The Statesman. — London, England, 1822-01-16 00:00:00

'has the Nwaiseak taxes would bear wars lighdy on lie community. With respect to soother remedy which babes , molted in these resolutions, the introdoctioo of a new corn bill, he could scarcely speak of it with gadeace, it was such a monstrous absurdity. Surely that ass must be nearly mad who could argue that, to rake bread dear, was the proper way to eztricata this toil etry from her difficolues.--(Applause.)—Let the Leadlords and Proprietors ; instead of stipulating for that which was odious and contemptible, stand forward mad make common cause with the people. Theo, and ealy then, could they obtain ; and diets, and only then, would they deserve success.—(Cheering.) The Thanks of the M eeting were then voted to the Mayor, and the aosembly dispersed. PR la OF STOCKS THIS S Rut Suet. Sr 1 per Cot. Rod pa Ct. Cos. 3h pit Cot 4 per Com 96iii per Costs.Nati...l(l% 91 FOWL— .......... Log 90 • .... 19 7-161 Imp. pee Cod ...... hid beer Cent DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stock 5361 Ditto 80nd5.."..s s. 761 South Sea Stock South Sea Old Aso. 764 Ex. Bill td. 1000 L 4s 6s. pse bs. os. p Small b. 6. p. India for ditto - Coo. for Acet......... 77fit Lott. Tickets . 191. Ifis ggattfimari " TES s wiss STATESMAN " IS I MTN " TES STATESMAN." LONDON: IRCONISUAT [VINING, J•NU•RT 16, 1822. New York papers to the 22d Dec. and Boston to the 24th Dee. arrived this morning, from which we ex tract the following:— [moll TH6 NM TOR[ GAZITTI OH Die. 11.) LATEST FROM THE SPANISH MAIN. The fast sailing ship Heppomenes, arrived last even ing from Enrico', whence she sailed on the 6th inst. By this arrival we have accounts from Porto Civello to the 23d inst. which represent the affairs of that place as in a wretched condition, as the Royalists were enable to obtain any fresh provisions from the interior. The destruction of the outer fortifications bid afforded them materials for fortifying the inner. All the privateers had been hauled up in consequence of the report that an American and English squadron bad arrived at St. Thomas in pursuit of Picaroons.— The American schooner Union, and English cutter Ardent, bad been captured, sent into Porto Civello, and condemned, and the crews treated in a most shame ful manner. The British frigate Falmouth bad been off the harbour, and demanded all English property which bad been captured by privateers, the demand was net complied with and she sailed for Jamaica to obtais a competent force to compel them to restore sod property. A French brig of 16 gaps had put into Porto Covello with a schooner under convoy.— The Authocities ordered the schooner to be taken pos session of, but the commander sent 30 or 40 men on board of her, which induced the 0 ent to suffer him to depart without molestation. The expeditioa which bad appeared off Legnica, returned to Porto Civello on the 22d ultimo, with the loss of four killed nods', weendid, hieing bees into a small Patriot Pert, sin leagues from Pone Garen*, sod pheadered the iebabitants of every thing. The frigate and brig were stripped and hauled ap. An expedition of 500 strong, neder Colonel Garcia, bad marched for Cara. has, hot on arriving at Valencia, they found the Pa triots'. strong, that they made ■ precipitate retreat. In consequence of the numerous piracies on the Ditch lag, by ls fitted ant at Porto the Governor of Canna bad written to Surinam for an additional naval force. Ten Dutch vessels bad hen raptured by Spanish privateers. Accounts from Buenos Ayres state, that the:Patriot General Artigas was a prisoner there; that the place was very unsettled, and that they had three different Governors within a month. Captain Wheeler arrived yesterday in 16 days from Port-aa-Prince. News had arrived that the Spanish part of the Island of St. Do mingo had been taken by the French with little oppo sition. REPUBLIC OF COLUMBIA. The following Commercial Regulations have been announced : IMPORT DUTIES. On bar-iron, tin-plates, copper-plates, paper, medi cines, rigging, tar, pitch, cables, cordage, anchors, 13 per cent. On all cotton, woollen, linen, hempen, and worsted goods, 174 per cent. On bets, wax, wire, vinegar, oil, gold and silver Web's, saddles, Lc. 20 per cent. On silks, jewels and precious stones, halriiitirlefs, artificial flowers, cooking spices, olives, Esc. 20 per On shots and boots, household furniture, ready made clothes, farnitnre, 25 per cent. All other sorts of merchandize goods and commer cial effects which are not expressly comprehended in the preceding articles, shall pay a duty of 20 per cent. Us the 14 Nov. the U 1 Congress of Columbia paced rotes of thanks separately to Lord Rolland, the Abbe de Peadt, Mr. Speaker Clay, Cul. Damsels, and to James Slarryatt and Sir Robert Wilson, Mombeto of the British House of Cr THE STA' provinces. As obstinate opposition has been asp rimmed on the part of the General of Pernambuco. who was Inclined to onsangise the roam measures proposed by this Government, for the