The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-01-07 00:00:00

TliE PRIN.;B Itglßyrs COURT. y e sterday the PRINCE Rtat,it held a Court it Colton House. Soon after two o'clock, his Ronal Highness entered the suite room, attended by cot. Ikl4 MAXON, Geneials TeiWratand turd., and r ace audiences to Earl C %whew and Mr. Rvnatt. Ater w hiCh the PRINCE REGENT held • Privy Is t brltieh was attended by— Ilis na)al Mews' the Duke of York. the Archbishop of , ui teibury, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Preal&nt of the I o ucil, the Lord Privv Seal, the President of the Board of Tratle, the first Lord Of the Truant.) , and Chancellor of the Ex- t he I na, the Fiat Lord of the AdotirJlty, the Master General o f the Oiaaste, the becrectries of State, the President of the Board geCuatronl, the Lord Chief Juipco of the Court of King's ;le n, me Dike of Mootrose, Lark I larrowbv, Vtlucheista, 1041 -ilt•rford. Bulkr attended as Clerk of the Council. Among the business submitted to the Council, was the + d eath of his Royal Highness, to be delivered this day by Commission, at the °vetting of the Sea ;ion of Parliament. After the Councils the Mar quis NVE!.t.zsztv introduced to the PRINCE 11WINT the 'fvKAlsti Awa.tssAnon and Mr. VAvGn.tx; the latter on his return from the embassy to Cadiz, The Marquis NVELLzst.tv, Lord Nltmcnavz, Mr. Pest tEYAT.. and Lord ELLENBOROUGII, had also audiences of his Royal 'Highness. REPORT OF THE QUEEN'S COUNCIL. A Morning Nor says, " That for the better ascertaining the separate and distinct opinions of all the medical men is attendance oil his Majesty, the. illombers of the Conseil drew up six questions, eight se rval copies of which they bad prepared, and after! putting these questions to the Phy sicians and Sur-1 geon, saialim, they delivered to each of them a written copy, and desired each in succession to I Withdraw, yid commit 6111 answers they bad severally given, after duly reconsidering them, to paper. We daunt presume to know eccuratety the tenor of the six questiotis; but we hear that their tendency was to inquire—Whether the King was in-a state to resume sad exercise the Functions of Royalty—What his ! present state, bodily and mental, was at this time, compared with the former quarterly periods of the titut week in January, April, July and October, 1811? Whether the probability of his reporcey weal greater or less now than at the period of _the Report on the 3th October ? Whether there were manifest proofs of the existence of perception and me rory ? Whether, in fact, they despaired of his Majesty's recovery ? And, whether the disorder was to be considered as positive insanity, or in the nature of delirium ? This, at least, is said to be the purport of the questions, and that the answers of the regular Physicians, as well as of those who teat only the mind's disease, though dille7. emir worded, generally and nearly concurred—in saying that his Majesty was not in a state to exer cise the /loyal Functions—that his health, both bo dily and mentally, was certainly not worse than on the nth of October,.but that there was less probabi lity of his recovery—that proofs of perception and mCnibry were manifest—that though highly improba ble, they did not absolutely despair—for the disorder bordered more on delirium than on insanity. From this Concerns; opinion, however, it seems there was ode thiseeetehmtiwoolios lobo, iu answer to the fifth questiop, both in his aria and written testimony, did say, that he in fact despaired of the King's recovery , tad this person was DV. John Willis !—Accordingly in drawing up the Report, the Members of the Qdevti's Council, with greet propriety, marked the exception without specifying the individual. In resding the Report to the Physicians, which is the nailer:in practice of the Council before it is presented to the Queen, is transmitted to the Privy Council, the medicsl men looked at one another with the cost inquisitive eyes ) to discover who was the de spairing Phflician. Rid the Report so read, and signed by all the Members of the Council, was de livered to her Majesty, and the Archbishop of Can terbury immediately set out from Windsor. Soon after Dr. John Willis made known to Lord Ellenbototigh, that he was most anxious to correct an error in one of his answers, and said that he could not state that he actually despaired of the King's recovery, This most embarrassing circum stance could not then be corrected, as the Archbi shop *as gone away—so Dr. Willis was directed to tome to Lord kllenborongh's house in