The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-11-26 00:00:00

;. . ' { .. 1j 1 - / •, 4 IL' i • : r , I; 'r ~ I :~ , .t: . I It • 1 f 4 I t a i • Mat the Legislature had made the determinations of the. Commissioners final. if the Court wail to con-, Sider all the decisions of those Commissioners, they could never get through one tenth part of their bit. siness. Barons TnowrsoN,GIIMIAM, and Worm ; were of the same opinion. Application refused. ••••=•••••••••••=m!.."....... IRELAND. ARRESTED CATHOLIC DELEGATES. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DUBLIN, Nov. 20. D. E. TAAFE, ESQ. V. THE 1110111 t )1011. ISM. DOWNES, CIIIET JUSTICE, &C. &C. Lord NonsunY, at the sitting of Bib Court, - stated, that with respect to the judgment of the Court to be given in this case, there prevailed a dif ference of opinion among the Judges ; and, in order to procure, if possible, unanimity on a subject of such magnitude, it was deemed expedientto hear an other Counsel on each side. Mr. FOSTER wished to know whether the Court would give precedence in argument to the juuior or senior Counsel ? . Air. Justice Fox—We leave the management of that arrangement to your own judgment. It is said that on Tuesday next Mr. Burton will • argue the case on part of the Plaintiffs in demurrers and Mr. Radcliffe on part of the Defendant. Public opinion in the Hall states, that the opinion of Mr. Justice Fox and Mr. Justice Fletcher are in favour of the demurrer ; and Lord Norbury and Mr. Justice Mayne against it. . - . We are persuaded that whether junior or senior • Counsel shall be appointed to• argue this demurrer, they will not receivefrom the highly respectable cha racters, wise gee,parties iu the cause, such' a degrad ing insult tut mes this week live to , a Gentleman of thq,Bar, le the case of their High - Alightinesses, the " Police Magistratea v. John Magee," by said Police." 1 Magistrates. At will mite much ridicule and faughter among the forensic tribe in Westminster. Hall, when they shall have heard, that our Irish - relice Magistrates, ! consisting of six Learned Gentlemen, had, in the case alluded to, handsomely feed a Learned Friend ,for (to make use of the familiar Irishism) SATING 240THISIG. - MOWN, Nov. 21.—The session of the Catholic Prelates has just closed. Their proceedings have been profoundly secret. Many conjectures are afloat. The great petition for .relief—a Deputation to Parliament—a final judgment in favour of Dr. Milner against Dr. Pointer, and the other Patrons of Abbes Blanchard, Trevaux, &c.--a republica tion of scarce Catholic tracts—an Episcopal adop tion of the great Iliticasterian plan of education ' these, and many other interesting topics, are supposed ' to have fallen within theirgrave deliberations. How- ever, the result is to be communicated to the public to a printed form, by authority ; the publication will appear about the middle of next week. Eighteen Archbishops and Bishops attended : ten Bishops were absent, by reason of illness, business ) or the incle- • mency of the season. RECRUITING DEPARTMENT. (CIRCULAR.) Horse Guard!, Nov. 20. Mtmonx . eauss.—Officers commanding battalions and regimental and other depots, are referred to the General Order of the ‘2,4d November, 1808 ; and• are required to be particularly punctual in returning to the Inspecting Field Officers of the Recruiting Service, the return of Recruits pointed out in the above Order. They are likewise considered respon sible that the Final Approval Reports, which are prepared by the Paymaster, are regularly transmit ted, viz.— le, When a Recruit under the Genertti Regulation, joins after I having remained a month with the party, the Final Approval. Report is to be made up a- I.oon as the Recruit arrive, at his Battalion or the depot, and it is •n be immediately forwarded under cover to the Inspecting t lad Officer of the District from whence he joined. ed, In the caw of a Recruit bring sent to his Battalion, or the &pot, immediately after intermediate approval, as is the ease of Recruits raised in the London District, particularly the Final Approval It-port, must he forwarded at Ow cspiration of a month from th , . date of his intermediate approval. '9d, In the ease of Recruit; raised by parties; which are nor aathoritied w scud them direct to the head-vu.lmm of their Bat talion, or thiveginieu tat depot, there t.re