The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-10-03 00:00:00

r aetly in the , dieted ; a mere aibbliag attack upon " the cheese snap an d e n a gloonds" of office; productive of ruin mmaltitodes of industrious artiamocand effective meet, of business, whilst the enormous salaries of the self ailed g roat vowel' the same. The Civil List escapes onteaehed; sod the salaries of Judges and Police Ma gistrates, which were doubled specifically for the al leged reason of tie then diminished value of money in the purchase of the /11`0111111fiell of life, there seems to be DOIITIOS intention whatever to reduce to the with; gal toadied, sow that the power of money in the pew► it s eee of these same necessaries of life is doubled. Aye ! an d the pensions to the mother and sister of the Hight n enn eraltie George Canning, and to the executors of Zbs leartlead Burke, with a multitude of others to wen sod tomes smelly worthy, are, it seems, to be ven dee/4P Row long will this ministerial mockery of the wants, of the and of the will of the nation, 'be to be endured? g will the authors of the pretest distress of the try thus mock at its cala mities", eel, after nearly seven yeais of still increas ing &WNW times, Iseult the ration by ridiculously w eribiog diem to a •sudden transition from war to H'hests the Coinucopia of abundance bad been Akio tiitiaot 'emblem of peace; hitherto our forefa thers rtildeed in the return of peace, as losuriag the return of prosperity; down to these calamitous times, Sad to the period of the prevalence of the baleful sys tem supported by Ministers and their predecessors, — peace not only produced plenty, but a capacity for Its enjoyment. it wilt.** harbinger of joy, the reward of industry, the pirent of happiness. What now, then, for nearly siva* years, has converted plenty into a awe, bassos& peace both the messenger and the ad misistrater of woe, has constituted it the bane of in dustry, the parent of misfortune, and the dispenser of evil? Founded on the immutable principles of eternal instice,--fixed and unalterable as the Eternal himself, —base the character, the constitution, the action, or the effects of peace suffered change ? Have war, dis order, devastation, bloodshed, usurped its high pre 'natives, or superseded or destroyed its inherent pro- Pert* ? No! peace remains the Rame,—the blessings worthy of Heaven to bestow, and .''man to receive ; but a system of ministerial misrule has placed the ill-fated country in cireamstaaces neither to avail itself of the cessation of war, or to benefit by the return of peace. Whether we coaspare the nation with itself before this baneful system began, or with other countries with which it must now enter the field of competition, in relation to the weight of its public burdens, we see such a differ ence Rod disparity as must, unless speedily removed, prove ultimately, and even not remotely, fatal. After sac)' a teview, who that is not blinded by prejudice, or perverted by self-Interest,but must be ready to exclaim, with our immortal bard,— " You have made good work. ,% You and your apron men ; you that stood so much 4 4 Upon the voice of occupation !" Nature, •and nature's tiod, have bestowed upon our country Is 2rofusion of blessings and multitedes of ad vantagsjin bet they have been blasted its fruition, as by the touch of the wand in the head of a malignant magiciai s like the apples of Sodom, external beauty et ists ly to conceal internal deformity. 'trade profitlese , --occupation of land ruinous—even according to the acknowledgement of the Committee of the douse Of CoinosOns--usanufactares a drug—commerce extin guished or powerless—the farmer unable to pay his tent—:he landlord unable to live at home. Taxation increased in effect more than five-fold since the year 179% when the necessaries of life were sold at about the same price as at present,—other countries compa rstively untaxed and untithed ; here the higher classes embareaned, the middle classes impoverished ; the laltorions classes oppressed, two millions and a half of people converted into paupers, and the country called upon to pay the interest of eleven hundred millions of debt. Independently of maintaining a peace establish mint, is expense much more than double that of 11'92 r. and all the while, as the great orator of car sister nation says, that " Polyglot of wealth, rhat mnsenm of curiosities, the PENSION LIST, em braces every link in the human chain, every