The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-12-21 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

Provincial Depotstions' suggesting the mta-
of prosinciel corps of Csxadores, to be em-
%seeding their provinces against factious
nil other malefactors, were referred to a eon-
, report of the Committee of Commerce on a
of tileConsulado of Cori ant was also read. The
related to the prohibition of foreign grain,
Iroposed that it should he admitted into ports of
The Committee were of opinion that the me-
suld be referred to the Boverontent, and this
idetion was approved by the Cortes.
front New Orleans to the 7th of November
the ravages of the yellow fever in that City
ly decreased, as on the Ist. n't there were only
qinents ; and in the two succeeding days,
lot appear that there were any deaths.
HL eitaah
the tIITON ettuataft, 4th INsT.--Faolll
schooner Felix, Max well, arrived
rd.), evening, in five days from Havannah, we
Avert from our attentive correspondents files of
ipective Gazelles of that place to the 27th ult. in-,
Advice' had reached there from Vera Cries. WI
of Soptember ; but very little is published of thel
things in that in tog country. The Emperor,
still sustains himself on his throne ; and from
:imastance of his again permitting the transpor-
t specie from the mines of Vera Crua, it would
that his
,authority was more respected, and tea-
more safe, than it bad been for some time previ
:lie absence of all proclamations in the Havannah.
by timplaloupe. Victoria, and others, who, we
tgltt to believe, were about to overturn the new
augers favourably for the quiet of this self.
_.....'Einoeror, at least fur the present.
NosteemCemirel MILSTlNrso—The Requisition to be
-.tea to the lligh Sheriff of Norfolk is already
Aby more than five hundred names. The terms Of
requisition are ss follow :
We the undersigned, Occupiers of Land, Tradeo-
i,,and others, affected by the od unpreem.
1;4 Distresses of Agriculture, request you wilt. as
as may be, convene a County Alerting of the No-
Gentry, Llergy.. and others, for the purpose of
into consideration those distresses and the beat
. of relieving them. o
the High Sheriff of the County of Norfolk."
thing we would mention to oar readers, that it is
le, for the French Government to have gained 2 or
ions of money hy gambling in our funds during
Mein/Bons of the last three weeks. And this. they
do over and over again in the course of • short time.l
rt starlike article in their leading papers to day—
tiemorrow down fall *or funds, 2 or 3 per ceet.—they
bay—a peaceable article is inserted a day or two after-
- funds rist —they sell out—and thereby gain a mil-
or two of pontiffs sterling, which must first be
by the Rotten Buronghs from the people of Eng- I
1! This is another of the blessings of a debt ofl
millions sterling, occasioned by restoring these very'
oboes, who now threaten to 'put down liberty in
:Mend Portugal, by which the interest of this coon.
mill bt injured more deeply, than if all the Boor-
t had bad a millstone tied about their necks and
\ thrown into the sea. The Boroughs made the
and the debt restored the Bourbons, who seem
ificllned not to forget their benefactors!—(Exeter
ksrs.)-
'The detachment of officers of the Ord Department
(soder the dlreeficn of Major Thomas Colby, of the Royal
EagincistOentployed oath., Ttigouorautrical Survey, io the
Western Isles of Scotland, bite recently returned from
thws° that Tower, the season not allowing them to cootie ,
-a their laborious duties in those islands. In the spring
will Worn to the same part. Other detachments In vs-
rizicartes in About Britain will remain and continue the
s tab weather will permit thew Themations ere
Ayraiire, Norther., Consoles of North Web's, and the Bast-
as eusetiel of RneJsod.
- veaceis lau:dest arrived at the Warwick Arms, in
_. Wick. on Saturday last, where the honourable and
worthy Baronet staid till Monday.—(Covealry Neralel)l
A very interesting discussion took place yesterday at
the Meetiog ef the West of England Agricultural So-
tier:Galli Rama, at Bath, the Marquess of Lansdowisl,
in the Chair, arising out of the Report of one of the
Commilees, Which' represented the state of the Agrictd-
!mists to'be utterly hopeless, without an immediate,
change of 'Circumstances. To this an amendment was
moved by Alt. Fags, of Backweli. and most ably me,
minded by the Hun. and Rev. Mr. Lygon (of Worcester,,
sliir,) anti supported by Sir John Hippesly, who spoke
v ith a vigour, an acuteness, and effect, which, when the
lion. Bart. declared his age to he 77, excited the great-1
est applause. The tpeakersinaintoined that the WWI
at the Agticulturists was had, but not such as to excite'
to despair; ihat the country was improving. and would I
improve; and that any st.i.ements front such s respect-
aliie body as there assembled, which would tend to as-
nerve Englishmen and paralyse honourable exertion,
must do harm. Sir T. Lethbridge, Mr. Elwin, sad
other gentlemen, most energetically pressed the recep-
tion of the Report, maintaining that every syllable a
the statements of distress was true, and that the truth
ought boldly to he given ont to the world. The goer
tion was not decided when our correspondent was forced
to close his letter.—(Bristol Observer.) •
Alritobert Gourley, of Wily, Wilts, and whose name
hnssouften appeared before the public, attended the
Magistrates of Salisbury, on Tuesday last, to obtain an
order for • weh ly maintenence, upon the overseers of
his parish. The Coart, attracted by the novelty of the
thirty, was very crow ded ; Mr. Gourley attempted to read
the nature of hi. application, but was not permitted. A
John Ball no% sp.,iier was produced, containing a fetter
from him. in a Inch he said that it was nut from neteo-
ail but from choice, that he had thrown himself upon
his pariah. ite justified the language it contained, by
basic', that " having gained a settlement at Wily, be
dial nut ter why he should at all become burdensome to
his frlehils; he had nu ikaht but amongst those he raw
around Hui Ile could raise ten pounds, but this was not
what be wanted—he is anted labour ; he did, not wish to
eat the bread of idleness.." On being interrogated Is
to kis havieg property, lie said that " there were 13001.
Invested in the hands of trustees, but not fur his benefit,
and over which he had no commit." He denied having
any property. The Magistrates paid him that respect
which his 'dews and integrity demanded, and made
sake most ample allowances for those eccentricities which
end proved a source of misery to himself and to all his
zoneections. He was eventually allowed three shilling.
per week; and the once opulent inhabitant of Deptford
Cottage now labours on the roads tbrongh the day, and
reposes at night ender the roof of a poor-house
isee Gazelle)
On Saturday last, a novel proceeding took place at.
Brimstone, in Norfolk. Forcible possession having been
taken of a piece of land belonging to the Rev. George
Barnes, as rector of that parish, complaint was made to
Sir Wm. Browne F01k..., Bert. • neighbouring Justice
of the Peace, who, ander the authority of the Act of the
nth of Henry VI. cap. 9. issued his precept to the High
Sheriff, for summoning .a Jury to meet at Brimstone and
esquire into the fact; in pomace of which the Jury
suet, who being sworn and a charge delivered to thew
by the Justice, heard the evidence produced on both
sides, sod afterwards returned • verdict of the forcible
entry, whereupon Sir William, attended by the Sheriffs'
Officers and Constables, proceeded to the spot, and rein-
stated Mr. Barnes in his land, and afterwards required
the agressors to lind sureties for keeping the peace.
Monday last, four boys were accidentally drowned by
the ice giving way, at an old clay-pit, nor Leicester in-
t:rotary ; a fifth, who was got out with symptoms of life,
and fur a while seemed tu be recovering, d:ed also the
tailoring day.

