Miss K BRISTOW, Mr. Manool. ' Dowzost, among those whom the law places under his care.— the barge at Newport, the exact weight is not known. it is understood, retiresfrom the London boards, and An Act of Parliament (21 Gro. 111. c. 51. s. 22.) Five men were 20 days stripping and cutting dowel takes the management of the Canterbury, Tonbritige declares, that no keeper of a prison shall be a pub- this tree; and a pair of sawyers were five months Wells, and other Theatres, which belonged to Mrs. lican ; why, then is there to bean exception made in converting it, without losing a day (Sundays except- Baker, his mother-in-law. favour of the Marshal of the King's Bench? The ed). The money paid for converting only, bole- The statement that BELLAMY was discharged, is Committee observed, the during the last year 540 Pendent of the expence of carriage, was 821. ; anti incorrect, his engagement having two years yet un- bolts of porter, and 65 barrels of ale, were consumed the whole produce of the tree when brought to market expired. • ; within the prison; the profits on which gave the:Mar- was within a trifle of 6001. It was bought standing An otter, which measured five feet from its nose shat a net emolument of 8721. . for 4051.; the main trunk was 9} feet in di.tmeter, to the end of its tail, two feet in circumference, and The Committee are, however, awire, that the and in sawing it through, • stone was discovered six weighed twenty-two pounds, was killed a few dada Marshal holds his office and these emoluments for feet from the ground, above a yard in the body of ago near Allenheads, in Northumberland, by a la- life, as long as he shall behave well; they, therefore, ' the t ree, through which the saw cut ; the stone was !tourer and his dog. The remains of two or three recommend some arrangement should take place, by ,about six inches in diameter, and completely shut in, cheep were found near the spot at which it was din. which a just compensation should be made to bim ; bat round which there was not the least symptom of covered. that the fees exacted from the prisoners should be put decay. The Hogs in its butt were carefully reckon- The improvements in Scotland have at length ex. under some regulation, or abolished altogether ; and ell, and amounted to above 400 in number, a con tended to the Hebrides. In the Isle of Skye roads that the mode by which the gaol is supplied with voicing proof that this tree was in an improving state and piers are forming, some pretty villages are build. malt liquor should no longer continue. The Marshal . for upwards of 400 years • and as the ends of some ikg, and several plantations have been laid out. An shOuld have a controul over every thing, a personal lof its branches were decayed and had drops off, it is immense quarry of beautiful white freestone which profit on.nothing. upresumed it had stood a great number of years after hears a polish almost equal to marble, has recently The Marshal, Mr. Jones, from all that appearedlit had attained maturity. been discovered in the Island of Rasa'', of which to your Committee, is not disposed to press upon the I SINGULAR FUNERAL at Cacnrwer. — On Thurs. Mr. M`Lgoo, the proprietor, is new building him. poverty of the class ni p erso ns whom he has under ;day aa'nstight the remains of Mr. R. Wapshott, a the evidence before them char self an elegant mansion. his , however, war. : respectable Wider in this parish, was drawn to hi, ",'Tis an ill wind 'blows nobody good."—A Gen- '; your Committee in stating it to be t I rants heir opinion 1 horses, each led by two servants ; his two sons and last home in MI waggon, drawn by his favourite demon when sought shelter from the rain at a Lottery., that he is little acquainted with what occurs in his c office on Wednesday. was induced, after remaining prison ;.he avows himself, that he seldom or ever I executors rode in the waggon with the body, eight • ic in the O ffi ce some lime, t o p ur chase a Sixteenth of • enters within its walls : and the numerous contrad. friends followed on horseback. The waggon was, No. 11,172, drawn in a few hours after, a Prize of lions given to his evidence by others, who are in the' painted black for the purpose, and the waggoner's Twenty Thousand Pounds! i constant habit of seeing and hearing what is re all y whi p was covered with black crape. SIR,-( respectfully solicit, through your interest ing columns, to put it to the good sense of the na tion, whether the voice of patriotism and loyalty is misapplied when it calls the attention of Government to en ndnption of those measures and precautions which can alone preserve England's last and best hope inviolate. It would he no more, Sir, than an act orcommon justice to make some atonement to those men who have grown grey in the service of their country; they bare but a feu; Nears to remain amongst los; let the generosity of a li:gh.minded nation gratify their fast days by an act that would obliterate the , P recolle c ti on o f b as i ng l angu i s h e d I n ciiimp , a7 i retire obscui ity f or so l ong a p n r i n d of their Ignorant of the nature and wept of those ob. jectiols which may be opposed to the idea of a l' avert brevet, I cannot of ennise pretend to con• trovert them here. 1 may, !letterer, be permitted tw; stale a few of the probable advantages which would. instantly accrue to the public service from it, Thai discontent which has now become so very pre. relent would imnndiately vanish— the general cha. raster of the naval Service must be greatly exalted ia ' the estimation of the whole country—a degree if emulation, hitherto unfelt, would naturally spring op ;is the minds of men, when they had a prospeet (no matter how distant) of rising iii their prof's. sion ; in fact, such a measure ss ould not 0n1..j dignify the conduct and character of those to whom it held out a reward, but lead to a systematic exer tion of heroism and boldness, at which the service has never arrived. Such, indeed, is the force of self. love in the human breast, that the idea of returning to the bosom of one's family, after fifteen or twenty . years' absence, without something more than the situation of a Lieutenant, that nine out of ten who Gel a consciousness of basing despised promotion, folly as much as many who had obtained it, would gladly sacrifice almost the whole of their pay to be con sidered on an equality with them. It would be quiteri. diculous to attempt a justification of the measure on account of any expellee it might occasion. This matter . is very easily explained. Let us for a me. meat suppose that 300 of the oldest Lieutenants oe the- tist were allowed the rank of Commanders, without any additional pay (for I feel persuaded there is not one amongst them who would not be most happy to accept the step—it is human nature.— without any further increase of emolument), in what respect would the public suffer ? Many of those Officers are above GO years of age, few under 40! so that by mere natural events the whole mass of Lieutenants, providod vacancies were regularly filled up from the top of the List, would enjoy the anti. • cipated hope of being on the List of Commanders and this is often equal to reality itself ; such is the pliability of our feelings when excited in favour of any personal advantage!--f can hardly sup pose it possible that there is a man in the country who would start an objection to the above plan, which, though not proposed upon a scale of sufficient liberality for this great empire, would, trifling as it may appear, in a very great degree obviate existing inconveniences. I am, with e.teens, Sir, y our very humble servant, R. S. J. Croydon, July 11. P. S. If ever there was a time when this subject should be thought of, it is surely when a very gene ral idea has gone thread throughout the Navy, that it is regarded with a degree of indifference approaching to dislike, in a certain high quarter. It has not been unusual to see Officers at Signal Posts of 40 years standing, who were almost blind! others so muti lated that they could scarcely walk without the aid of crutches; awl, in some instances, Lieutenants of 35 years standing, with the additional comfort of six children, have been appointed to those situations ; a fact so disgraceful to our national character would not be credited, if told to a Frenchman or a Spaniard who had seen the battles of the Nile and Trafalgar. THE JAME • * • . •0•• -. 1 •:5-t4S•k j j ~~ ".;:- • A.,id .. .4 F t l % • - .• a . r- " rYtl►iiriir~ ~..:., , ~r,,, . - - • NIMMEdak..,MMi -~. w.',Y'. ~. n... t;_ "' E 4. • 'AM-4r. n , -•%- ••~k : A •, . ~--..• .. AiaA• -- w k a 77'•