descrip tion of men, women, and children, from the exalted excellence of a Hawke or a Rodney, to the debased si tuation of the lady who humbleth herself that she may be exalted. But," adds he, " the lessons it incul cants form its greatest perfection;"--IT TS ACHETH THAT SLOTH NAV EAT THE nREAD WHICH VIRTUE AND 110. nestrc Mar STARVE FOR, AYTER THEY NAVE EARNED VT. teaches the idle and dissolute to look op for support Which they are too proud to stoop and earn. It directs the minds of men toms entire reliance on thee ruling potver of the State, s who feed the ravens of the royal Iviaty, that cry continually for food. It teacbe them to imitate those saints on the pension list, that are like fir lilies of the fi eld—they toil not, neither do they sOts. and yet are arrayed like Solomon in hi s glory. he fine, it teaches a lesson which indeed they legoirtilist • :learned from Rpictetus—that it is some timergoo4, not to be over rirtious; it shows, that in proportion as our distresses increase, the munifi cence of the crown increases also--inproportion as our eletbct are tent, the royal mantle is extended over us." ENUG'RATION OF. MANUFACTURES. We are grieved, to find that the apprehensions which we hate repeatedly expressed, that the present system of ministerial mismanagement would transfer lmtr manufactures to other countries, are too likely to he cealized in the Iron trade, as they already have been in those of cotton and other trades, is which this country, till Irately, enjoyed a proud pre-eminence.— The policy of Lord Liverpool, in rejecting every ap plicatien for the repeal of the war duty on coals ex ported, has driven the Preach to look to their own mi ming resources; whereas bait that warms riot been cootiaued in thie of peace, sot only Weis the trade in coals from Newesetle mud Sunderland, which those places Insanely 'enjoyed, bare been restored, bat a very bessefi offal trade bees opened' in the same article Amos ifoontoethshire and South Wales. Now, the mriessehre ooal-field, which woe knows to oast is the Nethedasde . and the Werth of Fraser, has bees *pew 04. said is , worked with British skdll. sad inlart with Bullish : there is. eosseqsmedy. thew* , as end donnier of all ',primped of trade is coals to those quarters. Bat thin ii net e-41tii Frisch stassfao. titres, kilskick as is weU known is this cosstrytfae4 ... • ~_ . , foram so materieLe4eopertioo of thereby ,invigosiard. improved, and ettelidledi mit precarious competition be converteelzinto dengue rivalatip. The "reach Government %wish*, it Is trek good authority helleved,would at one period fines the pence have gladly admitted Our English iron under the pay aentof a redoced duty, on the consideration of being supplied on•cheaper terms witkEnglisb c o als, is sow shout to impose a heavy additional ditty upon our Iron, amounting.. probably, in effect, to a total exclu sion of that article of commerce If we are not greatly milinformed,-persons of experience, skill, and capital front this country, are about to embark in iron works on .a large scale in Prance, where, in the neigh bourhood of the Loire, iron stone and coals, inferior,) to none in this country, have both been discovered in great abundance. These are more precious effects of overstrained taxation, which, like that which afflicted the Roman Empire in its decline. and accelerated its fall, may be well enough termed the " fail-storm of taxation ;" operating, as Adam Smith justly says, like " a barrenness of the land." And by whom have all these blasting effects been produced, but by a succession of men, sometimes with heads, sometimes with hearts, oftener with neither. COMMERCE MITE TIMMADCTOO AND SADAN.—Let• ten from Gambia having announced that Omar, the Sheikh of the Tarassa Arabs, who occupy the desert between Portandik and Timbuetoo, had arrived at Bathurst, for the purpose of making arrangements with the merchants for the supply of gum-arabic at Portandik, and as that chief has manifested the great est anxiety to establish this trade with the English on the firmest basis, we hope our countrymen (influenced by a laudable spirit of enterprise) will not suffer this favourable opportunity to pass, but that they will now open a communication with Timbuctoo through his territory ? It is most certain that a negociation formed - with this powerful Arab of the Sahara might ensure protection to any Englishman desirous of pe netrating to Timbuctoo ; nay, he himself, for a