The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-05-07 00:00:00

1 r u lrr 1116:11L2IND SOCIETY. A dinner' was Oren yesterday; at Ai Albicm House, to the friends and supporters of this India'. Lion, having for its object the propagation of Chris tian Knowledge in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. This was the 45th Anniversary Festival of the London Correspondent Establishment, the Scotch Society having been incorporated in 1709. — The Duke of Susses (recopied the Chair. The ors ternary toasts of the King, the Prince Regent, and the Royal Family, accompanied with appropriate soap, having been given, The Duke of Suss= rose to propose the toast of prosperity to the Institution. After a high compli ment to the Scotch peasantry, he alluded to a state. Ment in the account of the Society that the education promoted loyalty. he knew not how the People of Scotland coold be accused of disloyalty in these times. There was indeed a time when the family which sow occupied the Throne might be considered as an 'antic, soil the Scottish notion did certainly take time to consider about it; but that had now entirely passed over and therefore he conceived there should be no allusion made in the statement to the disloyalty of the People. he believed the Royal Family were all ansious to promote the objects of every institution for the diffusion of knowledge, bat particularly the present institution for the propagation of Christian instruction. Scotland was the first country which had given the esample to surrounding nations, and he hoped it would be imitated by still more distant parts of the world. lie concluded with proposing the toast of Prosperity to the Institution." • In proposing the health of the Duke of Kent, who nos a joint President of the Institution, his Royal Highness observed, that his Royal Brother would in a very short time be called oat of England by particular nosiness, and the result of that journey wound be probably a communication gratifying to the feelings: of every individual present, It was not his dots ro orrre the fact now in an official shape, but he did it in the expectation, that the information would not be unacceptable [His Royal Highness was understood to allude to the intended marriage of the Duke of Kent with the sister of' Prince Leopold ] Mier some oi.servitione then)fro Air. LAURIE, Trea. sorer to the Institution, ist of subscriptions was read, and among them ne observed the names of t h e Duke o f Susses, an annual subscription of five guineas, Prince Leopold 10 goineas, and G. W. Tay. for, E.g. RO guirreas, &c. Before we quitted the room the sum of 425 1 . was raised. The Duke of Swim, in proposing the health of the Stewards, observed, that such %WI the frequency of his engagements, that until the Rsth of June nest, he had promised to preside at different public festi vals twice a week. His Royal highness left the Chair about eleven o'clock. - OFFICIAL URBANITT.—The Commander-in-Chief receives Officers of the Army, on o ffi cial business, on all occasions, at the Ilorse-Guards, whilst the Noble Lord at she head of the Admiralty Department, con descends to see no Officer below the rank of 4 Com mander in the Nays.. It appears, during the Naval Administration of Earls Stertces and Sr. VINCeNT, that even Liestenatits (who are equal in rtink to • . Captain in the Army) were courteously admitted to official audiences at their levees; however, t 6 com 'postale for the loss of a sight " of the presence of this great man," Mr. Secretary CltoKEtt Matas, that he is every day at his Office, and ell day long, to see any one who will do him the honour to all upon him. MoKE PIRACIES.