The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-11-08 00:00:00

1 Ht.'. STATESMAN.. I I r at On" of THE ST4 FES miev. dancers which threaten m y * min i fy end of sods terrifying magnitude,. ' ll o wl rvfraiu from endeavourkening, tfellow, h rou gh ,lisawri uf r ut Paper, to awu ray tut KW or their situation. ets 4- ig has nearly completed his.deetgn of vat kit 0;4 to absultste colt t soul ow the Continent. b r p laced tinder the command or. o ne o f m ks I.' "• - • 0 .ncra ,,,,. French troops will soon enter Swe. la• s eintielves to the Sweats ermy. IS el ""' te • g that; with a F; each and Swedish 0 ° two s o e .itle of Denmark , and a French arm y Y . ' n theot her, t h y I;e ..il4O of DESSIARII must holt re. 10 the humble situation of i Prefect, obeying V fitly the com mands of Bonal , A ATE Z . The 1 c t en side of this island, froin the North] wa , ea rn icatised to the South Forel and, will then be : ro d t o insults trim the opposite Continent : and of end navy re q uisite to protect our easter*: et wet this enemy, cannot be inconsiderable. ,iii not attempt to form conjectures on the pro. bk /delis from the present contests in Spain iyintogal. Yet, even supposing that we are let , r elent BOW AVMS'S* from sequitin: the ab. at d o minion of the Peninsula, Ireland must re. • opera to invasion • from French armaments,. (Mitten Brest, Toulon, and the intermediate , s . Now let es view our situation at home. OAR established a circulating medium of paper, t aptence of which the eirtistlating medium of 1 adios disappeared. Every article . b doubted in• s i n , an d the Exciaanga.with theCotatiment 1* 1$ 0 aat. against this country. Oar Miabteei,, hen t h e y pr oposed the ettablishmenti of Pe*. , orr i; in February, 170, were warned that . then paseriences would necessarily follow. They were hired to turn their attention to the paper-money if America, and the *signals of France. They ere asked, whether In both (hate countries the rise the prima eommbdities, and en unfavourable c h a nge, had not been the consequence of the es. aliment of Papor.mon e y t Actuated burro. ee and temerity, Mr. Parr ridiculed end LO UP. thus who presumed to give this opittleti. but pai'•ie mind Is now hrotight back to good ne, and no man wilt now pretend to deny- that the iscreased pkkes of eommniitticr, pad thir unfa. lovable exchange with the conetae.nt; are t h e con. , !avow of Paper.money. A. thanksgiving k. now ()Feting to the Almighty for a Wiliest en itsci,d, Illy abundant. During the whoti.of tholiforene, year, there havebeen vast im portages's Or Cria, fttsei the Continent ; and during the lot ele .welekti," . ' the IMpOrtatiorta lane been so greit, both fro, rennet rod from the Baltic, t hat tam assured that it is difficult to find warehouses„ln:Which the corn ("kW hedeposited. Yet, notwithstending this abuntlailt" . Novo', and unusual inverted:w t. the. trochef* bat is at fifteen 'pence—to 11114 : 90 1 ;t4Yr.*„. 1 4 111 '. bated, but to Paper.tmusey . Sea incireaseditixatiotiii, I leave it to the admired - AM:10 left Mt Pare 40 apn.ftiun the causes. :Ate Iv ' 1 4 1,. .- r g h d44l4 l::: : :. anfasoarahle escharrobib•,, .1k; . I .'-ns• --X-77. A -- ri . -,-_,.+ • hall Committee, that,. tri 1773 i t *ratings bev came unfavourable to thit Cift#l, by t ,i, tir Weight of our Gold .Coin vins—toupd to . be diminished. The geiness in circulation, which Ilsgitt to have weighed flea penny-weights eke grains being in general reduced to the weight of fee penny.weights five grains. A re.coinage - was visely resolved on by the Ministers of that day, and the Exchange with the Continent immedi.; Mely became favourable to this country. Now it, in 1773, the Exchange became unfavourabley because the guinea was reduced in value from filial pennyweights nine grains to five PennYordight s lite pains, can wo wonder that ' the Exchange is Saw unfavourable, when, instead of receiving five Pev . vy.wcights nine grains in gold , t he holder of a foreign Bill of Exchange an only receive paper'? tut it will be said, he can carry: that paper to . ~ trarket and buy commodities. Yes'; but he mist buy those commodities at - an increased pt ice, tit Proportion to the depreciation-Of the paper : tlins I • in example, he must buy lig' twee of bullion fee four pounds ten shillings, which, in coin or the British standard, is intrinsically . worth 1 oily three pounds seventeen shillings and ten. peace halfpenny. If an Englishman its France bad, beforo the stoppage of the Bank, appliedl•br a B"lter for gold for his bill on England, for. out hundred guineas, the French Banker, if- a man of integrity, would have given him one hundred times tienty.five francs, font sous, deducting only "h''' biseibin, &c. Why would the French Banker have i d i f 'no th' ? Becauie, while the ()mace of bullion In Lightid was to be purchased for three pounds at_ aenteen s hilli ngs an d ten pence halfpenny, the BM on England for one hundred guineas would hare purchased, for the French Banker,as much gold as was contained in ono hundred times oven ti'6" francs, four sous, of French . coin. But now, that the price or bullion ii increafed frula three pounds seventeen shillings and 4!! ~.penew halfpenny to four p ounds ten ahiilings, the Irrek 1.1 all ' 4 er will naturally 'say 1 ha , tbe . .EngliPlameliw st v i nn must give . Me 11, -O. 4. ll Elagland - fk• %ore than ono huedred iiikailloll l ; trit ab le ralidt Lai python itv E ng l a nd Aiii: your bill ' of - igitulrtd guineas lh• ellifinfliP l6 o4 Of .1"161)3.1*.*: . contained ita.the coin•whieh I am no* delivertittto 1 Toll.," Titw, tho rate of exchange mn st necessarily be. comeonfarourablaim that country whose circulatiag medium is depreciated; and it may happen, that from- the dcpreciaon of the circulating medium, the exchange may become unfaveurableto that country which experts more than it imports. This did ac. • tually happen jo this country, In 1773 ; for, on the . ftl - e°rti - llet the earbangrrost the Continent beeante evory *here in our favour. I hate stated this sub. hatitegn if a }circulating medium of Paper RI the • ptide , 4 GOI4 nail• the consequences which hare followed fireatiit v from the hope of exciting men in power to cue der whether the evil cannot, in some degree, be cbieked. Ido nut flatler myself that I can suggest measures which may avert that destruc tion, which, j fear, hangs over my 'country ; but if that destruction can be delayed, it will be a bone. fit. The destruction cannot he averted, but by the entire change of that systmn of injustice, which has rendered as the ohject of hatred to every nation ;in Europe ; 'and neither the adherents of Ministers, nor the adherents of Oppncition, desire the tetiai: nation Of this system'. B 4 ,re IL state those mea. sures, the adoption of which might serve as a pallia tive to our present sufferings, it will be necessary to remark the difference in tin, character of the Bank of England, such is it now exists, iAltee ',February, V 707, and that which it held ante. cetlently to that period.--Antecedently to the aink Riftection Bill, the Bank of Eagland Masted kohtly fur the support of commercial credit. Weanld not long hare in circulation more papist POW the market demanded ; fur If it is. seed maritliper than the market had occasion for, 'the paper was carried in, and gold demanded . in its I stead. This' as a natural limit to the issue r: , . baul.psper s ile the Bank retained this its origi nal . charisefet if it issued its paper only on good emninerelat bills, and those at the short date of two months,- it!nould nut be exposed to danger. The advances toGovernme,nt was a deviation from the original character anti , institution of the Bank. It was frost - the immoderate advances mad. to Go. vcrement, and above all, from its circulating the ac temcnodation.peperofGovernment, ender the name of. ilmohnrgh bills, in 17th, that the Bank of En. *laud wits rediteed to that wretched situation which was diaelniedi,to the public is • February, 1787: tiiiin Ehe lido that the Bank Restriction Bill was ~. : .