The Statesman. — London, England, 1822-01-04 00:00:00

~.... _ ~" ClUtLlZ.ifiu.V •OF THE NATIVRS OF vie 5017711 SEA ISLANDS. [iRO4lll AN ACrOUNT OP THE PAOCIEDINGS OP TM MISPIONARI as.] TIIREIIII, Jems 21, 1821. CIVILIKATION.—AS it respects the civil improve. , anent of the people, we have great reason to take en couragement. Wi.hin the last three or four menthe we have been teaching and encouraging our people to make bonnets and hats for themselves, out of • kind of grass that grows here, and which answers the pur pose very well. And now, through the assistance of livers Bourne and Darling, there is not • woman, we believe, in the congregation without a bonnet, and scarcely a man without a bat. Some of the natives have begun. and many have promised, to build them selves new !looses, to he plastered within and without, and to floor them with hoards. Almost every family has got a large garden, in which they grow sugar eases, bananas, sweet potatoes, Indian corn, plunking, water melons, some French beans, &c. But these are all luxuries to the Tsheitan, as he can live very well on his bread-fruit and fish, and which want no cul tivation. New eltATlM—Another thing which calls for our gratitude is, the ready manner in which the people complied with our proposal to build a large place of worship. It is boarded all round and floored with hoards. There is a gallery at each end for the use of the children,whiell is filled Sabbath-day. All the 'eats have barks ; and there is a large table-pew, pul pit, and clerk's desk. The place has flee doors, and 24 windows (not glazed) with sliding abutters. This is the first chapel that has been finished in the Bngliah style, and was done under the superintendence of Bro ther Darling. The following interesting particulars respecting se .reral Islands, are borrowed from the Journal of the Captain of the Hope:—" Captain Grimes anchored at Hapapa, or Matavai Bay, Talseite, on the 28th of .April, IS2I. Mr. Wilson and Mr. Hayward had ac companied him from Port Jackson. King Pomare soon came on board, and was saluted with 13 guns. Among other presents, he received two cows and calves from a generous individual ; they were immedi ately landed, and were in a healthy state. The Cap tain states that a few days before the Annual May Meet ing, preparations began to be made. Huts were build ing, and those out of order were undergoing a repair, to accommodate the numerous assemblage. Canoes were daily arriving, laden with provisions, the sub scriptions of oil, /frac. The Missionaries also began to assemble from the distant parts of the island. " On the appointed day of meeting, the Chiefs were arrayed in their best dresses, the soldiers were under arms, and nothing omitted to exhibit the grandeur of the king, Stc. At ten (a. Si.) the natives collected in the building appropriated to that purpose (which no doubt is a wonderful performance. if we consider the means used in building, but the woad is not sufficiently durable to insore Its standing is its pre sent state more than soother year or two) to the *um of 5.000 men, women and children included. The soldiers were arranged without, under arms. The affairs of the islands were now discussed with energy. although, as is said, previously determined upon. " The filissionaries also made some propositions respecting their supplies of provisions. which bad hero suspended. on account of a levy made by the King. for a purchase of a ship, fee.; these were fully acceded to. After this Divine Service was performed by Messrs. Nott, Crook. Darling, and Bourne. The natives were then urged to forward their intended sub scriptions of oil. hr. (for the vessel) with all possible despatch. The natives then retired a very orderly manner, and in • few days the village, from being Vironged, was left with a very few inhabitants. On the 234 the whole of the oil collected here was on board ; and messengers were sent to different parts to urge the natives to forward the oil in their pos sesaaion." SErERITY OF PUtVISH.VEXT. Benet from the Speech, (lately published) of Thomas Powell Buxton, Esq. in the House of Com neon., Wednesday, May 23, 1821, on the Bill " for mitigating the Severity of Punishment in certain cases of Forgery and the crimes connected therewith." Though some records are handed down to no, of the discussions during the last century in this House, noon a multitude of points of little significence, hardly a remnant