The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-05-31 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN. LONDON : . THURSDAY, MAT 31, 1810. .477'E3flir to "OS ,ISSIN.dTE his Royal Eighness the PUKE of CUMBER4AND, A base attempt to assassinate his Royal Higl seas the Duke of CUMBERLAND was made at an early hour this morning, by one of his domestics. According to the report which has reached us, this horrid attack was committed by the Royal Duke's Valet, who, it is said, entered his Master's bed. room about three o'clock in the morning, and en deavoured to stab him in bed With a sword. We understand that he struck two blows at his Royal Highness—the second of which fell upon his wrist, his Royal Highness haring awoke and raised his arm to guard against this barbarous attempt. His Royal Highness then raised himself up, and th 6 Valet withdrew. Ills Royal Highness however came to the door and called for assistance. It was at first thought that robbers had entered the house, and a serjeant's guard was called in.— The serjeant and his men proceeded to search the house, and on coming to the Valet's apartment they found there the perpetrator of this atrocious transaction With his throat cut. It appears that the wretch, on seeing his Royal Highness move,. bad retired to his own room, and immediately de. stroyed himself. The raaor with which he cob. milted the act of suicide was found near him by Serjeant CartawroN. As his Royal High. mess was able to rise and call for assistance, we hope that his wounds arc not of a dangerous na. tare. His Royal Ilighnes4 the Prince ot WA Les being inforrttank of what had happened,' hurried eagerly to the spot, and having paid every atten tion to his Brother, which fraternal affection could dictate, proceeded aften% arils to Windsor, to corn giunirare the intelligence as (It licately as possible to the other branches of the Royal. F,tait Ly. We cannot express the degree of our pleasure et receiving Dr. blic.men's Letter. This question pf the Veto is es important as the Catholic Ques tion, Intl we shall take the earliest opportunity of . discussing it. But the difference of opinion be. tweet' Dr. MiLNEst and Mr. Poxsonnt, as to what passed between these Gentlemen, is also ex. treanely important; Ind we are glad and proud to give Dr. 2/Ireucrt an opening to state his sense and understanding of the caie. The following para. graph appears in the Morning Papers " At a Meeting of the Roman Catholic Noblemen end Centlen•rn. assembled at the Earl of gultEwOrRY . F. in kanhope-vreet, on Tuesday last. the nth MA. the following les.iation was uoachnously pawl' " Resolved, That we do sun ( - m owe r an e as icm as i mi dlias e d S. in. or any whys responsible fnr, the Political Opinions, ts Cold:let, or Writingsof the Richt Rev. Dr. lIILN VI " car Apostolic of Cie Midland Aivariet." We beg leave to say, that the explanation of Dr. bittNea will not be the least shaken by Ow RESOLUTIONMS Ws *reglad to give, from an able pen, a eor. vet outline of the proceedings at the Nottingham .Meting. All the Speakers did themselves great bonour ; but more especially the Rev. M r. Gaps. y and Mr. WAILPISLO I juq. The latter Gen. Oman is nephew of the celebrated Mr. Gtr.ntas WAKEFIELD. Tuts warning we received Dutch Papers to the opd French to the Roth instant. The fol. leirief if the principal part of their contents., and Will be found of some importance . • . , ' Mo, Msaen 16.---Our town, for some time mut. has ay. ge ss o a more agree,,hte appearance, and is now Seal : CAI, ir- Oinizahle. We have completed the demolition of thelorti firations with which %% e were surrounde.l. We tire levelling the earth. and planting, trees in nil the etiviro•;: , . for nit we formerly bad were destroyed during the last wars. We.'are Mail parts. Our tuna has a direct coottnnoirotion ith Irma by the course of the Danube, and, under a pro krill* Government, most roan hhennae ohe unite flow., in lia intriz, and must commercial in Germouy.-• , (Afenitear, NaY• Btir.s. DI sir 10.—Kleht OCSTAVICS A:neurons fee erre aly walks omits the ?oldie promenade*. We Will riot lung possess Wm; with an sittentiou of rema , tring here, which place it appears pie :ses him wadi. be had, it is said. hired thF ti - est 11'40 in the town, Iltitiret I:oVertilrir!