The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-11-25 00:00:00

iv THE EDITOR OF THE Sea,—As I am..not used to write tar the public eye, I m ust beg your correction of any grammatica err ors you may find in the following picture of softie of the affairs of this ill-fated town, which I prefer ;sending to your Paper (as an article ef tide intelli: Igence), on account of the sufferings of Yber Pre ! • 1 pneto r. i Our winter began yesterday evening, whiltt the principal part of our inhabitants were at evening wor ship at church and the different chapels ; and the het Frame we have had broken was at the house of BrIJAMIN GLUE, in Earl-street, a very saluable on e, and the property of a wet kniati who had lately worked in it. Thereason I have heard assigned for Is is, that the labour of the Frame was paid fur partly in other goods. Si: men entered the house, . I ull in masks, and,. armed with pistols and cutlasses, demanding to be shown a particular Frame, and upon, being shewn it, literally smashed it to pieces. Thirty pounds worth of damage was done to It in three mi nutes: this they declared was to be the beginning of much more of the same kind of work, and any men who opposed them, might expect death, as death would be their portion, if discovered. They took away the work which was upon the Frame ; and what is remarkable, several other Framee in the same shop were not in the least . ; injered. At length, this town seems destined to drink the very dregs of war : within the last week, two of our largest houses in hosiery manufacture have stopt : not being a Manufacturer, I cannot speak with certainty ; but, it is much to be feared that near a thousand souls will thereby be thrown oat of employ, or be materially inconvenienced ; and what is truly distressing, both houses have been considered so respectable, that they have been the depositaries of the savings of many an industrious family, and of the little property of several females. and widows. Many other houses here, are talked of as being under difficulties ; but one would hope, give through fear than with good foundation, ; though I can assure you no men thrive here better than bailiffs.—The retail trade of the town was never known to be worse :—on this subject, I ' assure you, I speak from experience. This is Not tingham at the beginning of winter, at the begin ning of an Amercan war, with a pauperage the town can hardly support, and men seeking work in all directions. This town, in three years, has under gone a strange revolution ; there never was known so many uninhabited houses, some new streets, nearly wholly unoccupied, and numbers of respectable ar titans, with faMilies, from decent comfort, are ei ther become inhabitants of the workhouses, or ar,! chargeable to the parishes. What will become of the working classes before winter is over, Gon only knows ; for with dour at ss. 241. a stone, and pota- 1 toes at 10d. and 1 td. a pecki it is impossible those with families can maintain them. I know of no, remedy for thde calamities, but Raising a few of the Ministers of State (say twenty) to ex.. \change situations With twenty journeymen stock- Ang-makeri; With families of six children each, or Only one week (and t can assure them, I an find twenty, litho hive sufficient talent to fill their places as well as many of them are filled); one angle experiment of this kind will convince them, hat peace is better than war, Ind that there is no iced df sinecure placemen, or corruptionists, to ;sake F.nglishmen happy. I had nearly forgot to say, that we have ad active and intelligent Chief Magis: trate, With one of the best organised Polices in England, but this will be unavailing, as I fear the Luddites are still better organised. Notringhum, Nov. 'A A CONSTANT READER. Last week about a thousand mei from the King's German Legion marched into Lewes, from Bexhill, on their route to Portsmouth, there to embark to join Lord UELLINGToN's army in Spain. Most of them had been taken prisoners in the French service, and volunteered from the different prisons in Which they were confined. They are for the most part fine looking young men; and their uniform gives them an appearance sery different from that which they exhi bited, when they passed through this town, a short time since, in their yellow jackets, from the tie* at the Isle of ‘Vight, to join the Legion at Bexhill: —(Sussrx Paper.) In the BETTING-ROOK, the Chancellor's Fees on the 131NKRUPITIES have been backed against the lIERATJW FEES (Sir ISAAC and Co.) on time thick new-made Honours. It has thlen made a moot point, whether the C►tas emott's Fees on Bankruptcies, or the HER vto's on i 3 aro:ietcles, amount to most profit. We must, however, Bute semothing of the former to bring them down to a levol with the latter. Orrice Frcs. --Qa the arduous question of Com parison betn e'en the ANCELLOR'S Fees