The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-01-24 00:00:00

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, notwithstanding all
lorposes of the Royalist
atiun to fight San Martin, ...
,nt a defeat solely by his entry
rtreas did not possess more than
provisions, mid was closely

se Portuguese Deputy. at .
a Eavoy at the same place.
Dew lioverumeet et Chi"

_ .
of die King of Portugal,
,eit as to leave .o doubt

tlsority of his Most Faithful
lit of this tscogoitioa, as laid i
era, is, that she oboditatto .
tit keitiosty of a Goveraasoot
iv-eh.- eiftisei.ra r

is williogosse to adopt I.
Asseries—oiesoing. of

'all come within his ddsi►._
ie Aida has Wowed big Majesty
rfaith/el is his acquiescence in
established in his native king-
bim to be the first to acknowledge
broad. We treat that this exam-
alley on the part of Portugal mill
itry nearer home, and to wheat it
is such wore beneficial.

of Independence of the Spanish
and the Articles of the new Coo-
-1 received. The Declaratioa is
ty of St. Domingo le the Spanish
1, 1821, first year of Indepen-
by Jose Noises de Caren., Pre-
Lopes de Caters*, Secretary, be-
% other i odividoals. It commences

yle ;—" No more submission—no
no more obedience to the caprice
bind of Madrid. In these few
verde is contained the firm resole-
le of St. Domingo this day proclaim
e Declaration then alludes to the

age of three hundred and twenty-
is described as a sufficiently long
of what was to be hoped from a
is the Kings of Spain." The I
sod oppressions under which the i
snug that period are subsequently I
rhst energetic terms, and it con- i
jog, that " if Spain recognises sad
laration, it shall henceforth be
'ated as a friend : but, if It st.
he Independence Which bas been
are prepared to defend it with
fortune, and their bonottr."—
Act, which is also dated on the let
rticies, the first of which declares the
rti a free and independent State. The
t is to be Republican, but established
,enieot principles of national rem-
tie, a Provisional Junta of govern-
, consistlee of the Captaiskieneral,
and deputies from the fire districts
fish part of the island is divided.—
loge the final regulations, and coma
anal system. The fifth article pro-
tion shall be sent, with the least
'resident of of the Colombian Republic,
at has taken place at St. Domingo,
Klein of the inhabitants to connect
onion with the States, which actually
hlic, or those that may hereafter he-
ath article decrees, that another de-
feat to the President of the Republic
rich part, proposing a treaty of amity,
ince for their common defence, io case
ion. The remaining. articles deter-
cal, civil, and municipal rights and
eighteen secures the liberty of the
rtain regulations and penalties.
an extract of a private letter from
annary 21st
rived here this day, it appears that the
in have been formally opened for the
portation of manufactured goods and
ascription.
Importation of manatee.
I . 25 per cent.
ish vessels • 15 ditto.
'petition of specie 2 ditto,"

A

requisition ,
Fingal, the Earl of Bective, the
Meath, Lords Gormanstown, Nestorville. and Killeen.
and numerous other personages of rank, character, and
fortuae. Meath is the native county of ear Illustrious
Viceroy, and it becomes it to set so creditable so ex-
ample to the other counties of the kiagdom. The
meeting will take place on Saturday next, the 26th
instant.

A county meeting is also in progress in °Away.
The Catholics of the county of Clue are to hold a
meeting at Ennis, for the purpose ofpresenting a Con-
gratulatory Address to his Excellency. We have rea-
son to think that % similar address, from the inhabi-
tants of the unsay at large, and of all persuasions will
also be presented.
A meeting of the Roman Catholics of the county
of Roscommon, was held at Roscommon on Saturday.
for the purpose of framing a Congratulatory Address
to the most Noble the Marquess Wellesley, on his
appointment to the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland.

LORD A. Hamterex V. DUNCAN S ZZZZ NEON. PRINTER
IN EDINRUROII.
This was one of a se►ies of adios' which have
I lately bees Instituted against the late PAinborgh news•
paper called *, The Beacon." and arose out of a re-
chassis; petition which had been presented to the
Court of Session against a decision of Lord Pittnilly,
Lea Ossiiskry. who bad remitted this cause to the
Justesitrie, The argsment same on this. day. when
the Court was crowded to excess, and the amigos pre-
seat delivered their opinions. The unanimous deci-
sion of the Court was as follows:—" The Lords har-
ing advised the petition with the answers, find that
is the ciresostaaces of the nee the Lord Ordinary

was warranted in remitting to the Jury Court, and
find the petition incompetent, dismiss the same and
dears."

The consequesee of this decision is, that the action
must be tarried into the Jury Court. and there it must
be determined whether any and what issue can pro•
perly be submitted to the Jury. If such an issue can
be settled, it will be for the Jury to determine the
question of fret, whether Lord A. Hamilton is entitled
to any. aml what damages, from Mr. Stevenson. The
of action canal. remarks that were pub-
Lordship,
certain per-
Glasgow.
Contains
llasgow
with a
Rejorni.

so
, are
, state, prevueleatidi, in
giving evident/capon oatb before the Cowstaittee. as well
as some blame attaching to several persons in the office,
bas led to some dismissals.

The proiesillugs of the Victualling Board are veiled
is obscurity, and the supposed magnitude of the abuses
is only thereby increased in the general sespicion. It is
certain that thee/leers to whom we before alluded have
beelltaitected to the several penalties of which we spoke.
'ifatisfirlind also, that a Commission has been sitting,
eonspeeill ;w• Lords'of the Admiralty, assisted by the
Secretes), dad Solicitor; for the investigation of the
abuses. Now, without speaking a word more respect-
ing the misconduct of inferior officers, we say that the
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messily of forming such a commission, at once proves
the Inadequacy of the Board. Does not a commission,
esiosietiag of strangers, appointed to examine the con-
cons of a mercantile house, 'since the unfitness of the
partners to conduct their own affair ? In the same man-
ner, if the Victualling Board, or any other Board what-
ever, is iocepable of detecting and repressing the abuses
of its own servants, till those abuses have attained such
a magnitude as to attract the general attention of Go-
vernment, we say at once, that such a Board ought not,
to exist ; it ought to be dissolved, and recast. Indeed we'
recollect, when the relative of a certain Lord of the Ad-
miralty was made one of the Commissioners of the Victu-
alling Board, we then stated that the new Commissioner,
most preposterously taken from the army, was not a
nose of habits suited to his new employment ; and that
the appointment was made merely to give bin) a pension
mail the pplolie money. We fear the same thing may
be said of others in this laird. Oa the detection of
every sisgie abase by the Commission now sitting, an
inquiry, leeks geodes, will necessarily spring up and
suggest Dien' to every one's mind—how came the Board
to overlook this aet of misconduct ? of what use was a
body seder which, that abuse has been so long practised
without observation ? _ _ _

When we use, u we have done. the word " abuse" in
the preceding remarks, we must be understood as merely
employing that term upon the strength of the dismissis
of which we spoke yesterday : of the deeds reilly done,
we know very little; we cannot learn that they are of a
very reprehensible nature. Among the dismissed is said
to be one—even a Cenunissioner—who violated the or-
der which himself bad written; his case is of course the
worst,. The act of taking up Victualling Bills, pur-
ehaseable Uke all other Government paper is said to have

been prohibited to the people io the office, only heron..
it was thought to interfere with their employment, or
might too much engage their attention ; not that it w..s
conceived to be, Or could be, illegal or dishonourable:
cod among the most trivial violations of the rule is said
to be that by one who had only taken op a bill or to o
for a sister•in-law.
The last but most remarkable occurrence is the mode
of correction adopted by the Commission itself ; for w •
Gad that the subentate for she dismissed Commission, r,
whose salary shank' have been saved to the country, is
mother army gostionson considerably advanced in years.
who has bees brought swaystrom the Navy board.

We may add, that in pursuance of their Manlius'
to search into and detect abuse wh it is likely
exist, the Committee of Inquiry mean to investigate'.
expenditure of that branch of the
,Victualling Office
which is at Deptford.

