The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-02-27 00:00:00

"1r s ‘• " 71ESsisFAANals — HUROS7 t 7' • Esc . Tbatish Nialeiertai ilianlers rapid thee roil. • t They IA i• tali, firer dare( thy isoli soul; Thy Country's rights thy ainedant labours claim, Awl widt a Svetway's joie thy honour'd name. 0! seat ley Hooves, its these degenerate days, In every breast to kindle Freedom's Waite, Superior am Its every threat shalt rise, And from theism/ of rapine wrest the prize ; Tby toast* shall vice in all her wiles reveal, And bia•s'd Senators its vengeance fed. ;, • • Not Shall Corruption unmolested stand. ; „. Sap all oar rights. and sink a venal land : • Trete to thy collude:see, to thy Country true, • "hos shalt detect. and dash her conquests too. • 1 lt- Patriot, proceed lln Freedom's glorious cause. 0! save thy Country, and thy Couatry's law.; The wiles of Statesmen without fear disclose, • And be a for to ail thy Country's foe. Then, should's tbos e'er be dooe'd the power to feet (Which fiesees forbid!) of grim Oppression's steel, Will Posterity thy sinuses tee, And Britons owe a Patriot soul in time. AMOR PATRiA. sr_ CELEBRATION eF THE QUEEN'S BIRTH-DAY. Yesterday was the day appointed by command of the Queen for the celebration of her Majesty's Birth day, by holding a Drawing.Foom at her Palace. For this potpose the .elegant and spacious suit, of looms on the first door were prepared ; and that her Ma jesty might esperience as little fatigue as possible in receiving the company, a velvet cushion, about five inches high, was 'Awed close to the State Chair, for the Queen to stand upon, and a small velvet cushion placed for her to lean against. The grand staircase was divided for the .company to enter on one side end return on the other. The hall was fitted up for the accommodation of a few spectators, but upon a very contracted scale, there being only room for about a fourth of the number who have been admit ten on former Drawing-rooms, which .have been held at the Queen's Palace. At one o'clock there was a double royal salute of cannon in St. James's Park and at the 'rower of Lon. don, and there were other observances and rejoicing; in the course of the morning. Those who were at tached to the Court who were In family mourning, put it off for the day, and appeased in colours. Be 'ides the usual attendance of Guards, with their bands, Sir Nathaniel Conaot, Mr. Virtue, and other Magistrates, .were stationed in .the Palace, in the Parks, and other parts, with a numerous assemblage of Police-officers, constables, patroles, &c. The weather was very unfavourable, but the doubts enter. nines' of her Majesty's health permitting her to bear the fatigues of a drawing-room,vre a considerable drawback upon the splendour of that of yesterday. Comparatively but few new dresses appeared in the circle, but the elegant taste of the fair wearers was splendidly conspicuous. The Prince Regent came in state about a quarter past three, himself anti suite in three cartleges, escorted by a party of Life Guards. flis Royal iliglinees was received with all the honours due to the Sovereign. The Duke and Duchess of York come in state, as also did the Duke and Duchess of Giefeeester.. The Duke of gusset came in private. - The Prince of liesse•Homburg emelo one of the Regent's carriages, attended by Lord Stewart, es cortetlAjj a party of Life Guards. The bands played God Save Ike King, and the Guards presented arms the same es to doe different branches of the Royal Family. The Princess Sophia of Gloucester came in state, herself and suite in two carriages, escorted by a party of Life Guards. The Speaker of the !loose of Commons, the Vice. Chancellor, and the Master of the Rolls, came in state, and were presented upon their late appoint. ments. ' The Spanish Ambassador, the Duke de San Car. los, and his Duchess, came in state; their liveries were particularly costly and splendid, sud new for the occasion. Mr. P. Rush, the Envoy Extraordinary and Mi. sister Plenipotentiary from the United States of America, was accompanied by his Lady, Mrs. Rush, who was presented to the Queen by Viseountemi Ca/. tlerea&h. Ills Excellency was