St. James's soire, in the morning It was a matter of such importance as to require the meeting of the whole Council Again. Accordingly, the Council feet at Lord Ellenborottglis house on Sunday evening, at half pest eight o'clock. Dr. John Willis-attended. the oath was administered to him strain—and he gave his evidence anew, concurring with the other Physicians, that he did not totally despair of th e King's recover. The Members of die Council not thinking it possible for them totally to withdraw the Report which they had executed on Saturday, as the Act requires-that it shall be done in the first week of every quatt&iy return, added a de claration to the effect obese stated, and the Report, with this addition, Isis yesterday morning enrolled in the books of the Privy Council. OUTRAGhtB AT EMSBURGLL The Mngistrates are continuing, with laudable perseverance, *o examine the permits apprehended on suspicion of being eon .rned in the disorders which took place on the Lest night of the gar; MP. for obvious reastins, it would he improper as yet to -ter into particulars. Many mare persons have been wounded in was at first supposed, and some so leirerely that *tit teco i= even dotibtful, Camplwll, the Polict °then, was t►oumled on Wednesday morning, and carried td the al hammy, is since dead, and another lies dangerously ill. f.. e Lord Provost and Magi,trates have offered another reward ot 103 guineas for apprehending the person guilty of the above murder. The outrages of Tuesday night; dreadful as they were, nay, however, hr attended With beneficial consequences I 61 1 have shown, beyond contradictloa, the total ioetf►ciency of the present plan for protecting the city t and we may state this treely, without attaching blame to those whd superintend it ; ter u hat could they effect under a system so imbecile and OCTIC— b,s &linbu►gh requires a strong effective force, sufficient to protect its inhaLitants from every %mutt, and unless such a mea• •mire speedily adopted, the metropolis wilt no longer •be the pc:lp of the country, but it wi!l even become a question bow far it can be inhabited wills safety.' • —(Lamanrgit Courant.) Ilar‘o.—There being no Court of Aldermen this the Lotto MATon, after inspecting the Re t4':is, old:red it to adsauce Id. per pelt. Si Ai El ROYAL HIGHNESS Fit buKkew cialtptc the following statement npPeared in the Dublin Corrcspondot received by yesterday's Mail : " The Castle Print of last night has favoured its readers with a long article, to prove that the report of his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence having expressed his disapprobation of a party toast, ought to be discredited. Feeling ourselves to be in posses sion of all the facts attending this circumstance, which occurred at Portsmouth, we can positively state, that, upon the occasion which has excited so much interest, Lord Muskerry, Colonel of the County of Limerick Regiment of Militia, filled the Chair, and at his right hand was placed his Royal Highness. Lieutenant- Colonel Young, of the City of Dublin Regiment of Militia, sat at the foot of the table, and a great num ber of Naval and Military Officers were also pre sent.—When the obnoxious toast was given, the No ble Chairman hesitated to announce it, and the greater part of the English and Scotch Officers pre sent manifested their disapprobation. His Royal Highness not only expressed himself warmly against the toast, but substituted another for it. Upon what grounds, then, does the Castle . Scribe express his disbelief !—We quote his own words :- 4 We cannot help discrediting . the whole account, and we will assign our reasons for our credulity. They are counde.l fi rst up as the reputation of his Royal highness as a Gr.ntlemin, from the restraints imposed upon which c mracter, by the roles of so ciety, no rank, however exalted, can ever free any one who is in company. To object ton toast, when once given, if it be not of a nature personally otietsive, is as gross a violation of decorum as can well be imagined ; and not only to object to it, but to rise and provolince a long harangue of reprobation upon thein dividual who gave it, would he sae's an sadeliaate presumption upon tlesaprnsioey if his rank, that we can neverallovi ourselves to linagin", that a Princ.e of me Blood Royal of England would have been 'platy of it, emit less the Duke of Clarence, who is known to associate ly with those whom he honours with his society, witaout any of Lie imposing airs of superiority which the upstart close is apt to atstime.' " Now, surely, it is necessary