The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-02-04 00:00:00

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port it, a d when Coo Nation encourages the lying N.AVAL INTE I, LIGNCR. TIEATRES:
and cot— pt Pfeas, fattening on,and administering to, --essems—. M
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eet-tetse Tuakritc.—A very numerous and
as it does, the in orst corrupt vices of the most corrupt DEAL, Pre. S.—Sailed the Griper gun-brig, on a . fashionable audience was drawn to this theatre last
cruize off the North Foreland.—Arrived the Argus night,
part of the community !to enjoy, in the Comedy of the Provoked
One of the most prominent causes of this evil is Deal cutter, from a cruize to the Westward ; and ! Husband, a dramatic treat not often to lid eaceeded.
the immense quantity of the public money which is the Swan cutter, from a cruize.—Remains his Ma- I Miss WALSTEIN, who looks, who dresses, and who
consumed by the followers, retainers, and depend- jesty's ship Mer curb's: 1 personates the gentlewoman so truly to the life,
ants on the Government.—The army of tax-gatherers
PLYMOUTH FEB• 2.—Arrived
. rrived
t the Doratle,
whose
from played "
the fashionable Luda T ownley, a woman,
falls little short (including collectors, controllers, Molaix only joy was power, society profuseness,
MO; .
surveyors, spies, and informers) of the numerical • l and to lead in pleaeures; who thought the husband's
strength of the military force ! and if we include all P otersmou'ru, FEB. 3.—Arrived hie Majesty's ship; right to rule • a vulgar law; who knew no directors
those persons who are more or less dependant on the Zephyr, from Plymouth ; the Blucher, Maey,Stately,i' but her passions—no master but her will ; yet who'
Giosernment, it exceeds it! It was one of the most Eliza, Thames, Ann, and several other Merchant-
after having by her follies alienated the affections of
powerful arguments of " the Great Man, now no men, from the Downs.--Released from quarantine ! a man who had doated on her, wns at length saved
'sere," that by increasing the public debt, he enlist- the Bonita transport.—llls Majesty's ship Acbar is 1 from the total shipwreck of her happiness, and
e:1 so many more persons in the defence of it; be- 1 brought to mingle her repentant tears with the
rinse no man would endeavour to shake a system from
appointed convoy for the Cape, East Indies, and ; embraces of her now happy lord."--To those
which hederived either a part, or the whole of his sup- South Seas. I who are acquainted with the productions of VAN-
port : thus it is with the vile borough-mongers (that MEHORASIGUM.—II is now understood that the
mitten and CIIIBER, and who are also familiar with
fountain of all our evils), they are so deeply interested i fleets bound to the West Indies, Mediterranean, Cape, ' the merits of Miss WALSTEIN, we hardly need
in the continuance of the general corruption, that East Indies, and South Seas, will sail on Sunday or say, that she did justice to the character of Lady
I
eteir endeavours are unceasing, not only to support, Monday next, wind permitting. Townley. Miss WALSTEIN 'S accuracy of concep.
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but to increase it ; nor can we hope for a change, FALMOITII, FEBRUARY I.—Arrived the Courier, ' (ion, and chasteness of action, render her worthy
until by some general system of reform in the repro- Monzer, from Tarragona, with wine, brandy, &c. ; of the best days of English Comedy. It she were
weitatiels, the disgraceful sale of seats in Parliament, !and Elizabeth and Grace, Gilbert, from London la play broader, she might impose upon the vulgar
44 Opea as the sun at nowt-day," is abolished; and ; bound to St. Michael's.—Arrived the Duke of Kent mores but she would, not interest and delight the
by the re-establishmeut of public virtue, and the i packet, with a Mail from Lisbon, from whence she judicious half so much. In the fifth act, where she
teal Constitution, drive away that monster corrup-isitiled on the 25th. - . listens in silent anguish and astonishment to Lord
timi, with all its attendant evils, extending as they I I Townley's determination to part with her, to the
-- ------- tend
;of the scene, when she addresses Lady Grace
now stn to every department of the State, destroy- ; It is confidently said, that a provisirm for the withi •, When you think I have atoned my follies
big the honesty arid troth of the Press, making it n • Duke of CUMDFRLAND, in consequence of his re- past
persuade your injured brother to forgive
Optical means of the enslaving the mind, and de- I cent marriage, will be early submitted to Parliament.
them," she awakened sensibility, and the dinun'il
struyiag the morals of the people, and involving in I Report states the provision intended at 10,0001. a
eye of smpathising female told us that Miss
elm general political depravity every class of the !