- piped,. i the Bank of. England assumed a new chi. teeter; it no longer existed for the sole purpose of ippprktitig etimatercial credit, it existed as the main. epilog of the new circulating medium of. paper-mo ney.. tie maxims which had regulated its Conduct, iii le` it existed only for the . support of commercial credit, were not applicable to its, new character. 'Vie narrow.oleetadasge4theasseatJeinen who have direeted the alleitdmir the Bank has peeveuted. them from seeing thivelliferettee of character, and their duct has produced tench prejudice to the coon. 41. I will now state the two measures which I akiltike.Bank ought to adopt :- 4 14:: 'The Bank ought to throw into eiretijation seven.shilling pieces and half.guitteas, as they be sufficient, with the silver in circulation, to cueble the retail trader to Owe ready change for a one pound note. Stl; They must discover some means of giving as. sistanoe to every solid country bank which may happen to be exposed to a temporary pressure, anti with this view, they mu , --4 depart from their' usage of advancing money on securities, only for the short period of two months. I am aware of the various objections which may be made to these two measures. But if those ob. jections are fully examfeed, and maturely weighed, I think, that the most ceinplete and satisfactory answers may be Oren to them. Bat I fear that I have already taken op too urge a portion of your valuable Paper, I will, therefore, defer the discussion of the two eyesores which Item) recommended to another oppurtunity. VETANIUS. There it another candidate for the Governorship of Cold.batit.fields; the election is to take place o& Thursday nest. The Magistrates ore divided about the eligibility of Avis to he re.appointed, The exportitios of live leintber to Margate has considerably diminished, as the Watering pieces are deierting daily, since the commeucement of the us. 'favooiebte weather. '.• • • A fillovi about five feet eight incites In height, ofl a sallow complexion and beige whiskers, has lately been successful in obtaining money from unproteet. ed women of the better order, by pretending tube* Sheriff's Officer, and taking them temporarily into custody, by presenting a fictitious writ. This.sys. tens of imposition and fraud:voopractised• to a con. siderable extent. until oheitt,fisor years ago,• w hen an offender web transport* A female of the name of Wright, residing in poimsstreet, oirord.Sired, was visited by this pteteteamtofficer on Fri s tlafeven. ing ; he took her into ersetotty for • debt , or esi. which she really did owe too Mr. Brewer.• : . hems eleven o'clock at night, and the supposed. officer expressed regret 15 being obliged to take a 'lady, from her home, but it was inconsistent to think of laking her word for her appearance the next day without a pledge. • The fellow gave the address of a real officer in the neighbourhood of Chancery. lane, and left his card ; he was £hen put in posses. sion tbf about five peuods worth of jewellery, and clothes of the same value. A female of the name of Smith, in Margaret.street, was defrauded on Mode) , of 101. worth •of clothing by the 'same! oteattiv'and there were yesterday two ethos tkjeigafraimitar nature.- •;; ' ;-~- GSRM'AM PAPERS. . . oigmEE FOIL THE GRAND DUClly PRAr.t. FORT. "'lire, Charles, by the Grace of GU& Prince Primate, Sic. " Ily desire of his Majesty, the Emperor of t h e French, King of Italy, Protector, &c. we have decreed and do decree' as t'ollows. Th it to " ART. 1. All Newspapers, whether French or German, published in our Grand Duchy, shall cease no the Ist of De cember, of this year; aod we hereby revoke the privileile granted them. . " 2.. Franklin. Ist of Jetwanry, 1811, only one Mehl Nei* paper shall to. published in our thief-city of Frankfort, and ail other political print shall appear throughout the whole terri tory. " J. This official Paper, shall bear the title of ' Gazette of the Grand Duchy of Frankfort,' and the articles contained, shall be inserted hi the French aild Guinan I:tugunges. " 4. Our Itlinistessof the Police 3hall appint the Editor to ' the Official Gazette. '•5. Our