The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-09-29 00:00:00

~„ UM D. LETTINr ; Y!:, . . nr , , ,e of virtnous.pnlitics blast, I tie are deep in that i)f eald pretence. A'ri. ai 3.e grotto ioashrewd br be sincere.. And tst., too %iris) Mint Oen, o tab. T.) TOE EDITOR OP itEftI:IATESMAN. 5 11 4 I lird fully in!etiiled to devote this papey , to a few remarks upon the stupendous talents dis. I ; 1 by our She ffi eld Quacks in th e w ay of au. t hursinp, a trade which they have iiitity . iath'er on. taken up. A circumstance, - however, bas jritt;;.;urrell that snakes it necessary for tae first to my respects to my Lord Mts.:row, atulA do sin. arc i r h o pe and trust his Lordship will not regard 04 (Ater with any thing like Indifferense, or con. for I eau solemn l yassure him it contains the real sentiments of some thousands of las:Coa. omen% . Th e Cutlers' Society, which I described to you my Gig Letter, make an annual feast, to which it is customary to invite the County Members. This cm was held a few days ago, when Lord kltr..cott c d are d upon us the high hoaour of his company,. ta d s as would have. it, he took it into Isis 1 4 .111 to make a speech . incidence of his, public con.. de.t, as the Representative of Yorkshire. Surely jeanit WAS ever more ill-timed or unfortunate : t he' this speech—ill.timeili because it 'is evident ihal whatever Lord 311.1.a0n might chuse to say in • t h e company of parsons who had itsaited him to discs v ia thein, wools), agreeable to the usual (oriel of courtesy, remain uncontradicted, and, therefore, it cise opinions of all sensible men, just pass for Malting at all...and i onfortunate, because there cer tao!y never was a more fame, sophistical, unsatis factory defence attempted to be set tap. li shall wake a f e w observation upon this speech s as I find it giiea in the SheAcld frit, of the Ilth Sept. by nu means pled.:ing myself for the accuracy uf s the r p f az . llis Lordship. is made to say, that when he tint offered us bi services, he • did it with a titter. Miaatio'n never to sacrifice.any dellberate opini4a of i.;Liwis to the will of his cdnetittieuts 7 -that it impossible to be a faithful servant upon other conditions-41W he only asks for hiaaaseif what acclaim faro's/vets:es, the right of thinking and forming opiiiiops. This is all very good, my Loral, !cry geotijoilloted.i iiitharghyou happened entirely to omit mentioning Then you did us the honour to aolkeit our vOtealt the last Election, But we admit all and evbry word cf it. We contend, as well as your Lordship, that wheu we hate chosen a Gentleman to terve us in farliement, we have 66 elected him oWt-Ilsepreeen tative, put hired him for our slaver , . Lliet.after be % •i stowing a proper degree of attentiolt upon the im. vermin objects of his duty * Was a right to act upon the free, the deliberate, the yahoo/41st can lictios of hii own mind. We never thought, we sner.atherted the contrery. We Bever pretended that my Headier of Parliament should be compelled to4ote yin; t hu Censcienca, ant‘ therefore your argument upon this point )1 .totally superlluous suite wit of the mark—and you have taken an amaz. lng deal of trouble to no purpose at all. - Rut granting even all these things, yet, when„; people have bees vie . mind in their Represen tette', *et fse when lie tufts out to be it wan quite different for w hit they "mid; when he is constantly voting against mea ooms !hit* they hold to be necessary to the Fel ipe of the State; when they have no one political principle effecting in common ; when they contem. plate his every action with disappointments and re. gret; in short, when they entirely and altogether dituppiove of his public conduct, then your Lord. Ship will, I dare say, admit, on your part, that they lute a right to censure that conduct, and to express their disapprobation of it. They have also a further ?Os, which I fancy you will not be inclined to dis. rte, viz. that of refusing to cltoose such Can. didoic again at the next General Election.