The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-12-01 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY OF WORD.
•TO THE EDITOR OW THE STATESNI
Sits,—A few months ago, some letters
your Paper relative to the great abuses
veiled in the exercise of the Procaratorial
Oxford. lam now happy to state, end
of the University it should be made Tue
consequence of a change of officers a very material
alteration has taken place.
With respect to the _domiciliary visits (which sub-
ject formed a great part of your Correspondent's
Letters), it gives me pleasure to say, that the pre-
sent Proctors, as far as I have been able to learn,
have never put them into practice. Indeed, these
visits are of so tyrannical a nature, and so contrary
to the common law of the land, that unless in cases
of riot, or any other breach of the peace, which
would authorize a similar exertion of power in any
other place, they should never be carried into exe-
cution. The act of searching the lodgings of unfor-
tunate females, and (which has frequently been
done) making them leave their beds in the night to
open the doors of their apartments, end examining
Captain Goocu arrived yesterday at the Secretary ! every corner of their rooms, is surely a degre-
e, States Office, with Dispatches from Batavia. dation of the Procuratorial office. It must be ob-
. Private- letters received by the last arrival from served too; that the description of the scenes
Wool* Ayres state that a flag of truce, had been dis- a which sometimes take place on these occasions, as
pitched to General PESVELA, Commander of the related by the Proctors themselves, and the conse-
semy of Lima, in the vidtrity of Salta, proposing an
searches
merriment, in conversation, to which such
armistice and convention, in consequence of the fa-
vourable news fresh Europe, It is added, that sub- searches give rise, hare frequently inclined us
'repent advices hiving been received of King Fetter- to attribute these domiciliary and noctureal visits to
NAND'S actual arrival in Spain, the Government of motives less pure than those of the discharge of an
Demos Ayres only waited for the official commoni- official duty, and all this has been sometimes done
cation of that event, to send Deputies to Madrid to by men who are generally considered as good na-
rongratalate his Majesty. It should appear from
lured ; •but a prying and unmanly curiosity is often
this, that public spirit in the La Plata had taken a
pare turn• as cruel as an innate malevolence, being productive
Admiral TT _Amer-term is summoned to attend the of the same effects. When a Member of the Uni-
Coert-hlartial about to be held on Sir JAmts Mutt- versity has been found in any of these houses, the
stay, and is soon expected to arrive from the Me- Proctor has been known to have ordered the Mar-
diterraueau. shah to take
the woman away in the middle of the
It is a curious fact in the history of the Island of
night!
Elba, that ANItiIS TUE BLIND, King of Upper
Egypt, being driven from his kingdom in the second However we may, as moralists, deplore the fact,
year of his reign; retired to this Island, in the year the existence of common prostitutes must be acknow-
-1477, of the Egyptian era, or 734 years before !edged to be an evil that can never be eradicated.—
Christ, where after having remained for the long As an immorality, it is not to be defended ; but,
space of 50 years, he was recalled to the Throne at
perhaps, it has the effect of preventing the comnis.
the death of Saaacoe, who had usurped it. ANTS'S
died a short time afterwards. sion of greater ones •; among which. and particular-
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Sir Husieuttir DAVI is at present in the island of ly in such a place as Oxford, may be reckoned the
Elba. ; habits of intrigue and the arts of seduction. If this
Sir FR ANCIS Ilttensrr now spends the principal be the case, and experience proves it to be so, it is
part of his time in superinteading the education of
; cruel to punish an unhappy woman for exercising an
the junior part of his family ; to facilitate this ob-
occupation that generally brings its own punishment
ject the Baronet almost constantly resides at his seat 1
gear Oxford. with it—an occupation which, most probably, were
Amongst the Parliamentary questions which it may it in her power, she would be happy to velioqolsh ;
hereafter be necessary to put to Ministers, one will : and which, from necessity, should be connived at,
be, what annual advantages the public derive from if carried on with an attention to public decency.—
the Royal Military Canal in Kent, which appears to Instances m
t are occurred in Osford of women of this
have cost them the enormous sum 0r221,3061. 36.20.