Tecial instructions, and nothing hereto conlaiued is intended to apply to Recruits of OA description. The Inspecting Field Officers will note in the re gister of Recruits the day on which each recruit proceeded to the depOt or battalion; and in the event of their not receiving, in due time, the Return and Final App Ived Report above alluded t i n, they will report accordingly to the Adjutant-General, when orders will be given for the allowance, being issued, and for the amount being charged against tee pay of the Officer whose duty it was to have seen the Final Approval Report duly forwarded. Should any tardiness or neglect take place on the part of the Paymaster, the ()Neer commanding must report the circumstance, in order to exenerate him self from the responsibility, anti thal the Paymaster may be made aecctuntablefor the same. As the payment of. the allewmFes depends on the receipt of the.Fissel Approval, }report, and the suc cess of the Recruiting Service *Aaterially involved to prompt reureneretion beitkg, made to the, persons who exert themselves to procure Recruits, any delay which takes place in forwardiog..4a_tbor document consequently prove injuries* to the Recruiting Service, and persons geilts 9( IRO neglect will be maths strictly responsible.' By Command of his Itoyakiiilibaels Pie Pam wander-in-Chief, . . CAt.VtRT, Any.-Geu. Ford, the bruiser, took the benefit of Clergy on Monday last, by what is technically termed in the milling school, swishing, a sweep's daughter, the envy sof the Islington beauties. The bride looked enchant ing, In an elegant spangled mob cap, and a broad heed mode cloak. A few days ago, as Lady Coventry was descending the steps from her door in Piccadilly to the carriage, tier foot unfortunately slipped, and she received severe blow on the temple, which excited the melt 'miens apprehensions tor her safety. By the imme diate and skilful attention of two professional Gen-, tlemen who were passing at 'the Moitiett4 we are bany to learn the her Ladyship sustained ao mate vial injury beyond very Defers bruises. TM . STAT HISTORY of the ISE OPPOSITIWS.ON mid of tla EXC LA Were it not known, that snob is the depraved state of our Representation, as almost to preclude the possibility of amending the House of Commons at a Geueral Election, an opinion might be formed from the nature of the returns, that the country ap proved of war, and of its tax-engendering and de vastating consequences, which now aMict this unhap py land ; for, with the exception of Nottingham, Coventry, and Great Grimsby, scarcely an addi tional town has been found to reject the advocates of corruption, and supply their places with men who will study their country's good. A respectable Mi nority will, however, be formed ; and, to their la bours it is that the country has to look for its salva tion, if salvation is still within oar reach. A short history of the rise of the Minority in the House of Commons may be acceptable to oar Readers. The adage, " that good sometimes springs out of evil," was in this instance verified ; in the assump tion of authority by GEORGE 111., at the commence ment of his long and di'astrous reign, which laid the foundation of a. constitutional opposition in the two Houses of Parliament, —and that spirit for poli tical discussion which now exists in the. country, and which must save it, if its political death is not already pronounced. sgusting favourite, Lord BUTE (who was a ding* Teen to Scotland it- self, in the most degrading state of Scottish politics), assumed the authority., of dictating even to so vereignty itself, and found the tempest of public opinion bearing hard against him, when he, in 1762, compromised the-luterest'and glory of England, by making a peace with France, on highly disadvan tageous terms, for the purpose of having the honour of being a peace-maker. This attempt to engross! the nation's good-will by surprise, at the expense of ; its honour, aroused the indignation of the OREIT, not the late, Mr. PITT, and other eminent patriots; and in March, 1763, the Dukes of DEVONSHIRE, BOLTON, and PORTLAND; Marquis of ROCKINGHAM; Earls TEMPE*, CORMWALLIR, ALBEMARLE, AMI• lIAMGWICIEJL, f . and BESROROUGHI ; Lords SiSNLEIL, SONDES, GRANTHAM, and ViLuarei; Mr. I Pe7T, Mr. 3. GRENVILLE, and Sricatonoc SAVILLE, dined together with the Duke of Newcasme, at his house; and, along with many