The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-02-21 00:00:00

- NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. — 7 11 .""" Dust., Fun. 20.—Arrived the Emerald, Gardner, frost the South Seas.—Put back several outward bound vessel,. and remain with the rest, as per last. DOTER, Fr.s. 20.—Arrived late last night the Ariadne, Mullen, from L'Orienr, having been behind our Pier; Mary, Saunders, from Oporto; Integrity, Sutherland, from Charente, in five days, for Len. don; Briseis, Visman, from Smyrna for Amster dam; Franklin, Susan, from Amsterdam for Bata. via; Barnes, Masterton, 12 days from Oporto, bound In Lynn. PosismouTu, Fes. 20.—The General Stewart, Granger, passed by from Madras, for London, patted from the brig Antelope, bound to this port for orders ; spoke off St. Helens, his Maiesty's ship Phaeton, bound for England.—Pot back from sea, the Ventral' and London. PLYMOUTH, Fun. 19.—Came in the Waterloo, Barney. from Madras, for London, with cotton, rice, and Indigo - sailed the Bth of October ; no news. FiLuouTu, igs.lB.—Arrived theStanmer packet, With Mails, from Jamaica.—Sailed the Two Bro thers, Henley. for London. • Mumma, Fun. 20. —Arrived the Prince of Orange, with Mail and passengers from Holland. LivsarooL, Fss. 19.—Arrived the Alliance, Rolcliffe, from Buenos Ayres. On the 29th Oct. in lat. TS. 18. south, long. 35. 7. spoke the Creighton, of and front London, for the South Seas—out 48 days; 10th Feb. spoke the Superior. from this port (or Philadelphia ; 14th, spoke the French ship Theolese, from Havre for the South Seas ; same day spoke the brig. Thomas, of London, two days from the Lizard ; 15th, spoke the Wellington, from this port for Rio Janeiro.—Arrived the Mount Vernon, --, from New York.—The Sarah, Hopkins, from this port for Boston, was lost, on Arklow Bauks the 11th inst. crew saved. The Wytnn, from Bengal, is supposed In be arrived, letters hating beers received, dated 20th September, marked by her. WINDSOR, Fan. 20.—Yesterday Princess Au- GUSTA, with Genets! MANNERS, and other attend• snit, took an airing on horseback in Windsor Great Fark. Soon after one o'clock the Qum, and Prin. ceases AUGUSTA and BLIZABLTII, with a Lady in Waiting, rode oot in a coach and four through Slough, the Maidenhead road, and Datchett. The Austrian Ambassador yesterday visited the Palace REGENT. His Royal Highness, in the course of the morning, gave audiences to Lords BATHURST and CASTLEREAGH, and Count MUNSTER. The William Pitt and Carnatic arrived at Bengal en the 3d Aug. last. The Libbers contain hut little deserving of notice. MEEK KHAN has ceased to oppose hostile measures to the Itujah of JTPORE, and continues so be the inter• ressor between CHUYI/OOR KHAN and the BHAEE. The affairs of Moeltan and D{eru•deen•ponnah are still unsettled, and Rua.iarr SING iudezible on the subject of tribute. The Marquis of HASTINGS had arrived at Patna with his suite, where be was not espected to make any stay. His progreiss has been retarded by the loss of boats, with baggage, &c. on his route to the Upper Provinces. M r. POMIONST, if is now said,joins Mr. LATHAM, in opposing the retoro of the present Members for the county of Cork, at the ensuing General Election. The Earl and Countess of Smolt and family ar rived on Thursday evening, at their house in Arling ton-street, from their seat, Crosteith.hall, Lance. shire. The LORD M AYOR has appointed* Common.hal to be held on Tuesday next, to petition Parliament for an Enquiry into the conduct of Ministers under the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act. There having been daring the present Session of Parliament but few Petitions for Private Bills, arising as supposed, from an expectation of an early disco. lotion, it may be useful to state, that in 1807, when the Parliament was dissolved in April, by which She progress of many Private Bills was stopped, and • new l'arliament met in July, the principal Officers of both Houses came to the resolution of not de manding any fees upon those stages of the Private Bills again ietroduced in the new Parliament through which they had paused in the preceding Parliament, and thus the parties paid no more than if their Bills had regularly gone through all their stages witboet interruption. It is said, that the Duke of DEVONSHIRE will re.; eeive the hand of one of his fair cousins, the daugh ter of Lord GEORGE CAVENDISII. ARMY IN FRANCE By an estimate of army ser vices for the year 1818, it appears that the annual charge for his Majesty's Land Forces in France, ist: eluding the pay of General and staff Officers, aad Ofbcers of the Hospitals, is 555,4191. 