The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-11-01 00:00:00

t - ,t h 1 Il i .. .. • . 1 il li .1 ) 4 s i 1 .1 ' ) 1 1 1 •• . I i i i ' 1 1 I .1 ~ .._.... 1 ,) ti . . Cuthti7 OF COMMON COUNCIL. Y ci . frnlay a !very full Court met, for the parpen of 1e.0.14 into consideration the following motion, or %chic!: M. Jacks had given nOlice:... . " That a Bust of our most eseeitent Sovereign, George 111. th: pia ced io the Council Chamber of this City,- as a grateful trstiin' to demead to the latest pamerity, of the high sense this court entertmo of the mauiftid blessings enjoyed under his paternal reign; in width. daring the long period'oflifiy years, ear iusted ; the most eventful times, and under the most arda ch etre:instances ever rerouted in history, Britons have the priJd sat:Jae:inn is, feel, that amid the wreck of tetrrouoding 'wet wed rauntry has preserved lesions, Its Ml liberties, and its ladepeidebee unimpaired." . • Mr. Jad es waved all idea of entering into a re /low of his Majesty's private virtues, which were so universally knots p as not to require any com ment or illustration .on his part. llu, however, thought it his dety to nail thesttention of the Court to the proposed resolution in a political point of •i•!sir. Ile should confine himself tit three stand. aids of the ar/witted prospetity of the ceuntey ; lit. Its increask ..military strength. etc.. Its in ffease4 tiehisi And 3d, Its increased population. :Aim, be attempted to prove from a variety of re ferences, and concluded with submitting his Reso htiote to the consideration of the Court. *Mr. Qum said, that although Itst had several ob jections to make to the Resolution, couched as it writ iq ,general. terms, of his worthy friend (Mr. Jacks), he rose solely far the purpose of producing that unanimity, which he deemed absolutely neces. sary to evince the grateful feelings of the Court for the exemplary virtues and • endearing . qualities of their beloved and venerable Sovereign. With poli tical attachments, and, party bias, be did not wish to mix the sense so universally awl so justly cater_ tained'of the Monarch's,personal worth, and ar-. dent regard fur the prosperity of his people but unfortunately the worthy pentleman nut only stated jn strung language, but declared by way of •expla-; oetion, that his Majesty was to be thanked and. .praised for the acts of a twig series of Administra. tions, whether good or bad, during the' esiraorili. ,star) period of fifty years. To introduce the name of the King in so unwarranted a way, was.to strip him of !that sacred mantle by which the inviolabi lity of his person wasguarded, and to destroy that grand and noble maths' oY. the British Constitution ; ...that the Kill curs do iio wrong. To that : passim the people,. as well _as. the Sovereign, lent indebted for the happiest results; for while it pre,:l served. the King in full possession of pertenal se turity, It threw upopbissMiuisters all imperrensmul awful responsibility. trusted, therefore, 'in the few remarks he had to offer, be should htt ;Inks**. as drawing a hide antkextensivo line of demarcation' between the persona( worth, Satiable gotalities,.**d o transeemlant virtues of his . Majesty, find . thci onduct anal acts of his confidential servants. --- The object of the resolution shich was to comme r Wiorate the termination of thesOth year of his Ma. Seity'S reign, bad his fervent approbation and sup. po'r;'; hullo douid,nyt, speaking for himself, or ilklnkinX' for the Majority of the Court, reconcile 'Motel!' to belieiC, that by alluding to and praising the " manifold blesstngs" of his Majesty's reign, Any resolution.could pass that Court approving of the wieltrtdness, imbecility, and venality of past anti present Ministeri. .He ,might, "Wrest length, hold up to reprobation the conduct • et thcMitti. Meri t with ) at the bnginningor the pretest', reign, struggled to - estingeisls the. right of electtve.fran.. .thine, as had 'been so bisqlialtempted in the reture of Members for the county of Middlesex. fie (bight expose the absurdity 4'4 616141,o( !he Oasis adopted fur enslaving the 11444 Molpnleit ita,Ante. rice. •He might censure the systems pursoed iii ionseqienco of the French ,11.tworation ; of.conti 7 Dental alliances ; which, withent any. benefit to the • Continental powers, went principekly,to increase the expenditure and accelerate the losses of the. tub Empire. All these he could surely anti with. oat the' danger of contradiction enumer4te4 but Would' the Gentleman who made the motion clierge his Majesty with the culpability resulting from them ? Certainly not 1 . Mc had only to cetrace for a very few years the conduct of his Majesty's pre. sent Ministers, and their then colleagues, to prove, that the line of distinction between them and their Sovereign wet as wide and distinct as the emphatic sense of the English constitution could melte it. Whets Spain, her Monarch, her Prince, and her Ministers were betrayed by the atrocious starts sad perfidious wiles of the Tyrant of France and kai ;rope, what was the conduct of the men then its efface ? Instead of adopting measures suited to the urgency of the occasion, they dewed down to every little pursuit, caprice, and faction that presented Itself. They never thought of giving weight unit energy to the noble exertions of a gallant nation, by proposing and assisting in theconvocation of the Coto. Not they pleneediwepeditions, and they formed armaments, which were turframed as not to deserve the name of useful diversions, nor of great and efficient bodies. The distraction in the public eoensels at home teemed to pervade the cons„ tits of our - ariniesin every part of the Peninsula. Of this distraction the Convention of Cintra was a hue bat melancholy proof. The mistakes, defects, osid errors were undeniable; but nobody was to be found to whom responsibility could attach. Ho should not ca:l thl attention of the Court to the Injectable and pestilential Expedition to Walcheren, The result was indelibly otigraven on the heart emery Briton who felt fur the interests, the charity. Ur, and ?tory of his countrymen. lie would Hot f tigue the patience of the Court by pointing oat slight sad contempt thrown by the present Mini tern upon the last motion made in the 1104110 Cumrsuits for a Parliamentary Reform. lie win opt detail all the acts of embezzlement and pece lotion committed by men on whom no punishment was indicted ; but he would ask, were these caps. mitous miseries and disgraces to be imputed to his Majesty 2 The worthy Gentleman, he was con. singed, would answer " No a" but why; then, be wish by his resolution to implicate the Suvereig* in them ? Mlni4ters alone were responsible them; and he had, with a great majority of Court, the consolation of thinking, that their isponsibility would, a no great distance of time, called forth. On the other hand, lac was ready and proud to admit, that the town a- impruventeuts the country had been materially augmeffird,ancrthat the glory of the British navy had been raised to au eminence, transcending all praise, and defying all coin petition. But these were more to be attri .buted to the spirit, energy, and perseverance of the country itself, than to the wisdom of any plan formed, and pursued by Administration. The wor thy Gentleman had attempted to prove the prospe rity 01 the country by these standards :--Ist. The iperease of military strength ; 2dly, The increase or wealth; and 3diy, The increase of population. Ile mould undertake to say, that the first las alto. gather falacious ; for if military strength were to be taken as a criterion of a nation's prosperity, was not Ibis coantry far lithind France? Besides, the increucof military strength in a free country like thii, was rattier a proof of its decline, than of its ateztnenting prosperity. IVith respect to increased wealth,, he should merely observe that the valuation of exports was no standard ; fur in consequence of the .increased value of money, the quantities ex ported now were represented by sums nominally greater, though in reality less, uu a comparative 'miles then:they , .wero4wfmsAy, fifteeo, ten, or, fire years back." Mr. Quin concluded by calling the attention of theo.;ourt to the distressed state of. the manufactures and commerce of the Country—to its wants and privations in its colonial possessions in the West and last Indies—to the bigotted and selfish system which prevented the Catholics of