The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-09-28 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN..

NAVAL !NM L MGENCI?.

DEAL, SEPT. 27.—Arrived and sailed for the
River, the Kingston, from Jamaica.—Came down
from the River, and remain, the Castor, for Ja-
maica ; and Badger, for St. Thomas's.
FaLvtourit, SEPT. 35.—Arrived the Minerva.
from Bury ; Good Intent, from Guernsey ; and Lord
Ilwckcsbursti, from Southampton.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 27.—Arrived the Surprise,
Paget, from IVsterford.—Sailed the Uranus, for
the HO ie.

PLY:tic:writ, Seer. 23.—Came in the Johinna
Ifitreretia, Willilmq, from Schoen ; Ilautrd, from
Roscoli; and Flora, from Lontinti, for Oporto.

1).% itl3, Scrr.ll.—The G&W Noir, the first num-
ber of which liar jiirt apparel!, k renark:ll)ly bold.
It has even the audacity to indulge in a ridicule of
the Duchess of Attanulema, by staling, that when
that Prince..is the Ab!►e Siord's Establiah.
roam, she complained that his pupils did not cry
live le Roi !

The folio ving is the description of a caricature
which is pritatelv sold, and which is pretended to
have b.en brought from

0' the top of a large ntftt d ocagne (a long pole)
is placed a cross-11. Louis XVIII. in climhiog op
• reaches it, and says to the Duke of AV*•llingtnrt,
Rho is below him, •• Support me', or I shall fill."
The King of Prussia, who is still lower, is made to
exclaim, " 1.. q me take what suits me." The Em-
PPrer of liorsiis sn•s •• B••hold my work."
The Emperor of Aostritt suppr•rting them all
on his shoulders, while young Napoleon, who is
pulling him by the skirts of his coat, cries, " Dear
gran:lpapa, leave ill these folic; to themselves." The
Emperor replies, " If I • 114 re them they will fall
upon me." Bonul•arte who is in a corner observing
what is passing, saes to himself, " I climb,d up
twice without any help."
%Ve•are glad to see Mr. Muvora and Mr. DOKTOM
return to their old parts of Peftchom and Lockit.----
This looks like the earnest of true and combined ex-
ertion of the talents of the Theatre for the support
of the Drama and the entertainment of the town.—
With alacrity of this kind the Theatre will be the
resort of all people of true taste, for the performances
will be delightful.

I COVICNT•GARDEN.—The School for Scandal was
performed yesterday. Mr. FAWCErT SilereSSfUlly as-
sumed the character of Sir Pet r Teazle. His por-
traiture of the vexation and irlita;nlity of the old
Bachelor newly married, was truly comic, and thew--
dent affection, which under all circumstances, Sir
Peter feels for Lady Teazle, was depicted with
equal delicacy and strength. His acting in the scene
ire which the grand discovery is made, was marked
with all the varieties of humour and feeling whist'
belting to that part of the character, and on the au-
dience the effect was every thing that could be
wished. Mr. Ctt trt.ca hr:ataLF was the represen-
tatise of Charles, and his easy gentlemanly do-
portment, gave a lively and interesting idea of the
generous ruined spendthrift. His vivacity called
forth universal admiration, as it had a polish
[which does not often embellish the comedy of our
day. TEUR Y'S Sir Oliver was a chaste natural
' piece of acting. LISTON Anti BL %NCH SRO Were
irreslstihly laughable in Backbite and Crabtree;
and Baena-Kona, though not quite at home i's the
wily, smooth-faced, insinuating Its pocrite Joseph,
had the good fortune to obtain considerable applause.
Statraoss was an excellent Marc,, and CuAestaa not
an uninteresting Roz e.g.
Mrs. Doßas, who came nut its Letitia Harrk, was
last night brought forward as Lady Teak. We
cannot say she improved on her former performance.
She was respectable, but in no instance eminently
happyy. She may prove a useful addition to the
company, but we consider first rate comic characters
to be above her pawers. Mrs. GIROS was uery suc-
cessful in Mrs. Candour; and the other parts of the,
drama were well lilted up.

