The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-03-18 00:00:00

TUE STATESMAN._

CELEITRATION or S 2. P.47IIIWK'S DAY. mettts of his heart for. the hotioltrerytpite
and he couldar4 wash thatee
7rsohnadmdi:hnteehqjimoy;
The Anniversary of this day—a day ale ays
pre-
as gratifying a ovulation as that which their appreba-
cious in the estimation of au irishruali, *as celebra' t- ,ion had excited in him.
IA yesterday at the Free-Masons"rasern, by a Lord Motee then rose and said, that the toast
numerous and highly respec able assembly
; which he was about to give was one which reodeteThd
" e'
'ideals. The Marquis Lansdown presidede of
at the all introductory commentary unnecessary,
Alerting, supported by the Marquis of faownshirelhealth of their Nolal.l.P. t3siden. .heargals of
the Earl of 'Moira, Mr. Sheridan, the Lord Mayor,. Lnnsdown." . [Appian:es The tottst., iris then
Mr. Sheriff Heygate, &c. &c.with three times, three.
The company sat drunk _
down about mien o'clock to a dinner and wines, of Lord LANSDOWN said,• that from an.y assembly. so
witich we cannot say much in commendation, though nomerovis and respectable, soshontelboto. most be
the individual conviviality of-each person concurred most grateful but, much menedeeply, ttitatible must
to dismiss front our thoughts the irritating reflection he be of such awhitnour coming from min whose na-
upcuhi believe was keenly tionai charac tic it *as to btgenerously warm in
disappointment iv...ca we •••
leaf by all. The D.tke Of Kent's band attended, and their praise,but never more generously warm,halt
l songs were sung by Messrs. Taylor, Gibbon, faithfully sincere [applauses]. He thanked them
si,el7:e„mons, Digitum, air. When the cloth was most cordially Tor the manner in which, they had
removed, " Non notes Domine" was sung, after drank his health, and for the good humour and mo-
White' th Marquis of lAnsdown, premising that the deiation with Which they had throughout theevening •
Meeting was assembled for purposes of charity rather preserved the conviviality of the meeting from any}
than of party or political feeling, gave the Health of unpleasant Intermixture of politics. He. would by
tee King, which was drunk faith enthusiastic and the last man to under-rate politics, but he thought
rapturous applauses. This was followed by " God that they might be allowed to give way to charity,
tare the King," and then the Noble Marquis gave and charity to the poor 'children of their constrict*
" The Health of the Prince Regent," which was country, Ireland. [Appian:es.] He should net.
drank with partial applause and loud and reiterated offend them br making any allusions to. himself,
hisses. The next toast, which called forth great and further than by saying that be yielded tamp man in
continued applause, lasting nearly fife minutes, was t that roomln lave for Ireland, and that he was in-
" TheNtrii end Army." • . . , different to the approbation of any man who did not
Several other toasts were then (flan% when the believe him when he midst [applause:).
company were gratified by a spectacle} the most inte- " The healths of the Vice-Presidents Was then
Vesting Which the imagination can conceive: this was given."
the peoeession of the childiwn of the.school through Lord .Moverraot, in ti short speech, returned
the racith.". tiot be necessary to dilate upon thanki in lielialrof the( Vice-Presidents. He pro-
that feint* which such a sight must lespire in every fested the etrougest attachment to-Irsland, bet as
botom,:•.orqhat erflotion which .every mind must therearas thee present a Right Honeurabta Gentle-
acknowledge as it contemplates so many helpless and Imo (Mt. Sheridan) one of the Vice-Presidents, who
innocent beings resroed !from !thisery and vice, and wait perfectly. competent to do all the justice that
trained tot the paths which May lead them to be useful eloquence.couid-de to their feelings, he should leave
and deserving members of society. This gratification, it to that •Geettleinati to, tell the company their gen&
however, great' S it was, Was heightened by the cir- tude. . [Applauses.]
cumstance of-'one of the tcholatee John Boyle, re- Here, after a pause of two or three minutes, a ceei
ctiving a medal from Lord Moira; u an hoooraly arose of " Mr. Sheridan's health, Mr. Sheridan%
testimony of his merits. •.The youth, decorated with health !"—the cry becoming very general,
thelasignia of honour, Walk( meaestty along in the Mr:.SHERIDAN at length.arose, and in a low tone
procession, cheered by the smite' laid approbation of of voice returned his thanks for the honourable no-
every person present. • • tine by which so large a meeting of his- countrymen
• After the Children had retired; the Stewards began thought proper to distinguish him.—[Applattses.]—
'to eon:wt.-the donations of the Company, which, we He had ever been proud of Ireland, and hoped that
are happy to state, ameunted to 3711. 13s. 6d. his country might never have cause to be wheeled of
The next toast that excited warm applause, was, him., [Ai:plat:sec.] Ireland never forgot those who
" The Karl of Wellington, the -gallant Armies he did all they could do, however little that might be,
commands, and success. to
,the glorious struggle in in behalf of her best interests. All allusion to poll-
the Peninsula." This was drank with three times tics had been industriously deprecated by their Noblei
three. Chairman—He was aware that charity was the im.; ,
The next toast was, " The Marchioness of Down- mediate object of their meeling--but standing as he !
shire, the Countess of Loudon and Moira, and the did before an assembly of his countrymen, he could
mothers, wises, and daughters of Ireland." After not affect to disguise his conviction that at the pre-
.which. the Marquis of Dewnshire rose, briefly to say, sent crisis Ireland involved in itself every conside-
that hid' mother, himself, and all his family, were ration dear to the best interests of the Empire.—
zealously
devoted to the interests of their country, [Hear, hear!] It was, therefore, that he was most ;
and to the welfare of Irishmen, whether in Ireland anxious that nothing should transpire iu that meeting
.br out of it. l calculated to injure those great objects, or to visit with