“ to the hppro. patron of the Quern; this Princess liking hetter to remain at Carlsruhe in tire I)..ston of her , lite )(inn has 0.•- r:neti the 'contract, lint continues to reside at the Three kings inn. —(Sams Paper.)' • • • • livasrAattnoPLC, M.l RCA S.—The &Odium Poetesome time ago Lave orders to the Commanders of the Castles !if the ihrlaiselle4 to prevent on English shipi of war trims temp;; the ettelglit; This order i 3 eseented with the greatest esaciness t they stop the satallea English vessels to astertain if they are :ifined; they place guards aboard then). An Vreglish merchantman 'which earrird 9 or '4 pierce of' ar !Miry> for the purpose 'catty of whiting. iniviug refined to pay obedience in this e tomanti, w 5 forced In it by the saltier. , of the forts.—(.llciallestr. N01'20.1 • Premium a eta, Aralt Yl....The Cuter! GaisNa of to!dsy curtains the following article r••••• r •• The frontiers het weep Russia and Austria have hterrdc eakivel* hied in Galliria; fib* Majesty' the Estreana hal given cretins to diminish the esnoWcr of itailan troops which 4orctipy that par! of Gallicia ceded by the Treaty of Vienna. jR conscouelire screen' reginseuts have untrehed for Other cant nuitents." • 0,1 the 96th 'of March several emnpanies of ortillmf smirched fur Cronstadi to reinftwee the surrii.nn. The amyl-. gunisubehlg now write . point - or recommencing. thelring at the fall and 14th• dimmers are realty - to march fa. Coastlf the Baltic, of that of the of Finland, in it.; eer to detend Hiroo against Cie attaeks of the nitrate, •ftfay IY.) • • Ttlinry 4lAT9.—There have just entered iatts nut pen Wadi btikhnilati.Uncl poluerea, smite die Ottsasha *U. With eaters , of city 'digit*. Aits, rotten), and gull S id", the whole (Misuse In t ik Pitta: The *um edies*itius ASeshuret are mini:act tattillgtr4ile sift in. tie Illyteue Prelthsescs be: gig N ellleinfeatkohetls4' they may. beluag 'te the Sall, or etiviguals.--01•Isitsur, Nag 234. • .• • • • •-• • ••• 1 . •• ir i 1 I ' I ', f ' II ' o t I I I 1 , I i 11 1 ~ 1 14 i l e , i 1, THE STATFSMAN CONSTANTINOPLE. MARCH SS.—We have as yet heard aothiug new of the evetus of the warm the Datsuhe. the rea son of which, probilbly, is the illness which has attacked the Gamic Itasca. io his campat Schumla, and even threatets his life. But the last accounts, relative to his health. are more favourable, and the GRAND SEIGNIOR has sent off, in all haste, two European rhysicians to the camp. The pre ' pa:l4km' for the approaching campaign are, at the same time. tarrying on with t i ne greatest activity. Besides the troops which return from their cantonments. many reinforcements. cad particularly from the capital. 4doo Jsuiissaries. and a corps of artillerymen, have set oat far the camp at Schumla. The activity which prevails in the arsenals Is the greater. as the Forte tatends to make oar at mice against the Rus sians and the Wechabites, as it is very n'ecessary to drive the latter out of the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, which the Koran commands all good blessulmen to visit at least once in their lives. Particular orders have therefore been given .for that purpose to the Pachus of Bagdad and Egypt. The hit , ter is to collect a number of trumpets at Suez, and the Pacing of Bagdad make en attack oat the laod-sitle.—(Ans- Merriam Royal Courant, May Sti.) BREMEN MAY B.—lt is believed that the three ilaosea tie towns, llismburgh, Bremen, and Lubeck, will he charged ' with the maintenance of two regiments of French cavalry, and four regiments of infantry.