also accorispanied by Mr. Adams Smith, Secretary of Legation, and Mr. Taylor, attached to the Legation, who were pre. sented to her Majesty by his Eacelleocy. Prince Estertiszy, the Austrian Ambassador, came in state ; his liveries of three footing:ls were profusely covered with silver lace. • The Prince of Hesse- Homburg was presented to the Queen by Lord Stewart. We perceive no mention of the appearance of the Duchess of Cumberland at this Drawing-room. It appears from some distributions of business, *MA hare been settled in the House of Commons, that Parliament is not espected to be disu.iied, be. fore the middle or the end of April. The Bill, brought in by Sir ROBERT Pus, for the humane purpose of protecting labouring children, is to have its blanks filled up, and to be taken into conside. ration on the 6th of April. This wss fitted on the suggestion of Mr. Put, who stands so neer to the Cabinet. Sir WILLIAM HONTMAN, formerly one of the Judges of the Court of Session, has declared himself a Candidate for the Representation of the County of Orkney, at the general Election, in opposition to Mr. LUNG NIEASON. DRORY-LANE THEATRI.--LaSt night the After. piece entitled Three FPeeks after Marriage was per. formed, in which Miss SMITHSON sustained, for the first time, the character of Lady Racket. This young Lady continues to improve in Public estima. tion. The Drawing approaches and time flies ra pidly ; but 'rickets sell more rapidly than time flies, and scarcity produces dearness. Who then can he sitate at embracing the present moment for 'ecstatic a Share at CARTER'S, No. 8, Charing-Cress, in the Lottery which begins Drawing NEST WEDNESDAY, Containing Three Pliges of t 30,000, 100 Capital Prizes, and Twelve Pipes of Port Wine, for the irat-drawn Blank on the first, second, and third days of Drateiug ? . a " W?.M114161. ingnatirge 4. •.. ..• :t .6: tr • a • 1 1. 1 ; • • t :a . --1 AI - Atillnei of the Net Remeillioo644 U p oZ t Akipitina ? ' for the yeen 3,16 end s has, keen published , • , 1 Tlms• st obeenatios whiekntoet occur to seirpee.; son, on ginning at the account In question, h, that the Revamp ter 1818 baa fallen short of thetior the preceding year by the sew of 10,100,0001.; the year 1816 having produced 61,755,0001., and 1817 51,655,0001.—1 t must on the other hand be stated, that the amount of Property Tea collected in 1816 wav 11,185,0001., end in 1917 only 1,268,0001., making a difference of 9,917,0001; which dif ference, nevertheless, does not cover the falling of of the general Revenue of 1817, by the sees of 1,083,0001. Allowing, therefore, for the abolition of the Property 'fax, there is a diminution of Re venue in the last 12 months of above one million sterling. _ ... ' But there is another view to be taken of this sub ject. The abolition of a direct tax ought naturally to swell the amount of the indirect taxes; or, in other words, individuals having nearly ten millions in their pockets, which were taken from them by the Property Tax in a former year, might be expected to to lay out a larger sem than formerly in theconsump lion of articles which are the objects of indirect tax ation. This does not appear to be the case. The Assessed Two it is true, base increased by about 400,0001. and Starops have risen to eomething short of the same sem. But the Post-Olice has fallen off by above 100,0001., and the Excise generally by 3,300,0001. Our foreign commerce, by the heavy taxes upon it, appears to have beets improved by an increase in the Customs of above a million and a halt. This last article constitutes an important item in the general increase of the Consolidated Fund, which feud exceeds its amount lo the former year . by about two millions sterling. With respect to this fund, the sum et which it is stated for the year jest elapsed, is 41,170,0001. ; bet we observe, by the proceedings of the Finance Committee last Session, that the charges on that fund for the same year, sere 45,910,0001, leaving (instead of a snrples) a deficiency in the fund, as compared with the charge upon it, of 1,770,0001. — The Committee, however, very justly observe, that the interest (1,900,0001.) and Sinking Fund (330,0001.) on the unfunded debt, ought to be added to the other charges on the Consolidated Fund • which therefore makes the total charge on that fun d smonet to 48,170,0001, and its total deficit, as com pared with the charge, exactly 4,000,0001. sterling. This is a serious consideration for any provident Mi ulster bf Finance. This, as we have repeatedly affirmed, is the grand abject to be looked at by the People . of England.