Director of the Police at Frankfort, .4:!:.n he the Crowe of this Official Garde, and 'hull be :.nsiserabir to as far its conduit. Oar Ilioister of Police shall communicate to i the Director those instrtsetirnts l y which he shall be governed. " G. Our itliniStert of the interior, of Justices and of the Po ' lice, are charged with the due enforcement of this Decree. I(Signed) " Frankfurt, Oct. 16." " GHLRLLS, Grmrd Duke." WEIMAR,. OCT. 17.,-Yesterday the following 1 Patent was pnblivbed here : " We, Charles A i ugastut, by the Grace of God, King 'of Sasony, &c. "Since it has pleased hb Majesty the Emperor of the French is aisatouniente to us his wish that the new Tarot of glades 'uµnt► colonial produce, of timbals August, adopted le.** 40- minions, should be introduced kilo oar royal territories ; and since we are emniticed of this measure to liberate the Conti- Pent from the yoke of England, and,to encourage the c inta t mp. tionof the internal products of our kingdom, which shall dis- , place and reoder unnecessary all articles the produce of the co lonies of Great-Britain; uud considering the great advantages 'which have already arisen lathe Confederated St -rtes of the Abby, we have been moved to order that the Tarif of Trio non be adopted throuJiout the duchy of Saxony, arc." TUltictsia FRONT:niI, OCT. 10.—The surrender of the fortress of Rudschuck has spread universal dismay throughout the Turkish provinces. It seems that a resistance of great length was expected by the Grand Vizier, but the Russian army, under General Kaminsky, for a week previous to its fall, had bombarded the place unoeasingly, and at length succeeded in taking it by storm, when a fore; of not fewer than 60,000 of his soldiers entered in two directions. In the fortress, it is stated by the accounts now received, were found more than SOO pieces of ar. tillery, of large calibre, besides others, and an im mense quantity of ammunition, which has rendered the conquest of mach greater value. Provisions for 40,000 mess, for two months, were also ob tained, and in the arsenal 90,000 stand of artns. The trophies are incalculable. The pi:risen is for the greater part prisoners' bf war. Sere(' Pachas 'log their lives daring the siege. One hundred anti fifty thousand men of the Turk. ish army at schumla, under the Grand Vizier, have retired some leagues to the southward, waning the advance of 'the victorious Russians. A dread ful battle is on the eve of being fought, in which neatly 400,000 mess will be engaged. At the time of the fall of itudschuek, the Grand Seignior - 4sta . Constantineple, to - forirattt-lbe. suppliewof stores and men expected irons Apia.• The Itussian fleet has pursued the Turkish ttotil. la almost to the entrance of the Dardanelles; where it has taken sitelt4r. Tkry -are now complete mas ters 9f the. Black Sea, sod might almost bombard the capital of the Ottoman empire. Sctt.us, Stn. 9,8.—Tw0 English frigates ap. peered before Itudi, in the province of Capitanati,' and sent on shore a hotly • of men - a ho, however, 'were soon diapersed, or taken by the people. Three of the enemy were killed, and two of the prisoners were taken in an extraort:inary manner. • The conflict had scarcely concluded, .4hen .a puchin friar, who was returning to his tioistcr, met an English sailor armed with a musket, who had lost Ids way. The Capuchin perceiving that the i ;Eaglishman trembled ezccedingly, sprung upon him end curried him In triumph towards his convent. On the read he met another Englishman without arms, who begged of the friar for quarter most pi. teously. Thus the holy father, with the musket on bis shoulder, and his two prisoners before hint in his convent, repaired to the Prier, and with much joy informed him that he hid taken two Protestauts. 