The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-03-16 00:00:00

- - . IMYERIAL P4RLIO4 ATASZ HOUSE OF LORDS, MAaca Shortly after three °Work, their Lordships being raet, Sir Thomas Floater, Solicitor General for England, and Mr. Boyle, Solicitor General . for Scotland, opened and explained in the cause of-Masterson v. Moiklejohn and others, being an 4031 from the Court of Session iu Scotland, concerning an Election for the borough of Col-A eon. The further hearing was adjourned ti)l te a arrow. The Mutiny Bill was read the second time with. out any comment. FOREIGN TROOPS IN ENGLISH PAY. Lord KING gave notice of a Motion intended to come on to-morrow (Friday), for Returns of the number and payment of Foreign Troops now in the Service of Great Britain. His Lordship said, that he considered the object of his Motion to be one of the highest importance at the present time. Lord LIVERPOOL said, he did not know exactly tlid nature of the Motion iutendvd by the Noble Lord ; he therefore wished for some expla. nation respecting it. • Lord King did not explain.—Notice taken., Lord BUCKINGHAMSHIRE mond jar s, number of Documents, as explanatory .Of dwelt. cuinstances of the East India Conipany.—Motion carried. Mr. Clifton, from the i fitlmirafty, - pratented — at the Bar papers conectedTth R...Staachan's Narrative. Adjourned at half past five. - .sneenssno HOUSE OP COMMONS, Maacn 15. ~~; I'~ \ fr. CURWEN brought up the Highgate Arch. way Bill, which was read a first time, and ordered to he read a soeond, . •• . . Lem was given to bring in a Bill 16 repair the roads leading to Wirtford, and _those contm 'anise! ? lig thertitith. - • ..! . Ism wealthier given to being in a Bull to ens. • Ile the. ,Assigns of the county' of Suffolk to be kid at Bury Sr. Edinunds and Ipswich, iu said croirty, alternately. • ... Sir ft tNATCII BULL broight up t Report of the - Sytlinharntricloser6 pill, which was read a first, time. ••Oteir Maori fur the'secnnti reading of ' the Resolutions, • • Mr. bIARRYAT opposed the measure, as.be tertian oppositioti to the wishes of the inhabitants Of that district, and only intended as a partial en atomic. • • Sir E. KNATCIIBULL supported the Resole . ' dons and said he did not know of arty objections tra the part of his Constituents to the measure pro. • lc ii . . 1:. Ct7RWEN opposed, and Sir JOHN SE ..IIaGHT spoke in support of the Resolutions, . , nod after some further conversation, the House divided— • • , .:. is taSnet of doe Ramadan - M Clan dorm- - - _ ~..• - aV - • Majority - - 11 r Leave was then givento bring iu a Bill in pur suance of tie Resolutions. .. . •It - BULLION. , ••• '' AK ;HUSKISSON, under the apprehension • Albs the observations 'he had lately inade with •. geepoct to *specie Of the country might be mis spderstood, begged leave to give . a short expla ' elation of tips real state of the facts. He • did not moats to have asserted, that the Batik of England was not in possession of a sufficient quantity of cash to answer all the purposes of fo-• Win subsidies, as , he was perfectly, aware that there was a sufficient quantity to answer every exigency, if Government thought - proper to en force its production. He Ousted by the Motion he should conclude with, that•he would be able moat amply to satisfy the doubts of Gentlemen on this subject, sod to prove to them that the state of specie in the Bank was not more un fhvourable than it was last year. Upon the sub jett of silver bullion, to which some llonourablel Gentlemen had entitled, he wished to make a few reiluitlVl.•. It W. 1113 well know° that, silver coin was not (ho Standard currency of this country, and by law at was decided that a payment could not be tendered in such can of more than twenty_five pounds ; consequently, it was geld, and not silver, which could properly be called the standard spe cie of the country,. The purchase of silver coins; or the sending it out of the country, was pot considered by him or any other person who was acquainted with those •transaetioes, in any • other light than in a mercantile . view.. The Hunouri. able Gentleman concluded by moving, in order' to show that 'Government had not decreased the' amount of bullion in the Bank of England, ” That there be hid before the Rothe, au ac. count of all issues of the coins of the rotpakem., the Bank of _England since the "biiihiC of May . 