Ireland from identifying themselves with the best and per manent interests of the Empire; and he exnressast his fervent wish, that the special pleading, low tripe, and paltry jobbing which debase the present men in power, would be shortly superseded by the 'mime of real latent, hottuur, and integrity, that were now so shamefully suffered to linger in the oh seurity or private life. .Ilis object was unanimity ; and he trusted his worthy friend would withdraw his iteseistiek, rod accede to an Amendment which he Medi to propose— " That a Bast of our most excellent Sovereign, George 111. be placed id the Council Chamber of this City, as a grateful testimony to descend to the latest posterity, of the ith.;l) seise this Court entertains of his amiable and endearing qualities, his : imuserous and exemplary virtues, and his paternal 'void fur ,the happiness and glory of his people.' .lie wished it the more, as he was .convinced that the melancholy situation to which.his Majesty was at present reduced, afforded a further signal proof of his eminent detuestic _virtues ; caused, as it was, by his feelings and sympathy fur the distressed,' egoniting, and almost hopeless state , of a beloved daughter. Mr. SA$v;L Dixon' concurred most I-artily in She A.fisendietait proposed by Mr. Quin, and begged ilia friend, Mr. Jacks, to, withdraw his Resolution, All uo political allusion ought that day to interrupt, the coincidence- of public opinion. Mr. WAITISMAN also supported the amendment, and. complimented Mr. Quin on the comprehensive and constitutional view he had taken of the subject. Ile would allow no milli to -exceed himself in his affection for a truly venerable and beloved Sove reign, and he earnestly called open the Court fur unanimity. Sir WM. Collets, after a warm panegyric on the virtues of his Sovereign, moved as an Amendment, that the word 46 statue" be substituted for " bust." Several remarks were made in support of Mr. Quin's amendment, anti Sir Was. Curtiss sabstitu- Sion of a statue in place of a bust, by Mr. liembie. Mr. W. livroaTE said, he took the Opportunity of expressing Vert' briefly ids' Witty ; Concurrence in the Amendment of the aVoVthi ilarinet. The rprilitinvi, 'in his . dphiltoti, was not, whither this, or thit bust *Ali well or ill executed, but • whithet bust wag such an expression of the grlttefel of the Court towards a venerable'andrespedted 'erste as became the dignity, the and the Imignificence of the first Corporation "in the £m. wire. Surely the Conte would make as • dia. thirtidn hi the inotlo 'of testifying that icspect between the Sovereign and , Individuals, who were subjects, however eels bialed or illuatriotes.... There was one tralt - lik his Majesty's character' which he wished had' been noticed, because it was tine which more than any other endeared his Majesty to his people—he meatit his unshaken attachment to the great principles of religious liberty, and of the Act of Toleration. In his reign there had been no attempts to trample upon freedom of consci eine, whoever had been the Ministers and whatever advice they might have given. lie thought it pent liarly necessary, that his Majesty should feel that he had not more loyal anti faithful subjects than the defendants and folitowers of those illustrious Whigs, whose principles of civil and religious frees dam seated, and had since maintained, his Majesty's family -treaties throne of these kingdoms. Mr. Quirt then moved that a Committee, con sisting of all the Aldermen present, and a Member representing each ward, bet appointed to take the resolution as amended into consideration, and re port their proceedings to the Court. Unanimously agreed to. Mr. Edward Pearkes was elected Collector of Smithfield Market, in the room of Mr. Tuckey, deceased ; and Mr. Richard Freeman was elected a Collector of Fleet Market in the rOciat of Mr. Pearkes, deceased. THE STATESMAN._ 'i' OLD BAILEE vs. geisions commenced yesterday before Lord EiLisiaostoowt, Brun Timmetc, and Mr. ins. Hen LAWRENCE. . Roberts, Foulkard, and Aris, whose case bet excited so much curiosity in the public mind, were then brought up; but on the motion of Mr. Our. ney, their Counsel, their !trial .was postponed to next Sessions. . Messrs. Aris