The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-11-18 00:00:00

TIIV STATESMAN

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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. - •
—seena..=
November 17.--Wind N.W.—Came down from the
River and sailed the Harmony. Robinson. for Lisbon ; Juno.
Miller, for Nassau, N: P.: Tutioch Castle, Trawl's...for Js'
make, and Melanthe, Parry, for La Glum—Arrived and re=
main the Henry, Mainland, from Quebec: Peter Ellis, Care*,
from Antwerp ;, and Portland. Brace, from Bristol,
PORTSMOIL' rat. Noventher l7.—Light sirs from the Eastward.
—Passed by the sir Edward Hamilton. for Jemmies also the
ships Rucker% and Vigilant, atter landing their
PLVIIIOLTII, November let—Wind E.--Arrived of the
Port, the Smyrna, Farmer, from Smyrtia in $ days, for Lon-
don; Skylark, Monday, from Smyrna. in 75 days. end Under-
wood. Remington, from Demerara.-00 Penzance, the Britan •
nia, Regmarlco, from Jamaica.
FAL110(1114, November 16.—Wind NA—Arrived the Cove•
merve, flukey, from London.—Sailed the (lomat, Pricoard,*
far Trieste.
• NATAL Lou KT MARTIAL,
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A Court Martial asnethroteu Ufl board his Majesty's ship
Ilritcnnier, in Ilinaosze. on the. sth inst., for the trial of
Captain George C. 11, r. command of Lis Majesty's
ship Heuer, on charges exhibited against him by the
Lords Commissioners of the. Admiralty. The account of
the proceedirics in the Plynonth and Dock Tclegrapk
extend to near's- nine colunms, one Of which is wholly we- •
copied by the charges alone. It is needless therefore for us
to attempt a detail; especially as the Court wits dissolved
before the trial was finished. After witnesses had twin
'examined for the prosecution and is support of the defence,
"ois the third day Capt. M•Kenxie, the President, was taken
'Otiddenlydl4.arid the Court in consequence adjourned frous
'day, to day, waiting for his recovery, tildthe 7th day, when
a lett•r.was received from the Admiralty recommending a-
dietoltitind. • . .
I:apt:Harris, off the Cana being cleared to deliberate,
addressed them as follows if 1 understand the Court
Might. thev are about to clear the Court to consider of Aviv:
Lordihipsrletter of tlie 10th of November, on the expedien.
cy of dissolving this Court, under the; distressing circum
stances of the President'. ill health. With entnnission I.
Mir to point Oat that I am here in custody of their Provost
51arshal, deprived of any sword, upon heavy and criminal
charges, tending to destroy my character, froth as an officer
and a ~,an of honour. The laws of the land, I should pre-
WIMP, having been pnhlicly arceiwned upon the charges
which their Lordships have heen*pleased to institute against
me, will. giye me as public an opportnnity•of exculpating i
• my t•laaraeter ; and 1 entreat of the Cow, ere they come to
a final determiriaribn to abide by the recommendation of
thoir Lordatiips, to consider the truly emharra,s;ng and dim
treasinw situation in which they
.have placed me. 1 must,
with every -submission be to Inform the Court, that if
they should come to the determine ion recommended by
their Lordships. thereby depriving in of publicly justify.
dug my condom, 1 cannot with any honour do justice to
myself, or to the bonetirable profession of which 1 am an
humble member. consider myself out of the eustndy of the
Provost Marshal, until further instructions be. received
from their Lordship.; and in tlve inept time, with all due
respect•to their Lordships, I must bog to protest optima
the minutes of the Court Martial being sent foe the inspec-
tion of their Lordships; and toy reason fur entering this
protest is, because their Lordships will have before theta
es-parte statements." •
The Court was the* cleared, and on being re-opened,
the following was read
At a Court Martial held on board his Majesty's sbip.Uri
tannia, in Hamtaze, at Plymouth, on Wednesday, the
sth day of Neve:hirer, 1823, and hy several adjournments.
on the 66. 7th, Bth, 10th, 11th, and 12th days of the
same month,
President —Adam *Kenzie, Esq.
Captain of his Majesty's ship Ozeau. and. Third Officer in
the Command of his Majesty's Ships and Verscls at Ply-
mouth, President (the first three days only).
Captain Sir T. Livingstone, Captain Samuel J. Pecheit,
Bart.
Chas. Dashwonst . Wm. Htbry Bruce.
George Eastlalte,Offitiatier Judge Advocate.
The Court, pursuant to an order from the Right lion.
the Lords Cominiarloners of the AtinaisAY, dated Use 23J
slay of October, directed to the President, has';ok been duly
sworn, proceeded to inquire into the conduct % ttf Coveter
Geo. Harris, CAI., of lits Majesty's ship the
several charges therein set forth, touching his proceedmotta
in regard to certain orders he had received from their Loki-
Oil's, to receive on board Sir E. Thornton, his Majesty's
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to
the Court of Portugal, with his fatuity, suite, . tea
and baggage, and su soon as they should lie embarked'
to proceed with them, with all convenient espeditiotr•
to Lisbon, anal to try the said Captain G. Harris fur hies
conduct herein. And the said Captain Adam 51•Kenzie, the
• President, having, during the said inquiry and trial, early
; on Friday, the 7111 day of November, at which time he was
• taken so ill, as to he obliged to retire from the Court, and
the Court having, from day to day, since the 7th day of
November. received evidence from the said Captain Adam
M•Kenzie's medical attendants of his inability to attend; that
the said Captain Adam MtKenzie is still not able to attend
the said Court, and that the period of his recovery is very
uncertain, and having maturely and deliberately weighed
and considered the said evidence, the Court is of opinion
that the said Court Martial should, for want of a sudielent
legal number of members, be dissolved.
And the said Court Martial, for want of a sitlficimt legal
number of members, is hereby dissolved accordingly.
Signed 12th Nov. 1823.
(Signed) THOMAS LIVINAGSTONE,
CUARLICS DABIIIWOOD,
SAMUEL JOHN PSCHSIA
Was. HENRY BRUCE.

