The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-11-10 00:00:00

P FRE:v"C II I'3 P E RS. 4 I TOWTAINDLEO, OCT ,. 25.--The fete o.ll,lSillidaT ...—..... tank place in Xrancis •the Pirst's Gallery. From • „ of , Ocr. 21.--The following I.mpetiat ! the banqueting room the Court proceeded to the ‘ , l O•Es• i , ,•,,,t been published hero : ball.roum. The satisfaCtion was universal • the . k .... e.: ...' J „ 1 ,,,h, 0e of lontaiubleau, Oct. 11, MO. da nc i n g . continued until a late.hour of night. The day before yesterday their Majesties took pott:us, ke. • • - 1 the amusem en t o f the chace at the hermitage of e „iii ,J o g c onsidered the fourth and fi fth articles Franchrd. A circular enclosure was prepared, , A ;( 13 , rho ikcree, of the 216 t, November, 1806, into which 80 wild boars were driven ; at a signal t. • ilecre,•ii , and do decree as follows: given , all. the hunters fired on the animals, and I re •• ' Art..l. A!! merchandize, of whatever sort, they lv were in an, instant brought down. o hear, that on Staday next. their Majcsties . o !i n g fann 1:11,11:sli manufactur. and w bleb is „ill stand as sponsors in the Imperial Chapel for the l',::1, 0 ,1 . , ex is ting at this moment' either in tits child ren . of s , vcral officers of state and private per. r ~ ,,r ep ots, or in the warehouses of our cuts_ sons, upon whom they wish to coi.rer that hOnouy. r '' „f eli.oeter description it may be, shall be Our town, which was some days ago so bustling, too. is become tranquil Again. • In this respect it resem. Wes the Imperial Palac:., where certain hours in the afternoon are devJted to ratiation and pleasure, hut where those of 'the morning are passed in !env, and, as we may say, in that meditation which prevails in the spot where Napoleon weighs the interests of the world. HERM tIiSTADT, OCT. 6..—A suspension of arms between Russia and Turkey is much iipoken of, but the report regnir s coufirmation ; what appears certain is, that the aussiait troops, whoa ere pro. cceding towards the Danube to suiwort the corps stationed thure, havo• c.-ivett en's" 'c orders. • I;, I future, all prohibited merchandize of a• ai lacture, proceeding either from our ~ Li r float seizures that may be made, shall oaa.3t b. lorn'• i. All prohibited mereltandize of English ma. ' ,t i ler, which shall be found in Holland, io the tic n , Duchy of Berg, in the 11.insealic Towns, ,itcral'y, from the M ein to the sea, shall be t... burnt. All ti.e merchandise to be found in talaiir;dion of Italy, under whatever description ;la, shall be seized and burnt. ~ All tee English merehstidize which shall kfonnal in our Illyriao provinces, shall be seized I.olhe:ut. 6. All the Euglish merchandise which shall owl in the kiugdoto of !Ca**, shall be seised 004. .7. All the English merchandise which shall be } r adio the provinces of Spain occupied by our g o, shall be seized and burnt. g, MI the English merchandize which shall be foiial in the towns, and within the reach of places cupid by our troops a shall be seized anal burnt. (Si;t:ed) " NAPOLEON. wow!) "TILE MIKE OF PLACI..I I / 4 : rut, " Prince Arch-Treasurer * awl .Lieutenant- Genenklei the Emperor and King." T o .day, salutes of artillery were fired here aml i J ej all the coast of Holland, in honour of the it cloy gzineal at Coimbra by the Freuch army in bangail. Nnssa, Orr. 16.—The Emperor set out from Gro in the 11th, and ctipued his route for C r is ;t, and the soul!, of pia. b . !iv Smithy the silk,rnanufistuyers of Vienna I;.!ts ana:ience - of hitt Eteelled'O. the President of t i,ch uu kr o f Finance,' and laid before him the tabrrass.