mo derate remuneration (offered, by the bye, with secrecy) would and could protect anytravellerproceedi ng through that country, all the way to that emporium of central Africa! The prospect of hire for the camels of the Tarassa Arabs, which would necessarily result from the establishment of a commercial intercourse, would alone be sufficient to secure his interest and vigorous support in promoting such an undertaking; for al though through this part of the Tarassa country is not so eligible as that suggested by Mr. Jackson, in his work annexed to Shabeeny's account of Timbitc too (because it is so near fo the French settlements on the Senegal). yet, notwithstanding this objection, we have reason to think it way lead to incalculable ad vantages, and be the means of opening markets hi• thertoo sealed from the intercourse of nations and of European commerce. On Tuesday, the Principal and Professors of Glas gow College, along with the Lord Rector and Dean of Faculties, elected D. K. Sandford, Esq. A. B. of Christ Church, Oxford, to be professor of Greek in the University of Glasgow. A School for the education of Mechanics has beaa established at Edinburgh. and upwards of two hundred Students hare already enrolled themselves for improve ment in their several professions. ROMAN CATIIOLIC CIIINESILA letter from Genoa states, that four foreigners hare landed in that city, who, by their figure and the singular mode of their dress, attract treat numbers of people to gage on them when they are walking in the streets. Tiley are four Chinese of the country of San-Xi, or Sci-Anxi, situ ated four days journey from Macao. They are from 17 to 22 years of age, and all four are Catholics. They are going to complete their religious education at the Chinese establishment is Naples, and will go by the way of Rome, where they are to stop at the Col lege of the Propaganda ; they have been five nsc....ths travelling, and come now from Lisbon. We understand that the subject of Sir John Hay ward's charity is likely to be shortly again dis gassed in the Court of Chancery, from the decrease of the objects in Crediton Charity, which has been im properly confounded with the funds applicable to St Nicholas poor in this city. Above 60001. has lately been recovered by the latter; and if the intent of the Donor can, from such cause, be now carried into effect, the officers of St. Nicholas expect to realise the remaining funds in Court, near 16,0001., besides an interest seising from the estates in Devonshire.—(lto cheater Gazette.) INTENDED INPROVENIENTS AT WESTMINSTER An-' RET.—The ancient marble altar, which was erected in this noble edifice in the reign of Henry 111. but was taken down in order to facilitate the Coronation Cere mony, will not be again put up. Its place will be oc cupied with another to correspond with the test of this ancient building. Other improvements, we are in formed, are about to take place in the interior also. NEWSPAPERS.--It was ascertained lately, by s re turn of the Stamp-ofice, where the paper for all the journals in London and the united kingdom is stamped, that the number in London was 300,000;in the cottony. 650,000 weekly; making nearly a million weekly, aad fifty millions pet minim. They invariably appear to flourish most where liberty is most widely diffused and most firmly established. America, next to England, seems the chosen seat of free discussion and newspa per publication. It is calculated that the number of newspapers published in the American union in the course of a year exceeds 25 millions. Jupiter and Saturn, the most beautiful planets of our system, rise nearly due Bast at seven o'clock in the evening. The coloured belts of Jupiter, with his fear little moons, and the luminous ring which ser ious& the equatorial regions of Saturn, and presents one of the finest telescopic objects in the Heavens, may now be seen at eight or nine o'clock with a very pod night glass. The approach of these - planets till next December will be very striking; they are at present little more than three degrees from each other by a quadrant. Satan belt( lo the South of Japiter. The beautiful planet Veneto, which has passed her Superior cooktoctioa, is about 30 degrees to the South of the San, is the sip Seer*, may be SEEP With the naked eye soon after mutest, a few degrees above the 'mimeo about W. S. W. . . There are three brothers residing witids the rail - . of Penicalek, -seat Ediabssigh, where asked are make VW yeas,. aid tdl d 'boa shiny their 140011111* lof Scald's. • • •»y _ r1:141: Arisriticatwitifra— • . 