The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-11-09 00:00:00

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StATESAIAN.

To its EDITOR 07 rots STATESMAN.

I To rus EDITOR op r.nc • P4.PIJtET ON iLIZ4 FENNING.
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Sta,—Your Correspondent, who sinned himself S.
STARBOARD, and why tery properly places the tow.
flat promotions in the navy to the account of ref.
,flamentary corruption, Ok find insiattrzs enough,
eat only in the rotten boroughs of Puitsnteuth, Poole,
and Plymouth, which he his well described as fawn-
', ing and insolent, as the Governs4ld it strong or
weak in the House of Commottit 'het lb all :eitr •
inland borou;h3, Vilich pretend retie tittellendsiiti,-
because they are not like goectsborieth in the hands
of the Ordnance and Admiralty; or, !Ate:Saturn;
the hands of an itadisidual,who has.puetglitsesi the tight
of sending two men to represent the jusgiolelf
i land in Parliament.
I ft itotsld really be laughable, welf it't-ot for the
mischief resulting from it, to behold the arreganee of
those boroughs. on the eve of a general demists, to

Sra,—Beinga constant Reader of your indepen
dent Paper, and conceiving it to be an open vehicle
for all well-founded complaints of oppression of
proper arrangements in public departments, of other.
wise, I trust you will indulge me by the iusettiou of
a few remarks so what I consider the prelent inje-
dicious terms on which soldiers are released from
their engagements in the army. The General Orderby
which soldiers are permitted to obtain their discharge,
requires two eligible substitutes of the very best class of
recruits, to be provided solely by the friends of the
',arty applying for his discharge, and no interference
of the man is to he permitted. The substitutes, whets
pr ,vided, are to be taken to the head-quarters of the
regiment, and must remain there t%enty-eight days
before the principal is entitled to his discharge; mud
in the event of their desertion within this period, they

The care of ItluzA FENNI NG, which has evcire;l so
much interest in the public mind. has received a
most ample and impart/I'k elucidstion in a work
just' published by Mr. HONE, of Pleet.street--:
(See ildeertisenteht in this Lor,y's Paper).—The
new .facts detailed, in this work are •such ai to
•awaken the liveliest. •attention ithci se asibility
to the fate of the unfortunate being wT ids tb
subject, and to excite reflections *hieh ought. to
operate as. a
:standing lesson to watchfulness, cau-
.tion, and butuanity, in all similar cases, lest that
,whicts,has hitherto been our bulwark and our pride
should.bo converted into an engine of oppression,
and an instrument of destruction. It is most grati.
flying to consider the spontaneous but unconnected
.etrontsof this most laudable feeling, and did corre.
spending exertions of benevolence, which:appeftr to

