The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-11-11 00:00:00

IFT :t4.. , ~' SI • • I'o rot E Orr 0 R or T . i T T Y Sts,- - f am moch pleased taken of the conduct of the deed, whether in rega rd to each other, or towards the • Public, in the impositions daily practised in the Tend. • i n g of this article, well eterits attention. The ex ' sent of the criminal traffic carried on in the articles of Tea and Coffee, by those who claim the merit of esclusive purity in the sale, by the number of persons who attended at the Meeting of the Tea Dealers and Grocers, to vindicate their injured reputations by inking with persons of respectability, and in the' hope of purchasing an ablution of their sins by sob." scribing a pound note, but whose character end con- duct could not hear an investigation, they having been so unfortunate as to have fallen older the vengeful vie ',Ration of the Excise. The Meeting in question, when purged of these offenders, doubtless exhibited respectable and.irreproachable company of trades men ; yet certainly nothing but a legal investigation could more openly establish the fact of many nefarious practices, of which the Public are tint aware, prevailing in the branch of trade upon which the health of the community so much de pends. So far is it certain, that the Public are without security from the effects of sinister rec. tices its the adulteration of en important necessary.of life, and so far is it more clearly manifested that the Public ought to have the articles which compose th e ir dilly beverage supplied to them in a genuine state.-- 'the characters of dealers most steed or fall by the coalition of the articles they vend, and not by their own self-commendations. The cause of the iniquity, whit b certain individuals practice with so little com • portion in this respect, and of the injury which the Public sustain from these impositions, appears, prima fade, to lie in the mercenary dispositions of men : but were the real origin of all this mischief properly investigated, I doubt not, Sir, 'it woetd be found in sources of Public evil, which you, as a Statesman sod a friend to truth, would do well to explore and disclose. I byre no hesitation in saying, that the temptation to adulterate Tea is chiefly caused by the excessive load of taxes, and the unjust restrictions that are laid upon the importation of that article. The weight of taxation upon this article alone is enormous; and every one knows to what an exor bitant price the Tea Leaf has been raised by these impositions, and the rapacity of the monopoly which has kept the benefits of our India Empire from the British People, yet loaded them with all the * Weil consequences of Indies' wars &otitis esclusive trade. 'this subject merits as much the attention of the Re presentatives of the British People, as it does of the Public at large, and I trust, Sir, you will impress ifr upon them.—t am, Nov. 11, 18111. ONE OF YOUR READERS. ?I AVA L IN T E LIGSNCIL Nov. 10,—Ceme down Cr.. Ike River er -lied ills Medusa, Fletcher, for St. 2 . DEAl ot istt night @adonis... -, -- - Illittp; Zeds Wilson. for Genoa; Rork, Phil '. lips, for Mogadore ; and the Whitiug transport, and sentain with the rest, as per last. KIMSALK, Nov. S.—Arrived last evening the brig Nelson, Datidone,of and from Bristol for Newfound. land, with coals, leaky. Ilagsvicts,Nov. 10.—Arrived the Beaufoy packet, with a Mail, &c. from Cuxhaven ; -and Alliance packet, with a Mail, &c. from Gottt•nbergh.— On the sth instant, the Britannia, Fos, of and Item London to Bremen, with coffee and sugar, pot into Accumeziel, having been on shore, and so leaky that the greater part of the sugar was dissolved.--The Marmion, Cranson, from Ifambergh for New Orleans, was brought into this harbour by two salvage smack, with lon or rudder, and leaky, basing been on shore on the Shipwash Sand. . I' ..ty 'ays - esaml. to their brethren throug houtre an A -- .f n cons,- (pence of a Requisition, most numerously and re spectably signed, calling upon the High Sheriff of Galway to assemble the Protestants of his Bailiwick, for the purpose of addressing the Leghlate re upon the subject of the grievances of their Roman Catholic fellow.subjects, a Meeting was held, with the con tent of the Sheriff, and a Petition in favour of Ca ' tholic Emancipation has been adopted. It was moved by Mr. Martin, the Member of Parliament for the county, and seconded by Mr. Arthur French St. 'George, of Tyrone,. Protestant Gentleman, of ei 4ensire possessions, and of great influence in Gal way. After a few objections from the Hen. William Li Poer Trench, " which," the Dublin Evening ' Post states, " were directed mere against the form, 'than the principle" of the measure, and hi which, if edds, " the lion. Gentleman displayed great taleut,", the Petition was adopted withoet alteration. ELECTION or GENERAL LAFAYErI'E. [THOM A CORRESPONDENT.] PARIS, OCT. 31.