--' But can your Lordship be serious when you attempt to explain away the solemn, the unequivo. ill pledge given to your constituents at the Leeds Cluth.hall, that " you would bo an active inquirer alto public abuses—and, if possible, root out the "'try seeds of corruption?" You say these were strong expressions, and not capa7tle of literal in. ter;iretati9n." My L,rd, my Lord, is this quib bling, this evasion, this miserable sophistry, worthy of a Nobleman of your Lordship's exalted rank and high character ? " Strong expressions," my Lord Yes, they are indeed strong expressions, such as the people at that time received with gratitude and admiration, and on the faith of which they returned ' You Weir Representative in Parliament. 66 Not capable of a literal construction !" Is it possible }our Lordship can condescend to shelter yourself unit:r this childish, this paltry subterfuge ? Waving tae absurdity of addressing plain enlepered men, nitro as many o f your const i tuents, i n language not of a literal construction, is there a boy l ling about the streets of this populous town, lb, can at all misunderstand them? Were there .hclf a dozen persons at the Leeds Bill who could pnsibly affix different meaniugs to them ? No, my fiord Mt LTum, you did indeed promise us, plainly, clearly, unequivocally, that 66 you would be an acti ve inquirer into abuses, and wotald, if possi. hie, rout out the very seeds of corruption." You Promised ea v my LAW ; and yea Atm broken ..' , UV. ytl~ar' ''•• , *. •7 111 ' • :Tap-..plediptd yo fa and 'ytvis. have ( o !felted,yopr pledge Y.On imse ‘ inquirer .. into abase , you tiara not . enders „yawed to rotkost the coeds of.cocruption.. . ,Let us never forget, ray Lord, Asti Yon ieftised to look Into the shameful' fact . of. Mr. OcitervAl. 11 4 1 LOcd CAITLEREArtit's tiafficking for seats iu clie Minot:x*4e Rouse. • Let us never, forget, that you votaLagainst bll . Qt ND ' s motion for going into an inoniry; whether 4 was not passible to make some inlptoristaatill in tlinmode of ekction, and to citesd t4efranchistitoAousands of respectable Bri full solijects, Alto arpapistire reprfeated iq INr-k liaigent t h an one Of yoer terdsiiip'e pointers, You. have done all this,. oty Lord, and moue. You-have told - the people of gaglatid, that{ «et election!' they are out of ttnir scoaal, sad: will choose those who talk the vettgq nanaense to them." Was your. Lordship trying this sulpartiberit at the cloth. hall I. Were yots then - endslaroaring to ascertain how 'far the pealititolginive %posed upon by this species of geuevouli and, runty elocution.? Was this . insult to, your cOnlinenis -bdentoing the .represeti. finite of the larielteo.untyln:the kingdom ? Was it worthy of the heir of Warman -ill,. the alga . who was frcely, - thatfUlly s • ha sourably cleated, in many instanccs at the expellee of the pt'ople selves ; the man who: might truly hoc4nsiitered one of the most independent Umbel:S . akel - aattuat' ko the House ? ())1 1 my Lord I, him I feel foi yon, how I pity you t Of 'Moot:tons tamily, of prineClY fortune, df biii;chactici'ei, of cOnslderibletatentsi • what might you not have bee n ' in Bus of York. t. T county Yorhe commencement of you r career was in deed auspicious. You were received with 'coo& denco and with delight—every thing was in your favour. You were admired; 'beloved—lnd you might have been &Most adored. • T o,, riling sun• eras indeed splendid—its beams we r e mild, graci ous, and full of promise. Batt oh, how changed Long 'en: it has attained its meridian, we see 'lt obscured by thp clouds of public disapprobition, sled the storms of popular hatred collecting around it. Qh, my Lord with what feelings must your best friends contemplate this sad prospect ? IVith what acute, what isgaet:Teading ati:Oety must they exclaim, ". Mai, how is the mighty fallen l" that I may not,.Aie, occupy too farge‘ii apace gf your taloa* Paper,. I shill . later!! the remain. der of my observ4tious arm my Lotsl MILTOX 113 f my Seventh Letter. tielleld, Sept. 15, 