for a writer, who specially hires himself to support the Irish Adminis tration, to take the trouble of acquiring some know ledge of the public conduct of the individuals who compose it, before he ventures upon the task. Did he know that his Grace the Duke of Richmond, upon Iris last visit to Cork, at an entertainment given in honour of his Grace, by the Corporation of that City, upon the same toast being given, was (accord ing to this refitted gentleman's ideas of politeness) guilty of ' as gross a .violation of decorum as can well be imagined ?' For his Grace did not only ob ject to the toast ) -but, as it was stated at that time, did rise and pronounce a long harangue upon the individual who gave it.' And as for his conduct upon this occasion, hii Grace most deservedly ac quired much popularity; and we believe it was re sPrved for this State Lecturer upon politeness, to discover that his Grace was guilty ' of an indelicate presumption upon the supremacy of his rank,' in rebuking a. sentiment which had become obnoxious, only became it had become the watch-word of a party." REMARKABLE AND INTERESTING CASE OF MURDER. 4 . - The following extraordinary case should operate most forcibly with Juries, in admitting ircumaantiat evidotes on life,eta racier, and property.] Jemaslessn Bradford kept an inn in Oxfordshire, no the Lon don road to Oxford. lie bore an unexceptionable character. Mr. Hayes, a gentleman of fortune, bed on his way to Ox ford no a visit to a relation, put op at ng _ Bradford's. lie then joined company with two tientlemeu, with whom be nipped, and, in conversation, unguardedly mentioned that lie bad then about hint a large sum of money. In due time they retired to their respective en:ambers, the Gentlemen to a two-bedded room, leaving, as is customary with many, a candle b • ruing in the chimney corner. Someboors after tuey were in bed, one of the Geotleineu being awake, thought he heard a deep groan in the admiuiug chamber, and this being repealed, he softly awakened his friend. They listened together, and the groan. increasing, as of one dying, they both instantly rose, and pro ceeded silently to the door of the next chtuntser, from wnence they heard the groans, and the door being a jar, saw a liglit iu the room. They entered, but it is impossible to paint weir eon steruation on perceiving a person weltering in his blood on the bed, and a man standing over bunt with a dark lantnorn in one hand, and a knife iu the other. The man seemed as petritied as themselves; but his terror carried with it all the terror of R o th. The Geutleaten soon discovered it was the stranger wi It N:10111 they had that night supped, and that the man also was standing over him was their host. They seized Bradford directly, dis armed him of Itis knife, and charged him with bring the mur derer. lie assumed by this time the air of innocence, positively denied the crime, and asserted that because there with tie sante humane intention as themselves, for that on hearing a noee which was succeeded by a groaning. he got out of bed, struck a light, armed himself a ith a knife for his defence, and was but that minute entering the room before them. These assertions were of little avail, be ass kept in close custody till the morn log, and then taken before a neighbouring Justice of the Peace. Bradford still denied the murder, but nevertheless with suea ap parrot dials ation of guilt, that the Justice hesitated not to make use of this extraordinary expression on writing out his mittimas, ‘• Mr. liradfar,l, either you or myself committed this murder." This extraordinary affair was the conversation of the whole county. Bradford was tried and condemned over and over again in es ery company. In the midst of all this pre-determina tion came on the assizes at Oxford, Bradford was brought to trial, be pleaded Nut (;edit I. Nothing could be more strong than the evidence of the two gentleineu 4 they testified fo the finding Mr. Haves murdered in his bed—Bradford at the side of the body, with a light and a tire; that knife, and the band that held it, bloody. That on their entering the room be betrayed all the Fi;;os of a guilty ntan, and that a few minutes preceding, they bad heard the groans of the deceased. Bradford's defence ea his trial was the same as before the Justice—be had beard a noise—he struck a light—be snatched a knife (the only weapon near him) to defend himself, and the terror he discovered, was merely the terror of humanity, the natural effects of innocence, as well as guilt, on beholding such a horrid