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are to he replaced at the expenceof thesoldier. Now, the leading Members of which the T -u reasery bas.ot have actively,- though silently, manifested themselves
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sir; as discharging Mod from the service, who, from paid due attention by promoting their dons, trans- amidst the sterner and less pleasing features of the
their former habits, are not calialated for the duties j (erred from shops to gunnel...docks or parades, or proceedings in this case. The public are but tittle
of a military.life. (and of this class, almost tines- i into the situations et Gentlemen, iu' some of the award or the extent. f;the efrorts made to sive ihir
ceptionably, are those who purchase their release), • public departments. . unhappy girl—a strong presurhption in *tinier of its
lust. be * benefit to the. service; in my opinion (with } I have seen a whole Corporation metamorphosed, innocence. If there are circumstances narrated to
&moat to that of his Royal Highness the Cora- , Into a Committee of red.hot patriots; amorous for 1 trafito impressions of pity and indignation, the yeadel
- seatialer ia.Chief), it would be much better to remove . a change of Ministers, becasie the see rt- the Re- ' *Maisel be made acquainted with traits of indi*idoa,
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...eptlasent difficuttiest by accepting a sum equal to: turning Officer, Mr. Flo, M . or, 0.r,,. , and td- philanthropy, which reflect the highest honour on the
the expence'of raising 'two men its the ordinary man- low-chandler, had been refused riesi•';arteney of. British cherieter. We make the follreising extract(
Per, which would be an equivalent to the terms i the county. militia !—Other feel/414n...
:lees the one, from this work :7--
conteined-in the present General Order, end would , from whence I write, boast's* otilum, a •kind of
Weie it prudent to indulge in a review of the trial
be a reduction in the expense to the soldier, of. magpie complexion, half bla.l; shalt' wt. te,.the lat- •
'and I o consider the cencatenstion of ciolumstaircet
at lei,t taco-thirds ; for by the present mode ter-eolour pretending to a r'., ter. ~: -vrhicLethelermer sworn to, and the truth ind consistency of the evi-
soldiers are compelled to employ one particular' Is Itioapable, and forming, an it wt.-, a counter-' dente, the conclusion's would be or,: ter, %Wining
man, who has the, Adjotaut,Geuerars authority' poise to the abominsble. tory *principle of. passive i tee' envy, and probahly lead to ulterior results, 'that
to pros ide si..bstitutes for the Army, who charges :010ediench' end non-resistance, by, which they pre-
; no one but a le gal adviser due conietts`plate, iithoot
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sizt.y guineas for two men to whom he oisty .pays ;-tend to preserve the Constitution from the erbitresy
(lie. risk of ea' preissing feelings that ought not to be
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a boeitty of sewn pounds seven-shillings • each :4 I - etscreachmetits of ' the Crown. You will perceive I t lightly
etentiat fact,
hazarded. But there is a counter-circum-
deposed against by Mrs. CharlottreTtir.
There are also many men to my knowledge at ltio - froth this, that the Devil maintains his influence : nor, and her lonise-maid,' Sarah Poei, upon the trial,
head-quarters of regiments (the Cavalry Depdt, bete, and tras et least cue half of their reor6hips at : that ought mit to be forgotten—the fact that' tin
Maidstone, for instance) who are !Mt 0111Vq4elen kiii4eVOti.M. . coals weraidglivered open the day, of the poisoning.
This Act w\ts denied hy.
hotk she mistress' and the
subjects its the Army, but aio.selsions or inlet em- • Peace, and the distress it inflicts on all our naval
maid upon ,their: bath: They hnth swore that the
?toyed in their duty al soldier*, bat according to sea porls, may possibly, in a abort time, give him
coals did' not comp` In tint day. Mrs. Charlotte
their former occupatiod. If a musician, to instruct the aepreine commartd ; for since honest Tow Turner swore so Gat, and then Sarah Peer, win
the families of Officers ; or if a desk, to art as FAS/LINE. went over to hit. very ::good friend the was in Court whYreher +Mitres, swore so, swore it
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arnanueusis to the Staff Captain ; and in the event PKINCE RLGENT, And J0111,14,1ae inissdp against corroboration.. ' Mrs- C. Turner did snot swear that
of these particular men (who are found to serve the_ France, which he had opposed-from the first, 'snowy thetdid not come In that day to her knowledge; she
private interest of Officers) oisit;ng, from a change .1 our stout Burgessea, who used to ride restieeate: did wet sweet that they might harts come in whilst
• she was up stairs , .and she not have
of their circumstances, to resume their former sta.. der the banners of the patriotic &wider, 'late
slid not swear that, though she heard them; she
was watching the
lions in society, they have not only 'to encounter the .toiled, in with the Pcer, augt.:withksioifieto shieg,
"kitchen whilst the dumplings were making, and war
difficulty of remplyieg with the General Order, bet denoting a sudden acquisition of wistlOnerzrevelly ?N. up and down stairs, and in and,out of the kitchen,
from the interference of their employers they are clam oethe THRONE Wad be StfPNRIT Dri..* i looking at tiseappearance.ol the dough, yet still the:
even prevented doing so, who, in the first place, by — —Whether its best supporters are to he found might lune come in and she 'not have known it; she
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varying the pridei slid. not swear doubtfully in that way; but she swore,
their influence with the Commanding Officer, pre- in a rabble of Burgesses,
164 It COlllll net be that day ;" and further, that
tent, his making the usual application for leave to of their votes in proportion to the demand , assh," 4:liiabeth-Fenning, 46 had no occasion tr
provide substitutes ; but should the Commander in for them, I shall leave to the common sense of reek/pale create" And the house-maid, Sarah Peer,
Chief's woe be obtained through another channel, mankind to decide—the purport of this letter is when asked the question, " Was out the coals de-
render it almost impossible to provide two (what merely to corsfire what your Coirespondent, S. Seale.: Ireradiiiillte iseese ifrat day ?"` swears plump" no."
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they are plksed to term) eligible substitutes, by di' . flio anii;ls—as advanced—shat Midshipmen are not made I The '7
ve of the coals on the day of the poison-
ti ei • affirmed by 'Elie. Fenn's% herself
se-oresing et: tare lima ,cri4ten character, before they' Ltiogeoriots ; LtiniteneeskthSorninanders ; cos cam,: ing was:Oilv-4
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approve of them—a thing by no means required by' menders, Post La ptainar.but thraegh ilartiametittay la tholitt4i:end of in A
(Int, Aix,* re. month after
the Regulations foryassing Recruits. These, Mr. interest; except in very rate and extraordinary its- the execution, it was discovered that' Vr. .Jo ieph
EDcron, are facts which I think you will deem great stances, and that even Post 'Captains who ought to' Wood, of Eaton-street, Pimlico,'• %al the Coal-men
abuses ; and should it not be thought expedient to succeed to a flag accenting to their seniority, would I chant wao siipplied Mr. Orliber 'Punier with coals;
amend the present General Order, by pcceptiog a : be set aside but for borough influence, while others I and on reference to Mr. Wood's .;h, the day of the
books, 'lt appears
sum sufficient to raise two men for the discharge of have obtained the rank of Admiral much sooner that he has, on the 21st .of Marc
poisoning,- debited Mr. Turtle-With a ceintriron• el
one, I hope, should this come under' the notice of than they expected, in order to get at some favourite* coals. At the Westminster Coal Meters' Office, is
the puke of YORK, he will be pleased to order '• individual in high fatour with Ministers; a brotheir Northumberland-street, St rind;l7 tit-ere-ls an forte
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such arrangements to be made as will permit the sol- ! perhaps, as in the case of Sir Joseen Yottee, or nips on the 21st of March, of 12 saclfs of coals tnetedloi
t!ie:'s discharge, if he complies with the Regula- , had powerful parliamentary interest or contuse, i:Me.. 4. Wood to Mi. Turner ; and the books of
illiessra...Perkin and Thompson, of the Adelphi W hart,
lions, without leaving him to the mercy of those ; tions. . Thus professioisal merit and long services are '
• My:J.-Wood's wharfingers, show the cartaga of the
men whose prisate interest or convenience it is to I thrown aside e„ei.3t. occ„ionall -y, to save appear-
detain him. coals from the wharf, and their delivery at Mr. Tor•
ances, by a fallacious show of impartiality—and the ner's on the 21st 'of Maid), the &iv of the poison.
Navy, far snore so (hats the Army, is really become ing, by Benjamin Edwards, Messrs. Parkin Mid
a mere Ministerial engine; for in the Army, seniority. 'Phompsen'i carman. 4
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ensures promotion, a here purchase. or very Here, then, is well connected proof, capable of
substantiation by evidence, every way unexception•
transcendent achievements do not interfere; but in
able, that the coals were delivered on the very day
the Navy there is no fixed standard for promotion, all that Mrs. Turner and Sarah Peer swore that they
depends upon the Admiralty, the First Lord of were not delivered: •
which is frequently the tool of the First Loral of the The Editor is in poteelsinn of proof, that Ella.
Treasury;, or a locum knew) 49 was tier case with Fennitignettielly received the coals; whilst the dough
Gerd BAUMAN. was at the fire.—that she was repeatedly Absent from
the kitchen,4nd 'hit *nether individual was in the
It may be difficult, perhepd, to have a fixed kitchen. s
standard in a service where honourable claims are
numerous, atel impariiel selections not easily made ; "
yet when a young mall has passed for a Lieutenant,
sod estabnsheti his pretensions to a Commission, the
Cominission ought to be assured t'o him without the
greasy and polluted intervention of barbers, cheese-
mongers,' anti tallow-chandlers, who are ill cal-
colated to hold any scales bat their own.
Under these circumstances I fear the Navy can hate
too resource from the neglect or injustice it suffers in
these particulare, bit in a PARLIAMENTARY
RF.FORNI,—and they are a numerous body. The
Liieutierants, COMM2iiders, and Port Cv Parini
should alike and join with the great bulk of the peo-
ple i• a Petition for that Referuitvltich can emetic).
rate their condition, and lave-haat remains •ef a
Constitution already too Much rebtilated.
I am, Sir, your humble wriest,
A SEAMAN OP.TIIE OLD SCHOOL,
Portsmouth, Oct. ‘..Y. • •