— It matters little comparatively what our income has been, or what our eapeuces.. have . been, in former years. Our solemn duty, and our. vital interest, is to adjust end regulate their future proportions.— With this deficiency staring us in the face, is it not 'Went that tome solid system of Reform in the na. tional outgoings ought. to be instantly adopted ?—lt is not oar business to suggest the specific remedy.— Spea king broadly oar opinion, we might remark, that if the Navy be at somewhat too low en ebb, the Army is in a much greater degree too high. Among the se condary heads of extravagance, the Civil List is too high. Deductions from both would be au accept able offering to the nation. The will of Lord WAL/INGHAII has been proved by GEORGIC Lord WAIAINGHAM, the son, and EDWARD BOODLI, Esq. the executors. on the 19th inst. and the personslty sworn under 2(0,0001. the stamp duty on which is 2,7001. The will is principally confined to family connexions, with the exception of same pecuniary legacies to his friends, including one of 100 /elopes to his very intimate friend, Lord Ecoott. Ile lo)s a strict injunction upon his sons, or into orange hands the same may fall, Rot to publish any of hie manuscripts, memoranda, or papers of office whatever. Yesterday morning the servant of Mr. Alexander, of Swan-street, Mahone., driving a young horse in break up Long-lane, Bermondsey, the reins and tackle got entangled, be got off the box to put them in order, while in the art his apparel became entangled in the wing, the horse took fright, and dragged him more than a quarter of a mile, by which his skull was fractured. He was carried to Guy's Hospital in a dying. state. One would have imagined that the numerous tales which are at present circulating with so much Wu*. try in every circle, woold have withdrawn the atten. tion of the Public from the merits of the present Lottery, did we net knew that a Scheme, which at the same time possesses Three Prices of k 30,00 One Hundred Capitals--and Twelve Pipes of fine Old Port, is a novelty not often presented to the Public, but which they know so well how to appro. mete. The only question to be determined, there fore, is, :there shall we make oar purchases ?—The answer ia, ,at Csettotea, 7, Cornhill, and 26, Os- 1 lord-street, because he Sold the last Prise of £lO,OOO ever drawn, and because be also Sold, in the Last 1 Lottery, SIX Capital Prises, including Two or 226,000. A gentleman of the name of Brooke was hustled in St. James's-street yesterday, and robbed of 261. the contents of his pocket-book, with which the thieves got off. _ _ A Gentleman, well known to the writer of this paragraph, met the other day with a circumstance, as novel in its commencement as it proved fortunate in the sequel. He applied to his friend at the Ssock Exchange, and desired him to purchase some Stock ; his friend replied, " Yes, I will, but you' have not, as usual, had a Ticket of es—the Lottery begins in half an hoer, and here is a pretty number (indis posed of." The Gentleman, on the whim of the mo ment, purchased it, and within half an hoer be was Ten Thousand and Fifty Pounds the richer for his call at the Stock Exchange. The number was 4,674. —The fortunate individual (very well known in the City) lives not a hundred miles from Gracecherch street,-and the firm that sold it him was MARTIN and Co., 8, Corohill, and 19.0, Oxford-street, who are again proud to acknowledge the distinguished preference shown to their Offices, and solicit a con tineance for the present Lottery, which begins NEIT WEDNESDAY. krq • . "F• • ' • e ri44V4 1t4141449404*, 4.'o+ e . • * - "1" 111 0 1.8 " .. " ta 4.4. • Fits. ode sailed for the River, • the Rotor, Sherwin, foam Tarregone:-.