—.ents into which the - considerald fall in ty...p 3 p, r .money I. tarovrti them. It is nut or ally known what answer the Minister gave them; but the puailte are much a4tonislied art the complaints of these roaaufacturera, every body knows, that so corporation has of late made more *rapid and osider able profits than that of the ailk-manufac i rem The dearness of provisions eOf is, to increase here, notwithstanding the aburidantacrops of every kind; because all the fielders, even to the dealers In itait,regulatethe price of their articles by iheCourse pf Ilichange. In this respect, therefore, Mr course, acc.naling to the ezpression of a peasant, vlto believed that it was some Atinister i due{ a great ilea! of aitisrhief to every body. The Archduke Ferdinand, Commander in Chief 011ie troops of Moravia and Silesia, is at present ltritais the troops of his disitict. De capture of the two iMpOrtant fortresses of Ldbcuck anal Giurgewu will not be the last ope rate, of Ibis campaign, bet it renders it absolutely de ciiit ein fouur of tl.e 1.1 Gssians. it is to he re sukol, that they have iit the mean time,iti their Pser all the strong places which defended the right Oink of the Danube, from Ismailow to Saistow ; finis, from the month of that river to more than l !agues up its chaatnel. 'f -he Turks, beyond this line, possess only Natni-Orsova and Widdin, cipable of any resistance. Nieopoli is already in. mei by one of the Russian corps, - which con ink(' this siege of It titischuC6. • It would Lippe' e, Nit tile bulk of their army has marched against ahlzil the Grand Vizier cannot relieve, Irlallout ha: trdiog a general battle. The Salton lot ant yet made his appearance at the army ; audit is learnt from two Greeks, secretaries of a 1)1 :1, and made pi isoners by a reconnoitring t' 7 !, that his Ilighnesa will not quit Constanti n,i,•ki. The new LORD MAYOR And SUERIrrs Will save, the former 1.0001. and 'tile. latter'66ol. each, in eon. sequence of the city feasting, nut taking place yes. terday, conformably to custom. Ministers err, in almost all things, with a faci lity that would be surprising, if we did net consi. der the lung practice of blunders they have enjoyed. The rigorous inforcemetit of the Income Tax, drives many industrious individuals to extreme distress. To avoid such extreme rigour, why dßes not the ChatiteLuton of the EXCHEQUER call in the over time duties un brandies and wines, when the mer. chants are suffered to rebond. The Minister should not be so severe in collecting the Income Tax from the distressed, and so indiscreetly partial to' those that are wealthy. The docks cannot contain the constant supplies brought to them, and the money that is kept from Qovcrnment is immense; which money is, in fact, lent to the merchant to speculate witn, at the public expence. The __Dock Company has been obliged to hire cellars at St. Catharine'li, opposite the Tower, to take in wines for them ; tiotwithstanding which there may be seen hundreds of pipes laying for months expo3ed to the weather, injuring the quality as well as lisening the quantity ; and all to enliqnce the price. This deserves the vigilant obset vation of soave of our honest Mein. berg of Parliament ; and we throw this hint out to Parliament—that is, to sume in Parliament, for many have other admonitions to listen to. A gunpowder plot is said to have been carried into execution, a few days since, at a great semi. nary, by springing a mine of squibs, serpents, and crack:, c, upon one of the masters in ' his desk, which singed, as well as terrified, his reverence not a little. A serious investigition is unkiog into thiS prank; some of the pbtoder tnunkies who nick(' in compounding of this classical jeu d'esprit are disco. vered, but the Guy EHI+C Who' commanded ID chief 'remains undiscovered: -•• • .. NEW SPECIES or FORRERT.—Some fells were apprehended at Kenti.h.towe and Highgate onTioirs. day, in consequence of having sald several forge ries of a pawnbrokers' duplicates for watches, gold chains, 'dyer spoons, and other valuable articles, which, elle.* presented by the purchasers io r ekase their bargalus, led to a tbseet , r) that no such .arti cles had been p , wiled. Th l fr a ud teagieated in ; theft of some sharpers, from the p;:witbrolser's win. dow, of a considera hie nuinner of blank do pheates, which the thieves filled ii i at discretion, and which their accomplices have lean selling about town ever .since, to persons who were simple enough to pur. chase them. A grand Pigeon Match for 100 guineas, betwixt Messrs. KEAN and BAUR° w, front Herts ; and `Messrs. GREEN and jOICE, from Buckinghamshire, 'took place on May's Green, Fiechley Common yesterday, at 21 birds. The parties shot alternately, and the match was won by the Ifertfordshire men, who brought 19 pigeons to bag, Mr. BAARoW hay. 