The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-09-03 00:00:00

TO CORREIMON LNTS. reel ed u Lefler - ileVe3 Sheffield, 6/dad. le,hdlffili, fr, • Lich ,tall a ppear the tint apportuuity, and his iltatifa v,0ir,.% he :Acceptable. ."' ----- —_------___ _ NIAIIe. Am* Si I • I)hr. .................... Vuhim ' •*A•• . l, 1 I . ................... W s ter ford .. ''_ ...:bf • 1 o ................... Lisboa ..• .•co• • • • i .. ..• • C .................... C•Illia '-' 1... ................ linttenharrb ': . .t• .... . 7 . **A... • • - 0 77•4 -- THE 61.11 E SIVA Pi. LuNuus: WoNDAT, ISPTIAISER 3i 1810. Ws beg leave to call our headers back to the extraordinary transactions that have been recently. developed in CoLDBATU-FIELDS HOUSE of Cohan vox, and in Governor Mits's family. Ever me morable is the place, lad ever memorable the deg sign f its being erected, atid ever memorable will be till lateGoverour of It, and his worthy family ! We all know what did come out, and was bilia be. fore the public, in consequence of the constitutional vigilance of Sir FRANCIS Bottom. We all re. member tau, haw reviled Sir *hanks was for that act, by 141talsT Rs, by a corrupt ARisTo.. CAM, and by ell the Annoitin o f corrupt measures. No one cad forget in what Manner 'ir. Ants was screened by ell these worthless pare:/. That nun had A shield held over him, that did conceal from many al, eye his deed*, ali.ch to mention would heat the blood into a tu , nult of rage, and to delineate accurately would sink th;s country evesi ',,w its present level in the estinia.. tion of every houourablei every feeling, aud, every equitable people. And who held up the shield, aini did protect and bring him fiti? Who but these Ministers, and their hieedagents; a vile press, and still viler aristocrats St They were in arms for the virtuous Mr. ; and in his behalf, they heaped ealutna ens upon one of the most virtuous and disinterested of men. The name of that Patriot is revered is every quarter of these realms ; while those of sters,aud their hireling Junta, ale e4u pled, and ever will be ceupledwith the name OfAßiSsaud dishonour! —Oh, but the hirelings will pa i .101, —His •n_ Ma esty's Ministers are very aein o lgt" Ids. Amu um, : they thought kiln innocent 'betaire 4 ': 'but rtoml well, and what now ? Why, lie lie, deli nothing now but assumed the Rifles of Mitietilie and their abettors, the office or sereenifficiilaft if he has dune what he is suspected of, and mas• vended fur. But why is that employmoat of talent disreputable to him, which was the baba tf the hirelings whiin exercised to screen him I Mr it* the wreugs of welch Rowers wail * accused ut Si fouler dye than thou of %Mich Aats was accesed*! ! they were not ! nor any thing like so bad,: To overwhelm the Baxa in one ruin, as a VOlllio tlefdlti establishment, has not half the guilt id Its nor a t) the of the 'injurious results to humanift, as the alleged deWs of Mr. Acts. We challenge . jurisprudence and morals to deny thisl Mr. ARIA is, therefore, nem, in the pveseut ea:peered of.. fence,' more innocent than his former ddeadcrs were in helping him to escape; or, to speak, ac. cording to their own ideas of their farmer conduct to him,. he is more meritorious in , the act of which they suspect , NM, and• against n hick the; make so loudest outcry. Dot the se. cret of thiN riper to the nor Men Glivernor is Sot unknovr4._ Me : has used, or is suspected of Sling his prophetic hands in rescuing—What ?