. year additional to his present income, and payment i Watsvrts played to the heart. Mrs. ORGER was
community I I of his Royal Highness's debts.
.It is impossible to find language strong enough to A serious difference has, we learn, arisen result-
very interesting as Lady Grace. Miss KELLY per-
describe, in adequate terms, the indignation which sal Log from ionated Miss Jenny; her by-play with her gawkey
that part of the arrangement of the Treatyexcited by the abandoned state of corruption in brother (De CAMP), though somewhat farcical, was
tof Paris which substitutes the payment to the
A late Traveller gives the following interesting
which the greatest part of the London daily Press is : British eleimants on the French Stocks between -ecessively amusing. Of Mr. GATTIE, as John Moody,.
I account of the employment of women its France,
plunged ! Money does every thing—no man, no the Revolution and the abdication of NAPOLEON, and 'Mr. WRERCH, as Count Bassett, we should ay
' which serves to rectify some erroneous notions that
reputation is safe from its attacks; principle, honour, eor tht, the one has too little of the country, and the other
mr..porc, I have_ prevailed on that subject in this country :---
payment' which France was bound to
and integrity are banished from its columns, and no- make for the expence of her prisoners in Great not enough of the town. Mr. DOWTON,
thing remains but the most bare-faced corruption ! Britain. The amount demanded by the British ere- and Mr. PoweLi. were the effective representatives !" In every part of France, scampi employ them-
, selves in offices which are deemed With us onsuitabte
and this must continue while the People support it, ditors is computed at three millions sterling.—The of Sir Francis Wronghead, Lord Totonley, and
by giving their encouragement, some out of curio- Commissioners employed, for a long while were Mr. Manley. Ito the sex. Here there is no sealant distiation of
Airy, many from interested motives, and the most from iecapahle of obtaiiiing any answer, but at length '
COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—Last night a very , employment.: the women undertalke any task
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indifference and thoughtlessness, to so extended and they were told that one-third of the sum required, or •are able toperform, without much notion of fitness
numerous audience at this Theatre greeted with loud 1
shamefaced a dereliction from all appearance even of one million sterling would be paid to such creditors cheers and acclamations the return of their old ,
E. lor unfitness. . This applies to all classes The
that public integrity by which the British Press was should full acquittances be iven. Thisproposition, Yourite, MeTnews, who appeared in the character i Lady of one of the principal clothiers at Low/lets
formerly distinguished. The Times, notorious for was (I
) Duke g
rejected,
and the of WELLINGTON was ap. . .
P P of Buskin, in Killing no Murder. He was received I conducted us over the works; gave us patterns
its abandoned corruption, the Courier, the Post, plied to, '
order that the stipulationby
in
o of the best cloths ; ordered the machinery to ho
Asc. vie with each other in their endeavours to mislead should be fulfilled. His Grace, under these sitcom- lame, but not so in his acting, he never having at any set in motion far oar gratification, and was Sivi-
period supported that or any other character with dent) In the habit Of attending to the whole,
the understandings, corrupt the judgment, and vi- stances, has insisted that the French Government
tiate the morals of the people, while truth, honour, should pay the whole amount of the expence of the mote spirit and humour. The audience were kept .
in detail of the business. ' Just so, near Rosen, the
conduct-
and sincerity, are obliged to struggle against univer- prisoners, which more thandouble the sumdueto
pris is
ed
wife of the largest farmer in that quarter
snl apathy and indifference, with no support but the Britiih creditors referred to. It was supposed His Mail Coach and Bartholomew Fair songs were
me to the ,
barns and stables •• showed me the va-
the still remaining virtuous few, and the internal that until this difference was adjusted the Islands of Inimitably given, and being unanimously encored, implements,
noes and explained their use ; took me
were repeated with still more laughable variations.— into.