each
description having been imprisoned, merely for being
PARLI tItENTARY PAPERS.—The Hackney-coach;
Bill recently introduced into the House of—Cone.found by the Proctors with Member* of the 111iiver-'
tons, states, that the provisions of the late Act, re.' sity at their own houses, when there has been no
;alive to the providing and delivering of notes lend noise or riot, for a longer time than persons con-
tickets, have been found inconvenient, and repeals victedof theft at the Quarter Sessions ! Imprison-
so moat of the same as relates to the provisions and
meet for a month in the city prison is a very cora-
regulations in respect of such notes end tickets, and
the penalties and forfeitures thereon.—The estimate
moor but a most severe, punishment. In damp
of the sum which may be wanted, to grant relief to weather, the stone walls of the cells in which they
such of the suffering clergy and laity of France, sleep literally run down with water. There is no
Tonloneee, and Corsican emigrants, Se Domingo suf- glass in the windows, and only a sliding board to
ferers, and Detch nava! officers, who may [eve exclude the wind and rain.
received allowances, and who may not have been
An attention to the health of the students may,
able to return to their own countries in the course 1,
perhaps, be pleaded as an excuse for the extreme se-
er the present year, or who, from services
or losses in ti.e British service, may have spe- verity which has been sometimes exercised by the
cial claims, is 15,00014 clear of all deductions.-IViee-Chancellor and Proctor,. Unfortunately, how-
The not receipt of the permanent taxes for the year end- ever, this severity can be proved to have had a very
ing 10th of Cletobec, 1813. was 31.623.72.11.75. 94d.; different effect from that which may be said to
for tae year endive, 10th Oct. ISt 1, 36,589,0871.1 •
have been intended, as it has been known to have
7s. 30. Of anneal duties to pay off 3,000,0001. Es-
chequer bills, to 10th Oct. 1813, 3,198,3831. Si. driven from Oxford all the women of a certain de-
101d. ; to 10th Oct. 1811, 3,100,811111. OS. 1014. Of scriptirol, except those of the lowest order, and
War-taxes for the year ending 10th Oct. 1816, salch as are totally negligent of cleanliness, and, in
'2,740,5681.45. Op. ; for year ending 10th Oct. 1814, a great degree regardless of frequent imprisonment.
9.3,475,1i5i. 19x. Giel. The unburned debt in
The writer of this letter is aware, that it will ex-
Eseheqeer bills outstanding 'on the Ist of No. _
was 59417,6001. The income Ose him to the censure of all those whose hypocrisy
vember, 1814,
of thiftonsolidated Fund for the quarter end. is greater than their humanity. He can only say,
ing July 5, 1814, ens 11,165,3131. ts. W.; that the censure of such men is, in his estimation, of
for the quarter ending Oct. 10, 1814, 10,e `1,9681. i little importance ; and that with every attention to a
64. 3d. The charge for quarter ending July 5, was 1 rational and well-regulated discipline in the Uni-
-12;052,0171. 14s. 10d. making a deficiency
di versify, and a proper and becoming respect to his
886,7041. 2s. The charge for quarter ending .
Oct. 10, was 8,732.0031. Os. Sd., leaving a surplus superiors, he never has, and never will be deterred
of 212'2,9651. ss. 7d. The deficiency of the surplus from noticing acts of cruelty and oppression by the
of the Consolidated Fund on the 3th of April, 1814, frowns of pedantry, or the threats of self-assume
was 3,929 3351. 64. bld. authority.
Infeaterree rear-hell town yesterday from Madrid, Osford, November, 1811.
that Doer PEDRO CEVALLOS had been arrested by ow-
der of the Government, and that it was intended to
put hini in close confinement. At the intercession of
powerful friends, however, he was set at liberty ; but,
. at the same time, banished from the Spanish Court.
