The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-10-30 00:00:00

the iitterruptivis of our intermurse with Maori:7,l. i will not add to the charvs on Ministers, which a re the subject of my Letter, by imputing that un loppy contest to their mistaken councils. T ant too l ily interested, to be able to form an iogfartial l o wa. I know, however, the almost wavered: • •: , 110 5 in this place on this sal#ert ; and I am eon& at every man of honour will admit, that if the in. • '.ant householders of Liverpool, employed in, ' interested in its trade or manufacture, had had • e.e choice of its Representatives, instead of the Cur-; p at iwt, Mr. CANNING could not have stood a Nagle day's poll in opposition to Mr. BitocattAss.— to General GA9COYNR, tits case was different'; , e re were local and natural attachments to his fa llv long resident in this neighbourhood ; but as !tweet' Mr. BROIGHAM and Mr. CANNING, what competition could there be I have no doubt, Sir, that when Mr. CANNING was Secretary of State, supporting the Orders in Council, and the whole of our system regarding America, be acted as an honest man, and to the hot of a joolgmetat likely to be often correct from great application nod talents ; but the Orders in (ouncil, no matter whether justifiable or not justi fiable, were the very pressure upon Liverpool, and odious to the %bole body of her traders and inha- Etants—and their tlistre,ses on that account pointed to Mr. Bitoecitsoi, not merely from self-interest, bit as a moral lot:k-n of gratitude. Ile attracted the ounce, and inspired the affection of this community (and of my own, who never saw• him till the hour ra( the Electioo), by his skill and eloquence in Par l!ament, in opposition to what we considered to be the ruinous system of Ministers, with regard to America. That differences of (pillion on this sub jt?ci existed in Liverpool. them can be no doubt; but setting aside the enormous influence of Go. verument, and taking for the standard of opinion, the unbiassed sentiments of the most respectable inhabitants engqed in trade and manufacture, and paying; taxes of every - description to the support, of the State., I rc-assert that Mr. CANNING could not bare stood a sin,;lc clay's poll avinst Mr. BROCGII.43t. The same may be said as to Bristol, where Sir Ss- NOEL ROMILLY was defeated—the Election being, as here, Ix THE Coaroa.trtost ; and I will venture to say, that the result of the Liverpool Election, on preferring Mr. CANNING to Mr. BROUGHAM, even In this crisis of her affairs, will do more to open the 4-yes of thinkia4 men on the subject of Reform in Parliament, than any event which a century hos pro aimed. It is indeed a complete carttcaTuac of a Corporation Eledion in a populous place; I am not sufficiently acquainted with the constitutions of Corporate Bodies throughout the . kingdom, to be ahle to deal usefully with the subject ; but every body knows that their charters are various; that the Election of Freemen is often in select bodies; and that taking them altogether, their choice U not in any rational sense, the choice of the people. De pend upon it, Sir, that until this great source of na tional evil is corrected, wars following wars, will he prosecuted, and new faxes will be raised on the people to support them,until Government at last will become an oppression and a nuisance, instead of a benefit and a blessing; a state of things which could not then lead to mild and useful reformation, but which, if dm tiged at all, would be changed through confusion and blood. I earnestly pray GOD to avert Irma this land scch scenes as in other countries continue to disho nour and desolate the world. I am sure they may be averted by early, temperate, and judicious nation, by the ways of the constitution. I now, Sir, take my leave of you. My letter has been much too long. It is thefirst I ever addressed to the public, and probably will be the lust. Dispatches have this instant arrived from the Bal i;., but their contents are not yet made public.