The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-10-17 00:00:00

To THE EDITOR or Tux STATESMAN. —.0.-- Sttt; In a cririis like the present, when so much depends on the deliberations of a few ho u rs, it can. not be indifferent to the friends of liberty which way these deliberations incline,—nor ought any effort to form the public mind to just and liberal sentiments, t o be deemed impertinent or useless. No man w h o gives his opinion on public a Milts, with honesty and impattislity, even though it should not be embodied with the utmost weight of argument, nor clothed with all the ornaments of an elegant style, should be treated with indifference or contempt; for though ta lents united to villainy, or merely employed in de fending a bad cause, may, for a time, succeed in de. holing mankind, yet the existence of the sun is not more certain, than that truth and justice must ulti mately prevail. It is under this conviction, and no other, that I have ever ventured to offer my senti ments to the public, and 30 years of experience have confirmed it. Though possessing neither strength nor brilliancy of parts, I have been able, by apply ing a feu acknowledged principles of human nature to the affairs of the world, to foresee the effect of m any public measures, in which those who judged only by their interest, or their pre-possessions, were totally mistaken ; and if I should go so far as to say what ought to be the final issue of the present con test between Prance and the Allied Powers of Eu rope, I have little doubt that those who live long enough, will see the ultimate triumph of Civil and Religious Liberty over Priestly and Kingly Despot ism. I have little doubt, that before many years are met., the influence of Plies's in the political if. fairs of the world will be nearly extinguished; and that Representative Governments will he very com mon throughout Europe; consequently the reign of despotism will be at an end, and Kings will be com pelled to acknowledge that they bold their Crowns, not by any divine hereditary right, but by the con sent and for the good of their people. It was to efface this principle, if possible, from the human mind, that the war against the French Revolution was undertaken ; and as the Allied Sovereigns first took up arms, they were the aggressors, and they are answerable for all the crimes and cruelties which were in those times committed under the name of liberty ; and it wilt afterwards, perhaps, be more fully known that they omitted no means in their power to excite the people of France to the commis. lion of those atrocities which have served to feistier the very name of liberty odious to such minds as were not acute, or liberal en ough to separate the prin ciple from the abuse of it. ILO it not been fur the folly and misconduct of BONAPARTE, Oe triumph of liberty would have been more speedy and plete ; but the sparks of it which still remain in the breasts even of the most stupid and sordid, will sever be extinguished, and while life remains, there will rennin in every man a natural desire to enjoy his freedom and his property undisturbed, noteith ttend:q 1111 the force tied the artifice that may be em. pinyemt to quench it, by calling into ticion other powerful aid presalent passions ; even the most supple Courtier and obsequious servant of a King, som times sighs in secret for his liberty. On this principle it is that I think the French, after all their SACllfien and sufferings, and since their kinds are full, awakened to the value of the object they are contending for, will not be satisfied with a mind of half liberty, or with that scanty portion which is all that tl‘e A lies Mill be willing to allow them. They will n t rnntirot to see their country dismembered, nor their Constitution maimed by the interference of foreign despots ; and though they may he compelled to submit for a lime, they will not rest satisfied till they see the establi-hment of a Constitution, which nay exclude, for many years at least, the possibi lity of that corrupting influence, which is more din. gerous to freedom than the open attacks of preroga. tire. Is it the aim of the royalist ploy in France, even of the most moderate, to establish such a Go vernment as may leave sufficient room for courtly intrigues and courtly corruption, and retain all those artificial distinctions between man and man, which are only requisite to indulge the pride of tame at the espenie of others, but are of no real utility to those purposes for which mess become members of civil society. It the object of the most moderate Royalists to rest°, e all the useless pomp and splendour of a Court, and to burthen the people with a heavy weight of taxation, to corrupt the sources of repre sentation, and render the whole people dependent on the Court ; while the old ftn) *lists have in confetti- Plation nothing less than the restoration of the old Government, with all its oppressions. As the sue. cess of either of these parties must have a consider. able effect on the nations of Europe, it cannot be regarded by any of them with indifference. I remain, &c. W.BURDON. Raiford, mar titorpeth, 041.11, MIL We regret to Mate, that several Individuals, re cently discharged ftom the nary, as midshipmen, have been compelled by bard necessity, for nothing less, we are positite, could have reduced them to such desperate means, to resort to robbery for a maintenance. Several inns freqdented by them, have lost some valuable articles; and we insert this b) as . )• of caution, not only to landlords, but to the Commb.sioners of lbe Adrhiralty, who will, we trust, in a short time, provide this extensive class of the als) with some honourable means of livenhuud.