19s. U. The adjourned Meeting of the Friends of the Drama, in Dublin, was held there on Saturday lest,' when the Committee appointed at the previous Meet. log, made a long report of the present existing abuses of the Irish stage, upon which it was agreed to pre sent a Memorial to the Lord Lieutenant, for the establishment of a second Theatre in that city. REGALIA OF SCOTLAND.—We understand that on Satorday the Commissioners again tisited the Crown. room, having found it necessary to have aceorate drawings made of these reliques by artists of emi nence, when having collected all the information ne. massy to make an accurate report upon the matters contained in their warrant, and after taking further precautions for the security of the Regalia, again shot op and sealed the chest containing them, as well as the Crown-room. As the honours of Scotland are now ascertained to be therein contaiaed, a senti nel is stationed beneath the window of the room as a measure both of honour and additional precaution, although the uncommonly strong defences of the Crown .room might be almost supposed to reader it superfluous in the latter point of view. Yisterday the Lone MAYOR and Sheriffs went in state to Bow Church, Cheapside, where the annual Sermon was preached before them, and •boat oils* or tea Bishops, for the propagation of the Gospel is foreign parts. The Sermon was preached by the Bishop of Cuanza ; after which they went to the Mansion-house, where a ssmptoe•s dinner was pro vided for them by the LORD MATOI4 ' STATFSMAN: VALUABLE DISCOVERY. MOITILATII•STREKT Pot/ICE-Orrice —Some work.; men, in taking down pert of a house in Ahoer-street, purchased by Mr. Menders from the Commissioners of Wide Streets, found several bags of gold cola, some of them as far back as Charles II.; it is com puted that the property found could not have amount .ed to less than 2000 guineas. The workmen quarrelled about the division of the spoil, and one of them being brought to the watch-house, he was searched, and 60 gold coins were taken from his pocket. The question of right, as between the owner of the house and the finder of the money, came on before Sir Wm. Sterner and Counsellor Cole. The claim was discussed, and o e could only collect that the question remains unde cided on account of the novelty of the case. It was said that it belonged either to the Crown or to the persons who hid the money originally, or their representatives. Mr. Menders does not claim the coin as the original proprietor, but merely as the purchaser of the house in which it was hid. The Crown, or the persons to whom they have given this branch of the Royal Revenue, are entitled in all cases to treasure of gold or silver found concealed in the ground or in a house, and can only be divested by the reel owner, or his representative, appearing and proving the property. There is no doubt but that the persons who found it will in any event be most liberally remunerated. The gold, will be deposited in some of the banks for safe custody. It is hinted, that the cause of the delay is the pro posed marriage of a Royal Duke with a Danish Princess, is an indisposition on the part of the fair Dane, 1. c. a refusal so accept the splendid offer. It is now reported, that the dissolution of Parlia ment will take place about the third week in May, which will admit of the Elections being over before the end of June, so as not to interfere with the har vest or Sommer Circuits. A Town Meeting of the Inhabitants of Birming ham has been called, in consequence of • notice to the Clerk of the Peace fur the County of Warwick, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament against passing an Act of Indemnity, and again to Petition for a Reform in the Representation. The new Comedy now in rehearsal at Drury-lane Theatre, is from the pen of Mr. RIMEL, author of The Itinerant, and called Castles in the Air. The match of 150 yards, between