The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-01-13 00:00:00

RIOTS AT NOTIINGHAM. r/ROM Tilt NOTTINGIIASI TRIDIT.I Unhappily we have this week to record, that the h o pe expresee , in our last, of a speedy termination co t he outrages committed in our neighbourhood, : w hich we founded on the weekly decleusion of their needier, ha:: been In:lsled in its bud ; for this week tbe ratatc;gue of crime eis long and awfule.—Frame heal:erg and burning still continue ; though of burglaries we have heard but of one ; and we are 1,.,„ 1N in expressing a belief, that the gang of e e e tc";;:s which has excited such just had universal 7etn in Derbyshire, is about broken up. On the e l eete, an idle wretch, that had excited suspi ei• a sudden transition from rags and poverty ,:11-dressed plenty, was arrested at Realtor, e•at comity ; and we understand, from iuforma :eel which he has given, that two other despera e,,es were taken at a public-house in Loscoe, last Wednesday, and conveyed in chains to Derby ;o ut; one of which, a celebrated pedestrian,. and %yell known ste a deserter, had long been the terror of the neighbourhood fur miles arouud. • Tile eight before our last paper went to press, a r!dme was l,reken near Wollaton Toll-bar; the iron e erk of which was cast into the canal. On Friday e:eitioe nine were broken at Basfurd, and another arn.: di stroyed at three o'clock the next afternoon, in the same village. On the same afternoon two e be ()Len at Ride:ell, while they were about to he re e o eel 10 Nottingham, as a place of greater security; ieecre numbers of frames continue to be brought in eve the country villages, on the same account. On Saturday night seven frames were broken at Ruck hail Torkard; and the iron works of two of them -.we rallied clean away. The sane evening one tare frame was broken in Poinfret-steeet, and one f the same kind in Earl-street, in Nottingham ; and on Sunday morning, at six o'clock, too other fare Lames were broken in Old-street ; and when •!e depredators had done their work, they fired rOf four pistols or muskets, in open defiance of !le civil power. These four frames belouged tee a person, who, we enderstaml, Ills been in the rawles practice of paying his well:men partly ie goods, and had thn.s recited indignation. On Snerlay night two frames were broken at Old Rad ferd ; and on 11Ionday night thirteen more at the ba - ne place. And, we understand, that five have be n itruken at Arnold during the course of the Obtregeous as this practice is, it falls far tt'es , rioral turpitude to that of setting firo to ereciehr, which, from its exposed situation, is im be protected. A stack containing evenly tote: of valuable hay, was, we understand, ten to at Mansfield on Sunday evening; the Ilene of which drew a part of a congregation from • Nlethol:st chapel in that place, during Divine Sr-eire. A.d on Wednesday evening a large weed hovel, containing a quantity of straw, the pro psee et Mrs. Daykin, of Bagthorpe, was set tire to a , 13;1 ice d, the whole of which was consumed. We -anent record these circumstances without feeling sh- utmost horror and invrgnation dreading the oeisequenccs which may ensue ftom men being in bred to such crimes. Much eight be said here eeiut the cause, but we forbear ; though we cannot h• ";: iteadiug a return of the days of Richard ll. fiame-breakiug at Basford on Friday night ;endured results which have created considerable se:sation. An elderly woman, the wife of a person 4. ! I held seven of these frames, has sworn to several Per Salt%, as being concerned in the outrage (tee of whom are committed), on which account, such was indignation excited again s t h e r ti 11101 1 .4 some of the socking-makers of Basford, that it was judged c‘peient to remove the family with their furniture, c.,orted by the militate, to Nottitighnm, as a place ci refuee, lest they should fall a sacrifice to the veil goaece of the fluters. %It Italian journal of dm 611, or Nov. announces, no timber for ship Imil(lioz, nor any masts, 1 , rafter be permitted to be exported from 1., 1. Ai! from Otranto, of the Colt of Nocem- F I. !•;.ucs, that the French Athuiral I.EsiEtt.ut:s had s ,n rived at Corfu with Iwo convo)s, K Melt left i m the Ifitit of October. :ehrnt:•.: en:trent Of it Trappe was, on the " • s; suppressed by a 11 , cree of the Swiss T.: Cotat of Diroctors are making some impor arrangements for the benefit of intercourse between the Peninsula of India ;,' A‘ . .tirtlin4 to the last letters from Cadiz, the , Irsei t ,ing farce amounted to 16,000 men, I I . er ha% it a t any per i o d b een re d uced much b elow lit number. nod papers,. which arrived on Satyr -1., the ‘.:,! !.It. state, that large quantities of Bri ?:sh niancractures continued to be smuggled into the . :ritcries of the United States frees Canada. The `'cesium -honer o.E:•ers on all the frontier stations had doubled and trebled ; but, notwithstanding etr vigilance, the temptation and facilities were so tirat, that English goods still found admission.