114 geoid diattefit oir reaultifik Item the eeeleVele M tltd ProMnital. tapers . of llk'nglatid. Is that of taihuiPpltia itset 4rociplig prices. The 'hateeit' Is now traleing too clea t , and idtkunigh the crops have' suffered fight Weteeettrisble !feather, the loads trivial hi oimparlsob inetorbii was lately :anticipated. • At 111 events lbe.prodoetjained to llte large stock on haild, must dissipate all apprehension of scalcity ibis season. , By aeiounts receive 4 frotzireland, this piereiag, the condition of the crops iZ that ki vir doo ) .i; 144 =re favourable than 5604 Lava been CipeCted.. The Wog, says the Dublin iforstiag Pott of Monday last, dent them by the bad Weather tin -now with inore Certainty be calculated. tbsa at Soy ;serial since the zommenee spent of the harvest, and an estithate'of the predate made, inasmuch aszil that haezot been drawn in .is in stack in the. field, (very little in stock or uncut.) and ins tangible condition. The Wheats are pro ductive as to quantity—not less in the average than last year. The quality is inferior, yet not quite so in-I feriot at many believe, even very lately. More than 3-4 tin of the Wheat crop is what may be termed good. The Oats are lot so bulky in proportion as the Wheat /I they have suffered equally from the weather, and there Is a considerable portion of them, perhaps, malted. It Is caleelated.that the. Barley is at least one-fifth in ,quality; and Is much in quantity, less than an average r est* hail" favourable season. It is sufficient to say the Potatoes, that no one complains of the crop at 'I present. This has been a bad harvest for saving small seeds, such as Rape, Mustard, and Clover.-- 'Vetches will turn on: but a very middling crop. This is the season for glutted Corn markets. Many farm ers are considerably behind with their landlords, and to stop their cravings as much as possible, threshing out as briskly commenced. The rich farmers hold over their corn, as they always do at this season of the year, in expectation of a higher or a more steady price when the glutting se.ison is over. The poor farmer, who is obliged to thresh out, is, perhaps, a sufferer at this season of active 'peculation and fluctuation. Last week, the expectations were great—this week (how sudden the transition !) all these expectations are con siderably diminished. " To-day we're great, to-morrow we're undone, And thus through hope and fear we struggle on." From the statZof the averages in England the pre valent opinion is that the ports will not be opened to foreign, though it possibly may to British Anseri can corn. In reference to that contingency the fol lowing extract is interesting : Quince, Acc. 27.—The harvest is now become ge neral in this district, and we are happy to state that, so far as our observation and information extends, it is more abundant than usual, which, we believe, is generally the case throughout the whole of the northern part of this continent. The weather conti nues dry and favourable for securing the crops in the best order. The following is the state of our aggregate aver ages of corn for the tre-k ending 22d ult.—Wheat, 68s. 10d.; Bye, 325. 2d. ; Barley, 325. 3d. ; Oats, s. 7d.; Beans,33s. lld.; Peas, 335. 2d. Coax ExcnANGE, 3.—Weltave had but fe* fresh arrivals of any grain since Monday last; a large quantity of wheat remained over from that day's supply, for which the demand was but trilling this morning, yet fine sam ples of new and old supported that days prices, but the inferior qualities were unsaleable.—Oats fully maintain the prices obtained on Monday.—ln Barley, Peas and Beans there is no alteration. Last week, a lot of oats, consisting of one acre and a few ells, was thrashed from a field at 3lungan Mills, sear Carron Works, which produced eighteen bolls. The price per acre of the oats, at a pnhlic sale, was 121. 75., and of the lot, 121.95. 4101.—(Scotch Paper.) Mr. Bentley, butcher of this town. has contracted with the trustees of our Ueneral Infirmary, to supply that institution with beef, mutton, and veal, during the ensuing quarter, at foxy pence farthing per lb.