The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-04-01 00:00:00

~ THE ARMENIANS IN RUSSIA. A letter from Moscow states, that the Armetaimis have, by their nage! *fiefdom entitled themselves to t h e gratitude o f Ramie. They were the first to work, sod it was their fate to succeed in perfecting the vineyards at Kister, which prodece a great qsantity of easta-de. sir. annually. They introduce into the & m own previous of the empire, the cultivation of rice, cotton, and silk. All the commerce of the Caspian is in their hands. Their vessels go so /limbed and Bsson, and their commercial coastlines reach as far as Cheieva, in Bucharia.— The oil of olives failing in Russia during the late war, the house of Sokolof f Alerne (an Armenian) had a seScient quantity of the berry of the sesame imported from Persia, to supply the whole empire with the excellent oil which it produces. The Arms. mans are not only enterprising merchants, they are also frithfel subjects, attached to the Government ender whose protection they live. Their valoornes wailed . at Ititlis, during the revolt which broke out io 1812, in one of the provinces of Georgia, ob tained fur them the public expression of his Majesty's thanks. THE HICR4III.4NRUM MANUSCRIPTS. It is generally known that for many years various "methods have be.. resorted to for the purpose of un tolling and deciphering the remains of ancient litera. tare fogad among the rains of Herculaneara. Some thing has been done, hat totally disproportiooate to the immeese labour and time consumed in the opera. tine. About two y ears ago, Dr. Sickler, a respect. able Professor of Ilildborghaotom, undertook to ac complish the desired object by a more easy and ex- Widnes mode of proceeding. His overtures were i m mediately attended to by the Prince Regent, who had for a long time shown great satiety for the re. cover, of these treasures of ettlictni4y ; and, after some correspondence with she Professor, it was agreed that be should come over to England, and submit the practicability of his plan to a Committee of Gentlemen named for that purpose. In case of Armrest, he was to receive a stipulated reward ; in case of failure, be was to expect nothing but the payment of his espences hack to his native country. In June, last year, the Professor arrived, and with in a few days submitted his scheme is' all its details to a Committee, consisting of the FAII of Aberdeen, Lord Grenville, Lord Colchester, Sir Joseph Banks, Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt, Sir Humphrey Data, the late Dr. Barney, and William Hamilton, Esq. Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. After at. tentive and repeated examinations of the process and its resells, the Committee, who had called to their assistance the scientific knonledge and experi ence of Sir William Drummond, Sir W. A'Court, Sir Charles Blagdon, and Mr. Taylor Comhe, came to an u nanimous conclusion that Dr. Sickler 6 had totally failed in his endeavours to satisfy them that his method of unrolling the Herculaneum Manuscripts is a vailable, and such as can warrant them io recom mending to his Majesty's G o vernment a farther per ' severance therein."—But the Committee, were so well satisfied with the zest and assiduity of the Professor, that no twithstanding his failure, they recom mended, in addition to his travelling and the necessary expenses, a remuneration of two hundred poundi, being a sum about equal to that which lie had lost by leaving his professional duties in Ger. many for four months. The total amount of the dif • ferent items of expenditure was 1.1111. 75.; and, about a fortnight ago, this sum sass moved for in the • /loose of Commons in a Committee of Supply. Mr. C. Wynn then moved for the Report of the proceed. ings of Dr. Sickler's Committee, which wss accord. ingly laid before the House, and which we have thus - liven in substance. CHURCH PORTTIr..-11 would be wire in the Dig niteries of the Church, before they call on the public for subscriptions towards the building of new tem ples, to enquire bow the cause of religion is promoted by the Bodies of men who have Church patronage. AVltat, for instance, can be more revolting to religion than the open and avowed traffic in ',brines; so that, instead of learning, eloquence, piety, and zeal. in the Ministers of the Gospel, the only object looked for is money ? He that can pay the best price is the best Divine !