others, who joised them afterwards, formed a determination to oppose the favourile and his minions, at the risk of their lives and fortunes. Two divisions which had taken place on the oth and 10th of the preceding Decem ber, in the House of Commons, against giving up to the enemy the Havatinah, Martinique, Guade loupe, St. Lucia, Pondicherry, Gone, &c. gave rise to 'this union ; the Minorities consisting of 63 oach day, among whom were the immortal BECK. FORD and Sir Roamer Lseanolie, for the City of London; and, though they failed in their immediate object, they laid the foundation of au opposition that has often put corruption to the blush. Two objects, which the Favourite shortly after brought forward, gave these public-spirited men 'an opportunity of shewing their attachment to the li berties of their country ; the first was the corrupt manner in , which he negoctated a loan of 3,500,0001. for the service of the year 1783 ; and the other the extension of the Excise Laws, in laying a tax upon ci der and perry. These subjects were taken up by Mr. Wt Liu, la such a manner, as brought upon him.the vengeful hostilities of tho Court, which ended io his triumphs and the total abandonment of General War rants. The second subjedt leads us into a short his tory of the Excise Laws, so hateful and oppressive, which tiny be both. instructive and entertaining to many of . oar Readers. . • The Excise was a project sent from Italy to King JAMES, in the year 1618, as a phut that would com pletely supply his revenue,and support his scheme of arbitrary power. That modern Solomon was en raptured with the plan ; but his Privy Council pre vailed on him to drop it. CHARLES I. took it up in the year 1828 ; and, when he issued his Commission of Excise, he secretly engaged a number of foreign troops,• to enable him to carry it iuto execution. — Beth plans were alike hateful to Englishmen.— The 'first• being brought forward, the Parliament openly opposed it ; and voted, "'That all those who were friendly to the Excise were enemies to the State, and no true friends to England." The King was forced to give up the measure ; and the Parliament soon after Impeached the Duke of BUCKINGHAM for Excirbeg then.--Would to Gon we had such a. Par liament now ! But the Ministers have learnt the art of compelling the people to pay for enslaving them- selves ! After the troubles broke out into open hos tilities between CHARLES and the Parliament, the latter, in 1643, imposed a tax in the shape of Ex cise ; but the people were so uneasy ender it, that the Judges were instructed, in 1845, to pro mise them, when on their circuits, that the tax should be taken off as soon as the urgency of the times was over. Soon, after this, the Court of Wards and Liveries was abolished, and the Ex else was restrained to victuallers. Some attempts were made by CaosswEr.t to extend the Excise; •but even the sternness of his soul was obliged to give way to thee honest indignation of Englishmen: he ins compelled to relinquish the plan At the Amato *ration; in 1060,w time when Englishmen retrograded a century in peikties, is well as - in morality, and that ,patriotism was s9st in dissipation, it wagproposed to give the Crown,the Excise, restrained to vidualtero, • in lien , of the Coui of Ward, and Liveries, and Ktitght services. The King,. however, was deter mined to haft§ the old feudal Court restored, as well as Knights' services, and to seize on the Excise too, which he did, under certain. limitations. The temper of Englishmen, after thii .time, began to resume its native tone; and whatever attempts were made to extend the Excise Laws, duringa space of 103 years, I met.with a resistance which befitted Englishmen to make. Even the artful and corrupting Sir ROBERT WALPOLE was obliged to give up the scheme. But when GsoaGE 111. holed the reius of power, under ithe dictum of a Scotch parasite, the nature of Eng. 4 lishmen seemed t 6 be changed ; they then submitted Ito an extension of the Excise Laws, which has been the forertinnetkof a system of taxation, to which our lancestors would never have submitted w!dle a drop 1 . of blood hadirickled in their veins. It must, how ever, be remembered, that the Favourite hurried the ciderand perry bill through the legislature with an un unparalleled haste; insomuch that the country had not time te petition against it in its progress. The