The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-10-26 00:00:00

... • / tl / P I ii 1 ) I I , / I 1 1 I l i • 1 1 11 i'? 0 • 11 1 , I ) • i 1 1 1 , ''' i t I , i - • • t , I I i 1 , II 1 i l .' • • i • . 'it ti , . I .1 jj / 11 . t i i ' i ' tI I' t 1 l t ' 1. • , t 1 . 4 1 p , , e• I I 1 -r 1 . l 1 ' 1 ,I ~ 1, 1 '' SPAN'S!! CO LOB IES. " HAVANNAIi, ji/LY 30.—1 have just witnesed a scene• Irons-the Over story of my house, so aw ful end solemn, us ulm , st to chill my blood—.the • execution of thiSeit6.itte herewith enclosed. _ " The youth aed'appearance of the prisoner, his solemn) acknowledgment to the public at tht Prison. duos, of Isis guilt,' and thr justice of his sentence, - and his great contrition, and the decent deportment of all classes of people through whom he paired from the prison to the place of execution, maser the scene truly solemn mil awful.' " The arrangement made by the Governor on the occasion, entitles him to high credit ; as it not only insured fafety to the peuple, hot tranquillity to the city. Not an insult was offered to the pri. slner, and hjs conduct was such as to draw dow the pity of all- who 'saw him en. his route the place from whence he took his leave of the scotld. There are a nueibcr of hip associates now in the United States, and three or four of theta hourly expected here, who will, on their arrival, share a similar fate. The seizure of this deluded yoeog 'man and his papers has completely developed the plans of the traitors in South America, as in all th other rot inces of Spain, and put government into possession of a list of all their names, their emissaries, their places of residence, to what port or city hound. The carte-blanche found in Isis possession, signed by Joseph, as well as blank commissions, sere burnt under the gallows, while be INA suipenakil there, by the public hangman. " It .is said that he had authority to name and conimis.isits. all officers in New Spain under a briga dier-general, and hail commissions for the now Vice rs..y and Csuefs of the kingdom. A se:sooner is now getting ready and will be off in aibuut two hours for Vera Cruz, with a list of the names of the emissaries already in that king dues, and the names of all those implicated by the confessions or papers of this unfortunate young teats ; and I hope sincerely that measures will be there taken se time to avert and secure them, before that valuable avid beautiful country is deluged in blood by their nefarious conduct. " His papers were well secured in trunks, made in France or Spain for the express purpose, with. out a false buttons, or having the appearance of being thicker than usual, but by boring were found ) and the trunks then split up. I am•Si Tl in * " The following is a clpy of the Proclamation al. luded to in the foregoing letter : "Don SALVADOR Jesus DL MORO If SALAZAR, Mar quis de Suineruelos, Lieutenant-General of the Royal Ar; tamp, President of the Royal Audience of Puerto Principe, Captain-General orate Island of Cuha and of the Provinces of the Two Floridan, and" olitical and Military Governer r .flavannah,&c. • Maketh known to all the inhabitants of this city—That having bubstantiated and determined the case of Manuel Rodriguez Aleman y rena, with the approbation of the Judge. Advocate, Don Joseph Antonio Ramos, and two other learned Doctors of Law of my full confidence, he .has been sentenced to suffer the highest punishment, for having been guilty of high treason, and as an emissary of Joseph tionaparte, who came instructed to dissolve the ties which unite us with the legitimate Government of Spain, and to promote discord and division in your peaceable countries, with a view that the Ameri. cans, forgetting that loyalty which has always cha. racterise4 them, should acknowledge and obey the intruded King. " The Judges have designated the day and hour on which this ill-auvised young man is to expiate his crime and temerity on the gallows, which will be on to.morrow morning (Monday), at seven o'clock. 