G. EASTLAKE, odiGiating Judge Adv.

Captain Harris. it is understood, refused to receive back
his sword, and has kern ordered to Portsmouth, at bis own
request, to be again tried.

A melancholy accident has happened at Kew, Mrs. Tun-
stall, many years housekeeper of the Old Palace there, (in
which other she succeeded her parents), sitting; too near
the fire, her clothes caught the flames ; her female servants
hastened to her assistance, but were so overcome by fright,
that, instead of using instant means to vend) the tire,
they ran to call further assistance, in which time the ntis-
chi;fgained ground, and the pour lady. after saltering ex.
crueiating agony for several hours, expired. Mrs. I'unstall
was about 10 years of are, and, from early life, a great
favourite with their late. Majesties.
ANCIENT RILLICS.—NEWItURYPORT (UNITeD Slim).
Sem 30 —ln digging a cellar, in Niarket street, a few
days since, a tomahawk, a stone pipe, and t tro whetstones
were found, dhow tire feet below the rface of the ground;
near tne same spot was also discovered part of a human
skeleton, particularly the jaw bone, retainining several
teeth, which leave no room to doubt that this was an
ancient Indian cemetery. It is known to have been a cus-
tom with the aboriginals to in!er such al ticks with the
dead bodies of their friend., which et-nun:a fur these cu-
rious and very ancient implements being found in the ni-
tration they were. If isabont 190yesrs since the English
began their vttlensents here, and no flush) the above
relics were deposited lu their resting place previous to that
p -riod.
During the whole of Friday lest Swansea and its neighbour-
hood were visited by a fog. surpassing in density soy thing of
the kind remembered by the oldest inhabitant of the town ;
during which, a young Mom. crossing the riser in a boat, tak-
ing some object for the beach. leaped into the water, and was
drowned, though every exertion was made to save his life, and
An elderly mita at alorristou islet with a like end, by walking
(into the canal at that ?tam 'rhe body of an kraal, Ms sot
yet been found., .