— , 'lime severe contests had taken place between the "kers and smugglers, which had not terminated xithout the loss of many lives. Precautionary mea. • ' r es had been adopted by Lieutenant-General Sir E • ;. Par.vorr, the Governor of Canada in the event with the United States. There was a :erable body of regular trocps in our North iilerican Provinces, besides a tolerable militia, l oig whom the best disposition prevailed. The N I - Importation Act, and other recent measures of United States Government, have had the effect i ncreasing the trade of our colonies in that quar and consequently removing slight discontents ' might formerly have prevailed. • .Jamaica -P a p er, o f t h e 25t h of Octo b er, conta i ns • tollowing article KINGSTON, Oc-r. 25.—William, Shaw, Esq. Wall on his trial at the Grand Court in Spanish . on Wednesday last, charged with assuming iself the character of a British Agent, through means a correspondence under false pretences, Pt up with Rigaud in St. Domingo. After a • investigation the ri'anner was found— i ttit STATEgiVAI. ALARMIIVG XTATE of the METROPOLIS• TO TILE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. RYDER. Six,—The gloom and horror which for some time past has had possession of the public mind, has been considerably alleviated by the noticeyou have given in the House of Commons respecting the Police ; but it is most ardently hoped, and anxiously expected, that Parliament will not stop at half-measures, but will adopt such plans as will secure the peace and safety of the community. Many improvements may ce►tainly be effected in regard to watching ; but the grand and primary cause of the deluge of crime which has inundated the country, and thrown out such hordes of thieves, robbers, and murderers, upon society, is to be found in our system of Police, and the manner in which it is conducted. Until that sys tem is overturned, and a rational preventive system is introducetl, it will be in vain to look for peace or security. What man of common sense can hear,: without the highest indignation, that Police Magis trates connive at and encourage those nightly assem blies of villains, in every quarter of the town, who meet for the sole and express purpose of concerting and maturing plans of depredation !!!—Can this be called Police ?—Again, do the runners er thief-tekers exert themselves to prevent crime ? quite the contrary ; their plan is to encourage it, in order that they may receive the reward for detection ; nor. will this ever happen, if the thief can bribe higher than the reward ; these are disgraceful facts welt known, and has long been a reproach to the country. What dreadful crimes would have been prevented, and how many useful lives would hive been spared for the benefit of society, had a different s) stem been pureed ! Only last week, at the house of a Mrs. Mann N, on the knowledge of an intended robbery, the Police Officers patiently waited night Rfter night till two pcor w retches had committed a crime, which would forfeit 'heir Ryes, nay more, as murder would perhaps bring a larger reward than robbery, they waited till the shrieks of the servant maid induced them to think that the wretches were adding murder to robbery; nor did they enter till a s.;jicient time was allowed for the horrid deed to be committed ! !—ls this Police ?—Oh detestable.— Four plain and simple measures ought instantly to be taken : Ist, Arrest and imprison in solitary confinement as long as the law allows, every known or reputed thz,:i and receiver. 2d, Abolish, root and branch, those academies for vice, called thieves' houses. 3d, Discharge the present Police Officers, those dealers in blood and crime, who will never do their duty, without being bribed to it, and engage others at proper, but not enormous salary, who will, at all times, be ready to do their duty without a bribe. 4:1., Appoint in every office new Magistrates, men of common sense, who have not been habituated to the slang and misconduct of a most erroneous, ab surd, and condemnable system, which has too long been a disgrace to the country. With these four simple regulations, and that sharp attention which is necessary in every business, any man of common sense may be an efficient Police Magistrate, without submitting his judgment to the intricate{ dictates of a thief-taker, and the commu nity kept in tolerable safety till a new and adequate system of Police is fully matured and carried into ef fect. A CITIZEN. It is rumoured that the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER and Mr. RYDER do not agree in opinion as to the propriety of enforcing payment of the Income 'L'ax from military men. The Irish Militia Officers in this country claim exemption, on the ground that they were not liable to it in Ireland, while those of the English Militia in that