64 But, Citizens of Il s avantialt, justice is not in compatible wi:11 compassion and urbanity. Those virtues shine pro-eminently . in your hearts. Let not your anxious desires for expiation confound nor strangle your sentiments of humanity. Abhor the vial; but pity-the critninal. This maxim should be strictly observed on the day of execution. A peaceaole and well.disposed concourse will tend to snake the ut mote pathetic and terrible. Coefu. lion, untkeessary and improper noise, illiberal epithets, or uncivil actions, are unbecoming worthy citizens, and,must always produce melancholy con. Sequences. On the contrary, decency and good order are the inseparable companion of noble ;eels. " With abundant reason I flatter . myself, from the docility of your dispositions, that during the passage of the criminal from the jail to the gallows and in the act of his execution, you Will afford am. ple proofs of your civil and 'Christian moderation, by compassionating the unfortunate fate of One who could forget the sacred principles of patriotism, to unite himself with the enemies of his conntry.— And if, notwithstanding my expectations and my precepts, any one should- contravene, he will be immediately apprehended and punished in propor. tion to his excesses and to the quality and eircum. stances of his person. And that this may be pub licly knewn, and in case of contravention, none shall plead ignorance, it is ordered to proclaim it through the city by beat of drum, and that hand. bills, duly authenticated by the Nutary of the Go. vertinient, be put up in the usual' places. 44 EL MARQUIS DE SOMERUELOS. " By Order of his Excellency, " MIGUEL .MENDEZ." " narauush, July 29, 1810." [From an American Paper.] " It appears that Bonaparte's plans against the Spanish dominions in America have not had that py issue which lie conte:n[lated, and that his statagems have not produced . the least effect on the loyalty of the Spanish Ainerie.ans, which is not in. forior to that which the iultisiiitants of the Penin sula have manifested fur their Sovereign ) Ferdinand the Seventh. '• Three Americans and a Spaniard, called Blatt. co, spies or emissaries of Bonaparte, havebeed ar. rested at Chihuagua„ by Don Neuiesio Salado, in consequence of the seasonable ativices which the Vice Kuy of Mexico communicated to that Com. firrndant, General of said rtovince, that these per. suns had arrivcit at Upper Louisiana; from Balti. wore, and were going to the town of St:Fe. These four individuals were travelling with tWo iletra slaves amongst the ini!ian tribtst subject tti4lvis viner y - without any puaisport.flota•the4ininhli Au.= thoriticw of Ferdniautl VII. from the plaea-wthuncr Milibil . _ they proceeded, which it indispensably necessary in order to enter the Spanish dominions without be. ing considered as a spy ; there were found in their possession a paper, ‘ ivritten in English, and a letter from the curate ..or St. Genovese,. in Franco, alio illirterm fire-arms, six cutlasses, three axes, and five tasks of powder. In their first declaration they stated, that the object of their journey'from Upper Louisiana was no other than to establish themselves in the dominions of his Majesty Ferdi. nand VII. to whom they were greatly attached,; as if pennons going from this country to the Spa. wish possessions were ignorint that it is requisite to have permission from Grwernment, and the ne. cessary passports from the established authorities, to obtain an entrance into the Spanish territories. They were immediately conducted to the castle of Elceario, fur trial, and it will nut be long be. fore they will suffer the punishment due to such traitors, according to the strict orders of the Coen. cif of Regency of Spain and the [tidies, that in eases of this nature justice should. not be delayed, in order to purge the Spanish sell of such vermin. " Another emissary, a native of Mexico, has been arrested in the Ilasannah, called Don Manuel Rodriguez Adoman de Pena, who arrived at Balti more, in the French schooner Tilsit; ha entlea. veered to embark in different places, and at last ef. fected it . at Norfolk. A number of incendiary pa. pers were found in his posses s ion, and no doubt his head will have paid for the enormity of his crime." POLICE. , BOW-STREET. Yesterday Rebecca Bowers was brought before Mr. Rum), by a suinni.flis,, charged with selling fire.wurks at her house is Grauby.buildings, Drury lane. The husband of the Prisoner attended with her,. and pleaded Guilty. . lie was convicted in the penalty of 51. .It being , the first offence, however, Mr. READ agreed that the penalty should remain in a gentle man's hands till a few days after the sth Nutent. ber ; and upon the Magistrate being satisfied that they had not sold any more, the penalty should be returned. Yesterday morning, between the hours of one and two, the coach.oflice of the Angel-Inn, St. Clement's, was broken open, and robbed of about 2001. in cash and notes, the contents of several par cels, the value of which is nut known. The rob. bait opened all the parcels except one, but only took part of their contents. On the robbery being discovered, a gentleman, who slept at the lasi-ou Wednesday night, appeared in great agitation, and exclaimed, " lie hoped the robbers had oot stolen the contents ,of his portmanteau • if they had, it would ruin him, as it contained ;98,900." For. tunately, this was the only package' the robbers did nut. break open. A. maw eriployed in the yard, who was proved to be up at an unusual lour, was apprehended on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery;` but no proof was adduced. The anspi. cions circumstances, however, were such, that Mr. READ thought it rig ht to detain him. MARLBORUUdfI-STREET. •A man of the name of Jonathan Doggrel was yesterday charged at this Odice by two Ladies, the niece and daughter of a Gentleman in Gloucester. place, with a violent assault in the fields of Mary. le.bOne, on Wednesday Morning. The Defend. ant, who is a tradesman," accosted the Ladies in the language of gallantry ; but .011 their avoiding him as much as possible, ho •came very tmperti., neut, and took those-unbecoming liberties which constitute sift assault. In defence, tho Defendant pleaded having taken too much wine, and ho offered an apology, which Was not accepted : be wag held' to bail. • • UNION HALL. One of those dealers iu French cambrics, ike. who are frequently to be met with in the streets of the City, was yesterday brought before 1. EvaNce, Esq. Sitting Magistrate ) charged by a respectable merchant residing in Bishepsgate-street, with hav ing defrauded him. The-Complainant stated, that some time since he was accosted by the Defendant, an entire stranger to him, in Threadniedle-street, who asked him if be wanted to buy any Bandana handkerchiefs, or French eambrics ; paying he had' some which he could sell him very cheap, and pro. posed he should go to his *lodgings in the neigh. boorhood, and look at them. They went accord. ingly, and he selected 43 pieces, for which floras to give 31. per piece, and the omplainant was stfr take woollen cloths in payment for them. The cambric, neatly packed tv, was soon after sent to the Complainant's Aouse, and the Defendant came and selected cloth to the value of 1291. in ex change, which was sent away.- On opening the cambric soon after to examine and admire his bar. gain, the' Complainant discovered that he had in-, deed made a blind bargain, for instead of French cambrics worth 41. per piece, he found 4S pieces pf coarse cambric muslin, dear at 101. Oa seeking the Defendant at his lodgings, he was not to be found, nor could the Complainant ever see hid again, till about ten minutes beforry he- - made his appearance in the office; when ho met him by chance in the Borough, and immediately collared him, and a constable coming up at the time, he was secured. The Magistrate having hehrd the complaint, told the Complainant be could give no redress ; the of fence complained of had been committedid the City, and before a City Magistrate he must seeLredrees. M. VAUtUELIN, the celebrated French chemist; has published the retnalt of some interesting expert. meats which he lately made, to ascertain the nature of the animal matter Which forms hellcats hair. From these, it appears, that black hair is formed of nine different substances, viz. animal matter, a white concrete oil, another greenish grey one s which is very abundant,• iron, some particles of oxyde 01 manganese, a'plrosphate of lime, carbonate of lime, abler, and a considerable quantity' of • sulphur.