Faxtract of a letter from the Agent (to Lloyd's)
Padstow, dated Nov. 27 With great exertion
and assistance we have saved from the cornmerce,
King, from Waterford to London, between-4 and
500 firkins'of butter, some partly oat and in bad
condition. The vessel was almost instantly dashed
to pieces, not a cask of provisions, lard, or hale of
. bacon are saved, and it is to be feared are floating
with the tide."
liftmen, Nov. 25.—The Halifax, Captain B.
Plies, arrived a few days ago, had discharged her
- cargo, and was ready to sake in one of grain, but
was entirely burnt last night while la) log in our
River; fortunately no other vessel has suffered.
Tee Sir Alexander Ball, from Bristol to Malta,
is retaken, and carried into Halifax : was expected
to sail from thence about the 10th inst. with convoy,
Gee Newfoundland, to load fish, and then proceed to
hi dee
The Francisco Ladories was lost on the Puffin
Wend, near Resume' is, on laturday last—the Mas-
ter sad to • men dro Pe&

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Mm. Mr. Chinnery talks With the utmost degree
It Sp peared:thatjtie dereised Wheat was the Soli of
of composure of returning shortly to this country ; _ Ball, wife of Jetues Ball, who had married her
and in that case he etpects to be received with open about five montlialemrieu‘ on receiving a consit
arms by 111•.Iiis 'termer friend—in short, as if no- deration from anotberanaiii The body of • the child
thing had had happened the ordinary course of was examined, wimp..nine of its ribs were found
the timer in whiCh we live. Certainly, it mast broken, and serious bruises were direovered or the
be allowed that the times are pregnant with default-
ers.and peculators in high and official situations; .body. It was stated, on the paet,Of Mailed his wifed•
but as the frequency with which this species of Mine that the (had had fallen from .it' 4610, on *hicti it
was,plaeed in a basket, on the 7th of Noreniber, and:
(and one of a more heinous nature can hardly be that the injuries of which ii was supposed to have
conceived) occurs, offers no justification for its corn- died on the 14th, were then received.- In corrobo.:
mission, it is to be hoped that decorum will so far ration of this, Mrs. Sills, who, keeps the publics
predominate in society as 'serer to admit within its i .
'louse of the Bells of Oaseler, near the ho s- nhera.
pale the individual who has been found guilty of so these people resided, deposed, that uti -14-Irdi -1,4;
publican aggression as that which consiitutes pecula- N ' ovember she saw the child. 1314 -ia, almkee :od:
tion!--The laws of this country are peremptory in the ground, and that the mother hating iiipiroAek
the case of an individual who steals to the amount how its clothes had been gnawed by intit,itilK
of 40s. for that comparatively trifling offence (and which the place was infested, she had persons{ear
trifling it must appear when balanced with Wilk her to place the basket on a table *believer the
thefts, to the amount of 40, or 50, or 100,0001.) a went out, and that Mrs. Bill accordingly di,) :41,..-:-
man is sentenced to be. executed; but in the case of From this it was argued, that the lucent (sit weeks
a 'public officer making away with hundreds of thou- old) had straggled about, and in so doisig,. oad fallea
sands in an official department over which he We' lon the grounds and received tli,, ec •-. injuries of-
, sides, and the property in which he is peculiarly . which it died. The mother was, howe...- . inhuthati
. bound to watch over and protect, he is merely made : enough not to procure any medical assista.ecei af.:
to refund the money which he has embezzled and rip- , though a week elapsed between the time When..
propriated to his own use (and hew often has it hap- i accident was stated to have happened and the .