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The Irish Tytbe 13ill. isle :awning. by the Courier, is,
beginning to he acted upon with every hope of Success, at
i the very time the Dublin Papers are replete with evidence
!of ita teilure. At a vestry held, lately in the Church of
Swords, for the purpose of considering the propriety of
miesetoonding for the Tithes of the Perish of Rinse:illy, one
Of the Parish of the Union of Swords, on the proposition
being pot, " that the Tithe Cotnposition Act be entertained
by' the Vestry," there were for the Composaition 13 ;
against it 6 :and at a Vestry, held in the same Church, for
ctbe Parish of : Killosory. In the Union of Swords, the
motion " that the Composition Act be entertained" WAS
rejected bye majority of 3 or 4, nut of 11 qnalified voters.
On this orcasioa several Bentienten havingisaid, that there
was great ditficultyof comprehending correctlyth! provisions
of tar Act, the Rev. Mr. Frencisvicer ofboth parasite-or ate.,
that Mi. Goolburn intended to amend the Act, so as to'
make it ;perfectly intelligible; and admitted that if its
provisions were carried into effect, it would be disadvan-
tagenua to the majority of the gentlemen who composed
the Vestry of Killusory. It would. however, servo some of
the parishioners." "We suppose," says the Dublin Revs-
i'vg. Poet, •• that this declaration will have the effect of
stopping all farther attempts at arrangements." At a •
meeting of the fientlemen and Landholders of the Parish
of Newport, held at Newport on the 10th instant, under the
new Tithe Composition Act; the sum of LOOM per imam
was offered, to the .Rev. J. Pennefather, as a composition,
which Mr. Pennefather rejected, and the meeting conse-
quently adjourned. .
!STATE of. THe CouatTny.—We reeret to perceive that,
is!the *inter advances, the tendency to outrage has Increased
sitit In the South and %Vest. ` Weber' male all the ne,•eii•
easy selections from the Provincial Papers We .should
add that the potaton is now ascertained to be a short crop.
They are now 7.1. a stone in Dublin ; and we nnder-tand
tbeT arc sill scarcer in some parts of the Suuth West
(Dablin Ergo. Post.)-
' DdIION VON HUSTMAN.—On Friday at the rising of the
Court of King'sßench, IFlr.Dixon applied for a ron•l't anal
order to restrain proceeding in the Insolvent Deb • a' Loot t'l
in the eme:of Jacobs e.Von Huffman.
Mr. Dixon. stated that the defendant, the Baron Von
Hoffman, bad been arrested at the suit of a person named
Jueeltes of New Ylvit, upon an affidavit of a debt of 2,000
idollar., sworn to be doe to Jacobi by Von Hoffman, amount
Of allill.of Exchange payable at Liverpool. Here the
Learned Orntlina in was about to enter into the particulars
iof the debt, when
The Court intimated to him that, from having had the
lease so lately before teem in Chamber, it was unnecessary for
rim to do so.
Mr. Dixon then resumed and stated, that the gronn.i on.
which he prayed the interference of the Court was, that the
Insolvent Debtors' Court had not jurisdiction, and could
not take cognizance of a debt contracted by two forei erica
lin a foreign country. And that, supposing the Insolvent
Debtors' Coen had the jurisdiction, the Baron could not
avail himself of the Insolvent Debtors' Act, in consequence
of his inability to comply with its provisions.
Conditional order granted.
Isysiterrtsci Casa.—The Conrt of Common Pleas has
been occupied since Monday in trying an action of chore
impcditt In this action Lord Kingston! is the Plaiwiff,
end the Archbishop of Dublin the nominal Defendant;
but the person directly interested is the present I neitinhen t
of the Living of Barristown, in the Connty of Dublin. It
it eonteuded on the part of the Noble Plaintiff, who made
t warery,strong case, that the advowson of this Living
was granted by James the First to his Ancestors, who
uninterruptedly presented to it until the reign of Queen
Ann., when Catholics berame.disabled by an Act of toe
Legislature from exticising the right of patronage. The
present Lord, having conformed in the year Ibls, subsequent
to which, the vacancy oecnrred, upon which the Bernie:nen
who now fills the Living was collated by Lord (leo. Be.
resforil, the late Archbishop of Dublin. it is insiste I that
this collation is voi I, anti that Lord Kitagsland ought to
{lave presented. lite finding of the Jury shall be an-
uouseed to our Iteaders..—(Dablia Evening Post.)
TRAVELLINO 1g IRELAND.