remains upon the subject of Cri reins! Law; and yet, during that period, our penal rode has been quadrupled. Upon an average, every year of that period was marked by the enactment of a capital offence; besides those occasions in which the legislature, as if tired of tedious retail method of con f ning one capital denunciation to one statute, had Leaped together; had faggotted, fur that is the only term which is applicable ; fifteen or twenty of such enactments in one heterogeneous mass. 1 remember a case in which, in the same paragraph, nineteen are thus bundled together; one of whicis is for a civil trespass to the value . • Intel:tee, and another for tLe worst species All these acts, as far as I can learn, pas • io, without debate, inquiry, examinat or any general inte rest. This abseetat " I Ogussion is in itself co gem proof of the indifference and carelessness with which theft acts were passed. But, there is proof much more conclusive. The House will use me for repeating an anecdote fur. merly a by my honourable and learned friend (Sir Ja Mackintosh.) 1 advert to it as matter of evidence ; and, as evidence, it comes to as ill a most authentic shape. Mr. Burke told my honourable and learned friend, that, hurrying out of these doors one might, he was stopped by the Serjeant at Arms, who entreated him to remain fur a moment, to keep the number composing the House complete. Mr. Burke pleaded extreme haste; and the Serjesat repelled that plea by saying, that the delay could not possibly ex " reed a few moments, fur "it was only a Bill for a , felony without benefit of Clergy." 1 remember also to have heard another anecdote from an honourabla friend of mine near me (Mr. Wil berforce.) Sir William Meredith happened one day to go into • Cominittee-room, fur the purpose of writing a letter; at one corner of which he observed a gentleman seated at a table, and seemingly asleep, to plum a clerk was reading a piece of parchment, which looked like an act of parliament. Sir William was centionally loterrapted by a kind of chores, with death liam said, Toe U. . 4. Wh y, gentlemen OW torsips—eve period to the pract has been so obliging without benefit of clergy. I\ow,l ask, Sir, are laws thus recently and thus care leuly enacted, some, as Lord Bacon says, " open the spur of the occasion,"—acme is moments of passlon and .irritation—in baste—is feat—are these lads to be called the old pillars of the Cosstitition? laws that ent torted by ea rad private Interest, and tints to illitical i subserviency—are these laws too for 1.11•1111011 ?o 1 And. who are the persons, in defer itleists we aril 1 4 6 to put human beings to death? A .- sol•bey nand tell you who were the legislators of , pow Antes of Oreece; but who are the Solo w sod the Lycergi to' whom we are indebted for these Jaws? Certain anonymous gentlemen (for History retains their deeds. while their names have ;mooed foto oblivion) of whom we knew nothing. hat that they were the aletheee of a multitude of bloody statope--ma4 to what olsolli.llll life they belonged, we cam only guess, by their si perioritv to the ordinary prekeilices of grammar and or thography. li 7=7;117 .. . On Thursday se'onig;: i lemo et the memo of Loochlane Maclean died at rollokshaws, who, accord ing to the best information which cies be °hothead. was within a month of the advanced age 01,105 years. Os . belonged originally to the Non i of Mall, hot balk& it when he had attained to manhood, and visited a new her of places in the Highlands, working at any kind of out-door employment widels came ha his way. He was three years and six months in thr Argylo shire mi litia, was discharged on Glititgow-ereen about 1763. and at that time settled at Folloksimats, where he re mained till his death. Thralls-life-he was contest with a scanty portion of comiton eriatise couutry fond. He was stoat and laborious , Peed lived by taking jobs of cutting wood, trenching, &filing, and banking.—lie was es excellent road-maker. Under Ils direction coo siderable improvements were made os the lands belong ing to the Pullok, Blantyre; and Bgliegton families. He was known to, and freittently employed by most of the gentlemen within twenty miles. For a long period be kept a numl-er of stout Highlanders under his employment ; and as they wereeccasionelly paid in a change-house, a drinking boot feelsently follow ed, and Lauchlane and his Celtic auxiliaries have been " fa' for weeks thegitber,!'so that it was .either ease, delicacies, regularity. 