The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-04-28 00:00:00

i. • f'‘ • .~, . .:, .. i rioNtr-iz6.0 6 -.. -"." ""-- ----- . • • , • 'IIICE, , t 11: SMOCKS 7111,4 114 Y AT ONE. O'cl.ooK. Brink F4nek A 3 pm. font. Nagy 107 1 per reAr R0it,,;1 4 .1 Vir Intlia Ryas 98 p . !I prr Vent.Commal , 7901 t4# —, - Stock C005u1..1,4 Aee, fkli Long Arm. 5011 7 11 4 per Geld. 97, Eiteltecpper liiik 18 21 p 1 Tire STATESMAN. LONDON : TUVIDAY, APRIL 28, 1818. The ialarrectian at Ceylon, we learn with antis faction, was by tin means so formidable and stn.- joinery ea bad at first been imagined. By diapatches received from that Island, it appears that for some time past a spirit of dissatisfaction and disturbance bad partially manifested itself in the provinces of Wellasse and Ouva, within the Candysn territory, principally excited by a Malabar Chief, who had collected en armed force of about two hundred persons, and issued a Proclamation, stating his claims to the Kingdom of Candy. Mr. Wilson, the Resident at !W e lls, immediately proceeded .with a small military detachment to quell the in. ourrection, and came up with a considerable party. Having unfortunately separated himself, from the detachment under his orders, in the hope persuading the insurgents to disperse, and thus te prevent any effusioe of blood, he was attacked hnd killed on the spot. The servant who accom panied him died the nest day of the wounds which he received at the same time. The troops sent in pursuit of the revolters had been very successful in dispersing thim. Many of those who had originally joined, had submitted and returned to their duty, and there was every reason to hope that the Leader of the insurrection would soon be intercepted by some one of the military detachments who were ac tively iu pursuit of him. A circumstance of considerable importance et all times to the interests of the Public, deeply as these are always involved in the mode of returning Mem bers to Parliament, but particularly momentous at present, from the proximity of the period of Election, and the considerations which the too prevalent cause of the circumstance suggests, attended the result of one of thedinussions last night in the House of Commons. We allude to the commitment of Mr. Fratcussoa to Newgate, for his gross and corrupt interference in a bargain for votes in favour of Lord DouGLAs's Can didate, in the county of Lanark. The comtnit went took place on the Motion of Mr. WYNN, who also gave notice of his intention to move, on a future (lay, that FEnoussow be deprived of his situation of Surveyor of Tales. This is a most necessary and salutary example of justice ; for of all the attempts now too successfully practised to subvert the freedom of Election, and secure majorities of obedient crea tures to the Ministry, none are so dangerous and ini nical to the general interests, as the influence thus .eserted, by persons holding situations under Goveru ment, and a controul over the Public. It is perfectly well known by many Members in' the secrets of Administration, that the Message brought down to both Houses of Parliament for an ekt4itional grant to the Princes, was in compliance (as ..itta,t4d by Lord. ,CASTIAKEAuII) with the wish of an ddl:osttiors Perseturge; but that artful statesman (Lord has stilt t %xi , strings to his bow," and it is tints as firmly beli.sved that it is another stroke of his con• summate art to carry the election of his friends, and thereby secure in future his majorities to any ob noxious measures he may propo , e. It k said also, that he proposed the Meeting at 1.1. rd LI vutroot.'s, and also that his partizans were invited, and by hints, inuendos, and a little mantr avr.ng, they under stood what was meant, viz. that they should expose the Meeting, speak and vote against the grant, there. by securing popularity at the next General Election ; but it is sincerely to be wished that the Electors will be firm ia resisting men who have lent themselves to such an Administration, and ender whom the Con• stitution has received some of the severest shocks. The inequality of taxation is strikingly conspi cuous in the case of the Calico