The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-05-11 00:00:00

~~ . • • ___ • To tax EDITOR OF ras STATESMAN. --......_ Bristol May 2. Sin, I cannot bet applaud the remarks made in one of your late paws, upon the " Cenotaph Com.l mitlee;" and I rejoice thst, at least, some pub. lic abases are likely to be prevented by the uniform ipi►it in which you expose them. It may not be un. interesting to you to know, that circulars have been received by every Minister in this neighbourhood, awl, for aught I knuw►, in the city, signed by a per son, who styles himself ' 6 Honorary Secretary" to a Committee, with the exception of Sir 11. 'forms, of obscute individuals, soliciting the exertions of the Clergy to obtain subscriptions from their parishioners; without stating the amount of those which have been received, or in what particular manner they are to be applied ! Precut est fa credere possis: CIVIL LIST asp ROYAL 4LLOWANCES. Ma. Forroa—,The Courier of Friday informs us that " In reply to an argument of Lord Holland. the Earl of Liverpool stated that the resources of the Crown were less than during any preceding reign since the Revolution.—lnstead of possessing an im- ' provable revenue, as was the ease with King Willi am and Queen Anne, George I. and George IL a max imum of revenue was established"—and his Lordship is represented as asyink;- that Parliament never fined a maximum for the Civil List till the present reign. In the first place, neither of the propositions contained in the above remark, even if true, would be an an swer to L or d Holland, who maintained that the Civil List, together with all the aids and exoneration, of it, in favour of branches of the Royal Family, or appropriated to the payment of Royal debts, or to purposes of splendour connected with th. Crown, *mounted to more than a million per annum, and far exceeded double the sum contemplated by Parliament «hen the Civil List was 'settled at the accession of the present King.—But moreover, both propositions are false—the Civil List originally settled on George exceeded the annual sums derived from the funds granted for the Civil List in King William's, in Queen Anne's, in George the First's. and in George the Second's time. Neither is it true that no maxi mum was fixed by Parliament in any of these reigns. lord Liverpool or the Courier must read Acts of Parliament differently from other persons, if they can construe the 14th clause of the ninth and tenth of William 111. c. 23, into any thing but a maximum on the Civil List revenues granted by Parliament. 'that clause, after reciting in its preamble, that his intended that the yearly sum of seven butt dred thousand pounds shall be supplied to his Ma. jesty for the service of the Royal Household and Fa. *lily, from the hereditary revenues (which it enume rates), proceeds to enact, that if those hereditary re venue', or every or any of them shall produce in clear money more than 700,0001., that then the over plus of such produce (being more than the yearly sum of 700,0001.) shall not be issued, disposed, made use of, or applied without the authority of Parliament— and all grants still dispositions whatsoever hereafter to be made of such overplus, or of say part thereof, from time to time, without the authority of roma. meat, shell be utterly void awl of noise effect—and the grantees, or other persons to whom such grants or dispositions, or any of them, shall be made of such overlaps, or any part thereof, shall he adjudged in capable in law to take, hol,l, keep, detain, or enjoy the same, any law, custom, or usage to the contrary notwithstanding." _ _ The intelligence from Sweden discloses a painful view of the Mote of commercial credit there. The following is a n extract of a letter of the 17th oft. from Stockholm :—" It will be recollected that in October last the Directors of the Discount Bank at Malntoe were arrested, in consequence of their fraudulent management of its affairs. The examina tion of the accounts has been brought to a close, and it appears that the National Bunk is a loser to the amount of 720,000 Bank dollars. The Fiscal of the liigh Court of Justice has demanded that the Com mercial Counsellors, NORnLINDUand Bioatimaxa, stall be adjudged infamous, and sentenced to stand two hours in the pillory, and after wards to be sent to hard labour upon the fortifications for a certain number of years. The punishment of the merchant FALKMANN will be mitigated, as he RePMS to have trsusgressed, not sn much from design as from a criminal negligence and concealment • but all the three will be sentenced to make go od the deficit with their property, in far as it goes. With respect . to the discounters, STAHL and KOCK, the Fiscal has also moved that they be sentenced to loss of honour, imprisonment, and sequestration of their property, for the purpose of indemnification. The Marine establishment of Norway has been fitted at one Ad miral, one Commodore, three Captain Commandants, 12 Captain Lieutenants, and 24 First and 24 Second Lieutenants." Admiral BRIoN is sail to have been arrested by BOLIVAR. and sent to Angostura for trial. This ac count is given by the agent of BRION, now in Lon don, who has it nor'* his own hand, by letters really received by the last arrivals. SOUTHWARK ELECTION.