The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-11-23 00:00:00

THE STATFSMAN,*

DR. O'MEARA, Al DJOHN WALTEIL

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The chastisement that the Doctor weaned to inflict
upon this Walter, was some lime ago noticed in the Re-
gutter. Neither that nor any thine relating to Walter
would demand any thing more than was then said. Gall
the press is iavolvpd In the matter. For many years I
hare been endeavouring to give the worlds true opinisit
of the London, and, indeed, English press, generally ;
sad particularly that part of it which was, and is, cart
Hod on under the name of the Old Times, which has al-
ways been a purely trading concern. 'llia nation Is at
present involved in great difficulties. Noon. denies this.
&fly one expects mune shocking thiagmhappen. Now,
I have no scruple to say, that this state of things never
wools!, and never could, have existed, had it net been
for the press, which has constantly been the great cause
of delusion. the grand instalment to beak the .people on
to give their consent, anti even their aids.; in :a case that
called for their most positive refusal Redlines strennons
opposition. Had it not been for this ham s, the peo•
pie would have judged forshemmlees. They ould have
eonsulted their own reason and-sn and lame
fol lon ell their dietates,instead olf to give
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their support to nottssures, whAvAseka • here do'
shoved themselves. ; i.4!.•:u.,
Kmongst the works of this vile mid stenWed press wan
that of causing it to be believed. that .it wee good for
England to contract a debt of seeds handful anions;
that is to say, to add that sum to her debt,fr Mc per-
pose of restoring the Bourbons. The traits of this
restoring we moss behold in these undeniable facts;—
the total ruin of all the orespiers of the land :, the
transfer of estates wore complete has revillutioe t-eassi
those same Bourbons bring prepared, sad fa this our
mob' 1 state, to enter Spain, take her navy to odd
to their own; or, to cooly.' us to make a revolution Is
.England. These facts arc undeniable. Thews:* among::
she fruits, the natural fruits of the reateratiots of the
Bourbons. And this restoration, so manifestly contrary
to the interests of England. sever could hare taken place
had it not been for the villainous London and Country
war, whist/ worked for the. Bourbons sad against
England with a degree of zeal that could hardly hare
sprut.g but from correlation. At the close, or towards
the close, of the drama—that is to say. shoo the
Bourbons were about actually to reenter Frame.
there were greater exertions than ever made (or them
by this ham tool of their's, the general prase hut, by
same parcs more than by other parts. •Everyme who
Lad any, knowledge of this foorrept shing, thought
some pert of it at Nest. was fa the pay of Ms Boar.
Guns. Nay, it was and oo 04,the time, sod by others
besides me; sad reports tvere.very false. if a maple of
those editors (of whom there were a marchasondsta)
did not actually receive the Croix de .I*. divide!
This briars as to the affair of, De.Cetifetten and Jaw
Walter. The Doctor, publishes a hook,, mutaioisrus
account of eoarersatione which. In hod with Napoleon
io St. Helena. In one of these conversaoma.Napoloem
[[slated to hips that% in,ISLI, when.lie got to Paris Isom
gibs, and when the dear Louis Me 'Desired had Olken to
*gist. lie Piapelme) lisped, if the papers of I.lln.
Louis's Secracelys usitilkw. Sine Mansard
that had 11101111*Idasl des* ladmielicor of tin. •=1:
newspaper., ; ,IM‘ . '''... ,•. do WI
No sooner alike Doctor's boOk appear, than if alter
called this asaUsele viva hiss. , Every body, he mid,
Inns* *now, tbati: was the Times this was motet! This
irme Odd enough.; inf there was the ,eßeive, as& there
imp other popore.:llss nese of Posh tat which contains
0 letters. idesidel3llo DonSeg had • not, throttgboal
book. need iterObr, lollem is sabse eases., ANN
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'en.should Itakee. take dile:nemistiom to: hisetlejf I'
The ford seriifrillas oixbtitltoets inolWdbealainn
bad pat figtiol.P&Miosle d..fffige...oluieldstilivaisekli
that aterf ehen
mama/It ? : .ittlhissolkal=ll4..
acted the part then Walter acted, I plight llamas amiao
bet then, what mason should I have had to complain.
Walter, however, fell foul of Dr. O'Sleara, on seemed
of these fire stars. iflow-Dortor thought is. was answer•
jag biro with a horse-whip I bet, lassie:eke, borboothip-
pod the bristlier of John on William! Jolts, Abets, ea
wiped chastiesnisot ; sad, its we shall ant'by epd-by.:
has steeped it even to skits hour, The matter, was is.
deed, till the other day. in a pent massacre elropped.
Jobs had said, the% die paper twist he *seen: & bad so-
holly said mg Juke. Tn. puldie seemed to think him
the best judge of the matter, and -there it rested. Met
John, Ate a restleasioul as he is. must seeds welt, to
&acne foe • certificate of jasocencc ! Oh, mew easse 1
Just as if any iteihereves canfemeel ! Just as if ems, me
in the situation of. Blame, if be answered at all, world
not deny having gives the bribe !