the fields, and described the mode of husbander,
consciousness of its own anxious and unceasing en- Martinique and Guadeloupe would not be surrendeeed
deavours its the cause of the general welfare of the to France: but a letter has been received from a He was, in truth, completely at home,. and every which she perfectly understood; expatiated on the
point in his acting and mimicry, told with irresistible excellence of their fellows; pointed out the best
nation. ' General Officer at Guadeloupe, which leaves nodoubt
i sheep in the flock, and gave me a detail of their ma-
No wonder then that the cause of venality pre- that these Islands are in the possession of that Power. e g.—...t ' .- t nagement in buying their wether lambs, and fattening
sails! the colossus of power overwhelms with its iron The Isle of Bourbon is not yet delivered up, and will The British Institution,
was opened yesterday to their washers. This was on a farm or about 400
arm the honest man, who holds forth to public ex- • for a year, at least, be retained by Great Britain. the subscribers end contributors, preparatory to the acres.—ln every shop and warehouse you see similar
poser. the extensive and cursed influence of that;
The circular letter from the Treasury, demanding public exhibition on Monday next. The amateur activity in the females. At the royal manufactory
most fatal and most certain engine of corruption, the the positive attendance of Members an the first day will be highly
delighted with two pictures by Mr. at Serves, a woman was called to receive payment
hireling Press. If weeny. be Allowed to say a word of the Meeting,. sheceuse a division was expeetedlites liesersitt; hitherto loosen only as a miniature for the articles we purchased. In the Halle de Bled,
of ourselves, we may conscientiously assert, th ot we given rise to much enquiry. It is Obeletri tO Orin if:si •
nter. 'the first 'picture be ever painted in oil et Paris, women in their little countintheusee see
have never shrunk from our duty! Suffering under man acquainted with the modern practice of the ters is the head of en old sexton, at Althorpe, in the . performing the office of factors, in the Salt of grabs.
the accumulated evils of persecution, we are still at Houses, that Ministers, in this statement, coold character of St. Bernard ; the second is the pro- and flour. In every department they occupy fad Im-
our post ; nor shall we desert it, nor cease using our . only allude to a motion of their own, as it is riot pima Ezra. They are both in the north room, portant station, from one extremity of the country
best endeavours to tear elf the veil of delusion, which now in use for motions to be made by the other side and they are undoubtedly the fittest subjects in ,to the other.
has been, and still is so successfully thrown over the , without notice. It must then have a view to a ten- the collection. As the first essays of
eves of the people !No effort to stifle our feeble voice, lion for a further adjournment, either because Lord they give not merely a promise,
beta pledge of excel- the more laborious occupations, the real cause is di.
shall induce us to abandon the great causs of SIDNEY, I'
..AsTLEREAGH (their prop) may not be arrived, or tenca• in history, beyond any thing lately witnessed. . reedy opposite to the apparent. You see them in
and of Hamel:its, even although we may ultimately because he may be about to change his place, which The drawing' and tone of I •co outing are admirable; the south, threshing, with the men, under a burning
fall a sacrifice in the struggle to the powerful, ; would require a week or ten days for his re-election. and the Gentleman
who has purchased the Prophet ' mu ; it Is a family party threshing out the crop of their
strenuous, and unceasing efforts of our enemies, But what must be the state of an Administration of says, that the two hands are worth 50guineei a-piece. I own freehold : a woman is. holding the plough—the
who are also those of every well-wisher to the cause : which Lord CASTLEREAGH is the prop, There are some other good productions, by Mr. plough, the horses, the land is bar's, or (as we have
of civil and religious freedom! ' ANECDOTE.—(FROM AN AMERICAN PAIPTIR4--- CoLLINS, Mr. Ilen.Lowt, Mr. BIRD, Mt. HOWARD, it) her husband's, who is probably sowing the wheat
C An American Officer who carried a flag over to Mr. MAsQUERIER, Mr. JONES, Mr. REINAGLE Mr.
, which she is turning in. You are shocked on seeing
Complete files of American Payers have been nb. the British lines, after having dispatched the be- Mr. P. NASMITII, and others.; which will very much I a fine young woman loading a dung-cart; it belongs
tensed from passengers by the Ca itel, but they are now siness of his mission, was invited by the British attract the notice of the public. Ito her father, who is manuring his own field, for their
of little value. Violent complaints are made of at- commanding officer to dinner. As usual, the wine, 'TOWN-HALL, SOUTHWARR.—Yesterday Thomas i common support. In these instances, the toil of the
tempts by some boats which have entered the rivers of was circulated, awl a British officer being cake ' Mullins, was brought before Sir JOHN EASIER, I woman denotes wealth rather than want, though the
'Virginia, to carry off the blacks attached to the plants- upon for a toast, gave Mr. MADISON, ' dead o charged with robbing Pascal Gaffier, a foreign sea- 1 latter is the motive to which a superficial observer
Slone, and the experiment has, on many occasions,hee alive,' which the Yankee drank without appearin man, of his pocket-book, containing four Bank of I would refer it."