TheTAri of Monet then proposed the health of undeserved censure the conduct of persons whose lore
the Lqed Mayor and Mr. Sheriff Heygate, thanking to Ireland was as cordial and zealous as it ever had
them. far the lionetur of their company. Thee was been. He confessed frankly, that knowing it he did
drank witfapplatise • after which the Lord Minytttl the unaltered and unalterable sentimenti of an Illus. ;
=pressed les_graterni sense of the hallo& they had trious personage towards Ireland, he could nogr con:
done him. He.,stated that. Li Wits Irish—that' cod from the meeting that he had felt conskiembry
half the blond which unwed in bit ieins was Irish, shocked atthe sulky colduess and surlydiscontent with •
and lie felt a sincere and zealous interest in' all that which they had on that evening drank the health of the
concerned the iuterest of that country. Prince Regent.—(here we were sorry to observe that
Air. Sheriff II EVG see also returned his thanks to Mr. S. was interrupted by no very equivocal symptoms
the Meeting, stating that be had come that night to of disapprobation)—When silence was somewhat re.
the Meeting, almost without knowing its specific ! stored, Mr. Sheridan said, that he knew the Prince
object ; but that he should depart trent it with a high : Regent well—[hisses]—he knew his principles—
sense of that dkinterested liberality Which he had : [hisses]—they would at least, lie hoped, give him ,
witnessed in its conduct. credit for believing that knew them, when he said he ;
' The Treasurer then read to the company a state- I(lo.—[Applause.]--ile repeated, that he knew well
mote of the funds of the charity, by which it np7 ' the principles of the Prince Regent, and that so
peered that the aggregate atnotiet 'o the donations , well satisfied was he that they were all that Ireland i
received that day, including those Which were 'sent could wish that he (Mr. Sheridan) hoped, that as
previously to the diuner,tamourited to 17511. 13s. 6d. 'j he had lived up to them, so he might die in the prin.
The several items were stated. ! ciples of the Pie lee Regent.—[llesser and applauses.] •
Upon Lord Aim na's health being drank with loud Ile should be sorry personally to have merited their
and reiterated cheering, his Lordship rose and said, ! disapprobation [general applause, with cries of
that thought he had often sighed over the insufficiency " Change the subject and speak out.")--41e. could
of his one powers, yet he ha&never felt that insuffi- . only assure them, that the Prince Regent remained
ciency so much as on the present occasion.
The tes- ! unchangeably true to those principles. (Here the
timouies of regard which had been shewn him would j clamours became so loud and general that we coati-
-have been sutheieutly flattering in any meeting, but I collect nothing more.)
that testimony tieing given on p.-Patrick's Day, was ! After Mr. Sheridan sat down the Meeting 'rose uP.
something beyond what he could express he inejanti gave him a general clap, as if to mark their pe..:
fluence of the Patron Saint of Ireland called forth a ! collar respect and esteem for him. The fotiriiiitg
species of feeling not incited on every occasion.— ! toasts wereelso drunk.
Ile felt their approbation in the most cordial manner, I o The Q„„ and Royal Family."
and it was the pride
.of his soli, the pride of his j The United Kieedow."
4* sure-
or". The Ducite of Kent, its patron, and the Benevolent Society
heart, to receive Aetipprobalird f
sons, and on such 'a day. lie app&vid of such •nrhetzr..i.L. af St. Patrick."
meetings as the present. They. called forth public I • si Britain's bat bulwark, inspired with the spirit of Isninor--
men at particular seaso, to receive it• public
usiN Our hostiles rleah, the Steel Corporation, and Wdo
diet on their condoet. T.WI von an advahtigo not toClarity ; and to me lestitutiwee that eatightee'elle
Ireland alone, het..lle.lhereeible country. •A "tin- istranThei,atnt h
itp etideathw'cisari' 4:sammi_c. Inv •.• ' •
ciety Ilk. twit W the hooour of ad- never fiat to reilknri
dressing, sorted to' ' a spirit of emulation I e The Presidesiqsslii,ata " •
“. 1104, • it
which no ofirill spailaty.'• libel& Re had often, in ;:! Melte a:4:M. ;r,fk"fflatftl.lllll4.;4-, wee,- ,s
that heti caisimededAloie nwistiogs ..thick2tenalint4 4.- Vise ?restorer et tote . Xr..llllllo46pam• •
to diicrimsgmaillse several kingdoms of which.Grest " The Aedtsetsli Kiarnna, ail Mr .
Britain etshl-4. They nournised the no- Isc!a."
. • .5-, •
bier feetiagp'ot.pliriitic ristoe-r4ad those ems en -Th. Meeting, tinagbCrawdag AR parts bf die
TOO m, was not characterised by. the gaiety and coav6-
indefinable sonietbing7that besso4 a to...per =dye
soil, whiehrnecold..Meestie&reasoning could explain vielity thetatesualy distinguished the festival of, Slant
or arrivieat/ That, indeed, elho-wetsitlassimitateali thel Patrick; a cheerless something which we cannot pro-
different faitiiros' Whit& odosiituted 'the /3ritish l tend, either to describe or boepost (ors %pii2d a most
pine' into oat mass, •Would reduce the People of !unnhte iokesce throughout tiny room darlpg.Abe
each kingdelit' to the gehlo Of-a worn 'billing, in. 'Pep* pais of the evening.. •
which alt 1W mintage ,olb that save a atauip wed curil .7 •
reney; all shigiunoth fristisitiliub between sterling buil l
l CITY /117STWIAS.—Yeat•sday a Court of Aldermen
lion and beseech', was seseeelted away. In ofterino:leas held at disildhall, with% was. aPeudell..4* the
these briefooplidoei hedidliiiwials,tobaconsiderWa4 Used .Mayor, 11 Aldermen, and City Offspers.-.40.
-overteaing theimmeainsteosjaa Oise sneetieg I fall Isobel were &knitted aid twee,. /Webers.
'frees *lee was insiwiesible eveSerGeutleman pr r eonswamicated.:
seetteldellfitiet *el witlCMm thetsvatifying remit e et the Reuse of C 414141111111
• tiA016144416.111 that weeping. rbsi •toial amount-4r pointed to investigate the Orphans' ra
dab! Asernatibeen setitedo,234Xfand odd panfuls: . refeired • toar.anrsentttes of! all .
• In 110,141111"ndsele aatieusve: Weis •ikelp:l4ktiplasuncii !inti.nesenantisy fbd La* Ofacers:
of GiwiikwirpresEnted Sisal re*
tiiidiallittOilWira'
• "hit.
*Nei
s.: •
ty.‘
-
• „ •,44." ' .11 - •• • •• -
• „- • • -
. • „ , 4. " •11. •; •
• • .
4•'.(••
• • • •