1810. CARLO!. • I .., ~._ er4.frissrAll. • s - • I , • 4itiU.rz The Jealous tree fiertiehietfrasf n 4114441101" Theatre; aPpieollj-lit the purpose of introducing . ars. GLOVES. •• , The Play is one of a species which hae been. al.; most exiled from the stage by the superior refine: meta of modern taste; and.we-have with incompar.l able judgment decided on the superiority of the I !Tangents and Shuiletont, to the polished fops and graceful debauchers of the last age. Yet something may still be said in favour of this fallen drama ; if its moral tone was nut eminently high, it was nut at least insultingly offensive ;—if its manners were Mated, they wore polished;—and if its sentiment ware'ettilnal l . theY were at least enlivened. by nit, satexpressed• with elegance. A cheaper 'mode of construction has succeeded; and if an author is fortunate enough to. introduce the caricature of an abiurd fashion, a coat a yard shorter or longer than osual, a new for* of folly, enlivened by the classical phrases; 44 Push on, keep moving," or " Bang up, prime," he has attained the summit of excellence and populatity together. Notwithstanding all this, we hoist* see an occaskunal revival of the obsolete drama which delighted our fathers; and are glad to find, in the Lyceum Theatre; a company fit to re. . present its beat prOduCtiens. - Mrs. Curren's debut in Mrs. Oakley, was re ceived with apPlause; and it is not mud ll ,to;'' that. the applause was aeserved. This !kittens pot:- • „seises great.knowledge - of Stage effect; coiaidlrable , power of countenance, and an. Jactl e en which unites ease with dign4ty..; the familiar ease which is netee. sary co make the part iistnial, with the tone of higher fife Which ought to slake it-finished and rash. iontble. •••,: The other characters were 'supported w.itG the strength of the aompany l and . the, whole received' lotokapprOation. • •-• ma.'guscq'PAßKE..: .: ~.;;~ We have been favo i ared. with the folloWin*cOliy of. a letter to Lord Moitak 2 . 11 1Rin Auigiogiirb iect of .the safety of the above enter/in .- int tea:. teller';—. • 7 - 7 " - Fenehurth.bandiags, 27th Sept. 1810. " MY Lo ao,—l t affords nw particular satisfaction to be elm bled to acquaint your Lordship, that 1 have received authentic information from a very particular friend of mine, WAY lir' rived here from Mogadore, that Mr. Mango Petite, the Afri eats Traveller, was seen about the mouth of March last, eight dayslouracy, mahout 120 miles, east of Timbuctoo. " Some slaves from Wangara, who were lately conducted to Mogadore for sale, passed air. Parke on their journey. and it was reported by the natives in that park pfloredan. where those Wangaruns slaves sass Mr. Parke, namely, eight days east of Tirnbuctoo, that he was a spYcOnso to inspect theit couotry, and he bad two Christians wit him,' *, • " I have the honour to be, V a . " JAME S G. SaX, " The Right Ron the Earl of Moira, Otc. . " ' COMBINEII ARMY. • • •• . ..1111•11M. _ ftETURE O TUE STREEMTII OF THE EA2I/11,JIBILY. TS( .. OO4TVGA7, MADR DROVE TEE AUTMOSITT OF MARSHA': lIERESFOOD. ' • ER Re g iments of Infantry, at 1550 NON . . . . 37,200 12 Ditto, Cavalry, 501 men g w it4 6 pattaliond of, chassear l / 4. pe sei men 5 768 Laval Leniinaiaao hr r aNir" . ...... • • 2,267 4 Regiments of Artillery, at 1200 men . . . . 4,800 4 Ditto, ditto, at 1,1411 men . . 4,592 • $ Total Regulars . . Regiments of Maitia, 1101 men TotarNatlve Army . BrilifiliArmy, at Total Allied Army . The above, received from an Officer of the NA. tivc Army in 'Portugal, may be relied'upon. Great exertions and incessant labour have been , bestowed by the enemy to repair the works in the island "of Iyalcheren, which is now in a good state of defence. They are not, however, free from ap. prehensions for their safety, in 'doe of a serine's at tack. The fleet under Sir Enwdsto Per,Lew made its' appearance a •few days since off Duertdo Chan nel—a circumstance which' 'excited no small degree of alarm for the safety of their Obvicati and filled the inhabitant,. with