The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-03-26 00:00:00

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ampled in the history of the world. Way Person
had been told that a private Company of :Merchants,
not originally posseised of a: .luga.falAtel, wilicik
I they had never greatly inereasedf hitfit bleceme rim?-
ters of the whole of India- -the. greater. part of. V
Mogul Empire—of the territory ell
the wit (roma *
Cape °Mood Hope to the seas of (:bins; but ; that this'
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I Company had done this all at its own expeuce, with:
!out a shilling advance' from the country to whieltAt
below& Nay, that during-the same period it ha'
!given to the country considerable • sums' of money,
I would he not hate said that,it would. have been inv.
i possible ?•-•*-Would he not have discredited it, after
" being informed that suctr.bad ,actually been the
Mise?-11e was sorry:to thinir,, thOt the.. advantages
thence derided to the .conntry, in. this instance,
were net such as he hoped, one time or other, to see
theist esteemed.. Ile Moped to lire to see the .day-
whentoth the Country and the Company would rise
above the difficulties with which .they were surround-
'ad ; 'and though that day should be the last of his
life, he would hail its approach. It would,be a
waste of time were be to go • over the successive I
events which had of late years occurred in India.— !
Thefall of Mysore—the removal from Hydrabad of
•a French force, almost in the midst of India---the
successive defeats.olgeindea, Hollow, Itc.,--the cap."
tures of Ceylon, Java,. the Moluccas, &c. ; when
these were considered, . was it surprising that the ,
Company had debts? They had raised the sums
they wanted at an.ettormons interest, so high ovenns.
six, seven, and even eight per cent. if these. sums
had been raised in England, the mere difference or;
interest would have been such 'as to,hare tonight,
labout, at this moment, that participation :which:his
. Majesty's Government so long degired.... Lord Miittik
'had done much to the liquidation of this debt of iii=
i terest. In consequence, about 14,000,0001. of if'
had been transferred ..tar this country- The whole,
excepting about•six millions, had beep provided for,
and this, lit hoped, would be made up nithie the
presentyear. He expected the arrival of a consider.:
' able quantity of bullion, in which he had heen dis=
'appointed ; but had no doubt but it would be re-
ceived in the course of year. The Company
was now about to receive from the country what it
had a right to receive—assistance to borrow money
I here on the best terms. This was all they wanted.
There was already a surpltui-of 100,0001. for the
• last year, and of about 200,0001- let the, present I
year. The time would conte„ he hoped, when the
Company would be exculpated from every charge I
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I Made agamat them. There was one point in,.which
1 he thought all would agree, that it would have ,been
i madness in the Company to havegone
,to the House
of commons -without a previotis uuderstandiug with
Ministers. So far as he hiniself.was persoisally in.
terested, he could'only say, that •he had no other
object than that the Empire of India should continue
to remain with the Parent State ; awl after this, that
Ithe interests of the Conipanyahould be attended to.
1 /f the trade was to be opened, and was to leave the
i`hands of the Company, he hoped it would continue
'with British ships, British sailors, and British capi-
: talists. He should now propose to adjourn the goes-
tion, not with the view of concluding the discussion,
'but rather with the view of affording to the Proprie-
tors an opportunity of hearing and reading every
thing which presented itself on the subject, before
they came to a decision. At the same time he should
be happy to give every information which might be
asked of him.
I He then put the motion of adjourning the question*
I to Thursday, the 2d day of April. -
Mr. GEORGE JOHN.4EONE said, he should not do,
justice to his feelings, if he did not take that oppor-
tunity of expressing the high opinion which he enter-
! tained of the zeal and the talent displayed, on the'
part of the managers for the Company,• in all those
. papers which had been reed to the Court.—[Near!]
I Ile could not help noticing in particular, the letter'
of the 13th January, 1809, which contained as forci-
ble
an exposition of the rights of the East India Com- I
Ipany; and as just views of national policy, as were I
Lever submitted to the consideration of. any Govern- I
i ment.—[Hear !]--The ability,here displayed, how- !
I • ever' was no more thee what he-expected from those
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..persons entrusted with the management, of the in- i
, terests of the Company. Inbia•opision, they would!
not do justice to them, if they did not express their'
'concurrence in the measures they had taken, and their I
i confidence, that through thereat of their negociation,.
• they would display •the same talents and the same
{firmness. • He owed this much to hitr, own feelings,
, and he was sure the Court- would-book-forward with i
ithe sane satisfaction and, confidence. as he did. He
. was glad to see that Ms Majestre Government had I
i made that concessiolt to the Conipliny, respecting the i
Company's. military, which was so highly necessary!
'fpr the good of de teivice; and if mere was not ob-1
taitted by Ilieuillian what bad bees. thsted, lekwas
sure the Court would depart with the fullesf setis-1
'fitttitio,' that it had not been horn any want of ever- !
`don oirthe Art of their managers.
Mr. LonOvors said, he had never beard a more
? able defence, and he was Only sorry so many good
' things had been given to them in one day. [..ef leittlil
tThe correspondence only -began in October, ,1$08.;
1 Why were measures not taken earlier? Their•dtiL •
minion would end with their Charter. "Why had the
`only persons interested not been consul ? [Cries
!of Question.] lie assured them he felt more thaw
I common' diffidence 05 this. occasion. The Chattwon
had alluded to the extraordinary phenomenon of
a small company of merchants, acquiring the scv
vereignty of so lame a donlinion,--bot. he 'forgot
to mention, how much a Noble Lord had ER.'
tended that empire, -whom he alone had supported,
when his power was attempted to be impaired. The
Noble Lord he alluded to, was the Marquis of Wel-
.lesley. Without the Service of the -Noble Mar-
, Bois and his gallant brother, what would the Empire,
' in India have been? He hoped that it would hot he
ldeemed arrogance in him to propose, that the stip*
'od the Noble Marquis should be removed, and tliatd
Istatue like that of another Noble Marquis (Cortwat...
lid), over against them, should be erected Solivi. I t
whold now come with peculiar propriety when lie nes
out of the Kdministmtion of this country. He was
now independent, and he knew of no one who;coeld
.do them greater service. lie trusted that hO !mitt-
'less of mind, would induce him to forget All' rat
attimiiities. Ile wished, before he coneluded, to al-
lude to four points of •the speech of the Chairseaa. •
The ftrat related to the reteatleb of interest..--The

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"sewn)• *to. the situation of the-arm/...411e .thit#
poinfs4rit really be had so far loat*hunsel4 that' he
.f°4(ltf IP•''‘L Laugh, itsid( ciiea.cof 4..iii:iien.l
_, , :The Cattamtn se the enconidaini Which
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,:tege passed on a piper, were sloe to a Gentlemee
••4/1100:11i;saw present., and these eecesriliitni wet
Ater
than It deserved.i The paper/ was - 004..0-
&.atteibteed.to an Hon: Gent. tab* sat hi the comer,
'(w bell (tratit).,--Adjourtsed to Thursday.
the "Ad day of April neat: ' ' • i '
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4;1 ' ~.' • . trA,.....°1.j....' • '-'4•lll7"'s ~ . , ...ifjt7, ti92o
.;i .. A yi.kutuirt,tvqt..l giggpas., el Aft 91 .ri. . ,
. el* ..Fintraiiil:l iv. triq, on ?the corpnerld ft...
"'tee,: fo r Man slat/4110r; its ki Pi pg aad alay-i 4' Oftg
jahva girigg. The'Prisoner oma a respectable Miller"
at:tell'es, in this: county;' who . had given an. ostler.,
inthit-town a blow br tab on the head for itnperti- ,
metre, and the died a few days afterwards. I(
was, . hoirever„. peeied, that his death was occasion-I
ed.hy* another cause; for a few days befere that timei
he had quarrelled'otith a Soldier of file 7'2d regiMent,l
who struck him on the bead with.his sword. As the
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man felt no immediate 111 effects from the wound,' it.
teas thought to be of no consequence; but after 6W,
death, hiskead being examined, it 'was found toil;
the sword had penetrated' through the skull, and a
splihter of ,bone *bad entered the membrane of the I
' brain, which the medical men' were clearly of opi-
nion was the cause of his death.--The Jury found
the Peisaiser—Nol Gnilili. ' .
,27nonsai Reeves and Robert Carr, two privates. of
' thsv 10th regiment of dragoons, were Indicted for
_highway robbery, by stopping Thomas Standon, and,'
takinerom him his pocket-book, containing 191. its?'
:Bank-notes.
&endow, the Prosecutor, stated, that on the 13thr
of February he was returning from Hastings, arxl' is'
the hollow way near that town, he'rnet two personi„:
who presented pistols and demanded his money. It
was so dark that he could not identify their persons,
but they seemed to be soldiers; he called out for as-
sistance, when, one of them gave him a severe blow
in the. face, which caused the blood to flow, and
said, if he made any noise he would blow* his brains 1
out ;he accordingly gave them his money'. He told i
at the next public-house what`had happened. I
Corporal Dowdney, of the same regiment, stated,
that hearing of the robbery he went round to, the !
quarters of the men under his command, and found
the two Prisoners absent. He' locked up their bed-
room,
and waited for their return. He saw them
soon afterwards and they were endeavouring to open I
the door with a false key ; he took them both juto
custody, and on searching them, the inside sleeve of
the jacket of Reeves was bloody ; their pistoli were
also missing, when they were absent. . The next day
they confessed to him-that they .had committed the
robbery, stating that' they' ,wet f to. .the sea' beach,.
where they turned their jackets inside out, and that
the pocket-hook was hid'beitindthe Hill Wall, where
another witness proved he
,had :foOttlf If.— Verdict;
both Guilty. - - - .
John Pain wai indicteirfor stealing '75 'guineas hi'
gold, the property of Ar(hur Miitliewa. * • '
The Prosecutor was a shoe-toaler at' Shipley, near
Horsham. The Prisoner Thectii.jlitrtleYmatt who
worked with him. The PrOatiVefor, though' but a
poor man, had amassed this little tr..c.:a.stie,.hich he
kept in a bureau above stairs, in his bell-rootiii* It'
is supposed the Prisoner had gained some knoorledie
where this treasure was concealeatfbr,prePending-to
be ill•one day, he went up stairs foslie down' On the
bed ; when he came down, he said he, wished to take
a little walk in the air, and asked his Master' if. he
could not furnish him with some .etrand:• He sent
' him with a pair of boots to take hOttie,litit'not.rel
turning that night it excited, some, suspiclOOS, atpt tie
PrOsecuter, upon searching, found, all` ht! treittete
gone. It appeared, that the 'Prisoner. walked. to
Horsham, nod then took a post-chaise to' Cri4ley ;
he then gave the boy half-a-guinea for driVlngbim:
He then ordered supper, and three botgis of wine ;
after that, 'he treatedall the perans in the hoese,.anct
made a display of his.gold: He next day took' a
chaise towards Teutertlen, where be said be waiv-
ing ; but: he was. overtaken at Maresfield,',where 'heti
was apprehended, buthe had. spent all the Motley bet'
251. Inkis defence, the Prisoner .said, that • Wind
employed to dig some celery in the,garden, be found*
the money sewed up iis a flannel bag. Verdict—
Guilty. . !:. . .
Janten fake was convicted of a biiiglary in the
dwelling-house of 'William Whappum, and stealing a
quantity of silver and copper money. The Prosecu- I
for kept a public-house at Laughton. The footsteps
of the robber were traced by the mark of his shoesi
for •ten miles, and when he Wes overtaken, a, bad
sispence was. found on his person, which the Prose-
cutor proved was among the money which he had
lost. - ' - - . _ . , . .
Henry Sandals.,yras ceovicted of an assault upon
Mary Gaston, in the perish of Newick, on the 13th i
of June, 1810, witiLiutete to ravish her, and was I
sentenced to teas yetra'• imprisonment. .
The-Asaiteseoded.ataeven o'clock.


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GOMMunk,—..6 etre, during the last week,. taken
Piece between' Gtivernment and the East India. Di-.
rectors; tho debit of which, it is said, is, that the
trade to intik will; on the renewal of the Company's.
Charter, be rendered more oiled; but that the China
trade, from its peculiar nature, will remain as before.
A private letter frOM the trench coast has the
passage respecting Gen. 131!..tiCE :--The Spanish
Commander Musa'., argioed. at. Paris on the 9th of
last menth, under a Military escort ; he has had se-
veral interviews With TALLETRAND and the Minister'
at Wa.rt.atitielf lasted several hours each time. The
ohicht.othd jgt r. was to ascertain the strength and
:reidtirttetotiAlia SPanlsh insurgents, of.which Gee.
13isic4,frOrk thetonitilitnel he so long held, mast be
welt-acquainted. lie ivas incompirably the best
nerd.* their service, and his captivity is considered
ais ter tb their heirig IpAditrl. Whether he,
has made Any important cohurrani4libus 11 pot said;
but..hr is certainly well treated; and has much liberty.
whb him** hien, 'he is believed to be devot-
* lithe cause in' irhihh I+"vin9 matie prlioner, and
itscapOrth of clasing with the offers made to him. to
4cknoirledgeJostvw thh.rtigning Sovereign of Spain.:
their is winch of the rtoklier Meat him., but it is ac-
eolipittifEd by 'tie. illittlhed -Alerts of the Spanish
character.
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y years itai, In- the early
jays, or
.IWAYtodiSiti;‘,3stibt 'litepttiftilisli Wee -evt‘e
ost celebrited prei•ehere belonging Uthat
Posiesing a 'strung • enderstandittand agreat per_
eters of guttural eloquence, multitudes'
i*". wherever, he was announced, and ;t ;€.
e•titttgiffinerkeblet :kket he has repeatedli et,„:l
.thOnancht . the very spot' a here his' re alas hare
been (I.o.pol:sited 'with every mark of lipmfuiry: h,
coort.wki a fnelteller'anningie the Method'ists toe
more tfsfil twelve years when hie-repented irreeja;
'rities induced the late Mr. Wesley •to eappt nags .
Since that‘iine he has beeu4 Vagabond addicttd •,;
almost every vise;. sometimes' haranguing in lb.
siotiallyeretelitignthetittOrtrauweVearoutowilmphilz apes houses, to • y 11611,119 compartioits ; and 496:
whorls etifiefity
from their compassion a night's- letting. or a mom(
of bread. .Some years since
:he tiattlett.asa.fisciithoot;r:
master at Gerrans, in Ireland, where, at the surge:
75, .he comPleted his career of infamy% il
Most horrible and degrading. Infp!matien iad he's
sworn against him, charging high with sedecing o to
of his pupils, it lad or toolfiai-s-of age, to the corn.
mission of a crime too 'horrible to nieution. A war.
rant in•eotisentiertte being issued for his apprc
belied -from
,justice, and ou Saturday se.' night:, he
came to King Harry's passage, and hat it g Cr,, .M the
ferry, stoyped for the night at a puhlic;n ns whit*
is kept citi the Truro side of the river. Iler: ne
peered to be greatly agitated, and sp.!ke of vie
charge•agai. at him, of which he asserted he vet i t.
nocent, but said he was strongly tempted to des r y
himself ;—after some farther convermion, he r.?..
iitre:ted the landlad to take charge of his watch
and weneto bed. He rose in the morning before aor
Of the funny; and was observed to walk towards the
river :—shortly after the boatman going to see where
he was, found his hat and stick in the ferry-boat,
and upon looking into the water, be perceived the
body floating in an erect posture, the long grey hair
on the head being evert with the surface ; when tali('
out the vital spark was totally extinguished. AI w
shillings and a pair of spectacles were for on tho
table in'the room where-he had slept.
The accounts from the neighbourhood of Rudders-
field, are this week very alarming :—About eight
o'clock on Sunday evening, a number of araud men,
with their faces disfigured, assembled upon thepre-
mises of Mr. Francis Vickermsn, of Taylor.hilf,
and announced their arrival by the discharge of a
gun ; 'twit of the party rushed into the house and en-
quired Tor Mr. Vickertrian,• and as soon As he pre-
sented itieself,• one of the•men said, " Ned Lldd, of
Nottingliant, has ordered me.to break this clock,'
and without further ceremony, forced the mutate of
his blunderhns into the clock thee. Alarrned by the
outrageous conduct and language of the depredators,
MrVickerman -withdrew: into a room above stairs,
Ind iliartY-of tiVestiappers, as they-are called, was
placed as guard over the family, while .a number of
others proceeded to the work of destruction in the
work-shops, and broke front 20 to 30yalettif shears.
Having effected their purpose, a volley froti~tfie fire
knits was dliehareedinto the pailtili'elvisidoW, led a
co pboard in the room-; whiett-latr:Sietitermlts
was aCtisforned 'to sits was ,poriosotek,ie tweet
pieties by --the bellso..wltichtoa eitatmljtatip, wire
found to consist of the leaden sealsef stumpsusually.placed at ,the ends' of • woollen piikel-,intitie into a
kind of.slugs. Prceildentially,
placed with her afftightettehild4n itestich.'a.sitnelta
in the rove' ad' t 6 iNka pe'beite'et;Aeett the we from
with' tite r.hoise calling, to them *Shouts,. for,GS's
take .te -deist)* thefiring cea4l4.-, ,14:5i14400.*.
Shears :were beake%, the.,,cry. of," Onf,".
proceeded feprn•sor,erityrces ;. they, then, reeved, !**
.bora fitreeldisity..inecrifothvfrr.ntuliZttedrzfe, trpiewhicoholhebyallituanstvefinktqa.
r
• befOre itleatihot of the. military .4:was
known veottid be placociat
_nine o'clock. 9itsr-
I
ing the work.shoptkafter.t,to,rieterPS,,itieg at
t
was found that not _content watt breaking:tite?, ts,
they bad wantsply a "fusee of wool and.t*o
pieces of fine cloth upon the stoie, Which were eear-
-ly codsUmed, and a Tew minutes, She premise!, it is
areedd-bevre• been in a liamer-ILeeds
tif aileircuhlided
rye.)

Vieth'..,-Ittat.-11arrymen was *barged before
trAxet and Mr. Bramte,,witli robbing Mathew
Collude df 51. 6g. Connor stated that he lives at No.
5, Bird-stpeet, and on the evening of the 9th instant,
about half-past eight o'clock, he had laid dOwn on
his bed; ben he was ilarnied by the Prisoner and
another man forcing open the door of hisepartment;
they pretended they came for a feather-bed belonging
to the Prisoner's mother-in-law, who was recently
dead. Connor told them the bed was at a person's
house in the Borough, who had taken charge of ad
the effects belonging to the deceased : this they pre-
fetiredlO dilbettere ; said he And pledged 'yawl
muter pietence of searching for the duplicate, pulled
him off the bed, and robbed him of the money. lie
was fully committed for trial.
• A few 'days ago, at a meray-meeting of some wo-
ltnen in a house in Southgate-brae, Dumfries, their
mirth suddenly experienced a check by a ludicrous
accident. As two, of the party were standing upon
'the hearth-stone, it gave way, and they disappeared,
to the greit amazement of the company, who thought
21nl1 Clothe had paid them a visit. Scarcely,
iniiverer, had they recovered from their first sensa-
tions of terror, titan their " departed friends" mule
their resurrection, having only fallen into the cellars
. fortunately without receiving any injury.

SCOTCH SAL .1 eks.
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On Tuesilay, at'Kensirigtos, tidy of Col. Brinkaater,
of a ion.
Oa Toetatty last. at Stnaathaat, Soneiy,. the liitdy of T. Bar-
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On Monday last, at Baidtiek, is her 706,:year, Martha, to
wife of J.Piyor, Esq.. • . .
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