— (Sta/To rdshire Advertiser.) Saturday fortnight, a fine cluster of grapes, of the black Ilamburgh kind, quite ripe, was cat in a garden possessed by Mr. John Dudgeon, nursery and seeds man. Paisley. These grapes grew in the open air on a southern exposure, they were of full size, and of en celleat flavour. There are more grapes on the same vine nearly ripe. So great is the crop of damsons this year, that fine ones were sold in Henley market, last week, at only funr-pence per gallon. CROTDON FAllll.—The grand Walnut Mart com menced yesterday. and, according to annual custom, the general bill of fare throughout the sown, at every public-house, was roast pork, highly seasoned for the dealers. In 1815, the consumption of rum in Scotland was 338,000 gallons. With the exception of a few thou sand gallons, this quantity was taken out of bond in the Clyde. Since that period it has gradually decreased, till in 1819 it was only 120,000 gallons, and last year 133,000 gallons.—(Scotsmen.) SOUTMANIPTON, SEPT. 29.—A very handsome boat was brought to this port yesterday :funning. She was II taken np by the Preventive look-out boar, off Hell head, with her mast and sails set, and keel upwards. Sbe is marked on her stern, " Robt. Wells, Poems." (his reported that three gentlemen hired a boat yes terday ss'unight at Portsmouth, and that they have 4.41 since been heard of.) On Friday last, Degald 51'Keller and Wm. Henry, two young men belonging to tiourock, N. 8., having gone out in a small boat to fish, unfortunately fell overboaid in the aet of working their sails. Henry, being a goml swimmer, caught hold of and succeeded in beariag up Ms comrade until he got again into the twat. but by his humane exertions so entirely exhausted himself, that K. immediately thereafter soak, and met that fate from -which he bed successfully restated his . companion.... ELM:IASI' °LAMM, Ft/MUTUAL Ste.--s-The nobility and gentry are isvited to inspect the Ware-rooms of Comma And Sox, Bisitopsgate-street within, where is orldbited at amettateat of new andeecond•band tip WWI% admirably linked to every dmutiptiou of dom .hw Asia preen. . is-the fifth., sompelial every ant Oil elegant Wide einibehltery► ribinel e - nadl ureirls; the prime otiebleis'asw Mated ' Pirate wow if M tn site sad essuctbs, VlSOMlR'effirnaP4 a• I. —so • NEM 411111111"1 1100 1 • sr pfB cormasim •.• The boasted work of ratreschiaeat liPteeieedieg et- ..etly is do liaised_ maissr; sod with the effect pre- - • ~:el:~- Y ENO • 24EintiaLinsuni tietoismlnarrneo. war.ar.d. Titil learaurlzet = t. lof ISlts el. fqr $l ,- . 01 4 • • - • ex01:00.1%.. sadfalies: gl!t z ' Lose* Boater it b. I'. Astute. b)WIROI. 4ni D 111MOINS 14 G. H. Caresditlbla if ~Wow fort 2 . 1): of Graftga'at. - o. grakoold. • Owe brother tit Sequa ft Illfdrelie's b. c. brother to Andres/ . 4 Mr. .faiees's fleer•de-t e ls. brother to Boorboa Mr. Botiverlies e. Blocher. but of Bresividato.. bto 3 apt. Ad to • asst Lord G. H. Gareoillairs It:lt:A4 to I apt Regloold-7 to 1 apt • Tr.:sallied," to k , age Fleurde-Lla.-9 . pdld.-AVoe by twoleogthA! Mr. Uday's Abjer. est. but by half a Half& it R. H. tlutPuke of York'll Balker. est..l2lb. I). fi. 3000.3 i. ft. The minor rips by Buckle.. the loser by Chilley..-Very • pie rldhig. • • 11 ?Q# 141 On Tuesday a young eaii :was backed for iseenty guineas to go sixteen milesin.two hoots on a piece ;narked, out on the. Bristol-road. • tree (ileu-• cester, which he accomplished tWo mioptes'end tt haif within the given time. In coeserence•of a fall of thick small rain the road became so greas . y for the last .half bonr that he ran in his stocklogs•without shoes. The following conviction under the Oeine Lawn took place at Barnstaple, a few days since :-4 farmer 'cif the seine of Hngh Staley, of Shervrill,lreas sees. moned to answer an Icfortnation for having tweyente hares is his house. It appears by the•evldenci, that the farmer's workman in tutting a field of ',hay, ac cidently mowed over two • young hires or , letteretige., about a month old, that were concealed in the • root.. • - and killed them. Ile informed his master of the rte- . •'. ' count:tree, who gave his workmen strict I: junction not to take the bares to his house, but leave them eta the field; contrary, however, to those order'', the ap prentice boy, the following day, whilst his master was at market, took the hares to the house, where a fellow by the name of Blackmore, who had been working. • for Sloley, saw them, and immediately gave informa tion to the Association for the Protection. of Game, in that nei;ltbourhood. The complaint was heard before James White. Esq. and several other Magistrates. who are members 0*: that association ; and although Sloley proved his entire ignorance of their being in his house, and his servant girl proved that she had concealed them there unknown to her master, yet tlie.j►(ag:s trates convicted him in the full penalty of .101. and costs. We understand the conviction will be-removed by certiorari into the Court of King's Bench.