Shaw, the Lan mishits man, and Leach, the two fastest of the day, will be decided nest Tuesday, on the Lea-bridge road, for 400 guineas. They ran the the same dis tance a few weeks since, when Leach won it by about a foot. Ile is hacked at odds to win this, and heavy stakes are pending. The running Baker, who run against the Kentish youth 10 miles on the Usbridge-road, two years since, is matched for 100 guineas to run Brazier, who beat the Chicken Butcher a mile and a half a few days since. The match between Rainer, from Kent, and Old Tom, for 100 geineas, 15 miles, on the 20th of March, is truly a sporting one. Colonel Barton is the patron and trainer of Old Tom. Mat4II4UOLY OCCURRENCE.—A very melancholy Eliot took place on Friday, the 13th instant, in the workshop of Mr. R. Mortis, painter, of Chester. The greatest part of the men employed by Mr. Morris, had assembled in one room, for the purpose of ce lebrating the freedom from a state of apprenticeship of one of the young men. After they had been re. galing themselves some time, two of them (of the names of Udol and Usher wood) engaged in a variety of antics, in the course of which they overturned a bucket of water, and a large tin can, which was filled with spirit of turpentine, in which they rolled each other. lido), then, without the slightest intention of injuring his friend and fellow-workman, applied a piece of lighted paper to Ushersrood's pantaloons. The effect of this act was awful in the extreme ; in an instant the young man was enveloped in a body of fire. His companions immediately minded to a variety of espethents to extinguish the flame, but wthout effect. His wearing apparel, in • few minutes, with the e x ception of one garter, and a part of one of his stockings, visa_ bernt to ashes. His body was dreadfully scorchedand preseuted a Ihightfol spectacle. He was carried to the Infirmary, a sheet time after the fatal event took place, where be lingered in the most 'wet:Wing agony until about six o'clock on Saturday evening, when death relieved him from all his sufferings. An Inquest was held on the body on Sunday last. Verdict—dccirknlal Death. CORO/4 Wes ftnettinsT.—An inqae.t was held yes. terday, at the Crown and Anchor, Five-fields, Pim lico, on the body of Mr. R. Glover, of Eccles•hall, street, Pionlico,a person of conaiderable respectability, who was well is health on Thursday morning, and eeddeoly fell down in a fit and 'spired. Verdict Died is sift. The very great satisfaction the plan adopted in former Lotteries gave to persons residing in the Country, has ierloced T. Bray, the Contractor, to repeat it its the peewit ; and he hopes he has, as in r ot recent Lottery, selected some of the Capitals amongst those Numbers advertised.--The soder mentioned Numbers may be had, either in whole Tickets, Halves, Quarters, Eighths, or Siateeuths, at No. 4, Cornbill : 12.9.03110.211116.09,11 7,4 1 t 9.8 , 20 17,232 6,846 1 11.468 3.t11 17.251 11,484 160 81 16.037 2.81$ 11.141 I 11.2110 113.454 10,1851 8.323 1.757 11,4561 10.113 15.074 1 11.122 9.110 The foltowingNombers may be had either in whole Tickets. Halves, Quarters, Eighths, or Siateentbs, at No. 9, Charing-cross :- 10.314 1 14.341 11 1 , 4 9 11 4.608 1 13.553 13.431 1 10.215 4.511 11.14/3 7.415 16,089 1 17.231 3,0u2 1 3. 571 6 . 1113 17404 16.00 10.1% , 2,8121 3.131 15,071 13;n3 I 11,459 3,112 I 2,816 The present Lottery contains Three P.izes of £30,000, —One Hundred Capitals,—all Sterling Money,—no Stock Prizes,—no Clasaes,—no re &owing: The Drawing commences Wiles MAT, the 4th of MARCH. PRESENT PRICE. Tirket 112.1? Qoarter 5 5 0 Sizteenti ••• Letters (post paid) containing Bank Notes, or • Post-Office Orders, duly attended tn. • The last Lottery that contained Three Prise, of 1 , 30,000, Biqa sold them all ! and last Lottery ho ,sold Tbrte Prises of 00 ; 000 1 all in Shams. CASE or WILLIAM WOOD. I was sorely °ppm.