— (Nmooth 7ilegs oph.) Cooper, who hens Moli Items in Scotland. is match. ed to fight A 'mortis it, Leland, in a month, for SU guineas. DRURY-LANE MEATH . E. We congratulate the public on the re.ipPearance of Mr. Kearr in London. Hi list night performed Richard to a most crowded house, and never did we hear a more atrectiouvre welcome given to any per: former, tharirthat with which his entree silo honoured: A Intro of declamation testified the interest which the sperteteis felt on his return, and the enthusiastic applause slits renewed at every instance of those marked and emphatic passages in which this neeom. plished Artist s;i pr>culiarly excels, and which give to his representation of this grand part an effect which nn rival has produced. His summer's excursioq has evidently agreed with him; its influence being most clearly discoverable upon the defective organ of his voice, which has increased in voluMe, and acquired some faculty of modulation. improvement, how ever, is more observed wisest he *peaks in his or. dinary pitch, or even when he lowers it. as al. most every occasion where he still attempts to make his voice the vehicle of noisy and bolster ens passion, it is no longer a serticeable instru ment—but Hies ill pieces like an overloaded gun. The frequency with which Mr. KEAN has played this ter rible character, puts it wholly out of the qlsestion that we should Took for beauties, which have nut struck the eye in some former instances, and yet we think that altogether, he has never yet produced so deep en impression of astonishment as be did last night; at the spirit anti subtlety which pervaded hip representation of Richard. The impatient levity of his utterance where he answered " Chop of his head," was felt like lightning by the audience. His moroseness to Lady Anne, when he taunted her with the savage ovensl of his hatred, was even finer than the hypocritical tenderness with which he wooed and won her. But it is impossible to put in a stronger light the commanding power of this actor's genius, than by the assertion, in which we are sure the judicious spectator will fully bear us out, that it was in the course of the fifth act, when his voice most sensibly failed him, that we most admired his skill, and were most subdued by his energies. Under a fierce and stern exterior ' the glimpses which he a ff orded us of his inward trouble, pourtrayed in frightful colours the chaos of a teropetuous and deeply labouring mind. Anxiety—embarrassment—fever ish hurry—secret fear that breaks forth into ironical boasting—rage resorted to as a cover ing from despair ; the remembrance of evil deeds contending with the yet unmitigated fury of evil passions—these multifarious concomitants of the closing life of Richard, were distinctly and espres. lively brought before us by Mr. KEAN, with whom a glance of the eye is a volume of intelligence. In our judgment his combat with Richmond, and the manner of his death is the finest morceau upon the stage. — The battle is maintained with the most animated gal lantry, under various vicissitudes, by one a which Richard is thrown to the earth—on his knee Ise de fends himself—recovers wind—rises—millet—pushes his antagonist with fresh vigour—has his sword struck from him without appearing conscious of its less—beats and menaces with his naked hand--rushes furiously on the blade of Richaroad—is stabbed in every part of the hotly—still seems to tower above his enemy—and, in the act of lounging with a weak- . ened arm, the unconquerable spirit is abandoned by the nerveless trunk —he falls—curses—and is de,d. The concept' of this whole scene, we think, is she most entitely characteristic and original, that we have ever witnessed in our attendance on the drama. Th e au die nce seemed to feel themselves parties in the gallant combat, and mourners for the fate of the war like Monarch.