UPSET OF THZ WATSRIPORD MAIL ON FRIDAY SE'SNIOUT.
Extrart of a letter: —" It was understood et the Coadi-of.
lice that the numberof outside passengers was limited ill three
When we arrived at the post °thee, a gentleman elaitne I a
place, having, paid for it rt eleven o'clock in the morning;
the clerk, it appeared, omitted honking him, and as he
reatilately insisted on his right (by again paying his
ewe), be was alloyed to proceed. Another, who appeared
to be the 'I.: oniastown agent, also joined; and to laden
.
with ' four ina:rtes, we set out. After proceeding a mile,
a stragoer was IL..ken up, but though we had on top now
wne—,
double the number' kflowed, we were fortunate in hying
the resigned
a right good and steady':nach
the reins at Thoniastown to one nla
ho. lien
was as unfitwhn
fur
undertaking, as Phaeton to guile the chariot of the Sun.
Our new driver was also new to the road, this being his
first journey, and if his friends Wished to stimulate his
courage in the arduous 'undertaking', he seemed to hare
been spending the evening with them its offering copious
libations to the jolly go Ere the horses were put to, our
hero had scrambled up to take possession of his destined
post. We were now ready to start, but a guide was thought
necessary—the Fates feroished na with a Rind oae.
(literally blind, of one eye, at least); he was a Wiper at
this stage. So we set forward for a mile, when a lady was
taken op to the guide, on the coachman's seat; the guard,
who was very steady, soon kerosine alarmed, and frequently'
called to our whip to he steady. As we proceeded, rack
passenger was constantly on the alert, and at Donkevin we
were threatened with the fate that was coin to befall us.
One of the lamps failed between that and the Royal Oak.
bet till we arrived ata public house, where the lady wished
to treat her friends, the want of light was not discovered.
The guard remonstrated at the delay, hot to no purpose—
the coachman " would not he accountable for the safety of
.tbet mach," if he was not indulged in his whim. The
wit* was lighted, but we did not travel many perches ere
It went out again for want of oil. Our blind guide parted
convoy at the Royal Oak, and as the coachman knew
the road from thence, and the cold of the evening
was likely to cool his veins, each of as summoned up
coorare.
" Thus, aftes some dangerous g slleping. • we passed
Leighlin bridge, by'a mile and a half, in safety, when. on
a broad goad road, and freqnent warnings from the riard
to the tight, the roach, in a moment, was thrown off its
ba'ance, and the outside missengers precipitated on and aver
the ditch ; bat one person was seriously hurt by coming on
his head.
" It would here he a want of gratitude to pass over with•
oat praise the efforts of a poor man, of the name of
0' Donoghoo, who, when alvrineil, without waiting to dress,
lent every *id is his power to extricate us,. and wh• n
tinauccesstul, he traversed the country for hair a mile, to
seek more ropes and assistatice, and ultimately procured cars
to convey the mail and passengers to Carlow without any
promised reward. Yet these are the people who are charged
pith being susceptible of no other feelings of passions,
than ingratitude and revenge "---f Freeman's Journal.)
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At Honiton the no suaudare, e • d io the reign lot
Charles 11. were taken down on the 3d instant. The site
was ll'Adswised the same day to the great joy of the in-
loahitants.and to the no small astonishment el the emsehtnen;
drivers draw, &e., tunny of whom. having passed throng!'
lioniton on the day. previous to the removal of the sham-
Ides. were so much at a In s nn their return in the after-
noon of the next day (the fabric baying then been removed)
that they actually passed the inns they usnally stopped .at
without haring the least idea of their mistake. There was
a mite of King Charl-s the First Nand among the rains in
goad preservation. . .