--The following is an eatract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Nassau, New . Providence, dated the 3d of Marc:* t—" For some time past our Spanish trade has been greatly inter rupted by a number of armed vessels, sailing under the Insurgent flags of South America; and several acts of piracy have been committed by them on Bri tish vessels, with British property. In the month of December the schooner Billow, of this port, on her passage from Puerto del Principe, was boarded by one of these vessels, mid plundered of 1100 dol lars iu money, two Negro men, nearly all her provi sions, a stern-boat, and a quantity of running rig ging. The Master of the Billow was confined for a considerable time in rte hold of the strange vessel, and was robbed of his watch. The crew of the pirate declared, that wherever Spanish dollars were to be found, all flags sere alike to them. The schooner Neptune, also of this port, was boarded on the 12th of February last, on her passage from this place to Watling's island (one of the Bahamas), by a small schooner, carrying one gun on a pivot, and 27 two ; and 12 Negroes, the property of a Gentleman of this place, were taken from on hoard of her. To-day we have received accounts of the capture of a small sloop, called the ' Favourite of Cuba, by a number of men in an open boat: the Master and crew of the Favourite were landed, and the vessel seized and carried off by the pirates. It is oar opinion that there is at pre- sent considerable risk attending property afloat in these seas, even in British vessels;, and, unless the growing ern he speedily put a stop to, it is difficult to say what lengths the audacity of these marauders may carry them. The larger class of vessels that cruise in our vicinity, under the Independent flag of uth America, have, as yet, respected the British gag. It is vessels of small tonnage, and easy draught of water, that are principally to be dreaded; and these are daily encreasing in number." An incombustible store-house has just been com pleted in Plymouth Dock-yard, every part of which is composed of stone and iron, without an inch of woodiit the whole building; the girders, joists, doors, sashes, and frames, are all of cast iron, neatly ear euted. The roof is also of cast iron,, and the floors of Yorkshire-stone; the staircase, which is a geome trical one, is of moor-stone, projecting sis feet from the wall. The estimated expence of this building is 15.000 i. There will he a grand Naval Review, at which the Paisce REGENT will be present, in the course of the ensuing summer, attended by his Naval Aids-de- Camp. For this purpose the guard-ships from the several ports, eicept the flag-ships at Portsmouth add Yly mouth, have been ordered to form A squadron at. the latter port, on the Ist of June, thence to proceed to sea for the ezercise of the crews and the perform ance of manoeuvres previous to the review. The re view will take place elf the Isle of Wight. _ THE ATATikstviAtc..,. NAVAL INTSLLtGENCE. a Mira, Mat 6.—kerrited and Saila for tbse TUT tier, the 'Rey wood, Rornewerth, from Bengal;. Kingston, Watson, from St. Domingo; Wadatray, —, from the Mediterranean; and several others, names unknown.— Came down from the River, the Andromeda, Sughrde, for .Jamaica; Porcupine, Scott, for Vera•Crue ; and Anne„Dvyborough, for Oporto. Priarsatouvr, MAY 6.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Rosario ' from a cruise; the Two Brothers, Stamp, from Calcutta.—Passed up, Frederick, Danish ship, from the Havannah in 39 days, for Co penhagen, all well.—Sailed the Coldst ream, Coawell, for India; and his Majesty's ship Grecian, on a cruise. PLYMOUTII, MAY .—Came in the Lady Boring don, Lothbridge, from Calcutta for London, many passengers on board. FALIIOEITtIi MAY 4.—Arrived the American brig Nancy, Packard, 28 days from New York, for , orders. The Swiftspre packet was l ing there when she sailed. PENZANCE, 1111 AT 4.—Arrived the Maria, Wicket, from Stockholm, with the crew of the Vittoria, lately , abandoned here. Colonel SMITH, whose gallantry has been so con. spicuously displayed in India, is the son of the elegant Poetess, CHARLOTTE SMITH, and is himself an accomplished Scholar. The Countess of MANsfrier.n has for many years occupied the Ranger's house iu Richmond Park by a grant from the KING. By a recent arrangement, she has relinquished the house, with all its appendages, to the Princess ELIZABETH, in consideration of an SO 'laity of 10001. to be paid by the Poblic during her life. Lord SIDMOUTU, who is now the Deputy Ranger, has also a house in the Park, with the usual perquisite of venison, &c. which he very handsomely shares with his Constituents, as High Steward of Westminster, at their annual feast. ENCOURAGEMENT volt TILE Pooft AT PUBLIC Woßßs.