_A

1•••••iNi

•
- • • POLICE.
POT STlatanc.
_GAuttpul
olfaat,l...wits a
young child
in her arms, was charged with stealing a pint pewter
pa; from the sifn of the Bird Cage, at the corner of
Silver-street. Ihe Prosecutor, who 'keeps the said
house, stated that the Prisoner came in, called for a
pint of beer, and carried off the pot. Having a sus-
hit followed her, and found the pot concealed
under her apron. It appeared that she had been de-
tatted in a similar offence, by other persons in the
same neighbourhood, and under all thiseilruesastances
she was committed for trial.
.A Carman was charged with carolesely and furi-
ously driving his cart in ',option Wall, and over-
terelag.tt cart "NAM with furniture, the owner of
*Aid!. told the Sitting Alderman, that in removing
'bar goods the cart was overturned in London Wall
-by the .Prisoner's art, by which her little girl was
thrown from the top and much hurt, and the man
who drove the cot had his collar-bone broken„ and
was at the Ilespital,•aud that her furniture was all
broken. • The Prisoner confessed his fault, and said
be was willing to make good every damage, and that
he-did not wilfully do it.
UNION-HALL.
Garvin and Harrymaa were charged by Clark,
the officer, with a felony in the Wheatsheaf public.
'Worcester-street, on Wednesday last. It
appeared from the testimony of Mr. Crowder, the
landlord of the Wbeatsheaf, that the Prisoners ob-
tained eitrance into the house from the street, by
forcing up •the parlour window, and took *sex
tea-caddy full of tea, and a shirt, which were lying
on a table in the rhom. They were both fully coin;
mitted for trial nigh, Assiselb.
• ATTON-GA
Yesterday Thomas ,Nomland, alias Black Jack,
and Rebecca Palmer, apprehended by Hull and
Limberick, Officers, were brought up and under- I
went a second examination, being charged with hav-
ing passed at the shops of several tradespeople in the
metropolis, and various parts of the country round
I ' about -counterfeit notes, of the likeness of Bank of
England notes, of the value of 51. and M. each.—
They were remanded for another heariug.