—At this very moment, a Corporation in the West of England (with which one of the principal Officers of the PRIIIICK REGENT is closely connected) are advertising foe sale the nest Presentation to their principal Church, is order pay off a debt ink their Theatre. Yesterday a considerable advance took place in the price of Stock. We do not know whether the rumour of the plan for issuing Stock Debentures be the cause of this, or whether Ministers and the Bank Directors have come to sit understanding on the ques tion of cash payments. We confess we do not on. derstend how the first can operate advantageously for Stock-holders, since a departure from the solid humu cial system, (minded on a metallic currency, most alarm every thinking man, and by affecting the rate of exchange with foreign nations, mast operate in juriously towards our 'benefactor's and trade. A few days must now bring the &Heil of the plash before us; an d we s hall then see, whether it is not, es we sus pea itis,a device to get over thedifficulties of the mo le/10, without lookineforward or or ring for the future. We learn that a hurricane has been experienced in the Indian Sess. A letter received from Captain Cs.aaa, of the Richmond, homeward-bound, states, that he arrived at the Cape of Good (lope on the 14th January, after having led the greater part of his rig ging, and being nearly shipwrecked in the Bay of B•ogat-during the hurricane. It states that" almost every vessel on the coast went on shore." The greatest exertions are making to prepare the Royal Yachts to heist readiness for sailing. A great number of men are employed ou board that now ing in the basin i n the Dottt.yard at Deptford ; in fact, as many men as can work en board of her. — She it ordered to be in radiates for sailing by the 9th of April. The object of this p re paration is, no doubt. to bring the Princess of Haase CASIIIL to Englan4. had bet few Costa EXCHANGC, APRIT. 1.-..41011g arrivals since Monday, fine Went met reedy sale this morning at Monday's prices; and Bsrley was in brisk demand et an advanced Is. per quarter for such as was fit for snalting.—Pees Beans, sod Oats sold at the same terms se on Monday. :4 5 - N.IPitL INTELLIGENCE. NUL, WARMS 31.—Came done from ts, tint and remain the Fairlie, Ward; and Henry Porcher, Aside, for India ; and Swallow, Ford, for Oporto! the latter has sailed with several others; particalan not known.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Ranger, Remington, from Demerara. PORTSMOUTH MARCH 31.—The Pioneer, Welsh, fns Sierra Leone, arrived off the Wight Ibis day, with timber, for London ; sailed '9th January. The Magdalen, Watson, would be ready to sail for Lou. don Ist March ; and also the Mary, Mercer, for England. The Preston had arrived at Sierra Leone, 24th January, from England, all well. His M 4. 'jetty's ship tiemiramia had also arrived there, and had sailed again, '2sth January, on a croize. Spoke the Chapman, ---, from Baltimore to Bordeaux. all well.—Arrived, the flerstelling, Keeper, from Ant werp, with wheat for this port.—Sailed, the General Graham, Weatherhead, for Madras ; Prince Regent, Harris, for Bengal ; Camden, Johnson, for Batavia ; Cornwallis Brown, for Bengal ; Recovery, Totterly, for ditto.—Retains, the Isabella, convict ship. FALMOUTH, MARCH 49 . — Pas sed down Channel about 50 or 60 sail of vessels. PLYironyn, MAacn 33.—Came in the Victory, for Jersey ; Nancy, for Ley / horn ; and Comet. Hai, for Rio Janeiro.—Ssiled the Eliza. for —; Friend ship, for the Havatittah; and B.rrosa, Tupper, fee St. Lucia. LITZRFOOL, MARCH 30.—Arrived the fiAsitary, Gray, from I)emsrara ; gaited 6th Feb. The Thomas, Winn, for Liverpool, ass to sail in 10 days. On the 16th March, in lat. 41. 5?. long. 35 60. spoke the schooner Rover, from New York for Ilambargh ;. same day spoke the Two Brothers, Gilchrist, for Salem ; on the 28th inst. off Tuscan, passed the John Craig, Williams, from hence for Bahia. Also arrived the Elizabeth, Brown, from Bata°, Ayres, ender jary-top-masts. MEETING AT BERWICK. On Tuesday last, Lord Osselstnn and the Hon. Mr. Bennett arrived at Berwick, to take up the Free dom of the Borough, which had bees voted them for presenting to the House of Cornier's', the Petition of the Burgesses against the Sospension of the Babe's Corpus Act, the presentation of which had been re fused by their present Representatives. After having