City of London, however,set an example worthy of themselves, for the Livery met in Guildhall, on the 22d of March, 1763, and unanimously voted Petitions against it to ; three branches of the Legislature, one of which wai presented to the Lords by Lord TEMPLE, on the se cond reading of the Bill. It was, however, passed by a majority of 83, including eleven proxies, to 49. And it is not a little remarkable, that this was the first Money Bill on which the Lords were ever known to divide. The discontent created in the country by an ex tension of the Excise Laws, gave fresh strength and importance to the newly regulated Opposition ; and thoogliold Bun tried, by every means which a Court favourite, with the nation's-purse in his hands, could make use of to divide them, he failed ; and he was obliged to retire from office to avoid th. , ir pa triotic reproaches, which he did on the Bth of April, 1763. As a specimen of what the country had to expect from the young MOnarch, in point of fruga.- 114, he suffered Lord Bun, a few days before his re signation, to appoint one brother, four biothers-in law, one sister, and three of his Scotch friends to places under Government, the joint annual salaries of which amounted to MOOS thousand two hundred and thirty pounds. It was found, however, in order to keep the op position together, that it was necessary to form an association, in which they could meet and discuss the politics of the day ; accordingly, in the year 1761, a tavern, in Albemarle-street, kept by a Mr. WILD MAN, was fixed upon as the place of Meeting. And at the commencement the names of the leading Mem bers of this association, sincedenominated the WHIG CLue, will be read at the present day with peculiar interest. They are as follow : Dukes of Devoabbire, Newcastle, Bolton, Grafton, and Port land; Marquis of Rockingham; Earls Temple, Cornwallis, Albemarle, Ashbaraham, Scarborough, Besborough, Cork; Clanbrassil:and Chariernont ; Viscounts Torrington, Middleton, Allen, and Puwerscourt; Lords Ncre, F.dgecumbe, Aberga venny, Furtescae, nage, Walpole; Gionthlm, Ravensworth, alunson, Sondes, G. Cavendish, F. Cavendish, J. Cavendish, Villiers,E. Remind: ,Paulet, and Grey; Baronets Sirs G.Saville, W. Meredith, 11. Mainwaring, A. Abdy, G. Yonge, Marma dyke Wyvill, G. Colebrooke, C. Armitage. Ales. Gilman, E. Deeging, J. Gibbons, Remick Clayton, F. Vincent, E. Wal pole, C. Saunders, G. Warren, K. 13. W. Beauchamp Proctor, W. Baker, and O. Methuen; Right Hon. H. B. Legge, and Right Hon. J. Oreaville ; the whole amounting to 149. From this time this association increased, both in number and respectability, till the fatal defection which took place in consequence of the French Re volution. Pensions dirw away the avaricious, and fear the timid : the former are too worth less for their loss to be lamented ; and many of the ,latter saw their error, and are returned to their duty ; either as Members of the Whig Club, or by joining other patriotic Societies, whose object was oonstitutional reformation. A union of such So cieties• Would shake corruption to its base; and raise the country's drooping head once more above the horizon of despair. Then let. us hope that the day is not far distant, when patriotism and self-de fence will do that which the paltry passions of a few Individuals have hitherto prevented being accom plished. . - RUSSIAN Sou:m—Peter the Greet, at an inter view with the Kings of Denmark and Poland, hear. lug them boast of the superiority of their ioldiers, in stead of disputing the point with them, proposed an expiriment, which was immediately assented to, and which was, to order a grenadier to jump out of a third floor window. The King of Denmark tried the expe riment on one of his bravest and most loyal soldiers, who, on hi* knee, refused compliance. The King of Poland waved the trial altegether, conceiving it to be hopeless, when Peter ordered one of but soldiers, the least promising that could be picked o, to descend the window. The soldier merely crossed himself, touched his hat according to form, boldly marched to the window, and had already one of his legs out, when the Emperor stopped him, and told him he was - sittisfied. The Kings were astonished, and each made the soldier a present of a hundred ducats, requesting Peter io•promote him to the rank of Officer. The Czar answered that he would do so to oblige them, but not to reward the soldier; for all his soldiers would do as much. • doadittes IsteinsT.