—The triumph of ministerial in-' trieoe over public +Titoism, in the department of S e i n i et Marne, has been followed by a speedy and tioat defeat. As soon es it became known in France that as enormous expense of money, and a profligate abuse of influence had succeeded iu preventing the return of General Lafayette in his own department, a consider- • able movement took place in several places, for the purpose of securing him a seat in the Chamber of Deputies. The department of La Sarthe has got the pas, and obtained him for its Representative, notwithstanding that the President of the Eke torsi College (Mons. Pasquier) had adopted the unusual expedient of suspending the Election for 48 hours, in order to gain time, and fatigue the pa tience of the electors. This vigorous demonstration of public spirit evinces the ardent attachment of the nation to those principles of liberty, which guided the Legislators of 1789 ; to whom, if the Court had faithfully adhered, the misfortuoes and crimes which' followed, might have been avoided, and the ill-fated Louis might have been still seated on his Throne°. The electors of La Sarthe ere chiefly agriculturists, and are fair Representatives of that numerous, use ful, end respectable class, to whom Gen. Lafayette is not mere allied by his farming speculations, than by the tenor of his political opinions. To their respect for his character iud public conduct, their choice is entirely to be attributed; for he is personalty un known to them, and has neither property nor con nections in that part of the country. The premature triumph and the calumnies display. of in - the Courier, of the 20th alt. now recoil upon 'itself. Whether that article be, or be not a produc. tiou of the French Police, is of little consequence.-- The Editor of the Courier, whether he be the feed servant of • Foreign Minister, or the substantive pro. pegotor of falsehood, is alike estimable in the eyes of big countrymen uirues horuw emu& accipiut. General Lafayette, be pretends, was the time: serving depeudant of the Emperor, during the hen.' aired days t. What, Sir when he proposed. Napo. leon's abdication to the Corps Legialatif ? When he publicly defended his count rymen from the calatoulous charge of versatility, mad. by Lucien, before that Body ? No, Sir, the worthy patrons of the Courier are not more notoriously attached to their places and I pensions, than General Lafayette to those glorious peenciples, which guided him to America, arid accom . paled him through all the vicissitudes of the French Revolution : which animated him in the field, il lustrated him in the Senate, consoled him in the dungeons of Olmutz, and now crown him with the Isuffisges of his countrymen, and with the respect and veneration of all, that are not hostile to liberty in Europe. • The relations of Lafayette with Napoleon, during the hundred days, were those of open and uncom promising resistance. During the splendour of the Imperial Regime, be was 'wither a M-sober of Na poleon's Sinete, a Chamberlain in his Court, a Mar shal in his Army, nor a Pensioner on his Treasury. Had he figured in any of these characters, he would now meet with less opposition from the French Mi nister, and less malignity from the English ally of all servility and sycophancy. I):tt venison corgis, resat censure ealambas, Is the motto of the day. Less honest and more flexible, General Lafayette would have been joy. fully received mono( the thousand pirouettes to whom patriotism and loyalty are mere marketable commo dities; and with an amnesty for the past, end a pen. sion for the future, have been enrolled in the serene order of legitimacy, the admiration of the Courier, and the contempt and derision of the rest of man -kind. - ' Ma. Gomm—The County of Galway has fol lowed the example of the town of Newry, in re sohing to present an Address to Mr. GRANT. A numerous and most respectable Meeting of the Gen tlemeo of Galway was held at Lnchrea, on Tuesday -Jecttnnight, the lligh Sheriff of the County in the , Chair, and an Addriss, moved by Colonel MARTIN, and seconded by Mr. R. J. FRENCU s of Rittman° (a Catholic), was carried unanimously. There is a strain of good sense, good feeling, and moderation running through it, which must not only make it highly acceptable to the distinguished and popular individual for whom it is intended, but will be sure to obtain the unction and applause, of the country at large. Salaries of some of the principal Officers of the American Government : Per Annetta. President ,t5.400 0 Vice-President 11:5 0 Secretary of State ..1.1115 0 Secretary of Treasury 1,195 0 Secretary of War 1.011 10 Secretary of Navy 1 011 10 -- Principal Clerks ~ 787 10 Post-Master-General . . Bl5 0 We understand there is likely to be a scrutiny for Director of the Nita .........» 450 0 . ' Northampton as soon as time will permit. The ac. Chief Justice ,. ....,910 0 a Attorney-General ... fte Commission of the Land-olice 450 0 other circumstances, and laid before Counsel, who Ministers Pleuipotentiary 2,025 0 1 ars of opinion there is no doubt of success. Members of Congress while on Duty, Thirty- . . . Nor Shillings per diem each. The remains of the late General DE RUDE were de. C REV(' INCREASE or CRIME.