been sworn in, they severally re turned thanks for the honour they had received, and addressed the Burgesses at considerable length on the sufferings which the Saspaosion bad entailed up on many individuals, &r. In the evening they entertained a most numerous party of the Itergesses at the Red bon is.n, when a great majority of the Burgesses present votersteered their v tea to his Lordship for she neat Election. On Wednesday, his Lordship and Mr. Bennett were invited to a public dinner, as a testimony of respect f..r their Parliamentry conduct; and at five o'clock, a large company of Gentlemen sat down to dinner; Colonel Ord in the Chair—Vice-Prsi• dents, P. J. Selby, Esq. M . Gulle y , Esq. and Jobe Wilson, Esq. After dinner the following toasts were drank: — The X The Price Regent. and may he never forget the prinriples which placed his Family no she Throne. The CIIAIIIIMV 4 , after paying some ermaylinents to Lord Ossolston, for the uniform consistency of his Parliamentary conduct, proposed his Lotdship's health, which was drank with three times three, amidst thunders of applause. His Lordship returned thanks for the honour con• ferred upon him by a meeting so truly respectable, an honour the more gratifying to himself, es dimmest ing purely out of a coincidence of their political opinions, and from which had arisen their conse quent approbation of his- Parliamentary viaduct ; and after declaring his readiness upon vii occasions to show himself the steady friend of Constitutional Liberty, he concluded a speech of considerable in terest, by proposing the following toast : Tte Mavar mod Corp,srat ion of Berwick. aid barren to the trade of the town. The Custew Oen, after adverting to the pub lic cnudoct of Mr. Bennett, and more particularly to his humanity and attention to the state of our pri sons, us well es to the state e 1 the Police of the Me tropolis, proposed his health, which was also drank with three times three, and great plaudits. Mr. Benefit, after returning thanks in a most i m pressive manner for the honour done him, and for the satisfaction he felt in meeting so many friends, not less distingeished by their love of the Constitu tion, than by their respectability and property, de. tailed at considerable length the impositions which had been resorted to, to deceive and delude the Public under the present system of espioisage—a system de structive to the honest feelings of Englishmen, and subversive of that confidence in each other, which heretofore had been our peculiar character.—The lion. Gentleman concluded a most eloquent speech by giving the following toast . The um Parliament, and may it he better than the pressrun CASE owe. The following toasts were then severally given 46 Th. Navy and Army," to which the following addition was made by Lord Ossulston--" the former placed upon a ba;is equal to its merits, and the latter reduced to a constitutional standard." 66 The Friends to Liberty all over the world," by Mr. Selby. " Lord Holland, sod the Liberty of the Prege t " by Mr. Colley. The memory of Mr. Fox. The memory of Mr. N bitb read. " Lord Erskine, and the Trial by Jury," by Mr. Wilson. " May spies and their employers soon find the punishment they so well merit," by Mr. Selby. Mr. GREY, of Milfield-bill, then rose t• propose the health of Earl Grey, which he prefaced with en electeent speech, which produced an electric feeling in the company, that it is almost impossible to de scribe. After many other toys' and constitutional toasts were drank, ttie c,.mpasiy departed at about a 'par : ter past eleven, hithiy gratified with the proceedings of thedov, which miAbt troll be described as havin g 'bees " the feast of reason sad thellow of soul." STATE MAN. !IN WIAITBLEY. -... a5 5.-... , • TO THE EDITOR OF THE LtEDS MERCURY; Mn. Ezitecia,—Plesse to insert the following ob servations on an ationymotis letter; published in the Leeds lute Meister of the gth inst. from I man call log himself my neighbour--(and he may be the neighbour " to him that fell among thieves," but that he is not the good Samaritan, his conduct suf. bciently proves). lii my neighbour's 14.1ter, the con duct of Mr. Bennett, for " forcing open the House of Commons trash Petitions," without enquiring into the merit or demerit of the character of the Petition ers, is condemned. Mr. Bennett's character stands above the reach of this traducer's malevolence ; and as to