The Statesman. — London, England, 1822-08-29 00:00:00

e ...: ~~; A VOICI FROM ST. HRLEII4. (Mtn= EXTRACTS.) NAPOLEON'S OPINION OF THE NATIONAL DEBT IN ENGLAND. AND OF TUE ARAGTER OF ENGLISR SOLDIERS. The conversation turned upon the national debt aid the crest wed h t of taxes in England. Napoleon peo fesseil himsel f doubtful that the English could now con tinge to manufacture pods so as to be able to sell them et the same price as those made in France, in conse quence of the actual necessaries of life being so much dearer in England than in France. lie professed his disbelief that the nation could support the immense weight of taxes, the dearness. of provisions, and the ex travagsoce of s bad admisistration. " When I was in France," continued he, " with four times the extent of territory, and four times the population, 1 conl.l have raised one. hal( of your taxes. How the English popa/a7,1) beat it, I cannot conceive. The French would not hers suffered one fourth of them. Notwithstanding your great socc sssss ,"continued he, " which are indeed Ailicist incredible, and to which accident, and perhaps destiny, have much contributed, I .lo not think that on are vet out of the scrape; though you have the woild at command, I do not believe that you still ever be able to get over your debt. Your great commerce has kept you up: but that will fail when you still no longer be able to undersell the manufacturers of other nations, who are rapidly improving. A few years will tell if lam right. The worst thing England bas ever done," continued be, " was that of endeavouring to make herself a great military nation. In attempting that, England must always bathe slave of Russia, Aug trio, or Prussia, or at least subservient to some of them ; because you have not a population sufficiently numerous to combat on the continent with France, or with any of the powers I have named, and must consequently hire men from some of them ; whereas, at sea. you are so su perior; your sailors are so MCA better, that you can always command the others with safety to yourselves and with little comparative expense. Your soldiers have not the requisite qualities for a military nation. They are not equal in address, activity, or intelligence to the French. tV hen they get from under the fear of the lash, they obey nobody. In a retreat they cannot be managed ; and if they meet with wioe, they are so many devils (tanti diaroli), and adieu to subordination. I saw the retreat of Moore. and I witnessed any thing like it. It was impossible to collect or to make them do any thing. Nearly all ware drunk. Your officers depend upon interest or money for promotion. Your soldiers are Ware, nobody can deny it ; but it was bad policy to enconrage the military mania, instead of sticking to your marine, which is the real force of your country, and one which, while you preserve it will always render you hots erftil. In order to have good soldiers, • nation must au ys be al " On another occasion, speaking about the Eng lish soldiers, he ob d, ' the English soldier is brave, nobody more so, and the officers generally men of ho nour, hut I do not think them yet capable of executing grand lIIIIUDOITCS. I think that if I were at the head of them. I could make them do any thing. However. I know them not encengh yet to speak decidedly. I had a conversation with Hingham about it; and though he is of a ilifferent opinion, I would alter your system. In. stead of the lash, I would lead them by the stimulus of honour. I would instil a degree of emulation Into their minds. I would promote every deserving soldier, as I did in France. After an action I assembled the officers and soldiers, and asked, who have acquitted themselves best ; Quels sent let brares, and promoted such of them as were capable of reading and writing. Those who were not, I ordered to study nye hours a day until they had learned • sufficiency, and then promoted them.— B . hat might not be expected from the English army, if •erery soldier hoped to be made a g lif he behaved tlrell ? Bingham says, however, that the greatest part of your soldiers are brntes, and must be driven by the stick. lint surely,' continued he, 'the English soldiers must be po ed of sentiments sufficient to put them at least upon a level with the soldiers of other stations, where the degrading system of the lash is not used.