Printers, as stated in their Petition presented last night by Mr. l'ATow lot .n t:, the !loose of Commons. This large and important branch of the Cotton Manufacture is the only one which is subjected to an Excise Tax, the operation of which must eventoally be to drive our whited goods out of the market. Inequalities in taxation usually arise from circumstances exirtiog in early times, but which have since ceased to ope rate; and when such a case is fully made out, h be. comes the enlightened wisdom of modern Legislation to adopt means for distributing the burden more equally. In the case of the debated question of the Bill for regulating the labour of children in Cotton Factories, a majority of 91 to 26 appeared in favour of going into the Committee, as proposed by Sir It. PEEL. Paris Papers to the 25th inst. have come to hand. The Duke of WELLINGTON, Wag still hotding confe rences with the Dike no RICIICLEIT and the KING. The important communications from Government the Legislative Chambers of a financial and diplomatic nature, supposed to relate to the negociation on the pd vote claims, was expected to be made on Saturday lest. On the resumption of the Budget in the Chamber of Depatiev, M. DCPONT (de l'Eure) proposed a re doctiou of 331 ; 000 frooa below the 17 : 700 1 000 de• --- lorcielf '7"'" - 777rwr - - mended by the Minister of Finance. Ile particularly insisted on the propriety of suppressing the Under Secretaries of State, and complained vebemec.tly of the prodigious increase of the commis (clerks) in the different offices. M. DE CHU/TEI.IN took the same ground, and inveighed against w hat be called the en. bonpoint of the state.departments. M. Cnavoi atm justified all that had been attacked; and after some observations from M. BARANTE, on the same side, and a long detailed speech from the Minister of Finance, in defence of his plan„ the Budget was carried as far as concerned the Administration of Finance. The Customs and the expences of the War Deparment remain yet to be discussed. The Peers were engaged in discussing the question of personal arrest. The trial of the persons accused of the Murder of M. FUALDES was proceeding as usual. The whole of this case is of the most unprecedented nature. It is now hinted, with some appearance of probability, for mystery always gives rise to suspicion, that the horrid assassination of Fum.ncs was not merely an act of private vengeance or malignity, but that party spirit had a considerable share in its perpetration. — The confident conduct of the women implicated, the bandying of assertion, and the curious nature of the judicial proceedings, have given rise to con jectures that there is something to he concealed as well as disclosed in the causes of these transactions. Two more days have been spent in hearing witnesses. The evidence for the prosecution is finished : the Accost(' will nest produce such testimony as they can in their favour, after which the Advocates no both sides will he !Ward : so that the trial will continue two or there days more at least. The conduct and character of Mrs. Bancal appears blacker than ever, particular!) , with respect to her implication of individuals ap parently innocent. Madame Mattson also, it appears, in the last Sitting, preserved to an astonishing degree her presence of mind and promptitude of reply, and began to assume an air of gaiety in proportion as the mystery of the case was unravelled, whilst Rose Pierret is represented as having been scarcely able to breathe from trepidation. The points of defence set up on the part of Jausion were considered as availing very little. In the result. the Court adjourned the farther process to the following day. Crowds of people are flocking into Albi to witness these pro ceedings. The Count DE STAKELBOURG, formerly the Russian Minister at Vienna, was present on the '7th. He took Albi iu his route to Uareges. French Fonds 68f. A Dutch Mail and German Papers have also ar rived, from which we have made extracts.