country have it deducted from the issues of their pay here. The CHANCEL LOR of the Excimuuxit is of opinion, that the Offi cers should be relieved from this onerous burthen al together, in which Mr. RYDER, it is said, does not concur. The Lords of the Admiralty have caused an in quiry to.be made at Portsmouth ,respecting the Su perannuated Warrant-Officers, and those belonging to ships which are building, with a view, it is sup posed, of dispossessing such of any situations they might hold on board the Prison-Ships; it being in compatible with the Regulations of the service, for for them to receive the emoluments of two employ ments. No less than forty foreigners were on Friday last apprehended at the east end of the town, who have hitherto evaded the Alien regulations. A constant reader recommends the introduction of a Bill, inflicting six months imprisonment on every patrols or watchman convicted of grossly neglecting their duty. A circular has been transmitted to the paymasters of cavalry .regiments, acquainting them, that in con sequence of the present enhanced price of corn, the ration of oats is to be reduced from 12 to 101 b. per day for each horse, and the ration of hay to be in creased from 8 to 14.1 b.—the rations of forage for horses in quarters remain unaltered. It is not the intention of the Corporation of Lon don to apply to Parliament to interfere In any nnir arrangement for managing the Police of the City ; but they have it in coutemplatitin to establish a most effectual remedy against the frequency of robbery and murders In every District and Ward over which they preside. The plan is in forwardness, and will be submitted to a Court of Common Council in this week. The Magistrates for the Comity of Middlesex as semble this day in Session at Hicks's Hall, - when it is expected, the recent dreadful outrages that 'ban taken place, and the pram( aide qf the Pace, will be maturely considered. Miss Dumcim is said to be in treaty for an engage ment with the Manager of Covent Garden Theatre. NAVAL INTE L LICENCE. —re.- PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 12 Arrived his Majesty's ships Nonpariel and Thrasher from a cruise. Sailed his Majesty's ship Alert, with a few vessels under convey. • PLYMOUTH, Tax. H. Arrived the Samuel and Sarah transport, Cap tain Somes, from Mahon, which place she left tin' 24th of November last, with 24 sail, under convo y of the 71paze frigate, and touched at Gibraltar which place she left 3d ultimo—this vessel ha brought 143 French prisoners; also the American Oil Liberty, James Snow, Master, from Georgia, witl timber for the yard; the Prosper, Jones, from M • gadore, bound to London ; the Speculator, Dovey, from Gibraltar, bound to Guernsey. Sailed the Tonnant, of 80 guns, for Basque Roads. she has on board bullocks for the fleet; the Helicon brig of war to the Westward; also the Favourite sloop of war, on a cruise. Arrived the Stork sloop of war.' The Edinburgh, of 74 guns, from Portsmouth ; and the Malta, of 80 guns, from Cawsand Bay, passed down Channel en Thursday evening, for the purpose of proceeding to the Mediterranean. Arrived the John and Sisters, Tilford; and Bet• sey, Melvin, from Sunderland. Sailed the Dottrel! brig of war, for Lisbon ; and Armide frigate on a cruize. Tile Loire frigate is expected to sail this evening with convoy for Portsmouth. DEAL, JAN. 12. Sailed this morning the Royer sloop of war, Viper and Nymph cutters, with a convoy for Portsmouth. Came down from the River the Royal George, East Indiaman, for Madras and China, and sailed to the west. Also his Majesty's ships Bedford and Egmont, and remain. FALMOUTH, JAN. 10. A large fleet of outward.bound passed this port yesterday evening, supposed to be the Portugal, Me aterranean, and West India convoys. YARMOUTH, JAN.I2. Sailed on a cruise the Banterer and Hearty gun brigs.- Arrived the Erebus sloop of war, and has landed a cargo of butter which she took at sea. Remain in the Roads the Sulebay, Vice-Admiral Murray; Erebus and Chanticleer. Tie Adventure, Jackson, from Liverpool to St Kitts, was taken on the 21st of November, by the two French frigates lately arrived at Brest from Batavia. The Vengeur and Nimble are taken out of dock at Portsmouth. The Impregnable is ordered to be fitted for commission ; the Excellent is ordered to be repaired for commission ; the ships in (lock are, Plantagenet, Vigo, Excellent, Superb, Junon, Po mono, Wanderer, and Comet. The Audacious and Monarch have been paid off at Chatham, and their crews turned over to the Prince of Wales and La Hogue. 'The 7'cpaze, Captain Edward Harvey, received prattiquc on Saturday morning at Portsmouth. She left Malta on the Ist of November, when the Achille, Fredcrickstein, and L'Espoir, were lying there; aild Gibraltar on the 3d ult. the Szoftsnre, turrinia, Sparrowharrk, and Termagant, were in tile ?dole. The convoy she sailed with were much dispersed on the passage from Gibraltar, and but few of them ar rived with her. The Fawn, of 18 guns, the Hon. Captain Crofton, sailed on Saturday from Portsmouth, to cruize off the Isle of Bas. The Armula,7l, Capt. A. MACKENZIE, is fitting at Portsmouth for foreign service, it is supposed for the Mediterranean.