A DDREiSllttlir MARQUESS WELLIMILEY.

(FROM Tit DtilLtN DIORNINO POST 07 TOCRSDAT.)
This day the Householders of Mary's Parish watt is
Vestry, fur the pnrpnse of preparing an Address to his
Excellency the Lord Lieoteoant, on the late outrage com- I
nittted at the Theatre-Royal.
Yesterday, a Deputation, consisting of the tinder- i
named Gentlemen, waited on the Lord Mayor with a
Requisition, requesting his Lordship to call a General
Meeting, for the purpose of voting an Address to his
Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, on the recent Outrage
committed at the Theatre. Mr. Luke White addressed
the Lord Mayor, who received the Depatation with great
politeness and attention, and expressed a hope that the
example would be followed by every County and City
in Ireland
Sir Frederick Flood, Bart. ; Sir A. B. King, Bart. I
Sir Chas. Morgan; Luke White, Esq. M.P. ; Arthur
Guineas, Esq.; Jobe David Latonche, Esq. ; Henry
Grattan, Esq. ; Val. O'Connor, Evq. ; Hugh O'Connor,
Esq. ; N. P. Leader, Esq.; Eccles Cuthbert, Esq. ;
Captain Potter!, ; Thomas (bold, Esq ; Richard Mil-
liken,
Esq.; George Ness, Esq. ; John Comerford, Esq.
The Requisition is the most numerous. and respect-
able we have ever seen on any public occasion.
,

