The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-12-11 00:00:00

MR. HUME. sequence of Mr. Howe's acceptance of the in ritlitonOf the Gentlemen of Herefordbfilre, that Oeii- I a,. we limo, left Loudon on Wednesday last, se a on his arrival at Oloucester, the Mayor and e et peestioa waited upon him, at the King's Head, to. WI him with the Freedom of that anc i en t an d W i n dependent City. On the borders of Herefordibire, a deputation of the C o mmittee met him. and preceded by a number of „ w as from the neighbourhood of Ross, th e mem b ers of nat ions Benefit Societies, with their flags, banners, s e , sad a head of music, the procession entered t hw first town in the county; the people with one m old took tbe hems from his carriage, and Mr. Hume t em dreekdrawn is triumph through the streets of the / lace, amidst the shoats of the multitude assembled.— p o p the window of the Swan Inn Mr. Hume address ed t numerous and respectable audience at consider ewe Wirth, pointing out in the most forcible manner, t he evils of the present system, the necessity of re unnehment, aid the real remedy—Reform—a Reform co mmeacing with the people themselves, and shown by t he return of indepeadeat and honest members to the H enn a At the conclusion of his speech, several of the r i n cipal gentlemen of the town and its vicinity, were * ln duced by the Committee, and a handeome enter teinsest, given by the Deputation on the occasion. con dried the Ent day of Mr. Huroe's visit to Hereford shire. The next moraing, Mr. Hume and his friends, 4 die Mayor of Meamoutb, and other gentlemen, break kited with Mr. N. Morgan, hanker, of Ross, and then proceeded oa their journey to Hereford. The yeomanry and retry on the road, in every di rection.joined the cavalcade, and by the time the escort arrived within a few miles of the City, the procession had increased to an immense concourse of persons ; headreds of horsemen blocked up the road, and attend et) by a redoes serer exceeded in that part of the king floe, sad the-populace having taken the horses from Din carriage, Mr. Home mitered Hereford. The public manifestation of respect was so conspi cuous on the occasion, that although the day was not the most favourable. the multitude collected together der exceeded all previous calculation; and thus accom ?pied, the valuable member for Aberdeen, alighted from the carriage of one of the gentlemen of the Com mittee at the door of the Hotel. He immediately pro ceeded to address the inhabitants and others assem kled,in a speech replete with perspicuity and interest. —lie thanked them from his heart for the honors they had beeped arra him, and trusted his conduct in the House, would shim, how much he regarded the real interests of the people. He urged repeatedly, the immediate, the pressing necessity of retrenchment sad reform, and said he was satisfied, they could only be obtained by the steadiness of the people. The flattering marks of attention and approbation 'hewn at the conclusion of his address, were evidently most pleasing to Mr. Hume, who, with his friends, Men retired to partake of the splendid dinner provided for the occasion. Nearly three hundred persons sat down to table, sad very many respectable individuals were absolutely impelled to adjourn to other inns, from the utter liability of accommodating themselves with refresh seats tor room at the hotel ; so perfectly crowded was it is every part. Mc. ED% AL I) BOLTON CLIV I (of Whitfield) having taken the Chair, o the remand 'of the sloth. the; mall toast, " The King," was drank.—" The Coasti tst:on"—" Those foewhose benefit both King and Con stitution were intended, The People." After the last-mentioned toast, Mr. Joule &Lax, 'pm having filled with Cider the splendid silver Tualcard prepared for the Meeting, handed it to the worthy President, requesting him in the names of the Committee and the Subscribers to present it to Mr. How, as a public memorial of their esteem and ap probation of his public conduct. bir.CLIVE then rose, and addressing himself to Mr. Hwav,eulogised his Parliamentary exertions; expressing he much he felt gratified in thus paying honour to the sell known abilities and praise-worthy services of so , seiseotly useful a Representative of the people. He nutted the task had not fallen to a younger man Ilan himself, of presenting the present which the sub- 1 1 miptions of individuals of the county bad purchased. lie aas most happy to state, that though the subscrip am were limited to one shilling, yet such had been the public feeling of that gentleman's services, that not merely lutissilver