— They are dated not to colt in any news of a polili al ; relating solely to some severe naval losses iu that quarks', during the lath recent g ales. Reports have reached the Admiralty. that two of 74's hare foundere.l in the late gales—iyarticulars not known. Many of the reemitly-arrived West India fleet have returned home in ballast. This is attributed to the general failure of the crops in the last and pre. ceding season ; and will occasion a very great defal cation in the revenue. There ere, however, ample stores of West India produce hi the docks, and bond. ed warehouses, more than adequate to meet any de mand that can be made for them in the present state of Europe. The following distressin partkulars ‘rere posted up at bloyd'sjesterilay : " Lang, Om .9.4.—Arriml the Glio sloop of r, from Wingo Sound, whence she sailed on the . tit inst. with the homeward-hound feet, and parted :following day, of the Sear.. The Captain m ils that 50 of the convoy went missing, and 12 of :'n were knovie to be lost." 'o er:,• enquiry at the Admiralty, in eon. luenci• nl Ott. ani)vo report was, that the Captain's ter minions only one vessel being lost by getting el shore on the coast of Langland. 4r. JonNsoy, the Messenger, is arrived with dis f tches from America . . The Contents of them have it trwispirecl, but, we understand, that they are i 110 111("niS of a pacific nature. Mr. Ilvsr., of the Bank, waited upon the Gen• men of th: , Stock Exchane,.. , this morning, to in.: rm them, that roe next I,ottery, to be drawn in fhruary, would consiit of '20,000 Tickets, and the . aiding would ba received on Tuesday nest. A telegraphic comnwtniention this morning, :m -atinees the arrival at Portsmouth of a ship from the teditertanean, with Dispatches ; she was imme- Lack). vat uuder quarautiue. . . STATESMAN COMMON COUNCIL: A Court of Common Council was held yesi at Guildhall, which was fully attended. VIE MARQUIS OF WELLINGTON. Mr. Box, in pursuance of previous notice, rose for the purpose of moving, that the Freedom of the City, voted on the 9th of May, 1811, be presented to the Marquis of Wellington in a gold bex, value 'OO guineas. This was the last tribute, of admira tion and respect that the Corporation had in its power to bestow, and he suggested that a Committee should now be appointed to wait on the gallant Marquis with the present on his return to England. A Member, whose name we could not learn, se conded the first part of the Motion, but disapproved of the appointment of the Committee before the No. ble Marquis should reach England. Sir W. LxwEs approved of the nomination of the Committee now Any vacancies that should occur in the interim would be easily supplied from other Members of the Court. Mr. DoaNroan begged to be informed, whether the regular practice was not for the Noble Personage Irho obtained this mark of distinction, to receive it in the Court of the Chamberlain of the City ? If precedents to the contrary existed, he wished them to be adduced. The LORD MAyon referred to the several votes of the Freedom of London to the Marquis Cornwallis, Earl St. Vincent, and Lord Hood, all of which had been delivered by Committees from the Corporation. Sir W. LEwEs added the case of Sir Charles, after war:ii Earl Grey. Mr. IVArrastas maintained, that the constitu tional practice was to confer the intended honour in the Court of the Chamberlain, and he saw no reason on the present occasion, for altering the established mode. The CHAMBFItLAIN confirmed this opinion ; but, added, that there had been many exceptions to the general rule. Mr. DoaNrono enquired in what way the Freedom voted to Admiral Keppel in a heart of oak box had been conferred? and was answered, that that Officer had attended at the Chamberlain's Court. Mr. Witria.t: observed, that the more dignified mode of proceeding would be for the whole Court to wait upon the Marquis of Wellington. After a, few interlocutory observations, it was or dered that the sword previously - voted to his Lord ship, should b.: presented at the same time with the Box, and that a Committee should hereafter be no minated to present them. who were not Liverymen from procuring admission into the MIL—He himielf had often seen gentlemen of that Court introduce by the main door persons Whom he knew not to be of the Livers% Indeed, he seldom saw two persons enter together, the o!!e leaning on the other's arm, that he did not find that only one of them was a Liveryman. Mr. WAITIIMAN contended that it was unbecom ing in that Court to interfere with the Livery, or for the Livery to interfere with the proceedings of that Court. They were two separate independent bodies, each having their peculiar rights. The present mo tion, for which no ground was laid, was, in- his opinion, totally uncalled for. The oalv effect which could be produced by agreeing to it, would be to en courage a sort of surmise, that the sense of the Common Hall was not the sense of the Livery.