—An Inquest was held on Monday afternoon, at the Sick Hospital, belonging to the parish of St: Pancras, at Camden-town, be fore Gtottoa Honosos, Esq. Coroner for the Mid dlesex DivisPin; on view of the body of an elderly men, who was foind' in a dying state, on Saturday morning last, in a keldgtoar the Hope . end Anchor public-house, neer'fle!Pthiciiti Church, When he was immediateireoitveyed Who Nos 1, where he soon afteeedlids otpited, By the vitsolool 4 GPI POLICE. n mcn in i t n he tr• cot:lll.'4i! the transaction, awl tat:.t the protruded cunfesinn of Itotter~ accts iog hint of being a principal, was a user t slnnuina M fah,•: bond. Roberts ,toted (hat late: knife with which Lieu a . J oilman's throat was cut was concealed ia au old Liu ket tle, nndersomc bramble brthei near Shouter ', Hill. I'i.h wry taken is Shooter's Hill be (basin„ loom aua Glo+unnt, ~ra ' they arrived taw the spat whack h • had meati one d , they eotkoke :of the chai se t o wa lk. Pi - trams to their quitting. the ..M.riae— i Collingbutirn observed the Prisoner ha tits sttufdisq ahaut il pockem. lie gave till t ;lemma ; atid, on ch eer atter , , Lion, they perceived he bad got a ktaife in hi, hand. 'fl aw. hue ' ever, took no notice of the disco ve ry th e y h a d made; and Is they arrived at the spot %Mee,. he the kettle Iva, depo s i t - d i , he pointed out a bramble bush, and on its h tslu es i a I o ffi cer saw the kettle; the Prisoner stooped doh n ned I band under it, and, after a short time produced a knit . ... which he headed to the officers, pretending it was that they came in search al. The officers, however, immediately knew it to b fis L e s mile 1 they had previously seen in his hand, Roberts had also prudueed a broach, which, he said, had -b e ., long. d to Lieutenant Johnson: the officers, (.11 that the deceased had never wore mie. The has produced by the Prisoner, and stated by bins to have been th it which the 'Armen:silt wore when he met his untimely fate, had been shoa t s to his family, who all expressed their opinion that , it had mad beets his hat ; they also declared titer did not believe he hail se much money abourhim at the time . he was murdered. Prom these and some other circumstances, nn doubts weer left o n t h e mind. of the Magistrates, that the pretended esafewinn of t h e Prisoner was a most dia'ailical attempt to attach the guilt murder to too men innocent of the crime, far the parm..a o r ob taining his own pardon for other offences i h whit hhe was charged, and with a view of obtaining the reward ue'reed by vernment for the tliseovery of the murderers, they therethre or. dere& %teflon to h.' discharged, hut rally committed ltohertsta e trial, for the burglary with w hhe is ch:lrgecl, todon his a rta confession of having been Concereed in the robbery of Lieute sant Johnson. I. Busr-Tracer.—On the morning of the 40th inst. a Yuman „al stopped in the Strand, about two o'clock, an!' a tweak, whi c h on examination proved to contain eight valha lam's' z i a ,„„ . ae. She was brought to the o:fiee, when nut giving :o h uthur aceuiint of them than that she had found them, She was tleminstl, On Wednesday she underwent 'another examiaittion, war it Mr. Walker, livery stable-keeper, Burleigh-street, attended, .., 7 4 identified the glasses to he s property, but did not know hue they had been stolen The Prisoner was comioi tied fut. trial. M ARLBOROUGH-STREM-Infonnation was given at 'thank, on Tuesday night, that two French Gentlemen %s ere ahout to fight a duel at Chalk Fenn, at seven o'clock the next morning, and Thos. Foy, Jackson, and Craig, were directed to b e on t h e spot, and take the part-, into custody ou t t i l i t i . a .i n rarrlral. Foos ( a 3 f a tr i n r es s a e vrerinv,e4 with l ik s . t e n o t n i v d st sandale whole of who-s were ta:.eit into visstody , and colts eyed to this 011ite. The principals were I eld in sureties to keep the peace, and the ethers were discharged. John Wine, alias Men, ;vs charged with obtaining slims of money by fraudulent pretences. It appeared by the testimony of Mr. Metcalf and others, that the Primiter went about to dif. Gavot persons, representing himself to have been shipwrecked, and re&ced to beggary by that citctunstauce, having lost 110 4, To carry no the i:npozitiou, the Prisoner had fernished hi ms elf with fictitious documents, in corroboration •of his tale of use, ,s ith false sigaatures of Magistrates, Naval Officers, &c. the had called on 11r. Metcalf a second time, when it was discs. vered tnat lie was an impostor, and he was consequently seeuied. The Prisoner was f.lly committed for trial. A few evenings shire, as Marsden, an officer of Madison:tech. charged with . s a t e re a ti , t i , tai was oir as ei c i n ce rti i n i fa u - , n te n r t i a ng ol c ti , i r e g i o ta ti tn n e o o te. f . fi eri etr i u m , New Prison to Newgate, the Prisoner suddenly threw a Ivini!