1803, by Order of Government ; specifying the date of 'each order, and the amount thereof." Ordered. . Sir JAMES SIIA W mow, for an account of the Produce of the Outioslen Stage and oth er Coaches let out for hire, frogs March 1803 to Christmas 1809. • • . Lord PALMERSTON moved that there• be laid before the..Hotsse the Copy of *a Letter front • Dr.. Bourne to Funds Moore, Esq.' deed 4th of August 1809, relative to the Medical Depart ment.—Ordered. , His Lordship then 6rOnght up the letter, irli . jb I r - ... was ordered,to be printed. • - , 40TE, Of THANILBTQ Slit ROBERT WeLBON. hlr. HUTCHINSON gild, that' as the COW: , suttee of Inquiry was to sit that .eveAini, and as • hit ,understo - od the Sairisthry for Foreign- ) Atairs, ' who - was indisposed, wished to be present. 'Atli' 4110' - benirgirtforwardids-,Motion on this.. sirbAit, ~ + 3 ,4 141 It, bAj ra ii th e ~ 4*it, of the Day" h"4 9 01 ; with. he pe Elton of the House,' puorpone U tilt Thnuday next.—TheOrdccwaseecordingliiiint.. p......__'' *. • - ' . - •• iHqiiarAD postponed lbe• :no tt ee a l • o ' s Im am Wads. to the Berich Lb ers of . aol 4 ar Mr. FARIVELL i- - • . Lice, thai he a . _ , tO.MOffOW Qrtlivence Expenditures Erdal • The Malt importation, the the Salt, Daty, sod the Seger Bounty Bille t reed a third time, passed, and ,ordered to the . Lords. Oo the Motion of MY. ROSE, the Dense re coked into a Committee on the• Free Poem ..Act, in which a Resolution was proposed that we could not distinctly collect. The Report was ordered to be received .to. morrow. The House also resolved into a Committee on the Canada importatioa Act. Mr. ROSE moved that it be an instruction to the Chairuian tooieve for leave to bring in a Bill, to allow certain articles to be exported to the. Bri tish Colosimo in North Americi4 under certain re. strictions.—Oidered. The House then resumed, add, on the motion of the Chairman, leave was given to bring in the Bill The House next resolved into a Committee on 'the Quarantine Act, Whets Mr. ROSE also moved that the Chairman be instructed to move fur leave to bring in a Bill to modify some of time Quarantine Regulations. — Ordered. The House resumed, and leave was given ac cordingly. Thu Committee of the Ho* on the eipiring Laws Bill was postponed untitto-morrow. • Mr. LUSHINGTON brought up the Report of the Committee on theirish. Road Act, which was ordered to bu remiaunitted op stairs, The Bill fur allowing the interchange of Corn between this country altd Ireland, was brought in by Mr. Lltshington, ttittl a first time, and Order deredlo be read a second time, to.morrow. , The Corn Provision:Bill was read a sepond time and ordered to he* rotineittedto•mOrrovd". The Order of the .oity.for the further consi deration of the Army iiipplies was postponed 44. til to-mirirow, Mr. WHAATON brought up i Bill to enable' the Lords Comatissiotters of the . Treasury to pUr.: chase certain Qtays. - in the port of Lot [-Cod a first time, amid ordered to be read Ocean& time to-morrow. • , Mr. NV HA RION . also brought up a Bill-fur discharging certain . Baclieptet. Bills oritltadding, which, was likewiseroada first littie,• and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. It was resolved that the 'house should to:Mor. row resolve itself into a - Cemmittee to consider of' the Irish Sugar Drawback Bill. Ott the Motion of Sir JOHN NEWPORT, the Rinse resolved into a Committee on the:Em. bezzlement of the Public Money, and after it• short conversation bets - real Mr. Rose, Mr. Whit, ' bread, the Attorney-General, and Sir John New port, the Rusolutiobs wereogried to, the House rimmed, and the Report waiheeived, ordered to be printed, and to be taken into further con 'mention on Wednesday next.' M r. ROBERT WARD 'moved the Order 'of the Day fur. the House resolving into a Com.