The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-08-20 00:00:00

windows. Uric' of " The Queen for ever," resound
ed f:ons all (ratters. Previously to this there had
been ter, or three windows broi;en in front of the
blayer's c! ellieg. The crowd then passed on with
the elfi-tire towards the Ouildhall. On their tetern
about ten o'clock, just as they got to the Mayen's
dooy,the special constables, by a signal from a watch-
man's rattle, rushed in a body upon-the cart, and tore
the effigies in pliers. This act of aggression roused
the indignation of the mob, and, after (hieing away
the constables, they commenced a regular attark era
the Mayor's windows, and broke to the number of ein
penes. They then attempted to force the shatters of
the Mayor's shop, and tried to get into time lause.
.Ahont this time the Mayor himself made his appeal-
ance, and was- immediately recognised by the mob,
who :Awed him with opprohrinns name!, hooted and
Moiled hint. In making his retreat he was pelted
with mod, and was struck on the back of the neck by
a brickbat, which hart him severely. A large stone,
aimed at his head, fortunately missed hint, or probably
the blow would have been fatal. lle succeeded in
getting to the Town-hall, and, accompanied by two
Aldermen and the Town Clerk, he returned to the
scene of riot. The soldiers were then called in to
clear a passage to the house, and having entered, the
Mayor ordered the Riot Act to be read from the win-
,tow of the second floor. The Town Clink proceeded
to real it. awl whilst in the act of Join,. so, several
?Ones were thrown, which covered his book with
I.,:iken alas'. The Mayor then warned the mob to
iterrt in qitietnese: but they continued to ding stones
at the house. -IV lien the Mayor descended again into
the street, be was reviled and abused vehemently.—
The mob exilaiined against using military force; and
said they would not be governed by mili!ary law.—
Upoo which the .soldiers were ordered nut of sight,
sail time noise and tn 1111 l It increased. W hen the mili
t•r: were brought back, however, peace WAS restored,
ani by four in the morning the streets were c.eared.
The defendants were charged with taking part in
these riotous procee.lings. The main question in the
case was their identity. A vast number of witnesses
were examined on boil sides.
After a long trial. the Defendants were Acetw TED,
eptiarently to the satisfaction of most present.
'fins oyster cause, in which the Corporation of
Qu:enbaryugh was su:Tessful, occupied the Court the
whole at Friday.
The Assizes for the County of Kent, which com-
menced at Maidstone on last Tuerylay morning, did
rat finish in the criminal Court until twelve o'clock on
Saturday night: Ibe gaol calendar exhibited ninety
prisoners, of wlinni twenty-nine were capitally con-
victed and received sentence of death. Seven received
sentence of transportation, two for fourteen, and live
for seven vars. Tneuty-two un the Calendar were
acquitted and twelve were slim:barged by proclama-
tion. ()jibe twenty-nine capitally convicted, twenty-
were reprieved before the Judges left the town;
the following three remain for execution, viz.—
Emanuel Willis and John Cable frr having broken.
aril entered the dwelling-house of William F. Pigott.
b.D. and stolen therein divers articles, value
and upwards, and Frederick Johnson for having
stolen, in the dwrlling-horse of Mr. Durham, divers
articles of wearing apparel, and putting Frances, his
wife, in fear, &c.