my character, it would note I em sure, safer, on a cemparrison with that of a man who is 'Misused of his name. Both my character and my comfort have stood the test, for if either of them coeld have been impugned, is it likely that my cruel per secutors would have relinquished their preieceileas and dismissed me without trial? I believe fe* men will say that the milk of human kindness is to found in such breasts. Ttioir tender mercies are cruel, and woe be to the man that stands in need of their clemency. • 1 mention the lionoorsble Mr. Bennett with the most profound regard :--he is • rare sight, "an honest man amid a crowd of sycophants." Mr. Ben nett merely did his duty to his fellow...abject in pre senting my Petition, and as a Member of the Le gislature could imiss.la • fully refuse it. And *ill sty neighbour, the Priest, or the Levite, undertake to say that Mr. Bennett did sot acquaint himself with my character? In my l'rtitiun I complained of hard sod unmanly usage at Waiteht4d sod SAltshory, I and of my wife and friends being refused to sea or speak with me at IVorcester. I did not petition 1 with • design to pert the createres appointed to do 1 such drudgery, but to show the injustice done, in Imy person, to the lass of my coun t ry . I pointed out my loss of health sod of business, but said no thing even of the distressed situation of my wife, for to more compassiusi was out my design:—no ; pity I abhor, and justice I Inive a right to demand. My design, in this address, is to warn my coun trymen how, in future, they deliver innocent men 1 into the hands of malicious and interested tyrants; I and I am ready, when la a fuliy called, and when a prospect of redress presents itself, to prove, that every word, in my Petition, was true; and to show that I Prittured such treatment, nut 'ten hinted at in my Petition, as would make the heir of my nameless neighbour stated erect, if • slavish disposition had not merle- • his cart. But why does the coward conceal his name? Is it that. judging fi OM his own wicked heart, be fears the coilequPticp ? Or am I to I *oppose that the Editor of the Leeds Intelligence , ' is I himself the fabricator of this precious production ? i such • supposition I have a just right to entertain, 1 1 for when I applied to him, as I did in person, for the tome of my traducer, he refused to give it op, thereby showitig tile sincerity of the boasted readi. ness at the sissiderer to stand roman!, in his proper person; or rather, showing his consciousness that he has dealt in calumny, and like his betters, shrinks from respousibility.—l pm your obedient servant, i Wiese, itt, rwar BENJAMIN WHITELEY. Ilueder,tiele, March 23. MIDDLESEX SiSSSIO, Them Sessions commenced yesterday morning.— The Grand Jury being sworn, the CHAIRMAN ob served, that as there was nothing very heavy on the calendar, he would not detain them from proceeding to business. Ma. Eaves, a respectable looking man, was in. dieted for assaulting James MiGuire, at a livery stables in Osford-street. Tne Prosecutor stated, that he was a servant out of place, he went to the stables of the Defendant, who is a horse-dealer, to look not for • pair of horses for a Gentleman who wanted to perchese them. lie saw some for sale, and as esagniuing the mouth of one, he ohkerved that it was very old ; Defendant called him a lying rascal, and said, he was nojudee of horse. flesh. After some further remarks, Defendant struck Prosecutor several times, and calling him various names, turned him not of the stables. On his cross.esamination witness said, he was or dered to look out for the horses by • Mr. M'Kensie, who lived iu Parsdise-row, at the back of Feathery square. Mr. R stay, for the Defendant, said, the Prosecutor was one of those persons known by the name of crab bers, servants out of place, who went about stables where horses were for sale, and procured purchasers on receiving a bribe from the seller, which, if he re fused to give, they persuaded the purchasers that there was not a good horse in the stable; this was called crabbing the horse-dealers. The Jury returned • verdict—Not Guillp CITY Beet/Mts.