attended with serious loss. In one adventure of t is to notice. When it came to the Yankee's tarn t , England notes for it. each, and other papers of I
kind, out of 50 men, 49 were sacrificed. It seems that give a toast, I.:, gave the PRINCE REGENT, ' drug considerable value. The Prisoner, it appeared, met
the Americans have had for some time notice of the ,or sober. 4-•-4 Sir,' said the British officer, bristlin ' the Prosecutor, who is lame, on Thursday evening,
expedition to New Orleans. In addition to the fore op and colouring with anger, ' that is an insult.'— in Tooley-street ; and having affected pity towards
-under JAcasoN, 3000 volunteers were embark ' No, Sir,' answered the American, very coolly him, offered to treat him to some drink. The Pro-
from the 'Pietism* country, to pass down the Misit ;'it if only a reply to one.' " i securer consented, and having gone into a public-
sippi, in leder to contribute to the defence of t : /TALMA, the celebrated French Trag 1 - ; house, they were soon afterwards joined by a
settlement! at the mouth of that river. i the populace at Paris, in the late laudable effort ; stranger. The latter person introduced an argument,
The folLowlng commercial information, dated to .abolish the old bigoted practice of refusing which had the effect of drawing forth the pocket-
ilavre,..4lasol6, deserves attention :—" As had been Chtistian burial to theatrical performers. The Priest book of the Prosecutor, who was about to lay a
.foreseetLifaiss impossible that many weeks should having refused to read prayers, on the 7th, at the o wager. This was instantly seized by the Prisoner,
pass tritliMli, our manufacturers being obliged to re.: Church of St. Roque, over the remains of Ma- who handed it to the stranger, and they both ran
place thelestacks of the raw commodity. Never was damoiselle RAvcoue, even after the Government ; out of the house and escaped. A hoe and cry, how-
our maehineiy Os so mocb actisity, and never was had granted permission, TALMA took' his place, ever, being instantly raised, the Prisoner was over-
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the demand' fee its produce so considerable. It is . opened the book, and read the funeral service, the taken, but his companion was more fortunate, having
utterly impassible to supply the quantity required.— i spirit with which he conducted himself upon this oc- outrun his pursurers.—The Prisoner was remanded
Scarcely a single piece is in reserve, and it may be as-' casion, has raised him higher in the public estimation for another examination.
serted with truth, that our manufactures will soon 1 than his great theatrical talents. i MUSICAL ANECDOTE.—During the last Grand
allot* the highest degree of prosperity. We have! Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the Musical Meeting at Derby the Rev. Mr. if—v-
only here unused ISO bags of Brazil, and 450 bags East India House, when Capt. J. Ross was swore into invited some of the principal instrumental performers
of Georgia cotton." : the command of the Carmarthen, consigned to Ma- to dine with Mon at his living, a short distance from
Mr. Buses), the Member for Hertfordshire, has deira, Bengal, and Bombay. The following ships : that town, which itivitation was accepted, and their
informed his tenantry, that an account of the per. were taken up and stationed, viz.:—Union, 550, instruments conveyed to the parsonage.house, to gra-
at'nt agricultural depression, he will continue to al- Capt. Passion; Ames Sibbald, 617, Capt. Fosses; tify Ow .itgverend host with a concert in return for
kw the landlord's duty out of their respective rents,: and Fairlie, 6eB, Capt. WARD, for Madeira. •
and his good cheer. Soon after their arrival Mr. U—Y,
thoogh the Property Tax should not be renewed, ! Bengal.7-Dqvid Scott, 736,. Capt. House, for who is passionately fond of music, particularly of
which, with the tax upon the tenant, will reduce their ; Madeira and Bombity.—Apollo, 654,;, Capt. Tie- i the compositions of Correlli, prevailed upon them
payments 3s. 6d. in the pound, or 17 and a half per se.rr. for Madeira, Bengal, and Bombay. !
to oblige him immediately with a concerto, by that
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cent. I CITY INTELLIGENCE EXTR
ORDINARY.—A mei- master; whilst this was playing, the delighted
It is worthy of remark, that none of the Kings . chant of some consideration returning to town, ' ,e Clergymen's housekeeper announced to her master
a France have been succeeded in the Throne by ! other morning, at rather an unseasonable hour, d - ; that dinner was ready, and that he had forgot-
their own Sons for nearly two centuries: the preseut tested an illicit commerce carrying on between his , ten to fetch the wine from his store. Mr. lI—Y
King, Lows X VIII., succeeded his brother Louts active and sleeping partners. The consequence was, !reluctasilky quitted the room, leaving the door
XVI., who succeeded his grandfather Loris XV., as might be es:.scoed, a determination on the part of , wide opea that not a single note might escape
who likewise succeeded his grandfather Louis XIV. the husband to seek a divorce on the one hand, and ' his ear, and in a few minutes returned with a bottle
when about five years of age ; nor has the present : a dissolution of partnership on the other. I under each arm, and two in each hand; at this in-
Kiag any son to succeed him in the event of his 1 On the sth Dec., Mr. Jame* Part, of the Fleece,' leant the last passage was finished, and Mr. H—Y
deaths. Astley Chapel, Lancashire, sent as.a present by the in his rapture, totally forgetting the wine, dropped
Madame Cava/Awl has not carried her notes to a! carrier, to his friend in Warrington., a dog and cat the bottles On the floor, which were smashed to a
good market. All the theatrical performers of Paris i (tied up in a bag), who have been companions for thousand pieces, whilst he kept loudly clapping with
gate remonstrated against the licence she had obtained I more than 10 months. On the morning of the 9th his hands for a considerable time before he recollected
for Italian Operas at the Theatre Favart ; and we on- December, the dog and cat took their departure his loss.