—The Aboukir, 74, Capt. G. Parker, is ordered to cruize off the Isle of Has.— The Furieuse, Capt. MOUNSEY ) takes a convoy to the Mediterranean; and the Zenobia, Capt. M'Kenzie, to Lisbon. THE MARKETS. CORV-EXCAINCE, JAN. 13.—T0-day there are considerable arrivals of Wheat coastwise, together with about 44),r) quarters of foreign • the general sales in this trade are named at a reduc tion of Ys . and 9s. per quarter.—Barley rather lower.—Malt and White Peas .rarely at last prices.—Beans, of the two kind, at little variation.—The remaining supplies of Oats are consi derable, and sales of this article are quoted lower, excepting line samples.—Flour rather gives way in price. Wheat 64 78 96 I Tick do. Fine ditto ll4 118 Do. (Fine Old) .. bo 53 Rye Barley 4O 52 Pohutd do. Malt 76 84 , Potatoe do. ... ... 40 41 White Peas (boilers) 76 94 Rape Seed Grey do. Beans SMITHFIELD MARKET.—Jart. 13. To slot the Offal, per moue of Hlt4. Beef ....ss. 01. to 6s. Od. Head of Cattle this dal Manna —54. 2d. to 6s. 2d. Reasts Veal ....7s. Od. to Rs. OA. Sheep Pork ....6s. 4d. to 7s. 44. Calves Lamb •. • .os. 041. to Os. Od. Pigs HAY-MARKET. Hay Straw Clover It is mentioned that a convoy, consisting of the ships which had put into Corlsham and Mat% ick, loassed through the Sound on the 27th ult. under the protection of the Pyramus. We have now the agreeable intelligence, that these ships, with the Pyra mus, about 20 in number, base arrived oft the eastern coast. It is a notorious fact, that the Bank Tokens are melted down In the country, and re-coined into Tokens (bearing some other ir:pression) of the same nominal value, though of inferior weight, by which considerable profits are derived to individuals. This appears to be a most serious evil, and merits the considera tion of Government. A few days since Mr. Pesket, surgeon, was stopped near Rumbald's bottom, by a man armed with a bludgeon; but through the mettle of his horse he escaped with the loss only of his coat-hap, and a bottle of physic. - Thursday a Court-Martial was assembled on board the Prince of Waits, in Sheerness harbour, for the trial of Mr. Cornelius Downie, carpenter of Gls Majesty's bark Levrret. for disobe dience of orders, drunkenness, and negleet of duty. The Coart were of opinion, that the charges against the prisoner were in part proved, and adjudged him to be dismissed from his situation as carpenter of the Lmerst. A recruit of the .s!'th Regiment was found hanging on a tree, in Somer's Dale, a wood contiguous to Coichester barracks, on Saturday se'nnlght . A dread - of irtnishment, it is supposed, urged him to the commission of the rash act. LANCASTERIAN MEETING. At a numerous and very respectable general meet:. ing of the Inhabitants, Ladies, and Gentlemen of High Wycombe and its vicinity, held in the Town Hall, on the 4th'of January, 1812, for the purposa of establishing a Royal Lancasterian School. Sir Tiimam BARING, Bart. M P. Presided. Lord Viscount M AVON being unanimously re; quested to take the Chair, in a very able manfur tated the object of the meeting, in a speech of con• ,iderable length, .the sound arguments, iMprestive 2loquence, and liberable principles of which ilia .vhole company testified, by the liveliest and warmest approbation; and of which the following is the sub stance LADIES and GENTLEMEN,--Tt is unnecessary for ne o enlarge on the general principles and great advena ' tsges of education. In earlier periods of the hiss tory of our own country, reading and writing were confined almost exclusively to the Clergy ; when au Act was passed by the Legislature, and wi ich still exists, known by the name of " Benefit of Clergy." You will also recollect, that when the art of print ing was discovered, and the knowledge of letters began to increase in so extraordinary a degree, teen it was that mankind began to emeige from a state of barbarism—that learning and literature re%ived—that arts and sciences, strengthened wills each ether's atvenstth, and grew with each other's arossth. It cannot be admitted that reading and wrlties are i. 7.. furious to the lower classes; it is only necessar ) to state the objection in order to refute it : a propesi tion so absurd, so preposterous, and so cruel, C1:1•• not be allowed. Thole who advan e the ~ entiment, that mankind should continue ill a state of igoorance, have secret motives they de not publicly avow, a,.d certain private views they are unwilling to own. We know that in society there must be a gradation from the Prince to the Peasant. There will always be found persons enough to till up the mo.e laborious, t but not less honourable and useful, offiess