—A Court of Aldermen was held yesterday et Guildhall. The Thanks of the Court were unanimously voted to the Bishop of PETER. nonoucn, and the Rev. W. CuAVY, D.D. Master of Sidney Susses College, Cambridge, for their mei lent Sermons preached before the Court swills, Go• vernors of the several Hospitals, at Christ's Much, Neweste.street, on Monday and Tuesday ist Easter week last. Twelve bars of gold, weighing upwards of 1800 ounces, were sworn off for exportatioa. Messrs SAMUEL DIXON led Deputy FISHIER, wets sworn Coal-meters, in trust ; and Messrs. PEWIT, SCATCIIIERD, D. BRITTEN, and DEANE, Corte-meters, in trust, for the City, for four years, if so long Mem bers of the Court of Common . Council. Something will soon be done to relieve the Quava's bootee from the effects of the overflow of water, from Rosamond's Pon d, which has formed a I subterraneons passage across the Green Park, sod will ultimately sap the foundation of that fits* edifice. The water runs along tbe.Park wall from the Canal; and, although numberless workmen bars been em ployed for months in the construction of a e sewer on the East side of Lord Con sist's garden, tbe vil still (mists ; the ground, indeed, is a complete swamp. James Gobbet and George Jyticirily for uttering forged bank-notes, were emoted on Friday at Northampton; they denied to the last knowing the notes were forged, stating they took then of a per son at Redbourn fair. ~. ??=-,fig/47?"' • Fie lild:V3 FOR APRIL. Wicaritetritass..; * A bimliric sisaTto Wand diiimi. the skirt gored sad rather full # the bates is inilhed by a deep dooms of soft sairdia; which is eat it MaHops. and edged %Nish arrow laces firiallisiance is saresimated by a brawl piece of soft Media honeycomb* and ilei4ad at each edge by melte yritllops.— Hig Made tight to the shape. sad richly let 1111 netts work. Pileimg sleeve. Isiabed.st Me wrist by three narrow scalloped ilesisees. Over this dress ia tiara a pelisie composed of lavender-edintlied reps silk; sad limed with ss bite mtsoet ; it it &Seised dime the from by white silly Maoist, aid is area. nested at the bottom of the akin with a roulette of *bite satin. which is entwined with Laiteeder-entoeied silk cord. ilia back is eight to the shape. and has a narrow hesialim at iseb skie.— Tbe freest is gabbed as far l the wiletby..rieb white sad breidiag. There 4 *small itautlim col Lr. lob with white satin. The sleeve is rather tight. did by ali epaulette, *llia it looped to the shialder. sad - ed with a white card aad Isiah. Small white lase dress, the chapeau el lova de Bowl the 10 1". Pitt of layetader-ealoated kiln; the hit of 'rivet tertarrnifsmid the crows is very low; the brisk deep. *ad tarsi op all mood a Rill plume of white ostrich feathers is plated so as to fall o'er to the le ft side. Kid gloves, awl Isklfsbutin a correarfig with the petits. bessiso Desss.—A !Alleviate vomit draft. the bailey of the skirt goisbed by a large ronleao of %%bite suite; tile realms is °emaciated at regular distancra with braids oThisost-eoliatart.: id "alit, sod is atamorsteil by thiee binds of lecm-rolorred satil. The body is made plain. and higher than slay are gene rally worn; it is finished room; the best hl a single Gill ot blood lace set on almost plain. Mott full sleeve, tohlitted at the bat-. tees by a row of white satin paha*. A lesion.coloared satin body. cut extremely low round the bud. is wont user the asee ; it is tinished round the waist in the ereokli style tt Ws. and has a small epaulette, *Weir wands tip as the slimiest. of a very novel form. liend-dress. Ike Cambridgerlope. emit posed of British net and pale lemoo.tailatited satift; it is of jg moderate beigai, ornamented r mud the at, i of the crown by Falls of pile kmon-eolaered waits s bird of parader. Outer ii placed au one side. Necklace tio3 earaings pearl. N bite le caviare slippers mod white hid ;Oases. A plain -tad, eem posed of net silk, is thrown carelessly over the ibooldets. • . • MO N7ll LY AGRICUL7VR4L REPOkr FOR MARGII. The Lent Cora sowing has bees generally Impeded by the mins through the 'ninth. Ihe Ilarleys car y gat ii, in the }:astern Markt. hate been mach cut by the ititlit frosts.-- Wiles and Peas that were timely gr lied, or dibbled, Pleat ge nerally well for the Imrar.hoe system t those ploughed in iii,on strong lauds are out so promising. Ihe general ilsias of Wheat con issue good and be.•in to titter ; hut some pat ta of Kent late bees injured by tile slog and wire-sons. 