—We understand Sir llouatur Wir.som is indefatigable in his canvass, from nine in the morning till nine at night ; he is received in the most flatteriog manner by the Electors, and the canvass is of se satisfactory a nature as to leave nu doubt of his success. An elopement of a most digrseefol nature has taken place within these few days. The Lady is the wife of a Dignitary of the Church, and allied to Noble and distinguished Families. Sbe has aban doned her homt• and a family of seven children, and has gone off •ith a youth, a young Nobleman, only about seventeen or eighteen years of age, whom, of comm., she must have seduced. It was supposed that. the s nung Nobleman was about to pay his ad dresses to one of her daughters. We have not learnt that the place of her retreat has been ascertained. A DEAR Ktss.--VVilliam Andrews nes last week fined Ws. by T. B. COOPER and W. HUDSON, Esqrs. Nl4iiigrates of Pershore, in Scotland, for rudely I.l.qiog in the street a servant maid in the middle of Vi 4 1 3 v. Feiday a detachment of the 21st Regiment nF toot ntarchrd into Ipswich from Yarmouth, on roete for Portsmouth, where they will embark f6l The PRESIDENT then rose, and begged to propose the health of a Nobleman, one who dignified hi. ti. tie more than his title did him; of whom, he be. Hewed, he could not say too much: it sufficed to say, that he walked in the steps, and not only bresti.ed but acted up to the principles of Mr. Coke. He was empowered to say, that this Nobleman greatly re gretted that his spirits, from his severe domestic mis fortunes, would not permit his joining the party that day assembled, but that his beast would be with them. He proposed the A LAWYER. l Health of the Earl of Alherrrale. Mr. WATiON, of Slalingham, followed this toast, which was received and honoured as it merited, with a very neat and impressive speech, in which he took occasion to observe, that if the House of Parrs could produce half their number of such men as the Noble Earl, the country would never have been punished by the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, nor the minions of power been suffered to scoff and ridicule the miseries of the ruptured and the sick. Lord Burtir then returned thanks fur the honour done his father, and proposed The Yeomanry of Norfolk. Amongst numerous other toasts end sentiments given on this occasion, were the following : The cau,e for which Mournleu bled in the field, nod Sydney OD the sroffuld. 'llle AIM% —mid inns. it never be made an Engine of Dc.polistn. Lord Eiskiee, and the Trill hv Jury. The Bishop of Norwich—the Friend of Tolera • . The Liberty of Ike Preto—toe Palladian' of our Freedom. The Memory of that enlightened Statesman and Pats tot, C. J. Far. The independent Electors of Norwich. • Mr. Richard fluruev. all success in his Election. The Abolition of all Stnerures. e►cept sine, thst of Court Buffoon. so hills filled by the Right Hon. Geuige C g. The House of Gurney. Miss Coke, and the Ladies of Norfolk. General Ih'ulp , .lt. Lord Bury. 6z c. &c. The day was celebrated at Wells by a large party of Mr. Coke's friends in the western parts •f this county. Miss Betrerosr, of Cowent.arden Theatre, wil l commence an engagement for four nights at the Nor. wick Theatre, on the 18th instant. Thornton, whom our readers will recollect was tried for the murder of Mary Ashford, arrived on Saturday morning last, by the Union coach, in the neighbourhood of Coventry, on hit return home: but wishing to avoid public attention, took a circuitous route across the Park, to Spon-end, where he as. cended the vehicle in pursuit of his journey. Coate EXCHANGE, MAX 11. .-11 W Market was abundantly supplied with Wheat this morning ; reduction of 2s. to 4s. no all lle.criptiow.—Barley at a decline of 3', in 4, Bran trade heavy, nod 2.5. lower.--Oats Is. cheaper.-1u Peas and other articles no alteration. Wheat (Metal) .... 70 88 Prey Peas • .46 50 New.ditto Ditto (Foreign) .... 74 92 411 52 1 gye 46 48 'rick& Barley 94 54 (Oats New..... — Fine do. Malt 6O 76 Poland d 0..... 24 30 White Peas 44 49 I Feed do. .... 18 28 New ditto.... ....... Fine Flour. 75 80 Ditto Boilers 52 56 Seconds. SMITHFIELD MARKET, Mar 11. To sink the Oral, per stone of 81ns. deer ... 41. 04. to 55. 0.1. I Heed of Cattle this day : Hutton . 5.. Od. fn 6s Od. Beasts Veal .. b-. 44. to 6.. 61. Sheep sod Lambs Pork ... 