The Statesman. — London, England, 1822-03-20 00:00:00

WA/TAMAN. age ea behalf of a basher of Landholden of dif keel Baronies, who had instructed him to oppose weeder of Sessions, tending to bertha' them with t ie exposes of the lasirrecdon Act. The Earl of Carrick here observed, that perhaps it would be proper test the Magistrates should be left to themselves until they had determined bow to proceed. On this imi tative, the Counsel and all other persons not Justices, e xcept the Clerk of the Peace, retired from the Jury Boom, and during their absence, a discussion took Ow, the malt of which was, that, on the ie-admis .4. of Counsel the opinion of a Crown Lawyer, re pled to by his Lordship, was read; and on an infi nities being given that as the Magistrates bad now cemminicated to Counsel the opinion under which ;key Retell, it wit wished that all but Magistrates ih tt sW withdraw, the Counsel accordingly withdrew. Ms mere to the I itTa inst. have arrived. The provinces are said to be reduced to tranquillity, tiough tie &ethers of the late plots have not yet been appre hended ; and, in the metropolis, order is considered as so far restored, that if the favourable symptoms weave, It was intended to re-open the Law-school at the end of another week. The Journal of Tha lami mentions a slight disturbance among pats of the mils of the Royal Calve at Toulouse, is continence of their having hoes deprited of their meal promenade on Sunday the 3rd, for some fault ; bet by the interference of the police, submission was obtained, sod some of the most guilty students were not home. The Catholic Clergy of Scotland, it sr Pars, thiskiag the persona juncture f ble for the reentry of the rights of the Church, have just sent to Prance one of their Bishops, to claim from the Gerernmeet the property they formerly possessed in the kingdom, and amongst the rest the colleges in which tbe missionaries are educated to preach the faith in Scotland. They bad made the same ap ylicatioa to preeediog administrations, abd failed in all their attempts ; but they hope to be more success kl with the new one. A trial has lately taken Flare is Paris which has excited great sensition in that elite!. 11. de Beringer, a lyric poet, to whom his (vestrymen give the title of "the French Arm. mom," was lately tried and convicted of the public.- rim d certain songs, which were considered in- Wig to the King of France and his levelly, and swum iejurious to public morals. The poet 11111 , welted to imprisonment in St. Pelagic, where he ar rived the proceedings sod different documents relit hog to his trial for publication, which be did ac cordingly publish, Jaded's' in the judgment of the non—which uniformly recapitulates the indictment— sereral ohnoxivas songs. and passages°, songs which had bees pronoeneed libellous, and ordered to be uspreesed. Be was again prosecuted for this, as a nahlieatien of the condemned writings, and was InsOt from prises toe be placed at the bar. The kftwe was, that he was justified in publishing tors, se being part of the erre:, or judgment of the (not ; and in opposition to strenuous exertions on de part of the Crown Lawyers, the Judge, Hi Jurors pronounced the publicatioa legal, the accused net guilty. The Coen was morsel' , crowded on the occasion, aid the spec tators applauded the decision as a matter of triumph. It the Cliaasbar of Deputies the Committee of Peti fits, hare recommended relief to be granted, out of t4efonds at the disposal of the Ministry, to the Land triers ani cultivators in the Department of the 'Var. Oohed stated the loss of their olive trees by frost. Fifty thousand olive trees bad perished, and with dies a revenue, the tax open which was half a mil ky; of francs. The debate on the Project of Law on of fisieees is going on. FICIICII Fusee, Misci 16.