and Foulkard were suffered to Ifts a. large on their own recognizances of 1001. each. Roberts was remanded to prison. Hepburn and White, the' two wretches standing indicted for a certain nameless offence, 'whose trial was postponed at the last Sessions, in consequence of an affidavit having been put in by Hepburn, stat ing that he could not go to trial with safety to his life, during the absence of • witness then in Porta. gal, were yesterday again pat to bar, when Ilep. tiara tendered another affidavit, respecting that he had applied to the War-Office, requesting that di. rections might be sent out to Portugal, for the person to whom he alluded in' ids former affidavit, who was a drummer, to be tont.honst; In answer to which application, he was infortned, that Gu. 'eminent could not comply with his wishes, unless a specific order was given from the Judges for that purpose. He was, therefore, under the same Op. prehensinns as before, and prayed the indulgent. of the Court. • Lord ELLENDOROUGII said, that the persons (hi the War-Office were mistaken in their opinion nein the practice in such cases. The Judges were aot.lo the habit of issuing any such orders. But as ttdi 1 mistake did not originate on the port of the Prisoner, his Lordship did not think it fair that he should, be 1 the sufferer ; ho ,therefore directed, that his triNl should be postponed until nest Sessions, expressing 1 a wish that in the. interim Government would fur ther the ends of justice. White expressed a desire to take his trial then ; but his Counsel advised him to let it stand over until. 1 next Sessions. Lord ELLENBOROUGII observed, that if the Pri.; soncr was desirous of being tried then, be should have justice. White, however, followed the advice of _his Counsel. John Fruin was tried, on a capital indietmento charging.him with stealing a black mare, the pro.- perty of Thomas Ridden, maltstcr, at Newington ) near Blythe, Keat. ' • It appeared, hoot the evidence brought forward to substantiate this case, that the mare in question was stolen from the field of the Prosecutor on the :night of the 13th of September, and vas found in the Prisoner's possession two days afterwards in Shoreditch. On being detected, he jumped oil the' horse he was riding, and ran away, but was • pur. sued,' overtaken, and secured. An attempt was made by the Prisoner to peeve an alibi, but it failed, and he was found—Guilty, Death. COI:4117W. William Belt and four other persons were charg ed with coining'; but after a hearing that occupied nearly the whifle day; they were all acquitted. Delt was again put to the Bar on a charge of haying ill his possession a press and other imple ments fot coining, and was, upon the clearest tali. motl, - found Guilty—Death. . . MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, oq.. 31. , , William Pope, a petin-hrOlier, in partineeski l PH with his father, who .resitks at Ifox c ltip, was in. dieted for assaulting bit~ wife on the - 18th of July last. Front the statement of the Prosecute;;,, a young woman about twenty years of age l •it ap. • peered that she had been married to the . Defendant up*Prds of two years, and during that tithe had frequently experienced the force of his brutality. On the 18th of July last, the day op which the assault complained of was coinmitted, the Pro secutrix was at work upon a shirt, which she was making for him, when he.. same into . the room, 'awl - accused her of having said she would never set a stitch fur him again, and with out any provocation, struck her ik.violeut blow on each side of her face, which caused - her to have a locked-jaw fur a fortnight after • upon this she immediately Wvut to a _female' frit;dirs4heise, next door to her .own, 'a'nd -told ,ter hoer she had bee% treated. Iferfrieed skated her tog° Witte again, sad she did so, bUtAtis 'received by her husband with gross abuse-anti additional blows. since that time she had been residing with her father at Deptford, under his protection. Mrs: Cock, the person to whose hoes!' she went, described the state in which she was;' her mouth was bleeding profusely, and her handkerchief up. peered to be steeped with blood. In a short time her speech appeared - Ur be *Cif ittich littered, - la her tongue and mouth swelled; And fur a fortnight afterwards she was able to take no nourishment but what was conveyed lute her sleuth through a . $ . Previous to the Counsel for the prosecution aiL dressing the Jiffy, the Cualawaa (Mr. Watson), advised the parties to refer their dispute to some t Gentleman at the Bar, who would settle all the differences between them. This the Defendant • • .1 t ". 