— Whateve debases man cannot be serviceable. Bingham says, that none but the dregs of the canaille voluntarily enter as soldiers. This disgraceful punishment is the cause of it. I would remove it, and make even the si tuation of • private soldier he considered as conferring honour upon the individual who bore it. I would act as I did in France. I would encourage young men of edu cation, the sons of merchants, gentlemen, and others, to enter as private soldiers, and promote them according to their merits. I would substitute confinement, bread and water, the contempt of his comrades (le tnepris de sea eamaredes), other punishments for the lash. Quando it soldato e °collie° e disonorato rout jrettre, poco gli prime la gloria o Comore della sea patria.°— What honour can a man possibly have who is dogged before his comrades. He loses all feeling, and would as soon fight against as for his country, if he were better paid by the opposite party. When ihe Austrians had possession of. Italy, they in vain attempted to make col tilers of the Italians. They either deserted as fast as they raised them, or else, when compelled to ukases against an enemy, they ran away on the first fire. It was impassible to keep together a single regiment.— When I got Italy, and began to raise soldiers, the Aus trians laughed at me, and said that it was in vain, that they had been trying for a long time, and that it was nut in the nature of the Italians to fight or to make rood soldiers. Notwithstanding this, I raised many thousands of Italians who fought with a b y equal to the French, and did not desert me even in my adver sity. What was the cause? I abolished flogging and the stick, which the Austrians had adopted. I promoted those amongst the soldiers who bad talents, and made many of them generals. I sobstituted honour and emu !mum for terror and the hub.' " • I asired his epission relative to the comparative wart-it of the Russians, Prussians, and Germans. Na poleon replied, 'Soldiers change, sometimes brave, sometimes !aches. I have seen the Russians at Eylau perform prodigies of valour ; they were so many heroes . At Moscow, entrenched up to their necks, they allowed me to heat two hundred and fifty thousand men with ninety thousand. At Jena, and at other battles in that campaign, the Prussians fl ed like sheep ; since that time they have fought bravely. My opinion is, that now, the Prussian soldier is superior to the Austrian. 'lke French cuirassiers were the best cavalry in the world pour enjuncer l'infitnterie. Individually, there is no horseman superior, or perhaps equal, to the Mameluite ; but they outwit act in a body. As partisans, the Cc.- sacs excel, and the Poles as lancers.' This he said in reply to a qaestion made by me of his opinion relative to the cavalry." • When • soldier has been debased and dishonoured by *tripes, he cares but little for the glory, or the hu mour of his country." The preparations for the New Law Courts to he built west of Westminster are proceeding rapilly. The differeetdep krtmeets have received strict orders from the Sitiveyor General of tie Board of Works to p-oceed with alt possible despatch. The Coort of Es• chequer. the Record Officer, and Oliver's and the Be• ebeqtrer Cotlie.housta, are to be pulled down forthwith. The whole are to be sold by autism in a few days.— The thoroughfare through Westminster Hall is closed, and will no be opened again till the new Courts e: Liss are finished. The new Royal entrance to the !lease of Lords is also proctedieg rapidly. ~~~ • ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. LANCASTER, MONDAT. Ago. 26. • CROWN COURTRAItI. James Lowe, aged 21, and Jews Palfreyweets. aged 19, were charged with ravishing, and with as sisting and abetting John Mackintosh in rrvishiag Mary Borges' at Heaton Norris, (John Mackintosh, Charles Machin, Thomas Lowton, and Joseph Dale, absconded.) Mr. AsHWOltell sated the case to the Jury, which he represented as more pregnant with cruelty and bar barity than any that bad ever come before a Joey. It was painful to give even the outline. It must appear extraordinary that seven persons should be charged with having committed the crime; bat if the offence was committed, that was sufficient to convict all who were aiding and abetting of the CAM. The Learned Gentleman then detailed the circumstances and facts to be given in evidence. Mary Bargees.-1 live in Heaton Norris. I was in Stockport with a person of the name of Pepper on the 25th of May; a Saturday night. He was my sweetheart. I bad been in a public-house with him, and came out between ten and eleven o'clock. I was ill at the time. 1 was cot falling down. I fell sick when I came down. I went forward on the Under Bank. There I stopped. There was ague of fel lows that came up to Jobs Pepper and me, acid they carried me away; first in their arms, then on their shoulders. I lived then in Stockport. I was carried to Heaton Norris. I sever recollected myself after wards till I found myself in my brother's house in Heaton Norris; that was about six o'clock next morn ing. I found myself very ill and sck. My legs and breast were discoloured. I felt lame. (Here the wit ness seemed so reserved in her evident', that his Lord ship reminded her that she bad been before a Magis trate, and that public justice required her to speak out, and state what she knew.] She thought her per son bad been violated. _ By Mr. WILLIAMS, for Lowe.