'the Kaye Seed plants bid fair t.i; a fair crop. Turnip Seed is still so abeadaist. that in Norfolk acJ Suffolk it Is found difficult to burrow tdei. vied stock to fera it off la time for Barley sowing. Ray brave nod Clovers i.re l kely to he nirindant. Early sewn Waster 'f arcs ill atird but a slight ' , induce. Ti e ten ee r itiaries are freer flans iliao has generally been known at this *fawn; their y stung look kindly. and their Oat lauds are to good order for sue ing. The flork-masteis of the Not therm eosins ier k ooplain of their great Ins. of Ewes as well as Lambs nod through Lint Anshire they have lust snore Sheep of all meta by the rot thaw was ever remember's'. Lean Stock of all Linde ha. haJ a Niftier rite, particularly Weider sheep and iloggeta, w hich %test dryer higher. The Meal market, are also consi derably advanced. particularly for Motion and Pig Ports.— Horses of must descriptions are dear and scarce. pertkularly good shaped carriage and bony tart-horses. The Notrl market to brisk si an advirtsee ate last month's retard, both for Nag and short fleeces. RIOT Ar THY DOMINION or FANCY, STRAND. Monday night, about half.past eleven o'clock, thd Strand and its vicinity was thrown into great alarm, arising out of the following circumstances :—Mondat night, Stebbing, and some other actors belonging Id the Provincial Theatres, were to have a beuefit at the house (due notice of which had been given by placards), and amongst the novelties advertised, were " draulies•lasilations of Madam. Mouden, Fewerll4 Keatbk, Young, Cooke, and Kean," in principal characters, by Stehbing ; a new Pantomime, Witted 66 The Felipe of the Moon, or fiarlequin Ranging the Planets;" a Mr. James was to support an anvil on his breast, which four smiths were to beet with real sludge hammers ! And the aame pews' sus afterwards to dance the tight rope, under such dis advantages as were never attempted but by himself The Singing and ll)draulics (the latter of which was performed by Mr. Bologna iu person), went off with great eclat, but of the Pantomime, it is impossible to convey soy idea. It was represented behind It transparency, which magnified the figures for the pur pose of `• practically proving, that mu ndaneezhibitione I may be viewed through more mediums than one."— The audience, however, through some " mediae'," discovered that the tight rope intiodored, was no, other than a spring board, aboot two feet wide, on. which a Gentleman capered away in great style. On making this discovery, the whole house became clamorous, and called loudly for Stebbing. After half as hour bed elapsed, Stebbing came, and on his entrance was greeted with the usual sign of popular displeasure, wich induced him to retire precipi tately. Seeing t+ no likelihood of hailng thepromises in the bill fulfilled , the P it be g an to pro to lets of violence. They broke the coat and several lamps, and a regular pelting and fighting match took place. The lights were all blown out{ end the metier group left in total darkness, in hopes they would go away. In about half on boor's time, the crowd having in vain attempted to broil the doors and seals, left the body of the Theatre, - end proceeded into the, long porch, where they commenced the .me devastation. Mr. am at length succeeded, with the help of some other persons, to close thin middle door', to protect the female, who were is this Hoses from insult. The crowd having demolished all they thought proper, went ietri the Strand, which for a considerable time afterwards was s ohm of riot. . Whilst 11• alterations cud improvements et Cad+ ton-hoese are going on, the Pat "Kt REoctre hilt reside at Mariborough.hease, which is now preparing for his Royal Highness's reception. Independently- of the removal of the screen of colemes in front of the Palace, domestics / Sees will be tweeted, and some changes take place in the disposition of the oroa. mews and fornitare in the State gpartments. The report Is again revived *it St. James's Palace will chore, be removed, to make sty for a new edi ice of brick and sti the order to be Grecian, and the grand entr y opposite 91. James's-street. Every person now residing therein teceived official intimation to q uit posseesion bat ; tved as the erder was isseed ail months ago, they may be called to quit at a week's notice. Some thieves gained admission late the lime of Mr. Wm. Brows, No. 5, Coom-hireets Bethnal-OPt i ev 66 Solidity last, whilgt the heal were et &Met ; they °petted a te d. c hsasber. sod pkked the lath 0( a trent, containing weerieg typed esmi She ie ihieee• *high they succeeded is acrylic eir. • INN e A ~~ 7 ,