- mimes& un the narine Mutiny Bill. The House. resolved forthwith, the Committee KU gone through, and the Report ordered to be received to-morrow. The House then resolved into the Committee of Inquiry on the Scheldt Expelbion; and Strangers were excluded fur the evade*: The Committee un the.Expeditiovi to the Scheldt last night examined Capt. Woodriff, Lord Rosa lyn Gen. Sir John Hope, and Gen. Brownrigg the latter was, wo Understand, under examination for more than six hours. • To the EDITOR of Tint SnITESIILLY. —amp— ' Sra l —A Correspondent, who signs Mound an 44 Inhabitant of Wakefield," has, in your .Paper of the bth instant, expressed great indignation against Ministers for their appointment of new. Vicar in this place, and for their rejection of ano ther Clergyman, who was a rival candidate. Is, partial justice requires that you should admit a statement on the other side, by one who, is' no pro fessed admirer of either party, but *a friend to truth. That tho present Vicar did not obtain I his situation from the splendour of . his Wm:piece or attainments, I readily admit • but, that he is " diametrically opposite" to all tiatis excellent in human character, which your Correspondent as sift% I declare to be a gross and direct falschoost. He has fur several years perforated respectably the laborious d edit of a curate in Wakefieldiand be. litre no imputation against his moral character :has ever been Insinuated by any one. His atten 'dente the late Vitae and his family, under circuit'. `itences . of peculiar distress,, lien truly kind and exemplary ; and since he obteinetl. the living, he has honourably- fulftliekAiii.assgagessent `Made 15 verweelnde, itaTiicrled a reipectable whpse slender fortune wlftsl4, nirt mit !lain to furet. the Onion at an earlier patiolli,t; ii•leareing awl at talninents, whatever Amy may, be, can sae Pe !degradation by.. a Comterristin• with those a his rival candidate, and sea keg as truth, honesty, and plaio.dealing shall be esteemed 'virtues, We seed not fear that his private chaneter will be jointed by the sage med.: of ammo* beer, Sir, that *such a man should' be represented as .diametrically opposite". to, all etccllinwe s itc- Cause lie .otess Ms present elevation to' hie .arti vity at,tlig hill election fur the contity of, York. .lostit be remenshered t i ltat his Buterend opinnsept was equally warnrand active; in the cry of " No Popery?' they both joined. and ..botrllld .they were huarse.—" 4reedes asap, a famherepatee rospotedere paratii", The greg t oriVicar fits proved the sue,eitsfulnittputer ; but delight it.2o.be impu ted' to hint jk crime that he has altasitedia pore favonriteAeuestlimi his disaptialuselliee*er? Tkie•ikeir ViSar indeed, Misr by draw ipg,lilLo 4 prdt. the carriage 001 tie fairolleatit ratadisieutaltrOugh the streets of .Waisifield, and if. /M k be what your Correspopilent Mleala b " unfeigned humility," I have no doubt the :West` will yield•tbevalinvf :that 'thee tohlateppetstasi. .14 is true the etherecroyeteft . was. istradocad to tits 1141t1ist4t by ,MgoN4lbatfater., :and 4h* fume iniurA Am* Af /1.0.M....a.. .cMt his countenance will place-hunting religion: isIS. Your COrrespondent, In • his wrath against Ministers for thepresent appointment, appears to forget, that the living of • Wakefield, like all other Church erefertnent of considerable value, is generally given as the reward •of party weal, 9r Obtairril by the influence of . somegreat A. former Vicar held the livin g forty years, as the reward of eleCtioneering activity, in the Interest of a Ministerial Nobleman. notorious for his der 'l94 . impiety, and a coutempstrous disregard tsvery principle of watural and-revealed religion. We ought ever to reineinbor that our holy rub. giun is the religion of the. State, and as such is al ways properly 'considered by the Minister of the tiny att subservient tostate purposes, in other words, to increasing his unit power, and extending his ' own influence. Your Correspondent extols the skill of our Vicar in all the mysteries of Hoyle. It is the first time I ever heard it asserted •that?hu 'is moats •skilfel than