2- * • • , CELEBRATION of the KING'S 4CCESS 41' ALA'IVICK. • The Anniversary of the King's Accession 111 Throne was celebrated at Al nw i ck, on Thum Jast, with even greater spirit than it was i s ivskted the Jubilee was more generally kept,' corn - Mencement of the reg a l year, which bei ng% cloy:ti t eollipletes the half century of our bo ol Sovereign's reign ; a p er i o d f ur which very fl Monarchs have sat upon their thrones. The day was sied in by th e reveilltekti morning gun, whe the colours were hoisted a , castle, and before noon Lard Percy's art' wilt.piece men, 'civilly, and nine companies j ' ride corps, upwards of 760 men, has inareliefi • the castle; and taken post upon thesslnting b a . the towers atid;bittlemints of the castle (the half of his Lordship's corps having aasee t w e d Tyne.side). At one, the 40.de : kie were fired as last' by each branch of the carpi .reapectivelyo n i with the loudest cheers "ind'inesic. The el. which, and the view from the park on the up • side of the river, were most gratifying. The Local Militia being in Miswick r 'qu .could no t be procured fur Ea r l Percy's vo les Who afte r being refreshed with co ld meat aria at the Castle, returned to their owu quartets, w Ait lead litst ifintiers were prepared tir theth at Duke of North amberiaast's- exporter' . • ,Thu petriotiain of tills Noblonan.ic an amp the other rears of thi s ki ng d om ; f ur, after ho "ler hithself Owerds of 51 year s i n his 11Ijesk army, and having only Inro guns, he has pl ace d of them at the - licad'of 1560 of his own (emirs, wholly paid and clothed at his Grace's Nine; and his other son is now serving on board one of Majesty's ships of war, and devoting himself ma , closely to the study of nay tactics, despising effeminate pursuits of the thy. Thepopulae.e were nut forgotten upon this fei, eal, his Grace having ordered an ox to ha roasi in the marketplace, and three carts attended %ft ale and bread to be distributed to the people. But .the better to commemorate this day by roe more lasting tribute of respect and gratitude to Soaefolgis, in the way must acceptable to his !C. .jesty, by being molt useful to his people, the Doh of Northumberland caused the first stone °fa schoi .to be laid, capable of containing 200 bays, tots educated under Mr. Lancaster's plan, which us be built and supnorted at his Grace's sole expert Aitd the Aicbes;i's charity girls had.a elltioerpre to them by, ber, Grace on this occasian.---Del itetb l ettstle Courant, Oct. 27.1 , .4 4-.. • An English reader WWl* si4prliell to be !that all the pawnbrokers' shops in Paris, hay,' over France; belong to Government . Tile 'Bureau i. called i.e Grand Mont de Pies*, *hid :las its agents in -different parts of Paris, 'and an called Commissaries du Mont de Picte. This , hot .ever,..isno new regulation ; it was so ender ;het* "Monarchy. .• But tehat.is novel is, that when a pet sen pledges at these places; he must produce Ail patiport, or Carle de Surete, by which means it Government knows every person whe-goes to po~ybe kris . A. list" of their names 'feral acacia the police. • This grew out of tbi Revell -tictiv.!* • • . • 'The Rifts has .been pleased tikgriseritlllittrv.l Porter Pack wood, Master of Arts, to the Tice age of St. Mary, in the town . 