-4 in per Cent. Con ;t9f. 15r.; S9f. 30e.; close, 89f. 25c. _ %drill pipers to the Bth instant have tome to band. TUwl remain a detail of the proceedings of the Cortese %Stile reply of the Cortes to the opening Speech of lir Cyr, which is conceived in the following terms : • Sessa—The deputies of the nation, united in Grtn, approach your Majesty's throne, to give that *timely of attachment and respect which is due to it. tut der i ve Is i their sincerety so d by those dse ireofoontributing means wch contributing, in to sib y o ur M ajes ty , the coastiteti aa k aa marked out, to consolidate the li bolYsof the felicity of the Spanish people, who have c "fided Is the their destiny. " The Cotes concur with your Majesty in Congests- Vag themselves on the solemn opening of this Cortes, a Ptilbstanding the secret and declared machinations sfde 'stades of your Majesty and of the country ; and It osithstaudisg also the late dissensions which had twit triple in that want of confidence prodaeed by the ellses which the Cones pointed out in their message of tlw liti of Dezember. "The Cortes lament with your Majesty that these dis- IPlhiolll should have occurred, and will exert their ef. fen s to prevent, by all the means in their power, their wiewel. With this view, the Cortes will study to re °tithe multiplied and powerful obstacles which have ate withheld from the nation the enjoyment of to wirsatages which the constitution ought to afford, will eideavour to suceem: by acting In accordance 14 the public opinion, without which there ean, be with ercemidetmea ape security, nor power. untie "The Cortes tits not fear the efforts which may be :to counteract their jest resolution, by iloPreaolt . she ar e ignorant of the inflame of time and ' Zs led, supported by the immense moral force !ow surrounds and strengthens them, they will ZITY advisee in the constitutional path, and cos. '"'"os great work which was prepared in 1812, and — summed in I 820. N Th. Cities bear with perdealar satisfaction that oar leilihs with other Powers promise a durable peace, and they treat that it will be maintained by the only meals which can secure peace; namely, by candy the name of this great, free, and sovereign nation to be respected by Foreign States. " The Cortes are aware that it is not yet time to ex pect that the internal state of the nation should exhibit remarkable amelioration; they are, notwithstanding. convinced that some mast result from the fulfillment of the beneficial enactments of former legislatures, and for such purpose they will devote themselves to inquiries into the real situation of the nation, and to discover the evils which afflict it, in order that a prompt and efficient remedy may be applied. " The Cortes will endeavour to render themselves worthy of the flattering hopes m , lich your Majesty enter tains of them ; and they are confident that your Majesty, exereisinc your powers for th e consolidation of the li berties of the nation, will cooperate in promoting public felicity, which rests upon the bases of freedom and order, end which cannot exist without the most perfect confidence between the throne, the legislative power, and the nation." The members appointed to present this answer went forth to eneente their mission. and soon after returned' The Duke del Parquet, President of the Deputation, stated that they bad delivered the answer of the Cortes into his Majesty's hands, and that his Majesty had received it with that affability anti iticiitinnesa which were natural to him. The President stated that the Cortes were satisfied with tie penes'sl execution of their instructions, and bad heard with pleasure al account of the gracionsreeeption which hla.ll6l* had given to the depitation. In the Sitting of March 6, the Secretary of the Treasury gave an account to the Cortes of the state of the nation in respect to the Minces. From this it appeared that the estimate *I Oa sowing year amount ed to 861,691.643 reale, to mever which the ways and means emanated only to 1161.162,913 real'. Not wlthstandiefr the apparent magnitude of the deficit, it was stated in the memorial, that perhaps the revenue would be sufficient to cover all the charges after the retrenchments that might be made, and which the Government wonld propose to the Cortes. A letter from the Sehor Secretary of Grace and Justice, informed the Cortes that Don Manuel de Bodega could not be installed in the ultra-marine mi nistry. and that his Majesty bad pro lempore appoint ed Don Jose Maria Moscow de Altamira to the office. It IS repeated on the authority of confidential letters from St. Petersburg of the 22d February (the latest date of any information received by any Minister here), that notwithstanding the reports so confidently circu lated, thi'gs remained at that time in the saute un settled state between Russia and Turkey is which they have so long been. %Pe understand that his Orate the Duke of Leinster has withdrawn himself altogether from the Kildare street Education Society, from a conviction, that the plan pursued by that Institution is injurious, instead of being serviceable, to the great object of the edu cation of the poor of Ireland.