of tee State; but is it nothing that the children s , the poor should rise in intellectiml attainments ; is i' s small et an in considerable advantage, that they should he able to communicate their opini,•ns, and state their feelings ? By instructing the poor, you will render them ;tot only happier and more esefel, but more morel nu tn. hers of society. Of all the various schemes which the ingenuity of man has hitherto invented, or de+ vised, for the purpose of commuticating the ‘alua.tle arts of reading and writing, there is none, of which the principles in general appear so plain, and which has uniformly been found so successful, as that of Joseph Lancaster. A needless dispute has arisen, whether he were the original inventor of th whole of this system or not ? This is a question naturally in-. teresting to the parties themselves and their atllle rents ; but with this we can have no concern. Tile essence of the question is, which is the system of education most adapted to the wants and wisltss of this place? Gentlemen, from all I hate heard, after the most deliberate, and, I may add, dispassionate inquiry, Dr. Bell's plan is more expensive and les. effieociests than that of Joseph Lancaster. I rest the question I I upon this single remark: Dr. Bell's system, to this ' particular district, is wholly inapplicable; amd this is an argument which no one can remove. Dr. Bell's method is founded upon preference and separation : I mean l the peculiar tenets of the Church or Eng land must be taught :—hut in that practised It) Jo seph Lancaster, no peculiar sentiments, distinct from one another, are inculcated ; h.rt all are t•lnglit from that sacred source, which ail Christine , ackitoe ledge as the foundation of their religion, the 110 l Scrip. 1 tures ; together with Dr. Watts's Hyross far C7;il - are tile only box Ls ad:oiled let ; the school. Do you not feel, that Di. Bell's s) ', m would have the practical effect of excluding the ci.;l - drett of the Di , senters, who form so large a propor. ' tion of this district; but that of Jos. pi: Lancaster must be beneficial to all religious denominations. I was educated in the love of the principles of religious liberty, and in the love of those principles I shall die. [A burst of general applause.] Can, the Su. preme Being, will not judge us by what catechisms we learnt, or what churches we attended, in our youth. I conceive that all religious roads tend to the same point : all of you pursue your journey (or at least you think you do, which is the same thing for my argument) for your personal satiation. The system of Dr. Bell cannot, and ought not, to be in troduced int o this district, as it would be usere•s, in as much as it would exclude many of the children of this town and neighbourhood. Joseph Lancaster has a merit which no man can dispute with him ; he has been the first to carry it into execution in this country ; and, with scatty means, he persevered in his laudable, patriotic, and useful endeavours. He has made jouruies, and has , the satisfaction, which, to a heart like his, must be I so gratifying, of seeing his system diffusing' the bless. ings of education. It is because he is now in Dub lin, that he is not present on this occasion. When his discovery was known, it was promoted as it de seered. It has the patronage of our Sovereign : need I repeat his memorable words to Joseph Len caster, " that it was his desire every poor child in his dominions should be taught to read the Bible ;" and shall we not carry into execution the pious Bed benevolent desire of our August Sofereic ? You will find, also, among the promoters of this import ant cause, names distinguished for piety, virtue, and talents. Can it be supposed that his Majesty, whose strong, sincere, and zealous attachment to the reli gion, as by law established,:s so Kell known, would patronize (as he nobly meld justly did) a scheme, the tendency of which would overthrow the religion so established ; would those great atel noble personages countenance a system, calculated to sap and under mine the Established Church ? No danger whatever can exist from adopting the plan now proposed. Gentlemen, the particular advantages of this aye. tem I take to be these: first, its great economy of money ; and this you will feel to be no inconsider able advantageat such a- time as the present : when burdens are NOV every class of the commit/say.— With the same fends you will be able to produce s . . greater benefit, It has beep found thatchildren can be educated at the annual ism of three shillings ; I mean tbree shillings and no Shore, to educate one child for one year; which,sto this day (that is, Up to the time of discovering this plan), is an aaexamptact :loos 4fri • iirt .. . 6 i • i 1 , . '1 ..: . • i , . ... :, • 1 ....„ , c '.f 2 • i . 4. *'.. 1 . , fil 1 ‘1 I, I • ) ‘,. 'i'l i 1 1 , , i 1 • . I‘. . ill i 1 .. i ;) i I .1 a 1 I ' '...' 1 I 1 1 4 l' .1 3 0 4