-11e was most ably soconded by Mr.. Poet, irr King Henry; by Mrs. Gr-oven, in the Queen; and Slis4 BOYCE, in Lady Anne. thic STATFSMAisTi ROYAL CORRISPONDRNCE ON Tug DIARRIAOR OF THE DUKE AND OUCH OF CUMBRRLANO. We have been earnestly desired to abstain, for the i • • present; from any further detail of the ciao., and interesting Correipondente which we announced on Saturday ee'nnight. It hal been stated to ea, upon high luthoiiiy; ihsit tt prospect of conciliation was I opened, and that the tiationdl dingek to which we alluded, was likelt to be averted. We sincerely hope that that prospect will be realiied. ita should I not have printed ant part of the Correspondence, but for the important public question with Which it i was mixed, and which proceeded trotes the inter. ference in this family affair of a FOreign Potentate. !The peremptory tone of the Official Note pre. Seated to Government on the subject, has been the topic of very general discussion in the high political : circles both of London and Peri+ ; and if the matter shall not be brought to an amicable and speedy fermi. nation, we shall feel it our duty to draw the attention of our Readers to a narrative and documents, that' will enable them to form a right judgment on the i case. In the mean time, we have corrected the error of the first publication, and have shows that the Princess Satins had the full approbation**, hoe sent, the Queen of England, to her manilla with the Duke of Cumberland, together with the promise of I a warm and cordial reception by her M.ljesty, on her arrival in this country. We lament, however, that we cannot confirm the paragraph inserted in a Morn. I Inc Paper of Friday last, stating, that " more than , one private and arertionate interview had taken place at Kerr, bet ween two distinguished female relatives." No such interview has as yet taken place.—(Morn.' ins Chronicle ) OXFdROSIIIIth ELIPCIIO§ —sew— Otr. 11.—We a Ilia I tae Week thit the Election for this enotity, which kis so long Co. •gaged the atientiou or the public. Was fit .d• (or Thursday list. The Melt& and agents of toe dates hate been actively employed since the One's.: Marion of the Writ, in preparing for the contest, and great numbers of carriages and horses were engaged for cnnteying the Pieeholders to the frill: rho hustings were almoit coMpleted in Iltnad-sheet, and the contest was lor;fied far wird to with great ansiety. The keepers of iiiisi and public-booses laid iii "me stock of provisions, in torpectatiOn of ha, Lig am immense influx of Fit...holders ; but to their great disappointment, on Tuesday eienitio the resignation of Lord Sunderland was announced to Mr: Cooke, es Secretary to Mr. Ashherst's Committee, a ten hood fprevious to which a request had b een t r a d e f ro m t h e iends of Lora Sunderland, that the two Committees Should Compare their iispeC , lve returns, which Wei declined On the part o f M r . Ashliorst's Committee. When the resignation of Lord Sistolerlied Was an. financed, the tieople assembled in givai numbed; and lifter giving three cheers oppothe Mr. Ashhur-r's Committee-room, proceeded to lii road:46.oot; and some attempti were Made to m a ke a bonfire Of the hustingi, which were fortilnately freitittlid; it'd the materiels were saved . and given tap uniojored to Mr. Plowman. who erected ioenl, L etertrtit,Fil het to bo disappointed, they returned to CtiOni. nhefe a lento fire was kept up during the greater pirt of this itignt peals were also rung in **seral thermos, and I hood of moth- paraded the streets. Early on Thursday morning, the day appoiotef for the Election, considerable bntilos 01 r re..t •• erd from the north and Istrein parts of the . ty i passed through this city to meet Mr. Aslihoritt on his road from Watersteck : at ten & c lod s that Centip. man, at the head of upwards t,f 150() of the G• ft.' '- men and Yeomanry of the county on horseback i t accompanied by an immense cotscout be at people oir foot, and carriages of the greater part of the Gentle men of the county, passed klagtialett.britlge up thei High -street in procession t o the TOntiLhall. As soon as Mr. Attitestey; of Bleithlogton, was recognized, his horses were taken froth otf his car riage by the people, and he was dianh by them.-- it is impossible to egress the enthusiastic manner in which Mr. Ashhurst was received. Universal joy pervaded the assembly; the wittilotis Of. the houses in the Iligh.street were crowded with ladles, most of them decorated with blue, who testifi d their deal be waving their handkerchiefs. The Freedolders did not wear ribbons, they had cards with the words Ashhurst and ladependeeee, decorated efih appro priate ornaments, and surmounted by Wigs of oak and laurel, which gave the procession a hovel and very striking appearance. Itinnediately after the en trance of Mr. Ashhurst into the Hall, it was com pletely 6111 d, and was Insufficient to cotitaits the . ;peat body of persons assembled. The If tau SHERIF, opened the !sushi's, ot the day by observing, that he had the honour of addressing that Meeting in consequence of having received g writ for the election of a Member to serve In the present Parliament, for the County, in the room o f the Right Hon. Lord Francis Spencer, etas Mil born called to the House of Peers. Ile should request the Under-Sheriff to read the wilt, after which, when the oath had been administered to him, and the other forms gone through, it would be raispetent for ativ freeholder to propose such person as he should 'Molt proper to discharge the duties of that impottant si. tuntion. Mr. glitArrog ;hen rose and addressed the Meet: ing. Ile said, that the High Sheriff having now 1.4,1 them that It was competent to any froseh•iltler to propose such person as he should think proper to d selinge the duties of the Jaipur:ant siteatiim of Member for the County, he begird leave ro pro. pose William llntry Ast l t t u,st, Fog. [rhir pro. position was received with reiterated and unanimous andaute.]