5s 41. to 6s 64. Calves Lomb ._ .7a. 0.1. to 8' 04. Pies.... • l6O • . HAY-MARKET. -. : Hay MClover Straw ~r~~ THE STATEMAN; CELEBRATION OF 1118. COKE'S Bllt7'll-11417: - the anniversary of the birth-day of that distin guished patriot and friend to agriculture, Mr. Coke, was celebrated at the Swan Inn, liar!estrus, on Wednesday las►, by a very numerous and most re. spectable company of the friends of that Gentleman in the eastern part of the county; several Gentle. men from Norwich, Yarmouth, Diss, and &Dm, gladly availed themselves of the opportunity thus afforded then) of ebisicing their attachment to Mr. Coke and his principles. The greet room of the Swan was very elegantly decorated with evergreens, and the portrait of Mr. Coke, encircled with laurels, was placed at the upper end of the room. A most sumptuous dinner, comprising every delicacy of the season, with an abundant supply of that truly national viand—Me Roast Beef of Old England, was placed . upon the table at four o'clock, of which about eighty persons sat down to partake. RICHARD GURNEY, Esq. was called to the Chair, in which he was supported by Lord Viscount Bury and Edward Ilugsey, Esq. The Fressingfield Band of diktat:li performers kindly lent their assi.tance, and greatly added to the harmony if not the conviviality of the day. Upon the tables being cleared, the President gave— The King and Constitution, The Prince krgeot, mid 1114 y he never forget hie &darn ration. that " the Crown nes held in trust fur toe benefit of the People." The Queen and the Royal Family, All of which were drank with appropriate cheering'. The Worthy PRESIDENT then rose, and briefly noticed the object for which so numerous and re apectable•a company had that day met—to celebrate the natal day of that beloved and revered character, Mr. Coke, and expatiated upon the numberless be nefits he had done to the country at large, and more particularly to that county, of which he was so faith. ful a Representative, by the exertions he had made it the business of his life to bestow upon that moat im. portant of all sciences—the science of agriculture; benefits so notorious, and, he trusted, so generally appreciated, as to render it unnecessary for him to bring them to the view of so many intelligent agri culturalists whom l►e had the gratification of seeing there assembled ; and calling to their mind the pa triotism of this illustrious character—the decided enemy of corruption in all its various forms—the staunch and steady friend and supporter of liberty, and those principles which laid the foundation of the glorious Revolution that placed the Liouse of Bruns wick on the Throne of these kingdoms. In conclu sion, he begged leave to propose " the Health of Mr. Coke, with malty happy returns of that day," with three times three. The speech of the Woolly Chairman was received with repeated acclamations, and the toast drank with the utmost enthusiasm. THE 141.0011 The heavy rain, on Friday night, has done Con siderable damage at Bull's Pond, from the vest inundation it has produced at that pt ice. Kingaland. green is also under water. At Ilarkpey, the flood has not been known so high for many years ; many of the cellars and kitchens are nearly filled. Tile water had so completely overflowed the road in se. serail places at Tottenham, that carts were employed at id. per head, to carry people over ; and the coaches in passing through it merely escaped the water pour. ing in at their doors. At Edmonton, tow, it was truly alarming; and the rapidity end force of the current was so great as to carry an immense piece of stone from the bridge at this place to a considerable distance. At Waltham Abbey the roads were im passable; the fields in the neighbourhood also com pletely deluged ; and a man on horseback attempting in make his way through the flood escaped nith the greatest difficulty. A small orchard at Waltham Ahheyoituate in a descent, the trees mere nearly 10 feet under water. From the heavy rain which commenced on Friday evening about six o'clock, and continued pouring in torrents of water incessantly till four o'clock on Si.. turday morning, occasioned such a complete and irre sistible deluge as to defy any thing like an accurate deac , iption. It was like the overflowing of some mighty river, descending down the hill from the Pen tonville-road in all directions towards Battle-bridge and its neighbourhood, with an overwhelming force, •weeping every thing al eg with it in the general current, and causing the destruction of all sorts of property within its reach. The watchmen at length became somewhat alarmed for their own safety from the rapid head the water was making; and anxious to inform the inhabitants of the impending danger with which their dwellings were threatened, endea voured, at the hazard of their lives, at three o'clock in the morning, to give timely notice. It, howeser, had not the desired effect ; and it is impossible, in detail, to give an accurate account -of the great damage it has occasioned, or where to commence with the truly devaatful picture which it presented at noon on Saturday. At the bottom of Skinner's street, Somers - town, leading to Church-row, Pancras, there is a large space aground, intended for the erection of a new street, and which is partly commenced, and the workmen employed in the building of houses. The water that lodged here at one period was upwards of seven feet deep; it appeared like a small river. The destruction here is truly lamentable. The above piece of ground was also used for making bricks, and upwards of 200,000 are now