'nor strict tamp* which insured his astomiehing longevity: Like Homer's heroes, and inde d like almost every. old man, he maintained that woo l ii 11 were prefressively dege nerating in stature, siren le, and jsearage. and with great complacency he contrasted tlianty fare, coarse deem ardent spirits, brawny force,, and physical powers of his youthful co Mem with what he eon aislered she refieed. plaelßsltibeeililty. et Are day. When on this topic he need to derlare that they were" sturdy, stripping fellows, content wi' their sin kintra gear, Boise. bear, oat„, or bean-meal bannocks. milk sod fish, were a' they tot aid waked) , a' they sought, and clad i' their Higtslattil plaids, wi 'their kilts and bosnets, the wad a' scoured o'er the hill, 20 miles io a eight at leers, through winter's wind sod rain, or frost and snow, either to see the lassies or ob lige a neighbour. My word, they were na like the pith's.s bodies now-a-days, that mans Lee their Indian tea and trubtrie, and gang 'boo Nottor'd is plaid's, or brew English claith, an' yet and canna ,tan' the least cauld northole the least bit drithe o' weet for't a." Happily for Lauehlane's consistency, be fully maintained the truth of his ancient aid fantastic theory is his own person. After the year 1795, be wrought mostly in the neighbourhood - of Pullok 'haws ; anti he retained Lis plodding frugal propen sities to the last. He possessed a small property, which he thatched and otherwise repaired with hie ocn bands, during the summer of 1819 ; and till a short time before his death, when the weather would permit, he wrought in his garden preparatory for an other spring. which he was never to see. He was three times married, was the father of three sans and two daughter«, and he outlined all his children, except one son who resides at Pollokshaws. He married his last wife, now his widow, a decent stout woman of 24 years of age, when he was about 93. About 5 years ago, he got three new teeth, and his sight and memory were little impaired. He declared that he never Lad a head-ach in his life, and he was confined to bed only about fire days. On the last morning of his life, he gave his relatives and visitors some appropriate ad vice, and retained his speech till a short time before his death. Abost eleven o'clock at night, he made an expressive signal for his friends, and accordingly his wife, his son and slaughter-in-law, and eight grand-children, were brought to his bed-side, and when he had shaken each of them by the hand, he stretched himself, and in ten minutes was a. more. 44 411. whether tradesmen were to merely becaese they happen-1 badness 'Mile the precincts of an Magistrate should be informed uniformly paid the poor rate. t of the watch-rate upon the isbabitasts of the lan , early hoar in the evening, employed t 0... own private watchmen, and there fore wanted no others; and. secondly, that the Act upon which this claim was attempted to he enforced. •ught to be considered obsolete. inasmuch as it bad Seen passed more the 60 years, and this was the first time it hid 'ever bees acted upon. If the first ground of resistance could avail, all persons who chose to em ploy private watchmen might claim exemption en the same plea ;. and with respect so the Act of Parlia ment not baying been acted upon, although it was passed so many years ago, be begged to say that was a fallacious reason for the non-payment ; the Act was a public and renerat, nets private or local one. 'MAO remained in fa force emtil Wetted( be repeated. Th. „Alagistiltee at 'goalie • poline•oilee were applied to' upon this matter some time ego, 'sad they refused to grant the warrant; upon *hick to application was made to the Court of Ring's Bench for a nisielsomvs to compel the Magistrates to issue their w , but this was also refused by the Judges, on the ground that they might be compelling the Magistrates to &That which, if it should afterwards prove to be wrong, would subject them to an action for damasres. Mr. Aoncenus, for Mr. Tmaginits, eontended.Vepu the inhabitants of an fun Weft likes pgi pate family, and they were not liable, individually, ro elaimeof title sort. If there was any liability, the whole body of inhabitants collectively were liable. Mr. Vaughan's having paid the poor-rate bad nothing to do with the question at issue. Servants living with the'ffilltabit. ants of an inn