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COURT OF ADMIRALTY.—(Tuts Vac)
Tat ZING V. •LIXANDIR NTLIAL
CARRIFITIO ILLIMAL Co utua...-- Sir Christopher Rontfe•
goo moved that the warrant of this Conte might issue
ire:rand the defendant, the master of a merrhaot vesseh be.
longing to the port of Whitehaven. The allegstios
charged, that the defendant, while in the Port of White.
haven had hoisted illegal colour., and upon en Officer
going on board to seize them, according to the Act of
Parliament, he met witb much shim from the defendant,
The ship has since sailed from Whitehaven, on an on,-
ward-hound voyage 4 but bad been. oblig-d to put into
Dublin through stress otwastberovlsere she now lies. The
learned Counsel hoped, that although the d. fern:hint
was now in Dublin, that would not be a bar to the
Umrt exercising its authority, because the offence %swarm.
qpiited in England ; the Coart•of Exchequer, in Ireland,
would not ..house to proceed•against the Defendant. as the
offence was not couttnived in Ireland. The Act of Parlia-
ment of 3d of Ileorge 4, besides authorizing the !wirers of
the colours; imposes • penalty .of 5001. upon all masters of
vessels who shall carry any other colours than those *rutin-
rivd by an order in Council of:1801, which order was made
for the prevention of smuggling.; Ike penalty may he reco-
vered, either in the Coarm of Admiralty, King's Bench, or
Courts of Exchequer.
Motion granted. .

FINDING PROPERTY AT REA.
THE KING V. JaREPH JoHNSON.
Sir Christopher Rom/460X stated the nature of his mo-
tion inthisTirse. The defendant ;was the master of the . •
ship I nteirity of Liverpool;• from-whirls port he Failed on
the 21st of April. bound for Jamaica. When be got within
three days sail of'Maderla, •n rhe•l-Ith of '.fay be fell in
with a ve.sol, deserted, withont,-masts, waterlogged and „;.
partly finder Water. Mr.. Johnson' and part of his crew
went on hoard, brit could dna veinier papers nor any thing
to lead to a discovery of her mime or place of destination,
tint from the circumstances of findine a pipe of brandy..
they stipposed she had been lad'en with brandy. They
also believed she was a foreign yt s•el. By the ma'ter's orders
they fished 'lawn the hatches With a boat boon and brought
up a trunk containing 6;9_ pieces of gold coin 'able
at 9s. each, the sum they produced afterward., 5 .fors
of gold, 11 sovereigns, some Crowns, 2 gold watches,
chains, seals, keys and rings, one of the latter the Captain
I exchanged at St. Lucia tur a pipe of ruin. He also to*
from the ship some cordage, provisions, &c. Of the
money, be gave to one man 55 pieces of gold, and to each
of the others 35 pieces; the remainder be kept him. •
! self.

:or UIIRISTOPkiER field; this act of the captain's stay
most unjustifiable, becan•e the law had dire.•.tesf widen
way property obtained in this manner, ought to be dis-
posed of. If the owner's can be found, it. ought to go
to them, hut in the failure of that, to go to we Droi's
of the Admiralty. The beamed Counsel prayed that a
Motion might issne, directing the defendant to produce
the property in order to its being disposed of areoH-
ing to law. and in that case the captain will have an
opportunity of defending It m elf.
ARNOA) read th. alfil.tvits of two of the Cr •w of the
Intrwity who themselves received part of the property.
They also verified the statement of Sir C'uristopher
Robinson.
The Court granted the motion prayed for.

THAMES POUCE.—(l'His D•T.)

A WATLIIMAN CANVAYING SMUGGLED COOD6.

Caleb Pearce, a watennen living at Unthethithe,ond
Newman, a ship's carpenter from abroad, were broneit• :9
this office in &doily of Jad ,cr and White, olsrert, on the
following charge :—The officers stat,d that yesteniay they
boarded the defendant's boat in loisnehonte Kew', snp-
posing she was conveying a smoggier. In the hat mess the
tlafer,dant. Newman, with small packares in different putt! of
the boat, upon the examination of which they found then
contain the follow Inx carlositfes,prohlbited from Min, tyrosielt
into this country, cowdry shot s, 4 coverlictr. 4 pearl shelis,
a whale's tooth. 0 war lestruinents, a wooden image or idol.
RIM various other such anic'es; and iu a small tub. were to o
pieces of beef, apparently ships stores, which they bad tested
to roam from the " Mary Ann," South seaman.
Newman in defence said, the beef had been given to 'hien
by the Chief mate ; and the other articles be had brought
ft tm abroad. The Magistrate asked if the ;filet mate sup-
plied the ship. as he took upon himself to give a.r.sy tho
stores. The defendant nnswered he did not.