• fed of snuff its the officer's evrs, and attempted to escape. Marsden, however, grappled him, and fastened on him until A 9 procured assistance, and he succeeded in lodging him to safe custody. Sir TuomksTTawnirr entered on his office ye,. terday as Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod. The Valiant, 74, is arrived at Portsmouth from tht Meditdrranean, and is put under quarantine. taken n e t t. % he parish r a is b h o o u f t fl a a s m ea p ; ton is L e v iy et a t, n l o l t l i citi th e e st b w od a y s and three quarters old, whose death was occasioned. by poison. It appeared that the deceased, with his, two, sisters (the eldest about eight years old), was at play in the parlour of their father's house, where se veral phials were standing in the window; ons of them was forced from the winch** by the childreti, and the eldest sister picking it up, the deceased want ed to taste its contents, having before then bees given some syrup of rhubarb out of one of the bot tles then standing in the window ; she (not knowing the contents, and thinking it to be that which con tabled the syrup of rhubarb), pulled the cork out, and put the bottle to the deceased's mouth, who pressed it to his mouth, drank some of its•cuntents, and spilt some upon his face and bands; he instantly cried out in great agony, and upon immediate exa mination of the bottle, its contents were found to ho oil of vitriol, which had been used in curing the foot-rot in sheep, and was very carelessly placed there by the deceased's brother, who had been using part of it the day before. The deceased lingered.ha great agony tmtil the next morning, when his infant sufferings terminated. Verdict—Accidental Death. SCICIDEC—Thuruby se'imight the bodies of two of the domestics, a cook and a housemaid, in the family of the Rev. Mr. Gibbons, at I3restead, is Kent, were discovered floating in a pond behind the premises, at eight o'clock on that morning. They had previously tied themselves together with a piece of twine, and afterwards threw themselves into the water. Mr. Gibbons was, at the time this melan choly circumstance occurred, performing his pr fessional duties farther down the country, and in the mean time the Rev. Mr. Swabey, of Lambeth, Surrey, ofliciated.for him in Kent; and resided at Mr. Gib bons's house, during his absence. Mr. Sawbey s tated, that in the afternoon previous to 'their committing , the fatal det.d, they informed him that a quantity' or silver handled knives and forks belonging to "Mr. Gibbons, which were entrusted to their care, and which had been deposit,ed in the oven by them to keep them from being damaged by rust, had bees melted by the heat of the oven, and stating them selves to be quite incapable to make up the loss. — Mr. Swabey very humanely made them a lowlsqtre present towards defrayik = their expences. The Co roner for the county of Kent has sine sat on tie bodies, and a verdict of ',unruly has been returned. BIRTII. Yesterday, Mr. Osborne, of Clapham Road. of a datietter. MARRIED, TproQ At Wellingliorongh, by the Rev. Richard Roberti. on day last, Thrums II udson, Esq. f Goe county in the of Worcester, to Ana, eldest daughter of the Rev. Julio Tote Redick, On Thuday last, Robert Southby, Eco. of tippleio 1, Relic to Ca th ari rs ne, eldest daughter of Mr. H. W. Dinisdale, of Broad. DIED. Yesterday, at his Imam at Hampstead, Mr. Jamas Dell 4if Coventry-stma, aged I. ' A sheet time ago M. :William Creswick, an eminent chaste Yingerfor near 50 ;ears; at St. Peters Gothie Spire Chi street, awl i d ad , Y i o ndam t keisirely,eixapairedet agetispped7odyeeanwa. suddenly in BO' I.GBIAtt4 Printed sad Published by WOW litsvomus Urricil/417. neet4Lipti - ""... 1 1111=‘,1 ; .; • s ,!V ~~ .; / ■