on Bamis rnptcies, and the tir.am.n's oil the other new-made honours, it is these fir to be observed, that the Cuaxctuu.oit's fetes never saw better days, viz. above Two THOUSAND BkNtkaurrs per anuum 1 But with the Iltu tr.n's it is far otherwise, as, under another Prince,. there were made Two HUNDRED BkRONETS at once I—namely, under JAMES TiiE EMT! Uniqse, Secoodus—ktic, Primus ! Was most happily written on the NEW Mmmetist at Vienna, when Jusent Tut Stcovss tvottld sleep in it the night before it was opened for the (statuable. declared) Lunatics! Same night, a large qnantity of linen was stolen from the premises of Mrs. heather, a laundress, in the above neigkbourhond, supposed by t►e same desperate gang. • • • . } ~ ~~ -.~ i' ►' ~' _ ~. 'l'lty `I ATI MAN. ill.) THE iIIJECTORg AND WIZENS OF wu off--every bice was raised and haudlterchieth CORK. waved from ever', ) window: At length the Patriot —awe— arrived at M'Dowel's, wheie he addressed his friend Gesert.cmte,-The great commertial concerns of in nearly the fulloWing words :- this stealthy, populous, and most important Gentlemen, the triumph i§ not mine but yours 4-- are committed to the hands of ackdo ,wledged imbee • Gentlemen, the Govertimest have endeavoured to di- eility-of feeble inexperienced phial. Those are vide the people, aided by a wicked faction in yclisr " the most fit and discreet Ciiixeds, it w h o have city-but, Gentlemen, by the help of God, their been returned by the Sheriffs, in ohMience to the wicked attempt will be. unavailing. They want to writ-that they may deliberate ou the niqst arduous prevent the Roman Catholics from having any and urgent Affairs-and that the Peotile may b e share is the privileges and adt'antages of the Con fully autl efficiently represented." stitution-they want to sepirate my. family from A foreign influence has iiitlictect thi s boot and , you, Gentlemen, but they have failed-never were . this ,-I' fought vostr battle to tlui last, and we so closely attached.-[.•lpplause.]-(lotitlemen, with all my energies-time:7,h you were very inadei • I understand the chair is in clatter of falling-[at quately prepared for the contest, which your enemies this moment fears were created Stith respect to had long meditated, vet your conduct during t h e the Hotionrable Mr. Ifutchitisou ht the Chair]- Seventeenth Day's Poll has made an impression wilily but, Gentlemen, if I should fall, I fitlilinottg MY heart, of %hick no time can efface the recollection- friends !-ITliundering plaudits.)-GelitlOrnen; , You a conduct which enabled us to make so long and d o may depen upon it that my life and belt energiei • glorious a resistance against a combined host of shall be far ever employed iii the cause of Ireland ! po‘,l4r, bigotry, and corruption, such as have scarcely But if my energies should fail me, you.will still have ever before been collected together to outrage the many of my native and family among you, able add feelings, and subvert the rights 9f a city, which, in , equally willing to fight your battles. I request, conjunction with my family, several years since. Gentlemen, as you value the good cause in which we ; made so successful a struggle for its independence.- are all engaged, and as you esteem my good wishes, For the moment your City has been taken by su-- that you will preserve tranquillity and peace, and prise-%ou alone can rele Ise it from the degradation, , no* return to your respective homes.-{elye, aye, • into which its representation has fallen. It is my , universally.] duty to caution you, and my countrymen, against I He then threw himself amongst the crowd, and the machinations of those who seek to divide the was carried in the arms of his friends to the hotel, I people of Ireland, and who desire nothing so much, frdm the windows of which he addressed them, thank : as to compel them to draw the sword, that they, in • ing Clem for the honour they had done him, and in their taro, may throw away the scabbard. This was treating them to retire in peace. , A thousand voices their watch word in ries, and has at all times been answered him "we will." lie retired, loaded with their wicked policy.-Let our's be peace and union ! , blessitigsi and in a few minutes the place was clear. I But, beware! Let not any man persuade you that you have no concern in the great questions of Invite: vial policy, which are about to be discussed in Par liament, especially that great measure of all-the I Catholic. Such advice can proceed only from the enemies to Civil and Religious Liberty-from the ene ! mies to the Peace and Prosperity of this Island-and from those who are hostile to the integrity of the em pire. Let us, on the contrary, speck the most intel ligible language on such questions, that Ministers may learn in time, what we are resolved to obtain our enemies will persetere to insult and to oppress I us, if we do not immediately adopt measures to put I them down. It will be humanity to them and to the countryto crush them at once-but nothing short of the united exertions of every Age, Sex, and Sect, can protect our Island from the misery with which it is imminently threatened by an infatuated Government, who have sounded the trumpet of discord and civil war throughout the land. I have been supported by the most highly respect able Individuals of every Religious Persuasion--by the whole of the Commercial Weight of your City, with scarcely one solitary exception-and by die en tire of your Population, no more respectable for its numbers, than for its unexampled good conduct.