tankard and a hogshead of the best cider di country could produce, been purchased, but. that there was a surplus of money from the subscriptions, %bid, would be handed over to some Charitable load bation. He had great pleasure in drinking Mr. Hume's Ith, and proposing it as a bumper toast, and should ['thole by reading the inscription engraven on the kard. " Grateful for Public Services, The Inhabitants of Herefordshire, Present this Tankard and a Hogshead of Cider To Josarn Hunt, Esq. M. P. As a Public Testimony of their Approbation • Of his Parliamentary Conduct, ISM." Mr. Hums, evidently much affected by this public .. gratifying mark of respect, then addressed the Ling. He felt gratitude, in every sense of the word, ~ ?the kind expressions of approbation with which had honoured his nenions in Parliament. He , eideavour to explain-what was the line of coo n kind thosght it most beneficial to pursue, and them, by various documents then in his hand, the wasteful system of extravagance which for shad been persevered in by the Ministers of the , ea, and which had tended to reduce this once pros country to a state of comparative poverty and el distress. He proceeded to point out the progress the wretched system of abate which now clogged wheel of the Government machine ; and with Moira! exactness detailed the enormous and elle- Pertionate diference in the national expenses is I and the present period. The varies@ papers fled to and produced in the coarse of his 'd. though marked with the most business-tile prod i were listened to with the greatest attention. He li nderly noticed the shameful want of attention on Pit of Ministers to common decency in squandering Peblic money, having, more than once, known .for millions passed with us little ceressoay or nation as the most uLimportant every-day hiesi fthe House. He most forcibly urged, again and the manifest advantage, the absolute seceseity, of ft " in the Representation, as the only means of ; r 4 . • , • 1 / 4 z•••.t lasi; counteracting the evil. Without it we must sink. Beery Honest effort should be made to obtain chic great object. Our political existence depended !pea it. Retrenchment might and would do much, but Indian a Nat &tibiae no real good would ever b e effected. Unless that ma lure was adopted, our Affairs must retrograde. The po litical convulsions in other countries ought to prove a salutary warning and lesson to ourselves—that we might, ere it be too late, exert every constitutional effort to ob tain and preserve this breath of our political life. After a Speech of upwards of an boar and shelf, Mr. Hume sat down amid thunders of applause and coops tolation. Mr. ULlve then gave—" A full, fair, and free repre sentation of the people in Parliament," which was drank with enthusiasm. Mr. Hume again rose, and after complimenting Mr. Ricardo, Mr. Barrett, the 'county Member, Mr. Price, and other Members of . Parliament, for the assistance they had rendered him in the House, begged again to express his grateful thanks for the kind reception he had experienced in Herefordshire, and for the groatat ' tendon which had been paid hiss by the Gentlemen of the Committee, by whom the tankard before him had been provided. It was a circumstance he should never forget ; their present was store honorable in his eyes than any reward which be could receive from the most exalted personage—is was the gift of the people—who had been pleased to approve his conduct, and whose in terest he pledged himself to support byevery exertion in his power. He concluded by proposing the health of " The Gentlemen of the Committee.' _ _ _ Mr. Au.sm, jnn. returned thanks for the com pliment paid to himself and the other Gentlemen of the Committee, with whom he bad the pleasure to act on the present occasion. It was particularly gratifying that the county in general so warmly participated in those feel ings, which bad induced them to proposes public mark of respect to Mr. Hume • and nothing could more clear ly evince the existence of such a feeling than the very numerous and most highly respectable attendance on that day. Ile trusted that the Meeting, though cer taialy a political one, would not be deemed a party feast. It was not so intended. The object they had in view, was to make a public acknowledgment to a . public man, for the benefits derived from his public services.— To Mr. Hume, such an occurrence as the present, he hoped, could not hut be pleasing; a stranger, as he was amongst them, the Representative of a distant part of the country. His spirited exertions in Parliament bad rendered him deservedly popular and esteemed through out the whole kingdom. Those exertions had proved, beyond the possibility of contradiction, that something might yet be done towards reducing the enormous and unexampled burthen of the debt and taxes, without di minishing the proper splendour of the Crown, or violat ing the public faith of the country. Mr. Hume's was no visionary plan—no theoretical system—it was &prac tical good ; and they were (thee gradually reaping the fruits of his labour. He hoped that those exertions would be continued, that they would be malously supported by the real Rep resent ati ves of the People, yd eventually they would force their way—they w•oalddttiee crowned by suc cess. The tottering fabric of corruption, supported as it was by an organised system of abuse, must fall, and the expiring prosperity of the country would yet re vive, and triumph over its ruins. Whatever might be the final results of Mr. HOMO'S arduous Investigation of the public accounts, one thing, at present, was certain, that retrenchment bad began, that a lavish expenditure of the public money bad been, in some sseasare, stopped —and that they had the hope, at least, that in the en suing Session of Parliament, still greater reductions would be made in the national espeases. He trusted that the career, so lymourable, so creditable to himself, which Mr. Home bad commenced, would be persevered in; and that they should all see the day when hie name would rank as high in the list of political economists, as that of his great countryman and namesake, amongst philosophers and hietorians. The good he might do his country, would ilb esessimitlPbrea-by the people's gratitude. Mr. Allen then highly complimented the Meeting on the choice which had been made of their Chairman, whose political consist eacy and ardent at tachment to the best principles of the Constitution were so well known and respected. The energetic and manly delivery of this address excited mmisiderable applause. The health of Mr. Ricardo, M. P. being proposed, that Gentleman, in a luminous and able speech, took a review of the great political questions which had been touched on by Mr. Hume. He praised the great abilities displayed by that Gentleman, and warmly advocated the cause of retrenchment and reform. The clear ar-' rangement of Mr. Ricardo's ideas en several of the most important subjects, produced a most attentive effect on his hearers; and we hope to present to our readers a more extended account of this -Gentleman's speech than our correspondent has yet been enabled to forward. Mr.ROSSAT Pates, M.P.. on his health being drank, returned thanks. He felt most bappy;that he had the plea sure of meeting his mastitanits on an occasion so honour able to themselvesouid in which he so completely believed I the country in general participated in their feelings. He was proud to have had soopporttwity of voting in the House on many of Mr. Humes minorities, and was con fident that the necessary retrenchments, in various branches of the public expenditure, proposed by that Gentleman, if carried into effect, would be highly bene ficial to the kinedota. On the health of Mr. S. M. BARRETT, M.P. having been drank, that Gentleman, in a speech which excited the most undivided attention and most marked appro bation, returned thanks. He regretted that he had breathed so little the air which environs a court, that he could. not congratulate his bearers with the infor mation that he had been born an Herefordshire man, and would die an Herefordshire man. He had not the honour q be born in the county, but he felt that be was connected with Item by the ties of sympathy. He respected Cue public feeling which had called them together on that day ; it was honour able to any man possessing flaglish feelings ; and be, at least, mild say. that he was born an Englishman and would die an Boglishmaa. He lamented the mi serable situation is which this kingdom bad been placed by the folly of some, and the profligacy of others. He compared the coatemptible retrenchments made by the Ministers, to the conduct of a man who should give himself infinite trouble to rid him self of the gnats sad Ste which might annoy and tease him, and yet would cherish and support the bloodsuckers, the leeches, and the vermin, which preyed upon his very vitals. He asked, what would be thought of the conduct of that person, who, on hearing hisfriead complaining. in bitter terms, of the evil consequences of his vices and follies, and of the state ofilestitation se which his extravagancies bad reduced him should thus weasel him : You well know, my friend, that your servants are