'ing killed all his birds .% The losers killed 17. The City at present swarms with hustlers and street robbers. We recommend the Under Marshal, ; who has always been deemed a'respectable and ac. tive Officer, to exert himself In the suppressiuts of such outrages : A melancholy account of aq interestitg female, who had been seduced, and basely abandoned, and who had been secreted by an elderly man, who offered to -protect and convey her to her friends at Twizienliam, which lately appeared in this paper. It has been since asserted that she was an iniposter,.l and had defrauded several inhabitants of Ellackil friars'-road, Surrey, of money, which they had been induced, by her pitiable tale, to contribute to her relief. It appears, however, from a letter addressed by Mr—Fox, the Churchwarden of the parish of Christchurch, to Mr. PKTERS, the person who first communicated the affecting narrative to the Public, that he had been from house to huu'e in Blackfriars'-road, in order to ascertain the . truth of this alleged imposition, but.that .he could not find that any such person as thefemale in ques. tion bad been relieved by the inhabitants of that place. The whole affair therefore remains in the sync mysterious state, and the place. where the female is concealed has not been discovered. A few days ago, Lord 'f Eilpt,, with some of his Officers (of the King's Own Nltlitia)•rode out to , look at some ground in the neighbourhood of DJver, where they were to have ,a sham fight the next day. Captain BATE•,'s horse, in galloping over a deep ploughed field, fell with him, br o l.:e its neck, and died upon the spot. Captain BATES was thrown violently forward, nod-most providentially clear of the horse. Captain B. was very little butt. I': oasequence of the errsent great demand for Mfr. ll,ast.sat's Treatise l on Insanity, Mn. CAL -I.ow, Medical I3oolcseller, Crown.coart, Princes -arect, Soto', be; ,s leave to infs•rin his Frieolls and Costoiavr7, that he has still a few copies of the Se cond Edition of that Work unsold. Mr. STFI , II HYDE CASSAN, has lately been ad mitted to the Degree or Llaelielur of Arts. ~ r ciesten, OCT, c2l. A general and very strict tra took place un the f.:U lust. at Frank fort.— Litre was found an immense quantity of Colonial 1) '1 1 11C:, and a great deal of. English tnerchaluticc, 7 h icilhate been confiscated : the French troops iu ro.operatcd ice tha search. We arc in. that the Grand Duke has set ont for Paris. Lll " ll mher of German works which appeared Fair of Leipsick amounted to between 1,000 t `' 1 ) 10 0 volumes, which, fur the most part, were compilatious or insigitificant , abooks, or at ' ll inothietions which presented nothing new. — Lai ',litre were also some very good works, which Jelly earii:ll(ierttilts literature. 81 . 1 01 E, Oce. 2 1.—The Landamman has just ` M eted a Specitl Cumm:ssitin for detiberatiog on' interests of Switxerland• ft* cQ u " `...Arcs %till he opeued to-trurrow. hlituno, Ocr. Ott else cvening.ol . the 19th, l '''‘ralt were removed from the warehouses of the '" 6 1.111s, and an inventory was taken of dyed 'Pint cottons, w Stich hitherto hid not been con_ ere! as colonial or E ng li s h m e rchandize, shire t 'qlvete not exp ress ly name d in, the tariffs of the Atlgnat and 12th September last ; a provisional 1 1 4 "rtation was also placed on all English mcr. ' ll4 zt . , of ei:dch the t; toothy is very f.H:4ii• wh cr e ll . l % more evert: measures been ta keit than ` l ,e s aßainst every ki n d o f E ng lish gouda. , 41 'hot ts h i d been irrnlat....!! here, that the price of 6 , 44 %CIS to be raised, the convents to be abolish but the Little Coueci: has ca s used a 'wi lt 'C"tratlieling rtlVr. theut ) to be inserted ice the Oilicial THE STia'ESMAN, • • , LAW I,NTEL.LWA 'a. °r (GE. WM" OF KIN(;-$. lIVNCH, Nov. 9. • THE. KING. V. DI YOZGE. Mr. MAIM YATT moved for a Role to thew cause why the verdict in this case shoulJ not be set