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i Ter any part of the public money so stolen .a ); and ! the child's death. .!:.!:" .. i
In contradiction to this statement of the id a
uncles those circumstances the delinquent is not fall in the absence of the mother and ft..r hush i:,,:..
only free from imprisonment, but is sometimes *-,
a labourer', who was workiug before t e lirineei, , . •
even again received into that society from welch his pow. that on the 7iii he heard ti.e violent .. a
disgraceful conduct so justly and deservetily respelled of a eild, and lookiug in at the window,..ke tii
i him !! ! The English code of laws is surely very James Ball stnielieg in the rodm 'nit Jots. WWI nil
. defective in this particular, that ft presents so strik- the suspicious circumstances, the evidence Ito still
ing e distinction between the pnnishmeet of a man so vague and unsatisfactory, that, after erliest lo-
wly() robs to the amount of 40s. and an indivi.
tient elimination, the Jury returned •it... Verdic—
t dual who appropriates to his own use the public . Died by the injuries received from fulling frws 8
, money, to the value of as many thousands ! Should ! teak.
not some steps he take!' to remedy this extraordinary 1 After the Inquest, Bull and his wife *ent to I
and unjust distinction—as much with the view to , public-ham at gem, where, having got intoxi.
1 bring to condign punishment the public robber, as to rated they quarrelled, and the wife plainly declared
! pot the two species of offences in a scale of cornea.
:that her husband had murdered the infnut. This
rative justice, in relation to the correction ? A man being noised abroadi the woman was brought before
1 who steals to the amount of forty shillings (which ' the Rev. Mr. James, a Magistrate for Surrey, before
the law ' halal pronounced to be' a capital crime) PI, whom she made a full avowal that her husband had
! getserally speaking, of low origin and education, aid inflicted those injuries on the child of which it bad
in distressed circumstances, and on that armlet his ; died. James Ball has accordingly been apprehended)
offence is somewhat palliated, though still unjusli- : and committed to the county goal of Surrey.
Gable--on the other hand, the public robber of his;
eountry, placed in an high official situation under
Government, is always a nine of good education,
and respectable connections, and his salary is ade-
(pate to supply him withsnot only every comfort bat
even luxury in life; he therefore cannot plead po-
verty (for if he is poor, it must be the effect of his
own wanton extravagance), or a want of education
in extenuation of his .12..! U Why therefore
should the poor anelecited man be doomed to death
for steak-g 475. inal.the rich one suffer no 'maids-
merit whitever? '

The live, Diann, flown Sunderland to Ilainburgh,
is on shore near Slade, Irish lois of anchors and ca-
bles.
The Con:lance, from London, is artisigliai Hare,
having lost her mastc.
The Anna and Clara, Potjer, from London to
Ilamburgh, was run down the 15th ult., near Bei-
goland.—Crew saved.
TUE MARQUIS OF .BUTS.—On that 16th ult. died
at Geneva the Most Nottle Joao Marquis of Unto,
,-- Earl of Windsor, &c. &c. &c. lie was'hbrn ions
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In The account of monies paid out of the Civil List, 30th, 1714, and succeeded to his Scots titles ?Olin,
and not provided for by Parliament, the following 'rod was, created Baron Cardiff in England id 1766.
item' appea4s :—" To Capt. G. lIEWSON, for Canvey Ile succeeded to his mother's titles in 171;14, and In
ing th- Atnetican -ebmmissionets from Dover to 1796 he was created Viscount Morintjoy, Earl of
Calais, 1931. MI 6cli' Winasor, and Marquis of Bute.. Ile married first
it.lada/ne GRAMM isinot expected, we hear, to i oldest daughter and co-heir of the late Earl of Wind:.
assist at the Opera in England, during the ensuing] tor, by whom he had numerous Iwo*, .t alosis,tbo
Spring. This may, perhaps, depend upon circum-; eldest son, Lord MortosTuattr, rnasioied the daughter
, of the Earl of Dursrarm, and their ton, jontr, the
stances. That engaging actress and singer is now at
Paris, and is frequently of the Duke and Duchess of
present Earl of Dtrurarzs, as grandson of the Mar.