A file of New York Papers to the 21st of August
.has been received. The fate of BONAPA RTE has ex-
cited a strong interest is America. Speculation was
busily employed in fixing his future residence., and
his *traysl in that country was anxiously expected.—
The siisappoirstment will, of course, be great. The
National latellig neer, speaking upon the subject,
says, " The stronger probability appears to be, if he
have tint fallen into the hands of the 13ritish cruizers
which are on the look-out to intercept him, that this
colebrated matt is at this moment near our shores ;
near the shores of that country which is, perhaps, to
prove to him and his companions, as it did to the
Now England pilgrims a old, and to thousand since,
a retreat from the vanities, and an asylum from the
perseentions of the 01,1 World."
The report of the death of General JACKSON is I
contradicted in a New York Paper, of August 16,
in the following terms :-
44 GENERAL JACKsON ONCE MORE.—The Phila-
delphia Democratic Press, received this morning,
contains the following extract of a letter from a Gen-
tleman at Nashville, dated the 25th July, and post- I
marked the With, which shows not only that the i
hero of New Orleans still lives, but also that he is I
soon to he again actively employed in the service of I
his country :—' I dine with Major-General Jacasow
to-day, and go in the afternoon to spend a few days
at his house in the country. The General has just
received an express from St. Louis, which advises
him of the hostile dispositions of the N. W. Indians,
Sacs, Foxes, &c. &c. with the discontented Creeks.
It is understood that the General will take the field
himself, and when he takes it, he will take it with
such a force as will decide the Indian war in a very
short time, and so decide it as to prevent its re-
newal.' "

To-morrow being Michaelmas day, according to
annual custom, the Right lion. the Lord Mayor,
Sheriff:, and Aldermen, accompanied by the City
Marshals, Marshaimen, and City•'Constables, will
go in procession from the Mansion-Wale to Guild.,
, hall, where a Common Hall will be held for the
election of Lord Mayor for the )eatensuilig.
The British Officer, mentioned as having been
landed at Ramsgat,, in custody, was lately the
olde:t
.Lieutettant of the 77th foot ; his name is
William af•Vaugh, and he kid been cashiered by
the sentence of a Coart=Martial when in the
Peninsula.

EAST INDIA BOLUE.

A General Quarterly Court of Proprietors wog
yesterdaygulaso
f the
held Tile at the East India-Rouse. e Ac-
cColleges of Hertford and Addiscumbe
were lead.
Mr. Jatasosr said, he migit probably ca'l the
attention of the Court to this subjoct on a future day.
The CHAIRM 3N then moved the col:thin:l6on of
the Resolution of the last Court. ifiereas;iig tha
les Gn:ninxhn •i from
aelira
trtNY:leintaff:irifoinie;olirrwii.::::::ni:te,o at the last Court, on ssoisl:iarett;;:heaelcrsl:flolibo7::.
lletuatr (Mr. Jnrkson), but regretted
the thieness of the Court, which, he thought les-
sened the compliment.
Mr..lactcsom.said that wrinbl be impossible with
those who recollected how cordially and unanimously
the Resolution had passed, in a crowded Court, and
that his statements had had the further sanction and
corroboration of the Court of Directors.
The Hon. Mr. KIXNAIIiI) called the attention of
the Cutlet to what had passed at their last meeting,
respecting Mr. Robert Sherson and Mr. Wm. Cooke.
With regard to the former, the Court had in sub-
stance ieformed them, that the earnest wish of the
General Court had been immediately forwarded to
Mailtas,With regard to Mr. Cooke, the Chairman
(Mr. Gia,:t) had said they expected to hear that the
Crovernmeut of Madras had taken up the subject,
What the Madras Government could say more upon
the sulject than Mr. Crake had said nt himself was
not easy to conceive, although his own (Mr. Kin-
naird's) mind was quite made up, upon reading Mr.
Cooke's depositions, after as hick he thought no man
could doubt as to his goilt or innocence; yet, being
anxious for the fullest information, he begged to ask,
if any further accounts had come from Madras, and
what proceedings had sluice taken place?
The C11.111i14 tar said, no further accounts had ar-
rived from hiadtas, but the Directors had very deli. -
berately discussed the conduct of Mr. Cooke; that a
report hal been ngreed to, and a par.igiaph had been .
transmitted to the ludic Roard ; but whether or no
it would meet with their concurrence was impossible
for him to say.
Mr. KINNA/RD then moved, that all proqeerlings
of the Court of Directors respcctiog Robert Sher-
son, Esq. subsequent to the General Court of the
sth of play last, be laid before this Court. And
that all proceedings respecting Wm. Cooke, Esq.
. from the same period, together with all accounts
from Madras on that subject, be laid before this
Court.—This being ngreed to,
• Mr. JACKSO* obi. reed, that owing to a mistake,
three very imp n-tamt documents in the rause of the
Company against Sherson, namely, the depasilione
of Mr. Cooke, had not been laid before the Proprie-
tors ; he meant particularly that depnsiion on the
roir dire, in which Mr. Cooke admitted, under that
• species of cross-examination, 66 't;at he did after-
wards unite end join with the said 41*** on all occa-
sions, fur the purpose of filing frauds on said de-
foodant, in the es perstation and hope, that if such
frauds were established against him lie would he re-
moved from the charge of Ike said department," and
which ilePositiosi went on, in substance t• sly, that
lie, Cooke, believed his reputation and character, as
a mati and servant of the Company, depended on his
Wing able to establish frauds in the grain department,
with the privity of Mr. Sherson—that he had a stroll
and Powei-ful interest in substantiating such charges
—that be, after the seizing and sealing of the said
chest, did join with the said **** in several measures
of direct and inveterate hostility against Mr. Sherson,
touching his conduct while at the head of the said
grain department, and that he, in his conscience, lie-
Heves, that in consequence of his reports and letters
so written as aforesaid, by him to the said Govern-
ment, Mr. Sherson was first suspended or dig.
missed from the charge of the said department,
and afterwards suspended or dismissed from
his other employments under the Company ;
adding, 66 that he himself was placed in the charge
of the said department immediately after the said de-
fendant was suspended or dismissed from the same!"
Mr. Jackson thinking it of great consequence to
public justice, that the depositions in question should
he distinctly before the Proprietors and the public,
moved accordingly. It was afterwards 'agreed, to
make but one motion of the whole, by adding Mr.
Kinnaird's motion, 66 including the three depositions
of Wm. Cooke, Esq. transmitted by the Advocate-
General from Madras."
The Court then adjourned.

Mr. KEtV, of Drary.lasse, enacted the character
of King Richard 111. on Saturday evening last, .at
the Chester Theatre.—The House was crowded to
excess, which amply remunerated the Nlannger (Mr.
Ouse), for his endeavour to gratify the inhabitants
of that city.

The Duchess of Bassamo, at whose house the
conspiracy for the return of BONAPARTE from Elba
'was formed, set off fur Germany the moment FoucuE
resigned.

Ou Monday a shocking accilent happened to
James M'Nicholas, a painter, in the Dock-yard at
Deptford, who unfortunately fell from a scaffold
about three stoties high, and a cask of white lead
Over him, by which fall his arm was broken in Iwo
places, and he was otherwise so severely injured,
that he was carried to, Guy's linspital with very
little hopes of recovery. Ile has a wife and a large
family of children depending on him for support.
On Sunday the 17th instant, at Yarmoathfa molt
extraordinary circumstance occurred. A country-
man wanting to cross the river, casually got into a
boat, vlith an intent to convey himself over ; fat not
)(ttaling how to manage the boat, he drove to sea, and
actually arrived at Calais no the 'ruestlay.followint,
from which place an account was received last
Saturday, of his being safe and well.
- -

On Monday a fine child, five years old, the daugh-
ter of Mr. Uoderwood, of Great Cumberland-street,
Mary-le-[twine, was playing in the pit-lour, when her
' dress accidentally caught fire, and burned so rapidly,
, that although the flames were speedily estingui-hed
by her mother, who was present, and medical u-
sistanee immediately procured, she lingered in the
most excruciating pain 'Mil the neat morning, when
shetexpired.