—( Loggias Journal, May 25. The Princess AMELIA was considered much bet. ter yesterday. The following is the Bulletin of this morning, respecting Mr. WINDAAM " Mr. Windham has hada reales night ; but is not, in any respect, worse this morning." Lord Gittsixim.t is so well recovered as to have signified to his friends a strong hope that he shall be able to attend in his place on the discus sion of. the Catholic Pbtition in the House of Peers. The Princess of Onawos was safely delivered of a daughter at Berlin, on the 9th instant. We learn with very great pleasure, that a Meet ing is fixed for July next of the opulent and popu. lons county of York, to consider the subject of the late proceedings tif the House of Commons, and of a Reform of Parliament. A. meeting took place on Wednesday seninight at Hull, for the Purpose of voting an Address to the House of Commons, on the subject of Sir F R ANCIS BURDETT an d GALE JONES, and pray. ing fur their release from confinement. The Chair was taken by the Rev. J. BuostteY, itt the absence of the Mayor. Mi. DAHILL SYKES arose and addressed the meeting, and prutlued the Petition, which was react by the Rev. Chair. mail, and which, 'as the phrase is, was merely "an echo of his speech." The motion for pre senting-the Petition by the Members fur the town was, then made by M r• S rites and seconded by the Rev. MILES POI•PI.E, and the motion was carried without opposition, as was also the minion of thanks to the Cheirniali. Capt. Fosse's-ea ease comes again' before Par. tianient on Friday. The defetiiive pamphlet of this gallant Officer against the statement of ..Gen. CrtAWroito contains 'towages which the lAitor will probably find d!flicult to reconcile to his own as. sertions, or his own feelings. ' By a Letter received yesterday from Hambargh, we learn aids regret the failure of the firm of BLACKER and Co*. of that city, .for a million and a half of Marks Balm). • His NIAJESI'V came to town yesterday, shout twelve o'clock, and was received at the Queues' Palace, by the Dukes of YORK, KENT, SUSSEX, and caw:sumac At two o'cl.ick his M held a private Levee. Thu following had the ho. nuur of being presz:nted to his ,blastrrir Admiral ' podaca. the late Spanish Minister; the Duke Del Alhurnseroue. the Leo , Sn..o ! sh Amhasarutirr, presented by the Marquis Wellesley. His k,seellency had an audience of his Majesty. and was most graciou:lN received .—D. Jose Alnueo Ortiz, Coal General of Spain :—U Coronet de Caltaleria ' Conde de Blnd, Grandee of Spain of the First Class; and D. Estevan Fuck Jean, Aides.de-Camp of the Duke del Albuqueique ; —D. Manuel de Abella, Secretary of the titsloso Extraordinary ; —Captain Dunbar, R. N. with the Neirathire Address, spun whit It occasion lie re eeivad the Wismar of Kiiiettiusud t—Lord James Murray, u*a his marriage I the Marquis of Downshire nu coming his me i ...Lord Holton nn his marriage; —Curd Hective, on casing of age. by Isis father, the Marquis of Heatlfort ; Lord Mispi t unierie. his promotion ;—Sir Thomas Ackland, tos his marriage; Sir John Gore on his marriage • l —lis ice-Ad mina Nir Jolla Duckworth. nn going to Newf oundland ; Rear-Admiral jr% Thomas Williams. on hoisting :lie flag ; Sir Sohn Walsh, on bk being created a Baronet B—Vice-Ad miral Vashoti, on his promotion ;—alr. Frere, on his returii frown Spain ; Doctor Mailing, R. N. nn his return from Vera Cruz and C:Oliz ;—Mr. Banhulnamew Frere ;—Lieut. Mating, Royal Artillery ;—Lieut.-Col. Ward last f—Slr Williams Ball, no tinning ill pis title;-Sir Gonville Brawny:id f—Liest.-Col. Fuller, of the. Coldstream Guards ; Lieut.-Col. Blackwell;-;-Capt. John Charles Woollcombe; Csl. Vereker—Liew.-Col: Alhothuat Cain. Cockburn ; Major Frazer ;—M 1 1 : Ifulann ;—T he Rail of Harting ion. Ills MAJESTY' held . a Privy .GentiCil s Sik/MO andience to the Cabinet Mintiteri., 4fge. . • - , business that is quite foreign to its nature) a• partial Meeting of the inhabitants, with the addition, too, of some hard words. To counteract-.-(fur we do not know why we should not counteract our enemies, and the , people's enemies, while they are _amusing them: selves with countet-meetings)—eo counteract this wrong and injury, he thought it well that another Gentleman of rank should be called• to the chair of this meeting, and this was' accordingly done. The sense of the Livery, on the late extraordinary proceedings of the House of Commons, bad been taken, and he (the MAYoR) presided at the meet. ing—the sense of the inhabitants of the town was now about to be taken, and it was well to show that this Meeting also was sanctioned, not only by the respectable names that called the Meeting, but by the chair being filled by another of the most respectable persons in Nottingham. Mr. Alder man Howlsrr was called to the Chair. Mr. Am. JAU BOND, Mr. WAREVIELD, and Mr. DAYIsoN, severally urged the necessity of adjourning to the Market-plate ; and, in doing ao, gave the lie be forehand, if any JACois should arise to say-- " This NoTTINGIIAM Meeting is a Meeting of pickpockets and assassins."