quis, succeeds to his titles anti estates. The 110bIll
WELLINGTON'S parties there. Though her peculiar
talents do not lie in the way of diplomacy, they Lord married, second, FRANCES, daughter 'of Tsopi.
ought at least to produce harmony between the Bri. INIA. COUTTS, Esq. the hanker, by whom he I. as left
fish Ambassador and the French people. a son and daughter.—The late Noble Nlarquis filled
for some time the situation of Ambassador at the
The ftlakarell, Rnubley, from Liverpool, to Bre.
mete, was lost on the 16tli inst. off 13orcum. . ;Court of Madrid, with great credit
The John Little, Bucchonnan, from Liverpool, to Fourteen transports, having on board eirt of the
Rio Janeiro, run on shore at Hoylake, on Saturday, Ist regiment of
Dragoon Guards, attired at Bristol
bat Was got off after losing her redder and two lan Tuesday, from Cork. The transports were all
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anchors and cables, and carried into Dock in a leaky
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state. Imoored itt Cumberland Basin, A here the troops
were landed. The Scotch Greys arrived at Bristol
from.. Palmier, to embark in the above
The Canada, Frazer, from Liverpool, to Quebec, on Friday,
was on shore on Crane Island River, St. Laurence, issd Both men and horses of
I traosperts for Ire .
the 11th ult. and four feet water in her hold. I this crack regiment aro of the astut formidable up-
The , Simon, from Newcastle, to Ham- , Plenum', end Us considered this finest cavalry regi-
burgh, is on shore near Brunsbuttle, with loss of 1 cent In Europe.
masts, anchors, and cables. 1 The following anecdote Sets the Character of the
IRELAND.—IAteIy, the plough-holder of Robert ° late T. WYNDHAM, Esq. of Dunraven, in a most
Shaw, Fay. Friar's-town, near Dublin, was assaulted amiable light. His father, Mr. EDWIN, had left to
by a number of fellows in the neighbourhood. Bede- one of his old servants a small annuity ; some
termined to lodge examinations against some whom ; time after, Mr. WYNDHAM, considering the great
he knew, which having transpired, anonymnos letters advance of all the necessaries of life, humanely in•
were addressed to him, threatening bim with &sitar:. cootseti this annuity to the amount bf one-third at
tion if he carried hi; intention into• effect. lie left lest. Being last spring detained in Bath, by a
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home to give information to a Magistrate, but has not . very severe and dangerous Hitless, word was by
since been heard of ; his cravat has been found, stained ,hi Steward sent him that his old pensioner was
with blood. Three men have already been commit- dead, and of course the annual etpeaditure on Ids
ten to prison on suspicion.—Seven men lately entered I estate to that amount diminisinall Mr. Wittitort tst,
COTENT•GARDEN Tricatat.—A considerable dis- the house of Mr. Curtis, near Roscrea. One was/Berlin as he was, called hastily for ink and paper, and,
appointment was experienced last night by the au- guised, and said to be the son of the shepherd. They "in bed, with his own handy wrote an order that the
dience who assembled to witness Miss O'NEILL's placed one ortheir party at the avenue gate, with a !annuity shoulti be continued to the old man's widow
performance of Belvidera. Bills were distributed, blunderbuss. A serjeant's party of the 6th Garrison' during her life.