- No language can convey my admiration of the peace able dem:anour, yet enthusiastic anxiety, of the people, during this painful and trying struggle. I know what they have lost, and have endured on my account. I cannot express my warm affectiote-my eager longings for their welfare-my deep sense of obligation to you all. Be assured fhat my attach- Went to you and to my Country increases in the pro portion to the insults and wrongs with which you are sorely afflicted. I have proffered you my ser vices in this Righteous Cause. I am prepared to stand by you to the Inst. Believe me to remain, with great.truth a n d sin cerity, your much obliged, and entirely devoted countryman, CHRISTOPHER HELY HUTCHINSON. 31 R. TROTTER. It is not generally known that this Gentleman and his brother, Mr. Outlive's, of the County Down, are lineally descended from one of the noblest as well ns most ancient families in Scotland, that of Gowry. Our readers will recollect the description ! of the Gowry (alleged) conspiracy in Robertson's Ilistory of St:Wand. The Earl of Gowry and his brother Alexander, were the most accomplished young men of their age, and it is thought received part of their education in Pais previous to the year ! Itioo. The mysterious attempt in respect to king James, has never been cleared up. However, this noble family fell a sacrifice to the impetuous rage , and hasty suspicion of the moment. Their castle at Perth was razed to the ground, and the i name was abolished for ever. Such was the fury, and such the manners, of the feudal times.— Mr. Trotter, has himself never assumed the family name of ituthveu ; having no estate to support the rank of that ancient house. By a singelar coinci dence of things, his elder brother's, Mr. ltuthven, , Lady, is nearly allied to the family of the Earl of Selkirk, in Scotland. The ancient family seals, and some documents of the Earls of Gowry, remain in , Mr. Ruthven's possession, and he has been permitted to bear the supporters of the Earl of Gowry on his I carriage and arms. Mr. Trotter, the gentleman in Ignestio% was the Secretary and friend of Mr. Fox ; bat neither Isis descent from a noble family, nor ambi tious pretensions, made him such. Mr. Trotter's uncle, the late revered Bishop of Down introduced his youth- I ful nephew to that great man, who was the friend and companion of his own youth. Similarity of , mind, a love of the Poets, and rural life in its best manner, produced au attacbmeut between Mr. Trot ter and Mr. Fox, which was dissolved only by the ! demise of the latter. Mr. Trotter accompanied Mr. i Fox to France; was placed near him when he came j into office, in 1806; and had that Gentleman lived, would have been sent abroad, to a Foreign Court in the diplomatic line, or been highly promoted at home. By his death Mr. Trotter was left totally unprovided for, and has since dedicated his time to Literary pursuits and the study of agriculture, con tented with a small and beautiful spot in the county of Wicklow, which until last year he held.—[Frons the Wexford Journal.] CHAIRING OF MR. HUTCHINSON. About one o'clock, the Gentlemen who were to form the procession began to ussemble in the North Malin-street, in front of the Exchange, at Cork. Soon after the Chair arrived, accompanied by the hand of the Loyal Cork Legion, who were placed in a neatly built boat, elevated upon a carriage drawn by four fine horses, the riders dressed in light blue jackets. Upon the arrival of the Chair, the streets Were thronged almost to suffocation. The windows were filled with beauty and fashion—a tnultitude of persons stood out on the window stools, and on the roofs of shops—numbers were seen on the roofs of the houses, all joining in the general ex ultation. At four o'clock the procession began to move for ward, in the following order:— 'Two Persons on Horseback, with white IVands. Tice Vehicle in which the Band was seated. Nearly Two Hundred Gentlemen with Wands, two and two. To distinguish these would be impossible—but amongst theta we observed the following rrsons : Lord Wentworth Messrs. Leslie lion. G. rommtby, Candidate Messrs. NV in. for the County Messrs. Copinger Mr. Poosonhy, Member for John Mauve Travers, Esq. Galway 'William Clarke, Esq. N. P. Leader. Esq. Candidate Messrs. (Mold for the County. • C. C. Wiltiams, Eq. Sir Anthony Perrier Denis Moylan, Sir David Perrier Messrs. Water, Willinnt ileatnish, Esq. . Denis Iloylan, Lsq„ Thomas Rochfort, Maws. Foley Craw ford, Esq. Ruben Burke, Esq. Messrs. Callaghan John Galway, Esq. &c. Mewrs. Roche After these Gentlemen, was carried the Chair, in which the Honourable Patriot, Christopher ely Hutchinson, was placed. The height 13 feet, with a canopy highly ornamented with crimson and yel low satin, at the top of which was a Crown and Harp richly gilt—the supporters yellow, entwined with Shamroc and Laurel—the arms attached to the supporters, scarlet maroon, with gilt balls anti silk fringe , -41te platform covered with carpet and ma roon, on which was placed an arm chair, elegantly finished in burnished gold, with ir seat covered with crimson velvet; druamented with fancy-Moored silk fringe. On the front of the Chair, " Tbc Tine Representative of the Commercial Interest of Cork." On'one side, _ . • " The True Supporter of King and constitution. ° On the °the., " Civil and Relikiods Liberty." On the back,, " No CoalitiOn." On the centre of the hock of the Choir . was the CAS% it (llama Cock, susrosoded by tie Mops, • t: . Fottiter Galt Wow. As Mr. Hutchinson moved ;dee& .11e wee.mgeleetl, with the most anbounded seciamatioser-ireito.4o Extract of a fetter from an Officer on board the Blake, dated off Tarragona, Oct. 12, 1812 :—" On the evening of the 27th of September, the Captain . gave orders to Mr. ilt.tms to get the whole of the boats out, and man and arm theta. Not a soul on board knew what we were going about. The boats were soon sent into the mole of Tarragona, and (with the assistance of the Baron EROLEII) we brought oat one French privateer, mounting 8-pounders, together with four felutieas; but I am sorry to say, they were all empty. The Baron had eight of his men wound ed ; the Blake had none. The whole of the officers and seamen have agreed to give the prizes to the Spanish troops, in consequence of their behaving so well : they were worth about 2,500 dollars. Since that, the Baron Eam.Es, with a few of his troops, I fell in with 520 Frenchmen ; they were in the act of I gathering their contributions at a place called Lonido, 20 miles front Tarragona. lie killed 271, took pri soners 179, escaped 70—total 520. lam heartily glad they have got the prizes—they are t set of fine looking men, but badly rigged." Some apprehensions being entertained of the safety of Mr. Tuoss is SYDEPIIIAM (late Commissioner for the affairs of Spanish America), who has for some time been with Lord W6LIANUTON, and who has been supposed to have been taken prisoner by the French, probably because his servants and baggage had ar rived at Corium*, where Mr. StroVIIIAM was expect. esl,-atal where he had not arrived at the date of the last dispatches—we are enabled and authorised to state, that Mr. STDENuau To;as aduaily z:ith Lord WELI:INGTON on the 3d Mit. (the dote of his Lord -1 ship's last dispatches); that he was expected to leave head-quarters in a day er two for England ; that al ship was prepared at Lisbon for conveying him to this country ; and that his irrivat may therefore be shortly expected, unless he should be still longer de-' tallied in the Peninsula by his Noble Friend. Extract of a letter from an Officer on' board the Tenedos, 38 guns, dated Halifax, 14th October 4 g We shall sail from this in a few days, in comp an y with the Nymph, 38 ; the Shannon, 3B; and the I Cserkro brig, 18, in Twit of Commodore Ronctias's vadren, consisting of the President, tinged Slttlet,l sod Gowen frigates, sirius a stoop of war.l ' . t . • • _ kAvAL rr Lg& Nca. TieL, • PORTSMOUTH, Nov. bis MajtOrs ship geahorse, front the Downs; Ciittifigm, 614 ditto ; and Linnet, from Filtioutlt. . . Sidled his Majesty's iiiiP Royalist, with si cotivot fot the nown;. FA I.MOUTH, Noy: his Majesty's ship - Coquette, with this followintg shipi under conitoyi hound to the Wett Indies, put back by contrary winds, fit. klizateth, .S'opkia, Pact*, Bristol, Brie Uent':rion, William Lushington, Iliorldhd, Hercules, Princess Royal,. Tobago, Goa n: rid Craig, Ph:eklington, Thomas, Afars, and the Lin;; also put back the Two Friends, Und .' er Rue Sian colours, for America. Sailed the Winds Calla packet, With it Mail &it ilibraltar and Malta.. . . _ . YAR.. MOUTd, NOV. 2&—The pilot coder :Word's Assistance, of Lowestoft, was lost, with s.ll handy in the gale of the 2Gth tilt: The smack Venus, of Colchester, Lambert, Mas ter, in running from Lowestoft Roads for Harwich ' in a gale of wind; on Wednesday last, was struck hr a sea and foundered, and all hands perished. HARWICH, 24.