—The Guildhall of Nottingham is not a small' Hall ; but mischievont paid*, might .represent the Meeting ai narrower than. it reel4ywas, if held any where but in the Market-place. The Meeting was therefore regu. larly adjourned to the Market-place.; and the propriety of that was fully seen, for there were not less than 5000 persons present. Mr. TitoMAs RICHARDS addressed the Meet ing with much diffidence, apologizing as not hav ing been accustomed to public speaking, but he thought it,to be the duty of every Briton to step forward at this eventful crisis. lie hail been in. duced to appear there to support with all his', 'energy. the present endeavours made to obtain a Parliamentary Reform, to prove the necessity of which he entered into the causes which gave birth to the late stud preient calamitous wars. lie made several forcible and very pertinent remat Its, and concluded with 'imposing certain Resolutions. Mr. DENISON caine forward to second them, which, being put to a show of hands by the Chair. man, were agreed to without opposition. Mr. Denison's speech was unquestionably a master piece of reasoning. Ile began by showing the real necessity of a Parliamentary Reform, by prodseing innumerable instances of the wanton waste of the national property, and of the de pendent state of numbers of our Peers and Men). bers of the Lower House. His list of ..Vinecuri Placemeis and favourite Pensioners could only have !wen obtained, by long and close resel:ch. lie 'then took a view of the origin of the House of Commons, the first summoning of Knights of the Shire by. Henry 111. the more complete House in the time of Edward 111. ; the duration of'', Parliaments he also dwelt upon, front the time of their being held annually ; and noticed their becoming triennial, and finally septennial. He next drew the attention of the Meeting to Magnn Ghana, from its first date to the time of Charles'. naming the diffgreut Kings who hail confirmed or ratified , it ; mentioning 'the several statutes passed hi the early years .of the reign of Edward 111. and others, several of which 'he now con. ceived to be breken by the fate proceedings of the House of Commons, in the case of John Gale Jones and Sir F. Burdett. He concluded by say ing, that—view the subject on. whichsoever side he might, he could not but see' the itaring necessity ' 'of Reform. Mr. Denison was repeatedly inter rupted by bursts of applause. • The Rev. Joiis Gee !fey then. rose, and in a most elegant speech (though short) shewed the ab. solute want of a Reform in the Commons [louse of Parliament. He contended, that no person could give his representative a power of throw.' ing hint (the CONSTITUENT), into prison. Sup posing the Members of the House of Commons were really the representatives of the people, then lie thought (if such a power could be given), the representative ought to be his substitute, or re , present,him in prison also; and if, on the other hand, the House of Commons did not represent the people, which it was evident it did not, the sooner there was a Reform of that Blouse Ate better. lie next animadverted on the ATToRNET-GcN ERA Vs doctrine of punishing by analogy, which he thought the most ridiculous that could be imagined, since crimes of any kind might be committed by analogy. After dwelling for some time on these topics, he proposed a Petition to the House of Commons for Reform,' and for the reconsidering of their late proceedings, which' he read, and Mr. FRANCIS WAKEFIELD seconded. Mr. WAKEFIELD en. lewd into the subject of Referni with a great degree of spirit, and pasted some very flattering encomiums on the people of ,Nottingham fur their endeavonri to obtain ,a reform of those abuses ethieli it. was evident hail crept'in to the undermin ing of our Constitution. He said, they kriew these things, and wished to see them removed ; and it was for that wish that he always respected them ; for it ii a; men like