On Monday evening, at a little before ten o'clock,
died, at Buckingham-house, Pall-mall, the Most
Noble MART N UOF.NT, Marchioness of Buckingham,
Lady of the Marquis of Buckingham, and Baroness
Nugent, G. Carlanstown, in Ireland, in her own right.
• Iler 'Ladyship was the daughter and heiress of the late
iRORER!, Earl NUGENT was married to the Marquis
in 1774, and created Baroness NcoENT in December
11800. To do justice to ber great and splendid vir.
tues and merits, would far exceed our limits. Her
numerous acts of charity and benevolence alone will
he sufficient to endear her memory to every feeling
heart. Her loss must be a subject of unceasing re-
gret to her family, her friends, and oonnections,
and to the poor in the districts where she resided.—
' Her Ladyship consplaiued of an afeetioniu her eyes,
but had not been materially ill till Sunday night,
nor were her Physicians seriously alarmed till the
morning preceding her • death. It is unnecessary to
describe the affliction in which the Matqaisamd all
her family are iovoired by this event. By her de-
; cease, Lord,.Groacz Gasnvitzt becomes Baron
Nugent, of Catianatosnt) and be is heir to the Ne.
gent estate.
A fisherman of Owoeft,' near. Falmouth, named
Willy, who lives in- a cottage, -has lately. given to
the Cornish Auxiliary Bible Society, a donation of
421. lad is an ainual subscriber.OP 10.. 10s.
On Monday evening a party of the petrole of
Bow-street Office, detected a fellow stealing& Silver.
motinted pistol from the shop of Mr. Needham, near
Marsh.gate: He was seized-by Cave, one of the pa-
trete) with the property in his 'possession, 'and has
been committed for trial at; the ensuieg Surrey As.
' sizes. • :
YOUTHFUL INTREPIDITY; OF, JUVENILE DEPRA-
has for wend • days past been currently
reported, and by some very gravely, that early as
last Wednesday morning, the house of a tinnier), at
East Grinsteadywat burglarioesly entered by three
robbers,'twe of whom were shut throogh their bo.
dies with pistols; and the other stabbed with a knife,
by a lad only 17 yesrs of age, alotiger in the house,
who. was alarmed by their noise, end on going down
.stairs, thus undauntedly 'conducted himself, in de-
fence of his landlerd's property; .at least, such is the
story told and persisted in by the boy ; who, bow-
Over, seems to be at a loss to account for the escape
of the robbers, after he had dealt with them so des-
perately. The reports of the pitted:, it is ttue, were
heard, by some of the neighbours, and a cask in the
wash-house (the scene of action) had evidently been-
iserforated by a pistol ball; the.blood-stalned knife
'was exhibited, and blood was traced from the tin*
loan'. house, to a "considerable.distanoe en thoreed.
subscription, it is.said, has -hem set on foot to
wardbira for his gallantry 11.1) e:v
PRISONERS or Watt.—At the late Assizes
NarthoMpLeu, 4oliteirerkiargton, au. inhebitaet
Alldkitown, (which was lately a depot for 'elicitors
war on parole), was tied before Mr. Jinticeßail
zan indictment Owns* him with aiding, in
TroreNorthaseptoit, of two poisoners of
•lideed Jules Doan= and Jean Zito', whitabssasdi
front- their parole-in the eight of the 31st of Amigo
last. It appeared in. evidence that Waddington
•acted es conductor of tbe two Frenchmen, and
apprehended with them the same night in the Mail-
each a illtirrO44 to London. The
4617 witbesst. itceitaelen found the Defendant guilty,
-4,litielidommeedi is *chilli,* to iturise prisons:seat
• fro-

odd lial/10147 io that that. dee: mil ..au..hscresse Of Mr. Crook witopeassisW
.13,144
4000 t. eat period. That fact alone might be ties of Monad. cakekvat4,
11101,,f or ^ thetikOkint Ad 41 i oske-*iety ;. oilmen for Moan
lat
of its . ' ' ,!iiitt4oliv, iiiitoa.i.ifokings 4i•noiartheet :**Pl4
He shoWiCeellide, aszifivlo67ol.clapipg,.. 44 drLp_acts24Aithtir
laitiu•egraltriVOiti" .10;11.4111PIIP "4111i4i-F°""Fej
that wow odogano t th. awl !RAC tier . Wiatior4Artitilikal .411110
ita OHM 111000/4.thot arotilionnot4ck NS *AI. %.Ibe tOtev o ; •• • 1.4 CiMi-a,
. • . . , , ~. • • -