—The Kentibh Courier says, " A most. iniquitious proceeding has long been exercised tn. wards the poor men, labourers in the public works at Sheernesi. It appears, these poor fellows, whose labour is the most excessive, as pile-driving. exca vating the mud, &c. are compelled to take out the full amount of their earnings at a provision shop; and if they want money for any other necessaries, to pay rent, &c. they are obliged to sell the pro 'woes at a heavy loss: the penalty for grumbling is dismission. The consequences have been truly alarming to the parish, as the claims for relief are necessarily uncommonly numerous. In consequence ' of these crying evils, the poor men have complained of being grossly overcharged, as mucit as three or four pence in the shilling, and asserted that the goods were short of weight. Messrs. Marshall end Swift, Constables of Sheerness, proceeded with a warrant, signed by three Magistrates, on Thursday last, to the shop of a baker and grocer, to weigh thebbre d; when they found 79 gallons short of wei g ht, by ven ounces per gallon, which was taken to A. 11. BRAD.- LEY, E.q. of Sittingborue, wino fined him in the f e ll ' penalty of ss. per ounce, amounting pe 1381. 55.--- . The bread was given to the Poor." SAVAGE BuTcuzne.—.The following d e tails were received by the last Jamaica Mail :- 6 4 Kingston, Jamaics, Feb. , 28. The schooner CUIIICOII packet, Milton, from the Indian coast, boated to Aruba, but blown off the coast, out seven days, pot into this port yesterday In distress. The arrival of this vessel puts it out of all manner of doubt as to the loss of the brigantine Ssse-Cobourg, GLAISTER, two of her crew having arrived here . in her. These men, whose names are JAMES BERRY and Joust PETER', state that the Sase.Cohourg was taking in cattle on the Indian coast in the beginning of January ; that on the 9th she had on board 184 head; that between the hours of 10 and 11 in the forenoon of that day, one of the Indian Chiefs was on board, who got drunk, and behaved in so very outrageous a manner, that Capt. GLAIvrEli. was compelled to confine him till he became sober, but, from the quantity he had drank, he died shortly after hewas sent on shore. His followers, imagining the Chief's death was caused by ill-treatment from Capt. G., went on board the vessel in vast numbers, and commenced butchering every soul they could lay hands on ; and not of her whole crew only the two men, who arrived here in the Curacoa packet, escaped, they having secreted themselves effectually until the savages' rage was somewhat abated ; and they were taken on shore as servants to the Indians, and were sold to Cept. Aastotz like beasts. The Indians plundered the Sase-Cobourg of every portable article, and afterwards set fire to her. Mr. JACOB GLAISTEN, brother of Capt. G., and Mr. Wt:na, a passeuger, were among the unfortunate victims." Acarcuuruat.—The appearances in mane of the Northern Counties is now truly pleasing. The lands sown with oats, from the late rains, have sprung up most favourably, and wear a green and healthy ap pearance. Last night a Match was made at the Castle Tavern, Ilolburn, between fres! Country Dick and iluclion, jun. for BO guineas a-side, to take place on the same day that Spring and Painter fight. The Grotto public.house, in Lint-street, South: wark, was again set fire to yesterday. This is fifth time that the destruction of these premises has been attempted within a few days, and still theincen diary remains undiscovered. Since Saturday last a fireman has been constantly in the house ; on Tues day he Warned to his own home, and in a few hours afterwards the villainous project was again at tempted to be carried into effect; the flames were discovered and eztinguished before any Material in jury was sustained. The Police.officers are indefati gable in their exertions to discover the offeuder, and bring him to justice. Tuesday night as Mr. Waller, of Westminster, was proceeding along the New-cut, near she Cobourg 'theatre, he was stopped by three stout fellows, who after severely beating him robbed him of 51. In Bank of England Notes, and his watch. Tuesday afternoon as one of the Hammersmith stages we proceeding slang Piccadilly loaded inside and out, one of the wheels came off ; and the coach was overt urned. Two or thief. children, with their pa r ents, ; e ters, on the outside, and the former falling under the wh..els were dreadfully cat tad bruised. — Nearly otery passeaset was hart. AFFAIRS . or DRURY:LANE - THEATRE.. --....