46 It is but Ceasunablo,” stye a letter detailing this curious circumstance, s t that the friar, who only hoped for his recoiapence In the, nest; Omit' nut go unrewarded in this world." ' k • -___ LAW INTELLIGENCF. COURT OF tCINCIS BENCH, Nov. 7. JOSNSON AND ASSIGNZI 01 . VILLIIII3, v.IItALVE. Mr. Serjeant lisaLou attired fuca ale. to 'Wien , i.eatise why , the verdict in this Coo should not be set aside, soda new trial granted,. The easecame on to be tried,at Bury, before Mr. JusiiCe land the following were shortly , the circumstances olf. it. Villiers had purchased from the Defendant i ra (awky of growing tirober l , part of which, he ' had cut and carried off, previous to his 'banking& cy ;• and on this event taking place, the remainder was Oanned by the Dafettelant, ; onfilegroiinif that as to it, the sale had not boats colaploks.d. gcljing on his right to the remaining part ,of tka tinbr.r, the Defendant.caused k tti.:becut dowviinifi:C4irted awny, and it , waainy4ligyalustit(the timber 'loci', k tied off by Aim that I heAresent There way no 'precise evident's. as , to the value trt! - the wood, but it was estimated at 8004 and if was in proof that the persons employed by to .Doi n• dant had been three days ineareying it. away. The Learned Judge instructed thes.Jvy that the Plain tiffs were entitled ,rtv their verdict. Thr). Jur y cortlingly found fur the Plaintiff, but with only vote * halidig damages. This, the Learned Serjeant stab, m ittv t l„ wase roast outrageous Verdict. Lord Et.t.tneoaouon asked, to the event . of how 'stony shilling , * wits then,. prod of any actual damage Z The Plaiutilfs had brought forward a very loose ease, which had pvrpipsed the Judge. sou Jury, allurdias them no evideuce of the extent .of th e damp Wearied. Ht aajbt lr eudi t aft IQ tn trial, anti tblep ftit tit sall' 9 tiat id Au f* a oc • - mem • - . • • itainages ;,bat this must be on the payment of the l' costs of the former trial. Ou these terom the Rule ' was granted. . . i Ewe O. DOC SIR SOSEPtf CeipPLElr P. DM . 1 • Mr. Tomei; reeved for a risk to show cause • t• • .. why . the verdict fur the Plaintilfin this case fb04,1111 X' ion be set aside, and a •ntettnit entered. On the 2 . - .„ • . (1 ial which took place at the last assises fur the . - •r"'..-... :re., ciiiiity of York, Mr. Sequent Cockle Cur doe Plaintiff, adduced the Steward of Sir J. Cuellturs who proved Ow paytneot of rent by the Defendant, and a notice to ;dim to quit at . Candlemas. On kis cross.exqpitiation, however, he was obliged toad. .. wit the usage of that part of the country to be, . that the entry I. the grounds "should' take plane et Candlemas, and to the houses at May Day. The . Learned Judge, therefore, held that the notice to quit in this case was not good. *Mr. Serjeant Cockle . then gate in evidenee.an agreement between Sir Lionel Coppice, a predecessor of Sir Joseph, and ewenty-eitht tenants, among whom was the De. fendant, y which Sir Lionel let to them their `re. epectise tenements, and which they agreed to quit, at any time s on ..receivieg slit months notice. On this evidence tbo.Jury gave a verdict for the .Plalu. tiff. This verdict,' however, the Learned Counsel contended could not stale!. On examining the-deed • on which the verdict was .founded, it appeared to be an agreement between twenty-eight different per il's, all of whose signatures were sifted to it, each Of them bargaining fur a separate and distinct con. eideration, wheteas (here was only one stamp un the deed, applicable to the whole 28 separate trans actions. . Lord ELLvattonoocat asked if the stamp was placed opposite to any particular name, and if that mime was the Defendant's? . I. Mr. Topetivo answered, that it was not, .but ap. . plied to the agreement generally. Lord ELLEXISOROUGH- 64 'lake your rule." • THE TAUSHALL lIRIDGE CoraPANY v. Done. The ATTuRNET - -G c s ERA r 'hew:A cause against a rule obtained against the Defendant in this case, for au nttachnient fur non-payment of nvwey be. 