— This he most pointedly denied ; and, though a cer tain Alderman, whom he now saw in his place, chose to stigmatise some recent Common Halls, as being composed of a disloyal rabble :—nay, though it had even been impudently asserted in the House of Commons, that they were a set bf thieves and pick . pockets—he ventured to assert, that the Common Hells, as now held, were a more pure and Lode • pendent meeting than was to he found in any other part of the kingdom. Every possible check was al ready imposed, the Beadles of each Company at tending at their respective wickets, and admitting none but those whom they knew to belong to their own Company. He admitted that he might, on an occasion, have introduced to the Hall, a stranger, who, calming from a distance, was desirous d witnessing their proceedings. Ile had also occa sionally assisted Gentlemen belonging to the News papers in procuring admission, and had even seen them turned back, so zealously and watchfully was the exclusion of Non. Liverywn attended to. — Ile asked the worthy Alderman (C. Smith), did he find the Electors of St. Albans less entitled to the name and character of rabble than the Livery of Lon i i • don in Common Hall assembled ? Or, had he felt a more respectable description of persons among the Eloctors of Maidstone, whom he was to have pur i chased for 30001. ?—That many of the Livery held up their hands in Common Hall who dared not sign their names, or even poll on the side to which their !principles inclined them, was :such to be regretted, and argued little for their independence; bu'. it only spewed the kind of influence which was exercised ; over th'mn. On the whole, ho submitted, that there aas no occasion for interfering in the mode in which Common Halls were now held. The Loan NIA von declared that every precaution was used to exclude those who were not of the Livery. Mr. Quin, Mr. Hardie, and several others choke•, after which, on a sheer of hands, the motion was declared to be negatived. It was ref. , rred to the Committee of Improvements, to consider cf opening a thorouqhfare between War wick-lane, and the Oal Bailey.—Adjourned. Yesterday ended the contest for Weymouth and Melconibe lt.; , gis, after a severe contest of 14 days. The impartial MAYOR declared qir Jew,/ Nlenetv, WALLACE, 1; itOA DlitiitSE, and 'TRAIL duly elected. ItICHAI“OiTLWARD and Wm. Wild-tams petitioned against the return, on various grounds, particularly. o't Ott scort of premeditated partiality ; nav, the A EOR admitted that many improper votes boa been polled. Who permitted them ? If improper, who should have rejected them ? Sir J. Mt!RR A Y re coired..great assistance from the friends of Messrs. Srew.xen and WILLIAms, which gave him so great a superiority of voices. This, no doubt; has suffi ciently enabled him to discern where the most sub stantial and permanent interest lies. Much wit and rabble-fun has been displayed, to the great discom fiture of the sILTSIIROOII party, which suddenly sprung horn a hot-bed prepared by the celebrated Mr. FUNGUS, in his garden mar Mushroom-row.— The right of voting is in those who possess freeholds within the limits of the said Borough. This Mr. Fesnee contrived to convey a freehold to a person whose decease was soon expected, and this person split and conveyed the same to a multitude, insomuch that votes were taken upon the one thousand four hundred and ninetieth part of a sixty-eighth part of a fifth part of a six-pence. If this be deemed the right of voting, if this be deemed legal by a Commit tee of the House of Commons—Voters can and will be multiplied to the tune of millions. Sir J. Mutt- RAY, StimActs, and WiLLIAMi were placed in chairs, and carried through the streets to their respectil e homes ; but the other Candidates, from prudential motives, (lid nut exhibit their • persons. The inhabi tants were exasperated. The Mushroom Voters were liaelteAl out of the town. In consequence of the late heavy rains the streets afforded great quantities of • mud, but in less than an hoar that article became very scarce. It really was a most ludicrous sight ; the Mushrooms !lying in all directions, and shutTling out of the town with the greatest haste. illnrray (117 Trail Wallace 410 Kfrsrard Brvtadhurt. 