Ia th lid of rinses tried at the late NOrWit..
‘t as" Csawcour r. Smith." This was an actiot
to ress,sye.• the amount of expellees for a suit of elJths s.
1!.;_ to which the plaintiff had been uut, in consequet et
er havii!g• received a fictitious card of invitation (sent
!ls di-land:int) to dine at the Build feast last year.
—Versliet kr the pl iintitf, damages one shilling.
New INycN rstis.l—Notlsing can afford a higher
gr ion to the American than to mark the pro-
g:ess of invention, improvement, and ingenuity iii his
1.• t.. .irVillen, We hate now to add to the list the ra•
vat Fire Shield, invented by Mr. Ralph Buckley, of
t i, city, ore of the most simple, and, it appears to us,
t e most ffeetnal protectiun of property from lire ever
is!•tnted. This shield is intended to protect firemen
wi Ott employed is estinguithing fires, hut its parti
c s'ar design is to prevent tire from spreading. It is
%yell linown that when a house is on fire, if it can be
saved after Or tints is lost in bringing up the engines,
it 'InISt fleces..trilv be very munch tl..maged. The evil
to 'se apprehended is the spreading of this devouring
islet:Asti, which frequently lays whole blocks of build-
i-,..• at:d sometimes whole cities in ashes, in•
vrntioss is intended to arrest the evil on the spot where
it originates, by enabling firemen to approach so neat
t!-.e flames as to protect surrounding propaty. As this
intention is of deep interest to our citizens, and par-
ticularly in the southern cities, so mach afflicted by
fres of late, we deem it necessary to be particular in
our explanations. The shield is made of a metallic
ssibstatice; *thin, light, and impervious to beat ; it is
of a length and breadth sufficient to cover the whole
person ; it may be used in several different positions.
For example--Lwhen used in the street, it is firmly
fixed on a small platform, with wheels, and a short ele-
vation from the ground. The fireman takes his 'Lind
on this platform and behind the shield ; he is dragged
by ropes near the current of heat and flames, without
beir.g scorched or feeling any inconvenience, and,
with the hose-pipe or leader in Isis hand, lie directs
the water to the part where it is most required. Its
this way a line of shields may be formed in close order,
is front of a powerful heat, and behind which the fire-
men may stand with safety and play upon the houses
. with their water-pipes. The utility therefore of this
invention may be seen at a glance; it enables firemen
to brave the fames with impunity, whereas, in most in-
+stances of excessive heat, they are driven off, and the
flames are permitted to spread. The shield is used in
another and equally beneficial way. By varying the
f4tm it is carried up stairs to the third story of the
houses oat on fire, hut where the roof requires water.
and by a simple machinery carried in hand, it is pro•
jetted from a window like a painter's platform; the
leader Is then carried through the house, up stain,
and out of the window. and is directed by a fireman
behind-the shield to that part of the 'adjoining houses
which it may be necessary to protect. It is' extremely
useful in churches and from steeples, and may be gp.-
plied in a variety of ways. Firemen have been fire,
'neatly injured in health and person, by approacKag.
too near Uri fames and giving full scope to that tete::
pidlty of character and humanity for which they are
• distinguished. fly this fire shiehl they will be' effec-
tually pretested, aid it will be Nand, streets,
to be pecullerltesetal.---(Cherkeen 2'imee.)

APFAMS
• ZASTC. ot'l.v I
account of 11r. green, the Bow Consul,
been to Patras, the end of June, with a fleet of men
of war, consistine• of the itecoltvionnaire, 44 gun.:
Cambrian, ZiO i Spey, 20; Scout, IS; and Chanti-
cleer, 16. This squadron was sent up from Corfu, in
consedidience of representations respecting outragee,
committed by flee Greeks and lonians on ionion boats
of passage: but it bad also another object—tbat of
convincing the Creeks that their proceedings were
taken notice of. The Paella Intl left Patras with
troops for Laila, but the fleet got lo.ritilssion, which
was never before grunted, to pass the Dardanelles of
Lepanto, and sailed up to the Greek vessels at oa-
lasidi, where they found abont SO ships in all, but
only 3of them were armed. The Hydriotes, Sri-
ziotes, and Irariots, bad abandoned their attack on
Patras and Lepanto three days before, and had sailed
for Hydra, after 27 days spent in doing nothing. They
had two of their vessels dismasted by the Turkish cur-
yette and 3 brigs under Lepanto. After delivering
the despatches to the person in command, to be seut
to Ily•Ira, the fleet returned to Patras and Zante, after
at% absence of six days. Captain Pellew tired! a salute
a: Patras, at the request of she Commandant, which
was returned from the c:tadel. There is no danger of
the Dreelds attacking Patras for some time, as tisuf
Pacha, who had gone on an expedition to 1411 i,
heal
returned with all the Lalliots and their families.
The Lalliots had been besieged very closely by
about 4,000 Moriots, and 2,000 men from Cctationia
and Zante, with 6 pieces of cannon. Thee Lalliots sent
to Patras forlassistance, begging permission to come and
settle three, and to destroy Laila, as was don.- in 1771.
1 he Pacha went to them in person, wi • h I,t.:Ollntan, and
spon his arrival a great battle was fouglit, the Lal-
liots attacking on one side, and the troops of Patras
on the other. The lonians did some u ith
their guns as the Paella advanced, but he charged
them at the bead of his men ; and the Lalliots attack-
ing the Moriots at the sante time, these last Cell when
they lead fared their muskets, and left the lonians to
fight. The consevence was a total overthrow of the
Greeks anti lonians, about live hundred and fifty brim
put to the sword, and forty lonians taken pr.sonerd,
who were impaled or hanged on the ti.. 1•1 of hank.
I he rest fled, and arrivetl at tilde in a Innst
ing condition. The Ts:clod returned to P.:tras. By
he last accounts they had about 6,0j0 nl,ll there.
They were distressed fur corn, but had sent a+lYa third
-if the troops to attack the Bishop. The Pacha is a
:nan of undaunted coin-sloe, as well as his officers. The
Turks lo,t abonf tst) niece at Lalla, chit tiv killed by
the lonians. Not o'er fort or castle in the !.loritit has
hitherto been taken by the Greeks, but it is probable
that the Turks may be starved out at Corms, Napoli de
Malvoisin, and Nayarin, as they were 4 tie last ex-
tremity. I think, however, that they will blow up the
cas lei, and attempt to cut their way to Patras or Tri-
polliza rather than espilti:ate, as they well know the
fate that would au alt them in so doing. •At Heat a
the Greeks actually roasted the 'l'urks alive by a slow
tire, at st cutting off their ears and noses. This you
may rely on as an undoubted fact, as well as all l have
related. The Turkish fleet that was at Patroi came to
Zante for provisions, and was supplied. The Capitana
Bey was otiCorfts in want of Men and proyi-ions. If
it rould have attacked the Hydriotes at Lepanto, I
ink he would leave taken them.