— Red hair contains red oil in place of a greenish black' kind ; and white, or very light hair, differs from - aIl . the others, as the Oil is pearly colourless, and it colitelfte tome pttesphistk of otasetsia j , w kith "is not found in others. " •." • • . • IRBLAIND. • KILMAINHAnt SESSIONS. • • nEsonk StaJEANT,OIIIOORE. General Buchanan, three females, and two per. eons named Gentian and M'Gauran, were indicted fur an assault on Cornelius Moran, an Officer of the Sheriff of the county of Dublin, and rescuing the General from an arrest. There was another, indictment against the General for an assault, witit intent to kill ; and also an indictment against the parties for a riot. Mr. MACNALLY stated the case. Cornelius Moran examined by Mr. CAMPBELL. Witness is a Bailiff to the Sheriff of the . county , of Dublin. Oh tite . 2sth of zitiy the house of General Buchanan, near Lucan, to execute a writ. Mr. Fitzgerald (the .Plaintiff),. a man of the name of John Colvin, and anothe'r man, were with 'him—he got into the house easily, by walking in through the kitchen door, which was standing open — a lady was standing In the kitchen, 1 -41 e lady asked what was his business there? The witness replied, he had an execution againat the Ge. neral's goods and chattles. That was not the truth ; it was to try if the General' would come out easily—the execution was against his person. The Lady is one of the traversers ; she went into the parlour, and in about two minutes returned, and asked to see the execution; witness took it out of his pocket, and said, 46 Here it is, and there is the Sheriff's seal;" but he would not give it to her, telling her she might burn it. The lady went into the parlour again. Witness heard the General in the parlour; he listened at the dour, and heard the General desire her to bring him his pistols :, she went for the pistols : she then said, " I have got one pistol ;" the General replied, " I have the other', in toy pocket." Witness- then turned the brass butteM of the parlour.door, and Went into the room —the General and the Lady were standing on the ! !floor talking. Thu General said, " I will blow your brains out if you proceed further." Witness did proceed—there was a window raised—the -Gk.. neeal .made a charge at the Window, and got partly out—witness got hold of him by the coat—witness had a stick—tile General made a rub of a knife at him, which slipped down the stick and cut his hand—witness bud seized the General by the coat before he received the cut. Three women then et. tacked the witness with, a. poker, a fire.shovel, and a greasy cloth about the. eyes. At this lime witness was endeavouring to hold the General. The elder of the female Traversers had the dishclont 7 — the knife fell out of the General's hand,—the eider woman eudcavourcd to get it—the witness—let- the General loose, fearing he would be injured by. the' knife—the youngest lady opened the window, and the General escaped. As -seen as the General hid get off, the three . women : began to beat the witness, ! who was 'struck . with the' poker. on the head. At the time of making the' arrest; the General was fast in the window, 'it' not he. - ing sufficiently open. • As soon as he possibly could, the witness followed the General r= Mr. Fitzgerald and the other man, as wall as wit._ ness, saw the General running along his own well, which - he crossed, and got into an Old mill on the lands of Mr. Gaudon, one of the 'rraversers—Mr.. Gandou immediately came up, with,* shovel in his hand, and without asking what they wanted, or who they were, knocked the witness down—Mr. Gatidon then said, 44 You robber, what do you here ?" Witness replied, 6 ' Lam no robber, but am an Officer of the Sheriff, following 'oty pri. soner." Mr. Gander( then drew soother Now at the witness, and tumbled him; and then called out `tO a man that had a pistol, which he twisted out of f Ids hand, and gave.wititess • /Ist in the face; and :said, if he would proceed further, he would blow 'his brains out. The witness then saw the General on Mr. Gandon's ground, about one hundred yards from them, with his hat waving over his head, *crying out, " War.hatek ! War-hawk !"—that was moaning ;that the witness was a bailiff—he was 'known to he 'a bailiff' in the county of Dublin— . .Mr. Gantlets gave directions to the man to shoot them—witness male! his escape from the ground,. and went down to Str.John %Mite, and told him the matter.