must of his. Reverend .13n:throws Every one acquainted with the state of society id &provincial tuwu, .must kuow that a competent knowledge of whist is considered a qualification of more value in the Cis:roman that* an ae • quaintaneewith' all the Greek and Latin Fathers. If he be a young and Itaiiilsoine man, it is farther expected that his attention to the and (laugh. tors of his parishioners should leave him no leisure 'to study the musty old Gentlemen of the third and foiirth centuries, or to provoke the puerilities of scholastic divinity. So far from there being any truth in the charge that our Vicar's time 'Ms been improperly sac:Wired to obtain celebrity at the card table, I would back against hire, with odds, one half or the Rev. Bench of Bishops, at 'any game in Hoyle. He it, however, What is ratteli•better than an eminent whist.player, a truly tespisetable'tind honest man. The contedSt . yisee CUrrespondent has drawn ' lietitteir the Viear mid fiis Opponent is, too extra ' 4 vagant.and ritlicolcies to deserve a serious 'reply : the Qll6 to r distinguistied for his 46 exemplari piety," "•etelisent learning,"*;;" soiled orthoP dotty," " universal charity," and " unfelt* humility ;" the other is diametrically opposite whi4i, if language have any meaning, impli _notorious protaneuese, gross ignorance, heresy t *elfishness, and pride. " Look •at this picture, 'and at that"--ri3um teneatis oaks: The praise is as injudicious in the one insttbce, as the censure is unfounded in the• other. How, Sir, mark the ' rcbult : after your Correspondent has represented the present Vicar as diametrically opposite to all' the bright, and saintly Firtues of his opponent, he tells you he , means not - to make the most remote insinuation against his moral character; but how any man can be diametrically oppoved to all excellence, ~and remain aloud moral cha. racier, I have yet_lo . jest* • What ! .because he could out itisella4 isijst bring ,an activation of leordisins andcliiitskeeness,, dues ha *stsipuse that' he bas not akteutiiied to injure a moral cheracter?' The pions Dr. YOang has - wittily observed of the taif 3 , 31-7> • . . . . . There are who think ." The absence of one crinteatones for nil: " Cane:l)9 , es au way area but backwards fall ?" There are also men who think themselves saint', though guihy of duplicity„meenness, and false., hood, because they Isere Deem , been detected in the commission of Abe grossest vices. ter tue ad vise yaw Correspondent, ,as a friend, .never fg41141 to sport with tho character of any one. I ti,!at ty believe the object of Ms 'veneration does nut di:aorta to be so cruelly expoted to the world, as he has bt.Wn. by this extravagant and misapplied praise t and-kput also.aa confident that his censures are equally misapplied. ;Your Correspondent,re. usinds me tar ihe (Ale of a gardener, -who had a. hoar for hi 4 ' the gardener ..slept,, .the bear with much °Melons Steal eadeavoured for some time to drive away a dy, which disturbed his repose, and et Length fixed upon the gardener's face, whewihe bear, by a well aimed stroke with his paw, succeeded in crushing the fly, but at the same time dashed' out the brains' of his friend. • A FRIEND TO TRUTH. • ' Wakefield, March 12. 1810.. * FIRES. • • • We have the painful task to relate in account of two dreadful fires, which broke out early yes. today morning, and wkich, *element to state, were attended by the most melancholy queeces. • • • About half piston. o'clock in the morning, the watchman ,wa t o gang'hjs rounds fn .Uinta_ street, Aidgate; 'lts - he pimpAl the house of Mr. ;les, leather-seller, be.ohsreved flames issuing from the' window of the frrst - luor ; he • ihstaiiily gave the alarin 'to' thehlikAbitiudi• by loud and reiterated knocks at ihe'tisier;:•-ituf at length Ms: . Nuyes,..who stepriu tier tbildstery wfthlter sere, rant-maid, a girl of aliDeitottiBtoen pits kiligligej 9 J, and her graild.d.tughte4 eitlifaite hat .Al 4 'years old (Mr. Noyes:being-oat 4/ tole); window, and en luting . 814:la4. ei - hcr; Winger, rushed to-:tho reentaloar,• leBrlng the winilnienn..