7'111.: 1111.1Z1 LS.

The Rio Janeiro Ga:rit.: of the 9th June, states
the particulars respecting the serious events that hare
Watt place at Rio since the King's departure. From
these it appears that the forms of the Portugnese Con-
stitution, as far as they could be known at that date
to have been sanctioned by the Cortex,. have, without
waiting, as originally intended, for their completion.
been forced by the soldiery on the Regent's accept-
ance. They, at the !same time, demanded other
changes in the form of government established by the
King. Though immediate compliance was accorded
by the Prince, there is reason to believe that it was
not ‘4 ithout considerable repugnance on his part. The
official documents published on the occasion consist-
-Ist. Of a dectee establishing a Junta of nine Depu-
ties. to be subordinate to the Cortes at Lisbon, but to
have control over the Regent's Ministers.-241. A list
of the Ministers, front which the name of the Count
It's .\rcos is excluded, Don Pedro .11w.tres Diniz
being appointed Prime Minister in his room.—;;d. An
authorised list of the Junta, subjoined to another
Royal decree. Count i:os .Arcos returns to Europe,
and the tranquillity of Rio Janeiro remained undis-
turbed at the date (9th June) when the letteri were
written.

A gentleman who had occasion to visit the capittu
tbf Texas, states that on his deportee.* 'mans .giae‘gs
doodles he found the American settlensent,t to continue
(or about fifteen miles on the great road leading to the
seat of government and to his astonishment on his
return (u hieb was in a month,) he met the advanced
posts of those settlements at least seventy miles in the
Interior! However, these settlements were ticx first
habitations of wen be had seen, in travelling a distance
of nearly five hundred miles. The old Lonisial", ruad
through the country is still discernable, though there
is not the least sign of the abode of a civilized being
for the whole way, after the traveller parses the Ater-
rican improvements until he arrives in St. Antonio.—
Bet the most important fact respeiting Texas 14ich
has come to our knowledge, is, that a concession of
the immediate country at the mouth of the great river
Colorado has actually been made to a gentleman of the
West, by the Spanish authorities, on condition that he
will cultivate the lands and bring with him a• certain
number of families.
The Colorado empties into the Bay of St. *mord.
and at the contemplated spot will afford a tine bubo tr.
A town upon an eztensief plan; is to be lid out,
which will enjoy the advantage of a port o entry,
.agreeably to a late order of the Cortes establigdig
port town at the .t mouth of the Colorado." This re.
calls to our mind the assertion of the late )Zr. Samp,
son, of New Orleans, who is speaking same years
ago of the outlets Of the Bravo and Colorado, pr*-
nuanced them amongst the roost eligible sites is North
America. for large commtrcial. cities.— (St. Lettie

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LONDON:
MONDAY EVENING, ArdVST 20, I +2l.

When a measure is conceived in spite and brought
'forth in imbecility, the vexation that is produced with
the abortion must vent itself in blaming every ci .11.tut-
stance that attends it, except the weak and worthless
source from w Lich it sprung. On the failure of the
despicable scheme t•f depriving the people of London
of the opportunity of olering their.sad tribute of re-
spect to the :winery of the QUEEN they loved, the first
,expression of spleen was tlirected by the advocates of
the Court against :lie Noble Earl whn holds the reins of
tlovernmens. is Such a defeat," said they "would not
Rave been allowed to happen had the M inl,tess of
LONPONDLRIZY brew at his post. lie would have pro-
tected the plait with ,tich a military force as would at
once have overwhelmed every idea of interruption, or
sent, on the first svmptom of an attemi t, such a train
of troops to every 'mint as would have ma•!e the dis-
turbers par full deariv (or their rashness." nut it
• was invitlii;us to make comparisons, an I danger-

ous to heted dissensions between Ministers of
State ; and the safest way of throwing blame
was nest imagined to he upon the Magistrate
who bad the osilitaty force at his disposal to assist
him in eeforcing tl e compulsory execution of
the orders of ,Ministers. Poor Sir Robert Baker came
in for his share of reflections fir allowing it to be said
of bins, without attempting to refute the s'atemciat,
that on its bei.:g represented to him that lives would
be lost if the funeral were not abased to go through
the Cite, he replies!, a• be thonght so, anal had made
up his mind to a.. eirongli the City." Still there was
something wrong in imputing' any fault to any Officers
of tiovernment, ',weever subordinate, and the only
mode of railing that was unexceptionable and likely
to serve the purpUse. of Government, was to throw the
whole islanie alma the rsecattors of her Majesty's will,
and the Committee who met at the Freemasons' la-
vette The former grounds have therefore been aban-
doned, anal much is doing to make it be believed that
the parties last mentioned ate not only to be the scar
goats of Ministers in saving them from shame, but
after bring devutcl to the reproaches of the venal
press, to be delivered over to other tormentors anal
dealt with according to law. This idea, of which we
gave a hint on Saturday from a Ministerial paper, has
barn taken up to-slay by another, anal will no doubt be
anised anal employed, so long as it is expedient to
make a display of spirit anal produce intimidation.
• What course will be pursued by Government
on this important occasion," says The New Timer,
" we are not informed ; but should presume
that a Proclamation for app wing the con-
trivers and perpetrators of the audacious enterprise,
will speedily be issued." It would leave been MOM
proper, perhaps to have confised the threat to those
who are alleged to have contrived the enterprise ; fur
if they apprehend the persons who are termed dm
perpetrators, we cannot imagine what jails will be
found in the kingdom, numerousand spacious as theyare,
that will he sufficient to hold them. It is a bold
attempt, (we think Lord Ultimo' observed on the
Proclamation against 1::e Americans,in the year 17734
include a whole people in a Bill of Indictment ;
and such a Proclamation as is suggested now would
denounce such a multitude as never hitherto bad
been contemplated as guilty of conspiracy. Why,
the populace of London were to be deprived of
the last opportunity possible, (anal owe on which they
had set their hearts) of rendering their r. specie to their
lamented Queen ; and why they should be punished
for the irregular means they took of counteracting a
most irregular mode of thwarting and sup-
pressing their honest and orderly desires, when
the populace of Dublin were the very same
week prepared to be treated with the public entry of
the King with all his Court into their city, and no ac-
commodation or expense was spared to gratify their
sight, or to humour their prejudices; why these oppo-
site treatments were to be determined, unless fur the
purpose of setting off the brilliancy of the one by the
sadness cf the other, we cannot possibly conceive.—
It was profeated to have been the object of
his Majesty in proceeding on hart to Ireland
at such an unseasonable time, t crease the po-
pularity and strength of his doyen:trent. In
Ireland he is advised to heal dissensions; in England
to widen breaches and promite irritation! This is
consistent enough with the blachavelian maxim divide
et hope,*; bat the policy. (we will not say it is
• oast dipolar, to be blundering.

New York pipers arrived this morning to the 26111
of Ally. from Which we extract the following:—
EIRIPM rep NATIONAL ADVOCATI, 15T11 JULY.]
• MAJOR ANDRE.
• The Duke of York. in compliance with the bagger
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teasel the British Coastal in this city, has ordered

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