The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-11-16 00:00:00

II I , p F 1 14 • ; • - 11. *- Learned Counsel then read from Mr. Floyer's publi. cation of the statement of the conversation between him and Mr. Peel, the day before the election, cer, lain parts in which were these expressions addrpsed by Mr. Moyer to Mr. Peel, in that conversatlen— " If you are come here to call me out, Sir, show me Sufficient reason, and you will find me quite as reedy es. you. cast .desire." This the Learned Counsel tisought it right in candour to state, because the Court : were not itt the habit of granting criminal Informa tions in cases where the party chaired had express .-- id readbans to accept th e challe but it would be recollected that Osivitaia rersatiollook place in the 'Month of June, sabres tly to which Mr. Peel sent leis Challenge.. Mr. user bad quitted Tamwurth, end was st Worthing , a here , en the 7th of the pre sent m i ff th, Mr. Peel sent him a second challenge by• Mr. George Dawson, informing him, that as he bad on s torpor occasion sielteied himself from his • fee resentment by the mean subterfuge of having in. 'gaited his father, not himself, Mr. Floyer's conduct bed brjhded him with the name of coward ; and as bit fourthottgitt proper, in his address, dated 30th of ocleher;,to Insult not only himself bet his father, ' istoitaiirt the grossest and most infamous falsehoods, ha trop uMmoned him again to the field, and .in , ' formed him, that if he attempted to evade the meet . ••r loge second time, be would inflict personal chastise . meet upon him ; and concluded by informing him, that Mr. Dawson would make the necessary arrange. mints for the meeting. To this Mr. Floyer sent a reply, that he should lay his letter before the Court • of King's Bench without delay. This was not the • moat aggravated part of the case. On the same day ' Mi.. Peel, accompanied by Mr. Dawson, paraded in front of Mr. Player's house, with a horsewhip in his head. On Sunday, the Bth inst. when Mr. Floyer ▪ and his family, among whom ~ere several Ladies, • were going to church, Mr. Peel and Mr. Dawson • came from behind a wall, the former with a horse ' whip in his hand, appearing to be very much agitat. ad, and tittering something, the whole of which Mr. ' }Toyer did not hear, but he heard him say that he 111 a t consider himself as horsewhipped—no blow, in fact,laving struck. Mr. Floyer smiled, and said, ' at Very well." In the afternoon of the same day, Floyer received a. printed hand-hill, which was deiivered to him by his servant, at the desire of Mr. Dawson ; espies of which hand-bill had been distri - hilted ahriet the town of Worthing, and posted in the Steyne coffee-house by Mr. Peel and Mr. Dan con, in which the former stated, that hating twice challenged Mr. Floyer for false assertions and on. prorolstaffintalts, and having twice been refused the satisfaction of I gentleman, he thereby proclaimed pim to the world to be a coward and a liar—that he ad met ,him in the morning, but did not horsewhip • him, as he had intended, because he was wit b his fa mily—that Urgent up to him with his horse-whip in his band, and "addressed him in these words:-- 44 Mr.. Player, finding you surrounded by the female part of your family, I shell not inflict bpon you the • chastisement I promised ; you will, however, consi der youtself as having been horsewhipped ;" to which his reply was.--" Very well, 'Sir." The atildeiit of the printer of this hand-bill was super. added to that of Mr. Floyer, in which he stated,• that his employer was Mr. Peel. Unger these sir. ' cemstances, the Learned Counsel applied for criminal ' information. The Cuter Jurrtcs —Take a rule to show cause. ' COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. N0v.14. On the application of Mr. Serjeant 13rxr, the Count de Lima was ordered to be discharged from arrest, as he was Secretary to the Portuguese Em bassy, and hie name entered as such at the Secretary of State's Office, and of course he was, from his si . Nation, a privileged person. Co: ? .:COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 14. ' s THE LING V. ELOPED AND ALEN. 21V , 14;4.0 SF r,, EXTENTS FROM THE CROWN. The ATTORNEY•GENERAL on a former day ob. taitted a rule, calling on the Sheriff to pay over to the Crown a certain sum of money which he had in his bonds, the property of the Defendants, in satisfac. ; ties Al a debt due from them to his Majesty. . Sir WK. OMEN, oo the part of Messrs. Morlands, ,bankers, opposed the motion. • It appeared that Messrs. Morlands had obtained a verdict against the Defendants, and had entered up jodgment, coed oat execution, and placed it in the hands of the Sheri ff , ,who had levied under it. Three days after the levy was made, and before the goods were sold, his Me , jesty came in with his Writ of Extent. The Sheriff, however, on the part of Messrs. Morlands, retained the moue/ which was the proceeds of the goods, on the ground that they having obtained their judgment and execution before his Majesty's writ am down, the crown was ousted. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, on the other side. contended, that the taking of the goads by the Sheriff 'did not it all divest Sleeper and Allen of their pro. petty in them. They were still their goods, and only in the legal cestedy or possession of the Sheriff, for a purpose to be afterwards carried into effect, ;tamely, for sale, in order that the proceeds might be applied to payment of a debt due from the Defend. sots to Messrs. Morlands. The King's writ came down before that circumstance took place; and therefore the role applied laid down in the King and Alnutt, in which case the Judges held, that up to the change of property actually taking place, the Xing's writ should have precedence of all others.— Had the sale taken place only one minute before the Nine's writ arrived, lie was ready to acknowledge the King would have been ousted; but as it was, he contended his motion was well founded. • The COURT, after hearing the argument, decided that the Attorney-General was entitled to his rale.— The case of the Kirg and Altiutt was decided four. teen years ago; the Court bad acted on it ever since; and until it was hugeached, by some motion for its reconsideration, the Court would not depart from the rule there laid down. The . _ _ Sheri C rule csltiug on the money, was made absolute. iff to pay over the We anderitand•that 1400 seamen, 12 Lieutenants, 12 Medical Offieers and .Assistantg, and 114 midship men, are to be empleyed en the cost of Kent and Susses ) to pre►ent smuggling. 4 : , E;.: ~' r . I'~ . I t :~!+' . . I . ~. L gr, FRENCH PAPERS.. • . . PAWS, Noe. 11.—Yesterday his Majesty seat to express his condolence to the Duchene of Feltre; and the Duke, her son, on the occasion of the death of the Marshal Duke of Feltre, Peer of France. r His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constan tine dined yesterday with tlucKing. During the embarltation of the Sd regiment of Eng lish Dragoons at Wile, ON the 7th lust. their band played the sir Vivi Henna fir. Prince de Ta!leveed arrived in Paris on the even log of the 9th inst. Ilia Royal Highness -the Duke of Angouletce, on Ithi way to Metz and Strasborgh, arrived on the 3d inst. at Jean d' Heeres, the fine country-seat of the Marshal Duke de Reggio, situate et a little distance from the main road, between St. Dialer and Bar-le- Dec. French Funds, Nee. 10.—Five per Cents. 691.10 c. —Bank Stock, 1555 c. ' Nov. 12.—The Marquis of Carman, Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Austria, arrived l ow Tuesday, the 10th, from Aiz-la-Chapelle. It is said that his Eacellency was the bearer of dispatches of the Most important mod satisfactory nature. We learn that M. Marchangy, Deputy King's Attorney, is appointed Adrocate-General of the Royal Court of Paris. The Minister of the Interior has given orders for always Procurieig naturalists, if praCtleable, to go, on board all ships sailing from our ports. These naturalists will carry the plants of France to our Co. loot's, and bring back foreign seeds and plants for our botanic-gardens and Royal nurseries, &c. M. Fievee was only a few days to Is Force: he has obtained permission to pass the period of his 1/R -prisonment in the Maison de Sante of Madam Riche brogue, its the rue de Chemin-Vert. The Prince de Talleyraud arrived at Paris on the evening before last. Some Deputies from Munster have repaired to . Aix-ia•Chapelle, to protest against the suppression of their University, the only Catholic Establishment of this kind•in the kingdom of Prussia, which con tains nearly four millions of the Catholic persuasion. Funds, Nov. 11.-5 per Cent. 691. 80c.—Bank. Actions, 1562 f. 50c. BERLIN, OCT 31.—Prince Blocher still contineeel ill in this city. His health is much reduced, and, what is an much the more alarming is, that he has passed the gra of 80. VIENNA, Nov. I. Letters received yesterday from Bachate.t, in Wallachia, -announce, that the reigning Prince of that country, Jean Karatza, had • secretly taken his departure with all his familly and his whole Court, and fled to the Austrian territory. This Prince had accumulated id a short time an ha.. mense fortune. Ile had become so powerful with the Porte, that he had exiled several Boyars of the first class, who had opposed his ambitious projects. It ap pears to be certain that the Grand Seignior intended to destroy him, in order to seize his treasure • bet he had time to imitate his predecessor, Prince fpsilanti. Immediately after the flight of Prince Karat za,a Pro visional Government was established. It is feared that this event will occasion disturbances. FLANDBRS MAIL AND BRUSSELS PAPERS. BowsEr..v, Nov. 10.