-4 Mca o aims ? —Oh no ! something more dangerous, if not more guilty I It is one who hail touched I the Wowed flovst in TaREADYILEDLE-sTREET. This is what mast not- be done. That lionse,, must be protected, and at the cost of any one, and every one, that presumes to look Cit. Mr. Ants, anything might have passed off tafely but this ! And did you know your FRIENDS so IBM, as to permit yourscli even to be suspected of this Bois Papery, up to the 30th ult. arrived tbis morning ; but theycontaia nothing of importance. THE following Rodeo Is posted at id.reas :.-- " The Mary, Captain Waimea, frnie,Ocelarlirl to Bristol, was Wall, Cul t Rs the ewe. ott Satursky . 'mutts have been received; it is Bahl, from rAid W.cr.raverox, which are far from justifying he reports of the retreat of the Ftench army. AMSEIIA, it seems, held a Council of War at Sau ?Aces on the 4th of August, at which Nev, Larson, &c. attended / . and troops were •ftcr►rards observed moving in the direction of Sohradillo: IT will be seen, by •ur Dover Leger, that a isavy frriog oe the French Coast has been heartl *t that place. The cons; however ; has not been as. rattabscd. IV TUE STATZSMAN of - Saturday, we gave an extract from The National Intelligeneer, an Ame rican Paper, conveying intelligence of very great importance. Our Readers will know, that we al. ludo to a maze insult said, in that paper, to liavo,Wen 'fend to the American flag by a Britieh sloop or brig of war. •We this day give some further parti culars respecting this unfortunate affair. The British man of war is stated to be the 3foselle, Captain Bores. We have no knowledge of ,this (dicer, and do not mean to prejudge him. But if • ' c: .ST_J he done this deed, and done it from his own ilifetiont Ili pity him ; and if he his made thls tottssists4bie ligression upon the dignity of the United gild* under illy authority ue sanction from oar Government, we haveliten to pity our own deluded aid dishonoured country. The Fiertrik ltiatlttiott is now coat:Mating the Arne. ricans,• and end..avouring (u we' have before said), to win them from us. Unless WI_ are doomed to destruction, what could liskosi si such a moment, into the hands of blinisteras the haters of America, or of Officers, &FOP ilk tioraut of their duty, end the Worm of their country. Nevotwould mistake be more fetal.thin this (if it has happened) uriginate whgre it C0u1d...-. nor could mistake happen at a more fatal time. The Morning Pest, on this subject, has the following -- 0 This seems to he considered by the democratic 46 faction in that country as a lucky tens op, 46 which they are determined to make the must of. It 4 4 will not be through any want of activity on their "part, if it does not recite as great a ferment' " in the United States as any of the former loafers " tunate occurrences on that coast." 1 There needs no activity in any fartlos to pro.•. duce the ferment, anticipated by The Illonsise - Post. Indignation • *ill swell- eirery kriteria,* heart ; that is, every heart 1100141ga, nut basely soh! to the defence of British. , eressosgs - tAdatrwo will not pursue this subject feettien;,, t %tilr- we Mail somethitig respecting it in I more authentic shape. The American Pipers meatiest, tha/lise war de. porteneist was making active and lr en! exertions to assemble a military force at Pittsburgh, but for what purpose is nut stated; not,only have all the troops in•the neighbouring districts , been hurried thither, but the several Commanding Officers,haeti been instructed toappoint such 0111cers as are best calculated' far the vefinitiog service 46 to recruit as msay tnenlOf . their respective stations) on the +larch and at Pittsburgh, as possible." Auother American squadron, under the orders of emmodore Rosen% was assembling in Hampton Roads, to cruite nn the Southern coast ; and a third division, under Captain Camract.t.,,was tovbe stationed at Charleston. '1 • % • . A GOTTENOORCiIt Mail arrived On tria:lnediy; bringing accounts tettle. 