—l had not been ac costomed to liquor, and a little rum and water which I took made me mazy and sick, and I lost all recol lection till next morning. I recollect men carrying me bat nothing else. Jane Borgess.—l am wife of the brother of last witness. I recollect her being brought to oar house between one and two o'clock on Sunday morning. She was in a very bad state, not sensible till between seven and eight o'clock next morning. I said, " I think yon are in a very bad state;" and she said, "I think I am." Pepper fetched her to our house. Sbe com plained that she felt very sore. She bad neither bon net, cap, shoes, or pocket on bor. Her petticoats and her clothes were torn, hanging to her, and elle was covered with dirt. She whit from oar house an hour or two after, sod was very ill; she was able to go; she could not walk well. _ _ _ By Mr. WILLIAIIIII.-1 Can't tell whether she was insensible from liquor or not. Jas. Lees.-1 was on my way home heeler's 1 I and 12 at night ; passed the Horse Shoe in Heaton Norris; saw a number of men, and they had a woman; she was down. I saw John Pepper at that thue.— Pepper was claiming her, and said she was his swim heart. They said he had no business with her. A man of the name of J. Rower pulled Pepper sway, and insisted on some of the men assisting him in taking Pepper away to the New Bailey, and said he woold bare the woman out of the town. Some of the men assisted him. I stood hearkening and look ing what there was to do. They took the woman away, and that being my way. 1 followed towards Manchester. They took her into a bye•lane, be tween Mr. Swingles's and John James's. I stopped on the old road to see whether Pepper and the men that were with him would come. (The wit here gene an account of what be saw the men doing with the woman.) James Lowe sat at the side of her bead, and acted as superintendent of the horrible transac tion. I said to Love—" It is a shame to use a wo man so." " Ay, (he said) it is." With that I turned away. Pepper and James Lee came up, and Pepper said—" She is here, will some of you assist me, and I will carry her away from them if I should lose my life." She lay on her back and appeared Insensible. There were from IS to 20 persons about her then. Pep per carried her away, on his back. Her clothes were torn, and her hair hanging down all roads. She was falling off Pepper's back, and I helped her better on. I went towards home, I found Lowe before me. He turned himself round and said—" Man, don't follow ber again, now you have done what yen would with her." I west on and Lowe turned away. James Bower cams up and tapped me on the shoulder, sad said I insist upon you assisting mete take this man and this woman up," meaning Pepper and Mary Burgess. Jesse Dale was there. John Pepper.-1 was coming out of a pnbliaboase with Mary Burgess in the Underbank. She said she was ill. She tumbled down. Persons earns up and asked to assist her home, 1 said I should lie obliged to them to let us alone. They said they !unit! have me takes to the New Bailey, and her out of the tows. They carried her to the Hone-shoe, aid let her down, so that her head bounced against the Bag. They car ried her off then, some at her head, some at ber feet. I said it was a shame to use any woman se. They said it was nothing at all to me, they would do what they I liked with ber. They asked her if she was any this% tome, and she said " No." Tbey talked of murder ing me it I followed. Five of them held me for ten minutes or fifteen minutes. whileshe was carried away. 1 went with James Lee to find her after that. (He de scribed how he found her, and mentioned some most bratal barbarities.) 1 carried her to her brother's. She was all the time in a state of insensibility. Robt. Crickley.