intima.ing that she was so muck indisposed with a Battalion, on their return to Nenagh, perceiving this ! Fatacir Incorrnicaz ANECDOTE.-4n the year
sudden and violent co!J, that in the opinion of her man with a biunderbusso 1813, when the two tragic heroines of the Parisnadetowards him, and seeing '
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physician her recovery might have been retarded for 14m run up the avenue, followed him into Mr. Cnr-
Theatre, DUCIFIVIOIS and GEORGE carried every
a lon,• period of time, had she attempted to perform, two, and entered with him nearly at the same time.. thing before them, a young Lady from the BrassesTheatre, of t4nsme ofX true, was urged by her
the character. The play was therefore changed, and I V
They ash the gang in the ball, with. ererrarticle in
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the M i
aid of the Mill subqiituted in its place. Miss the is packed up, ready for removal. All the friendrio g o Paris, and that she was certain of
OINEIL's indisposition, we are happy to hear, is not 1 robbets were taken, and lodged° in the gaol of Ros- success, She accordingly west .1. the Capitals and
likely to continue. i crea. Mr. Curtis "
was in Roblin at the time: but was allowed to make a trial, as Ws thought she could
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Yesterday the Lottery began and finished drawing,. his son and family retired' to the attic story, and
easily share the. fame of the tiro Ladies, who were
when the following Capital Prizes were shared and. locked themselves up when they found the house Et, : then on the Phris stae. She, however, was hush
gold by Bisit, at his truly fortunate Offices, 4, Corn-- tared. • I very indifferent perarrner. Derfne three acts
of Great VIVO! heard'with patience, but 'unfortunately for her,
hill, and 9, Charing-cross, where the holders may , Surr-Arrarvios.—Mr. Large, Crtachmaker.
receive their money on demand. Qocoatotet, taacotres Ine-8.l star time agn primed m ... .
the totiowing oecurrenct,.-Which. happened ia the
'City,T,lneittag Lai rlage, tick to a Riasiait nierrhant in the
1.477. tl-trti A., a8;40.X) 382, Claim A.,ANTI-KrTRITION, "which fourth art, fraatrited all her hopes. There sus a
Lev, Gins A., 50 i 2.985. Clio. it., ea°
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2,8 At, Clnw 8., SG) 3.776, Cla., Al 100 •art " r %tent or ep%aira3 of , wee
Tickets and Shares are now selling for, it' Lottery c.-hrits,VinlinatilLC"
s it et.ellfersell with no other application " HAM) *eel tiara dell je retakel
to begiu drawing the 18th of next Month: (, . , orliatever to s mattAsileiree, hut st oli.:ht cose or iha „„,,. . . I,s_
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Anti.Atisiti prowouttonwo ,is &A dd it ion to the one mien a wag in the rwoactaimetl
1815). • is Londos. tenser tnixtroptiii“Er of this iiisaluable ". Preilog fit Posit, at 'emirate toot Mamie-1 I"
The fitting-out of an hundred gunship to erase
disrorvel %is t so emaiderahly rimmed, that he reeimimenils
the American • small craft, upon Lake Ontario, bas th_e roe al titre
_projtpabittoo.mo_st str•tnnly in al.! ewes
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a Mademoiaelle le XAS es easy be supposed, never
induced a farmer near Reading to set about teaching ibleilislir:Ni‘ altinferr slicriir, taillsrr.a thanln' iii'llerratioZtain. ' Pinked *nor en the Paris eloge. She got an ongage,
' his turkey-cock to catch snipe:. . - stance. . .. MO aft. Pan
whereilteetill is.

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64M AX. This peculating Gentleman his been living on the ' The deith dt. ini idttint4t-featr. i keAt
) a . ler 3 0
rod in Continent ever 'since his disgraceful conduct in this the of Name utottried wuh fiery sustAci„to
I country, as first of the Clerks of the Treasury, in a circumstances, Ices.eeryonsidetwo „Ilk, Ml
m which Pre- state of unblushing splendour and indifference, and is the neighbourhood; • A Coroner's- Istqui4i ac= •
ial power at at this period residing within a few miles of Calais, cordingly held at the Barley M•iwi
for the tredii I where his wife (a most accomplished woman) and his green,
on Friday, the 18th alt.
rblie, that in 'sun (an amiable young Gentleman) has lately visP qed Jornmat, Eg_.
Coroner for the Canny of surt4y.--
very material him. Mr. Chinnery talks With the utmost degree It appeared,. that-Jim defeised 'strata was Ott! sonot
of composure of returning shortly to this country ; Ball, wife of AnkiS Ball, +dig had married het

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