election of a Provincial Junta. In order to prevent the efusioa of blood and the ruin of the greatest part of the Pro vince, the Deputies, after much deliberation, sub matted to the Council of Recife certain propositions which have since been reduced to a Convention, of which the following are abstracts:— Hoping for the orders of his Majesty and the Cones for the installation of a Provisional Junta, to govern the whole province, it is agreed that the Couoeil of Recife shall continue to governs the vil lage of San Antonio de Recife and the City of Olinday. The Treasury of Pernambuco shall bear the expenses of the troops of the line serving this oo vernment. It is the wish of this Government to pre ser►e peace, to avoid the shedding of blood ; and, at the earn time, to preserve the rights of the people, and protect them from the oppression of despotism ; a g I amnesty is granted. BAHIA, OCT. 25.—A vessel In four days from Per nambnco informs, that Governor Lacy Barretto and the battalion of Algar►e were to embark for Lisbon on the 29th inst. ; and that a large number of merchants of that province have chartered three vessels to convey them to Lisbon. Boa row. Dec. 22.—Carracoa papers to the 22nd of Nov. have been received at Baltimore. Thee°lum bian cruisers continue to be successful in capturing Spanish property. They have also passed a new tariff of duties. 0 I Deveress had challenged the Vice President Nasira, and had been tried and honor ably acquitted—Nadel) bad since been dismissed The Comet bas arrived at New York. on the 21st, (she being 40 days on her passagejwith .Ur.and Twedie. the Navy defaulter, under the assumed names of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor. The Irish papers received this morning are, hap pily, devoid of their accustomed int . In lien of the usual account of disorder and outrage, we have the satisfaction of finding measures in train for the promotion of union and harmony. The High Sheriff of Kilkenny has acceded to a requisition for calling a Meeting for an early day of the Nobility, Clergy, Gentry, and Freeholders of the County, without dis tinction of religion, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament to remove all disabilities affecting the Ro man Catholics of Ireland, as the best means of perma nently establishing that concord, so impressively re commended by the KINS in his parting admonition to his faithful people of Ireland. The requisition was signed by nearly three hundred freeholders; and Lords CLIFDCN and Duyemmew requested the Sheriff to add their names to the number. In pun the Requisition, the Sheriff has called the Meeting for Friday nest. folly of petitioning for Corn 111lis , .or sty tiling of a complete reform in the Moose of Commons. To the want of reform we may solely attribute ear come tnercial and agricultural distress. When such men as the Earl of ALIMIARLII, Lord SUrPIirLD, Mr. COKE, and many other Gentlemen of large fortune come forward themselves in favour of Reform, there can no longer exist a doubt of its necessity. It was truly stated at the Norfolk Meeting, and not denied even by Mr. Wooznouss, that the county of Norfolk was once amongst the first Agricultural counties is England, and now one of the most distressed ; a truly ominous state of Gasp for Mr. Woos:muss and his party of Pittites. Mr. WODEMOUSE acknowledged that taxation bore heavily upon the landed interest. Well done Mr. WODIROUSE 1 so you have at last come to the truth.— Bat whets the day of trial arrives, we expect to see you as usual, voting against the abolition of Sinecures, Pensions, Places, and against all retrenchment! We expect to see you supporting a property or income tax. A Parliamentary Reform you an bold entomb to avow you will oppose. No doubt you wink-- Yet as yea ban already shown strong symptoms of political alteration in your conduct, we should advise you not to do things by halves; let as have a recantation unequivocal aad complete. Follow the ex ample of the men by whom you were surrounded at the meeting —men, w►ose rank is life, whose political mural characters are equalled by few, and excelled fir sole ; sad whose advice mast be of the same coma lessee. As to Ministers, they are deaf to all rational advice. They may propose a Prope►ty Tax, or the Government may commit an Act of Baskroptcy—it will•be all the same to the country. Retnnehment we do not expect; but profligate expenditure cannot endure for ever. Neither the 011INVILLIS nor the Palms can protract the catastrophe one hour. No; distress hovers foetid the eeastry in haggard form— distress, till now, unknown to Englishmen. And no longer pipe, no longer dance," is the Courtiers' Creed ; so that when the money fails, the Ministers will begin to totter, and then they will soon be left to their own most agreeable redactions. Yet, the debt they bare for so many years coitribetod to enlarge. will remain as a almost° to remind t►e people of England, that when Ministers pulled down the Temple upon the French Philistines, they buried their own conotry in the rains. • Preparations are making at Carlton Palate for the reception of his Majesty, who is expected to arrive to. morrow, or Friday, from the Royal Pavilion: Yesterday the Marquess of London terry transacted business with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. ...