—It appears by a rm. t posited *on Saturday in St. George's Chapel. His turu presented to the House of Commons (and which Royal Highness the Duke of Yorm'attended as chief was ordered to be printed on the sth of June last), mourner. that the numtet of criminal offenders committed for Fusertxt. or LORD Vara.c.TonT.—The mortal re. trial in England and Wales, during the last thirteen mains of this estimable young Nobleman were can. years, has . increased in the last year to more than signed to the family mausoleum, at Maker, on Fri triple the numlwr of the former year : that the number day, iu a manner corresponding with his rink in so. sentenced to death was in nearly the like proportion : ciety while alive, and the respect due to his charac. but that the number of executions was not one-half in ter and memory. proportion to the number so-sentenced. The numbers THE MATCH BETWEEN TURNER AWD RAWDALL•••-- vier eas follow : The partizans of these first rate heroes of the fist In gAt years 1805 anal 1817. dined together yesterday at the Goat, in Lower Committed for trial 4,&15 13,935 Sentenced to death. . Etecnted being lins, in IBos—and lin 11, in 1817. hundred guineas, were deposited. Betting, guinea The remains of the Right floe. Was. ELI(); M.P. to pounds, and from that to five to tour on Randall; were brought yesterday evening to his late residencelThe match to take place within 25 or 30 miles trout) in Old Ilurlington.street, from Scotlind. This day i London. Should the backers fancy their men so as they are to he removed fer interment in the family to double the stakes, the 28th of Norereber Is the %ault at Reigate, Surrey. ' day named for that itrrse.:.. - : M. C. • See the Account of the Transaction of 1792, in Hies men.g. 674 " CBkYi Nob. *as *begged Abe ehole of heerieg of the( cause which was on the greeter 'part of fatality, tad el dull , public interest. • - .cot rroit• , . s • • VICF.-CHANCELLORI ColJltt.ltift 4 11IY " 3 ATAITHAIILL,GML:' ' %_ •)e-. • This case had been several times li!fote tbi-Usiert. Sir ARTHUR, PIGGOTT, for the tbaeealOre of the doe ceased Mr. Waithman, new applied tot an order to enable them to carry the will of the testator • into execution. Mr. Waltham bad'bequearhed the sea of 6001. per asn. to be applied to the establishment of a school on the Lancaiterlan Syitem, for the &lo cation of the children of Catholics and Protestants of every denomloation. The school was directed to be built en a spot of ground called 'beret* of Old castle, in the county of Meath, Ireland. This ground was the property of Mc. Napper, the testator's mt. phew, who was a minor at the time the will wea made. In e codicil to the will, the testator farther bequeathed all the property which he might be pos. sessed of t and which was not otherwise disposed la his will, to the establishment of the said school.—• The testator had died several years before Me.. Nap per became of age, and the ezectaion of the Wall necessarily suspended, as he, duly* his oinorltz, could not give a legal grunt of the ground on whit,: the testator bad appointed the school to- be erectedc , It appeared from the . report of theilmter„tket Ur. Nipper, who is now of age, was willing end analyse to do every this In his power to promote the Ma• ilisliment of tO Charity ; and that sretbief was wanted but the order of the Court. • - The Vsca•Cuiecit.i.oe wished to lino*, if the nearest of kin dtiputed the +Atli!, of the bequests? Mr. DELL said, his Client could not oppose the present application ; but at the same time, Beware ed to him, that the Court could not, gtire a firial order on she subject, since it did not appker holt lb* Master's Report, that a regular, aratt_of the pro+ petty bid been obtained from M . r. Nipper. Ite else suggested that the swat of kin were 111'11(14'10 the interest which had accumelated us th,legicy Mime the testator's death. The VIcCoGSIANCELLOR said, that the telatlineof the testator could have no title to the interest, since in the codicil annexed to she will, all his prispottr was made over to this Charily., lie Ole, therefore, decidedly of opinion that it shoolti go to the foonda. Linn, end not to the neat of kin. lie agreed with Mr. Bell in thinkusg, that before the Court ordered the charity to be carried into execution, it was bee realer, that a regular grant of the propirty Oswald be obtained hoes Mr. Napper, because the terms of the will clearly implied that condition: He should therefore order that the Rimier appoint frosty.s to receive from Mr. Napper a grant in tee of a tenets spot of ground, such as is specified in the will of the testator ; and that, on the production of each a grant in fee, regularly eircuted, he proceed to approve of a proper scheme for establishing and maintaining the charity. Costa of All parties to be taxed, as be. tweets Solicitor sud Client. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 10. - t. gieidqs public . Mit in France, which Weis to 'screw with every dalr, with peculiar satisfaction. Now is the time of their triumph. New it is desionstrated they the French Re►olution did not take place in vain. The eeperiment which the French made was a bold one; and unluckily for Europe, they were soon be. frayed into errors, of which their enemies, and the enemies of ill imptosemeot, availed themselves to throw discredit on all changes and reformations what ever. When the most glaring tamps wee pointed out=—when it was sheen that institutions had in the course of time become altogether inadegeate to the. oliject for which they wet. created, the constant sn• steer was, look to France—see what the conse 'quences of innovatioo have been in that country.— The cause of Reform was in some degree discredited; 'for there are but too many people in every nation incapable of separating the essence of a thing from that which is accidentally allied to it. The messes and errors of the French, which might be easily accounted for, and which every good man lamented, were pronounced to be the necessary result of all changes of Government. Establifhed or not esta• blished became the only criterion of good or evil. But the excesses of the French Revelation, how. eve► much to be lamented, were only transcient ; the goad which it has effected is now clearly demon. elated to all whe are not resolved to shot their eyes to the truth. A richly endowed church, in its con mitetion et variance with the interests of the nation, 'has given place to one of Which the great body of the Members are reduced to more than Presbyterian simplicity. Tithes are abolished, sod the French cultivator sees himself the uncontrouled arbiter of his operations. A powerful Noblesse, who were in the enjoyment of innumerable priyileges and dis tinctions at the expence of their fellow-citizens, are now stripped orbit that could render them oppressive to the comnienity. And to crown the whole, the People of France, under an Election Law, which secures to them a suffrage so universal, that in the majority of departments, it must, in a great mea sure, bid defiance to corruption, have obtained a national blessing beyond ail price; and to which, we trust, for the sake of the 'sample to other countries, as well as their own immediate advantage, they will adhere through good and bad report. The effects of this Election Law have struck the grand supporters of errors and prejodices with an ap• prehension bordering en despair. This Lsw has shown them, that they have uo longer a hold on the nation --that their day is past. 46 Look at the late Elections,' says the advocate for this class in this country; "Not a single Royalist returned—not one!" No; the French have had sense and spirit enough to spore from them those, who openly avow that the People ought not to have a voice in their own affairs. They wish tto Royalists of the class who support divine right—;they wish no Chatesubriend, who had the im pudence to tell ttre present King of France, openly, that ha was sere he would net order crime and jujus. ties, but if be did order it, it would have bees, his duty to obey him. They do not wish Royalists who maiotain that a King has 4 right to rule in spite of' ', his People. They prefer a different sort of Royalty —that which teaches Kings that their power is de. rived from the will of the People, and is a trust which ought to be dzeroiaed for their benefit. . CONSPIRACY AND ABDUCTION. TIMING, AT THE PaOSECUTION OP THOM?, V. PAM. 10*DITCH, WILLIAM DOWDITCH, AND lIKTAILA4 OTHERS. This was a motion by Mr. SCARLET?, for. e rale to show cause why the ‘erdict in thin case should not be set aside, and a new trial grunted. The case was tried at the last Summer Assizes for the county of Dorset. It was a prosecution against the Defendants, for a conspiracy unlawfully and wickedly to carry off by force, and against her will, and without the consent of her mother and guardian, Mnry Glenn, spinster, under 17 years of age, its or. der to constrain her to marry James Bowditch, Is. bnurer ; and also for assault and false imprisonment of the said Mary Glenn, in furtherance of such un lawful purpose. The trial took place before Mr. Justice Park, and wee detailed in the Peblic Prints sit the time at considerable length. Mr. Scarlett, the 'better to ground his motion, recapitulated the facts , as they came out in evidence, which were, as shortly as possible, these : The Prosecutor is a Gentleman of great respecta bility, residing at Taunton, in Semersetablre, sod the young Lady in question was a native of the Island of St. Vincent's, who was sent to Englawd for her education, end consigned to the care of the Prose. actor, who was her uncle and guardian. • The young Lady arrived in Engicad early in 1817, and having tinfortonately contracted the hooping.cough it the house of her uncle, es well as his' own children, her uncle procured a place of reception for his niece, two of his children, and a children's maid, at the hemmer a reputable woman., named Joan Bowditch, who waa ,strongly recommended to him, and resided abut a mile from the Prosecutor, at a place called lioiway ' Farm ; and at this place