•l closed; 'bet the' isoment oho opened the dock, the draught created:by thi,window itietently tlrew• a eotittrin Of the devouring ektnent op-thai coninititeeitiug her, room. Si.. ~ • . t ritsherVi through ;she , Sadila.- up. arietker_Right esposairs, , ealliulde the •servairt to-fallow?. kerv.idet. loath! her .. irnY into die workshop At thevithruf the ltuntyi.Uere she stoodlek aeon time in . 1‘ chttracowl, anxiously witltierthe approaett 'her greed-daughter aid-the admit. " Vain • horn` r, eve' were her hopes, Go ao !tradeable Latta 0111114101111.witathe volume*, Strata which ,Olitentdtk the lemma t she quittetl.irer betileltaniber,• that ttid retell* of the wt fortunate 'errant and the in, fant was cut otf. The, .appitached the iln. AeW..BO aid, but alas ere the ripirauloik rot We wiilititch the lloor.antak, aad they were . tr i etitefk*A4 the heart ,of the 'fire.. Titelr' • VS - 4. ',et, yet been "discuiereg. Nuts boal . it *Ord their last s agonizing shriek, geti amaitia. intt Gam• -.• L-,' Timmimilmmmisinomm.m.m.m. -.-":"' J 1 14147% .- - r • , - s ar , -/...7. - - , . - . . , • ' - ' Tll P. ATAltstettifAfi, , . , . . jjjl±"Ll---t-- - : the C - f• • • ' • --- h — -, Call the *nation of the House to the , oust/ ; skr when it is known that faints Expenditures in Ireland. --- ne longer dispense freely the riches of pints It lespoctation, the GI-conked Fishery, rip! grace, the light of his countenance i ists. sod the Sager Bounty Bills, woes wax dim in the eyes of all place-hunting religii ,1!• ro?'77 . ,•. , ," ' ' uvu satet yo eadopositig ...--- s flit9p ) Olawbered (Atoll thd roof, almost iu a Kat i a pudity, from wheecc she made her *ay t o o t , windows of the garret of her neighbour, (lit Breach, the itabcrilailier, the corn er of Duke. *tr ot,. in.ltldgate), ' and here fortunately : k irriat, who were its a deem siru p, fr .: vOich they,wcre aroused by the c ras h of 0 7 of glass, w t hich M. Noyes broke, in ors et t % rinse thein 4 , and having been informed of Q u i t situation, they received Mrs. N. i n the; pos t . and carried her down stairs, alitrroing the 41 as they ' llili t d h e e su ll e i n i d iL ' s i, made the i r thhae(iir just bo lo ttlitjt: :es. ;40 he piety wall. In a few minutes the Leo b ottle were as one awful conflagration, the 'hitters./ which we r e cousiderably increased by the shi r t s of the affrighted females who, rushing from N i t . joining houses, and with scarcely any cl o thi ng, h a cold and inclement night, ,visught refug e i n 6 8 , houses of the humane inhabitants of the sif g pity. Nearly an hour elapsed before a wt.* * , supply of water was procured to steel :he ph grosi of the flames, which threatened de,truetint to a great extent. An abundant supply, her. ever, was then obtained, and by the win:A:tin, exertions of the fircint•tt the names werees t i: ,guished before four o'clock, without h a yi ng tended. beyond the two Imams of Mr. N mitts e i ; Mr. Bio t ech, the klytlls of which only remain. small quantity of the stock in the shops of I house was preserved. The only way in which the • commencement el -the five is accounted fur, is, that some rheum r_were washing ha the kitchen of Mr. Noyes', house, - which is on the first floor, the prnred, tug evening, and having been irsiug the er eire; it•is supposed some sparks remained iu th e f or: nece after the family had retired to bed ; so l i d h coenuoinicated with the adjacent wood emit, at from thence spread with resistless fury w e , do whole' house. • Scarcely had the borrors of this scene begin it subside, when out attention was called by eosins of fire in another direction, and having •fulkerel eho- dreadful beacon, we *Qua ruched Molten; steeet t .Clare-market ; and here a scene, if p ee i. r • ikle, more wretched than ;he former, war p t . arented to our view. The following will be feria a cctrrect, detail of alt the cireurestencsm attendirg this second arelapcholy conflagration. At due •esiecip the wati.lnee Clare.merket smelt ~,,Sgorag smelt ofsburning wood, and on endestune AA. taialisCpret the cause, they were,fed to Hullo. ' street, *hero