- f.feem down. from the Meet the Briton, Crane, for Jamaica; Rover, Bowden, for • Newfoundland; faeces and Eliza, Brown, for the Spoilt Seas ; end Xellikt.w. Johnson, for Batavia, and sailed with girnal•pect of the outward-boned, is per last.. FQMTSMOHTH,_ Fan. 26.—Arrived the Siders, Jenkins, from Patross, and pot under quarantine 1 . 1 and Elisa transport, from Cork, with troops.—Saili ed the Thomas .and Mary transport, for London. FALMOUTH, Fan. .24.--41 Arrived the -Swallosei Oliver, from..Loodon for Bombay.—No The Ann, Williams, from lielford, was obliged to cut her cables in the gale of last night, and run into St. Mantes, in this harbour. LlvEarooL, Fart. 25. Arrived the Amelia, King, from Halifax: sailed the 21st January.; on the 11th February, in lat. 50..4. long. 14:'30., spoke the Loan, Fordeck, from this port to New. York, and the Oglethorpe, Jayne, from ditto for Savannah.— 'The Alice, Boner, from Jamaica, sailed the 13th Jemmy ; on the 30th January, in lat. 32 51. long. 72 %poke the Waterloo, of Bristol, from Charleston for Tobago. Hißwicu, Fca. 26.—Arrised the Bowen; Simone, from Palermo for London, with loss of two anchors and cables ; Rater,..Drivor, from Sanderlaret for ditto, with loss of anchor and cable; Ag.ao►s, Moore, from Sunderland to London, kinky.— Smiled the Prince of Orange inapt, with a Mail for Holland, and Henry Fretting packet with a ditto for Cuxhaven ; Eliza, Dietjen, with a cargo of rags from Bremen for London ; and about 50 coasters for London. Dorca s Fits 26.—Arrived off this port the Sally, Johnson, from Lisbon. MARGATE., FEB. 26.—The General Stewart got under weigh this morning from Pansatid-hole, het anchored again in Girdier's-hole. GRAVESEND, Faa. 26.—Arrived the Cornelia, °term, from Worcem ; &nese, Yarwood, from the South Seas; Union, Clinch, from Smyrna ; Vrow Marie, Biae, from Popperherg ; Resolution, Lee, from Santander ; Relistoce, Harrison, from Sinyrna ; Union, Lyon, from Jamaica ; and Lavinia, Framp ton, from Alicant and Altea.—Sailed the, Riga packet, Lninsdale, for Pernambuco; Alfred, Brooks, for Madeira and Sierra Leone ; AvDrick, Manlove, for Virginia ; and Vigilance, Van Duysenbotla t : for Antwerp. PADSTOW, Fan. 24.---NINE O'CLOCK, P. M.— The schooner Eliza and Jane, —,.from Water. ford to London, with provisions, is ou shere.aear this place, and it is feared will soon go to pieces— . crew are safe on shore.—The brig Supply, o 4 month, Massey, late Master, supposed from some part of Ireland, with provisions and better v ailse came on shore near this place this evening, awl soon went to pieces. It is hoped some part of the cargo will be saved. Crew all lost, except one man, who has jest been picked op, speectless aod,almost lifeless, and it Is feared will qot recover.—Also the sloop Mary Ann, of Newhaven, with a similar cargo, near the same place, and is gone to pieces ; her cargo of botter, &c. is washing out of her. None of the crew have jot been saved, but are seen alive on the wreck, and it is hoped may be saved. PALKOUTU, Fan. St —The Prince Ernest picket has arrived, in 14 days, from Lisbon, with a Mail. The letters by her will be delivered to-day. We understand, that a proposal has beep-mode by the French Commissioners, to pay some of the Bri tish Commercial Claimants, according to the depre ciated value of assignats, when the embargo was re. moved io France, and which would reduce the debt due to the English merchant to only one-third of the original amount without interest. A very liberal offer this certainly, when contrasted with our con. duct towards the French claimants, more especially when it is known that, by a Decree of the 16th of -October, 1793, the French Government forced their own subjects, under pain of death, to ex change all their specie of every description in their possession spina assignats, at par, thus depriving them, by a forced circulation of Paper, which ulti mately became of little or no value, of the means of satisfying their creditors in this country. By such a measure, it is very obvious that the Government of France is alone responsible for the debt owing by British subject', end no other construction is put upon it by the