-1 was with the pri Lowe, is Heaton Norris, on tba 23th of May. There 12 or 14 I men and one woman. John !Mackintosh was among them. Lowe was there, and Palfreyman, who was looking like the rest. (This witness, quite a youth. spoke to four or fire, as perpetrators of the crime I charged.) John lirogden Sledge, surgeon at Stockport, saw Mary Burgess on the following Thursday. She la boured under a fever, very poorly, and under a certif. derable irritation. The cause he believed to be the vie leace charged in the indictment. Francis Donovan went in search of Minoan after the 23111 to hie house, two or three times. I did not find him.at home. On the 10th of Jane. I met him going oat of town. his ukaowledged his same. I - - ::, - , Mk I wasted hi.. for the rape of Maectester-kill. He said be knew smbieg at all about it, and was set •here. He said be bad not been there after fear ea •Saturday shorans., and he could prove where be was. .He seemed ►ery much alarmed. By Mr. COLTMMI for Palfreymen.—l bad eat par• titularly searched for Palfreys's foe a work before. Jame. Lowe le defence, told a long e.ory, to show that be bad not been one of the party, but bad acci dentally come where they were, and exerted himself to preveat the outrages. James Palfrepaaa said be serer saw may thing of the kind. Wm. Rutherford was called for Lowe. Hs stated nothing material. ". James Lees was recalled for Lowe. Lowe tame to me on Sunday morning. defending and proving. I was not acting on the night la question in the way of constable. Mr. Baron WOOD summed up. He bad never beard of such a scene of outrage. One would ban sup posed that in a country like this, such a scene could not bare existed. The Jury retired for a quarter of an hour— James Palfreyntan, Not Malty. James Lowe, Not Mr. Baron Wooe.—Prisoners, t bop this will he a warning to you, sad that yea will conduct yourselves better is future. _ - Priori ers.—Tliank yon, my Lord. SBDUCTION:-PONNINGTON O. BOLDING. Mr. WILLIAMS. in opening the pleadings, stated that this was an action brought by the plaintiff, a re spectable farmer of Worthington, against the defend ant, who was also a farmer of consequence at Coffer. for a cornpeasation is damages for the seduction of his daughter, ander • promise of marriage, whereby be had been deprived of her services. Mr. Scaatert, in a powerful speech, pathetically dwelt upon the evils and horrors which arose in fa milies from the circumstances which gave rise to cc dons of this nature; but lie trusted, that although these actions were unhappily misfortunes not no knows to this county, that they (the jury) would not consider that the plaintiff was the less entitled to re ceive a competent damage for the injuries he had sus tained. The name of the action was in itself so se rious. and so destructive to family happiness, that he was convinced the jury would mark their detestation of the conduct of that person who compelled a father to step forward and publish to the world the disgrace and ruin of his child. by a liberal and eqsivaloot cone pentatios. The law, however, did not recognise the plaintiff, is the character of a father, but considered him as a master, who was seeking a rem u don for the loss of the services of his t t but it was not on that account be (Mr. Scarlett) trusted. that it would be said, that the unhappy father was the less worthy of the liberal consideration of a jury. It was bet too true, that the disgrace attemiant is such cases, was not confined to the unfortunate girl, who occa sioned it. but most generally it attached a stigma to the whole family, nod to say the least of it, makes her services, by being less respected, of much more trivial consequence than they world otherwise have bees. To the girl herself, a disgrace of this description was dis esteems in every form, b it not way made her an outcast ea society, but it also deprived her of that parental affection and solicitude, which she would otherwise have received. From the siteatioo in life of the defendant, the plaintiff bad no hesitation in admit ting his to bold en honourable busman' with his daughter; sad, from his appellee sincerity, a confi dence was reposed in him, which, in the result. bad blasted the happiness and reputation of the unfortu nate object of the defendant's unfeeling designs, and bad loaded with sorrow and dismay the father and fa mily of that u ;meeting girl who had too readily given credeaeo to the false protestations of sincerity which bad been made, in order to accomplish her rule and downfal. The jury would consider themselves as the individuals so injured, sod say what was the com pensation t►at ought to be given them for the loss of the services of a daughter coder such disgraceful cir cumstances. Jane Penningtoo, a lady of an engaging appearance and manners, stated with much simplicity sad bash fulness that she bad knows the defendant for the last five or six years, and that during all that time ale bad received his addresses, nadir the supposition and fall per.easloa that his intentions were honourable