terror. • = • • '•'• A dispute arising in a public-house between tiro men' respecting a point of. ;aw l . they agreed 1b refer it to a tlilrd, who kcomodended them to the.deel. sion of the landlord, whom, be sdid, was no doubt well versed its •those matters, having been toeireita. r. • - ployed at theitart l .: , '• : Wednesday Oeninciiimat seven o'cleitile, O: eentlptlresied* Boman, wbo appeared pregmtnt; went Lao the chop 'of• a -linen-draper in HO/born, where she.purchasod articles to the amount of six. l teen shillings, which she paid .for anti went eway. A short tiMe after she had left the same, the . shoptuan• misted a piece of fine muslin, of the value of 51. and went in pursuit of her, but to no purpose, as she had taken a hackwepcoselii eider. iug to be drove to Islington. , •: -* MELANOIttny ACCInENT. , —•OIt Sunday night• a shocking event took place at Swett ham in. Nor. folk- - A loaded gun was incautiously left in the. barn of Mr. Sporle. Two buys, his sons, went there to amuse themselves, when the eldest, about fourteen, took up the gun, when it when off, sod shot away nearly half the skull of his brother, a very fine buy of clveu years of age, who iostaatly expired. A Coroner's Inquest was held on Monday last,. at Chalford, in Oifordshire, on the body of Sarah • Young, a child of three years old, who was killed by eating three or four berries of the Bella Dona (Deadly Nightshade). The child died in a few hobrs. Verdict, " Died from the effects of p dele. teflons substauce taken inadvertently." •. • 'Yesterday morning, 'about two o'clock, ..a fire broke out in Oxendon-street, Haymarket, at the house of Mr. Lewis, dyer s which raged with con. siderablo' fury; ' The inhabitants of Eilniued's. court, adjoining, were in the utmost consternation,. one poor woman, who through fright .11ad left her three.children, - being happily restored to her recollection, ran back and brought them. oat IR safety from. tbe impending danger. gy the acti t silty of the . firememi , and Itavjug a plentiful supply of - Ulster, the fire was extiniuishe.l withont extend. big farther than the house in which it began, which, however, it entirely demolished. INDIA. By letters received by the William Pi' ! MO 4 . learn the following particulars :—Colonel Cr;o4a; who had pursued MEER KHAN beyond the Near. buddah, was returning with his army to his for mer station, beitsg unable to come up with the fu. gitive Chieftain, who, though now deserted by al most the whole of his followers, would easily find means to collect them again upon a favourable op. portunity. Before Colonel CLossia army had orisssed the Neerbuddah, two regiments of 'native- cavalry, which cotnposed a part of the expedition, intended to demand an increase of pay ; but Cts. CLOSE, having received intimation of - their design the Morning before the river *as to be forded, or dered some arrangements to be made, which placed the native cavalry between the Etiropeans, and in front of the artillery ; and then gave his orders for the cavalry to cross the river. The cavalry being thus placed in a situation so entirely commanded, went forward its obedience to the orders of their Commander, without preferring their intended de. wand. It is, however, believed that Colonic' CLOSE had found it expedieut ultimately to grant an iu. crease of one rupee per month, and a seer of rice j per day. . . • In the course of the expedition in pursuit of MEER KHAN, a Lieutenant Davinsoza had placed a .Subahilar (a native officer *hose rank corresponds with that of Captain) tinder erre*. The Seltandar, while a prisoner, appealed to Colonel CLOSE,. and preferred, being still a prisoner, a complaint against. Mr. DAvtoscpc, alleging• that he made use of •the -CompanPs grain to feed his (DAvtosost's) horse.' The Strbandar was released from his r -rest ; Mr. Diviesow wai brought . .to a Court. Martial, aud suspended for three months. Captain SYDENSIAAI, late resident at Ifyderaitatl, has resigned ? it is said, in consequence of an allu. sion made to him in the