—On the gth strived here from Paris the Chevalier de Dienne, Commander of the Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem, and proceeded the day following to Ai:-la•Cbapelle, where it seems that the Congress has deliberated on the reestablishment of their illustrious Order. This Commander is sent by the Committee of the three French tongues, of which he is a Member. The two Emperors show the most favourable intentions to this power, the restoration of which is more then ever desired by C' ristian Europe, to oppose a necessary bulwark to the audacity of the Barbary pirates, who, if they are nut checked, will at last spread the plague in ihe countries lying in the Mediterranean and the Adriatic. _ _ Count Hackelberg, Russian Minister to the Court of France, arrived here yesterday from Paris. AIX•LA-CHATELLE, Nov. 9.—lt is said that the Emperor Alexander will set out for Brussels to.mor. row, and that the King of Prussia will go immediately after. The absence of the two Monarchs will be but for a few days. Nov. 9.—lt is said that the departure of the Sove reigns is delayed for four days, but the reasons of Chip delay are not stated. Nov. 10.—It is now certain that the Congress will not be terminated before the end of the month. Buusszus, Nov. I?..—The fete given yesterday eveniug at the Town.hall by the King, was equally sumptuous and magnificent. The evening was ea tremely fine, and almost the whole population of the city thronged to those parts which the Royal carriages were to pass through. The Place Royal, the Roe . de la Madeline, and the Grand Place, In particular, wets, illuminated with perfect taste and elegance., The grand saloon in the Town.hall, where the fete was given, was fitted up in a beautiful manner, and ornamented with flowers of all kinds. The King and Queen remained there till one in the accruing, the Prince Royal and Prince Frederick, till four. The most perfect order prevailed ; no accident whatever happened. The Prince of Orange will give, this evening, a fete, in his Palace. To-morrow there will be another fete, at the Theatre-au-Parc, which has been neatly fitted up. This fete end that at the Town.hall will be repeated on the 18th and 19th, when the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia will honour the city of Brussels with their presence. In the Sitting of the Second Chamber of the States General, on the 12th, the subject of debate was the Treaty with Great Britain for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. Messrs. Von Paenhuys, Baron Sees, '. llogendorp, Nagelmauker, Gendebiers, De Gher, Plesschaert, Van Alphen, Kemper, De Moor, Rey phin, delivered speeches, in which they approved of the !oppression of the Slave Trede,aw contrary to the spirit of the age, to the wisdom and humanity of the Sovereigns. Messrs. Von Paenhuys Negelmauker, and Ptasschaert, thought that the 4th Article, by which he who shall be convicted of carrying on the Slave Trade is to lose Ilia patent, is unjust,liecause it deprives of the weans of subsistence au innocent wife a • Amman .m, i and llses.epon tps Mose ' , Vent, which the same la* dims not centem..l . 4 se, since it punishes the criminal by only thel penalty of confinement for five years, and a no. of 5,000 florins. Mr. PLAintiAta? thought five years confinement too heavy a penalty, as the Slave Trade had not hi therto been prohibited by the laws, he thought that so severe a punishment shoold not be applied in the first instance to the weak minded, who might think he could follow a trade formerly authorised. He voted with Messrs. Von Neither, and Nagelmaeker' against the Projet. Mr. REYPHIN approved the law, which he regarded as incomplete to repress with jest severity the shameful trade in,mee, which the Christian ought to regard with horror. The suppression of the patent seemed to him just, because it was only a means to be certain that, at the expiration of his penalty, V criminal would not again carry on the trade. M. NAGEL, Minister for Foreign Affairs, rev to the arguments of some of the Members who had spoken against" the law.