—(Defilis Munsing Post.) PLIMOOTO, MAR -n 18.—By letters received from his Majesty's ship Pyramus. Capt. F. Newcomb*, C.H. at Antigua, dated the 7th of February. we are ex tremely sorry to learn that the mortality by fever on bowl that ship bee been very rower among those who have fallen victims to the band& climate of Eng. lish Harbour, are Lieutenants Penberthy and Graham. six Midshipmen. the Purser, Assistant-surgeon, Ad miralty and Captain's Clerks. and 31 of the ship's company. Lieutenants Luckeraft and Lindesay, Lieut. Tothill, R.N., Mr. Fitzgerald, the surgeon, and five 3lidsbipmen, had all been ill of the fever at the Hus pita!, but were on the recovery. On Tuesday seneight his Majesty's cruiser Royal Charlotte, J. Henderson commanding. arrived in Leith roads from Shetland, having on board 23 men belonging to a smegallog carter (supposed to be the Earl Spencer), which was completely wrecked off that coast on the /th ult. Previous to her getting on shore, she had on board 900 tubs of spirits, and a quantity of tob-eco, 400 of the tubs were saved by Mr. Strong. of Bigtown, bat the natives immediately afterwards raffled off from his custody about 200 tubs. the remainder, 140, were seined by the officers of Customs there; at the time the vessel came on shore, she had on board 23 persons. one of whom, supposed to be the toaster, is now missing, but sus pected to have secreted himself in the islands, and one was drowned. The remainder of the crew were re gularly committed by the Justices of the Peace. an". bare accordingly been sent on board the Dover flag ship. Last week, at a man was ploughing a field. about a mile from Trelow , Cornwall, the seat of Richard Vy►yaa, Esq., the ploughshare struck against an earthen vessel et urn, and scattered about a number of coins, which. on examination. were found to be Roman. many of them of the first Emperors. They are of ►arious sizes, and, in general, in good preservation.— The number found is upwards if 1600, and the man who disco►ered them being ignorant of their ►alue, sold them at a penny a piece to all who would purchase them. He has since become sensible of his folly, but too late to retrie►e it.—Many years ago a number of , strew and shear heads were found in the same field. ANTIQVITSiIo-LZWITI. MARCH 18.--Tbie labourers employed i■ the removal of White Hill, are getting nutably on with their work, in the coarse of which last week, they diecovered. in several parts of the chalk rock they bad to dig through, four excavations which bad the appearance of great antiquity. They were from eight to tea feet deep, and of the diameter of full three feet. Two were in a direct liae, a few paces apart. in the very centre of the high road, a little without the ancient earthen' Woolsey of the castle fortification. They bad been filial up. (but at what period It is difficult to say) from the surface about half way down, with enema earth, below which, to the bottom, was a sabstaace resembling wood ashes. mixed with small particles of lime, and aseoegst whist were bead divers fracases*. of Rama pottery, evidently need. whoa whole. for culinary and ether domestic purposes s also a few dab bones, sad ethers of mall animals, each as fowls, rabbits, Itc. With respect to the purposes for which this rock was thus originally excavated. eves cenjectere does sot °for an opinion. la smother part of the hill were fogad a small spear bead, sad the keen' poise of an arrow. has so mock corroded with rust, that they will hardly ►ear bridling. NOR E CONSISTENCY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN. Liverpool, Much 13, 1922. Stn-1n looking seer Ricardo's book on Political economy, to which my attention has been drawn by 1 his late very strange conduct is the House of Coa -1 eons. 1 lend In page 20g, the following passage.—"A high price of Provisions is by no means incompatiblO with an abundant supply : the price is permanently high. not because the quantity is deficient, but be ams, there has been an iscressed cost in prodaciegit." Prsy.3lr. Editor, bow does this doctrine square with I that gentleman's present opinions?