418 ' William: 401 1011 30J A Court-Martial is to be held at Portsmouth, on board the Gladiator, for the trial of J. a seaman belonging to the Loire frigato, on a charge of having stabbed Lieut. IL Croker, of that ship, with a knife during the voyage fro:n St. Helena. DIDIN-EXCHAN(:E, Orr. St. for Market continitiog very thinly supplied with all grain. Wheat has again advanced full •24. per placer upon W;dnesJay's : prices. The little Barley that appear,. I esis mon:Ong, soli wary freely at 2.. per quarter dearer. More I:loopy was w.ited fur Oat., and I. few sales were etfected at either higher price. than sere given on Wednesday. The price. of Peas and Beans are • nota'nal, having none at Market. . Wheat I Ertgli.ll) .... 111 141 fleets Ditto (Foreign) .... 111 1. • l Tick d 0.......„. 72 74 ilt ve Barlev ' . 54 67 I Oabt ' ... .:' h 6 til I New ditto 0) 00 , Fine ditto ..... ..... 00 U') I M a l t !I) 10) I Poland dn. White Peas .. 1(:) P 2.1 Fent ditto . 46 h.?' Dia.) I 1i0i1et1q...... 1:1!) 111 Potavie do. ...... 55 s 9 New ditto .......... 00 90 t';ite Flour 0.1 Peas New ditto OO 00 I [tape Seed ... 7.: ..tem kit) SMITH 11 VII) MA H. K ET.—Orr. SO, To cit.!. $l.O t wit), per stone t:t Nth. .1 , .. Oil. ‘. 1 6 Ol. liett4 of Cattle this day : 1.b.. at. to fir:. 4.1. I . Rillab - 0 1114. 64 . to 7.. Sol. I Mr:IIAY.MAKKI•.T. Sheep .6‘. 4.1. to 7.. 41.1. Calves .... ed. ' • .. 0 4 . to 114. 11d . HAY-MARK r.T. 4,550 4 Iti) tiny ....... 41. 0, ikl. to 51. IN. Ga.' rtawf .... et. 60.- od. le 71. 104- titi. - Straw .... 21. Os. Oti. to It. b..od. ' , , 1 'tee? .. Mutton V eel pork . Ltismis THE 31URDERERA OF 11.111. 110. R .STALL. • 1 f uno ;ri cm), OcTone►t V.—A very important event happened Fiore on Thursday last. of which:, as the Leeds Mercury of to.day does trot appear to have Itao any information, I lateen to coanounlasUe the intelligence. A man has bean taken up and examined Wore that indefatigable Magistrate, Joseph itadclifro, 8.41. and has at length received the otter of his Majesty's pat. don, and given the must complete and _satisfactory evidence of the horrible murder of Mr. ifirstel. In consequence of this, the whole of the stretches con. cerned in that dreadful transaction have been taken and committed to York Castle, to tako their trial at the ensuing Commission of Assize. • lie .was with the party (four in number) shoo Mr. Hocsfall was shot. They was furnished with loaded pistols by --, who ordered them to take their song in ile.istantation on Crossland Moor. Two others soon after joined them, and took their station about ‘...f0 yards below them.— When the unfortunate gentleman came up,tti,a tired. •They then all fled across the fields, and -- damned them all the way for not tiring their pieees. Two ran. forwards to llouloy, four miles off; and two more stopped at a place called I)ungeou Wood, and hid their pistols at --'s house there, in some flocks, left their great coats, and ran immediately 1:, their jackets to Huddersfield, - where the news of the mur der had hut just arrived. The next morniug they all four met nt the work. shop of their employer (a cropper), and pro. duced a Bible, and made them all swear nut to betray each other. These villains have frequently hem s examined be fore, but have always been discharged for want of sufficient evidc:c•e. One behaved with the greatest effrontery till he sac --, and then be changed' co lour, and gasp(' for breath. When he came out, he said, " Damn that he has done me." It appears that -- and -- have been chiefs in all the disgraceful transactions that have occurred it► this part of the country the last twelve months t es pecially at Rawfolds, where the former was Captain of the gun-division, and the latter of the pistol,. has thus made discoveries which will lead to the detection of a great number of th. , se °Wenders, and, it is hoped, ultimately restore the West Kitting to its former tranquillity. N.11".11, I NTEL EIV I.: NCR. ocT. 29. In the g ale OD Tuesday ttiglit and Wednesday morning, the Union, of Shields, Ilubback, was driven on tarle,ton bench, and considerably damaged. The St: elks, Elliot, from New castle, fur London, with coals, is put in here v, Is the loss of maiwast and bowsprit, and oilier damage. 