--. . . Yesterday i notneroos and highly respectable ; Meeting of the Proprietary of Drury-lane Theatre 1 164 place in the Salooo, for the lotrpose of electing lAuditor, in the room of Colonel Douglas, who s 'resigned.; . . .. J. DENT, Esq. in the Chair. Mr. WRIGHT proposed Mr. G. H. Robing, is a Gentleman fully competent to the situation of Audi tor,. in the room of Colonel Douglas: The motion was seconded by Mr. DATIS. Mr. PETER Moons proposed as an amendment, that instead of Mr. G. ii. Robins,. Mr. Alderman Coss be nominated Auditor. The CHAIR/441 , 4.—U Then I hate to put it to the sense of the Meeting. that Mr. Alderman doze should stand in lieu of Mr. George Robins." . The motion and amendment was then put sub aikntio to the show of hands, and there appeared • considerable majority in favour of the original mo tion; bet upon a reference to the Act of Parliament, under which the proceedings are regulated, consider. able doubt having arisen, whether or not the election could legally take place by show of hands, it was considered advisable to supersede that mode of elec tion, inasmuch as, by referring to two clauses in the Act, a share-holder was entitled to vote according to the number of shores be held. Lord YARMOUTH proposed that every Gentleman should write his name down upon a piece of paper, with the number of shares he possessed, am/ that the election may be so conducted ; upon which coiiiider. able desultory conersation ensued. -.. • The lion. DOUGLAS KINNAIRD said, he held op his hand for Mr. Robins; and his reason fur voliog for him was, that he thought no Gentle Man ought to be auditor of his own accounts—(Hear, heir !) not that he meant to say Mr. Robins' abilities were superior to those of Mr. Alderman Cosy, but the Worthy Alderman was already on the Committee, and, if he should be elected Auditor, he would have to audit his own accounts. A PROPRIETOR" fled not the election be better left to the nest General Meeting 1"--(Cries of No, no ! certainly not.) Mr. Alderman Coze said, be should be most happy to meet tuts wishes of the Proprietors at large. If he should be considered more serviceable in auditing the accounts than in being one of the Gentlemen of the Committee, he should be glad that Proprietors should make their election.—(hear, hear !) MIS. BUTLER, who appeared sensibly affected, ad. dressed herself to the Chairman in the following man ner : -. 44 Mr Chairman, with great submission, and in the midst of all this discession about Auditors and Committees. I should like to know if we have any dividend coming to us ?" A PROPRIETOR.-" No, Mrs. Boller ; I am afraid you will wait some time for a dividend." In answer to some observations made by Mr. KIN. NAIR°, with respect to the m. eked secrecy observed in regard to the affairs of the Theatre, The CHAIRMAN stated, that it had been agreed that the concerns of the General Committee should be made public once a year ; but at a General Meet. ing the Proprietors did come to the determination that the affairs should not be publi'hed. if the Sub. Committee had abused their confidence, lOW them oot—(Hear, hear!)—bat he knew they were Gen tlemen of unimpeachable character; and such• in sinuatioes. as had from tune to time been thrown out against them could not be endured in private life.— In any concern, either public or private,. he never saw men do their duty store conscientiously.— ( Hear, hear!)—lle would say that the insinuations held out had been most detrimental to their property. The Hon. Mr. Kittwatito said, he begged to say he hid held out no insinuations against the Sub.Coniatit tee, but be would assert that the Sub.Consmittee was the child of the General Committee. The CHAIRMAN again condemned the publicity given to the affairs of the establishment. Mr. G. Roam would be glad to know from the Chairman, whether any communication would be made of the state of the affairs of the Theatre ? In the good times of Mr. Whitbread the accounts used to be regularly rendered, bat since the much lamented death of that Gentleman they lied not been regularly called together to know whets and on what occa4tos they might be afforded some information on the sub. jeer. Ile hoped he was not asking ton much to be let into the secrets once a year. lie was deeply in• terested, and he would not do any thing to deterio rate the property ; but he should be glad to be In formed whether it was in such a state of consumption as to be near its decease, so that they might form some idea of letting it to some emrient person. -- TheCualltStAN said it had already been advertised. Mr. ROBINS continued.