'or Warwick, al Diocese of %Voltmeter, vold i iiir l the death of th . Rev. Mareiedulc;) Matthews.. The ereselit Bishop.of Lowypih,* kjs Gat alio tci his Clergy, at St. Paul's, scenly,reptobatel lan of tregistar Office!, wham - elergyoust aujk ilieet4.for apy .. spec!ea of clerical duly, tied SO ia'as ceremony Is we call tV•cuaos . r lthe' Thirty,sixth Volume of .14e Aredr l l l 4 l 4 • . I, r _c i tine was Fpnipleteil on the 30th of Seidadtl. The . Engravings for Itlo. 217, publisheilthiath pro 141 1, b'lora t, a eelelirated.Mare, the propel the of. ; and an Etckiat t . tlowiFe. *.Complete Sets of this highly hams amusitig Work, embellished with owe* Pout flutidrod and Fifty Copper-plated sat Si log Subjects, may be hpd of J. Wneaca,. fi4k.tquare, and by all Booksellyis in Part Country. , t kr% yesterday mottling til4i.l•o pf4cec, Beard, accoinpattied by his follawsts to, bed at the Slaughter Coffee-house, Si. Malli o bine, into which they had watched .a degas" against whom they had a writ fur a coasidetate mum, on the preceding night. The Officer scat* to,the Gentleman early in the morning, and kr' fOrmed the follower that if he would tako maiw freshment iu the coffee-room, he 'would *PO I I down ; but having waited fur his dressing some time, • elve•Claicer went err, when the GOr man swallowed ,a cup of arsenic. He died in Y 1 in hour, and a Surgeon who attended theitrsenie to have been a secong dose. -.••• ft DITHS. f , ritelolir.thlCYMllllnalicilTo'nrailtd,ho6fhts°B4llmo: Notting Hill* the La' the ir Os Sunday Insytt Portsmonth, Mrs. Dickens, of a datigl 00 Tuesday ta(kruilw Mrs. Thomas Dtbh, Mak.1341" 1 daughte.. , 'file Lady of W. Wells, Esq. at ifieleeflrld,:Vlostaiou tt,A" at u ono. MARtillil). Ou the 17th ult. at Dumfries. the Asehtentsult David tueltaie, Isq. of • everdinal iu the motif " nUttlfrieA. On':Tunsdety 140, by the 'Rev. Benj. Love. at Af,' SarTY, Caleb Wuudser, Ere. tit' Sear. to '! 31ury Anne Eleanor ilnkey, (idea dLughterof the late ki4 lihq. of llenlev Patk, in the anise county. o , OnfAionday tau at New near Doodler* C. Julnuit..“ sun 4:1 George Net. C•F" , " 1 " . Ann, :.econel i daughter nt the late Or. Janes Wrieitt,Gario Surgeon :in I Pitri,4yor to the Forces. 1/11..1f. On the et* iito. rst his btothrt ,, ..nt Clunfor, in 6 . M r.. fintnai, of (; hey nt•-w nth (:nelse.t, surpton: On Sunday lust, it Ea , thoitrn, aged five ?errs. 4 41119 the rldi•stlntl of:Tolin tilurtinier,pf I.oftekhenb. • Saturtin‘ Ift4, st Kewingtesii,Joltit Telitott., EP+ • ' 1 `44 B ItICX of fiTOL KS I: ESTIAWAY• Dank Stock • ' °annum bi 611 dig , 11 per Cent. !led. 644 India Stu ck lid • 3 iier (A•nt. Cnn tow India ilotutz' PI 25 P r ' 1 per Cent. /49.* 84 E xc h. Milli 811 pr. • i per Cent. Nary :1931 • Cor.). fur Arc. igie Loam Ann. 17 13-16 1t.% L/N DON sriiited and MIVIi hy . ko 1 ") ST 4T M 0 I tf sh d lee-Meet. Ile .. - - 4..41%.•• ‘.11•4. MY, IT VW.. lilt iii• AMO SOCA) aosalovinali I the . . .. . POLICE. would willingly have weeded to, hot his father, !en. ~ . . who was In Court, insisted oat tisocase gelag to a o f . Gunnitilitt.:—Yesterday Mr. Graded ; MI am- Jeri. .- 0 ric, tioneer, charged Joseph Bata mod wog. gedg- . . The Jury found the Defendant Illikelify. - ; f a . wick, two porters employed ,iidq l / 4 'milli stealing ~ :, t h e several locks and other • house where Another of those vile niiseresetse; whose crimes • M r ' G. was to hase.a si4es 011 0: 1 ° 4 sich was under are so abominable, and +whose infamfdisgraces hu- nts. e o f thePrisoners' care. ereireshopped by man n ature , was t hi a .d ayLoupv i ctol o f attempt i ng M id a watchman, ou 1 moth the articles an unnatural. offence. The evidence was of that cu. upon them, which Age. „Atyleareeivood seated, that d escr i pt i on , t h at i t is futility itopossiblo to eater into met it was its intention to . sfajnisiitsik,' as, k was * any detail of it-; su ffi ce it to say, Oat nothing Id a . general comp . h i e continually yliinthrearla _ ; gels. Ilte rft- tented. to pillory and imprisonment. lie was butler :on- sow= in T h e i r ilefeaea . . . did was such as was to '.. 4 7k r „,4 40r ,,.. -: . 4 .•. . vonshirc.placc. tio .l los* petAnielo.s, whic.hAte: ..Sielti . far : nekouseted tiilFrWay.. . .. . . Tuestley oftertition a Ing.boat, going throsgh th e . ..• , - . • • oshkisiipt, loaded , struck against the sterlings, re. Mr. enaws ' u lamillimilliii"llllllllllllw ew, Ironalloses . we • ..• . ''.. '''. • tiilt — • anovie l lasesecliately tilled with water, and souk ; ,be Glamorgan, died a shoet.thile 4morwkee ,„4 /8 i •"".11 1 1Millem e. , was with difficulty saved by the att- end snit lion sterling, !howl , -• _ ... . . nee of a boat which happened to cuurc.vp at aeV 101 is the ire% *nide. ) . . , *if doe.