—Several of the Duke of WELLINGTON'S Aids.de-Camp had left Cambray for London, *hither the Duke of WEL LINGTON was expected to go before the end of the mouth. Many of the cantonments of the right wing of the Army of Occupation, which is composed of Liritish troops, had been changed for the relief of the country, and there had also been some exchanges of the Prassian troops in the centre. We see no reason for adopting the belief that the whole of the Army of Occupation will be withdrawn in Autumn, for the Southern Frontier of the Netherlands is not likely to be in a sufficient state of defence before that time, and they talk of the Duke of WELLINGTON inap•c:- ing the whole of the line after his visit to England. The accounts from Mexico and the Caraccas, re. calved by the way of Jamaica and St. Thomas's, re present the cause of the Patriots as far from being so desperate as the Spanish statements iii the Bryan. nab Papers attempted to persuade ea it was. 'rhe i fort of St. Cregorio, in wh i ch the remnant of M yr.t'sl followers took refuge, still stands obstinately out ;1 it has been twice unsuccessfully assaulted, and al ready 1500 of the Royalists have fallen before it.- 1 The intelligence in letters from the Main, brought by ithe L) us. Captain TODD, from St.Thoma"S, reaches to the (2,gth of February. It is to the following ef fect :—The Independent troops, to the ttumbPr of GOCO men, commanded by Bouvan, surrounded the city of Calahoso, where the Royalists are now with a force of from 4 to 5000 men. The Inde p endents have interrupted all communic a t ion with that cit y ) and the capital of Careers,. Both parties are pre !paring for a general and decisive action, its. result of 1 which will, most probably, be in favour of the Inde pendents. ..--, The following Treasury Notification has just been issued, relating to the bargain with the Subscribers to the new Stock Treagiry Chamber - F. April 48,1818. . _ Lord LIVERPOOL and the CHANCELLOR of the Ex • CHEQUER have, upon the application of sever') of the Subscribers for converting 3 per Cent. Annuities in to Annuities at the rate of 31 per cent. consented to place persons who have subscribed 20001. and less than 50,0001. 3 per Cent. Annuities, upon the same fooling as persons who have subscribed above Ithe latter sum, in regard to the period for making the transfer of S5l. per Cent. upon the sum subscribed. They have also consented to postpone the payment of the Instalment upon the Eschequerßills which may be subscribed, to be fended at the following periods, tiZ• :- 15 per Cent. on or before the 14 of Anglia. 1818. 19 per Cent. on or before the 9d of September* '2l) per Cent. on or before the MI; of October. lit per Cent. on or before the lath of November. lit per Cent. ou or before the 11th of December. to per Cent. on or before the 15th of Jamotry, 1819 t AIM the retra'uder on or before the 19th of Fehnutry, 1819. In case Mouey should he paid in lieu of Exchequer Bills, in discharge of any of those Instalments, one Iper cent. on such Money Pay me n t, and Interest at the rate of 21 per cent. per diem, from the Ist day of August to the day of payment, mast be paid ac t coiding to the terms of the former notice. THE STATESMA'I4 • • • ",74 .• NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 170--ASSiVed the Chrlato. pher, from the Downs for Jacek* ; the Barton, Snell, from Batavia; she sailed the 44th Oct.; left there the Experiment, Dacre, and Prince Regent, White, waiting to get a freight; also the Potteen, --, for England (was chartered). The Barton is for Rotterdam, put in here for orders.—Passed down Channel this day the Pkettis and Astell, for India. —The Barton spoke the Richmond, --, for Cal cutta, off the Western Islands, all well. FALMOUTH, Aram 15.—Arrived the Duke of Kent packet, wilt Mails, from Lisbon, in six days. —Sailed the Palmyra, Apollo, Union, Four Friends, Marianne, Eagle, Hope, and Alert, all for Loa. don ; also sailed several coasters. KINGSALI, APRIL 20.—Sailed the Theodosia, Sharpley, from Calcutta for Liverpool. CORK, APRIL 21.—Arrived the Sir George Os borne transport, with Government stores, to take troops to Quebec : she is last from Portsmouth. — Sailed the Minerva cutter on a cruise. Aram 22.—Sailed his Majesty's ships Falmouth and Pandora. DOVER, Aran. 27.