Treaty concluded with her. This is the faith of the French Government ! At a Special Meeting, last week, of the Magis trates of Lancashire, the proposition for reitsming the Assizes for that County to Manchester, was gatived by a considerable majority. Green-room report speaks highly of a Piece forth coming from the pen of the Author of the popular Musical Drama, Uuy - Mannering. A Drama, founded on the Romance of Rub Kos, is getting up at each of the Winter. Theatres. The music of that at Covent-garden is selected by Myr,. and that at Drery-laue, by•Lssiza. . The average profits of the Dublin Theatre for some seasons past are said to have amounted to 8,0001. per annum. The Committee of the friends of.the Drama. in Ireland calculate, that, if another Theatre .was licensed there, the profits 'of each would be little short of 6,0001. a year,. and by the ,rivalry there, would be opened a new field for the encooroOnost of dramatic authors and actors of merit. ' • • IT. ALSAtellttection — TillUaiDAY, PRIII • 26• . Lord Charles Spencer Cburebiii • ..143 • .. Mr. itobarts 1.06 Majority - • CORN EIRIIRROZ. Faa. 47.—The Market lefts ibinly Pap plied Om aionsia".—Flue Wheat and Halley at Moaday'spricen inferior uot•aleable.—la Oats Pcas, Bemis, sad oat, atficlo. MU alterative. 151111T11,1E1.1) MARKET, FEB. V; - To tick the Offal, per stone of 511.... s ' - Beef,— 3,. •61. to 4s. Bd. 1 ii Out of Ciutle . this dot t Mottos . 4s. 61. in 6s. 01. Reams .:.. . 520 If eta ... b. 61. to 7s. Od. Sheep end Lambe ...,,.. 4;::411 Pots ... 4s. 61. to 6s. 04. Caives 141 Lamb . AS. 01.10 Qt. . 01. Mrs ' 283 HAY-IdARKET. . Hoy Gower straw ... 11.16 . twl. to 41. 114 01 • • Twenty-three angels and crowns of gold, in good preservation, coined in the reign of HaNeY VHI. were lately dug up in a pightle ) at Ryborgh, in Nor folk. -.... To rat; EDITOR or ritaA*4ITESM4II 7 . Sta,—Perasit me through the channel of your partial Paper, to offer a few observations in defence of the character and utility of those establishments of comfort tad convenience to the humble classes, generally denominated Coffee•shops. In justite to myself and the many respectable persons who keep - General Breakfast-houses, 1 feel myself called upon to explain publicly, the nature and real tendency of these houses, and endeavoer to wipe off the odium• sod stains that calumny and gross misrepresentation have atteinpted to throw upon them. The particular circumstance that has induced me to ao so its, is con. sequence of en article in the Morning Advertiser of this day, which is rendered conspicuous by the fol. lowing .words, printed in italics Coffee-shops— Encouragement to Thieving end Prostitution," and to prove this tendency in such houses, it states," that the Police...officers found 3K peisons at four o'clock in a Coffee-shop, twenty of whom they took before the Magistrates of Union-halt;" but It does not appear that they were thieves, as they were all discharged, nor that the keepers of the Coffee-shops had any con cern with them; to take this circumstance es a prod( .of the general evil tendency of Coffee-shops, is very unjust. I might, with as much c ► ndoor and truth, charge every Licensed Victualler's house with en. couraging murder, because it has been too -often proved and Wonted, that men have committed that foot trigs when their erasers is suspended by the fetal Weems oftefoxicefion. Evans, who 'Waled his crime on Monday last, is ea instance among many others, be having declared himself so drunk he knew not what be did. There ere no proofs in etc. istence of men leaving these Coffee-houses io an In. feriated state, end committing murder orlPuicide.