However, let ris oow,em ilia poadeace &Meese
John 41 places, and thus make a remark or. Iwo toe ft
M. pc Dune—llit WAthmuch regret that I find myself
obliged to trotabli,yon. I am induced, however, to
think that you wilj have the goodness to excuse the 1i..,1
berry which .1. take..
A peculiar circomstance Las jest occurred—Mr. Barry
O'Meara, late Surgeon to Boonaparte at St. Helena,
(removed from St. Helena and dismissed the British ler.
rice)—bas lately published a work entitled " A Wise 1
from St. Helena,, ' which contains the fullowiog passage:
.. In ISI4, the editor of the • • • • • newspaper was
" paid about three thousand pounds of your money, be.
" sides haring a great number of copies taken. I told
!: you before that I found hie receipt amongst Illicit'
" papers, on my return from Elba. Ido not know Übe
" is sn their pay now."
It is every where thought that it is The Times which
the author has wished to stain by this calumnious ac.,
cessation. May 1 also be permitted to add, that such an
imputation not only goes the length of compromising
the character and integrity of that journal ; but—which
ought to weigh tench more wills you—that it affects the
honour of the government of your sagest Sovereign, lel
enpoosing that his Royal cause stands in need of sup-
port by means of corruption sp base and revoltieg ?
It is proper that you should know, M. le Doc, that at
the period alluded to, The Tinges was under my direction.
Your name is quoted io the article; awl you alone are
able to satisfy the public that such a proof or acquitteace'
as Mr. O'Meara pretends, has never had any existence.
You alone can testify that 1 never received either money
or presents of any kind for defending in the above journal
the cause of his Most Christian Majesty. Is it, there-
fore, too much, M. de Luc, to hope from your goodness
and justice, that you will support with the authority of
your name and word, that the two.fold calumny to which
I allude, hasnever had the least foundation?
So powerful a motive can alone excuse the liberty
which I take, of begging that you will have the goodness
to favour ate with au early answer.—l hare the honour
to be, with the most profound respect, Al. le Doe.
Your most humble and most obedient servant,
JOHN WALTER,
Responsible Editor till 18211, and one of
the Proprietors of The Times.
London,July 21. 1622.
M. the Duke de 141 __.acgs, &c.&c. &c.

Papers i Inareeelf as main was ever !riven or offered to
you by my intervention. This Is a testimony which I
base a pleasure is bearing to the truth, begging you elm
Sir, et the same time, to receive that of my distingahned
consideration.
BLACAS D'AULPS.
To Mr. John Walter, ancient Editor of The Timer.
The first thing to remark on is, the date of these dom.
dents. John warn to lilacas on the 24M of July, and
Blocs* answers hint on the Yth of November! John,
in a parsgrah of his paper, endeavours to account fur
this by saying, " that, it appears, that M. de Diem
" being continually expected at Paris, the letter was not
" forwarded to him et Rome." What, John ! " Con-
" aerially expected at Paris i" By whom, John ? By
the public, perhaps ; but, did not those who received his
letters know when he was to come back ? Were his let-
ters not sect to bits as regularly as Lord Bathuret's or
Lord Liverpool's are, when they are in the country?
What! a private letter, and from England too, not sent'
Shim as soon as it was received; and left for Blares Fr
*Aaft" at the cud of three month. and a half? Palo ,
hni t
_ Bet, if Blaeas did not like to answer the letter a all,
slot wide him do it at last I In oar opinion there is no
gitel4f4llo•ry in this. John does not tell as how many
Amos hitshis written so Blues ; what friends, if any, he
beienearoyed to get this answer. But, putting these
min( • question, has there nothing seer arisen, in the
elate of Me colitis.* of Ilv Banrhone, sham the 44th of
Arty, Or, is it manifest, that such a change in their
affairs and views has taken place, that the jsienak
tll. of a paper read by n great part of •AI
is .8.0.71 and must be valsable to them !--e
lag hart Item rim OA Spain They do not want
Oldie views to be exposed. They want friends here.
And, we are well convinced, that to this, and this alone,
we ewe the letter of lilies* to John.
-"Look at the condstct of the Old Times, ton, at Wai
illffiffsest• It is decidedly in firooar of the Bonrbonif
Ye Curvier, the New Times, now that the English Ali-
Waterier* oirporred to the Bourbons are not In favour of
tbe Boarhoirs I bat the OLD rim ES IS! Hence the
answered Blares r for, had ithot been fur these things,
no answer would John ever have obtaised.
And, what does the answer amount to, after all?
