The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-02-18 00:00:00

NATIONAL SO,JETr- •

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In the Common Council of Tueiday last, in the
debate respecting the National Society; in opposition
to the declaration which had been made " that • the
Church of England was the most tender of mothers,
and.that no histance could be prodiced of tytilnny or
intolerance, Mr., Fare' observed, that certainly
therehad formerly been frequent instances, some of
which he stated, and tat even that Very sect, to which
Mr. Lancaster belonged,• the Quakers, had been.
subject to very severe persecution, against which
,nei-
, ther the innocency of their lives nor the ailePlicilY
of their manners could protectsthemvatbis had driven
the celebrated Penn and hundreds• of 'others from
this couintry to America. Ile held in his hand a cu-
lions document extracted from a Book called "
.Brief Account of the People called'Quakers," where
it appeared about a century ago buadreds had cru-
elly suffered, amongst whom were the ancestor of
I distinguished Member of that Court (Mr. Waithman),
at Warton, in Lancashire, the place of his father's
nativity. Ile then read the following extracts—
! "In 1096, Robert Ilubbersty, Will. Mittman,
Robertliraithman, and James Waitham, were pro-
' ',voted for tithes at the suit of the Doan and Chapter
1 of Worcester.

44 Hubbersty,,and two of the Waithmans, Wil-
liam and RAM, were committed to prison ia the
month called June, 1697, but set at liberty by assn.
persedeas at the summer assizes fellowing.
66 1698, Rob. Hubbersty, Rob. Waitbu*n, and
JameS Wilifbnian, #rere again prosecuted ht' the suit
of the said Dean and Chapter of Worcester.
" At the assizes in the month called August,
'1698, an execution was obtained against Hubhersty
for 61. 10s. and 141. costs ; and in 1699, he was
' committed to prison, and there continued about two
years and eight months.
" James Waithman also, for a demand and charges
of about 141. had his goods taken, to the value of
'7l. and was committed to prison, zchere he lay about
15 months,
" Will. Waithman, of Lindetb, in the parish of
Warton, was again prosecuted for tithes at the suit
of the said Dean and Chapter of Woicester.
64 Will. Waithman was imprisoned in the county
gaol at Lancaster near two. years, while in prison he
was served with a declaration, and the cause was
tried at the Assizes on the 10th of Sept. 1698, and a
verdict given against him for 20s. 4d. for which anal
costs he had taken, from him four bullocks, une steer,
two kine, and one mare, valued at 251."
Thus, continued Mr. Favel, were these and other
persecutions carried on ; and although they might
have had other remedies by seizing the goods of
Quakers as is now done, yet the clergy chose rather
to resort to these oppressive measures, in order to pu.
`wish them for resisting demands, which tie Quakers
then, and to this day, could not eallocieutiously
comply with.
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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, Frs. 17. .
Came into St. Helen's, in distress of weather, 04
North Star, Partridge, and Goriest k. They tvo
ing theenemy's ports on the opposite coast, whetted :Were
driven to the above anchbrage.
Arrived the Foxhound sloop of ear, Capt. Parish, from Ply.
mouth; and the Violet, from Guernsey.
Came into harbour the Leopard, Capt. Dillon; and ?Circe,
Capt. Woolcombe.
Went to St. Helen's, the Cressy, 74, going off Brest, to cruire.
DEAL, Fen. 17.
Arrived. the Atlantic, and another ship from Charleston—pare
denims not kaown ; aho his Majesty's cutter Decoy, froth a
cruise.
Caine down from the River three drips for Gibraltar.
Five o'clock—The shipping in the Downs appear to tide all
well

SHEERNESS, FERAL
Arrived the Ateerine cutter from the Eknoms, with Frock
prisoners. The Pylades having been refitted at Wirdwich, is
come down and anchored at the Nore. •

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ABiIItIMIN, PEN. 12.—We understand that a large lugger
privateer, of 16 gum, has been hovering upon this coast for some
days past. Captain Joshua Richmond, of the ship Lincoln, of
Leith when eV Fraserburgh, on Saturday last, on his voyage to
Jamaica, sent oo shore a note, saying; that on the preceding day,
about foot o'clock, be had fallen in with her close in with the
Ruebanness. He did not nay whether shams had chased him. An
intimation to Ws effbct has forw to the naval Officer
commanding in Leith Roads, who will, no doubt, taktinieosureo
to afford protection to the mist,
The Arcadia, Smiley, from Nova Sc3tia to the Clyde, men-
Hosed yesterday to have been captured by the French privateer
Castile, of 14 gunk has been retaken, by his lidairity's ship
Persian, and is arrived at Dartmouth.

Captain ARTHUR BATT BINGHAM, who et:mm=4
ed the Link Belt at the time of her engagement
with the American frigate Presidesgt has been pro-
moted to the rank .of Post-Captain Within these few
days.
On Thursday was launched at Venire. BRENT'S
yard, Rotherhittte, the Dublin, of 74 guns:
The four foreigners iu London, who lately came
over from Corunua, it is said are, General GIRARD
and'his three Aid-de-Camps.
GRACIOUS CONDESCENSION 07 Hsi Royal. HIGH.,
NESS THE PRINCE RELENT.—An individual having
stated his grievances in a Petition to his Royal High-
ness, dated the 20th ult. he was favoured, on the
28th, with a note from General TunmEit, stating,
that his Petition had been referred to the Lords Com-
missioners of the Treasury, by command' of the
PRINCE REDENT.
The Duke of Doasxr, the Earl of DBLAWARR,
and Lord GRANVILLE SomEaser, are amongst the last
arrivals at the University of Oxford.
The Rev. ROBERT Smyrna, of Magdalen-hall,
Oxford, was last week admitted to the degree of
Master of Apts.
The new Musical Farce forthcoming at Covent-
Orden Theatre, is from the pen of Mr. HOMAN.—
The music was composed by Mr. Cooat, of Dublin,
and is said to display.more than common merit.
At a late Court, says a Boston Paper, of the 14th
alt. in Philagisiphia -there were fonr complaints of
women, this( their husbands refuted or neglected to
maintoinstisem. In all these casesl orders wen is-
sued fog the seizure of the meets . estates and their
delivery to the teoweent! • • - .
The improvements in the Refit nq ?alt arern-
ceeding with great rapidity. In tie cotes of the
summer, great progress, will bo-snado -towards ils
comptetiog.
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