of Court gained settlements, and might become chargeable to the parish, and the inhabitant' of course contributed to a tate upon which their ser vants mirth* hereafter have I claim. The Illizistrates, after heoriog Counsel at great length, declared their °pillion that Mr. Vaughan was clrsriy liable, and they sfictold have no hesitation in gramthsethe warrant. The distress was accordingly granted, and Mr. ADOLPIII:11 said the question would U. brought ultimate ly berme another tribunal. Henry Broma, Thos. Stokes, alias' frillimna, .11Ery Ana Fetes, Henry Brooks, and 11logra Lyons, the per sons charged with bring concerned in the burrlary and extensive robbery at Mr. Frost's, of Arundel-stmt, were finally examined and fully committed for trial. Sir R. Bionic ached whether the landlord of the Rose and Crown in !Wallin-row, was present. as also the landlord of the house where the female prisoner, with Charles Newman, resided, Ile was informed that the landlady of the Rose and Venom was in the (,Mee. but the landlord and not possibly attend. The lason adi si thetEose Crown, upon being asked 'by Mr It. Itirale, whether al!! knew w o of the parties. replied iti the . negative ; bat idosifted that her house was searched one night under a privy search warrant, when the prisoner Brooks happened to be there. William Jettison, on being sworn, deposed as fol low • :—He resided at 26, Turamill-street, Clerkenwel I ; that he was one of the constables of the wish of St. John, and that he let an apartment to the female pri soner some months since, and that Charles Newman, the person implicated in the robbery passed as her husband. On the morning of Tuesday, the 20th of November last, about four o'clock, be was awoke by some person proceeding op stair.. Witness said, that just before that period, another (the only other) lodger went oat ; be was going to rise early, therefore t! as not fast asleep; he heard Charles Newman call Mary, which is the female prisoner; she got out of bed and let him in ; witness said he heard the door shut; the prisoner's room was over his bed-chamber, bat hr did nut go out. Some time in the course of that day an Unfinished broach was brougl.: to him which had been picked op on the stairs by some per son : witness had shewn it to Mr. Frost, but he could not identify it as being his property. Sir IL Maxis then ordered the Clerk to bind over NI the v enal witnesses, which was accordingly dose, l and y mein all committed for trial. T complice Brown is committed to the House of Cot- tion, in order to give evidence. The Office was crowded to excess. FIATTON GAUD/M.—Yesterday, Thos. Cole, appaiuntly about 20 years of age, was brought up by Childs, • pe trol, of Red Lion-square, charged with plundering as• nverous watchmen's boxes, of bread and cheese, candles. Bibles, &c. &e. For many months past the watchmen in the neighs bourhood of (;ray's Inn-lane hove (during their absence in going their rounds) had their boxes nightly plea dered ; some of bread and cheese, ()Haricot' their ems fort ; one unfortunately left a pint of porter on his east whilst he just went out, and on hia return, to his disap pointment, he found some friend had made free to drink it; another left a crown paper of halfpence on his seat, and that was stolen en his return ; another, who was a very religious character, would keep himself awake by reading the Bible—one night be had gone round his beat and put the Bible aside, and when lie came back some person had decamped with it; another lost a nice supper, which had just before been brought him by his spouse; another lost his tobacco-box; one poor fellow happened to have a spun Welch wig, which he kept lianging up, and on going to take it down, be found it bad been taken down before. In consequence of the many depredations that bad been committed in the above manner, the guardians of the night-held a coun cil in Eagle-street Watch-house, when it was ascertained that a man was constantly in the habit of lurking about at night, and if a good opportunity presented itself, he commenced his plunder; but if the watchman was sit ting io his box, the man would ask him the hour. The watchmen, therefore, kept a strict watch. The prisoner, yesterday morning came up to Child's bpx, and inquired what it was o'clock, when he apprebeaded him on sus picion of committing the robberies. He took him lb the Watch-house, where be was wombed by GeorgeTems lin, a