-11e then said, Ina_ t Khan 111. he.' 'lto tine. nour of proposing Lord F'aucis •ipelicer. he pledged himsel that if net his Lar Ishii, should acci•pt pea. lion, place, or title, he shtivid be the Grout to hold up his hand against him. He had accapied a P.er. ' age, and he now came for ward to redeem his ~ledges and did hold up his hind against Et f ai consideration gave him additional pl• attire in nuk ing the present motion. Piiirate friendship on nets. sions of this nature, should yield to public tints ; but friendship and duty most happily coincided itt the proposition which he had now the hrincsur to make to the assembled Freeholders of the CoUti.v. From those FrcetsJders he had for many years re. ceirred marks of attention and kindness, equally fiat. teriug and undeserved; their conduct had ever es: cited his gratitude, but the noble spirit which had pervaded them during the present contest had mina his admiration of them to a degree far beyond hill powers of expression. Henceforward to be it Freeholder of Ozfordshire would be a distinction ot the most honourable nature, a title in which i men might well glory. If be might be illowed to Com pare a territorial distinction with the heman economy, he would say of this county, that though small in stature, it contained a large, a foible heart most certainly it coucentrated in itself all the good sense and patriotism of counties far excei-d;ng p it; numerical strength. From the noble atroggle wh:ch it had made on the present occasion, the most hetipt result might have been confidently exper , eiri, the moat glorious of 'idol les hale been anticipated; a vie ury of a far different nature from those pined in the field of Mars, less dayslirrg, Weed, in its splendour, boi of equal or greater importarice lb the well being of Chi 'community ; in the former, the joy which Hoehn-403 the Patriot's breast was dashed anti qualified sty mauls an imbittering recollection; the .gellint friend; indte perished nobly in his eousstry's tine...the Whet tolls from his heart-broken ieistlves—httie wounds and mutilations of thousands sat Israsiefellowssw.lo o gr will forth feelings in which jny Could hole nd put ; hot Ist the present instance ill int/111.11CP ••14 at oi l & ales. powering, unmixed, and the 4 1 Om) , whicts they were on the point of g4ii 1 .g, t i ed been earned by 'introits energy, if Inigl. , he enjoyed, with the most perfect coMpliceincy t psosiods tar distant. He then termloated his mlitr.ss by m o b s warmly recommending Mr. h rte to the Vlrsitilitt. IttcllAltri Camelia. ut Kingston, sressedwd the motion of Mr. Stratton. Ile begged leans is remark, that daring tap pretest ctutest, isendliy INSOLVEr'T DEBTORS• COURT, Ocr 16. There were twelve cases on this day's ; ten • were discharged, and two remanded for errors in the service of notices. John Walter Lord, who was first remanded, to amend his schedule, and subsequently, in conse quence of the irregularity in serving one of his no. Ikea, was again brought up. It appeared, however, from the examination of the party who had delivered the notice, that neither the Insolvent nor his Solicitor had any knowledge of the error in the service until after it was commit. ted ; the Insolvent wss therefore allowed to retain his petition io Coort, upon the condition of renew. big the necessary notices. Mr. Serjeant RuNNINOTOSt animadverted, in strong terms, upon the conduct of the person through whose neglect the disservice was occasioned. Wsi. 11011tv Willrlltears, Esq. has been elected perpetual Pre. •isot of the Bedford County Infirmary, in the room of his late father. j Seturds) evening an information under the ilith of the King, chap. 93, of cottaiderable importance to the Proprietors of stage.coschts, came on for discus. sion before the Surrey Maeistrates, relative to the seizure of one of the Brighton coaches and four horses whilst coming to town on the 14th of July last, in consequence of its having ft parcel contain. ing contraband goods. After some evidence and ar. &metes, the Magistrates were unanimously of opi. W m , that there was privity on the pars of the coach otseers, and the coach and horses, verve 2501. were forfeited. MARGATE, Ocr. 14.—The topic of conversation Stactoz.—An Inquest was held at the Lord Clive's in the Libraries yesterday was a breach in a matri- Head, Duke-street, Manchester-squire, on the body monistl contract. and an elopement. The parties of Joseph !toucher, who put a period to his least. bare already claimed notice—we allude to the family ence on Friday. by Airline himself, at his apart. of Mrs. MANY ANNE CIARKE. The circumstances meets, in Gray's-buildings, Duke.street.