—The Miniver of Justice defended the law. His Excellency mid, that the penalty of confinement being ipfamous, hroaeht with it the loss of the patent. Being put ko the vote, the ;Pro* was adopted by 87. votes spina 5: • PRICE. OF STOCKS THI IS DAY Al ONE O'CLOCK. b per Ceot. Navy 108 India Woods 85 87 p Lang Aon. 20 1-16 Exchequer Bilk 19 20 p Onaniunt Stec k • $ per Lest. Red.76o $ per Cent. 7 a*& 9i per Cent. 84 Lomeli for Acc. Tilif 4 per Gent. 95k THE STATESMAN. LONDON : MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 181 8. The Wore of the dispatches from St. Helena, concerning which so mach secrecy has been observed, is now pretty well ascertained, though these " im portant" communications have not been officially laid before the Public. The bubble is nearly burst, and we find that this mighty secret is nothing' more than a suspicion of being suspected—not a discovery of an actual plot, but a Correspondence that may lead to the detection of a plot. The sort of disco• veries made at St. Helena may be conceived from the accounts given in the letter from that Island, which re extract from the Hampshire Telegraph. The ln. tescepted dorrespondence has indeed made a Way revelation, If this account be true, for it has disco.. vered " where the whole of BosAe.terea !treasure is deposited."l-4This is certainly a most important and . joyful discovery for the Allies, and we do not wonder at he eagerness manifested to com atuelleate the intelligence. But how the plot otherwise bears against the unfortunate Prisoner, who is In snub safe custody, or how it shpuld be made t• authorise new oppressions upon him, We are not yet clearly given to understand. We have already not failed to remark the eztreordinary coin-1 cideoce, that this charge against BONAPARTR is brought forward at the moment when it is sought by his friends at Ais-la-Chapelle to procure some ame• lioration in his condition. A report has been circulate. that General Goutt (atm was implicated in the alleged conspiracy ; but whether this be true or false, the account which we this day insert of the treatment which that Gentleman experienced on Saturday last, in his own lodgings, from a gang of persons called officers, will be read with horror and indignation. General Gouß. GAUD, for some reason or other best known to those who are in the habit of thus violat ing, under the sanction of authority, the cha racteristic humanity of our eountry, was on Satur day torn from his bed and forced off to Harwich or Dover, in a manner which all who read this account must term most infamous, and disgraceful to the British Nation. In fact, it is scarcely possible to believe that such an occurrence could take place in open day in any country, or under any Government, which pretends to be civilized. If GOURGAUD has been guilty of any offence against our laws, why is he not j tried ? Why has he not the benefits of the com monest culprit ? Neither justice nor policy can au thorise a proceeding so outrageous. General Goya- Bann has been residing for some time in this country, and his address has been well known. STATE OF THE QUEEN. Her MAJESTY still continves without any very material recurrence of the more violent symptoms of her disease ; though they have not so entirely sub. sided, as to allay the apprehension of their instant return. There * is, indeed, almost every 'indication of an immediate paroxysm, and in consequence no relaxation in the attendant arrangements has taken place; except the visit of Sir HENRY HALFORD to Windsor (which is rendered necessary, not only by the place he bolds under the Regency Act, but by the indisposition of the P►incess SoeurA), and a hasty visit of Sir FRANCIS MILINAN to his family. In every other respect the arrangements at the Palace manifest undiminished apprehension of the catastrophe. Her MAJESTY is ne►er left even for a moment, without two female attendants, in the presence, and one or other of the Physicians, with the Household Apothe cary, in the antl-room. A number of horsei rfFe kept saddled, night and day, and couriers, both mi litary and of the household, are constantly in a state of equipment for the road. In the meanwhile the exhaustion of the Royal Patient approaches a state of almost• total lnsh►nsibility ; she is incapable of•re• cognizing any person whatever ; or of altering her • •• ,„,... _ position in theAlightek degree, without aaplik a , " 7A nor does she ever atteuq to articulate her vi 11 The Bulletin issued inerp tost t he e { fist ed N i t , the QUEEN had had lope gooseeleep . in the ni g h t and this morning the 'following official, notice vris published : . • 4. Kew NW*, No t is. 4, The QUEWI diteme has aet abated. Her Maniere les:. had mite good sleep in the night. (Slued) " F rellUtAk ii, RA -- —l.Powixo Yesterday Since stis peste rv i d before the PRINCESSES fiy the Chaplaie 0.6 % and all the hoesehold, except