3teckholm Iti:tbit:,ll , l 114. from Orebro to *kW,. kW (ions Gottembellettt s the 2.lth of teat litOssih. The election orlictlikts , none av OUCCtatiOl to dill Throne of Swecleiyis now placed beyond all doubt by Abe iuteliiipsawitted. oohed by the Mail. The poor aged King et Stn. Des was made to act a humiliating part builds sad and miserable scene. Alas! for hunks „usattire t how is she degraded by the vile and 141111,10051,11 i. MOM every visage of the globe t CADIZ GA;ETTIS to the Btlitislt. have reached town, by which we leave that:Abe Regency of Spain have proclaimed the Caraway in a state of blockade, and declared all merchant ships that may attempt to enter or sail from the pert, of that settlement, liable to +leisure and confiscation. • • This unexpected measure wit! prove a source of consider. able embarrassment to this country, and we cannot help thinking it a very unwise exercise of a barren authority. The true policy of the Spanish Govern. ment would have been to have passed over in si. knee the events of the Caraccav, and to have waited the opportunity fur conrili.itioa.—We bait) given various extracts from these Spaniel' Papers. PORTSMOUTH, Szrr. 2. . . • [From the listapshire Pliegreph.l In consequence of the removal of the Spanish ships of war from Cadiz, and the present apparent , intentions of the enemy, our naval force at .that port had been reduced.. The Tensekare, Admire , Pickmore, had sailed for Palermo, .to telieve: the Canopus ; the Zealous, 74, Captain Boys,. for Lisbon ; the Eagle, 74, Capt. Rowley, to join Sir Charles Cotton, off Toulon ; and the Norge and Bloke had sailed with five of the Spanish ships to Minorca ; leaving at Oldie the !midis:cable. At. las, Achille, and Rising, besides bombs and email er vessels. •••• '• A - nephew of Marshal Ney W arf4io hell ~ m o o t. from Cadiz, a prisoner ,of , curs did nut bring Any deserters trataAlWirsitiols' army. . • 'Sir Horne Popham, who sailed nu Wednesday for Quibcron Bay and Comma, on a Oil s cOim.' service, we understand, will, return here in; the' course of ten days, preparatory to his preteeditig . on a more distant and important serrices• It Would, out be priulent for us to state moreet present. A letter has been received from Captain Mitchell, of the 9Sth Regiment,. who was stated in the G o . tells to have been killed in General Creature's at. fair on the Coa. He was only Allot through the arm, and is likely to do well. • Sir FRANCIS Butiotrr has signified his Inteation of paying Southampton a visit for some tint; .1* a few days. ..• ' • The negotiation tut ate exchange of *loam at; war, it is now reported, bas failed. Mr.M44ll.llas tie, it WWII, has formally demanded his passports to quit Morlaix, in consequence of so answer being reeeivedto the ultimatum of our Government, which was for w ardeiltoPa ris so far back as the 24 of Augnst.l ...We know not what degree of credit is to be, given to this report ; bat we think proper to lay lit before our Readers, guarding them, however,l against placing any implicit reliance 'upon mere ru.- Moors on this subject. • No-doubt, as wen as any thing is finally concluded, or the negotiation breaks sit entirely, the result will be made officially known. i;k s: 4lAlt . ,* • 1: tar": . •'si_Nt. -. ~,b1• , .'.,:. iLvlittLitaENCEr. ‘' 4 # - .Le" .. • - Doves, Su'r. 2.4--Oa r on the oppn. site coast have kept ep - eltremendister firing nearlr the * whole of to.day. lam told it commenced sus early as daybreak, and •enstiated incessantly troon„ when it was only Mart it a n s er y a s s ; some were of opinion that Napoleon's grand flotilla were , out exercising their great' guns, "Who others werd , fearful that some of our erniaers-had gut becainled, and the French * were playing away epos OS* ' • Pr,visonrat, Sees. L.