—Mr. Guidon, with a party of above fifty men, followed the witness toSir John White'e, throwing stones at him, and pelted him before Sir John, who said he would not permit witness to be molested. Mr. Gandou said, witness's bones ought to be broken, or any vagabond that came into his grounds. Sir Joint White replied, "Mr. Gamlen, take care what you do ; the man ought nut to be molested ;" and then desired the witness to leave the town, as his hie would not be safe. The wit ness took Sir JOhn's advice, because he had saved his fife before in the town. All Sir John could do did not prevent the mob from pelting stones. Wit •ness was afterwards followed by upwards of one hundred person, who were running after him from the fields—the. mob followed thew near a mile and an half to a hill, user Ctirsis.ttream. When witness -got to Dublin, he was bled by a Surgeon —lle had 'no use of his arm 'fur better than a month afterwards. There was a great pain id his hip, and the blow of .a stone he gut in his back still affects him. • The Traverser, M'Gauran, had a pistol, which Mr. Gandon took from hint, and titre./ down- a Sp*. be 1,44, with which the forinerstruek hiet.' , Cross-examined by Mr. GREENR. Has meted in the_Mipaeity of .a of the coot. ty of Dublin for upwards of two years. The war. rant under which the general was arrested was' ori. ginally directed to Magitutess and John Doe, but the Sheriff did not like to hive Mitginness in the warrant, and altered it with his own hand, , and then signed it. 'The Plaintiff was brought to the house to skew his man. It is the col:staid practice to prevent mistakes. Never heard that half the . disturbance and riots which take place on th ose on. elisions is the consequence of the attendance of the Plaintiff—because, when they chew us 6 . 6 our man" they generally go away. "•John .Doe," hi the warrant, is any man we choesa.to bring with us. We thought, by saying that the execution was against his goods and chattels,' that he would come out to compromise, and to give us our fees not to expose him, in the way of civility money—and we thought by that means to get at him easily. if •She General pleased, . he might hove made his - about th e . •, escape Were stands Arent into th •••• e -aw4, 4t . .-' • there was a party watching him, aid h• L _ inn,ewe.. way Witness a , be pinned. He wall about Nee mi outs * totly. The three -women roolloppeti witness dies. ‘Yitness was *o w hen he head s p v o a k y e s r t , ol s d h t o h v e el ;toluryldintinsfirselrecy to pistols asked for —he had one himself it hi s b tet '' but it was not loaded. Witness not fullowthe General through the stititidw—he was obtige4 to out through the kitchen. The. General e s; th g t , about six perches from him, running al ong 11 : wall. Mr. Gandon said, bef o r e th e Sheriff and si t j White, that tie had made the Witness feel the hard, ness of his !suckles. Mr. Fitzgerald, the Plaindi 'was disguised by a great coat, which he touli Mr. Gandon then said, " Fitzgerald, I k now you." He answered; " And I know yo u , ,„ ;4 ll given make the por ou know man." me, fur the treatment yeti loot 'Mr. Fitzgerald, in the course of his etalist; tion by Mr. King, corroborated the testimony the last witness, so far as the witness had ste t ,' his being Present. Witness saw the General r ning ; he saw the last witness, and said, 4 ( Th ereil your mark, what have you done ?" The reply " I had him arrested, bill am not able, tome; heating I got, to follow him." When they tit got Mr. Gaudon ' s ground, MiGanrato, with a l i st o in his hand, stopped the witness. Ile kW Ga n d, ; give the last witness several blows and sly, l i t General on a hill, weaving his hat, and eryl4 su War.huazk ! The Traverser,' McGaurau, i, ,„ honest mats. Ho saw Gandon endeavouring to g e t the pistol from him, twisting and twining it s 11 , 4 taking it from him ; and he believed !ol'Os t ,„ 4 resisted to prevent persolal injury beitogd oue. The General was Ito view of the town and neiglibinr. hood of Lucan, when he waved his hat and nitl Wur.harok! Benedict Arthur, Esq. the Under Sherifier t i e county of Dublin, proved the writ of execution avi the warrant ; and in the course of his examination, part of which was by Colonel Vesey from tho Bench, stated that the neighbourbool of Lucas was so riotous, and determined to oppose the cers of Justice, that he had made no less than three attempts in vain to execute