I am, Sir, your's,

OM 50, 18151

To rasiEDlTOlt ni raL STATESMAN.

!nn,--In perusing your Paper of the 23d of Or-
iaber, I found under the head .of Westminster. Se..-
sions, o,:t. 21, " that James iim-ne, porter at the
Thatched House Tavern, NUR sentenced to be trans-
pnrted see years, for .stealing a tea spoon, iehile
Eleanor Carew, itclien-maid t• Mr. Taylov,Ta-
veiti-keeper, in the Straw!, was, only Senteviossi to
one tooth's impriaonstent, for .stealing a table:asioth
and a silver table spoon. Thus one indisiduel Is to
be transported seten years for stealing a tea ttlition,
while the other is to be imp,isoned one month for
stealing a tek spoon, of t* ice or three times the ►a-
lue of the other, and that too with the addition of a
t•lhls-cloth. The most common understanding must
at once be sensible of the disparity in the punish-
ments ; and unless there were circulostances pecu-
liarly aggravating in the case of Byrne, or favour-
uble in mitigation of punishment in the case of
Eleanor Carey, not stated in your Paper, a more
extraordinary sentence never was pronounced in
soy Court of Justiee.—You, therefore, Sir, as
tl.e advocate of justice, az unfortunately having
experienced the severity of the law (for which I
hope you will yet be rewarded), will be doing an
act worthy of you to call the attention of the Chair-
man of the Sessions, or the public, to those two
cases, and greatly oblige, for many years
!Cis. 6, jail A CONSTANT READER. '
P. S. lloweier antiout the Chairman might be to
make an example for the protection anti defence of
the Tavern-keepers in London, It is to be remem-'
bored that Byrne and Eleanor Citey were both ter--
vants in Taverns.
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There were ,6rloo applications made on her be.
half, particularly a Petition signed by the Rev.
Griffith Williams, and thd most respectable Members
of Gate-street Chapel. The Re.. Dr. Adam Clarke
also addressed the Secretary of State respecting her.
Applications fur merry were likewise made iron) dlr.
fee ent quartets by persons Wholly unconnected with,
and unknown tn, each other, and of sibote fuer.
lions even the PriSofter herself was ignorant; and
tln representations were of such a character, that it
wasiletlared, by an official Personage, that there were
mare favourable circumstances in the-case of • Elitaf
beth Feinting, than be ever remembered in that of
any other convict. ••
Amongst the other efforts to save the unhappy
girl's lire, Mr. ------, the Gentleman Is hose che-
mical experiments were sent to the Secretary of
State, deertibd it neeeePry that a Petition should be
obtained with the Prosecutors' signature; for the
purpoie of procuring Which, and in order to demon..
strate to the Prosecutes/ that the result of many ex.
rperiments he had made, proved•tbe possibility of the
poison haring been added by another. person than
t Aostki tot have t..krn this ty with the Litird bord; Elizabeth Feiting, Mr. ----. proceeded to the
huttwat says.he Imes to be called Isunt Ton E sass/Ist house of Mr. Tailintr: He saw Mr. Orlihar Turner,
his ~:c1 friends. t who ushered himintd the front drab ing-room. Mr.
• . there &tilted Ms experiments to Mr. Tin.-
Monday evening at dusk, a fine female infant, sp.' ner, and the reinituf them, and 'produced a lump-
Wendy abOut three days old, was found by a gentle-. ling which be had made, and on which, when in the
than fit Lark•taite, Lambeth; carefully tied up in a state of dough left liefare.tbe fire to rise, EP had
silk handkerchief, and a gentleman's gloie under-- -Mistily sprinkled' arsenic in the absence of, -and on-
neath *keit it lay ; it appeared to be asleep when known to; his servant ; which she had. n hhnut
found, and was tree), neatly dreued in long cambric knowing, It contained arsenie, made up iota a
frocks. It was carried to a neighbouring public- dontpling in the usual manner ; and which, on being
house and fed, and. is now in Lambeth walkout, cat, exhibited, as. Mr. Ortibar Turner *daunted, the
and likely to do well. • nut appearance tf Alma that had berg eaten by

MARGARET Nicuntsorr.—this lunatic, 80 well
known to the public, is still living, and accommo-
dated with a comfortable residence in the new LUIIA.
tic Asylum, St. George's•fields. She Is frequently
seen by spectators walking in the grounds belonging
to that excellent building. her appearance is re''
markable fur cleanliness. tier hair, since her con-
finement, has turned white as silver: She generally
walks with s book-, whieh she reads; apparentlyi
with great attentieb: