The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-05-25 00:00:00

HINTS TO THE ELF:crofts OF GREAT BRITAIN. TO Tun EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN. Sin, — I t is universally believed that a General Election cannot be far distant; as such, the fol. l o wing hints to the Electors gill, in my mind, not be unacceptable, particularly as many of the Mem bers of the present House of Commons have given it as their opinion, that when once elected, they have a right to do, or to leave undone, whatever shall suit their own •iews or convenience, not. withstanding it may be diametrically opposite to the advice of a majority of their constituents. In the first place, let there be iu every county and city throughout Great Britain, Committees appointed to superintend the printing and distri buting to every Elector a paper, containing the five following Articlo t which should bear the ti. tic of "The Representative's Pledge to his Con. silt uen tit." Art. I. Will you pledge yourself to bring forward or sup pat any Bill or Motion in the ensuing Parliament (provided )(in ere returned a Member thereof), that shall have for object or tendency the shortening of the duration of Parlia ments, from seven to three years ? Art. 11. Will you pledge yourself to bring forward orsur port any Bill or Motion in the ensuing Parliament (provided NOU are returned a Member thereof), that shall have for its object or teadexcy the abolition of all Siuecure Places and Pensiom ? Art. lIL Will you pledge yourself to hring for ward or sup port My Rill or Motion in the ensuing Parliament (provided you art ttturned a Member thereof), that shall have for it s express object or tendency the preventing in future the exer cise of any authority or privilege that has heretofore been claimed and acted un by any of the preceding Parliaments, contrary to the written law of the land ? Art - . IV. Will you pledge yawedf to bring forward, or support - , any Bill, or Motion in the ensuing Parliament (pro vided you are returned a Member thereof), that shall lute for its object or tendency the Reform of all Public Abuses? Art 5. Will yott pledge yourself to abide by the advice a$ yintruttioas that may, from time to time, he given you per- Sonally, or other ise, by a majority of your Constituents, le gally coutesed or assmabled on any occasion whatsoever These are the Articles, Mr. Editor, which, I hope, you will recommend to every Elector in the three kingdoms to hang over his fire-place—copies of which I would have placed in the most conspi cuous part of the hustings at all elections, and every Caudidate should be required to sign hem, expressiee of his determination to act in atrist con fornsity to their contents. With great respect, I am, Sir, your',, &c. May 21, 1810. R. L. re de EDITOR of The STATESMAN. Ste ; —Looking over some papers a few days since, the enclosed met my eye, which being, in my opinion, curious of its land, I take the liberty of sending for your perusal. I am inclined to think, Sir, it might not be un. acceptable to many of your readers, though of course it has nothing to do with the present day ; it will she* a great man's opinion of the British Psrltiment...l mean that which existed nearly 200 years ago. If, ilserefore, ft meets yourapprobation, perhaps . yon may be induced to give it insertion in your valuable . paper, which, Sir, would greatly oblige Sidi May, 1810. A WELL WISHER. SPEECH OF OLIVER CROMWELL IN DISSOLVING THE' LONG rARLI ANENT. " It is high time for me to put an end to your sitting is this pl,sre, which you have dishonoured by your contempt of all s trine, and defiled by the practice of every vice—Ye are a factious crew, and enemies to 111 good goverament:_ye are a park of mercenary wretch~, and wmtld, like FcEAU, Sell your country for a mess of pottage; and, like JUDAS, betray your GOD for a few pieces of money. Is there a single virtue now remaining among you ? Is there one vice ou do not possess? Ye have no more religion than my finrse. Gold is your God. Which of ye have not bartered your conscience for bribes ? Is there a man among you tird lac the least care forthe azood ,A* the Commouwealth ? Ye sordid prostitutes, ~Ave yenot defiled this sacred place, and turned the Lord's Temple into a den of thieves, by your im moral principles and wicked practices ? Ye are grown intolerably vicious to the whole nation. Ye are deputed here to get grievances redressed. Are ye not yourselves be come the greatest gricynact. t Your country, therefore, calls upon me to cleanse this Atigean stable, by putting a final end to yoar iniquitous proceedings in this Rome, and which, by Cod's hellh and the strength he has given me, I am now come to do; I command you, therefore, upon the peril of your lives. to depart imasediately out of this place. Go—get ye out—make haste, ye venal slaves, begone! so take away that shining bauble there, and shut up the doors." The authority of Lord KENYON has been quoted iu support of the assertion that the privileges of Parliament arc not questionable in a Court of Law. A case, however, has been cited, in which Lord KENTON held a directly contrary opinion. It was in the year 1799, in giving judgment upon a rule to show cause why.* criminal information should not be grant►d against 3. WRIGHT, for printing and publishing a libel on Josh Henna TOMS E. Tito alleged libel was. contained in a Report of the House of Commons which WRIGHT had printed. Lord KENYON made use of the fol. lowing words (see the Bth vol. of the Tern% Re. ports, p. 2901 " I do not say that cases may not be put in which vie would not enquire whether or not the House of Commons were justified in any particular measure. If, for instance, they were to send their Serjeant at Arms to arrest a Counsel, here, who was arguing a case between two indi viduals, or to grant an injunction to stay the pro. ceedings.here in a commonaction, undoubtedly we should pay no attention to it." OxroltD, Mai 23.—1 n consequence of the al lusion made by Mr. Grattan, in the debate of Friday last, to the late election of the Chancellor, Lord Grenville, and the silence of the University un the Catholic Potitions, a Convocation was this morning held, in which it was resolved, without opposition, That the' Representation in Parlia. merit fur this University, be requested to oppose the Motion made by Mr. Grattan—the debate on which b u il ds a djoorned to Friday next ; and to re. silt those Petitions of the Roman Catholics of Eng land and Ireland, which pray for the 4 the total repeal of every test, oatl►, declaration, or provi. Sion, which has the effect of subjecting the Peti. tiimers to any penalty or disability whatsoever, on account of their religious principles." IRH ST A' FRENCII PAPERS. CONSTANTINOPLII, MARCH 24.—Oui military preparations are continued with great activity ; hut. the scarcity and dearness of provisions are daily increasing. The greater part of the Janissaries have marched to join the army under the Grand Vizier. 'We expect a great number more from Egypt and Asia, in the course of a few days. Every thing, in short, appears to denote a continuance of. hos. tilities. It is however affirmed, on the other hand, that Baron De Hubsch, the Danish Charge d'Af. faires, has received instructions to endeavour to mediate a reconciliation between the belligerent powers. It is, at least, true, that he has had a conference with► the Ministers of the Porte, and dispatched a Courier to St. Petersbnrgh. Mr. Adair is still here ; but his departure seems ,tobeat no distance. Ile comforts his countrymen wills an assurance that they will be well treated by the Porte during his absence. ACHIM% (ILLYRIAN PROVINCES), APRIL 13.-- The report, according to which the French had taken the fort of Cezettin by assault, was prone. tore. All the Turks in the vicinity having taken arms, the French thought it prudent to with. draw their troops to near Carlstadt. However, this fermentation of the Turks had its source, only in the avarice of the Cotuniandant.Proprie. tor of this castle, who appealed to the religious principles of the Mussulmans, according to which the ground on which a mosque has stood must ne ver he ceded. But the Pacha of Trauttick, in. formed of these disorders, caused it to be declared to the Marshal Duke of Ragusa, that the Sublime Porte, entirely disapproving these troubles, had sent to the Pacha au order to arrest the authors of these troubles, and to deliver them up to the French. The Paeha promised to execute this or. der as speedily as possible ; and, at the same time, engaged the Marshal Duke of Ragusa to take possession of all the strong mules ceded to France by Austria. NAPLES, MAY s.—lt is said, that his Majesty will set uut fur the Calabrias on the 10th or 15th of this mouth. We were last night assured that Ministers had received advice of the capture of Cadiz, by the French. This account is totally at variance with the letters received yesterday from that place, in which no alarm is expressed for its safety. Yesterday a Gentleman arrived in town after the, short voyage of seven days from BOW', and we shall be anxious that the intelligence he has brought shall be confirmed ; bat, for the present, we most entertain serious doubts of its authenticity. A c. counts were received by. some Catalan houses es tablished in that place, that the fortress of Gerona had been re-taken by the Spanish forces ; and it was added, that Barcelona was closely besieged; and that the Citadel of Moujuich was likely to 'surrender from the deficiency of provisions. The following letter from Lisbon, dated May 15, contains the latest information from theitheres of the Tagus :—" We are not in possession of the facts as to the relative situation of the hos tile armies between Almeyda and Ciudad Rodrigs bat the general opinion is, and which seems to ati' founded on some suifiCient grounds, that the French I are either retreating or preparing tot a retrogrede movement." The subsequent extract is from a letter, dated Cadiz, May 9, that came to our hands yesterday : " We have already found some inconvenience from the possession of the small fort of Matagoilla by the French, as the enemy is able to du mischief to the shipping in Puntal Roads. I do not think that we are in danger iu this city, but our occu. patios is not quite so commodious. Wo have now herc7ooo British troops, , well provided with every thing, and eouble that number of Spanish, who are, however, some of them, deficient in. arms anil accoutrements. Provisions and water are very plentiful." We have some letters from the Baltic, to the date of the 1 lth instant. We find that ,the dis mission of the two Ministers BELLSJITOtaIt has given rise to much dissatisfaction. It was reported yesterday morning that the French, who, on the approach of our army had retired from Ciudad Rodrigo, have again advanced tai that town, Marshal Mr having bets strongly reinforced. Mr. DlezeNsoo, who accompanied Mr. Mao. KENZIE to Morlaix, and brought dispatches frolic thence some time ago, is returned to France vela, the answer to these dispatches. A dreadful fire broke out about one o'clock this morning, in Great Russell-street, Bermond-1 sey, which consumed the whole of the premisei of Messrs. Stove!, Davies, and Cutler, leather. dressers, &c. and a public-house known by the sign of the Ship and Ball ; damages estimated at' 80,0001. We arc happy to say that there were no lives lost on this occasion. The Eagle Fire. men exerted themselves much to extinguish the flames. Tuesday evening, a Mr. Smith, partner in the house of T. Lermitte and Company, walked out after closing the business of the day, and returned st 10 o'clock in perfect health, but was satin af. rewards taken ill, and expired in about ball an hour. Coax - VSOIIIIOIII MAT %S.—To -day the Market has coesWerable supplies of Wheat, deafly this week's Fundy arrivals, about 20,000 quartets, which cause heavy sak,. and at rather lower prices. Barley sod Malt continue to sup. port the quotation. White Peas likewise. Beaika t of both sorts, rather lower. New Ticks 4W. to 465. per quarter. There are somewhat convidtr able supplies of eats. ) but few sac, sod other qua., lities, rather cheaper. Flour et lats prices. CURRENT PRICE. Wheat. • - 100.. Me. lick Beams, (41) 504. 550. Fiore ditto -- - - 1224. 123 r. Oats, Rye, - —*pa. 37.. Barly; •-- - - - 48. Potatoe ditto - - WI. MAU • 704. 790. Rape Seed - - X 46 £5l W. Pawfamileo, 71s. 714. Flue Flour - RS: 100 i. (key -• • 454. 60% Seconds les. 115% sem, (old) - - - 601. tios..• ..r-~:~ .. .. _ .. . OrtiL,liig prof tilt PASIr"; Olt blase sot the Bawl, if be to the boleti Where Pleasufe lies carekisly min at Fame ; He was born for much more, and in happier hams; His soul . might have burn'd with a•holier lame. • The string that now languishes loose o'er the lyre • Might have bent a proud bow %the warridt's dart; And the lip which now breathes but the swig of desire . Might have posed the full tide elm Patriot's heart! But alas fur his country, her pride is gone by, And that spirit is broken which never would bend; • O'er the ruin her children in secret must sigh*, For 'tis treason to !svelter, and death to defend! Unpriz'd are her sons till they've learn'd to betray ; Uodistinguish'd they live, if they shame Dot theirsires; And the torch that would light them through dignity's way; M est be caught from the pile where their estuary expires ! Thep blade not the Bard, if, in Pleasaressoft dream, , Ileshould try to forget What be never can heal; Oh t give but a hope—let a vista but gleam *Thriiibe gloom of his coentry, and mark how he'll fed ! That instant his heart at her shrine' would lay down lis'ry passion it ners'd, very blips it adned ; While the myrtle, now idly eolwin'd with hiscrown, Like the wreath of H ARSIODIUS, should cover his sword. But, this' glory be gone, and tho' hope fade away, Thy seine, loved ERIN ! shalt live in his songs; Not e'en in the hour when his hearti; most gay, Will be lose the remembrance of thee and tby wrongs! The Stranger shall hear tby lament on his plains; • The sigh of thy harp shall be sent o'er the deep, Till thy masters themselves, as they rivet thy chains, • . Shall paaseat the song of their captive, and weep. • We may suppose this apology to haSe been uttered by one of those Wan&ring Bards whom SPIERCER so severely, and perhaps truly, describes in his " State of Irehiad," and whose Poesy, be tells us, " were sprinkled with souse pretty Bowers of their neesrul device, which gave good grace and comeliness onto the which it is great pity to ism:doused to the igusieg teilmoimil vice, which With redimage weattaavie la adoesaialbesatify virtue." On MB MAJESTY'S 'return front London to Windier, on Wednesday evening, he went to the Princess Amet.t.t's, where he remained upwards of an hour. The report of yesterday 'morning states, that her Royal Highliestwas much the same as on Wednesday. Yesterday morning his MAJIISTY, the Dnke of CAMBRIDGE, the Princesses AUGUSTA and SorGIA, accompanied by Generals GARTH, FITZROY, Co lonel TAYLoa and Lady COLYER, rude in the . Great Park till twelve. Ills Royal Highness the Archduke CHARLES has again accepted the title and office of Genera simo; he has, as before, the chief command over every thing relative to war. Baron Yon GRUM attends his Royal Highness in quality of Privy. Counsellor. - Mrs. FITZUEttBERT is said to be in treaty for the Dowager Marchioness of LANSDOWNE'S ma. rine villa on the banks of the SoUthampton,river. Yesterday's .letters from Ireland speak• of seve ral large failures in - Dublin, -as well- as:. in Cork. and Limerick, the effects of which lave been'sen. sibly felt in London. • Lord BAYKING died oti Saturday last after as illness of a few hours. At dinner he was seised With a 'shivering fit . , in conieqUeficc, of which he was put to 4cil, and about eleven o'clock he el.. tired.. His Lordship is secceded i,r hh titles sod estates bx . his eldest .son,_Casnt.cs Feariatticit POWLET TOWNSEND M. P . for Truro: CHEVALIER D'Eaw—the Counter..l now made of the sex of_ this generally 'apposed' female character, is likely. tu.give rive.to Several a ctions for the recovery of suree - unkietly, paid . by various Underwriters on 01 ..faith given to a Certificate, after an examination of Surgeons about 30 years •ago,, several of these duped pay masters being still alive t 0 reclaim such sums, and many of the poyex . also.rtnoining in esistence to answer each demands .of -repayment. It may be remembered, thstilmediately after this pecuoiery +Peculation wes . decided, the CHEVALIER assumed the female habit, which, to keep up the impos- 1 tare, .was w•rn. to the.day of his death. There Were present• at the post .obil .examination on Tuesday Jut, three surgeons of great professional' respectability, beSides . the French Physician, PERICIALESI r when all concurred in declaring this extraordinary personage to be of thu masculine gender ! - The Isle of Corfu, considering its strong posi tion, the number of troops there, and the quantity of previsions of every kind collected fur the use of the populatioa and Harrison, can give no uses. siness with respect to any attempt of the enemy, who, indeed, dues not show any sign df even la tteding an attack.—Santa Maura was a bad post. flea, which could not be defended. On the 3d taf this month, there was a rather serious engagement ' between the flotilla of his Majesty and a large English frigate. After a ceattest of three hours, the enemy retired. We have to regret .the NO of many brave men who fell in this action : it took place near Ischia. Intelligence from Bombay, dated the 9th of Dec. gives an account of the taking of the town and port of Rusul Khira,lnhabited by a desperate horde of pirates. The Compauy't troops, on the 13th of November, under the command of Lien. tenaitXolonel SMITH, were landed at that ,place from hit Majesty's ship La Citiffune s . Captain AiNirftichigh who, with the marines of that ship, and the Cs; oline frigate, asaisted in the , operations. The. predatory hordes were driven away in a short time in the most gallant manner, and the troops ro.embarked on the following day. Our loss was but trifling. The Minerva, une of our vessels; which had been captured by these pi: rates, was found in the Bay. She got under : weigh on the approach of the British, and tan on th e beach. A considerable body of the people on shore wife sent to reinforce tier, bit, after two or three broadsides from the Prince of • Walesonid gunboats sent in to the attack, the Arabs deserted tier ; but the *iressi.4 was unfortunately in flames, , and destroyed by sun-set. The Sultan, who cow.' ' minded these pirates, 'Seeped on the only horse in the place. Our troops found plenty of booty ; one of thellsth regiment found 1400 goldmohori. The loss of *the pirates was about 200. .'. ... .c.•. .. _ .. - 7-7 . 14.113" INTML raarrsokt., COURT OF KING% BENCH; MAY 24. ISAAC. num' N, EA: ti. k kso. Mr. Cassias moved to make the Rule ansolale; directing that the inguiaitiod hill in this cause should be let aside, it having turbid AO dashagesi and that the Delendint should l ay aka'. Mr. Hurt, the Defendant, role to 4114 Simnel .against the Rule. In the course of hil speeelt hi recapitulated the circumstances of the case; lei . October 1808, at he was passing one diy with hit • dogs along the read that IW through the Pleintiff't ground, obserting a dog to point, he follOsied the game and shut it. His acquisition happened to he a fine hare, and he carried it off io triumph . . The gamekeeper of Mr. Astley, the landlord, *is in. formed of the circumstance, and in the trial which followed, the Defendant suffered judgment us go by default. A Jury *ere summoned to rate the di. maw. On their meeting at the Weymouth Arms, Warmstead, in the county of:Wilts, tbeDefendant addressed them on the quantum of the damage which had been dune. 'Trio Jury found that no damage bad been done to Mr. Sinspkin, and refused to fix soy damages. • A nother ' Jury Were then summoned; thcy met at the Town Hall, in Devitt's; the De. fendant again pleaded his own cause ; and the second Jury refused to give a verdict of damages, where they had been told, in the course of the Defendant's .speech, that by finding it, when no dimage was done, they must porpre themselvea. The Deputy Sheriff remonstrated, and threatesed to confine the Jurors till they• brought in a mord satisfactory verdict. The .Ilifors were stilt obsti. nate, under the conviction which the Defendant had impressed upon them. No damages could be had, and iu • consequence the Court of King's Bench was applied to, for the pi:0Mo( ordering I new inquiry. Mr. HUNT read several voluminous affidavits ? and commented on them as he went along, with eonsiderableeasc and fluency. He Concluded by declaring that he was perfectly ready to submit to the award of. the Court, but hoped a Deputy She. - tiff