— (Affied.) A scene of desolation presented itself on the coast near Appledore and Bideford, on Saturday morning last. It was strewed with the wrecks of property washed in by the tempestuous waves. A vessel be longing to Cornwall was made a complete wreck, and her crew drowned, but her sails and rigging were pre • served through the seal and activity of the mariners of the place. A vessel, without any person •on board, was also brought in ; and some men, belonging ta Clovelley boat, were picked up at sea, but, by the hu mane exertions of the sailors were saved from inevit able death.--(l6id.) Thursday, John Clason, the person who was con victed of perjury at the Circuit Court at Stifling, en Monday, the 17tbinst. and sentenced to six months imprisonment, fell from his seat in a fit, and expired in a few salute*. NQUUT AT KOCIISIPTER.+OII Monday se'ehight the Coroner for the city of Rochester held an in quest (which was adjourned till Tuesday, and did no: close till Thursday last), on the death of James Qitie, a soldier, on whose account Thomas was in custody on suspicion of having struck the deceased a blow,,which was the occasion of his death. The lead ing facts in this intricate case were thus deposed to by the following persons : David Perry, a private in 71st Foot, stated that on the 4th Sept, about 5 is the afternoon, he was going np Chatham High-street, near the Woolpack public house, when he observed a sailor (before known to him) named Thomas, strike the deceased with a piece of iron over the right eye ; the deceased was going towards the door of the house, and the sailor from it; the deceased fell, but as deponent was fearful of hieing beaten, he hastily proceeded on. James Miller, Esq., Surgeon of the Hospital stated, the deceased was brought to the Hospital ott the 4th about eight in the evening, having received • a severe blow over his right temple, and a bruise ovei his right eye; that he lingered unto the 14th, on which day be expired, having remained in a state of insensibility, and that he died from the effects of such wounds. Charles Thompson, a waiter at the Waterloo public house, swore that the deceased was sitting in the W t. terloo public-house in the evening of the 4th, abont nine o'clock, and that the sailor who was in custody was likewise there; after remaining drinking some time, a quarrel ensued with the soldiers present, when the sailor used threatening language towards the sol diers, aatl took up a piece of iron to strike some of them. The deceased - was there, but had not been struck; produced the iron, which was also identifiel by Perry. From. the evidence of three respectable persons, it appeared a quarrel arose about 5 o'clock in. the even ing of the 4th, amongst some soldiers in the Wool pack, whet one man was struck, who it it believed was Quin, but it was not supposed seriously an he ever: away. It was proved there was no fighting or seufile out of the house, as the soldiers, overpowerel, made their escape, and upon means being taken to quell the disturbance, they all separated. . That the deceased aftrrwards walked up to his barracks at Cha sham, in the early part of the evening, went to bed, and was assitited by his comrades, and before eight was removed to the Hospitals% Fort Pitt. Parry was again examined ; he persisted it his for mer statement, sadadded, that be had prevititiely beard Thomas threaten he would be the death of a soldier; and after Quin's Zeath be apprehended him, when ha confessed striking bins. Vpon his cross-examinatiois, he stated be was close by Thomas when be strutit.the aleceased by the Wool pack door, bat there was no scuffle nor any soNiersor sailors near; be °paid - plainly dissent the piece of iron ; he conla not, however, say how Tliiina% was dressed, or whether be hpd a lacitet es ne the time ; be saw Quin laying is the wad; bed sot Wee& is the Woolpisek , • • , 3.,. The Comic ae ohs; a patient lisvestigaiion osiltoisemirsitpoi MilseeMoseeolischarted Thothas,, hod refOrlia • .Ordies — That Quip end from the Odd ir • O•w e. kt se evidesee "rota how he re. d . . s s " - . - ' • JRI . . 4. " _O r i . , 4• 4 • . . . `.