them that -knew they bed a Consti tution, anti valued it, rad it was men like them that . would fight fur it, if the daring hand of a fo. reign enemy attempted: to touch it. He was ro .peatedly, cheered by the)wople around. ~,. Mr. DENISON said be objected to only one word in thefetition, which was the eon, " hum: file." Ile did not. approve of it, we had been pretty humble fur a long time, and bumble wo might be still, if we chose; lint for his part lie ,•aliteetil move for that word being taken out, which was agreed to by an instantaneous show Of hands. Mr. DANIEL FREETH next came forward ; and ' after a very excellent speech, nitived an addresato', Sir FRANCIS Bennett, which was read by Mr. Was. Eves, and seconded- by Mr. R. BoNarma- Too, who spoke for some time on the *objects then before ,the Meeting. Mr. BONNVIGTON 9 I speech was frequently cheered, being replete with hummer is well as strong reasoning. . Mr. WelieeleLD .ai«ved the Thanks of the 'Meeting to the 1111Yolt for his readiness in calling it, which was pelmed with applause. Mr. BoNlpticxow moved Thanks to Mr. DENI som, which also, was agreed to, with loud plaudits. Mr. Denison 'returned Thanks and Mr. Altl. Ilewtrrdissolved the Meeting: ' To the EDIA Hi of the ST.IIII.:S.ILIN. - Sta,—ln conacquencu of a paragraph which appeared in your Paper of last Saturday, I f u d myself - called upon onetragasn, and that in a more public manner, to clear tipttbe misunderstanding srbicks took place between -% certain Right Huh.' GO demon and Myself two years ago, relative to , the app►sintment of Irish -Catholic Bishops. To be as brief then is passible : I uever autho.. rized any person to make a proposal on that or un any other subject in Parliament; nor was I (Iv( r le►! to suppose _that such a proposal .would be made, till I heard it in the louse of Commons oa Wednesday night, May 25, 1808. Haring wait. ed, by invitation, on the personage in question four days before the Debate on tho Cathalie Question came on, and being asked, in quality of Agent to the Catholic Bistops of Ireland, what concessions they would make to the Crown in future nominations to their vacant Sces, I answered, that they never could grant to an uncatholic government a positive power its this religious concern ; but that I 113 d no doubt of their yielding to it such Lind of negative interference, as would satisfy it with rc sped to the loyalty of future Cantiohtes, T ad. .ded; however, and repeattA ttiith ttnplta•is, that I had no instructions on the subject, and therefore could giveno pledge on the part of niy Constituents, This latter clause was so clearly understood, ti►at • I was requested to write to the leading Irish Bi. shops on the subject, without loss cf time, as did by that night's (Saturday's) post. Ito this con.. versation, which, to' the best of my recollection, slid not last a quarter of an hour, nothing was said about an, prior negotiation with the Irish Prelates concerning this matter, nor of any other ground on which • I might have fosmed my opi. nion, nor of a list of three Candidates being presented at a time, nor did the word Kb, once occur. I wrote nothing, unless, 'scrimp, my address ; and if, soon after the courersa.. tion, I sent a hasty note; of which I took no copy, from, any bookseller's shop to the Gen. • tieman iu question, it was barely by way of in. forming him of a circumstance which I mos afrai.l of having forgotten, nut of furnishing a project for him to propose in Parliament or to act upon. Let now any Parliamentary Report of the debate on the Catholic Question in May, 1808, be looked into, and the li.nguage in which the proposal in question was made; as grounded on my supposed authority, be weighed, in order to ascertain which party has a right to corn. plain on the present occasion. •It seems, indeed, to'be admitted at this day (contrary to the tenor of those reports), that I did not take upon ,usy. self to vouch for the consent of the Irish Bishops. If not, hoei could I authorize a proposal on their part, and even presume to dictate the terms of it? To argue in this manner froni a loose unpremedi tated conversation or a hasty confidential note, where the party was not informed of the