Yesterday afternoon an Ingot-ition was take'
fore Thomas Shelton, Esq. Coroner, at the Blue
Boy, Lent-street, Borough, on the body of Om
Glassp 'Ol, Eeq , aged 48, who put an end to his
ence in the manner we stated yesterday.
Mr. Henry Webb, residing in the house of the deceased,
deposed that the deceased was his consin, and was one
of the chief clerks in the Victualling Office, Somereet
House. Witness arose about eight o'clock on Tut
morning, anti was brushing his coat in the hall, w
the deceased came down stairs in his morning gown,
passed by him. Witness, as he passed, asked him?
he found himself ; he replied, not very well. 'Flit
ceased went into the kitchen, and in a few moments
ness heard the report of a pistol; he ran down stt
and found the deceased lying on his right side, on
door, apparently quite dead; a vast quantity of
was scattered on the wainscot. Witness was very
alarmed, and ran up stairs and acquainted Mrs.
pool of the event ; be thee set off to inform the rel
of the deceased, who lived close at hand. On I
tarn be found Mr. Baylis, the surgeon, and several
the neighbours is the house. Witness afterwards 1.-
a horse-pistol, which had keen recently discharged.
For the last three mootlas the deceased had betn
reel low anti desponding state of mind, and was s
reserved in his manner. He lived very happily with
wife, to whom he ball Italia unapt! twelve tun, bat'
no children. Witness considered Lim te bile •
ranged state.
Mary Roberts, the maid- aaaaa nt, deposed that
ceased had been in a melancholy state for some time.
On the morning of the shocking event he looked
tremely wild and dejected. Witness was in the kitcl
when the deceased came down stairs, but left it, tie ks.
entering, to attend on her mistress, who had* sot 4efs-
her chamber. On her getting np stairs te the bed-cocci,
she howl the report of a pistol ; Mrs. fl, heard it alto.
and asked what the noise was. Witness replied it was
the back-door slammed to. At this inonsent the last wit-
ness ran np stairs, and said the deceased ha shot hint.
self. Witness called the assistance of some eeighbours,
anti ran immediately for the surgeon.
Mr. Josiah Baylis, assistant to Mr. Heywood,
surgeon, in Blackman-street, deposed that he went
the honse (lithe deceased, and found hint lying on
his riht side in the back kitchen ; he felt his wrist.
his pulse bad ceased; he was qaite dead. Wi
turned him on his back, when he discovered an
sive wound from a pistol shot just below the
bone; the heart was ruptured, and had pros
through the wound, and was lying on his breast a..
!accreted. The protrusion of the heart was caused by
the violence of the explosion, together with the rebosed-
lug of the charge which h td sent it forward.
A grotlensan frost the Victualling-office attesdtd b
desire of the Commissioners. from whose automatist
appeared that a number of clerks bad, and were aft-
to be dismissed from the Victnalling-office. The mac -
mination of the deceased had been taken previous' •
his dismissal ; when the deceased signed the same,
said, •• I have now signed my death warrant."
no doubt the deceased was in a deranged state.
The Jury consulted for a few moments, r
turned a verdict. " That the deceased had shut
self, being at the time is a state of tataporary
rangement."
Yt stertlay 1 Coin at Wirelitirririld(4-
.
Bast India-house, when Captain T. P.
swore into the command of the ship Asia. roust

to Madras and Bengal. Captain W. Havisidee
sander of the ship Thames, took leave of the
previous to departing for Bencoolen aad China.
" Paean AGAINST OoLD. Riehard Brintley
flan once lost a considerable sum at Whist to
start woman of fashion, more remarkable for
fectation than her good sense, and her acrimony
leer good nature. When the table was broken •
Sheridan tendered this Madam payment in bawl
which were not then so current as they were
and which, perhaps, my lady did not then enders...,
tt Oh, sir ;" said Mrs. Consequential," in all the greell
boners where 1 play, they pay in gold."—" Probate,
Madam:" replied the wit, piqued no doubt,
with Lady Fortune, as with Mistress Insolence,
in all the little houses I frequent, they use par
The late Benj. Hawes, Esq. who died at W.
on Friday seltnight, has, by his will, direct
munificent benefaction of 10001. each, to be •
I the following Societies after the death of a ..
j hair relation, who had constantly contributed
health and comfort :—ltoyal Humane Society,
for the Destitute. Foreigners in Distress, Pbilanthi
Society, St. Luke's Hospital, Magdalen
Magdalen Asylum, Indigent mind. Satiety
Relief of Prisoners for Small Debts, Jews' ?cool
lEnd, London Truss Society, General Peoitet
London Hibernian Society, London Hospital, %
chapel road. British and Foreign Bible Society,
Missionary, Religions Tract Society, Quaker's
House, Methodist Preachers, Presbyterian ditto.
tist ditto, independent ditto, Roman Catholic
Quaker's ditto.
Donate ‘'s ANNUAL ItSGISTQL—The Pr
of this work have the satisfaction to announce
printing of the volume for 1520 will be completed
very few weeks. The unusual delay which has wee
in the publication, is attributable to a change it
conduct of the work, the illness of its condoler,
the unparalleled quantity of Events, foreign dad domes.
tic, which required to be ...pressed within minierate,
though not the usual limits. The commencement of a
New Reign suggested the propriety of introducing. foe
the first time, a variety of useful lists and dommientsos
exhibit to future ages the present Political State of teat
i Empire. Three Revolutions abroad, and an eerteasardi-
nary number of State Trials, all of which a • -
unduiehout which an Annual Register woul
complete, sufficiently acculant for at least a pm
delay. But a similar delay need not again be
bentled, as the volume for 1821 will be published
usual time. The Editor's object has bees to
thing which it may hereafter be desirable to '
to leave ncomplete; eyed the publishers
I quite ready to rest their claims to the higle public
tronage ;thick the work has ever pommeled, on
' ratter oldie forth-coining volume.
PSDESTRIAN PiRIPORMANCII.—LateIy, for .
of a our-io.nred no-c, John Hudson a bar4eman,
65 years, walked from Mr. Skiiler's Fleshing
buns , Rochester-bridge, to hisidstone.bridge,
Wire of nice miles, earryiog a bushel of rusk
oat laying it down the whole way, in two
25 minutes ; he only stood still a few mil
bearing his load. while drinking a pint of
won the wager in excellent spirits,-and
walked back to Rochester, singing jovially
fiends who accsoupauied