sad correct towards her. His visits during that pe. riod had been very frequent, and her intercourse with him bad led to the birth of a child in September, 1820. Her father occupied about 30 acres of land. and the defendant lived with his father, who kept five or six cows. The Lnan Cuter Jorrrce, in summing up the evi dence, considered that there was not the least reason fer supposing that the seduction complained of had not been effected by the defendant. sad that, there fore, the plaintiff was entitled to a vesrlict I bat in considering the damages that the jury would award. they would bear in mind that the lady was, by her own evidence. of the mature age of twenty-seven years, and was, therefore. to a very great extent, ca pable of protecting herself, against any attacks which wen muds opon her honour. It was for the jury to say what damages the plaintiff was entitled to, but they would take care not to suffer their feelings to be misled by any statement of circumstances which was not to ►e found in the evidence. The jury gave a veal et rer the plaintiff, elainagee 251 At the Cork County Assizes, the trial of Walter Fitstnantrice. alias Captaiu Rock, who had been trans mitted from Limerick, Patrick Callaghan. John Shee han, William Tierney, John Ready, William Costello, and Daniel Bresnahan, was called on for the abduc tion of Miss &old. Three others had been included in the indictment, namely Timothy Daly, Redmond. Walsh, and Darby Q•islan, but the first had been al ready convicted and sentenced to be transported for another offence; the second was sick, and not in • state to be brought to Court, and the third had got his trial put off till next Aseses, upon strong affida vits. Fitunsurice pleaded guilty, and after repeat edly advised to withdraw his plea, be persisted in it. and It was recorded. Of the other prisoners, Cos tello only was found guilty, ani he and EIS telllfilt received sentence of death, but no day was named. At the same Assize; a few days before, Charles MaCeelky and Patrick and Job. Sullivan were found guilty oil received esateace of death for a burglar) the hoses tiablOgy Ferrell, aA of of Mary . ParrslLlA% limit }hat sae Daniel *ea rt h y 'board wirer:se thillidell IM ippeirieg is arm lb* afore piffilbitf. . • On Feld:Oates,' earls were stopped is a fork kik between Illidharst and Petwertb, oa eispieles el ‘,. &riots trade, sad on examining them, their aretk, proved to be contraband goods, of the supposed k t t , of 2,000/. consisting of silks, silk dresses, basda sh , kid gloves, and playing cards. Abele four o'clock in the afternoon of b100,1av,114 village of St. Nicholas, lu the Isle of These, n o ailed with one of the most tremendous storms of the, der and lightning ever knows is the memory of ur oldest inhabitant, in the course of which two lak e , ing saes, named George Bedingfield and Richard Jok, cock, who were at work le a field near the Till s. were instantaneously struck dead by the elettri v fik . which was observed to descend to the earth to *k m two feet of Bediagfield, whose clothes were tors I , pieces, and his body rendered a shocking 180 4 , his head being dreadfully burst, as also ow of legs : the body of Johneoek wee also much disa b l e * and blackened. They were both married mos,* besides a wife, Johncock bas left six childrea; what adds to the calamity, his wife bad been deliver,/ of the youngest only a few hours. Two miter per m , were knocked down and injured at the same mo w. The bodies were conveyed to the church to snit Coroner's Inquest, and the sensation oocasiotied is tie village by this dreadful occurrence is indesailoid. (levitiak Gazette) On Thursday last. a severe accident happened tette son of an indiiidnal named Jones, who is its the se, of Col. Clltberoe, the connty Magistrate resident u&S ing, and which is likely to be attended with 'Misses consequences. The child was a remarkably fine, sil l , spirited boy, aged between nine and ten years. Mso five o'clock in the afternoon he was playing in Ikea ford; and. amongst other entertainments, he jumped behind a F entieman's carriage. Some one called ty, " cut behind ;" and the coachman pretended to rotes cordingly. The mother of the lad saw him at ilium went, and called out to him to come down. roe boy obeyed, but in descending he fell on his back. 1.1 Twickenham four-horse coach was close behind tor, tletnan's carriage at the time ; bat the stage Nubia was unable to pull up speedily enough to avoid over the buy. The wheels passed over the boy's hod, and literally severed it. be spectacle was dee:AIM appalling in the extreme and during the whole of Y. time the mother was on the road side. It is seedless ob , that the boy was instantaneously killed. Te mother saw her child, who was deemed a ynath ars promise. descend from behind eke carriage—she bbd him fall, and the horses and wheels pass over his bale. and dreadfully lacerate the head as already meatiest . ; hat, poor woman! she could witness nothirtz ford". Her senses were gone; Ii fe seemed extinct; she prowl and fell on the ground; and from that moment!. t'• present she had remained in the most alarming state of health and mind, all consciousness of the past apFer• ing to have left her. She has been kindly attended :1. but her medical aid outsiders that it is isms* for her to recover.