rascals ; that your mistresses are useless to you, sad you tothem ; that your expenditure is beyond all comparison with your income ; sad that something must be dose to reduce this enormous sad wasteful system; and I therefore. with all due consider ed*. of your wretched case, thus advise you : keep all hese servants you know to be rascals; retain all these mis tresses in whom yes have so enjoymeat, and who have ao etjoyarsut in yea; but immediately discharge your ea der gardener. sad your stable boy, and make (madder able'redactioms is year consumption of potatoes and eats." This, he tol4' was a little like the present tem- • portlier systole. cestempdble to the last degree ;dis charging the peer sad seedy under clerks of dice. di siaialue their Wpm& to a nasty sebeielearst yet xe i - tatting the greedy overpaid and useless hangirs-on of ao si vernmest ; for so earthly purpose 'bat to encrease r own powers of _patronage at the expense of the F . • n's weal. Mr. Barrett proceeded to comment on wretched shifts of the present administration in a e that reminded many of his auditors of the best days of Sheridan. The real humour, the gentlemanly feeling, the admirable sentiments expressed in his address produced the most pleasurable, the most gratifying ef feet, and will long be remembered in the city of Here ford. Our correspondent regrets that he has not been able to supply more of this gentleman'o speech, which, certainly attracted the notice and admiration of all pre sent. Mr. HsDoyle &MIMI, Vice President, on his health Waif proposed , expressed his great grati fi cation at meeting so toasty of the respectable yeomanry soil gentry alba country, on such an occasion, and trusted that the public spirit which had that day been so conspicuously displayed, would reflect credit on Themselves as well as do honour to Mr. Hume. Several excellent speeches were also given by Sir Harford Jones, Bart., Mr. Moggridge, Mr. Swinuerton, Mr. Heath, Mr. Palmer, and other gentlemen, whose bealths were drank on this occasion. At no public meeting was it ever remembereffthat so many of the higher classes in the county of Hereford, opposed to the present mal-administration, hail assem bled together. Lord Harley, Hon. J. L. Scumlatnore, Mr. Robs. Phillips, Capt. Clive, Mr. Clifford, and nntnerous others of the principal families of Herefordshire, honored the meeting with their presence ; and the evening con cluded with the uttncht harmony and conviviality. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. -- ...M , ...-- DWrrINO AT TATTERSALL'S, Dzc. 10. Dales T.-12 to 1 apt e. out of Landseape-11 to 1 agst Marcollus-13 to 1 apt c. out of Silvertail's d. Ow as.-4 to 1 agst f. out of Parasol-13 to 2 apt f. out of Meteor*-8 to 1 agst f. out of Reserve. RtoncaswoaTn.-7 to ♦ agst c. out of Silvertairs d. DorteArraa ST. Laaan.-10 tot apt Ajax— 10 to 1 apt Marion-13 to 1 apt Icarius-12 to 1 agst Swap-100 to 3 apt c. out of AlUndora. WiTSIOCTII, Dec. B.—His Royal Highness the Duke of York has enjoyed the diversions of the field every day this week. The shooting party that accompanied his Royal Highness, consisted of 'Lord Yarmouth, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Mr. tirant, M.P. Mr. Croker, M.P. and Mr. H. Baring. The following is an account of game killed by the Duke of York, Lord Yarmouth, Mr. Peel, and the Speaker of the House of Commons:—Dec. 3 , 1, in one hour-22 pheasants, 7 hares, rabbits, and one woodcoek. Dec. 4-10 par tridges, 47 pheasants, 41 hares, 42 rabbits, and 3 wood- cocks. Dee. 5-7 partridges, 94 pheasants, 42 hares, 26 rabbits, and 4 woodcocks.—Total killed, 318. Extract of a letter from a young Naval officer, serv ing in the British squadron, South America : "Valparaiso, August 10, 1821. " Lima was on the point of falling when we left, about seven weeks since. The armistice, which had continued for two months, was nearly concluded, without any probability of peace :—in fact, San Mar tin was concentrating his forces for an attack on the city, which beexpressed bimsel f very much averse from, wishing to free his country without sheddioe blood. " San Martin dined with Capt. —, and I had the honour to be presented to him. I assure you, there is something so irresistibly impressive in the tleneral's countenmace, that cannot fail to interest one : he is a noble, disinterested man. " The Superb strived here ow the 10th of July, and is now tit Lima, or, More properly speaking, in Callao Bay. ShLJs ..asis Arai Alp of 74 guns, with the ex. ception *1 the French lineof.liattl• ship, that has ever doubled the formidable Cape. I bad the good