unfortunately under water. The remains of a aa w.pit are just seen shove the flood, I and the top of the shed where the brickmakers were employed. ltt Church-row, Pancras, the kitchens belonging to the houses were overflowed with four feet of water; every article also floating, and some persons who slept its them had scarcely time to escape with safety, the flood was so rapid in its attack. The cellar of the Wheat-sheaf, kept by Mr. Gardner, was so completely filled with water, that the barrel• of beer were floating against each other, some of his spirit casks staved, and a considerable quantity of wine damaged. Mr. Wallis, a baker, neat door to the above house, had not only his batch of bread de stroyed in his oven, but upwards of twelve sacks of flour. It is impossible, at this early period, to as. certain the extent of the damage it has occasioned, hut all the houses in the neighbourhood have suffered more or less. At Battle-bridge, the flood has also occsaioned great havoc : the cellar of the White Hart public house is full of water, the articles in a similar situ ation to those described in Mr. Gardner's. Several men are employed in dircharging it with buckets.— The road leading from the turnpike at the bottom of the road to Parker's-place, all along to Pearl. crescent, formed a dreadful picture of devastation. The rapidity of the current which filled the ditchol leading along this place was so great as to overflow the road, and render it totally impassable. Several carts were employed in taking people over at one penny per head. The gardens at thenigge-well, were also deluged with the great oveiflow. The whole neighbourhood, for upwards of a mile round, presents a most distressing scene ; the inhabitants being employed in haling out the water from their premises. The damage must be very great. The heavy and incessant rain that fell during the whole of Friday night overtinoded the whole of Mil ton Washway, so that on the whole of Saturday it had the appearance of a large lake; and the flood was so rapid as far as Kennington Oval, as to sweep every thing before it, sod the footway was danseroui to passengers of every description. Mr. "flakier, landlord of the White Horse, Britton Causeway, being out on business on Friday evening, bet not coming home that night, it was feared that something had happened to him. On Saturday the must dili gent enquiry was made after him to tio purpose ; but yesterday morning, at six o'clock, his body was found drowned close to the flood-gate by the water-works at Kennington Oval : the body had many severe bruises on it, supposed from being dashed ahout in the current ; he had his watch, a pound nate, and 54. in silver in his pockets; the body was removed to the Clayton Arms, Clayton.street, where it was recog. nized by his son, and where it now remains for the inspection of a Coroner's Jury. By a new arrangement between the Treasury and the Bank, the inconvenience and disappointment formerly experienced by the Public, is now re• rnedied, as most of the favourite and bespoke Nem. hers have already been delivered, and may now be obtained at the respective Lottery Offices.—The de• lay of Purchasers to secure their Tickets and Shares was much felt in the last Lottery, as many were obliged to pay ,E 2 for a Sisteenth, which they might have bought at 275., the present price: indeed, when it is considered that upwards of 800 Persons hod Shares of Capital Prizes in the last Lottery, and that the present contains More Capitals with 4,000 Tickets less than the last, it is not improbable the Price of Tickets and Shares may rise considerably. The Lottery begins 4th Just, when 20 Capitals will be draws la the first 20 Minutes. LAW I:VTRLs.IGEnE. cotrtT OF KING'S BENCH, MMA4 9. DOVER V 1 , 104%. This Was an action by a brdsh-soaker, regiding.id Round-court, Ist the Strand, egainst th 4 Defendant. a calico-printer, to recover the sore of f.l. dd. helot the amount of a bill delivered ftvr bruthOs used by the Defendant in hie trade, perimint td order. The dif- ference in digitate between the partieg Was about lg. and the trial of thin mothentods cause occu pied three hours of the valuable time of the Court.-- Witnesses were eailmintal bn both siikts. The Jury retirtil for about half an hoer, and round a Verdict fur the Plaintiff—Damages 11. ISt. 10d. COURT OF COMMON Mil' 9. LIGIITFOOT r. CREED. This wilt au action of considerable interest I. Stock. dealers. It was a case of assumplit, in which that Plaintiff sought to recover the sum of 451. which was alleged had been paid away to the Defendant!. use. The question had been tried at the Sittings in Lone (lon, after the last Ililary Term, when, un4sg the direction of Mr. Justice Dallas, the Jury fouhd a verdict for the Plaintiff, subject to a point of law.