—" It had been offered, bet in such a manner, and upon such terms as to ren der it impossible to be disposed of. A friend of his bad offered 18 or %MOM. a year for it, but he was afraid it was now so deteriorated, that it would pot I approach that sum." Mr. P. Moone.—" The very language yon use is calculated to deteriorate it." Mr. G. Rom sts said, be was under the protection of the Chairman, and he would not be put down. . Mrs. Burcett. 44 Bravo, Mr. Robins i"—(A laugh.) Mr. Roams begged the Chairman would afford them some information on the state of the affairs. Mr. CHAIRMAN.— " I do not feel myself clothed with power to do it. I think it Mould be premature before the season has closed." Mr. ROBINS thought it ha rd that if they *ere In a state of bankruptcy they could not be informed of the extent of the evil. A l'acneeirroa.—" I have not heard any state ment of the affairs." Another PROPRISTOR....•64 If you stay here much longer, say fish will be spoiled, and I have to go to Brompton for it."—( Laughter.) Mrs, BUTLISR...-•" My roast beef will be spelled." —(Laughter.) Cries of ballot, ballot, now resounded through the saloon. .- The Cuatastax then declared the 'timbers to be.'- For Mr. Alderman Coie Fur Mr. G. Rublbd . i 55 Majority 8 The Cil AIRMAS then declared Mr. Alderman Cone to be duly elected ; and the Medias broke op. THE MILITARY OP EILITIONS is IN 014. [turnout cirtatts most .Titi iviiPLElltmt ART • • GAzertt.] Cdpy of a Report from Brigortier.:44e.rr:l dimities, tom mantling the secon4 ..f o.e Army ..r tote I) rt" • t d the adjoirtnt-Geveral. datett Cate pai agouti 19111 !Went: Fr, 1817, nil' as euriosure. hate the bonder of reportinit ttik his VA= celiency the CoMmandet in Chief", inVirnatiott (throotth the Quarter-Master.General of the atroy), my arrital at this place with d Oft Of the force, highly equipped; on the morning of the 13. h, my espectition of being joined by the remainder on the following day. These troops did join me on the evening of the 13th, and I determined to allow them sufficient time. to recoter their fatigues after so long a March, .pre.:, Anus to the Retident making known td the Rajah the terms which it wait proposed to grant him, in eider that I might hate it is my power tb att.& his troops immediately in Oa event of his dot agr*.tking to them. I accordingly, oft the afternoon of the 13th, ordered the *hole of the Stores Mid linkage . of the force to proceed and take post under the Sur 7 tsbulder.hlll, where they would be protected by the Ist battalion ROth and ist battalion 44th regi ment, and a battalion bf his Highness the Nisi's'. infantry. I hating placed the troops in the order I intended they should attack, the whole slept upon their arms to be in readiness to commence hos tilities at ball-past four o'clock the following morn ing, previous to which time the Rajah's determination would be known. in the morning I received information froM the Resident that his Highness had agreed to the terms proposed, "and was hourly ez pected et the Regideucy ; the time fised, however, elapsed, and the Itesident was told, that the troops could not well he further delayed in their movements, should the Rajah not soon make hit appearance ,• with his approval therefole slicrily after moved down; I took up the position from whitte I intended the troops should commence the attack; soon after my reaching it, I wit informed of the Itajah'i arrival. at the Re s idency, of his hating given orders to put in my possession the whole of his artillery by 12 o'clock anti that the agent from him **mild arrive its my camp fur that purpose. I stcordingly waited the arrival of the agent, and accompanied by him pro creded with the whole of my torte' in battslind ,umos of divisions' followed by the different Melilla in line. On my approach to the first battery, it wet drawn not in line ready to oppose us ; but having cone re ther unespectedly upon it, the enemy quitted theie guns and retired. Having teken possession of these, and left the division under Lieut.