—Arrived, ',tbsfCatiaiiktre transpnr44reat bisbott, in three ssealsa-immege, brings so .partioder news ; came paelmogirs in her Major Usisrt LloetenantS Beck and Heimbrock, Cornet Ileimbruck, all of the German Legien ; the King harry schooetr y , of this . ports John Salter, Master, from Lisbon, three weeks passage,, wits fruit, bound to London, put in very leaky ;, the Thalia, Aaron:, Thomas and Soroli . ,"atid rime.. L ila transports, from Lisbon, iethree . ..weeks pas. 'sage; left that place under tout oy of the ilforfin sloop of war, then consisting of serest British trans. ports and three Portuguese ships, haring on board, 2,200 Spanish than), to be landed at thin port : parted sonspany with the temaiNler.of i 1iac...414s in the Channel. little 'Ships bite ,Olin. on. 044' 4,.. Reach from the ench Skim • • k ,wounded olfieera and Men of the Xtritiskarnry ; the r‘flero cutter - prirateer",. , 4 this port, ; with, a French 1.411.011ie maree,' bro4y, Occ.,c4piu?4d ter On the 0 . 140 the Rodney trpnsport , in ballast; feint' Litboti, fa , going to Portsmouth . 'to take OD bona trawls"' ; the James. Thompson, blister, from tindaluupe, bound to London,:pait Italy contrary winds; the Portuguese schooner Piedatle, Antonio SpritXoy, Master, frpm Lisbon, for London, .with .cuttors. and hides ; the brig Superiestri Benjamin Zuill; Matter, from 'Fri. toe London ; dory oust: ,I*frey* Blyber, , frion Cork ;. Onims . , ire* Clark *o OupliA" trey ; and Lord Cochrane; froM Onernsey... , . Arrived the kartiiude f Chilton; Baraciolt, - Garrett, from Sundcrlaod; • Xing of Sweden, Rudd, frog!, „Newcastle liana, Hooper ; Elisabeth,...Pearce ; ..41eisege dui Ann, Loicrlng; Lord Nel son, PaddicOmbe; gn: terpri;e, ideation ; La's ivia Fry ; and Mari, Richards, from Wales; Elide, Cole; and Otiwe, Nethetwaed,, fen & London; beer, Cpopeg, re/3m. 'Bilotti; end the Plate, Wardle, from SottAerlaiid The Cheer:" gun..brig sailed on thOtitiy fur Colenne and the Cuott 41 PortLitat, with ine ships 'that the Cossack sloop if na'r teas .to have taken. The latteri lt,ia said" is to proteid an a fareigu , stetlort.: ; •-• • • • . . , • F Amidirtu t Atm. 30. Arriend the' lizsasher ll ermittshl o. l 'frord the De is na and the Nodes pack. et, ‘atith a pa,l firef-110 810 1„igl 4 P4 1 YE regallaik, about two uottlottki the brig /API, of end for Bristol, (rim , Octavo', .was totally lost off the SkerweAther, near the Mumbles. The Master, John Webber, and three monk were saved ; but John Riad, and John Calipers:, an apprentice, weredrowned. • • W- - I. A rri settlik illy lytfore • Rita , ititirirs SEPT. , i - - Yei ... terday, his Majesty's ship Kungario; and the Tri nity 'louse pitch, with Lord and .! . ..Ssly htisigrove mud suit ou board ) fur Mulgravo-Olistik 4017 this place. ~ ir4rEmLyr . , Of Tilt Durviciirifott 4 Tug BitiTISTI NAVAL rORCIf,. i l l ' xf 1 4 - • - t ,,,,,..„ ~..i lialiirs . 13 f 0 r° S" 1 • - a.* =4 -1-..5** . z-m. la: .4 e.l. r. al 0 on' ••4 VI . 3 - t : : 4 cit r -1 •v-1 : : -: / • ! sr i ' . 4 ms s • V• .. ' : 1: 1 1 • l • •• • 5,. '.l C• As: ' • • ;N -4'''f ' •: • l a' . ::, i•: • . '. i •' • 4 '`i • • • ; ••• ••• ' • 4 -` • ' • : . 6, , : ' ,,i '• l ; el 1 • • • . 1 : : • :—: 1 v ,,. «bt ' • r LORD BERKELEY. . _ • • • *The subjoined 'hos pablished - ia a ProTloelal raper, appare l c a. so the isithority of the pacties,thati fa' tem pt e d in the estraordloar, Itecorreasetto when It relates.) 64 The sinsolir situation of the present claim. ,Ont of the Earldom of Berkeley, in consequence of the ambiguous eireinnstturos attending tho mar. ..riage of his father, has lately ottraeted consider. 