—N0 arrivals. Sailed the Courier cutter on .a cruise. A convoy of about 120 sailed for the Baltic, pass to-day. Yesterday morning were brought to town from Portsmouth, where they were landed from his Ma-- jesty's ship Alceite, four beautifal Persian horse, two from the King of PERSIA; and, one from Sir GORE OUSLEY, as presents to bis 110,41 highness the Pat met: Ramat, and the ftitittif to the . Millais Weta.Lscor. FIRE IN SHEERNESIDOCK-YARD.---3aturdav morn. lug, about two o'clock i the alarm-bells were rung, in consequence of a fire being discovered in the Yard, by otie of the sentinels belonging to the battalion of de tachments on duty at that fortress ; but owing to the ' alertness of the men of this battalion in bringing the engines to the spot, and their exertions in supplying them with water, the fire was got under s ithout do ing any material injury. Amidst the extraordinary schemes of ingenuity which the modern arts are daily adopting to assist nature, may be classed os•e that is expected to be brought before Parliament this Sessions by one of the Staffordshire. Canal Companies, for raising vast ho• dies of water to elevated reservoirs by steam engines, for a regular supply in stammer, when the canal war tern are found too low: From a proclamation which has appeared in the Glasgow pipers, it appears that some riots in that place has been occasioned by the weavers interrupt ing such of their associates as are working at a lower rate of wages than that lately fixed Ity A meeting of tanners, shoe-manufacturers, &c. was held in Stafford, on Wednesday last, when it was resolved to present a Petit on against the addi , Ronal duty laid on leather in the last Parliament. Mr. SEYMOUR, who is announced for the per: romance of Richard the Third, at Covent.garden Theatre, is the author of a work on SHAREMPEARE, that does honour to him as a Critic and Philologists He has considerable provincial repute as an actor. The account which has been given of the hist days of Coeur, the actor, is probably without any founds' , lion, as Mr. nougats, who was upon the split when he died, far from representing him to have beets hi the forlorn and destitute situation described iu that account, states, that Cooze, by hls marriage in America, had procured very respectable connections, and that his wife's family administered all the cm. forts which his illness required, till it terminated in his death.—Front Mr. lioLmates account, it appears also that Cosmic seemed to be duly sensible of his 'errors, and of the awful condition to which they had reduced him. Gaccrre IlLiesnego.—A late Cic=ette announced the presentation of a Clergyman to the parish of Orr, of (Ire, in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, in Scotland, which was stated to be vacant by the death of Dr. ALEXANDER MURRAY, the incumbent. An Edinburgh Paper, however, corrects the Gracile, observing that the late incumbent, Dr. MURRAY, is l'rofessur of Hebrew and Oriental Languages in the University of Edinburgh ; and that so far from be: ing dead, as thus officially declared, the Doctor isi fortunately for the interests of Learning, in most ex cellent health. Lord Prrennonottost has sold his house in Port man-square, for 13,0001. to Lord Kexyor4. It was built by Sir ROBERT TAYLOR for Sir CHARLES As. omr., and except the Richmond Villa for the same Sir CHARLES, was one of the prettiest he ever built. Yet Lord K. is laying out more money on it.—What would Ilw Old Lord say ? When Lord PETERBOROUGH had sold his house to - Lord KercroN, he would fain have bought it back, with the loss of a Thousand Guineas !—So that, if it need be questioned " What the old Lord K. would say ?" it must be, not upon buying the house, but upon the not selling it A daring attempt was made, on Thnrsdny night, to break into the farm-house belonging to Mr. NVood, of Ilanger-hill, near Acton. The thieves first tried to cuter at the parlour *Wow, but failed, owing to some iron bars tiled inside. They then attempted to cut a passage through the main brick work, and had Succeeded in making an aperture in the wall, almost• sufficiently large to admit a boy into the bed-room of Mr. Brickengall, the when they were disco vered, bat unfortunately effected their escape. Cots EXCHANGE, Nov. 25.—We had no fresh are rivals of Wheat this morning, the market extremely dull, little or nothing doing, but the prices are quoted the same as on Monday. Barley may be said the same of, as there has been no fresh supply, and the price asked the same as on on ay. Beans . dull at last Monday's prices. ID OW, Peas, sad other articles, there is no alteration. Wheat (Eslearti) 1961 Beam Ditto Ry o we i gn ) 100 NO • di. •4•,••• • pp 00 e it it 10 OV ---! • 00 2 - 00 00 40 50 .56 Tick Bides , Oats . New ditto ao Floe ditto ..... ..... Malt 96 Ponta do. Wkiie Peas Ditto (boilers) llO 190 I Potatnedo. .... 46 59 New ditto . i.. . 119 Orey Peas 76 90 I hands ... . . 169 iw New Otto. . OO 001 Rage hod ... IN MI r I .Y -- - ~~ I ~~ .1 s