Watchman; • large quantity of bread and thesis, and cold meat were found upon him, but the provisions could not be 'classics& ; also a Bible, with the same of Francis Claridge written on the By leaf, a tin anodic cue, and *gin bottle. Claridge a Watchman, in North-Mixes Braf's liu•- . ... ' ' • • ..ihtt;sed I /* . -- - --- - - • • ' -fit • the - i every Paragraph mmolude#: _,, 101111 - se ea y questios bent was • wittiest itenelit of 'CitygY," 4 t tengtb . Bir Wit- 'be "tempt from the rate. mei aid. .' What may ibis het he ' , bleb ed to catty ottheir blithest are visiting with u• te la r li n ill .;yllllN/rt lieu of Court ? The Magis' y, Sir." replied the teed '" . Is in swan*? that Mr. Vaughan had II& ;men have su ff ered Intel depretlethee ea het ite resisted the payment traipe—we have et imigth to le Pat a these grosode : first, that tl l to the practice; and wined friend the minister .en so obliging u to. ullutuanta make it death had the gibs . , closed,n at ea „ e fit iS/110fit nr Aare., n _ 2.110 employsayur own pn POLICE. 11leNaloN Boum—Yesterday, JAN Henderson, who who was some days ago examined upon the charge of basing altered the number of a lottery ticket, for the purpose of obtaining the 'hare of a 2.,0001. prize, was discharged, no person haring appeared to give evidence against him. The LORD MAYOR assured the prisoner that be had had a very natrow escape, and advised him to separate himself altogether from the ab.adoned associates who had led him to commit such an offence, as it was evi dent be had committed. BORAITRZRT.—PARDIU OP ST. CLIIIINT'S O. 1...1.11- wartv's 11.45.—The question as to the liability of persons residing in the Inns of Court to pay certain parochial rates, was discussed before the Sitting Ma gistrates (Sir B. Birnie and Mr. Beckett) yesterday at considerable length. Mr. Dowu NO, on behalf of the parish officers of St. Clement Danes, applied to the Magistrates to issue a distress warrant against the goods and chattels of Mr. Vatted., who keeps a shoe-maker's shop in Clement's Inn, he having refused to pay certain a of the watch-rate, due to the parish. aid which bad been claimed is the regular way. The Learned Counsel said, that the Acts of the 4 Ueo.III. cap. 55. 14 Gee. 111, cap. 20. And 49 flet..lll. cap. 113, all empowered the parish officers to collect and enforce the metal of what was called dm watch -rate, and ;z . T • . lane, proved the Bible to be his property, and that it had been stolen out of his box. Cries', another Watchman In Priaets•street, ideniiGed deeseandle ease and the iris bottle to be his property . Mikis had bemratoiea In like manner. The bottle, when stolen, malaise(' a sportern of gin. The prisoner was called on fee his devote, but beds. , chord saying any thiag. The Magistrate committed him to take hit trial at the two charges. MART-Ll-10NIOrricti—Yeateaday Maw (Utak', a 't well-known character, was hatinght before the bittiq Magistrate, .1. Rawlinson, Esq., by Prendergast, the••••• ' key, charged with stealing various articles of wearing ipparel, 4e. From the evidence, it appealed that en the !Gel of December teat, the prisoner was observed in Iron. fivandery-leue, Harper's Gelds, ded by a great crowd, who were literally tearing her cloth from her back. A peer woman aimed Williams, taking the prisoner, took km foto her h0c..., where she bad an asylum for the night. tarty sett mernhag Mts. W. wont est. and left the prisoner is bed, beeps her return in the aftersami was greatly ► surprised to Sad the prisoner bad decamped with , r Teril articles of 'her wearing appareloatto a go's and ,petticoat belongieg to oue of her lodgers. Presder. gait, from inbound°, he received of she robbery, op ,prebeaded the primmer on Howley last is ilryairstee. .street, and limed coar.ealed shout her pews& several of 'the stolen articles. She was 1611 - 1 boonnitted for trial. • $llBBlOll7l -tt.!.1.1z4 • 4 YestislayllieeinAMileierinsinist before N. CONS?. i Esq. and alianoll d kineOstrates. TDL 1i1X0,..i7 Tea Poosacarrion or TOOTING, et. Joon ►LT. In this rase, Which was a Oimeraiirirar prowrotioa for the riot that took place at the foilipra' of Fran..is ^ti , t Honey, Mr. WALIOID moved the °curt to po,rpoae the f trial till the west Seelieelt, on as-taunt of the abarnee Ansa of the whops's, a soldier in the Guards, Who is Dow on furlough in Yorkshire. tile. Bantu, who is Counsel for the defendant, 011 two. ing the affidavit oil which