'able share of the public attention, and has giosni:rlse /la many gnfounded paragraphs in the - piddle prints., fullowitig particulars of this:vittri,otslisisT mow, we belivve, will:pr(!ve strictir'tibciiiitt, and, ,ssaiihing to Oilf . • . " Frederick Aogustus, .late Earl of Witotey, was warded by &sus s I. the raribb church of Eisr. - ' • . ~M ~' 1 _ " . - §I =• . 72 I Ei a.a a • • f-ite .• 1 , .. • " 0. 7 , r. re. 0 loos e - , Grp l F * I * I ..44- a a ... 4 A. o f I t* 4.60.• do if oott 1_., :i 00N440144;t4,7_ I l t S" Igosp eo k ate ifip3wilr ac 2:.-lotz i Zten copaiteovelt lew4F cp 0 (74 1 91 4 1 * EI t%l az::: lima kipa.. az ri as ~T '^v , • •••• 1.4 , • 41C.:"-"4`.••••••••••41P ... r. - ; . ..-411. • kelej, On the 3tttto of lierreh, 1785, to. Mary Coles • d imghter of a trailesinau at Wooten, neer Gine. ceeter. By ambiguous oaoreS;ions it was con. ,rived, that the Imes should be legally ittildished and yet mite Ile 31130110 i in the congregation of who the tee parties were : this was newer eeplained; nut is it well important, The ceremony was per formed privately at oai early hour in the meritioe, no person beiie4 present iii the eherCh hot Mr. Mot-. man, the curate, owe the clerk of the parish, and the brother of lady Berkeley, a yne tit of 15 or 11. All the parties received the strongest. in. junction* to keep the marriage inviolably secrct acid Mr. Reesman was particularly chatted ht. Lord Berkeley to k•tp the 'register in his owe • hunds, and nut to enterit in the regular manna.. Leidy B.'s brother was immediate, after sent to, • Louden, when he toed the name of Tudor, and front these* to it, and remained abroad foe . some years, first at College at Vihcennes, and at.', t..r wards atached to the Commissuiat of thellritiah Army. • " The motives which preened ne &IN B. to keep isiß marriage secret, shetrgh *sty have never bon thoroughly explained, may be reasonably euunted for by the situation iu life of Lady B.'S rely, and a declaration Ler.l 11. was understood to have made previously to the marriage of his brother s , Admiral B. to Lady Emily Lennox, of his dins Never to starry. however, ill the precautions. • that were taken to keep the marriage secret, to: *movir* Of it gut abroad, and at letigth . -hecante so *lron• as to induce a friend of Admiral Berkeley'S .to,strritet-tat hint upon subject,. istforming that the 're erne e(, his brother's - marriage weft MI general, rhtl'it was almost ..impossible the). should be false. Thia Cake to Lord Berkeley's Italia-64e, a hdi Atennettiately wrote to Mr. Hupsmati, informieg hies. Of the reports that were in circulation, and giving Alva to understand, that if he did nut takkt, cities tual,means to prevent the possibility of the mar. stage being discovered, ho, would forfeit his (Load 1 • B.'s) friendship and patronage for ever. To. thlt 114sliaii answered in a few lines, that Lord o..'s brill should be punctually obeyed—and thus • for some time matters remained. 66 . Hultman appears to have been a man often in embarrassed circumstances, and in the habit of sett. citing pecuoiary assistance from Lord Berkeley.— On one-. of these occasions, not receiving the supply he requested, he reproached Lord Declivity With itt... gratitude. And now Lord 8.