% before the ashore, wied met bat sew. ! widow. Sit,—You will please to make what use you may think proper of the re!lowang narrative of my suffer ings since the 10th day of March last, for the sacred cause of Reform, to which I have been a steady friead 9.6 years, which cannot be erased so long as I live. I was stopt on that day aboot five miles from Manchester, on the Stockport-road, on my journey for London, by a dragoon, betwixt 10 and 11 o'clock in the forenoon, who presented a pistol at me and ordered me to stop ; iwa few etiolates a Ma gistrate came up and demanded to know where and , on what business I was going, I answered, my in tended journey was for London, to pres::ut a Peti tion to the Prince Regent, for a redress of grievances, as the country was in estate of starvation ; be imme diately ordered me to take down, and open my bundle; when he had inspected it, and found nothing bet a little meat and breed to subsist on, sod a few other necessaries ; without any farther ceremony be ordered me into custody of the military there present. was taken with many others to a poblic.house near at hand, and there detained about two boors, and then named by dragoons and special constables, to the New Bailey, Manchester, where we arrived about four in theafternoon, I along with 33 others, all entirely strange» to me, was pot into a damp,. Net 190069, and filthy lock op, the privy pipe which is is the room choked, and the wster-ptoe broke, and the excrements running on the floor, which is only 5 yards by 6, made it almost insupportable ; it brought to soy mind, the Bltck.hule Pri.on at C I arum. In this uncomfortable hole we were not allowed any nourishment, until late in the evening, (and many of us hnd not broke oar feat thet day—what we had of ear own being taken from us on our arrival at the New Bailey, for every man's trundle or knapsack was taken !rent him to be 'Remitted, and not returned until the Friday after, which we thought • hard case, and when returned, our little provisions were en tirely spoiled for want of air, brine in our bundles.) when we had 14 oz. cheese and about 4oz. bread, and when we applied for water, the turnkey damned us for blanket rascals, and told us to go to camp—are got water in about two hours. In this unwholesome place I was kept 13 days and nights, with nothing but the bare flags to sleep on when I could lay down, for there was not room for toi all to lay dotal' to gether; as for allowance we could not have subsisted without the assistance of our friends ; we were allowed to have provisions sent in, but debarred personal in terview. At the expiration of the time above men tioned, I was committed to Lancaster Castle (with out esamittation) in chain., along with eight others (there were upwards of 2(X) persons taken, the whole liberated escept nine, entirely strangers to me except one), where I arrived the Sunday previous to the commencement of the Assizes. On Monday the Governor informed us we wise indicted for sedition and conspiracy, and we might espect to take nor trial in a day or two, as there was a true bill found against es. On the Tuesday following a person came to us, and advised os to petition the Judge for Coon sel, which we peremptorily refused, knowing we had offended against no law, being taken without Sid. tnouth's, or any other warrant, or even without the Riot Act being read, but going soberly and quietly about our lawful occasion ; as such he troubled us no more ; we were not brought to the bar when the Assizes were over. I de. sired the Governor to tell me the reason we were not called on; he said our case was removed to the RO A '. Bench, by a warrant from the Judge, as such he advised us to put in our plea, or judgment would go by default. Law being an article we were all strangers to, we wrote to our poor friends and relations (for we are all of the In order), acquaint. ing them with the information we had received. I likewise -wrote to Lord Sidmouth, acquainting him with our case, hoping be would allow something to alleviate the distress of ourselves and families, as the usage we received was worse than felons or murder ers ; we had the same allowance of bread, &c. bet no clothing ; and when I applied to the Governor, Mr. Higgins, for shirts (some of us being nearly naked) he answered there was non. allowed 09. I don't meant to find fault with sir. liiggina, for I be lelieve him to be a feeling man. I have likewise wrote twice to Sir Francis Burdett, once from [An. caster and once since I came home, craving his as. sistance to commence an action against the Ma K io r ates of Manchester for false imprisonment, sod laid down rosy ease