the immediate att ends upon her MAIitsTY, were present et t h e ter „, own, The Princess A UGUSTA is somewhat recovered No her indisposition. The Pittner REGENT Itss n e e visited the Palace since Thursday nigiti,legh tr. press regularly comes from Caritoseklipeb- i s o eveniog report of the Physicians. • • We find by The Halifax Papers, from Ai& li t' gave some extracts on Saturday, arid which llase,g oe rived to the 26th, containiog extracts from the As :1 rims Papers to the 18th, that on th e 2d a British 1:1. , eel was seized in the Delaware for the violatioast the countervailing Navigation Act, by coming frotee :port from which the American Flag is escladed. BUCHANAN, the British Consul at New York, had ages seeded" in the object of his journey to Upper C i „ sada, io' favour of such British Emigrants hi Ilk k Voited States as might be disposed to proceed Wait. Sir PEREGRINE MAiTt,AND had assured his, s lid large tracts of land, most favourably situated, smolt be immediately surveyed for their occoramodsdie. The Duke of BicsimOND has approved of a plea he forming a canal between the Lakes Ontario led Erie. These Papers contain a letter frog a gistrateat Ts inidad, dated the Bth September, to a Gtis. tieman at tialifaz, which, after detailing the max. ' lars already known to'opt faders, of the (nisi fate of Lieges. BARRIS and WATION, says—" it 41 1 however, be a great consislition to you, his relative, and the . Natibn generally, to know that the blosi. thirsty Spaniard, the murderer of so many innocent Men, CIPRIANI OltoCCo, is now prisoner in the rept jail of this island ; it having pleased the Altnigity that he should fall into the hands of justice a fie weeks .ego, having audaciously come hither from the Main in his flPehera i on the business of his ass pinery party. Oar Government has, t believe, taken every step to bring him to condign peoith. ment, according to the formalities of law; and I rip pose, must new wait for instructions from Voierns OM at home. I sincerely hope that neithfr4hift• Utile of it6yril Goternments, nor the thenretigaljek4 goes, or technicalities, of - the 1111:of nations, thy in terfere to prevent se utilise rd.of a monster's ptnisb. sent, the most severe that laws will admit of,— When interrogated, as to his murdering those peat men, he, after some hesitation, acknowledged he had done so; but, as he considered it a trfflingoccarrence, although so recent, he had almost forgot it! Who but a Spanish bloodhound could speak of a murder so coolly 2" The Washington Gazelle contains tie followisg article :—" The French brig St. Joseph, of I.l”romw, P. Bastinichi, Master, from Maldonado sad Rio Janeiro, arrived in 74 days passage at Ilaranash, after being taken by a schooner belonging to Coar modore Aury's squadron, and carried to the labia of Santa Catharine, in the Gulf of Honduras, detailed there 10 days, and then allowed to proceed. It up pears that said Aury has taken possession of Mid Island and also of St. Andrew's." The following are farther extracts from the Ala" rican Papers, which we hare received of various atii to late dates:— FROM SOUTH AMERICA. RICHMOND, OCT. 10.--Me learn from Csigail Barry, of the brig Active, in 28 days from Porte Civello, that the comet ship, General Scott, and se veral other armed vessels were at Porto Civello, assdo number of privateers were cruising off that port. — The Royalists, considering themselves in cisnr• were pressing every traveller that arrived from lths country tojoiu their standard. • [BALTIMORE PAPER, OCT. 13.] WASUINqTOPi e OCT. 12.--ft appears by a Wine from General Gaities to the Governor of Georgia, that measures have been adopted by the National Government for the protection of the southern fron tier against future incursions from the neighboering hostile wages. . The Paris Papers have reached us since our last (he 13th inst. On Wednesday the Five per Contsr after being as low as 691. 25 c. left off at 69 f. 89c. The Moniteur contains a Ro) al Ordinance, grant ing certain bounties for vessels employed in IN IVewfoondland, Iceland, and Dogger-bank fisheries, The Grand Doke CONSTANTINE dined with the King on the 10th. TALLEYeArro arrived at Paris on the 9th. Some young men have been convictsg fn the Capital, and at Strasburgh, of altering vedi• Lions exclamations, or wearing tri-coloared ribbon,' 'fit the late ballot for the army. The evacuation of the department of the Haut Rhine has been going 0 " since the 29th ult. At the bridge of Sponear as the Rhine, the Austrian troops file off (laity before GVaenieenrcail Fai eonesw m a ° l " Lpec irh ted e b e y o t m he plel l 15th e b of a e2o"tiib:" I I ice...: .. -ii••••••• ,- s