•—• Coffee and tea are considered wholesome and refresh• ing beverages, and tends to subdue rather than pro mote the evil passions. That Coffee-house estahllsh• meats are of great public advantage, must appear to every reflecting and unprejudiced mind, who most discover from what persons such opposition tomes, who would, if they had it in their power, close all the pumps - on the highways—simple water not being productive to the Revenue. That there tiresome busses which are opened under the appearance I selling Coffee, but for the most notorious bad per. poses ; I believe, but such house the Police cahoot fail being acquainted with. 1 ask, why are not such houses immediately suppressed? The Magistrates have the power, if they are proved disorderly; the Police officers must know• that Coffee is not she ostensible purpose for is hicb-they keep open all night, bet a few of these .places ere (I might say) permitted to exist, as it were to throw. an odium upon the establish. meats generally. The great moral tendency of these Coffee-house• are, never once hinted ate t could prove that the convenience and benefits resulting front them is incalculable—not only to the journeymen mechanics. but even• to masters, particularly carper,. tees, bricklayers ( painters, and others concerned Ist the building branch of trade: to the jour/tertian, as it relates to the comfort and .expedition with which he-can procure his refreshment, and to the master, in the tiro! avert, and the steady conduct of the men; and again they are of. the first importance to• the classes who find it necessary to consult the Daily Pa ll pera. in quest of situations, belie's', arc. which 1 they have the opportunity of doing ;t the lowest possible charge. The comfort of a regular coo. dected hoeseinlibis descripoion.tends to promote use. ful informaarns. among the single men of the work. ing classes, as they have the opportunity at most Coffee-bosses of perusing moral and instructive books—and the beverage they sip exhitirates, but doss nut intoxicate. I think I have said sufficient try prose that the establishment of Coffee-shops tends to improve, rather than injure, the public morals; and as the Morning Advertiser states, the subject of Coffee-slurps having attracted the particular notice of the Police Committee of the House of Commons. I wish confidence hope to see their real tendency duly appreciated, and their existence protected, for it ought to •be generally acknowledged that Coffee drinking tends not to crime.— Yours, &c. JOHN WHITAKER. Surrey Corte-Moue, I.7niowstreei, Rersegb, Feb. lb. IBM mmlitm The state dress in which iineTtl BONAPAIITI sp. peneed us Sovereign of Spain, at his first levee, is at this time exposed for sale hs the window of an old clothes shop at the west end of the town. The cost is of the finest blue cloth, most superbly embroidered in geld, down all the seams, cuffs, collar, and pockets, with oak leaves and acorns, and it Is said ,rriginally to have cost between two and three 'bun. tired pounds. The ports are now open for the importation of foreign wheat, barley, and oats. for six weeks, from all . the ports, between Jutland and Spain ; and for three Diana. from all other parts. 'The very great satisfaction the plan adopted in foriner Lotteries gave to persons residing in the 'Country, has induced T. Bisli, the Contractor, to repeat it id the present ; and be hope, he has, as in a• recent Lottery, selected some of the Capitals amongst those Nergbers advertised.--The ender. Mentioned , Numbers may be had, either In whole 'tickets, Halves, Quarters, Eighths, or Slzteenths, at No. 4, Cornhill : 12,5 9 10.212 16,088 7,412 4,820 • 17331 6,9261 11.4138 3.121 17451 11.486 1087 16,057 2,818 11.121 19.4001 13,213 10,1851 8423 2,737, 11.456 1 10,213 15,074 1 11,142 9,110 The.fililowingNombers may be had either in whole Tickets. Mittel, Quarters, Eighths, or Sisteeetbs, at No. 9, Charing-cross :- 10.114 1 12.331 111.400 4.608 113,553 . - 19,234 j 10.415 4.511 11.123 7.415 • 16,089 17,231 5.002 13.571 8,285 17.104 16,00 1 10.1141 2.911 3,191 15,4015.23 i 1 14459 3,1 4 2 2.816 The present battery contains Three Prises of ,g30,.000,—0ne Hundred Capitals,—.lL Sterling Nioney,—no Stock Prises,—bo Classes,....win re. drawing: The Drawing commend, WseacsoaT, the 4th of MARCO. PRRIENT PRICE. Tirk..l Ralf • 4lO 9 0 1 AMY l2 13 5 Qrarter 5 501 !Matteotti . 1 7 0 * A ,* Letters (post paid) containing Iltibk Notes, or Post•OlSCr Orders, duly attondid to. The last Lottery that captained Three. Prises/ Si £30,000, Bus said them all 1 Nil last Lottery 10 sold Three Pain of 220,000, all is Share'. :~ _ , _ - PE s' , ,' r'. , =,, 1 .' ; • , I k r ; 4 i _ ~a '1 ~ .