--.l%lichael areal; follows—A young mass, who in a few months Nlaskin deposed, that he resided nest door to the will become possessed of 50,0001. accidentally saw deceased's lodgings. About six on Friday evening Miss MARY ANNE the Lady who was lately arrest. he was called into his bed.room, when be found him ed by mistake) at a Library at Broarlstairs, and fell suspended by a silk handkerchief from the tester of desperately in love with her ; so much so, that he the bed, he instantly cut him dawn, but found him declared, at the first interview with the mother, that stiff and cold, and it appeared that life had been ',t he should die, if he did not possess her ere Christ. tinct for some time. Ilis son, a bey about eleven mss. He professed honourable intentions, and with years of age, said, that at breakfast in the morning the consent of a third party, he commenced his suit. he asked him if he *mold beat him when he returned When all matters were in a traits of forwardness, the from school ; the deceased replied, he would cer. capricious youth suddenly absented himself. On tainly ; and added, "if you see me hanging, do not enquiry, a discovery, fatal to the hopes of Miss ,be alarmed." The boy came tome at 12 o'clock, Ct. seas, took place. Mr. M. eloped on Thursday and found him Imagine as before described; hut his . Inq with a handsome girl he accidentally saw at St. mother not being at home, he did not acquaint any I Peter's. person until she came, and the alarm was given, but A strong reinforcement has been ordered for the the unfortunate man had been dead for a long time.— troops. at Surat. ; Grace Delver said, that the deceased and his family IsQuEirIh—SUDIMI DEVelt.—Yester. lodged at her house about 12 months; he was about day an Inquisition was taken by G. lionosom, Fiq. 60 years of age, and haul been a gentleman's coach-' Coroner for Middlesex, at the Pomfret Castle, Oar. ' man all Isis life time, but of late he became very rett's.court, Mary-le.Ronne, on the body of William / .much addicted in drinking, and was constantly in a Rose, a shoemaker, lodging at that house; who was stupid inebriated state; when she saw him last alive going up to his bed-room on Satorday,apperently in a on that morning, he appeared intoxicated, and she good state of health, when he dropped down on the heard he had afterwards taken half a pint of gin.— stairs, and instantly expired without uttering a word. These habits, she believed, contributed to weaken Verdict—Died by the visitation of God. ! his intellects, and cause a temporary derangement, Mr. Iluocsors took an Inquisition at the Carpets. which she conceited was evident at times. Verdict— tors Arms, in Adam-street, %Vest, on the body of J. Insanity. Griffiths, a hackney-coachman, employed by Messrs. The Gold and Silver Coin of France, in circulars %Villox and Clarke, In Manchester.street, Manches. tion before the Revolution, was stated by Nicitais,' ter-square, who, it appeared, was driving a Lady, and admitted by BURKE, to be 91 Millions of Pounds who engaged him for the day, on Friday, to differ. sterling; if to this are added the immense sums ent pasts of the town; when became home at night draws. from other countries by BOVIAPARTS, we need he was perfectly sober, and did not complain of be- not be surprised at the more than princely riches ing ill ; but before the horses were taken from the of his Dignitaries, elicit are now flowing into this coach he dropped down in the yard and expired on country through all channels, to be tested in our the spot. Verdict—Dierl ke the visitation of God. Stocks. This circumstance alone, indepedently of A labouring mast fell from the works at Vaus. the daily and increasing operations of the Sinking hall-bridge, on Saturday, into the River, and the Fund, and the large purchases by the Broken, can. body has not yet been found. Ile has left a wife and not fail to raise them considerably_; and we under. 'arge family in the Horse-ferry-road, Westminster. soled bets are made that Consols will rise to 73 be. The friends of Wilson, the pedestria% bare , fore Christina.: if an, the value of all the Stock taken the proper legal steps for bringing the r ue . Prises its this Lottery will be Increased 34 per Cent. duct of Mr. Williams, the Blackheath Magistrate, as the Contract was made with Government at 86. before the Court of King's Bench, the ensuing Term. securing to the Purchase's of Tickets and Shares, At Marlborough street Police•Otfice, yesterday, a all theadtantage of the var above that price; but chiinvey.seeep was charged with ravishing an infant as the three Prises of 250.000, and the four Prizes child of eight years old, under circumstances of a very of e 20,000, may all he drawn the 7th of November, aggravated nature, which we cannot, with regard to an immediate parctsese should be made to sent! &bog, orate. f Oen. 1,1! '^~, I 1 I