scene! This defence, however, could be considered but as weak, contrasted with the several powerful circumstances against him—never was er, rum shttled eeidence more strong. There was little need left of com ment from the Judge summing up the evidence; no room ap peared for extenuation, and the Jury brought in the Prisoner Guilty. without ever going out of the box. Bradford was exe cuted s hortly after, still declaring be was not the murderer, nor privy to the murder of Mr. Hayes; but be died disbe lieved by all. let so-re those osse• Gans not untrue. The murder was actually committed by Mr. Ilayea's footman, who immediately, on stabbing his master, rifled his breeches of his money, gold watch, and snuff-box, and escaped to billow° ?Wm. which could have been, from the after eircanataiseett scarcely team seconds before Bradford's entering the unfortaa nate gentleman's chamber. The world owe this knowledge to a remorse of conscience, eighteen Smiths after the execution of Bradford, on a bed of sickness; it was a deathbed repentance, and by that death die law lost ita vienns. It is much to be wished that this account could dose here, but it cannot ! Bradford, though innocent, and net privy to the murder, was novertheleas the murderer in des.i g e. 'He Mid beard, as well as the footman. what ,Nle. Hoes had declared at sapper, as to bis having a law sons of money abodt him, sad be Went to the chamber with the stale diabolical intention as the servant—be was struck with ainaiement—he could not Relieve Mathews, sad in turning back the bed-clothes to assure himself of the fact, he, If; his agitvion, dropped his knife on the bleeding _body, by IMO bothisia - haua and his knife breathe bloody. 'lmioe cireomboors Bradford acknowledged to the Clergymen' who attemed him after his sentence. • The Desiree frigate, which has sailed to tisi 4 4E111, to ascertain the names of the ships lost, il. *et re turned. No intelligence has been received of the Defence. BIRTH. -Yesterday, the Lady of Mr. T. Ho ILMST, of Cornhill, of a son, i3ANILING AND BREAD RISING., We believe it is ask iaziOrti Imoo philosophers, that all grand physical convulsions, such asearth quakes, storms, and tempests, are partial evils, but a general good ; they terVe to purify the pestilential vapours of our atmosphere., And to render the said' more Salubrious and habitable! Even so in the met.; cantile world. Avaricious men being bolstered up by Bankers, and the paper-mill, have of late years Curtailed our comforts at their pleasure. At one time there is a speculation on wools and we are I obliged to wear a thread-bare coat ; at another tiMe on tallow, and we are obliged to dowse a candle in the parlour, and poke our way in the dark. Soap " starts threepence or a groat a-pound, and TOMMY must wear his linen two days longer ;° and last, not least, the corn is bought up, and straightway there is . a famine in the land—bread starts 6d. in the quart , ens loaf, zehile every granary groans under the load of accumulated bushels! Could these things happen, if commerce was carried on with gold and silver in stead of rags ? Unquestionably No. Could any in: dividual run into deistic, the amount of 800,0001. if .c. the currency of the country was in good wholesome golden guineas ? No—this immense sum, in what ever way it is laid out, would be in the hands, 'per haps, of twenty different individuals; and if one was not disposed to sell his commodity at a reasonable price, another would, and the public would thereby be henefitcd. Suppose the rent of land in this coun try was to fall, or be reduced one-half, which s: ill ' happen by and by, where would be :ho great loss ? Ten thousand landholders would improve their ; health by curtailing their luxuries, and ten millions 'i of the people would be benefited!! It is a consum ' mation devoutly to be wished, and the first step to wards it will be the annihilation of nine-tenths of the country Banks. .1 The American ship Marianne, ERVING, laden with brandies, from Bayonne to New York, was captured and sent into Plymouth on Saturday last. At the time the prize-master was put on board this vessel, the Arrow schooner, by which she was taken, was in chace of another ship of a similar description, said laden with a like cargo. The repairs and alterations in the approaches to the House of Lords hare just been completed, pre paratory to the Meeting ; and yesterday, persons were employed in cleaning the house and lobbies, after the workmen. Between the two new doors, Corresponding with the grand entrance from Old Pa lace-yard, one