► ....- .i~«..~.r.-.~. of the British House of Commons. distress FROM THE BRAZILS. " no loi BAHIA. OCT. 24.—We have received from Perna's- Creed; taco the following narrative, which shows that the will he; • moderation and prudence of the temporary Conatitm t h e i r 01 ; tiesalGoverament have prevailed over the armed force, t h ey h i which relied only on cannon and bulwarks, aid mi.- w ill yet took forhearasee for timidity. Esselte The temporary Constitutional Government makes upon tl Itbewn thatseho people of Pas de Alho Limceira and sultry °orgasm, installed the Goverment, and avowed all.- t glance to it, in which they-wore jeim Prepel by most of reeepti , the people of the province, excepting those of Saint wo „„ Amami° de Recife, who are controele4 by a party . Test opposed in 'isthmoid and interest to the rest of the Immures DRURY-LANE THRATRIL A new Musical Drama, compiled from the last sew Scotch Novel, The Pirate, was performed last night. The plot of the drama, is, with very slight exceptions, the same as the novel. The language of the original is also preserved for the most part; and the east, both in vocal and dramatic characters, is calculated to assist its impression. Mr. Coogan, as Captain Myeloid (the Pirate), was highly impressive. Mr. HARLIT, as Lieu tenant Bower, a strange mixture of the Pirate and the Strolling Player. was as lively as could he wished ; and Mr. MUNDIN, as Bryce Saalesfoot (the Pedlar), though deserving of a higher part, made as much as could be made of that which was allotted him. Mrs. WM', in the character of Noma, bad the only female part of any importance as a dramatic personage, and she fulfilled it with that mixture of energy and pathos demanded by the situations. Madame VasTals, as Minna, sang de lightfully ; and Miss Dmitri+, as Brenda, was much applauded. The dancing which is introduced had a very good effect, and Miss Teen was, as usual, the prin cipal figure in the group. The scenery was beautiful, though all the striking circumstances of the novel had not been availed of for the purpose. The whale hunt would have been a capital exhibition, from its novelty, but that we suppose was beyond the machinery of the stage. The music was fine ; and the actors both vocal and dramatic made the most of their respective parts. The general effect of the piece, however, was impaired by its length, and towards the close of the performance some opposition was manifested ; but it was announced for repetition amidst the applauses of a great majority. Yesterday, at thin o'clock, Mr. Wilson, M. P. for the city of London, accompanied by a deputation of merchants, waited upon the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, at his house in Downing-street. The Hon. William Henry John Scott, soa of the Earl of Eldon, bas been sworn in one of the Carsitors for London and Middlesex, in the room of Ran dall, Esq. lately deceased. AGRICULTURAL DISTRESSA meeting of owners and occupiers of land io the county of Devon, is adver tised to be held oo Friday next, in Exeter, for the purpose of Petitioning Parliament on the present alarming diet of the Landed and Agricultural In t . If, says The Alfred, on this occasion, the Agriculturists who intend to meet at the Hotel, on Friday, adopt the absurd notions of Mr. Webb Hall, they will make themselves ridiculous. The observa tions of that gentleman are more like the ravings of a maniac, than the maxims of a politician : he pro poses to impose 40s. a quarter on imported foreign, wheat, and be talks of casing our burthens by this increase of price, which is just as wise as if a person were to place an additional weight on a sinking here l to save it from falling. Let the Agricult ' petition for economy in the public expenditure ; for the reduc tion of publie salaries ; for the annihilation of all sinecures ; for the diminution of the iat of the national debt : and for an essential decrease in taxation. This would afford them real relief; but to support , agriculture by increasing the burthens of an overbur thened people, is robbing Peter to pay Paul: soon Peter would have nothing to pay, and Paul would be like the old woman, who foolisly killed her goose that laid golden eggs! We bear that it is intended to celebrate the birth day of the Right Honourable Earl Grey, at Alnwick, on the 13th of Much, by a public dinner.—(Durhans Chronicle.) r.•.lmrtherredweSM.► it *sr dock-yards are in-peeled is the course of February ant. S I officers in the Ordnance Department at Plymouth, had orders to quit at Christmas. It is observable that Ministers will give up every thing but—the army.—(West Britons) DuaLs.—Dentax, J♦w. 14.