fortune, with a few of my brother officers to be in Lima, with which I was much pleased ; the richness of, and the actual riches in the churches are more than yon can imagine, although the government has taken a great deal to be melted down to pay the army. " We have been very much amused at Lima with the naval battles. The gun boats, which are really very good ones, were oat several times to attack the vessels becalmed ; but ineffectually, and did them very little damage. The lass time they bad a brush, Lord Cochrane. in Lis own ship, killed two men and wounded three others in a gun boat." At the Middlesex Sessions, yesterday, Sarah Bishop was fousd guilty of inciting Susannah,"the daughter of Burman, a Lakes in Shepherd's market, to rob her own father. . Repeat, ow latex PROTECTING DIPTIER.—Tbe Com missioners now sitting, ander the authority of Parlia ment, for the investigation of the entire fiscal system of Ireland in all its branches, are, we understand, after a patient and protracted inquiry, and an examination of persons hostile to the repeal of Duties (what are called the Irish Protecting Duties), convinced of the necessity of throwing open the markets of the sister kingdoms to each other reciprocally.—(Correspoedent.) The statement relative to the female convicts, co pied yesterday from The !Coltish Gazette, appears to be erroneous. In the first place, there were only 40 female convicts removed from Newgate on Tuesday last; and, is the next place, Amy Steel, the woman lately ordered . tier. execution, was not one of them (though the paragraph stated she was,) _nor did they go from the Dundee Arms %Yapping ; and as to their .emindact ken exemplary, it is impossible really to ,anderstaadirhat temaioi, for generally speaking, a 111410( MOM SbAlllllolloll,characters never were sent out of the asesery, as the following statement will show:- 12 of them were dealers in forged Bank notes,—all very.bad characters; and the men who bad been - pawners in their crimes have all been transported. 18 hakbeen women on the town, and were convicted of fobbing various men, either in the street or at their lodglags. One had hue in tbirtata diatom gaols, and one transported before. 8 had been notorious shoplifters, and old offenders. I bad robbed a family with whom she lived serums aid a bed disposed woman; and I bad been convicted of child stealing. —4O total. NawCisisa, Dec. B.—At a 'very numerous metier of the Literary sad Philosophical Society of this town, held on Tuesday musing, Dec. 4. Dr. Classy, of Sae. derlaud. presented for the purpose of being preserred is their repositiory k liks original Safety Lamp, as it Is de scribed is the trassactioas of the Royal Society for 1813. o f this ociaiiou, it seeaseddistiacdy sadentood. and ackaowledged by the lusobers . preseat, that to Dr. Closer belongs the gnat merit of haring bees the int isuthis country to call the atomism of sciestillc sett to the postibility of cimstructiag a Safety Laity. It may be iateresdag to add, that the very lump is rpteedes stye that is which was placed the int light ent colivered into the etplosive minus of a seal nits. ---... OLD BAIL rs Moaxuse. Chas. Larab was indicted ler staling a watch, value ten shillings, the property of William Marshall.—Ac quitted. Richard Jago and Mary Beck were again put to the bar. on an indictment charging the former with stealing a pelisse, from Mr. Orde's house, and the latter for re• ceiving the same, knowing it to be stolen. The evidence was of the same character as that offer. 41 yesterday.—The Jury found Jag. guilty, but acquitte.l Mary Beck. The same prisoners were tried upon another indict ment, charging then) with a similar offence, when Beck was again acquitted. There was another indict ment, but the prosecutors declined pressing it. Maly Beck was therefore discharged, after a suitable admo nition from the COMMON SER., e %NT. Wan. Crichton was iscptitted on a charge of robbing Charlotte Williams of a cloak. THE "BEACON" BOND. • COURT OF SESSION. The cause of Gibson n. the Lord Advocate, Ssc.. subscribers to a bond of credit for the late Bedews, was yesterday pleaded before the Lord Ordinary. The judgment was deferred till this worsting, when the Judge (Lord ALLOW/A) sustained the actions against the Lord Advocate, and the subscribers to the bond, and remitted it to the Jury Court ; and his Lordship has also sustained Mr. Stewart's action of damages against the printer and publisher of The Glasgow Sen tinel, and seat it also to the Jury Court. Mr. Stewart withdrew his action against Mr. Robertson of Tit.: Chronicle office here. By the last Jury Act, the Lord Ordinary's remits to the Jury Court are final, and without appeal.