aside, and a verdict for the Defendaot entered. The indictment under which 11,e D.fendant had been tried, charged hint with purchasing the cur rent coin of Ow kingdom. at inure than the current value ; a point had been say..d by the Noble and Learned Lord who tried the cause (Lord lilleribo rough), but after the strong opinioit ex pressed by his Lordship, he (Mr. Marryat 0 felt that he must be obliged, in stating the case 'of his Client , to enter into the shbi,:ct at some length. Lord ELLE , BonouGu . spared the Learned Counsel, that lie was suite prepared to clian:te his opinion if he should be convitseed that it was erro neous. Mr. M Alt RYATT submitted, that the Ath and Gth of Edward VI. by which the offence charged is the exchanging *old or silver for more in value than Such gold or silver coin is current for at the time, could only be conceived to have reference to a former Act of the 23(1 of Edward HI., by which it was declared, that it should not be lawful to take in exchange silver for gold, or gold for silver, re. Ceiving more that, the current value of either. Who ever did so receive, br exchange apy gold or sliver coin of the realm, it was, by the said Act, enacted, should forfeit the same; and by the statute of• Ed. ward VI., besides forfeittire of the coin so ex changed, this offence was to be punished by impri. sonment for one year, and by fine, at the pleasure of the Court. He admitted that the Defendant in this case had received for fifty guineas fifty six Bank of England notes for one pound each,' and a dollar, valued at five shillings, being at the rate of 225. 6J. for every guinea. lie admitted also, that this was an increased sum above the valve of a guinea on the one hand, or tiiat, it was a proof of the depreciation of ainit notes on the other. .ILltit '‘e stilputtted, that this was no offence. The question here to be considered was, had the Defendant given more in value of coin for coin !—lf he could buy a thing cheaper for coin than otherwise, this was no offence. The value of a Bank note was not fixed by law- 7 the public were nut bound to take Bank _notes, nor were they esteemed a it•.;a! tender. What s'len will there to hinder any man from s tying for what value or con. operation he would take it ? This Was clearly the interpretation to be put on the Act of Edward VI., as conneet:ng it with the statute of Edward 111., the former statute not inflicting any new prohibi tion, but only superadding penalties to those con tained in the former Act. The stitute dues not say, that these penalties shall attach if a man takes or gives goods or notes for more than their current value, but 'confines itself to the case where a man may take more than its value for the current coin of the realm.' . Lord ELLtxunaottost said, that the Court would be glad to hear the Learned Counsel farther on this point, if the time did not press. This was a motion of great importance, and the Learned gentleman might take his Rulo, M !MYATT then staled, dot the Acts which hail a bearing on.this,ease were numerous tieing more than ten in number, and at the time these Acts were pa-sed Batik notes hail no existence. It *Bs then ordered that the Defendant should re main at liberty, on bail, till the qUestion, should be filially determined. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated, that a case which had been tried beford'gir James Mansfield, in Staffordshire, and which involved thesame question, had by his Lordship been reserved for argument be , fore the Twelve Judges. lie thought it might be convenientthat both cases Might be argued at the' • same time. • Mr. MA R tATT agreed that his Client should be, personally in' attendance at this argunicot l and thus t the motion was disposed of. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 9.- ADMIRAL 140NTAdUE V. CAPTAIN JANYERIN. Mr. 