of which opens into the robing cham ber, is placed a handsome urn stove in a niche ; and the ornamental part of the whole is suitable to the sober dignity of the Senate House. The railings be low the bar, which remained after the hearing of the BERKELEY case, to the great incongenienee of the auditory, have been removed. The Earl of LIVER root inspected the state of the house, &c. yesterday afternoon. We have already stated, Parliament will be opened by Commission. On Saturday last, at a very respectable meeting of the Ship-Owners of Aberdeen, convened by public advertisement in the Town-hall, it was resolved, in concurrence with the Ship-Owners of Newcastle, Shields, and other ports, to present a Memorial to the Board of Trade, on the subject of granting Li cences to foreign vessels to import cargoes (particu larly Wood) into this country ; a practice considered both unnecessary and impolitic, and which, if per sisted in, must eventually prove ruinous to the in terests of the British Ship- Owners. —(Newcustle Courant.) FIN ANCES.—The following is the comparative state ment of the followin g heads of Revenue in the two quarters ending 6th J anuary, 1811, and sth January, 1818. T'Ae excess in favour of the latter quarter is above 315,0001.:- sth Jan. 1811. sth Jas. 1819. Consolidated Custo /919.411 • - • 11,91/6,923 Con.olidated Excise 9,964.910 - - 9,949,493 Consolidated Stamps 1,813,41$ - - - 4%1,665 Puarry or Etat-vols.—Not lest than thirty inns and public-houses were opened for eating and drink ing, at Shrewsbury, last week, on the election of - Mr. Bennett to Parliament !—(?lTancherter Gazette.) The following letter is written by one of the Mem bers of the American Congress : " WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. " Reckoning on no change, during the winter, In the aspect of intelligence from Great Britain and France, it may be almost certainly relied upon, that such measures will be taken as shall convince the British Government that, unless they relinquish the obnoxious Orders and illegitimate blockades, Ame rica will be prepared to assert her rights by force ; that the Non-Importation with the British dominions will continue, and be most vigorously and effectually enforced by additional means ; that our merchants will be authorized to arm and dofend their trade with all other nations ; and that such duties and re strictions will probably be imposed on the importa tions from the French dominions as shall correspond with the new duties and restrictions decrexl in France. All our ships, frigates, and inferior vessels of war *ill nearly to a certainty be repaired, fitted ,out, and ordered into service, and instructed to con 'soy fleets of merchantmen bound to or from ports, the trade with which may be dangerous. Direct and immediate hostilities With England are not to be ap prehended.'ole-The above paragraph, which is copied from M‘Dowtrett's Limerick Paper, is fully con firmed by the American Journals received last week, to the 4th of December. INCENDIARY LarrERS.- - A respectable tradesman,, vtho employs a great number of workmen, in St. Anne's parish, Soho, has lately received anonymous letters, threatening, not only the murder of his 'family but the destruction of his premises by fire. Letters of such an atrocious nature, though they may terrify the female part of a family, should he treated with contempt, because no person who really intends any mischief to another, would apprise him of his inten tion. The letters to which we allude should bo laid before the Secretary of State: But we understand some circumstances have transpired, this week, which are likely to lead to a discovery of the author, who, on conviction / will be liable to trausportation. - NAVAL INTE irIORTSIMOIJ 11, .TAx. 6. Arrived the San Josef, of 11'2 guns,. Captain M‘Kinley, from Plymouth: . . Sailed the Edinburgh, of 74 guns, Captain Rolle), for the Mediterranean. Came into St. IfJlents, the Soy - it °Wind rime:. • ,_ _ table. Sailed the Cadnitis, Thracian. IPori.Mahon, Pros; ser, bn cruises. The Zenobia is appointed convoy ftlt Portugal . . • FALMOUTH, JAW. 4: This day arrived the Dispatch pia , Kiiknessi With mails from Cadiz, fourteen days pa ge, b;ing,t accounts that the French had given op the attempt On Tariffa, and that General Ballasteros hid wined some further advantages over them, and wits adchsuc; in. The Dispatch left at Cadiz hi) Majesty's ship' Revenge, 74, Afred,7-1, St. Albani, 64, and two bombs. The Darlington packet irrived at Cadiii on the 19th ult., with Mails from hence'. Off