—A Coroner's loquest aftereonit on the body of the boy, before Mr. Sulam:es, the Cars nor; and the toast minute investigations were batiste% the calamitous case having excited, most propet,ll extraordinary sensation in Brantford and its sle it ds hood; bat was found that blame could not be staid to the coachman. The verdict was Accidental Dal Cowin za's INQC —Yesterday ao Inquest mesa at the sign of the Sus and Norse-shoe. Ttsclifiehlarns% Marylebono. before Thos. Stirling. Esq. Cosner, a tin body of James Kelly, aged 27.wb0 it was summits have come to his death by unfair means. It appevol's evidence, that the deceased was a charsaker, aid ark. Pd for his brother who resided in Titchfield-street. th Mosley last while be was at work, some gravel an thrown at him by some man in the employ of Ole Brown, engine pump maker, in the same street, AS is consequence of which the deceased's bead was sertril cat; and he went to complain of the assault to Mr. Brown, Jun. who led him into the shop to idestify men whit threw the gravel, but could not. Mr. Brows at the deceased's request, gave him four glasses of no gin, and on his leaving the place, he expired. Van" , reports were circulated relative to Mr. Brows hum forced liquor - dawn the deceased's threat whileissen.• ble ; bat they were all positively contradicted by seers: witnesses. Mr. Cambell, a surgeon. opened the body of the ceased, and proved that the deceased's death bad bees ceased by drinking some strong liquor, which iatlarel the arteries of the heart and the coats of the sea" There was also a blow on the head. which niiglabos been affected by what be had drank. Other witness were examined. and the instil:ratios lasted from ten in the morning till nearly 5 in the ere& ing, when the Jury returned a Verdict, that "thee. ceased died from some anknowo cease, sapposel to bin been accelerated by drinking spirituous liquor. An inquisition was takes yesterday, at the keel ill Fortune of War. in the New-road, before T. 5T121.n. : Esq. Coroner. on the body of Miss A. Ramsey, ay. , : whose body was found drowned in the Regent's Cs , out Sunday morning. The deceased, it appeared, in r^' sequence of some family carrel. absconded tram lore friends, with whom she resided in Moatagae *we% Russell-square. on the preceding Wesioesday. Hi" bills were printed and posted up in all parts of the tor , . describing her person, dress, do., and offering a lag -' reward to any person who would give any tidings dot -to her friends, bat she was not heard of until she we found drowsed. and at the time there was a bill-stirM reir i se n d ir ha u d p bren ise seet, t t h h e e M thte al ti o a ll ys lib pr e eceting . Tile t O6; body being found, walking in a low despendier up and down by the side of the canal, and datiug rLe time she avoided meeting or speaking to any oat. Or witnesses proved I instances of an unsettled Weil L n D tle gw d n e ed cesi h se e d rse ; ifawndbeteheisJausryiatereotfutrenuldporga ver derangement." ryovahot; BIILTII. Last week, at Launceston, Mrs. Sutton, of two sow tlits Is the fourth thee Mrs. Sutton has been delivereid twins. MARRIRD. Oa the With lassaat, at Bt. Mary's, Lambeth. Mr. D. sou, of Grosvenor-place, Camberwell. to Me'! 10,..4. eldest daughter of the late William Leacher , Esq. of chapel. DIED. Oa Tuesday, the 27th last. aged ?3. Kees, wife of Mr Bennett, jun. Catadeo-row. Peet horn. Oa Tuesday night, the 27th Instant, Fraeees, w ih of Mr. J•ba Breeden. of Sobe•sqeare and Covent Garden throw On Friday, thole!' Mot. Mr. J Walford. of Conte-Wee . Holborn. Oa the 27th !olden. et Brighton, Mn.s Blansinvd. of 'ieg Ormond-street. wide.* ef Captain .1. A. Blaashoti , 0(15. Hon. East In Cagi"lies _ - l A•dme ll!Ete4 Prieto/4 est nob Helot et t . e. OSMI " The STATISM&N" sad " CoSITITUTIOP , !trio N 0.107, glossa. L WAR. wiem . ossass ne stleds, IR. Onion, ike. D us ELL rols.'" - M sildrsummil er 1 for , Art ih►i L~ 114; - i CII .stw Wol .6 MN I'IN . I ; !~ - ~.:: _ 44 • MY-