—Passed a fleet of Spanish transports, with Russiau sailors on board, for St. Petersborgh. YARMOUTH, APRIL 27.—A pilot cutter has brought in a kg of mahogany, and entered it at our Admiralty Court; we do not see any mark on it. — .The North Pole expedition passed here yesterday. SHEERNESS, APRIL 27.—We bad last night a tremendous storm of thunder and lightning, but nv damage done. Lerru, APRIL 25.—The Julio Leopoldine, Blanch, which ship we some time ago advised as having been lost on the coast of Norway, arrived here this morn ing, having been three months on her passage from Wolgast, end experienced very boisterous weather, b eing obliged to put into Norway to repair. Yesterday evening. the PRINCE !WENT had a dress party at Carlten.house, at which were present the QueEN and most of the Royal Family, with a numerous assemblage of persons of distinction. Yesterday the Duke of Sussex visited the QUEEN and PaINCESSES. Yesterday the Prince of Hesse-How:um; visited the Duchess of CUMBERLAND, the Prince and Prin. cess of Scuumau KG. Lim, and the Duchess of %V Et.- LiNGTON. The LORD MAYOR called at Carlton•house yes terday, to pay his respects to the PRINCE REGENT. The Duke of KENT visited his sister, the Queei Dowager of WIHTEMBERG, before his last return t England : be had not seen her for 33 years. Her Majesty has much increased in size, and is grows very like her Boys% father. She resides at Louis burgh, a few miles from Stutgard. The Lotus CHANCELLOR, it was expected, would give judgment this day in the case of his Ward, Lady FRANCES VANE TEMPEST and Lord STEwART, The Court of Chancery was crowded yesterday ezpectation of the decision; hut his Lordship siv in the Ilouse of Lords to hear appeals.—The "%tics. CHANCELLOR sat for his Lordship in the Court, and 111114 occupied in hearing Bankrupt Petitions. Messrs. METHUEN, BENNET, and LONG WELLES. LEY, are actively canvassing Wiltshire: the latter seems insoived in a paper war. Sixteen Magistrat of the county have publicly called on Mr. WELLES , LEE to esplain whet he means by the words " nets rious quorum," used by him iu one of his electioi advertisements. We lately alluded to the patriotic exertions wbii the Friends of Freednm are making in behalf of M NC/11111110HE, to effect his return to Parliament f, the City of Exeter, at the ensuing General Election. It is v.itts great pleasure that we can announce thi the spirit of constitutional liberty is fest 'Wag that capital in lire West of England, where it has long slumbered ; and that, in spite of every effort corruption, with all its tools—in spite of all the Mistime of the Cathedral and Chapter---of the Co) poration, close r.s it is—of a sleepy, intimidated coot try Gentry—of Excise, Customs, Stamps, &c. the Freemen determined to support Mr. Non - rusor increase daily in number; end if a purse is only rai , adequate to the carrying the London voters to El ter, there is scarcely any doubt of the final trium , of the popular interest. It is, indeed, a melench' reflection, that the unconstitutional necessity of ct %eying from an immense distance, a large body oufronters, redoes.s the most populous Cities tot condition of Rotten Boroughs, porchaseable only the rich. By she oil constitutional Lewv, Elect! were to be resident, as well as the elected; but the matter now stands, though so easily remedi the Friend of his Country can only regard it a , part of the great chain of Corruption, which is rh ling itself upon the Right's and Liberties of Britos A strong Caricature of a celebrated Scotch Bai rister is in print, and shout to be circulated. In action of Meum and Taunt, the Learned Gentlemm having no materials agreeable to his own }awl work upon, endeavoured to supply the deficiency out of his own pericrunium, painting and describin the Plaintiff in the cause as Black as Black ; and order to gige effect to his sublime and beautiful torical powers, threw himself intoas many 'edict and pantomimicat attitudes as ever Grimaldi, clown, exhibited when playing Scarantouch, in , Juan, and which has given rise to the humorous laughable Caricature. When Barristers forget manners of Gentlemen, and have recourse to scurrility and personalities, they should recollect is an insult offered to the Court, and which ougt be.marked with severe reprehension. Fours or surely cast be determined in the Scotch Gouts Judicature without basing recourse to such dist ing ezpedients. The Plaintiff, in this cog., Englishman, which, in some measure, may ace( not only for the " Law's delay," but the rude personal abuse he has met with. The Caricature be accompanied with a full detail of the whole ceedings. On Saturday, about 12 o'clock, Lord and HARCOURT, Lord CLARE, and Lurd ROC/LSA, and about 30 other Ladies and Gentlemen, visit Newgate. They were conducted through the ferent wards by Sheriff ALDERSON and Mr. Bat. the keeper, accompanied . by that truly benevolen character, Mrs. Fey. They inspected the establishment, and minutely examined the prows and accommtdation which the Prisoners received, -- '"-10 -- . *...r...• . _ • . • • . , • , ,- .... SPORTING INTELLI6IIIPR(;E.- --rile.- ,;•..;, i I i ' • ^ 1 NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING I t"' MEETING, : MONDAY, Aram V 7... :, i! 1 • • :gilts eel Sweepstakes of 100 gs each, b. ft. for &yr bids and B. C. .allaraidao 4 . 1 Mr. Vever's Lady Byron 7.t. 9th. - . .• s.!• .. l' s•t els Lll l .ll4 : rrrr t .:d o BWit l :"") ; end g ht t l'haililliges Lod p:te:b:':6 ; l ll %Cdß.aud y m: r : o llsreee n iell .. ll.elai2l 7 Bls so .::2l 4 7lb6l6 : : :st . Bei rc v . il s Cle kka l k l es : oi,e:•-.1: MU. ton, ' } Wanderer. 7to Vasil Ciuorella. ais• t o a Mr.,l 86 S W I inile7 il i s h o' h o e 's "T C e.r a ir' :lt hi on C7f B l 7 44 t. 4ll 2 : lb 96 . ll b 3 e he n t. t .BB :l 3sll r y ! 't 6blurre6 .' . e a , * -,, ... 7lb. D. M. lai g s. h. Ifs. 7to 4 sio Carlon, Mr. Watsun's Fitz Orville, est. 614. heat Mr. Si : w h ew ~ Manfred, list. 71b. T. M. M. Shot s. 7t04 an Fits Orsill: - .j ACCOUNTS, 4c. RELATING To THE GOLD AND sfLvitle cow •C . no ISSUED FROM THE MINT. le An account of the Gold C, in issued from the Mkt in the course of the year 1817, distinguishing tag Sovereigns and Half Sovereigns, and OWN( ties _. aggregate 'Mount :—Sovereigns, 3,2'24,0251. ; H i d S' Sovereigns, 1,037,2951. ; total aggregate mow, 4,261,3201. An account of the Silver Coin issued frees the M Mint in the course of the year 1817, distingeigtog. " L r the Crowns, Half-Crowns, Shillings, and Sixpences, i t and stating the aggregate amount :—Crowns. a ., ,h ' Half-Crowns, 1,1 25 , 6301 . ; S h il lin g s, 2,453,ftac.. ' Sixpences, 657,163!.; total aggregate a r I 4,241,3581. . no f unse pu o r f su c a o o m ce m o n t i, a i n to A l i l l i d i r i an t. w i e i s i e i n g t h e t t e l ps h , r o t i h e e p l r ioc i Prince ~ 1 ' Regent, dated April 13, 1818, that he would be I ' I graciously pleased to give directions, that there be • laid before the House all 4rcoutit of the total mob", - 1 of Sovereigns and 11•11.S.Iveroigns issued by the Mint, t otherai'e than to the Bank of England; we beg leave to report, that no Sovereigns and Half.Soee. • . o a r eigns have been issued by tbe.ll4:: p t . o t t i h a e s t ie w r ise : t w iis: : - ' , 4. I : t to the Bank of England. anlf• .lAS. MORRISON. B J Vs). BARYON, (:.,s,pir. 'i W Nt. I) I r KsON, Ma e b Clk. N Mint-Offire, April 15,1818. 4 d An account of the total weekly amount of Bank. i • I mon< and Bank Post Bills in ci•c9lati•in from the 34 I. of March to the 70 of April, 1818, together withal) account of the total amount of Bank-notes sod Bank - Post Bills outstanding on the the 1 ith of April, at a. night; distinguishing the Bank Post Bills, the ot amount of notes under the value o f 51 . , and staling the aggregate amount of the whole. to Total weekly amount of Vank-sours and Fla•ik Post R I. is er diadems(' : n 1818. On 1051; of March... . . 5e11.1. , 4 11 17th ab-090 , • B. 211 a 31st Id 7th April .... .... . Total Amount uf Hank-notes and Bank Pool B i ll s °ti b ias ,' .; u, no the Ili ii of April. 11418, at 'light . . iT. Hank-nuts of Bank v... 1 Bin. 1, 24,5, I 451. an d upwards df20.0A6,771 ' in bank-notes, under 51. 7.501,1 I , tat :E. A gg re g ate Amount se -9,. 0.2 itt .--.....,-..... ad • WM. DAWES, Acct. usi. Rank of E.igten.!, April 11, Mi. . ES. ,er li us Loll A r.L.