'longing to the Cumpany in the Defendaet's hands, "agreeably to an award. The Plaintiffs in this case were a Company incorporated, hi believed, by ' Art of Parliament. Agaiaet a Corporation no at tachment for non-payment of money Gould issue; .but if the present Defendant, or any person else had, or supposed he had any claim against such a Com. pany, he must proceed to make it effectual by ac. Ilion at law. • If such then was the only mode of proceeding which the Defendant could have bad against the present • Plaintiffs, he conceived that it followed, as a matter of course, that the Plaintiffs could be in no better case when making a claim against the Defendant, than the Defendant would have been had be been in their place, and were nom bringing forward a demantagaiust tbetn. Lord Eterearonottou—eifailr. Altorney,Genee Tal l will you tell us where we are telook to find thin rule of reciprocity ?" Mr. ATTORNEY GStrf.RAZ.—qinto your owes • minds, as Mug consistent with menial justice." Rule made absolute. • ~ From analogy to the ease of Broughton and Mar. tin, where it had been held, that after a man had been absent fronthe.coentry for seven years, with.. out his wife's having hoard any account of lent, she was entitled to suppose him dead, and to contract s ' second marriage, Mr. Nolan some time since moved for a rule to sbew cause, why a person vrho•was • • i prisoner in execution at the suit of one who was himself an Uncertified bankrupt, and had left the country upwards of seven years ago, without since. being heard o 4 should be discharged -out of cuss w . tody. Ile now moved to' have this Rule enlarged, on account of an inaccuracy in the mode of draw. ing up the Rule. Lord ELLERIOROUOR desired. that, before the Rule shuuld be made absolute, the Court should see the affidavits, as it was a new case. It would bent!. eessiry•that tho affidavits should hear, not only -that 1 the creditor had been abroad for seven years, but 1 that he had nut heenheard of for that pencil. Ruleenlarged. • • • ... , .. . • .ow. • CloittiOnt OhLee, Nov. 7. . -- • gLANPLR. TRWILOVE V. BLACIOT.INS. Mr. Serjeant Beer stated, that this was au action for words, in which the Plaintiff had recovered A t shilling damages. Der twit, with the consent of the ' Judge who tried, applied to the Conti fora Rule to skew cause why the verdict should nut be set asitk i p Ott a nou.suit entered, in order to entitle the De. fendant to his costs. The words laid in the deeds. ration were, that the Defendant had said, that the Plaintiff was a villain, and haul roliked the widow, of 15001. ; and in another count, that he had -cheated the widow. The•Piaintirs witness proved • the words, as to robbing the widow, but said 'no: • thing as to the 15001., and stated. - that he under. .stood them to refer to•the neglect-or refusal of the 'Plaintiff to render an account, as by ought to 'have dune. Au attempt was made to prole some 'Wend. ,damage, but this was abandoned: The • Learned Serjeant contended, that 'the war& -hut not been proved, for though in common 'seriatim the sort of imputation explained by the Plaietiff es witness might be called a robbery, yet it was nos tack a robbery as emoauted in a legal, sense . to $ , . crime. J ustite lan w Renege-The wozdt 4111,01iliellOilit14 but not in an actionable' sense. ' . • .. , s.: , . ~. Seetenitt Beer--Precisely ; my Lord, ot le the. laid in the deelarafien. . . , ~ It c.cf 401•TICR - :—Take a Rule to sneelletE -.6...0.... 5......Ji1i....---.... • ' ' :ti ii A man was taken up -clew days age at , _ in'the Isle of Mali, charged rith off„ri.,,4 .. „,,a, .. geineas for ten and Queen shillings each. *re - put upon his defence, he acknowledged the hot, ,observing, that ten . and eleven .made twenty-0111 .ehillings. . ... ;At the Politic Otice,,Whitectiftpel, yesterday,, et . ;dies, 14 years of age, of the name of John- :fa". • s on, underwent an eavaination, belt% charted Lif .3414. Varidepant, in test, Stnithfidd, with *Mies ;stolen from his door the same morning eise'irole teineels„. his property, vallie Os. sk e ig *..idle . , 4 1! ite(lwais apprehended with the property, Ay bids, , . were f ind,iced and sworn to by ttic, iztAiecta.ir . % xtliest he was fully cousulittvl far tria l , ..: • ' '- ' , , • • . .44setatent' t. . ' • • ~ ,~ ' • / : • I '.. • 11.4 NvA .__...~: " . I R • • -1 1 4 - ; : or .? • i ~'~,~ :'~~ ' Naa )f ba , R. ithie tend• 1 into - tiOd dientl of It c sL ?Asa