'Fire York Mer chant, Lea, with oats and seeds, which stirs driven on shoed oft* Cartesian, has since gc: WI, and into harbour. "flie Mary and .lane, Sinclair, is put in with the loss of anchors and eahlts. , Ttu_s Endeavour, Rich, k got oft' tits' bench; and into The Ann, Cane!: and the Endeavour, Clifton, are tall back with the loss of sails. SUPNR.I.•;sINO BARTHOLOMEW FAIR. Mr. Don roan said it was impossible that any person could, in his opinion, witness ti►e scene of vice and riot which prevailed during the continuance of that annual nuisance to the City, Bartholomew Fair, a►►d not desire to see it suppressed altogether; impressed with that opinion, he should, on an early day, submit a motion to the Court, " To refer it to a Select Committee to consider of the practicability of doing it away entirely in future." t r .LECTI6N SUBSCRIPTIONS. Mr. Hiti..rE4avetetice,iht;iatthe next Court j be should submit a motion that no Member of this , Court who shall become a Candidate to represent the City of Loudon in Parliament, and who shall either • by himself, his Committee, or friends, advertise for a subscription towards defraying the expences of the election, shall continue a Member of the Common Council. Mr. Quirt warmly observed, that he apprehended that the Court had full power to determine whether it would accept or reject a notice of motion. He should he sorry to see the Journals defaced by an entry like that just proposed; if the Worthy Gen tleman had reflected for an instant, he could never have consented thus to disgrace himself. Mr. DixoNt contended, that let the merits or de merits of the motion be what they might, the Mem ber who proposed it nail a right to give it, and the Court must receive it in the first instance. In this opinion lie was supported by Messrs. Waithsuan and Wood, and by the Lord Mayor.— The notice of motion was consequently received and entered on the books. SMITHFIELD 311 RKET. • Mr. FAVELL rose to snake a motion, of which he had given notice, on the subject of the want of ac commodation in Smithfield Alarket,• compared with the great increase which was daily taking place in the amount of the dificrent articles which were brought thither for sale, and in the number of per sons resorting to that market. The Committee of City Works Ivid had the state of this Market un der their consideration for the last 18 years. Dur ing that period they had recommended a variety of plans for its improvement, some of which had re ceived the approbation of the Court, but all of which had ultimately failed in Parliament. lie now rose to move— " That the Committee or City Lands be nothori,ed in op ply. iti the eiltirw of the tient trunnion of n t, f or I. ,re to brio.: in .t Bill, snUtori•itgt the Corporation of the City of Lo 11:1111 II) mlllke Mitt aUrrat i onsill the Of ;WI the ' htarkeb, aid alto* to enlarge the Starke', iu •ucl to miter as might lie diTtorit tit mid proper." - - - - - - - . . • A discussion took place on this subject, in which Mr. ‘Vuithmati, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Harper, lAfr. Reeve, M. Do 'llford, Mr. Alderman Wood, and others took a Fait; when Mr. Alderman Woon moved as an Amendment, " That it be referred I to the Committee of improve r:l,os, to take into their consideration what altera tions and improvements are lit and proper to be moult in Smithfield Market, and to report the same to this Court." . On a show of hands, the Amendment was declared to have been carried. COMMON HALTS. I%lr. Moons rose to make the motion, of which i he had given notice, on the subject of the mode in j which admittance was procured to Common lulls. j Though a young man, Ite.had remarked with regret' the tumult and disorder which so frequently pre vaned at Common Kills, owing to the ease with., which persons who were not of the Livery procured admittance into them. He should not anticipate any I objection to cis motion, which being for a Committee