would have nothing to do with it. Ile knew that the decisions of the inferior Courts might be evcr.hauted by the King's Bench; and he" was convineedi that if one half of those decisions were .reversed, it would be for the good of the country; still he bad but one fear, and the only thing that • haunted his imagination, was a Deputy Sheriff in the pomp and plenitudeof his Court. Lord EtteNsonorou was perfectly of opinion that the Deputy,Sheriff had done nothing but his duty. The Jury were summoned to fix the dams. ges, and they would not fix them. The Sheriff had nu right to- consider that as a verdict which . was not one, either in spirit or letter. If the De. fenilanthad allowed himself to be guided by the reason of others, ho would have known that the . Jury Must have found damages, when he had owned his offence by suffering judgment to go by default. They were prejudiced by being told that they riskidihncrime of perjury by finding the very verdict which yet they ought to hate found. It was not to be slid in - law, that herniate oo actual andiateable damage mold be found, there was no damage done: If there were no other, there wee a damage to the right If a man Might walk across the opesneld of his neighbour, the *damage doss 'Might be less In value than soy coin of the realm. Yet. if there were so 4amiege to bo assumed in this case, he might coptinue passing along that ground, till.cnstom had trove . tato . a right.of tholnuglt. fare. As. the costs oa the first 'aphides had sot bees mentioned, when the matter 'was already be. fore the Court, they would out now betted upou the Defendant, but he must 'be liable to those of the second inquisition, and the pretend applies. lion. The Defendant should issit, however, be again subjected to. the *enquiry before 'the Deputy Sheriff. The next should bi had before 'a Judge of the Court. Richard Barrow ). who had been brought op yesterday for judgment, appeared again in Court to-day. But On the Counsel oo both sides =pre,. sing themselves satisfied with the . prevision which he tendered for the child's future support till the age of twelve years, he.wasdismissed without fur. 'her punishment. . . . • _ Mr. ROGER O'Coxsoa, it is said, is gone over to Ireland, to procure documents which he con. eeives necessary to the justification •of his public chJracter. Foox-Race.—A match for 60 guineas. • side, 12 miles, was run on the road from Kingston to Staines, yesterday, between Mr. Pewrey, an amateur runner,• and a young Gentleman, of the liable of Passingham. Mr. Pewsey was the L. eonrite ; be followed his adversary seven miles, when he made play and won the match easily, in one hour and a half. Suicine.—A Cyprian, of the name.of Bentley cut her throat, at her apartments, in Mary.le bone-street, on Monday night, when in a state of i intoxication. Medical assistance was imme diatel y procured, and hopes were entertained of the un fortunate girl's recovery, until she began to bleed again on Wednesday night, when she expired.-- The deceased was eighteen years of age. DREADFUL FIRE AT 'EXTON PA EL.—Widnes. day morning, about five o'clock, the east Wing of the venerable mansion belonging to Colonel Noel, at Exton Park, Rutland, was discovered to be ~e, fire; and before assistance could be had, all the rooms east of the great hall, together with their valuable contents, were destroyed. •In these apartments were the admired paintings by those excellent artists, Tenien and Gainsborouglt ; to. gether with the greater part of a valuable library, • collected by the late Earl of Oainsborongh, and h 1 prerkcessor, Colonel Noel. Among the pic tures that wero saved and stored in the church, 'aloag'll4th the books, furniture, 6;6. were the portraits 'of Lord Moira, Lord Barham, and . Mrs. Siddons ; and that large inimitable one of Captain Englefiold, in the Centaur. The pictures bud all been repaired sad cleaned b y Mr. who completed themand left Estee Park hui the preceding evening. It is impossible to estimate the loss sustained at present. One.picture aluter,,,a landscape, 'was worth 1000 guineas. We India staild Elie COIMCI 'Ras inured for bOOOl. only. • t L • _'.4. -___.& • •4-1 i~ . . I 1 lIIIIi