—(Ediebergh Sear.) COURT OF EXCHEQUER. EDINHUnoa, Dec. 4. Two several actions were brought against John M'Parlane, and Taylor. distillers in Perth, for 'shying concealed in their premises vessels contaiuin,z wort or wash, for the purpose of brewing, withont being regularly entered in their books. They wee. fined in 4,9001. each; although the statute peneity in the latter case greatly exceeded that sum, the lour; being of opinion that this mitigated fine would be con sidered quite sufficient. SElgUltle OF SALT. RE[ V. nun.. DEC. s.—Mr. Wow", for the Crown, stated, Wm was an information tiled against James Ruff, salt dealer in Edinburgh; and that it consisted of ode count or charge against the defendant, for making a fake entry in his certificate book, with a view to defraud the re venue. After a long trial, the Court adjourned of the nett day, when a verdict wia pronounced for the Crown. .~ .~ ' ~~ ~~ . . • 7 . If BEI Y. BOtD. Dsc. 6.—This was an information againnt Mr. Boyd, a tawer of Linlithgow, which Charged hi.n with violating the regulations of an Act passed in tilt" reign of Anne, and of the 24th Oeo. 111., for rev lating the Whitten of a toooor.—Y..rdict for the de- fendant. SITTINGS AT WitalTM INsTER• Special Jury mean oppohNod for to-morrow. KING'S BENCH. Mardi V. Goddard, The King e. Drew, May, V. Cimai, Same v. Qolhy. Delane O. Wate§inia, lal I. Rade. The King v. the Mayor of Same r. Thelwall, Canbliddiv e Same v. Bellboy., Besot. Swett, Same e. Same. Branton v. Hawke', Harmer v. Frowd. . • • Mts. Smut Sown.--The immense wealth which this extraordinaty woman died possessed of hes na turally caused considerable alacrit, and a good deal of anticipation, among all who think the:melte% enti tied to be her heirs. No less than eight carrots barn already been entered against letters of administration being granted; among which we find one in behalf of his Majesty by his Procorator-General, Sir J. Nichol!. Other competitors for the valuable prize have, how , ever, started is the sister kingdom. Two fdmilirs. living at Brown's-grove, near Castletown Roche, county of Cork, have put forward their claim to the property, as nephews and neices of the deceased lady. I t appear.. from a letter which we Lave seen, that Mrs. Bond bad both a brother and sister in the, county of Cork, each of whom have left families. John Bond, the brother, resided at Ballinalisk, in thatzonnty, and five of his children ; viz. Martha Ann Bond, Graham Bond, Jaws Bond,Sarak Law, and Susannah Knight, are now living; as are likewise four children of Sarah Bend's sister, who married a Mr. O'Connell, their names are, Harmer O'Connell, Abraham O'Connell, • Catherine Holmes, and Ann Atkins. The following were the wholesale price of butchers' meat is Smithfield market yesterday. Beef, worst 41. per lb. very best, 50 per lb. Mutton . 31d. . . . SUL • Veal . . 51d. . . . 74(i Pork . . Sld. 644 N.B. Twenty years since, it was reckoned a fair pro fit to allow the retail butcher ld, per lb. on the Smith field wholesale prices, inasmuch, an the offal. as it is called, is thrown into the bargain, when they purchase beasts at Smithfield. Newcasvt.s, Dec. B.—Wednesday senaight. a IVP• man of Aydon Beaks, of the extraordinary age 101 bad one of bee arms crushed by p coal-waggon passieirrer it; she was afterwards brought to the 1 Il• firmer/Acre, when it was found necessary to amputate the arm a little higher up. She is doing *ell. On Wednesday evening last, a fine boy, five years of age, the son of William Tosh, of Coburg-place, Stock-bridge, in 'this town, weaver, being left in the house while the parents were absent, some other chil dren came, and they began to play at bide nod seek, when the joy above-mentioned crept into a closet ander a staircase, where there was a quantity of stood shavings ; one of his play-fellows going into this closet to search for him, with a lighted candle, the sbavioirt caught fire, and the poor boy was so dreadfully intent as to cause his death the same events's &tomtit EVlNT.—Mr.Towers, surgeon of Hen= dal, last Wednesday attended his wife,. bee mother, sad another lady on a visit. .Wlie* they retorted, be deliberately walked into another room and broncht frost it a doable-barrelled pistol, with a bleb be shot his *ifs through the head, who immediately fell do** and expired. He then placed the pistol to his own bead sad fired, but, although he fractured his skull, he it likely so recover.—He bad previously given indissileu el ine,eity.—(Carlisk Joann!) _- - - ,_~ ..... <iw :..<< • r