derstand it has been withdrawn. They were outrage- I from Warrington together, and arrived in the even- o PORTER.—From Porter being continued at its pre-
sets its consequence of her undervaluing the talents! ing at their old habitation (Mr. Part's) a distance sent price, it is calculated that since the fall in price
of all other artists, by the low terms sloe offered for' of 13 miles. 'they were observed jogging through of the articles from which it is supposed to be brewed
their assistance. They now say this Italian Syren I liulcheth, side by side. At Greet-Lane End, the and manufactured, that the brewers do not put less
may tarots to captivate the ears and accumulate the i dog gallantly defended his fellow-traveller free the into their pockets than an additional annual suet of
guineas of the &Ili& ' .lattack of another dog they. met in the lane. one million.

PROPERTY' T. 41.

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BERKSIIift NIIIUTING.
On Thursday a ntirnerdus Meeting at the C ,!,
of Berk i took place or tc,
the renewal of the Property Tats tile Petition
Itosolutioos were voted unaoiotouttly. Ihr •
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speakers were Messrs. Millet, Monck, Deane,
Golding, and C. Dondas. The only objection was
made to the expression " useless embassies," because
it conveyed a censure on a person who was absent,
and, therefore, could not vindicate himself. This
brought on several spirited animadversions ou Mr.
Canning.
Mr. MoNor acknowledged the great advantage
which the tax had produced, hut said he could not
consent to its continuance, unless a corresponding
retrenchment of useless expences was made by the
Administration.

The principal hardship of the taxi in the opinion
of the Meeting was, that which pressed on the farmer
and the tradesman : in the former case it was 'op-
pressive and exorbitant, and in the latter inquisito-
rial and unconstitutional.

An accident of a serious nature had nearly occur•
red on the premises of Mr. Dely, proprietpc of Battler.
bridge Mills, Essex. A few days since a friend of
Mr. Dely's, wishing to see the mill at work, that
Gentleman accompanied him into the interior of the
building, and it being nearly dark, Mr. Dely took a
candle and held it near the hopper, the better to
enable his friend to see the machinery, at the same
time lifting up the lid of the hopper, when a cloud
of dust arising from the grinding, wheat, issued frous
it, and no sooner did the floating particles come iis
contact with the candle than the whole took fire, and
the mill was instantly enveloped in flame. Fortu-
nately one of the workmen who accompanied them,
had presence of mind sufficient to enable him to close
the hopper and stop the mill, and having thus de-
prived the flame of all supply, it expired of itself,
though not 011 the bolting cloths, and cloths on the
reels were totally consumed.

THE BITER BIT !—A few evening i since, a la.
bower, wbo had been to Chichester to take a fort.
night's earnings, amounting to 245. was stopped
and robbed of it, by two men, who also demanded
his great coat, which the poor fellow most reluct.
antly complied with, as be had nothing, he told
them, with which to keep him warm; thereupon one
of the robbers gave him ar► old jacket, and desired
him to go about his business.. He had not p►oceeded
I-far before he heard them following him, and, fearing
I some violence, he hid himself in an hedge, until they
had passed on ; but when he had reached his home,
to his pleasing astonishment he found, in one of the
pockets of the jacket, 171. in Bank notes.

In the afternoon of Saturday, the 14th inst. the
house of Capt. Latodeg, at Foxhole, near Swansea,
was forcibly entered, and 111 guineas, with 571. io
silver and notes, stolen tbereout. Capt. L. was con.
fined to his bed by.lllness, and a daughter who hi•t
lived with him had gone to market ; (luting her att.
settee the husband of his other daughter committed
the robbery ; the fellow was afterwards induced to
acknowledge where he deposited the booty, and ac.
corrlingly on Saturday last the whole was found ba.
vied in the sand on Crumlin Burrows, about midway
between sw•anssaand Briton Ferry, eicept one guinea
and 11 guinea notes.