--A duel was fought on Saturday. at three o'clock in the afternoon, between Mr. O'Mears, on the half-pay establishment, attended - by Mr. Crooke, sheen the half-pay, and Mr. *Lough lin, of the Treasury, attended by Mr. Dayly. On the second firs both shots took effect. Mr. O'Meara was struck on the side, but the rib bone offered sufficient resistance to prevent it from entering the body; the wound is severe however. Mr. *Loughlin was Its. fortunate. The ball of his antagonist entered a little below the hip bone and as not been extracted. We state with much regret that the wound is considered dangerous; he is attended by the Surgeon-General, and Surgeon Kerin. Mr. O'Meara is attended by Sur geon Roney. It is a lamentable circumstance, that this is the third duel fought daring the last week, arising from the same original cause of quarrel I The first was on Tuesday, in the Phenix Park, between the same prin cipals; after exchanging shots, at fifteen paces dis sneers, the parties and their friends quitted the ground without any adjustment having taken plate. At the moment of quitting the ground, some altercation (which at this moment we do not wish more particu larly to allude to) arose. which produced a meeting en Thursday afternoon, in a field adjoining Lord Chad.- mont's demesne, between Mr.o•Meara and Mr. Clarke, also on the half-pay, who acted as the second of Mr. *Loughlin in the former case, when on a discharge of shots at ten paces, Mr. O'Meara firing in the air, the affair was amicably adjusted. The third duel was fought in the same place. be tween the original principals, with the unfortunate re— sults already stated; they stood at the distance of twelve paces. The same gentleman was second to Mr. O'Meara in the three duels. UTILITY Or ♦ LARGE ♦ND WELL ENDOWED Ecct.s. lIIASTICAL SEMINARY !!!—The last report of the PA son Discipline Society informs us, that in Cambridge Town Gaol "there is no Chapel or Chaplain, nor does any one attend to give religious instruction: '— What are we to think of this, in one of the places most munificently . endowed for the study of Divinity sod the promotion of Religion? ACCIDENT IN HIINTINIL—J. R. Gregory, Esq. met wit► an alarming accident oa Monday, in following the bounds of the Farley Hunt, .Hants, in taking a llamado°s leap which most of the field of sportsmen refused. It was a quickeet hedge of six feet, with two feet of ditch approaching it, and three feet on the other side. A Mr. Corbett first cleared the leap. and Mr. Gregory followed, when his horse's hind legs became 'angled in clearing the mood ditch, and he fell upon his rider and caused a dangerone compound trac tors of his left leg. He was conveyed to a neighbour. lag farmhouse senseless, from a contusion on the bead also, and fears are entertained ter his safety. Mr. G. is 60 years of age, and of corpulent habit. ~.A..,i. OLD BAILEY—Tsts Ammo. ono-- Miry Termer was indi— cted for stealing from the penes of W. Hooly, in the parish of St. Lek*, Choi sea, one sovereign, and 2 half-crowns, his property. The prosocutor, who is an Irisiwitso, staled that on the 2nd of Jan. he went to Chelsea to receive his pension, and afterwards went to a public-house, to get a drip of something to drink, and got himself rather tipsey. On leaving the house, he was met at the door by the prisoner, who asked him if he had been to re ceive his pension ; be replied he bad;' she then said, come along with me and 1 will take care of you ; she then took him to her lodging, and they sat on the bed together ; in a few minutes after he felt very sick, and fell back on the bed to give himself ease, when the prisoner put her hands in his breeches pocket, and eir traeted his coin—and bolted out of the room. Ha 'pursued her and seized her by the neck, when she struck him a violent blow and scratched kis face. An officer was called in, and found the money in her stock ings—Guilty. glizabeth Daviel was indicted for stealing 17 yards of printed cotton, value 10s., the property of David Evans. rhe prisoner was seen snatching it from the door of the shop (a linen-draper's); and the Jury found her—Guilty. COMMON SlRJlANT.—Prisoner, you have been here before, and you ought to have taken warning. The shopkeepers of this great metropolis must be protected. The sentence of the Court is, that you be transported for seven years. Henry Heritage was indicted for embezzling 101. the property of Wilkinson Moore, and thwarts Simmons for advising and abetting him to commit the offence.