sins isr to these, bot d.d not receive any answer rota either him or Lord Sidmouth. Sir, through the wage I met withal the New Bailey, brought on a pleu risy and fever, which nearly put a period to my exist. mace; I was delirious 9 days, when on my recovery the Governor informed me the doctor had taken 51hs. of blood from me : the disorder hat left a stiffness in my limbs, which I am afraid will continue as long us I live. Previous to the lest Aasizes we received notice of trial, ender a quite different indictment from the former one. It consists of five counts; the first count runs thus, that we were waiidesisig from town to town, subsisting by begging and other an. lawful means, which is all false, for they knew that I was not Ere miles from Manchester, and I am certain I was as far on my journey as any of my fellow prisoners, who expected to take their trial when the Assizes commenced. We all. I believe. ardently wished to be brought before a Jury of our toontrymen (for the first time) being conscious Greer innocence; we were kept in suspense until Friday, , the fish September, when we were informed that the Attorney-General, oat of clemency, ordered us to be liberated without trial. In the course of the week an attorney came to me, his name is Law, of Man chester ; be was employed by oar friends, he advised me to enter into recognizsoces, as . 1 ning likely would be detained under the Suspension Act, arltich I peremptorily refused, as I told him my fate was in the bands of our Counsellors. When I came borne, by the advice of my friends, I applied to tne sail Mr. law to eater an action against Joseph Nadiu, depoiy constable of Manchester, for the recovery of the pro perty be took from me.—(The said J. Nadia, with sic others, entered my house on &today morning, the 9th of March, about two o'clock, with hope., be lieve of finding my neighbour Henbow, a speaker at the Public Meetings held here for Reform, but usissing his prey, be took Black Dwarfs, Cobbetts, and Petitions to the Prince Ugliest ) which I then sold, and sell at present )—Mr. Law teemed proud of the job, and amid he would do it immediately ; he desired me to call upon him in the course of • fort. night, as such I did, and he wished me to call again. I repeatedly • called upon him, he always ease me evasive answers. The la.t week I called along with two who had been fellow prise tiers, to have • decisive answer. He said he had not seen Nadin , and when I told him be had not acted the part of a Gentleman, he said he would have nothing further to dor with the case. I then requested him to go with us toNarlitesOffico to witness our demanding our property, but he would not; we immediately went there, his under officers wish. ed us to call again, as they said be was not wit*. ; we called again, they denied him the second time ; we suspected they did not tell the troth, as such we went to an adjoining room and found him. When we got an audience, he demanded our business ; we told him we had come' to demand the property (among which was a sum of money) he took from George Grimshaw, my fello w prisoner, there present on Monday, March the 10th. He d..—d us for blatiketeers, and ordered us to get out of the office ; we still persisted in our demand, when Nadin and two of his runners throat us out and shut the door.-- Sir, to give you in detail the usage I have received for defending to the hest of my poor ability, the in delible right of Britons, would fill a volume, let this Wilke; I have been robbed and ruined, the few goods I have left I cannot keep together, haring been obliged to sell a part, and shall be obliged to veil the remainder to soloist on, without I have re. moneration fur my sufferings. lam it, the 64d year of my age, my wife in the same year ; we have hut nine children, 5.e we bare brought up to maturity, without a stain on the famil Os character, by our in dustry.—Your most obenfient humble servant. w. WOOD. N•. 19. Pump-meet, Loodcm•road, Moviche-ter. P.C. My fellow•prigoners were—Wm. Stainiring, Geo. Grimshaw, Thomas Leigh, Geo. Murray. John Williams, Sam. Block‘ha w, Prior Lever.llll4 Matthew iothgne, who suffered the some imprisonment and the same privation:, with the exception of two, Williams and Letligoe, who went out on bail. ala.iclirster, inn.% Mc. One of the daughters of Earl Gast had a narrow eicspe for her life, lac! week. While fn. dint the Weer, near Dimbton Hall, her horse , made a sudden plunge, and threw his fair rider over his head into the 'tiger, from which she was with difficulty estricate4 by Mr. Lawatals, who happened to be passing at the time. %Li..GARDENS.—It is said that this old and favourite place of amusement, like its former fashion. able rival, Ratielegh, is destined to come to the has. titer, and will, in all probability, ere long, like the latter, he built upon. This emit would never have occurred, had the proprietors been content to admit the Public at a cheaper rate. Their assertion, that they could not afford it, may be rebetted by the rs. mark, that a cheaper price would hsve filled the gar dens, and would consequently have produced greater profits. DCEL.----A meeting took place on that part of HounslowA a teath, reading off bye-road to Hayes, on Thursday morning, at day-break, between Capt. is.. -41 —a and -- M --sr, Esq., a Gentleman of fortune, in consequence of a dispute relative to a L a dy a t Stoke, near Windaor. The parties tired twice, and Mr. M— received [lie 'prowl %hot in the „thick part of his arm, he was considered in muck danger. Hatch, it is said, married his first wife for her money. Ile was then only 19 tears old, while she nearly 40. He was disappointed in his expectations. It turned nut that his wife had no money, and they soon parted. Mary Minton be married for love s and would have lived with her still, had not the first wife interfered in such a manner as to render their cohshitation impracticable. Ilaiich, before this ca.. t as t r nphe, was reckoned a harmless kind of man. Several robberies have been committed within these few days by a woman who pretends to disclose Insure events, and who waits on servant% with a French box. Her method of divination is by pep. per in a tea cup; but she in the end contrive+ to charm the casters sod other ar ficlea of plate, &c. I which may be within her reach. Sue calls herself Madame Bigot. On Tuesday she committed two robberies in Percy-street, itsttrbone-plare, after amusing the servants below ; and her and an Italian. conjurer yesterday robbeil the kitchen of Mrs. Saul, in Nottingham-street, of It silver spoons. On Monday evening last, a select eight •f the Se. nior Society of London Cumberland Youths ascended t' e Tower of All-hallows Church, Tower.street, and, rang a complete peal in the intricate methrwl of Old Ovford Treble-Hob-Major, composed of 8,448 me. s'cal changes, being the fullest Went, with the tenors together, and was nobly brought round in five hours anti 24 minute., by the Artists, in the following order, vis.:—Treble, Mr. George Gross; 2. Mr. Peter Jones ; 3, Mr. James Nash ; 4, Mr. William Si)ipway ; 5. Mr. William Herbert ; 6, Mr. James Sitchhery ; 7. Mr. John James Whiting; Tenor, Mr. Francis Matthews ; being the greatest length rung on these bells by any Society.--Conductor of she peal Mr. George Gross. —Weight of the tenor 19 cwt. net bell-metal, in the key of F. W. are authorized to state, that since the Medical Board hes been established it Cherloite.house. Great Charlotte-street, opposite the Rev. Rowland Hill's Chapel, and Wondstock -street, adjoining New Bonds stroft, upwards of Thirty Thousand Patients of both 10114.1 twee been restored to perfect health, many art whom had lingered for years under the most painful and obstinate diseases, were pronominal incurable by respectable practitioners, and several discharged from Hospitals. Such is the effects resulting from combined talents!!—Slosars. COOPER cud Co. of Medical and Surgical celebrity, after forty years es• perlence in this Metropolis, are convolved daily at both houses until nine at night, end the poor have advice, gratis, on Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday Mornings, until twelve o'clock. Patients at a dis• lance, describing their tarp, immediately attend /11W All letters to be directed to Ch a rtotte.lrearatveack. friars-road, but none are answered sabicts do set contain a consulting fee. , Betting on the fight between Painter zed Sprig, ea the Ist of April ; is gelness to pounds es Painter. . 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