Lis bon, on the 23d ult., Captain Kirkness sew a smelt ship like a packet steering for the Bar of Lisbon, I and same day exchanged signals with it packet steer: ing to the Southward. . . Sailed his Majesty's ship Hyacinth, 18 guns, with a convoy for Lisbon; Princess Elizabeth packet, Kidd, with mails, for Lisbon; and Duke of .Montrose packet, with mails, for Cadiz and the Mediterranean. DEAL, JAii. 6. Arrived li:s Majesty's ships Bellerophon and Ele phant, from off Flushing; and the Maidstone fri gate from the River. LEITH, SAN. 4. Arrived the Egeria sloop of war, Captain Hall, bringing in the privateer, mentioned in our last to I be on our coast; she proves to be the Akar, of 14 guns, and 36 men, out three weeks from Bergen, without having made a single capture. A line-of- I battle ship is now working into the roads, supposed ' to be the Zealous, from the Nore, with French pri soners of war. The Renown, with iron, from Bristol, arrited is ' the Roads yesterday. ~. COURT:MARIIAL On the 6th instant, a Court-Martial was held on board the Prince of Woks, in Sheerness Harbour, consisting of the following MeMbers :--Capt. Lee, President ; together with Captains Douglass, Bing ham, Provrse, Batley, Lord George Ste%‘ art,. Hen. cock, Austell, Pipon, Havrtayne, and Burton. — The Court proceeded to the trial of Lieutenant Richard William Simmonds, late Commander of the .31anly gun-brig, for the Ibss of that vessel, whiCh was captured on the 4 2d of September last, by three ' Danish brigs. The Court having most diligently in. vestigited the whole of the cirramstonaa wriecttiii with the capture of the said brig, and hating very maturely and delibrately considered the tame, were of opinion; that no blame was imputable to the said Lieutenant Simmonds, for the loss of the said brig, [ and did therefore most honourably ac q uit him By Lieut. Siminoticis's narrative it appears, that the relative force of the contending parties was. Danes, 54 long eighteens, and 377 men ; Manly, guns, 37 men, and five boys.—Against so disproportionate a force, that our gallant conntrymen should have maintained an action of two hours and twenty-fire Minutes, not only eacites our admiration, but will, doubtless, strongly recommend him to the considera te tion of the Admiralty for promotion. BELFAST, DEC. 27.—Tuesday a Public Meeting was held in the Exchange-rooms, under the acthorii of the Sovereign, and pursuant to a requisition of respectable Merchants, and others, to consider of the propriety of petitioning Parliament, to plain Ireland upon the same footing with Great Britain, in any future Bill which may be introduced into Parliament respecting payments in specie. 'After se veral Gentlemen had expressed their se: timents on the subject, the greater majority being favourable to the measure, a Committee was appointrd to draw up the Petition, to be forwarded by Sir Edward • May.—A copy of the Petition was also directid to he tiansmitYri to Lord Castlereagh, requesting his support to the same. The Weting was then dis solved after voting thanks to the Sovereign, for his conduct in the cbair. The Surrey Fox Hounds meet on Thursday at Keton Mill; Saturday, at Ox.ead The Harriers meet Thursday and Saturday, tech day at Kennel. Quarmion Hounds met t to=morrow, at Bud. ney Town ; Friday, at Ayleston Town ; Saturday, H oun d s mee t this day, at Little at Bardott Hill. The Prtchte i Harrowtien; k tor Fox Hill ; Friday .t Abingdon. The Oakley to-morrow, at . Wood; Saturder, nerrivo qv Country is the state of warfare rZtiveto the Stare f dons :—lst, It 1 gime time, that of a Ticket or of producing, for himself and ry,'where, for *E20,000, if boi instant, as all morning. The !him armed with !$, been taken by I into Ostend.; .J aka ;~:+~. I t f harsday, at roi Rill ; Friday, at k (, . ! t !lA - ads meet this day, at Chielley,„ , .t Relsliden; Friday, at Melchsooett Ditty, at Milton Mill. t ;9 Reactsmorr.—The Financcief A 4 7firicobject of consideration in a 1 l i ' s re ; and there is no branch it, more , i hepublie, or pleasing to tt ini.ividnal, 1 a LOTTERY, for these strong res- tis not compulsory, an fttly, Atthe 1 tit adds to the Reven , every holdee ' a Share has a chanc at a small risk,, in a single hour, a rmanent fortune " 1-his family • as, ha the present Lotte 4 ii r a few Peilt;fids,• pprson Mat 'pin , bought on or be to Mottolay the Will I the TiLtets w' I be drawls the next I' English tattier fAm arqne i s s s aid to has glint, and , two Irene ptiratert, anti carried r.rG !INCE. LICENCE. I, 1: Li',, . , „ ' _.~ A is no o'lr MP'