they observed tlaines-,hiarstieg Sr. the shop of a Mr. ,Cue, a tallow-chandler. Afrit passengers coming to' their assistance, they e m u open the' hall or wastage door, and rushed' es stairs to the first It o&, where lodged an elderly, lady and her daughter; . the, latter had long hest cutifiited to her bail in a dedhee, Thu unfurled** girl was carried dowu stairs by two statchniteeati , tended by her distracted parent; .Arret: the le, et life being almost exhausted, this shack •was ire Meek for her tender frame to bear, and it aleir minutes she expired in the areis of her bummed& Ureters. To describe the agony of theinifirtu nate mother, on this. occasion, is beyond vet powers. The body was conveyed-to a coriqiiek in the neighbourhood, where it now rouge" for interment. Let us return to the fire, whittle!" tinued its rapid course ; gaiuitag adtlitleaal stole from rhe.combustible wetter with whkis:the'sheir was filled. The terrain:Woo of the theildfid tastrophes of the night had not yet arrived, sail welled yet to witness the . listrowindeisieltt of as aged mau and woman -who lodged Wilts lauds their retreat .4ut off, by the Oahe _4llo* ,htilig consumed, shrieking fiom the . windows of ihrit room, and calling fur that .ald it was imposible to afford thcric. 'Too soon was their torturing anxiety ended; ittilrtuo heats bad we again to wit. noes that. (loath .of tsfri loth* tietims to the us. 'controulsble fury of the horrid clement. Tie Soar gave way ' , and erith 'its the wretched Or; theorem-mins of one of whom hass been extricated frees the ruins cif the building; and was conveied. in a shell to tome contiguous house. WunW could' here close our tragic tale ! but we have use 'more lamentable feet•to add: The lames from Mr. Coe's house sZron.ceinuitinkated with that of Mr. Smith, a hair-dresser next door, in the nem rooms of wltichlay, on it bed of arickness, a pone man, just. recovering from' long and targeting fever. He also was carried into the .street, and from thince to an hospital, where we understand he s=pited in the course of the morning, in come. qiierece of the alarm sod fs,tigue lie uriderwor— thus addieg one more to , the catalogue of helium beings who fell a. prey to the dames in one eve fitful coriotade, the engines arrived on the spot in about half an hour after die fire broke ores and. by their continued exertions, confined its fury witbin, the limits of-the two house', ihei of Mr' Sipith and Mr. Coe; that of the latter WAS C o9l ' Pearly burnt (lowa, and the'former was sic ouch iteiered as to pceireat Wes possibility of its re * pear. A very smell proportion of the pruOcrit• CLI 54VC4. • .iN4oollother.Of .the. unfortunate. girl who Pr": the watchmen's arm s , 1111141 re mithli"m" : luis4ry of losing" iika he flames:the sarines of alone Igo r MS hundred purt.tds, which she had in Ban . moaner in tine room for the -purpose of liorchrr it4 .11.houre in the vicinity, but w hich her al+lo o she fuegeac t 5 secure. . . °fel' tt* . MS a narrating. as p3 r i , War' finish .d :one eieit is . hurribte ; '•ere beg leave to7olll gest ry Ja thee - -.Eeta • leerily - sr owner it *. 'stints this eXempte:befolot ,hit cycrs o f ? i t thitnata bearagsi destroyed, tai 'asst! - b%, char Mott' /fel:ilia Ole of 014 eiernveses t lire, is d posited. 'ita.seerre roomenisest .erirsadr of the: VI part o( his boosea (ripe sarileitiett! leg to 4f' ahtl ff 044, ,nod whiclay if;:rokaaiiiia, shoirlilMir! f o 'ttnight tr,nd to theralvation ut matiyi valtialei tor ° Awl thie lareeivutsion beeavAthoTrted its tIS 1110 1 0: • )-.10 ....... ... iivF.. 1 .....,........... MLUU •‘..in , .... .- -,_-- ~.j. *kith ere conbutued yeliterilay murroariv Pie j . .peobainlity• some of Au wettetiodiSitik"mudik l .'"'", Pi .t p 4 40 tbcen vresur veil. 1.. 47 ,-• '..._ •_ .. -..i.. _ soo oi l _ . • k - . 110* IN) N f Prturedi and.iNlilisiird to/Litt/It l 2_,.......;„.>4.-I 1 , 0 Tu N ius T"' GI „sib sic yea I 161. - 'S !~~ C V d V 11S , 'Part Talk. 11 pada ..r" Sun t Y. I *ter t LISs %Al LIS. Ott Di fbeS d IP owl I TEA ilte: At vim i aml kali Pal . L Ti. CF eitl Mc tim