—Yrsterdly Mary Heart' , " WI tes ' M•njamits Gaudi l y:lr were brought to lit • (WO. ES- i chat vd with uttering a forged Bank of England to- I Note for 51. ,on IThe female Prisoner, it appeared, west on Suter. day to the shop of Mr. Guest, pawnbroker, in ich 1 Fleet-market; she purchase d two shirts for 11. and sir. tendered a 51. note in payment. Mr. Guest, net for 1 likit'g the appearance of the n ote, see' a shopean to on. ! a neighbour, who was considered a good judge, to hat ask his opinion.. In the absence of the shoves'', in Mrs. Heartless appeared very uneasy, and at kook .. so left the shop, saying she would fetch the man who tof itr.• sent her with the note. She did not, however, in- return, and Mr. Guest having ascertained that* ;or- note was a forgery, and knowing the residencoof Ion• the woman from her having more for than ten yen &c. been in the habit of frequenting his shop, be had by ORE I apprehended . Whets i n custody, she said A n iced I Goodyear had given her the note, end having de. ;xe scribed his residence, the Officer appreitendrol hill h mph I alio. Ile did not hesitate to acknowledge that In )oly ' had given the woman the note, bet said be hinelf , con- found it in the street, and would not lappet' , through yof fear of punishment for its detention. At his lode • I the ings a letter was found, from a _woman named yby Treacher, who is suffering transportation for utter' :tors ing forged notes, and on a mere minute inspectioasf t as the 51. note in question, the name 66 Treader" Wit lied, discovered written upon it. as a Mr. Lees, the Inspe c tor of Bank notes, *mat ivet- that the note now produced was a forgery. CMS. MASISTRATE (. 1 •J. SmaTts)--". And is o ar ghat* Bar- pie asseveration, Sir, sufficient proof of that f ast : " nen Mr. Lees—" The Judges have so decided—lkef men, are always satisfied with such esidence." cy to The MAGISTRATE said, he thought a more Whi' ency tory criterion might and ought to be tarnished to Oil bing Public, and added, that lie did sot think the lells . rid in found at Goodyear's house any very strong proof ota- a guilty conoection between the latter and Mn' • Prowl Treacher. 1 the Mr. Lees—" In nur minds it is a eery strong prod Don of such connection." 1 and The Prisoners were remanded. t the Mansion-aouse.—A boy. mot quite twelve years if WI name d Mordecai, was on Monday charged w i ts * tealiagart.' r low of cassimere. value 51., priva.ely in the ahoy o f Mr t% .1 1 ect it draper, in ili s h opsgate -street.—The Prisoner was evert to g i s t t o for trial. WORSIIIP-ITIMET.—A woman of mascu'itte appear lee "ii mine ea Monday charged wi t h t w atin g and eorntrilting var.rtoat its of ertieltN towards Elizabeth L e ith. a child *hoot li years d„,,li f ' * fhe Prosecution against t he Priso ner, who e Dame is Par"' use-C, w a s ins itilted by the Parish Officer: of Spitalfteld 4 . It allr i as • ta an ed by their statement, that the Pris steer souk the Out/ or al COu IA the workhouse, about three years aro, and she was aPlore. ll T; e an d t o o eres he t r il as ig aapserpevaarannt.c—e,Ththeotoihg•hldin, awdistireadisiruersibt.ritkeuthfi,emitoergreinr. . T will Uggillal , stated the various tuts of cruelly which the Pt isa% C pro. hod cc:omitted towards her. As one time she boo her 1 1 '1,, thick rope, at soother with a th ick c l ue. and a i II tar We i r . " 4 - evete ly, that her heol was cot open. Iler body bore to Lady violence of a very seri o u s kind —The Mact4ritArsa'll":a" Prisoner to ac count for the appearance of the chair?. bulb'. Ici LUGS, she 'aid that she child told tallest down repeutt - d1V., 1011 . # 4 visited hurt hurt herself. —The child showed her hand , w h i ch has a arretar it, d t i't la i t t e ga d " W nt freimgs of i nc li gua t it r h on td , thl o he r e i ti le r 7ed .—gemersi ti ke e 'l P Ms :i Al s iG oo l:wr e ei r ad i thirtr."Yll .l l: ivoleist fur h e rappeara , .ce at the Sessiohe, which not being paaa - ' w h a l e she was c ommitted. ---!.. vision --- -- --- --- Pl. L NllOl4 : Printed aod Ptitili.hed by D. Lovrbg, ._,.. ed. ITATcyIAs orrice, No. 1, Salisberrtourt, Int'SVII" -- m ~.; f ' 'i t. ~'°_ _.:-