a writ of replevin—a n d that his bailiff had been frequently beaten. The Jury, after a most excellent and disrrimi. natiug charge from Serjeant MOORE ) NMI all t;.,. _parties, except 11 , l‘Gauraii, guilty of the rescue nil assault, and acquitted them generally of the riot. • By consent of the Prosecutors, sentence is not is be pronounced until the 3d of next mouth, to itlui day the Court adjourned. i s r s h d li e pe r i e s i d s r ,: i thol et ' s: e a o a gf u iv ; ei v ine lr tco a oth m r co seics S ap r ua a n n oi q W u F at he te ß n E r s a s c h u o Decree u ß ia a in arms, natural humanity persuaded many, it was given merely in terrorem, and serer in.' tended to be -executed; but we may rely upon the following account, communicated by an English. man, lately retnrned from his fang detention in France. In •July, 1809, he was dirtitling upon the Bourdeaux roatk' At St. Madre, he dined "with the diligence from t Payonese, in which several cers were returning from Spain; one at 'Aiwa re. listed, that in a late.affair, 1500 Spanish peanuts having laid down their arms, were ordered by 0, Trench general to cry, " Long live King Joseph!" a universal silenCe—not a voice . .obeynk Thl were then deiired to cry, " Long titre Napoleon!" one individual coMplied; when the peasant nest to him drew his knife, and stabbed him to the hart. Seeing that their loyalty was incorrigible, theta tary Ilyrnsidosi ordered the MX) patriots to k marched to the rear, where they were all shot sof put to the sword. The company at the talk d'Hote, far from expressing any sarprise, pity,* indignation, seemed to think that the transmits was perfectly en regle, and our countryinael* insulated among' the satellites and slaves of skim. ism, thought it prudent to abstain (rein any pin. cular inquiries as to time and place. Poggins, the Florentine, tells a story worthythr attention of •our Cockney Sportsmen :—A phf Si* elan, of Milan, be says, that cured mailmen, had pit of water 'in his house, in which he kept his In. tients—some up to the knees, some to the girdl; some to the chin, pro motto insanite, as they sere more or less affected. One of them, by avert that was well recovered, stood in the door, and set• ing a gallant ride by, with a hawk on his fief, sett mounted, with his spaniels after him, .would needs know to what use ail this preparation served: answered, to kill certain fowl. The patient de. mantled again what all the fowl might be W 6 that he killed its a year ? lie replied ! , 5 or 1 0 crowns : and when he urged him further, what IS dogs, horses, hawks, &e. stood him in, he al him 400 crowns : with that the patient bid him be• gone, as he loved his ;ife and welfare; for if 01 master come anti find thee here, he mill put thee' the pit among madmen up to the chin! 140 NGIEVITY.—There is a woman in the pari , h ' Bullock, near Falmouth, who, if she lives to s the Ist of January next, will nave attained thee traordinary . age of 110 yearF. On Wednesday last, Mr. John Cooke, of Dukessirert,t Mho; Layman, ot Soipherd. Yesterday, Mr. L)udon, of Gerrard street, to Alia of, Ilicgact illy. Same day, J. Lambert , Esq. of New'Broad-street, to 15 Katharine Phibbs. On Thursday se'tinight, Edward Fawkes, Esq. of the 111 Light I)ragouns, to Mies Paterson. -.0. On the 23d inst. at Aveley, l)l Essex, of a typhus feve r ' 31' Thomas Woodtkorp, jun. Al sea, oo the `2titii ult. Willimn Milligan, Esq. late 0;00 lesiol„ South Carolina. At his house, ill Lamb's Conduit-streets un We dn ' ad4l V. 1V Esq..ir ,, ed 69. Oa the Ist of August. A. Oltisn, Esq. in flarbistlne%, On the 19th instant, in Soho-square, in the 631 year °' age, J (oral Deronder. Esq.. Lioriritin to Sir Joseph li g ' antl to the Royal Society, and a V irePlesidcnt dew Society. his eminent attainments in that brunch of o'l' l which he chiefy. cultivated, bull long p !nerd niui in the 61, tononA the Naturalist.. of Europe; and his caudque toe ilatiksinn Library which is before tae pnbllc,KilA l I rt lusting monument tif erudition, - per s everance, and sustay".;, went, surpt; which has haver been equalled, mot mo unt be On the ith August lasi, on Jft , ilaiCa CUP" " Charlton, commanding hit Majesty's ship Garland. to 4- m i s, On the 15th inst. 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