'Serjeatit BesT moved for a Ittile to show cause why the verdict iu this MC should not he set aside, and a non-suit entered. It may be in the recollection of ant readers that this action . Was tried during the Sittings after last Trinity Term before Lord Chief Justice Rlansfield, at Guildhall, London. It was an action to recover a proportion of a sum of money received by Cap tain Janverin, of the Pluto frigate, for the fruiglit of a quantity of specie, which, by elle order of Go verninent lie . hed taken to Gijon, in Spain. This demand rested on the universal and invariable eus tom of the Navy, and it was in that instance for the first time opposed ; for though disputes bad arisen at times relative to the different Admirals on the same station, the general principle had always heen admitted. It was alleged on the trial, that the Flag Officer on a station was entitled to receive a certain (pout of the freightage paid to Captains under his command. The Plaisitiff commanded at Ports. mouth, and the Defendant was a Captain within his jurisdiction, and in consequence of Government deeming it necessary to send a supply of specie to Spain, the Louis of the Admiralty transmitted an order to 4dmiral Montague directing him to dis patch either the Sok4ay or Pluto frigate on the service. The Pluto, conoiluded by the Defendant, was accordingly sent, and the money for the freightage was paid. The Plaintiff demanded the customary allowance, but the Dafentlant refused to comply with the requisition, and therefore the action was brought. Sir Roger Curtis, Lord Hood, Sir- it. Strachan, a nd Sir R. Bickerton, were examined as to• the g e. neral usage in such .eases, and they all declared,' that during their services, they had always received, as a thing of Clierse, their third share of the frk ago allowed to the Captains of veseels cotter their. continent's. , • A verdict was then given in favour of the Plain tiff, subject to a future. decision on the part - of the • .• Mr. S;.rjeant Herr, in making his motion this day, strongly cnntended against the et;missibility of the evidence of usage, as in point of fact Ito ()dicer had. . a right to demand:freightage ; it was me r e ly a boon granted by the Kidg, alid - this he declared himself 1 ' • 1 • 61=ElL'iNG ~- -~ --- able to prove from docurweits which were in his possession. By them it appeared, that on the Bth of Ihrcla, 111,07, the Lords of the Treasury, under the direction of the Law-Officers of the Crown, stateil, in a correspendent«, with the Lorde of the Adtniralty, that " Naval Officers generally had sio right toireiehtdge." Thiscorrespondence took place in consequence of some of the King's money i;eing stopped for the purpose of answering a demand of freightage, to which the Officer coneeived he was entitled. However, 46 in consideration of the care and trouble which devolved on the Captains of men of war, who took specie un hoard, the Lords of the Treasury proposed to allow them 10s. percent."' The answer of the Lords of the Admiralty to this letter, stated " that their Lordships having taken into consideration the allowance proposed to be, given to Captains of men of war ; they agreed with the Lords of the Treasury, that such Commanders could not have any claim for freightage on specie, or any other article shipped eu hoard their vessels fur the public service. But if his Majesty should, in consideration of the usage, allow one.half per cent. to the Commanding Officers who should Ilikve the care and custody of such property, tht, officers of the navy would receive it with great respect lo.d . gratitude." Ile particularly directed the attention t .t his Lordship to the impressions in this letter, " The Commanding- Officers who sh . ould have the care anal custody of such property." It could not be con. tended that Admiral Montague came under ,that description; he was not on board, but remained without the slightest risk on his station at Ports. mouth. The Learned Seijcaet then read theorder for payment of freightage, signed by the King, and countersigned by the Lords of the trel.sury. It stated that it should be paid without deduction or accounting for the same. Under thethese rii.curn. stances, he conceieed his client was entitled, to a verdict, and in that feeiing felt it his duty to submit his motion to the Court.