TITHES.
* A
COUNTY OF KILKENNY Kinn MEETINIII.
• (rain' TR, LISINSTIM iOURNAL.) • •
In one last number we announced the forward a S
of the Requisition for a County meeting, to pe on
the Legislature on the subject of tithes; we deem it
right, in order to enable. our readers to appreciate duly
the spirit which animates dm Requisitionists, and the
sense which they manifest of the necessity of an imme-
diate and thorough refined of the tithes system, to give
publicity to the sentiments of some of the Noblemen
and gentlemen who call for the Meeting. With this
view we laid before our marls, on Saturday last, the
letter of Lord Duncannon. We this day have the satis-
faction to submit to them, the just and spirited remarks
of the Hon. Somerset Butler, as expressed is( Use follow.
ing laconic and energetic letter. To the tastily exer-
tions of this Gentleman is our County indebted for
the petition in favour of Catholic Emancipation
come tans since agreed to, and now in pro-
gress to Parliament. We beg leave to remind
our readers, that even in his letter on that occasion,
Mr. Butler recommended to the Freeholders of the County
of Kilkenny, a Petition on the very subject on which the
County is now about to be convened. la his letter on the
present occasion he calls the attention of the Inhabitants of
his native county to a further measure of vest and vital im-
portance, not to this country only, but to the Empire at '
large. Twelve months elapsed from the time that he re-'
commended a Petition to Parliament on the tithe question, I
before the people
vicbecame convinced of the necessity of
yielding to his ade. In less than twelve months /more,
we have no doubt that his suggestion oa the question of
Parliameotary Reform will produces public Meeting to pe-
tition for that great constitutional measure, shonld the Le-
gislature. as at present constituted, still pertinacioasly re-
fuse to yield to the wishes of the public on the subjects
of Catholic Emancipation, and Parliamentary Reform
Elm Park, Dublin, Dec.B, 1822.
San—ln eompliance with the wishes expressed le your
letter, I shall give ,ey signature to the Requisition ; but
without a Reform in Porilament. I fear it is vain to expect
any chane le oar barbarous Tithe System. le my opn,
the non-rgesideat Pastor, thrPlaralist sad Pro cter, will con-
tinue to lire by the sweat from the brow of the unfortunate
husbandman as long as the corrupt Borough System exists.
I am, Sir, your obedient humble Servast,
SOMERSET IL BUTLER.
To David Borkiall, Esq.

•
Sir Wm. Elliot, Bart., Admiral Mr Jolla Boreeford
d Mt. Balfour, are emendates foe the vacant erre
notation of Berwick-40n Tweed, occasioned by
death of the Earl of Tankerville.
Some opposition hatchets have lately visited Devizes,
and during the last week it has beets made known by the
town crier that they were selling prime joints of mutton
lord lamb, the former at 24'1., and the latter at 34. per lb.
The following, we understand, are the names of those
who voted against the motion, in the Court of Com-
mon Council, on Thursday lase, on the subject of Con-
stitutional Reform ; Mr. James and 31r. Brook, Ward
of Cheep; Mr. Dixon, Tower Ward ; Mr. Pierce, Mr.
Gibbs, and Mr. Kyle, Walbroek Ward ; and Mr. flea.
der, Colemao-street Ward.
Extract of a letter from the Cape of Good Hope, dated
October 4 :—" Although our condition is somewhat
better than it was two rsontbs back, yet it still remains
a far from enviable one, aid almost all the settlers find
themselves most grievously disappointed io their golden
expectations. The land which we have bail given us in
this, oioe tenths of it, totally unfit fur tillage ; it is
strongly impregnated, in many parts, with sulpha'', and
in others, with a substance resembling spit-prtre; and
it is foetid extremely difficult to raise either wheat or
barley, although we were led to understand that both
would easily grow here. Potatoes are, however, found
to thrive generally ; and many other descriptions of
Foglish vegetables, it is thought, will, after a little
extra cultivation, answer well enough. The colonists
and settlers have, however, certainly got the worst part
of the Cape, as we learn from several who have wade
incursions into' the interior, that the Calfres have some
'delightful plots of ground, which only want cultivation
by LiViliZeli baud. to render them valuable and produc-
tive. The late dreadful Storms here have done most
irreparable damage to such of the crops as the industry
aid indefatigability of the settlers bad been able to
raise, and this is doubly disheartening from the unu-
sual pains they had been compelled to take to bring them
to any maturity. We bare had lately several cargoes
of wheat from Van Diersan's land, and our letters ac-
companying.these supplies give mostflattering "accounts
of that colony, which never fails to excitant.. envy of
the poor settlers here. The aboriginal 'eh aLitants of
this part of the world are the most savig4. agouti', and
euseivitisable set of beings you ever sisim4ll stempts to
get them into any sort of amicable ireitowese
been found impracticable, sad any settler...am, matter
Iwo' kind his intention may be, who veotivreettito their
poiewssiona is almost certain of being muerte/ed. This
has been the case with more than one among us, who,
having been impradent and daring enough to go among
them, have fallen victims to that imprudence. In con-
sequence of these acts of violeuce, the intercourse with
the natives is very limited, it being found utterly im-
possible to establish any real terms of amity with them.'
they are likewise most notorious thieves; not such
petty ones as you's in England, but rubbers by the
wholesale, who drive off whole droves of our cattle at
time. This arises wore from a natural love of theiviog
than from any real want of the beast, as they abound in
the interior, with fine cattle of all descriptions. This
colony will most certainly never answer the views of
the settleratits mineral state holding out but little hopes
to the agriculturist that he could ever raise sufficient
crops to remunerate him for his expenses and labour.
Toe Dutch farmers still remaining here entertain simi-
lar ideas, although, hating the advantage of &Rebuke,
they are touch better off than we ere."
All enquiry about the parents of the little boy, aban-
dned to the wide world, and sent as a present by the
cooach from Leicester, (not Nottingham, as erroneously
stated,) to Mrs. Fisher of Loughborough, three weeks
ago, having proved unavailing, the child, on Wednesday
last, was placed in Loughborough workhouse. Surely
the unnatural mother, when she hears this, will no
longer ilelsy comiag forward and eagerly taking it again
under tier own pletectioz,--7(Nottivkain Review)