-Colonel Scott in charge of them, I continued my adiante in the lime order ; when, shortly after, a heavy fire was opened upon us by a large body of troops, posted in the Sucker Durry Gardens, which was followed by a general discharge from the whole of their batteries ; the infantry consisted of the divi-lena uoder Lieut.- Col: M'Leod and Mackellor, supported by a battery and a reserie of infantry under Lieut.-Col. Crosdile and a reserve of infantry under .Lieut.. Col. Stewart continued their advance until the ground mold admit of a formation in lie!, when the enemy's batteries in the front were carried in a molt gallant manner at the point of the bayonet. The horse artillery, under Lieut. Poggenpohl, and cavalry in parallel regimental columns of divisieus under Lieut.-Colonel Gohan, supported by their re serve of gallopers and cavalry under Captain Smith, were fired upon at the same tithe, Ind hating made a detour round ti tank immediately in front of the Sucker Durry Gardens, charged and cartied in. staidly the batteries opposed to them in a most dash. ing style, dtisitig, it the same time, before them an immense mass of the enemy's cattlry, which they routed and pursued as king as there sal a chance of doing them any mischief. A few of the enemy's gone, which had been charged by the cavalry, but Which had re.opened their fire upon the latter advancing iu pursuit of that of the enemy, were charged and carried again in a very spirited manner by five companies from the re serve under Lipat..Colonel Stetted, by the artillery Of reserve, and a party of reformed horse, onder Captain Pedlar, who distinguished themselves, much on the occasion ; and by half-past one o'clock the whole of the enemy's guns and camp equipage were in cur possession, together With opwards of forty elephants. His Excellency the Commander-in:Chief will be gratified to find, by the accompanying list tit killed and wounded, that our loss has not been so consider able as might have been expected from the great su periority of the enemy's cannon ; the *ponds, Novi. ever, I regret to say, ate generally severe; being chiefly from contuse shot. It gives me much satisfaction to astere his Escel lency the Commander.in-Chief, the the whole of the troops composing this force who had the good fortune of being engaged on this occasion, behaved In the most gallant manner ; and I am happy, after bearing this general testimony to the merits of the officers and men of the division under my command, to mention more particularly for his Etcellency's information, those of Lieut.-Colonels Gohan, M 4 Leod, Scott, Mackoller, and Crosdile, coottnaading Isrlgades of maim., infantry, and artillery, and of Major Munk and Capt. Western, commanding corps of cavalry, and of Lieut.. Cols. Stewart and Fraser, Major Pe reira, Pollock, M'Dowal,Wildon, Macbian, end Gar• ner, commanding corps of infantry and artillery. I must aiso being to his Facellettcy's faiourable notice the me rits of Lieut. l'oegenpohl, in command of the horse ar. tillery, and of Lieut. Hunter, of that corps, the latter of shorn hating been attached to the column *bete I myself was, afforded me an oppettenity of witnessing petsonelly his uticommon exertions; to Major ltd`Leod and the Officers of the General Staff, end to Captains Morgan and Edmonds, my persnetal Staff, I am quite tit it lots to express how moth I feel my self indebted ; nor most I omit to mention the un common zeal and attierity of Lieut. Davis, senior Engineer in the field, daring the entite meeemente; I am likewise much indebted to Captains Lucia, Gillett, and Nixon, and to Lieutenants Davidsoo, Fenwick, and Sheriff, Who tolunteeted their itertices on this occasion ; of Major Addison's valtdible ser vicel was unfortunately deprived by severe Inelie tlnsition. &foie I colleted' this dispatch, I beg leave to mention, for his Eacellencfe further inforeektion, , , tf s ~ --,. 4- 11.00 t - ",