— The Jury found Heritage Geriky, bet there being no evidence to affect Simmons, lie was acquitted. SUPPOSED-MURDER OF 11 CHILD. IT ITS MOTHER. In our Marlborough-street report of this day will be found a case, in which a female charged with felony was suspected to have improperly disposed of her infant child. The unfortunate woman, whose appearance is very interesting, and only 22 years of age, was, about ten months ago, seduced by a man of distinguished family, who supported her till within the last few months, and then abandoned her. Being advanced in pregnancy, a friend procured her a ticket for the Lying in-Hospital, where she was delivered of a female child, and on her leaving the Hospital she returned to her former lodgings, which she had with difficulty pro cured, bat basing no money to pay the expenses she had incurred, she was refused admission. She wan dered about for some days, and, it is feared that she made away with her child. While the wretched wo man was under examinatUn z yesterday, at Marlboro' street Office, an inquest was sitting at the Barley Mow, Mount-street, Oros►enor.square, on the body of her supposed child, which had been found in the basin in Hyde Park. The body of the infant bad been examined by two Surgeons. It is believed the child was near a monnth old when it died. The Jury assembled last eveniag, before J. H. Hell, Esq. Coroner, and after the body had been viewed, the following evidence was ad duced : --- - - - file. Matthew Ellis, master of the engine.boese Hyde Park, deposed, that on Sunday last, at *boat sieves in the forenoon, be went, as be usually did, to the glair of the Chelsea water-works, and there saw something floating on the water. He procured the drag, and drew out the object that had attracted his attention, which proved to be a female child, apparently about a month old. He had no doubt bat the child had lived. There were no external marks of violence on the body, nor Was it likely there would be, if the child (as he believed) was thrown Into the water and drowned. He was the father of nine children; had no doubt but that the child had been suckled for some time; it was dressed according to the usual manner of attiring infants; there was a band age pinned in the customary manner round its body, and there well no apparent disease that could have caused its death. He firmly believed that the child had been thrown into the water alive. If the child was a corpse, it struck him that it would not have been thrown in the water with any of its clothes on. The surgeons, how ever, could best speak to that point. The Coroner en quired if the Surgeons were in attendance, and was an swered in the negative. Clements, an offiser of Marlborough-street, stepped forward and gave as account of what had tranapited at that office is the afternoon, in the case of Jane Johnson, and said that be (the of ficer) bearing of a child being found drowned, he thought it proper for him to attend the inquest and give the information he was in posses sion of. The Coroner applauded him for his conduct...- The surgeon's sot being In attendance, the Coroner said that he having no idea this case was likely to turn oat a murder, lie had not brought the parchment, or blank presentment with him, and as it was likely to turn out a very important, and probably very long enquiry, he would adjourn to a future day, and requested that all the evidence might be in readtness.—Adjourned. CITY Busirms.—A Coati of Aldermen was held yesterday, in Guildhall, which was numerously at tended.—The Court heard and determined the ap peals of persons elected to serve the offices of inquest men and Constable, and the Lord Mayor was requested to issue precepts for Wardmotes to be holden for the election of other persons in the room of those dis charged. The presentments of the inquests of the se veral Wards of nuisances, encroachments, and non-free men, were laid before the Court, and the Aldermen of the respective Wards were requested to imitate into the nuisances, See. and the Chamberlain directed to L awton the nes-freemen before him, and to prosecute such as refused to take up their freedom. The peti tion against the return of Common Councilmen for the Ward of Laogburn was adjourned to the nest Court. The election of Mr. Conley, as a Common Council man for the Ward of Qtwenhithe, was declared void, en account of his sot being t freeman, and the Lord Mayor was requested to issue his precept for a Ward mote to be holden for the election of soother in his room. The Comet appointed the 2d March for licensing the several victuallers. The number of Newspapers published in the United Kingdom at this time. is 280, of which 57 line from the metropolis; 130 from the peovinees of England and Wales ; 31 from Scotland ; 54 from Ireland ; and eight from the Islands of Jersey, tiaernsey. &c. More than one fifth of the whole *midst* from London. Coals Excu.snon, JAY. 16.—We have bad very little wheat fresh in since Monday. bet 1r considerable clean. tity of that Jay's supply remained over. chicly consist ing of second and inferior descriptions, for which there was little or no demand this morning; let there is no alteration in prices. Fine malting - Barlet.erai rather in more demand, as well as the ordinary saiples, the latter being in request for shipping at fresslts. to 111.. per quarter. Oats ere rather loner. in- consequence of large arrivalr. • In Beans and Peas there ism, alteration., -~ .. -~ 4 , b it 41 4 1.1 t V " , 1 I ! ' - I, : 1 i . , .... r r J. I. 1 . . A ! r I . 0 .. ) ~ 6 4 Z. ' ' ... , 1 ' f i ); f, i.) 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