REGULATIONS . OFN , PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES
I -
In nur papet of the 11th, we carected the mistshe of
the French journals, in which it was stated that the
King had refused to sign the decree of the Cortes for
the regulation of patriotic societies. The decree is now
published in an oificiai forte, and as the peoceedings of
the patriotic societies are held up by the Ultra French
papers as a cause of war, it may be worth while to rev
peat in substance the regulations lunder which these
meetings are placed. They are at follow :-
1. All persons who propose to meet publicly for the
purpose of discussing political subjects; must give
13
hours previous notice of the time add place of meeting
to the First CoetAtutional Alcaideo or the Political
Chief of the district.
2. If it be intended that the meeting shall be perioill-
I cal, those who propose to form the society must draw up
a set of rules, and.present the" same to the above mea-
-1 tioned magistrates within the fixed period of 12 bciarit
not, however, for the approbation of the said authorities.
but merely to give an opportunity for aacertaioiag etbe-
titer any thing is proposed to be done which may call
'for consideration or interposition.
3. In the case of any appearances of sedition, such as
acts of violence, or factious acclamations, the Political
Chief, the Alcalde, or the Corregidor, is empowered to
dissolve the meeting i which is to be done by reading,
taregtimes, with a loud voice, the present law, and de.
siring AI the persons then assembled to disperse. In the
case of their refusing to obey, force may be used to
mike thew withdraw.
4. The dispersion of a meeting or society shall not
prevent Ats members from assembling again within three
days; but all the formalities required by artil, mast be
repealed.
5. These meetings may remain open until midnight,
or one le the morning ; but, after the last mentioned
hour, the Magistrates may dismiss them. If the persons
present refuse to withdraw, they shall be held to be in a
state of disobedience, and the society shall incur the
penalty of suspension.
6. 'these meetings have no legal character; and peti-
tions from them cannot be received as from corporate
bodies, hut must beheld as merely espreasioi the opinion
of the individuals present.

TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION BF.TWI
BRITISH AND FRRNCH SHIPPINIL

By • &enter of the Minister of Marine, addressed to
the Commissioners of Marine at Dunkirk, Havre, St.
Maio, Nantes, Bordeaux, Bayonne, and Marseilles, it
appears that Messrs. Lascombe, agents of the Associa-
tion called Lloyd's, at London, have cause(' to be trans-
lated into French a work entitled navel-ell Telegra•
?hie Language, or Code of Signal,. By means of this
work, and of the signs which it contains, the ships of
France and England may carry on, at sea, easy and cer-
tain communications. Vessels provided with this work,
anti with these signs, may convey, with greater rapidity,
assistance to others in distress, or demand assistance
themselves; they will be able to give and receive im-
portant indications as to shoals that shall be
avoided, what courses should be followed, and with
respect to anchorages, the entrance of ports, icc. In
consequence oldie benefits which may result from this
system, to humanity, to comuseree, and to navigation,
the Minister has given orders in the five military ports,
that the eoinricanders of King's ships should he Bocce'.
sleety supplied with the work and the signs in creation.
From a letter of Messrs. Luscumbe. to the Committee at
Lloyd's, it farther appears that orders bare been given
not only that the whole of the French navy shall be pro.
,vided with this systena..bat also that it -be transmitted
to the Atheist ports of Primes 'KT 'tier cofoiffeT, for m
purposes of communicating with the merchant service;
and that the French Government has taken into serious
consideration a plan for the establishing of these signals
on the principal points and headlandsof Fresco; so that
ships approaching these shores will ha enabled to com-
municate, and by this means to receive prompt Bassist
ance under circumstances of distress or otherwise.
The only difference which exists between the flaw
employed by the French merchant service sud the
English is, the substitution of • light yellow in-
stead of a white hand in the telegraph flag. French
ships of tVar are now supplied with the same
flags as those used in the mere iant service. save only th it
No. 7 and No. 9 have undergone a slight inclination to
an angular form, in order that they might not be mis-
taken for the scrate flags of the same design used in the
French navy. Ibis difference, as will be seen Icy-refer-
ence to the piste facing the French Ships of war, is so
' very trilling that it wilt probably be considered un•
worthy of notice. Ships provided with these signals
may now communicate with the point of La Here and
the tower of Havre, where posts are established.

ALAUSIXO Flux Tuts MORNINO.—This morning,
about two o'clock• an alarming fire broke out at Long's
Hotel, Bond..street. The Rainer a peered first in one of
the attics, and communicated to the floor beneath ; but
by the prompt attendance of the engines and exertions
of the firemen, the conflagration was confined to the up-
per stories of the house, which were totally destroyed
A party of the Guards attended on the first alarm. ThiS
disaster, it is reported, was orra.ioned by a valet of
a Gentleman who lodges in the Hotel, having gone to
bed in a state of intoxication.
The body of the person who committed Suicide last
night, near Waterloo bridge, was we understand, recog-
nised this morning by a person from the Excltange
Coffee House, in the Strand ; hut his name has not
transpired. His linen is marked with the letters I. H.
On Tuesday morning, the female nt of Miss
Laev.in South-street, Chichester, was alarmed by the
welter fire, which she ascertained to proceed from the
bed-room of her mistress, where it appeared that a
lighted candle had fallen from out of the socket of the
candlestick, and set fire to the bed furniture. Miss L.
was asleep. and course unconscious of her darigere.-.:.
With difficulty she, was aroused and extricated from her
perilous situation unhurt. The bed furniture wee ea-
urely CODSUIDeti.:
EXtTii4 Me. 26.—0 n Monday evening last, about
ten o'clock, this city was thrown into the greatest alarm.
in consequence of a fire breaking out in the premises of
Mr. Greenslade, druggist, South Street. The fire ori-
ginated in the warehouses, behind the dwelling house,
and burnt with great violence, so that fears were enter-
tained for the mljuiiiing house, and also for the Unita-
rian Chapel, which is closely connected—but, by the
timely arrival of the engines, and from the exertions-of
the firemen and inhabitants, the dames were got under
without spreading farther than the warehouse, which is
entirely consumed.
Youth of both sexes are particularly advised to attend to
that inestimable ornament, the Human Hair, as that attended
coin youth is a sure pres..rvative, and fixes a Atamiaa fur a
beautiful head of hair. The only article that really pos-
sesses nutritious virtues for promoting • luxuriant growth
et hair is ROWLAND'S MACAsStit OIL, which eradicates the
scurf nay and pleasant, prevents the hair felling off or turn-
ing grey, strengthens and produces beautiful flowin.r earls.
and renders hair that is harsh and dry. as soft, sino.stli, and
glossy as silk. As impostors purchase the empty bottles,
and offer for sale a pernicious composition instead of the
genuine, it is indispeusatsly necessary to ask for Rowland's;
and observe, the prices are fns. 6d., Ts. • 10s. 6d. • aid
21s. ; and each genuine bottle is wrapped '
lo a book. and
signed on the outside In red—" A. Rowland and Son."