—Why, net at all you will say; for he asserts roundly and positively, that the present low prices and consequent agricul tural distress. arise solely from so abundant supply of Corn ; and that the aloof the article has nothing to do with its selling prise. Well, and traly did Mr. Brougham observe, that the moat able and enlightened political economists, in examining many of the principles of that science, really could see no farther than their noses. Mr. Ri cardo was. however, in my humblejudgmeat, right in his published doctrines, and wrong in his present opinions ; for in a waned state of things, the cost of an article will always regulate its selling price. But having committed himself on the Bullion ques tion, by assorting that a recurrence to cash payments ,irveld only produce in land. Ice., a depreciation of s. 0...„4.4. „pm., to acknowledge his error on that momentous subject, and therefore attributes the present distress solely to an abundant supply of agricultural produce. In hie present opinions also, there is a gross and palpable contradiction ; for whilst he asserts that an abundant supply of Corn has made Corn cheap, he denies that a diminished supply of Mosey has made Stoney dear. It is not many years ago since this same gentleman published a pamphlet to prove, that.to make as article of prime necessity dear, von had only to make it scarce ; and that the Bank I of England had aothing to do, but to contract their issues is order to make their paper as valuable as gold. Afser having bees one of those whose argu ments and writings prevailed upon the " Collective Wisdom " to pass Mr. Peel's Bill, and God knows, and the poor Farmer knows, and I also, to my sorrow too well know, having by that measure made money sufficiently scarce, and consequently sufficiently deer. he turns round alma that sage body and says, "0! Gentlemen, do not mind the scarcity of money, it is not that which produces low prices, it is a superabun dance of Corn: have a little patience,--only wait an other year, and let a few of your acres go oat of col tivatios, and you will soon find that a scarcity of Corn will set fail to bring you high prices. It is sot the taxes, Gentlemen, obit!' cause the present distress ; niter mind my I d friestiMr. Brenham ; taxes bare nothing to do with the matter; taxes only increase the cost of production, and according to my. doctrines of 1817, the increased cost of production must ily increase the selling price o f the ar ticle a ptoduced ; provided always, Ueetlensen, that you de not produce tee much." This clever Gentleman; however, (fur clever he certainly is)froasforgctfellsess no doubt, omits to tell them, that Is 1817 be had said, that high Oen are not incompatible with as alma dant sa the price is permaaestly high, sot be comes doer 'ill ifejtaftor; bat because there has bees an Increased cost in producing it." Mr. Ricardo, nevertheless, I have no doubt, is as well aware of the great and positive effect of taxation in producing the present di , as Mr. Brougham, if it suited his parpose.tn acknowledge it; as he well knows, that if the Landlords could really relieve themselves by di minishiig production, they would only shift the hur tle. of distress to others; unless be is prepared to prwe that the labourer is much overpaid, and that the merchants' and manufacturers' profit, are greater than the ordinary profits of stock ought to be. Should, however, Mr. Ricardo's doctrises be acted upon, and scarcity and consequent high prices take place, I am much afraid that one of Lord Liverpool's greatest proofs of general prosperity will souo disappear, I wean the increased amount of money deposited in the Savings Batiks. And here, Mr. Editor, let me be allowed to express my indignation at those writers and speakers who accuse the labouring classes with be= ing idle, wastefall and dissolute in the extreme, and who assert that it is mere folly to allow them to earn more than will barely support their existence ; as they are sure to squander away any excess in idle 'strata gale. and dissolute debauchery. The fact quoted by the Noble Earl, of the increased deposits in the Savings Banks, since the means of existence became comparatively cheap, gives the lie to those vile calm (dawns, and proves, that the labouring cl are at most, wasteful, dissolute and idle, only is proportion to other men. Born, Mr. Editor, amongst that class of society, and having with little education, and with out either rich or influential connexions, acquired a little property, and also something like rank in so ciety, and that too without possessing a tenth pact of either the industry or (economy, and 1 am sere without any greater command over my vicious propensities than missy of my Former fellow labourers and ship mates, who still remain in their original situations, I cannot help expressing my contempt for the intel lect, and toy indignation at the cold blooded cruelty of those writers and speakers, who attribute a great portion of the picket distress to the Poor Rates, and those poor rates to the idlearss, improvidence, and seperabandernee, of the labouring classes ; (although it is acknowledges{ ea all hands that the indrstry of those classes bas treated more than their netalsers tan consume,) and who would, Wilsey had sufficient influence is the Legislature, rob the English labourers of their birtb-right, aid reduce them to a similar state of wretchedness, as that which their fellow labourers in Ireland are sow suffering. If, Mr. Politer, you consider the above worth publi cation is yoar excelleat Mid constitutional paper; by humming it you will oblige your very humble servant I aid constant reader NAVTICCII. Cblitn EZCIIIA.4III4 MAUS 20.--Several vowels frow the Suffolk mod arrived to this day's market, chiefly lades with wheat sad barley ; the former article set !wavy sale at Meader's prices, bat prime salting bar ley was la brisk deasaad, sad was readily take of on till as good terms anon Moaday; the infenor sorts sold for griadiag at from 16s. to Ids. per qaarter.—Tbe Oat trade continues very doll, and the lower qualities are fall K. per quarter cheaper.—la Beaus and Peas there is no alteration. DRURY LANE YWEATAR. bit night Mr. KIATT made his second appe , es Sir Pertinaz Afaerropl4ant, in Macklin'scomedy, "The Man of the World. ' When we first heard of the inten tion of this celebrated actor to represent the pact:74od Scotchtnan, we had great doubts as to the result : for the character seemed little suited to his peculiar powers end atyleof acting. He Mil indeed succeeded beyond OUT expectations, and has been well received by the pub. lie, yet we cannot, with justice, say, that we think lie has given an accurate and finished expression of the characteristic features of the part. Much of the iden tity of Sir Pertinar depends upon his dialect; but. Mr. Kgs:s's pronunciation of the Scotch is very imperfect, and is by no means like that of a well educated Salta man. He uttered many sounds which were neither Scotch nor English, and which assuredly were never spoken on the north of the Tweed, nor any where but in an English Theatre. He often went to ti e broadest extreme of northen vulgarity, and again relapsed into correct English in the same sentence. In his expression of the tone and accent of a Seotehman, he was more successful, but we had to regret his natal faith of delivery, or defect of voice, which was sometimes hoarse and indistinct, and made too sudden transition. from a high to an inaudibly low pitch. In his concep• lion of the character, lie was often too impatient and impetuous for the cautious and wary politician, who made his insinuating and fawning obsequiousness the ladder of his ambition. He was not half enough obse quious end plausible, and seemed too rareless about di.- 'raising hie villainy, where disguise was necessary. In the scenes with his son Egerton and with Sidney, he was happier, and towards the end of the play, when his passion broke forth at the repeated disappointment of his scheme., the acting was truly excellent. Lady Itodotplsa was well performed by Miss S. BOOTH, excepting the incorrect ness of her Scotch, which appeared less improper in her assumed character of giddiness and vulgarity, than after her explanation with Egerton. Mrs. Occce was quite perfect as Betty Hint.—The farce of Three and the Beare followed in which Mr. ELLISTON'S distinct and heantifol elocution formed a remarkable contrast with the confused sounds of Mr. KLAN. The house was very well filled. FORK LENT ASSIZES. YORK CASTLE.-SAITRDAY, MARcn 16. Robert Seller., aged 27, was charged on the oaths of Joshua Hodgson, sen. and Joshua Hodgson, juo. with having committed an unnatural crime. Joshua Hodgson, son. deposed, that oa the Bth of December last, he and his son were in a field at Scholes, in the West Riding, when they observed his (the witness's) uncle and the prisoner go into an *ur banise, whets the crime charged in the indictment was committed by the ;Inc:. and the prisoner. Cress-examined by Mr. Williams.—The prisoner is &bent twenty-seven years of age, and has a wife and two children; tie youngest four months old. My uncle who was shout 70, died on the 2d of January last, worth property to the amount of 10001. in value. 1 was heir it law, het got oetbing ; it was " willed gray" from me. The prisoner had about 200/. left to him. I went and told the Justice of the transaction 1 have sworn to, on the 14th of January; I was Will In an asthmatics' complaint that 1 could not go before, though I went within a mile of the Justice's to knew if the will would stand good. The reams why my son is net here, is because he is ill hilted. I know WM. Squires. 1 never said to him, when talk ing about " the old fellow's stuff, we'll hang Hob Sellers, if hemp will bang him." After some other questions had been put to the wit ness by Mr. Williams ; Mr. Maude the Counsel fur the ea, abasslonad the gam ;saw Milliblabla 044.10.. trate 1M evldeace of Hodgson. Mt. Williams, however, said that the prisoner and the country required it frosts him, that the case should he farther goat into; he, therefore, called ‘Vm. Squire., who contradicted the testimony of Hodgson as to the expreseitns, respecting hanging Sellers. The surgeon, who attended the deceased, swore to the utter impossi bility of the evidence of Hodgson being true ; from the state of the deceased'sbody, he having had several para lytic strokes. The Jury, of course, acquitted the prisoner, and the _- witness, Hodgson, was committed to the Castle, for wil fal and corrupt perjury. The yosing man, whose appearance was very respect able, conducted himself with great firmness during the trial, but upon his being told he might go home, as be ji was discharged, burst into tears. The committal of Hodgson teemed to give universal satisfaction to a crowded Court. John Wright, the Bristol pedestrian, commenced his undertaking to walk 1000 miles in 1000 hours, last Wednesday night, at eight o'clock, on the Bowl ing Owen. at Sheffield. Tatorrtwo 51arcuss.—A horse belonging to Mr. Dyson having done 30 miles in 11 minutes under three hours, on Monday, carrying 15 stone, and the said horse having been accidentally picked up in Smithfield at a mere nominal price a few days ago. a Mr. Blinn undertook to produce a horse, lately par- chased for 71. to trot 40 mill. in four hours, and carry 15 stone. The lanky emblem of blood ant bone, above 17 hands, wateounted by an old jockey yererday morning, to do Bre ,ntatch over a 10 mile piece of ground on the Hockerell road. for 100 gui neas. The horse did the first 10 usiles in 51 minutes 10 seconds; the second in 56 Minutes 50 seconds; the third in 1 hour and 3 minutes ; and the last in 1 hour 3 minutes and 40 seconds. The horse never once broke from the trot, and the rider was_the must distressed. A New Cues FOR Lova.--A hopeless swain, about six miles from Heeds), cot meeting with a suitable ✓oma to his passion, was advised by a friend to a■t as many boiled eggs as he possibly could, in order to do away with the killing flame. To this recipe be resorted, and actually devoured 100 hardrlioiled eggs, every four days, for eight weeks—mercy on us ; what • stomach. We have not heard that • curs was ef fected.—(Corftsk Journal.) Mr. Squires. of Litnehouse Hole, plumber, while sitting in his counting-house a few days back, was routed by a moose running across his writing-desk, and getting la at one of the water-bolts of a breeding cage, la which were some canaries; being fearful that the little Wender had sought this new habitation for the purpose of devouring out only the food, but eggs lof the birds, he was induced to search after it, aid was not a little surprised io finding it snugly concealed in *swot the nests with its brood of six yeast mice, @early furred. Mr. Squires had her. for some tense astonished at the quantity of food ronsunied—he mop posed by the birds alone. The mouse, it is presumed, lhasiet pie first to the cage fur the impose of pil fering the food, became so much attached to it, as to induce her to deprive one of the birds of its ►eady built nest, and there bring forth its young. She is Dow allowed to live usamolested in the cage, where it and its young eat and drink with the canaries. y^" , •