Miss Glenn and the ether young persons, sent there for a change of sir, con. tinged from the 9th of July until the Id September following. When they were about to retorts home, a communication was made to Miss Glenn by her each., that she was about to be placed at a boarding school, at Chelsea ; end *bloat this time, according to the young Lady's testimony, a Mrs. Malraine, the recently married daegliter of Mr. Bowditch, expressed to Miss Glenn her extreme regret to hear she was going away ; and asked her if she knew of the warm attachment formed tooteds hler by her brother, James Bowditch (the Defendant)? Miss Glenn, with some surprise and displessere, answered in this negative; and added, it was impossible he cool& suppose she would encourage such en attechtnent from a person in his station of life. To which the sister answered, he vie so much attached to her, that he would go distracted if she west awsy • that he siai desperately in love with ker. Miss dlenn re puted her surprise and discouragement to the views of a person so much below her io life, wheel she had always seen amongst the common leboorers, and coosidered as of the same clan. Mrs. Mainline ex. pressed her 'grease sorrow for this determination, and entreated Miss Glenn to go into the ford and speak to her brother, and to represent to him the greet difference of 'their si , eation in lift, and con. -~--- :. ~`s_ I ?~ `{ • 1 1,.. • _ .. .• . . ---.1 . • • *yr' ..;e . . I 'l - k . -' . • . " ,-- , . 1 1. -; .., .. *.*. ..- ' • .. •,... i . .......... 3i . . ...-. . . . - - . . . >.. rST • •,- • NI , . . . -i.: *•,.:.,...• . . - • . 2R or TVS STiTES3I.4N. . - g — w . ' -- PROTESTANT Piel'lTtOtf • . PUBLIC; SPIRIT Amplutica. .'. —T_ IN FAVOUR OF THE CATHOLIC'. - raz eetio . 117Filliii;;RRFYIRIK. dsi . - —LAW iNTELSII . , ~. pleased with the notice yne have . . —.....--- tea ._ : -..............- . COtflt OP. CHAN CPR' Aof the Tea Dealer., which, in- The independent anti liberal PrOtestaista . 4 the 'the flit tfheig Illid floral principles, to ." . :11610 Court of Choncety *as et County of Galway, h4ve furnished another example leery CO . JAY, cannot fdf ili'ilhil . die disp la y of tilt 4y in the farther h.tridg ...A in damask oath.. .. .A•MPIIPA. AM a ab . I. ,n U . ' . • DISTRESSING STATE OF TRADE AT MANCHESTER. The following is an extract of a private letter from Manchester, dated the Bth inst.:-- •' The markets were never known to be so over stocked with cotton at any former period as they are at present ; and the daily arrivals of foreign cargoes continue to augment the enormous stocks on hand ; considerable sales are effected daily, both in the mar kets and by private treaty ; but the largeness of the supply keeps the prices low. lam informed by a respectable manufacturer, that notwithstanding the extensive foreign. orders, both for twist and manu factured goods, the latter have not been so low for some time past as they are at present. There are two .causes Which tend to produce this, aisd operate power fully on the horse markets: first, the lamentable state of her Majesty, which preir.trts many persons in the upper walks of life, and most of those in a middling station, from purchasing those articles of dress with which they have been accustomed to furnish them selves, previous lathe approach of tits wiutar season; aid, secondly, the markets are in eo small degree' operated upon by the grkat body of retail dealers and shopkeepers ;hrtreghoet the kingdom, either slacken• ing or wholly suspending their pu►chases about this~ period, until otter their Christmas balances have bow settled.' There is, therefore, every reason to calcu late upon the markets being brisker, and prices much higher, by the end of January. The manufacturers, acting under this impression, still continue to employ all their kends to meet the expected demand. The causes, however, which I have named as operating on the markets, are equally detrimental to the poor weavers, preventing the masters from making any ad dition to their sceuty wages. The poor felldws, to their great praise, remain perfectly tranquil, work• ing from four in the morning till ten in the evening, and in some eases all night, in order to eke out their scanty wages. They build greet expectations on an amelioration being made in their forlorn condition, as soon as Parliament meets, and are taking the best means their distressed situations wilt allow, to bring their grievances under the early omit: of that august Assembly." _ CORN-EXCHANGE, Nov. 1 1 .—The Wheat trade was heavy this morning, having bet few buyers.— Barley is from Is. to 2s. per quarter lower.--Oats fully support their price.—ln Beans and Nil there is no alteration. A quarter of a mile race took place early yeiterday morning in St. James's Park, between Mr. Howe, the celebrated runner, and Lieutenant Giles, which was won by the latter in one minute and one second. Tlie race was very closely contested, and Mr. Howe 101 l it by about tiro yards. Many bets were de pending, considering the match was oaly made the psecadiag -44