—Rule granted. SIVINNER7O/4 a.. THE MARQUIS OF STAYFORDA 4 motion was made to set aside (he judgment in this case, and to giant a new trial. The caie was tried at the last Stafford, Assizes, and involved a consideration respecting the right of common. It appeared, however, that a second trial had al. ready been granted ; under such 'a circuoitance, therefore, the Court would not agree to the motion. LORD 111.11'01C$ Yesterday the LORD Maron, Loan MAYOR Eleet, Aldermen, 4e. proceeded in a private man. ncr, in consequence of the domestic calamities of the Royal Family, from Guildhall to the Court of Exchequer, Westminster Hall, where the LORD MAyOl4, Elect was sworn into office, and the late LORD MAYQA rendered en account of his Adminia. : tratioo during the year he hid been in office. The RECORDER having introduced the Lone M A yoo Elect to the Lone C!►IEP BARON as a per. son on whom the nomination to the important office of Chief' Magistrate of the City of London had fallen, not only from a thorough con►ictiou of hie privato worth ; but from an experioncu of his lute. grity and firmness of mind, when entreated nitb the disch►rge of high public duties. The Loafs CHIEQ BARON expressed the high sa. lisfaction he felt at the judicious choice of the City, of London, at 30 important and momentous a pe. riod. He begged to assure the Lotto Maxon, that, at a moment when the Royal. FAMILY of these kingdoms—a family so justly delr to every. loyal subject, was.visited with calamity, the abstinence from every species of parade was more honourable to his Lordship than the most gorgeous and °stoa t Miens procession could possibly hive been, Having complimented the late Loan MATOR eta the 'highly meritorious manner in Which he Gad re l deemed the pledge made by hint last year in that place, the usual formalities were gone through, and tIW LOUD Mayon, afterwards paid his respects 04 tlieJudges of the Courts of king's Bench and Coin. mon Pleas, but the LORD Cliaiscsi.Lua had loft the Court of Chancery some time mittens to the !AAR MaTott's arrival. ...,.1. We Cannot permit this day to peas -over without bearing our testimony to the truly honourable and dignified manlier in which the late Lune Mayoti has discharged the duties of his high ollice. Thp Mansion.llouse has been rentlercil by the Right Hon. TuomAs Ssirrit, during his Muyoralty, the secne of unostentatious hospitality, K hero his fel. low-citizens and friends found a constant and warm welcome—and where the splendour of the City was maintained by a most liberal attention to all the great Officers and Persons who Jaime distinguished themselves by service to the State. Tao grbatiity Of his manners—his zealous support of the City rights in a moment of imminent danger—his respect for the privileges of the people—his upright admi nistration of justice, tempered with mercy—his li.- berality to the .poor—and his cooilesceosion to al have endeared him, not only to the City Officers, who had the best means of observing his conduct, but to his fellow.citizetis at large. lle now returns again to the bosom of his family, with the best titles that an independent Magistrate can eaoy 7 thutie of a plain, honest, StitclDE.• : —A young man, habited ay an °facer, in the navy, took a coach early yesterday morning in Piccadidy, and desired the coachman to drive hint with all speed to Upper Johu.street, square. There st as a peculiarity in his manner which struck the attention of the coachman, and on the arrival of the coach in Oxford.street,• a pis. tul was disco.' trged, and a ball passed through one of the pantiels. On opening the door of the coach the young man was found struggling wish dead), he having blown away the left temple. lig iirits out io be a Mr.. Pencey. That the . present City Lottery, which will be drawn in U iil.lhall, 4th of nest Month, is the last private one tvhicli ever will lie sanctioned by our Legislature, is a fact perfectly well knots!): Tnis circumstance, tt hen are considered the miliatenesa of the stake of adventure, and the immense value resulting froM success, in either of the Twenty. live noble Mansions, possesses an interest alone suf. ticient to excite general attention. • i ' • ..,. itc all rutl ILIA , i tsu M°' of I Oki sg. b of