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ll be Juries in • grounds of action are certain remarks that were pub-
On Wednesday sennight a number of stacks lished is "The Beacon," reflecting on his Lordship,
shall heJnriea of corn were destroyed by incendiaries between Cork
for mitrospoodiog on the Corn laws with a certain per-
in the Yd pro- and Braden ; and near Newcastle another barbered&
v son wbo was convicted of High Treason at Glasgow.
' murder has been committed. 'I he Police, however, for presenting a , petition to the Boum of Commons
moister of War are no the alert. Persons charged with the murder from soother who bad been imprironed in Glasgow
all we are told have been apprehended, and many other persons have on a similar charge, sad for corresponding with a
yalist General, been lodged in gaol on the charge of Wititeboyism. third person es the subject of Scotch Burgh Retort*.
1 Marti., and It is said that Mr. Serjeant Vandeleer, and not Mr. ___ _
r by his entry Borrowes, will be the successor of Mr. Justice Daly. inCTUALLING OFFICE.
less more than --(Dublin *topsails. Post.) —.....--
ras closely in- We bare head, bat eau scarcely afford credit Mille The late proceedings at the Victualling-office having
statement, that we litodred and ten procesaei hive excited considerable interest. we present the following
uty, at Buenos been catered at the ro hi Sessions, for tithes doe lot ankh, from she papers of this morning
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nue place, the I. . oat of one wish Is this county II -116 mull For some weeks past we understand that an inquiry
if Chili is re- cues the crop, the tithe of !bleb Is so demanded. was has been carryleg on at the Victualling-office by a Com-
Irtagal, and the not taken of the greeidd;. and a large portion if it rallan (Sir 0. Cockburn and Sir 0. Clerk) of the Lords
doubt of its pro- washed away by the Antis: If this is the fact. It is
of the Admiralty, respecting the manner of examining
it Faithful Ma- really a melancholy prig of the severity of the tithe
thewertentiesif Pursers, am well as into some charges of
nt, as laid deers system. We may notice the cirsumetance tree far
calleskra between clerks and pursers to increase the
obedience of a hereafter.—(Gone Paper.) ' •
hinge et weight of provisions is the hands of the lat-
a Governing. A requisition ball e presultind 46'44_ gh Mho, . ,_ the victuanis
Chili. ma .14e clffiat the e,nrty ma, fqe 'flick any went eis tee ry . g
itie
Age it towards Why, clergy aid gentry, ' ress e ;iirirs,
ming, of course. geese Wellesley oa the auspicious appointment of his inquiry aged ea Salankf 14" r and from what we can
his delleitiou. Excellency as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. 0, igg, gather from a chant respectable source, though not so
:ed his Majesty natures to the requisition include those of the wad of fully mwe shdeld wish to lay before the public, we are
acquiescence in Fingal, the Earl of Bemire, the Lord Biebell'of enabled to silt:, that considerable prevarication, in
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litto. Hap-
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