general orders published by General GOwpte . and Lord Mtwro, on the .ac quittal of Colonel Dov ETON. General MALCOLM, late Ambassador to the Court of Persia, it is said, is about to leave India. The agency of the army-clothing has been taken away from the brother .f Major BOLES, who held it for the purpose of arranging the Major's COO. terns, and transferred to Colonel limes. • The Magistrates are in possession of information that will lead to the detection of a considerable number of notorious and abominable delinquents. Their attention should be particularly directed to those in high life guilty of such abominations. .h. ,is by sufferinf such wretches to be at large that the vice is spreAing to so alarming an extent. One !movie in high life would be better than fifty in low, for it was a true observation of the shrewd trish Judge ST. LEGEII, 44 That the hanging 9u4. rogge in ru f fles was of more public benefit than' hanging a hundred in brogues." Nut wjthstautling the exemplary severities.recently exercised upon the wretches convicted at Clerke.n. well, Ave understand that a new rendevons been discovered in Eagle-street, Red Lidn.srave, where a number of miscreants were taken on 1 hurl day night and conveyed to the watch.:house. We understand, that a linen-draper and hisshop. man were taken up on Wednesday night for Ifie crime for 006 the au' wretches stood in the pH. Jury. .1.154%.: . *.- • I . r• I THE LATE MIL dlilt.llllM GOLDSMID• 1 = -3. 'V h..+A,.., C,IFItcoK Ilit 21311E11.1 - The general - philanthropy; the ready munificeeee, • the friitully : demeanour, the mild .and unassuming winners . ; of this Gentlemen; heve.been long knows " . ' and . eatee:necl, both by- the ci r cl e o f hio piiitate. Iriondo and by the public at Jarge; of whose no. ~. (ice, the Magnitude of his money concerns, anti . the multiplicity of his commercial engagements, et. ~ traded as large a portion as ever fell to the lot , ot any individual unconnected with the athnieistretieb • of the State. There are not many m en , w e believe, who !mimic,' performed more kind acts in social life, or mon 11. beral ones in what may be esteemed his public one, thAti Mr. ABRAHAM GOLDSMID ; no o ne , i n d ee d, of any class or description, ever became. talerikly • well known to him, without improvirq their fur. tunes in some degree by the connection; so that the list of those whom gratitude or the sense of kindness.receivcd in one way or other bait 60444 or aught to have bound, to him, was alkiost end. less. The - City of London was thrown into the grant cet agitation yesterday morning by the ewes ioeviveti [of thet melancholy mut. He had, it appears, shot himself with a pistol through the heid, iu the.WII- - , detnes at the back of known house, at Morden, is 'Surrey, tiliou'reight o'clock in the morning. The . An`edical.gintlemen from the neighbouring village, were siimmonett as soon as the fact was ascertained, but their skill was unavailing ; he executed his de.• . 845. too etftiquallf for human aid to be of any use to itio. The cause of this rash act it is not difficult to as sign :—Mr. GOLDS/AID was a joint coniractor for the late loan of 14 millions with the House of Sir FRANCIS BARING, and taking the largest probable range that he had dealt amongst his friends one half of the sum allotted to him, the lass sustained by ,the r6thitindei, at Ate rate of > 651. per thousand, which wss the price of Thursday, was more then arty fortune could be expected to sus. . gves since the decline Of annium from pir, Ur. notositri'S spirit were progressively dram), • Wu-btu witm . it reached five and six per cent. Aiscortr,".. without - the probability of recover. sho t . : unfortunate gentleinan appeared' cvi. dently restless in his disposition ? and disordered in mind;.his and, as we have reason to believe, not that cheerfal'assis(ance cnnot,gst his my. tried friends rchich he had experienced in happier times ' he was• unable to . .bear ori 'against the prep. Sure of his misfortunes . ; and hence was driven to terminate • a-life which till then . had never been Chequered. by tuisfortnne. • The moment intelki. genco Of the distressing event ;reached the City, Whick . was about the period of the opening of the Stuck Exehange,lke Fund s suddenly felt the eff e cts, and Cowie fell in alew'minstes from GG= to 631. onenions 6441. Trcira ationt.6l to 1O discount , and then reinainter Steady at that - Prieeitie:some time. , We understand that Mr. Qi,igasisso ,had deter. witred,.if possibte, to perforin all contracts at the Stuck Eichinge, hoping still to have a compe. tcucy left to retire with into private life from the 'wreck of his fortune. lle had already comment:4A his . ratrenettnients by dischargion• e' all the workmen and out - door labourers empl o yed on his extensile premises at Morden. The mutability of human, affairs his been strongly evinced during the last few weeks. Sir FRANCiI BARING and Mr. A. GOI.OSIIIID, who were consi_ dered as the pillars of the city . , are both dead with in that time. The effects the ir deaths have had un the funds of the country will best bespeak the sup. port they gave them ivbile t!s.eylived. • We have since been inforMed, that Mr. GoLosstto received some friends at his house the night preced.; ing his deceate, and even joined in a party at cards; but at intervals his mind , seemed totally absorbed in the thought of.'other sebjects. Another circum. stance which is said CO have accelerated his death is, that he had borrowed of the East India Company five hundred thousand pounds, -for which he gave them ample security; but notwithstanding, they wishing to have•the security redeemed, had' fixed net, yesterday or Monday fur that purpose ; and, it Is Supposed, he felt a difOculty in complying with this engagement. The house, however, -continues to discharge ali-dereands upon it ; and, it is believed, hamno occasion to se.vend its payments. rIIRTILER .PAIii*ICULARS. ' • About •isalf.past seven .o'clock yesterday morn. • lag; Mr.**Gotiiistin was seem . to pass over the bridge width !midi to the Wilderness or Rookery, to the grounds at Marden.house : shortly after, ' iheceachman, as was usual, inquired what horses •trece to go to town, npon which he was referred to Mi. G. being told at the time which way his mai. itesaltad.walked. The - coachman went in search of . itieti and was the first that found him weltering in hht blood, with the pistol grasped in his right baud. Lifelslias not quite extinct l .but before any aid could be piticured •Ms. Go Luc st ID eXpirO. - , , Oms.Psitets.- f -ko the eighth year of the reign of EpsitA . Rl JI. the , Parliament ordered, - that, in .consimaenee of .a. dearth, an ,ox fatted with grass stould be soldier 14s. and nith corn fur 20s. ; the best cow for !-121. a fat hog, of two years old, for 41;44. a fat,sheep.which was shorn for Is. 2d. and unshorn, js,.tid. *fat goose 21. a tit capon 24. 40 a. fat Ilea Thuriday evening as some boys ,were playing in • Wafer lane, olackfriars, a gentleman's servant Henn by at the 'tithe on horseback, when one of them, who ran across the street, was knocked down , and trampled under the horse's feet, by which one Of.his arms was broken. He wai taken to the !WS* in a very dangerous state; no -blame was at. tached to the person riding, it being qiiite dusk, We understand that in consequence of a prooo - from Cooke. the Publican, and one of Ihe Aniscreanis who were pillored in the Hay.inarket on Thursday, there was a meeting of the Westmcoiter Migistrates on Wednesday evening, to consider his offer for discovering a number of his accomplices its iheiame abominable system, but in a very different • rookie life, provided his punishment of the Pillorr was remitted ; but that the Magistrates, after fnil deliberation, deemed it more for the advantage of public murals to reject his proposition, and let the sentence of the law take its course. 1 • '"•'• • .440 -_,•••- 1••• • ~' /~ •'- Ilia' . .. fi:r~. I os . ly it lA. n- I t he 1 hi rd St Ch r p. al, I. 10 lid to • kl, 11l oi ey IA da- A in ler- G. PC.