the motion was made, he wonld net object to the postponement, on the Bondi. tions that the defendant's recngnivioces should be dis (+erred on his appearing nest Seniors, and that any Nettles notice of trial should be dispensed with. Mr. WALTOND rapeseed hie acquiescence in thew terms, and the case wu postponed accordingly. Ellie Needham was indicted fur esaaultiog I.lewellen Lloyd. Mr. Ai,LET stated the case for the proseentinn. The prosecutor, Ise said, Was a gentleman of rank and honour, and allied to the highest families in the kingdom. The 1 defendant had ;assaulted him in the year ISIS, and had coattived. Co staid appearing to take his trial till tie present nacmpent. The prosecutor had. in consequence of the defendant's various delays, been obliged to bring witnesses three times from Scotland. Mr. Llewellyn Lloyd stated, that in the month of December, 1918. he was dining at the Itlne Post Coffee room. Cork-street. 4WlJ.st►geti while his 'lie* nee was getting ready he read a newspaper which he I brought in hie pocket. On hi. dinner being brought to hiin he laid the newspaper on hie bat near to Inns, the defendant sett two other persons were sitting in the nest boa, and on his laying down. the papet v one ; of them took it ep without snaking any observation. Witness said ci►illy to the person who took it, "the paper was his private property, and he would thank him to return it." The paper was accordingly re turned. In a few moments afterwards the persons in the defoodands ties tslk load of private property; said •. they bad beard of private property in pigs sod jackasses, bet never before in a Coericr newspaper.' Their conversation evidently appeared to allude to what be had said, end brought the eyes of all the persons in the room on him. He went to the box in which they were, and said, if the conversation referred to him he must request their cards," at the same time preaentinz his to each of them. They all refused to give their cards, said "they did not want to know 1 him," and one of them took the card he presented, and threw it on the ground. Witness said, then you are all scoundrels;" upon which the defendant struck bim a violent blow. He did not return the blow ; the gentlemen in the room called out to hint not to return it, and one of them went for an officer. I They all gave their seeds to sppear for him is wit s. bat there was only one of theta at present in town. Captain Spiller, of the Ar►illery, who was in com pany with the prosecutor when the lt was com mitted, corroborated his statement in every particular. He said be caw front Scotland twice to give evidence in the case, and came from Yorkshire to attend the present trial. •I Mr. ADOLPUrt addressed the Jury for the ilefrod ant, who, he said, had taken - up the newspaper sap• posing it to belong to the room. and returned It the moment he learned his mistake ; any oh • ion , ' that might have bees made, on the manner in which the prosecutor had asserted his rights, %you'd not war rant him in coming up ro the table where the defend ant and his friends were, and asking them for their cards that he might send a bullet through their bodies. and then doubling his fist in the defendant's face. and tilling him and big friends scoundrels and black guards. Two persons. who were in company with the de fendant, proved the facts as stated by Mr. Adolphe,. The Jury deliberated for shoat half as how. sad returned a verdict of—Not Guilty. MARRIED. Yesterday. at St. Mars's Lambeth. Jonathan Angst, Esq of Clapham. Surrey, to Miss Puignand, of !Hoe&well. In the tease courtly. On the nd inst. at St. ADO, church. R. Maeleod, M.D. to Margret banibirr, daughter of thence. Dr. Maeleod, Herter of Si. %one's. Wesimiaster. On the Id lest, at St. George's. Bloomsbury, R. Moen.. Esq. settled son of Thomas Monro, Rag. M.D. of Bush). Herts. to Chariot?* Mar), second daughter of the late James Monro, Esq. of Hadley. Middlesex. DIED. Oaths Slat alt. at her mother's house, Brompton-crescent. Miss Slip Birmingham. Oa the 20th alt. at Dalse (edge. to the &lab )ear of her age, the Right Honourable Maria Itfarger,4 lady Napier, Attest laughter sir the late LieessautAleorral Bit Jolla Clavertng, London : Edited. Priabed. Ptibtistted " Tan itrarassaw" *ad "Tie CONWTIvii fty• • (SlewfidN Psper)4 No. IN. Wand. *write it. Uwardi . by 111. WARDELL. LLB— to labor ci •ti. 11,., ON tiers, ix. are ravished to be add 4 e ..4 I IL II ~: ~: i I ' ~ G