— In the couise of the present Term, Mr. Serjeant Bullock obtained a rule to shod cause why the Ver. diet should not be set aside upon certain points; namely, that the matter arose nut of a gambling tut nsant lion ; and nest, that the sum alleged td have been paid by the Plaintiff to the D.fen.!ant's use, had not been dom., eltheir directly, or impliedly, by the authority of the former. Against the rule, Mr. Serjeant Vatxuau new ex hibited cause, and briefly detailed the circumetancet of the case. The Plainaili, on the 234 of October last, called upon the Defendant, and requested to purchase from him 30001. three per cent. Canonic, at the market price of the day. The Defendant agreed. and the transfer was to take place nit the 30th of the month. The Defendant, it appeared, at the time, was actually possessed of stock to the amount in question, although it had been entered in the name of Messrs. Martin awl Co. his bankers. ft appeared further, however, that on the same day he had sold two other parcels of like stock to other individuals for the same amount, and had thus contracted en• gegpmontil for 60001. more thin was, bows fide, in his possession. The Learned Counsel (Ilullock)ar4 gued upon the fact, that it was a gaming and not a fair transaction. This objection, however, could not be maintained, inasmuch as it could not he tomer• tamed whether the sale made to the Plaintiff had been antecedent to, or had preceded, the other sale.----; The great objection, however, irate from another part of the case. From the notes of the original trial, it appeared that ou the 30th of October. the Plaintiff called upon Mr. Bailer, the broker of the Defendant, to have the stork duly transferred, in pursuance of the contract. The broker proceeded to effect this ; but it so happened, that on the eery day a considerable rise had taken place in the 3 per cent, Consols, and it was found upon investigation, that the sum transferred, as befote stated, was minus 451. The Plaintiff, to obviate this difficulty, paid the de. ficiency, and thus made up the net sum for which he contracted with the Defendant, relying upon the let ter to make good the sum ; the Defendant, however, did not yield compliance, and hence the present pro ceeding arose. Mr. Serjeant iidt.tocir argued strenuously that the Defendant had not given his authority, either directly or indirectly, to the Plaintiff to pay away the sum staled for his use. After considerable argument, the CouRT declared their opinion to be, that the consent of the Defend ant, either expressed or implied, should have been given as to the payment of money on this account, and that such admission not hating been made, • verdict of nonsuit must be entered.—Entered ac cordingly. mw , •nrinsr -•-••- -^`.• . - - • •0 1 ,s",-, PAGE V. BILLEN. The Court was occupied throughout a great part of Silurday, in hearing an action bropght by the Plaintiff, Mr. Page, a merchant, against the Defen dant Bitten, who was a Messenger of tha Commis tanners of Bankrupts, fora trespass, in forcibly en tering his house, and retaining possession, by virtue of* docket which had been struck against the Plain. tiff for an alleged act of bankruptcy. A considerable number of witnesses were cumin. ed, and a great deal of contradictory evidence took place. The object of the Plaintiff was to show, that he had committed no act of bankruptcy to justify the Messenger in taking possession ; and the witnesses for the Defendant attempted to prove, that the Plain tiff had wilfully absented himself from his house, for the purpose of delaying payment to his creditors, particularly on the I lth and 14th of March. Mr. .11:WICK PARK, in summing up the evidenceh to the Ju►y, observed, that though the cams had oc• copied considerable time, the question was a very simple one, when stripped of the greater part of the mass of evidence which encumbered it. The real object of instituting the present prosecution, was to try the question of bankruptcy ; and if the Jury were satisfied that a trespass had been committed, nominal damages were all that the Piaintiffcould seek. There were three points urged by the Defendant. The first was, that the plaintiff, on a certain day, being at home, ordered himself to be denied by a servant to a creditor, who called on him to make a legal claim. On this point, there was contrary ',ideate, the one party asserting that Page ordered himself to he de• hied, and the other the contrary. Now, toles, it was clearly shown that the denial of the servant was by Page's order, there could be no proof of bank ruptcy. The next point utged, was, that Page had absented himself from his holm, I. avoid an appoint. meet made with a creditor Heaved Efinbourg.— On this point the evidence wet Witty, that the ap. ',ointment was made for six o'cinak. in the main& of the 7th of March, and that Page remained at home until seven o'c:ock, and then went out, the creditor not calling until half-post Wert o'clock. If the Jury could satisfy themselves that the Plaintiff withdrew at any hour of the eoprile& for the purpose of avoiding his creditor, no matter what the time of appointment would be, it would be an act of bank ruptcy ; bet here there was no proof of Pole quilting his house to avoid his appointment ; on the contrary, he remained there for an hour after. Th• Jury withdrew, and after a short consultation, - .~ • • •