Tne Magiste.te said, that su continual a practice ruvailedl
of pilfering ehip stares, that the owners were never safe:
and the deentlant must bare be"n aware that the mate
had no right to give away that which wds not his property.
For watermen there could be no excuse, in couveying
smurzled goods, which was a practice to he checked on! e•
by euf ,rcing the law, t .e a atermdn was then contict
and his boat forfeited to the Crown, snit the other defenktdoe
pdid 40s. for the beef. The other things were scat to th•
Custom House. '

LAMBETH STlCET.—{Liter Etansno.)---John BeefA.
wick Snowden; a person of very gen'lemately aprarant7-,
styling himself a gentleman residing in Canon Strtct
Road, St. lieorge's in the E ist, against whole, toge•h....e
with John and Thomas 4r !nivel!, and William Aniet'a.
alias Anderson, a true bill of indictment was found at the
last Sessions of Oyer and Terminer, for a conspfraq
defrand the County Fire &Ice of 1.913/ 61. Yd.: was
bronglit up on a bench warrant, and placed at the b.c
before ..foitx CvnTts and Marritaw WvArr,t scp. the teen
presiding Magistrates. When the inilictrn .nts were few".
it was ordered by the Court that the defendants sbou'd
each give twenty-tire hours notice of b to Mr. Jas
Harmer, the Solicitor for the proeeation.
The Magistrates told the defendant they should abide by the
order of the Court, and that he should therefore give the oteco-
eery notice of buil.
Thepolice, it seems, were in search of the prnooer fur $,Me
time, and information being received at this (Ace, that he was
about getting out of the way, ttfe officers on Moodily er.-ning
seourell the metropolis in search of him, and at leoch sac.
esmded in capturing him at the -"Mulberry Tree," a Each house
at the foist eud of the town.
A ftertbe prisoner left the Justice room, a Mr. Ear:ey, wh.)
profeised to be his frien I, introduced hietselfto the Sento, as
requested that he. the prisoner‘inight be granted the privileire
of remain: 'g is a lock-up-hoifse, instead of going dewy. tcr
Clerkenwell peat:me until 'he procure bail In rill
irornipg.
The taiitliriltes said they mid not think of grantiag see
such privilege. and that they snpald wild him the same ..a
with a person to hu•striler circumstances. • •
Mr. Snowden prieferree payibg for a coach to take Ml's tO.
prison, to walking with the other prisoners, and he ifit
area at eight o'clock, guarded by two of the officers.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
• 13MING •AT TA rl'EltsALl;9l—Nov•
Risoteswoaso.-3 to 1 .gst Reformer-6 to I akstOon
Carios—b to 1 ai4st Prudruce-7 to 1 east Cyrresiewl.7 U., I
agst Quadrate-8 to 1 agst Cressida—l sto I east Reeertm.
Usaar.-5 to I agst Swiss-9 to I list Reformer—is to I
salt Agnes-44 to 1 nos' Dar. Carlos—l 4 to I gist Creoles—.
If) to 1 agO sg,t ly Out —•il,o to I .451 Aso.
Oats.-5 to 1 each vast prodroce and Lyraosa.
ST. Liess.—Notb;nreene.

By the same paper we ',aril there is reason to far that
the bitrotii es of Upper Ormond awl Gower Orwur.d, biL.tertp,
exempt from the lawless acts Committed in the mighlsm•Org
enunties. hare at leutth heroine infected ; anti tNstApis.
syrem has ivrein eemuienerd in ti.e (;444 :I
Cork. The Mayt Cvnei Olio,: states th it • fersil.44
impirit of instshordination liras. manifested ?self 100jn
.everal parts of that county.

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