Not to an assertion, that no money was ever paid
to the !Awe "newspaper; but, that none was ever
paid to John by Blume: And this is just oothiag
at all. We may therefore. leave John and lain.
can, to maws any degree of credit, to which sensible
men may think thew entitled, after reading the let-
ter of Dr. O'Meara to the Editor of iiseAtneystng
Chronicle. i,. I,: -
Dotstte:—The brig Scotia, lately retoroligerfrons
Mites to Dundee, was beaded, on her arrival • Bps 1
Mier, by the gang of Custom-house-officers stationed
Etweglity Ferry ; who on account of some alleged I
linostion in the *,hip's paper., chose to seize a cask
wine, wbitb formed part of her cargo. Aware of the hie'
Portico of the seizure, Messrs. Neigh and Smart, tfia
owners of the brig, petitioned the Board of Customs. at
Edinburgh, to order its release; but this, it -appears,
keen the answer of 11w Board, was. not is their poem;
without as order (toin'the Lords of the Treasury—to
whom they 'made a favourable representatiots of the
enee. Is the ineastlioe, the etneen who had taken pea
meeleu of the tessel, demeaned thehiseives tie a menrite
highly offensive to the owners; and the Wing re-
pelted their es:lnduct to the Collector. TM
,yti aired into
the eireanstances. and forwarded 'his laa ensation to
Edinburgh. The Hinted, of epitome immediately east
die, Mr. Ferveststr, Hoe Su rveyona meal; to investigate
Ese case, *lsiah be did by as impartial eganainaiims at
*gibe settio-: aid am result of which has tamed eat
silty aelevoorable for the lepton if the wine. This
'dere, Air. Fosrester intimated that lie would be glad to '
lemetrieltli any gentleman who might have complaints
;agetsitt any of the officers of his Majesty's Customs, as
it was the wish of the Board that every facility should
'be given to the fair trader; and also, that it was the
dtity and thiorders of the Custom-house-officers to give
every assistance and information in their power for the .
proper dispatch of business. The opportunity was
net to he lost,—partlenlarly as the Parliamentary
Commissioners, on their recent visit to Dundee,
had, from some unknown cause, neglected to call,
as they had dose at Aberdeen and Leith, • meet-
ing of the merchants and ship-owners of the
plain, to suggest hints for the better regulation of the
Customs and Excise. A meeting of the Society of
Ship-owners was accordingly held last week, when a co-
pious catalogue of grievances was made oar, and many
instances were detailed of ill-treatment which the gen-
tlemen present had experienced from the officers of the
Commas, sod particularly from a certain person in the
. Lriog Room. A committee of live was enaninsously ap-
tainted to wait on Mr. Forrester with their complaints.
He received the deputation, and some other gentlemen
who waited on him on a similar errand, with the utmost
politeness. He is understood to have expressed great
displeasure at she conduct of several of the officers,
both high and low. From what lie hail beard since his
arrival, he thought it would be incumbent upon bins to
lay the whole matter before the Board of Customs, that
steps might be taken to prevent a recurrence of such
abases in future; the Board being most anxious to
afford every facility to the trade of Dundee, which was
Wow the second port in Scotland, and the most thriving,
one in the country. While such is the estimate of our
commercial importance in the highest department of the
Customs, oar merchants have long been harassed, in the
local administration, with difficulties and anoorancee
;fever experienced in other ports ; Most of the officers.
from the haughty superior to the insolent underling, sp•
gearing to consider themselves not as the public servants.
but es the public masters and tyrants. It is
expected, that the present investigation. so
to the Board at Edinburgh,and to the Surveyor-liewseat
will abate this intolerable nuisance. Indeed, the good
effects of Mr. Forrester's visit are already manifest to
those who have had occasion to be in the eastern-house
within these few days.
NORWICH, Nov. 23.—0 n Wednesday last James South-
gate and James Middleton were removed from the city
gaol. to the bulks, according to their sentences at the
last sessions. We understand that Middleton, on the
departure of the roach, threatens I his prosecutor with
vengeance on his return. The other man was much
affected.
On Friday se'nnight, a large eight-stall stable, in the
Pea-field, at'lLakenliato, was blown down by the violence
of the wind. At the time of its falling there were four
men, eight horses, and some dogs and poultry, in the
stable; but we are happy to say that neither the men
nor the horses received any severe injury.
Some vile miscreant, within this last fortnight, came
on the premises of Mr. John Petchell, of Mattishail
Bergh, and poisoned one of the finest and fiercest slogs
ever seen in this county)) . He was of the mixed breed,
Prussian and English. A brace of very valuable pointers
shared the tame fate. We understand that similar
crimes bare been perpetrated all around the neighbour-
hood of Mattishall. It is probable that this may be tli,
prelude to plunder.
Such has been the abundant crop, and, in conseqneneei
the present low price, of that useful and valuable escu-
lent, the potatoe, a c pendent, from the neighbour-
hood of Mansfield, informs us, he purchased, and that
too at the preferred price, three seeks of good Ox No-
bles for•Tiva siiiwnea, being after the rate of only
Tworax‘s per peck.—(,bid.)