use that was to be made of either, is unjust, as well as ungenerous. Finally, I never expressed my ap probation of the minter in which this proposl. was.made id the House of Commons, nor was I present when Lord FINGAL is said to hare ap• proved of it. In confirmation of this statement I have to add, that the very morning after the Debate, namely, May 26, I printed a Protest against the use which had been made of my name on the preceding eves. ing, with respect to the proposal in question, co pies of which are still in existence. This was shown by me a day or two afterwards to our• Par. liamentary friends, who acknowledged they were' not surprised at my alarm, acknowledging that I had nut authorized them to advance what they had • advanced, and consenting that I should circulite my Protest amongst my Clerical Brethren. A few months after this, when a writer in a Ministerial Paper had accused these Gentlemen of imposing upon Parliament and the Public, in pretending to have held communications with me, which had not taken place, I felt it my duty, in another newspaper, to refute the calumny. I did not, however, acknowledge that I had au. thorised the proposal; but I stated the pt rttculats mentioned above, and tinm asserted, that 44 thus far our advocates were warranted in is hat they hail advanced ;" which was as much as to• gay, t"t communication had taken place, and that I had expressed a persuasion thatthe Irish Prelates would consent to a limited negative...,. The circumstance which misled this Ministerial writer, and has since misled many other persons, in consequence of their nut understanding the nature of that limited 'moor, which I represented as likely to be conceded, was the declaration- which I bate never ceased to make in print, and by word of mouth, since the fist mention of this subject ; namely, that " I would 46 rather lose my life than be instrumental in giving 44 power or influence to an uneatholic -Govern. sc ment over the Catholic Church." The fact is, the project, as I' had conceived and explaiued it,.tgave no such power or influence; but barely estibled It, thrrsugh the 'controuling power of tl i i . t(Catisolic • 11,iihepts to prevent the sispoitst. tacnt• of a dtsinyal candidate, in . the absurd . . y NOTTINGII4I4I •li(fik: TING; • On Monday last, the Inhabitants of Not. ?maims assembled at the Guildhall, pursuant to &Inquisition, te. take into consideration the late proceedings of the House of Commons, and to come to such Resolutions as should be deemed proper for the occasion. IVe had already given :notice uf. this' Meeting,- and now (from thalame quarter), Rive eh 4ccoutit of the interesting pro. epedingi ef-thaa day. The Meeting Was appointed to he held at the GuildballOit 10 o'clock. The Hall,• however, was crowded at an early hour, and the pressure • was so great, used su many of the inhabitants were excluded, OW It iiraf seen to be absolutely netiTi nary to adjoure to the.Market,platee, in order to give all partite gt opportunty ot-et><prossina . 1 heir ' .feelin..s and ; t►i on this importhn t strbiett, whiChihc fa'te of the whole nation his-Awed. ' • If ' was deemed proper,. ba wt4er,' dist • to' in: point e aChairman ; and on the motion a Roatat 'Watson, Esq. seconded - by FaANCIII "Lb! ) ,,P l ''. EN, the Mayor. Wasunt Cut t nitast, itsq. 'au nftaniinipisly called to the:Chair. • The Mayor, vefy heuilsotne manner, at once de eilisi4Whittitar,inal thanked them fur it. There imattlitssnetbing extremely Omit in his motive for dscttning en itnisottrof which , an, man might have been proud,. the honour being that of presiding at' a Meeting ul as enlightened a population as any in Britain. .1,111 observed, that he had sea re, ! . cently taken the Chair at a Meeting of the laretity, end his mpinion isms, on that on.: casino, .aid therefore an recently . laid before the 'public, ilia' he thought it might be of advantage to call to the Chair, in tho iiresent instance, some ether I.3lfrotiorpan of the. town. There is a great des; of good tense, and proper feeling, itt Mr. WittoitT COW.o4m's ideaa,•on alt neeasiens. Ih Mite,. that this * would he. Called . (not 'deemed, for there is • such a Thing as giving a tiiiho g n ' any