-himself asstried, that he fot the first time saw the full extent of the di. lemma be had drawn himself into., All registery his marriage, he had every reason to believe,.was de. . strayed. " Circumstanced . as I was, (said he, in a speech made iu the Committee of Privileges, when the subject. of his marriage was before them in the year 1.798), I could. not in honour do any thing that might Impose him to punishment.. What then was to be done ? In case Mr. Hewlett outlived me, or Mr, Tudor should die, who ran more risks of death from -his public . capacity, what then would be We,. Alet,keiefs'sitoatiotsi What proof could she brims of her, marriage ? , now be.heard iti the w0r1441 . ;45:,i.. larais te areeefore, as the teases of secrecy were N' on'yed,•‘Ps were married again. I 4id uot„ hoer. Mar y risk thip measure, till I had been informed by an eminent - Counsel that such seeond merrier could not hoe the effect of- invalidating the first, in case the solemnization of it could proved." • 11 'l'bis second marriage was solemnised in Lam. Petit Church, on the 1611, of Nay, 1796. ' 1 At length, in November, 1798, Mt...Hemmen tsjed, It was suggested, that though the reeler ch ary made at the time of the marriage qf' Luttl. and Lady Berkeley had beep destroyed, yet some traces vre• memorandum of it . might perhaps be foetid, 'either in ,the Register, or among Mr. Ilupsnian't papers. Thijsaggestion Lord Berkeley determined to aceopuo • i .arsdepeordingly,early in theensuing year, Mr.CarringtOnovho had fur some years been tutor to -Lord's 13.'s . ,ehilitrea t . and had been presented lay him:to timlining„cif Berkeley,on Hupsman's death, went doten to Berkeley for. the purpose qf search. ing fur any_ traces that might remain, accompanied , by a Mr. ffctiten, as assistant in the Lace of Beetle Lord la.!ettilicitor. 'theses Oetitlemen arrived at Berkeley Castle on the 7th at Xarch) 1799, and sending for the risk Registers, then in the custody of 'Mr. 'Leg* the Curate, immediately entered upon a cantle' tilt minatioa Of them ; for some trete, bowever f witheut the smallest prospect of success. At length, on elathirairgi leaf that ap peered thicker than ordinary, ih•tbe *Wrap registry. book,it wad diteovered that two leaves had been', there. potted together by the edges, On separating them, aim ..entry *for the • publication Of ths., pan's lor Lord Berkeley's mar:- riage was disepwayeid written on the inside of ootic.: a. the testes se •together. After 144151 - ! , *thermostat, the'elerriage entry was Ow at % d concealed upon the inside of the covet of the ' book, upon the pasteboard.. It appeared to hive • .been 'written between lines ruled wide ink for the platted% epoitilie feet blank page of the book, but the wrong aide upwards. The leaf appeared to hotelmen diiintal in a hettf, from side to side, • without separation. (rein the binding. ,tether :f partiage irt#lo*red,ripott the upper ,side of the same loc. Oir Abe part left uncovered . 4 - the .piece leaf everted, which. contein. *.red the e..ittt, 'was tetited down ou the- paste. ‘; beard coveter the book like 4 stritih • the writing downwards npoo Ibis was pasted elitlf sheet of - 6 popes, 'Which, ge a ,elfght observer, was effectual. At a strap, 0101 whale seemed to be ‘4oeal nova of the book, upon a old paper. was stitch. with wafers. I .4. .aiscovery by a pricker or 4 eising in the paper. Not knowi might be any thing tender, ur if manner it might be placed, we ' the bottom of the book fist (it w as but completely separated), by 4 tore the (tatty from the book, of ....fain it had been part, by comear 4 pirated, and the Ordeals meetly a After taking a pgrect copy, fastened to the 'cover ' of the • leaf, or half sheet of paper that , • 00. 9 . • " Such is the account of the dfiesneiy asbit Mr. Cartingtou." bgeu pm - ): . ~ . ~: .; .. mecito be the orj- i 'par! tit .srhich We lieriasit ; r 4, ' two, 'lag w any thin • happen ... ps t 1.1 e d jat ill? which tacti AVI o r if which 1 am et• wring the parts iVo. , r fitting etch othotb We left the entry book by a bleak at hail been pasted/ ~. • •• ' : -;•••!,. 4. 4.- ,• .; • •, .` ' qt. \ ' r. • . • .•~.: • .. , 4 „ . ..,, - - 0 .. .