to enquire, if any, and what mode of better secur. ing the admittance of the Livery at ,Compton Halls could be devised, he trusted could hard) 6e opposed. ' Mr. Duos thought the better mode of framing the motion would be, that the Committee should consider of the best means of preventing persons. i . • EM.MOUTII, Orr. (27 . • Nothing arrived or sailed to-day. The ship, - in the roads us. main as per hut. The Princos Mary packet parted her cabl . in a squall, at one p. at. and drove MT the Middle Rank ; she mode a signal of distress, let go another anchor, and brought up In steel in the Channel. POOL, OCT. • The Daro, Tucker, from Halifax, hound to thi4 port, st at captured on Friday last, oft the Ilainhead. by a F're c prism. teer, pierced for Hi glint, hut only lfi mounted, and t 9.0 me n. She it called the Sans Souci ; she sailed the day before fro a Mori..ix, in company tt ith three others. ('apt. Tucker an.! all his crew (except one man left on hoard the Hyrn) at Sid mouth, hating been p..rinitted to (pit the riv tour, %then near the isle de Ha:, in a Isto.st ; and they itit to rudely, cot ty ith•danding the late heat), g.;le-, crossed thr (7hatttr , l is Lai* •tr. It is understood that nary American privattsers :UV till irg, ttad may soon be cspected w issue from the part.; of Frame. Adtices were receiveds yesterday frnm Ramp*, Itoadi, which ;Gr.' the hope that DO opportunity will soon present itself to our seamen e t* distinguish ing themselves thee". A French sivadroe, c t •:ist ing of one three-decker, tire 71'F,, tnr, , e frigates, and some smaller ships of war, are sail to be king in the Roads, as yet under the prote..tirm of a strong battery, but not at a ereeter distati.m than two gun-shots from the Bri.ish rzitiadrou, which had come to anchor in the smile Roads, consisting of one three-decker, and thre.! seveiity. four's. The enemy had more than once evinced a disposition to face this inferior force, but the wind, it was thought,. had not hitherto exactly favoured their intention. They arc probably di:licult to please in this respect ; however, our brave fellows were only desirous that the tesemy would le.ive the batteries—they might have all the reiveiteetes they could wish, either from the state of the wind, or from their existing seperiority of force. DRURY-LANE.—Last night, that excellent and sprightly Comedy of Fsneuna it, The &oar Stra facfcm, was admirably performed at this Douse.-- The Pley, from its history, is interesting to both reader end beholder, by its resembling the dying song of the swan, Lachesis having cut the author's thread of life during the run of his flay. Tiionglt the dialogue of this Piece he not the most polished, yet did it flow so easily and naturally from Ki.i.isrost and Miss Meese, in the characters of Areiter atttl Mrs. Sullen, that the aedielice could not hot think the whole entertainment suttleieutiv adorned to con. res;:nnd - with the high embellishments of tb' l!oi:Fe— indeed they testified as much, by repeated bursts of Inaghter, at the frelueet of wit in almost every scene. The boxes, lilt,• and galleries of this stately edifice couthete to overflow, from the num hers who pour into them, as esell from curiosity us the desire of solid entertainment. . . Caps. tititturr left toWit this morning to tate.the . commit of the Barging, at Dittford. At a Gottera! Court of Proprietors of the .it si3n Fire and Ufe insurance Compaq, belt' at the Goat= • pi, '< Homo, in New Brillge.street, yesterday. the intlewing Gtnitlemou were n'nwhnously elected Di. rectors for the ettsoine: relr.:— • 3A M liti rn TT I i4(IN , I , si.i. Chairs:lan. • 3011Ni z TOW6OOII, 'eq:Deputv-llitir.nan. T Sqtrlia . ,.. lieinini.. Fsi. • Matthew flarriheti. Eva. • Itenry ItiPiitam. 'Esq. .loin f..litg4tei, E. 14:. M. P. !teary iiiirmiller: h'scl- (few. e 'wattle, 1... ti. • 3nmes Burton, Veg. Thania. Maltby, Esq. J. Calvert elarkr, P.m. • limn , Pireaa, 1 !lg. Itichurd Clay.' Esq. ' •81r•.14tin Pinball' Will. (;uaiap ( tiam, pi. . William Rayley Yzq. Jahn Daevcrs, Esq, , • 3itremn .1. Sfr.itfi.'.fsq. and Aid. •irltimrni I)nvirs;;)..gq. ' Thtimm Smith, a l . and Aid. .WillianijObner,• Fig. . William Smith, /r:l4. M. P. ' Gilbert llabdityde, &q. Dao. Rich. WarinVon, Lag. I f ~~ - . - V i d~ ;.' '~•~ '~. ~' I