The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-10-31 00:00:00

THE STAtE§NiiV&; ,

TO THE EDlTOrtip Tag StATOSZIAIt
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Sta,—The Editor df the Courier having, in his
Paper of the 224 instant, traduced the character of
S. C. GitAvv.s, Esq. who offered himself a Candidate
for the County of Devon, and misrepresented the cir-
cumstances that took place at the poll, now re-
fuses to give insertion to the following statement of
facts without being paid eight guineas. He pro:
pagates falsehood on one side, and refuses truth on
the other, without being paid esorbilanll,9 for tt.--
Will you, Mr. Editor, gird it a place in your inde-
pendent columns.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE Cdtlitllllt '
Ste,—Your account of the Devonshire Elections
I cannot suffer to puss unnoticed ; and if you are ca-
pable of acting in a candid manner, you will give
this letter immediate publication, I shall otherwise
be obliged to contradict your statement through
another channel.
You declare me to have been an unsuccessful Can.
didate at Iloniton, at Bath, and at Taunton. Before'
you make suck a round assertion, in justice to
your Readers, you should be sure it has at least
some little foundation in truth, whereas the above has
none. To propagate falsehoods is very little *better
than to invent thetn. As you state, I did pub-
lish some anonymous hand-bills, which declared
the writer of them • would appear, if called !
on. " Not a creature called." You continue :
You, Sir, need not apply the contemptuous term
Creature to any Freeholder of Devon. I went with ;
many others to witness the Election, and was soon
known as the author of the hand,bills. Of course I
I attracted a shate4f public attention. I =demo
voured to enter the Countphall, When the Election
was then proceeding, but could not pin admittance,
the doors being closed and locked, or otherwise se-
curely fastened. I then mounted the hustings erect.
eel in front of the Countyilsall, and told the Fritei-
holders assembled without, that the &ors west.
locked, and admittance denied, aud.that the Electioni
then proceeding was not free but private. They mei
mixed whet I told them with clamorous delight.--e,
They took me off the hustings and bare me on theitel
shoulders to the doors that were locked, which they/,
fully intended to break open--and in fact they dist
bra& open one of them. I was then admitted withr
out opposition; a little before this snag County
Election would hate otherwise terminated.
To resume your words, " nothing could deter
Mr. Guars from retorting to the County the worn-
out addresses of the Member for Westminster." If
yen mean this for wit; I will not be so ill-natured
as to tell you what I very truly might, that it is not
wit ; but if you utter it for a fact, I must tell yousit
is not a fact. Yon state that I had " the unblusli-
leg effrontery to propose myself." I did propose my.
Pelf, net with enblishinteffrontery, but because so
situated it was my anti Ifthis 'precious paragraph be
your men) bluets, STErAIIT caul blwk,r
for the effrontery that produced it ; if this paragraph
le not your own, pint should (if possible) blush for
yOursimPle credulity,
I seed not follow your lease paragraph through
edits verbose unnecessary terms, but will follow its
labitante, which is, that the poll Was kept open
three days—that I polled nineteen totes, which the
emissaries of the partial I am connected with had
Omit difficulty in procuring."
I did net ask a vote, and polled one man in each
Lour, just to keep the poll open till m 7 friends could
arrive. Ina public adtertisement I desired my (fiends
-to come to the poll only in hourly succession, and
',was obliged to let the poll close on the third day (Sl-
l.turday), by tee delay of ft voter, who did opt come
to the hustings till a few minutes after the legal
hour had elapsed. This would not hate happened
If I had been allowed time to' form. a Committee
to eondect the business) but I was net. My Oro-
' positi to poll only one or two votes each, preforms)
r on the Rat day, was tejected, I had, therefore, no
time to forts a Committee. •
1.. From that circumstance alone the poll closed on
the third day. I should have equalled on the poll
the. other Candidates on Monday, had the Eke.
don not terminated se unfortunately in the course of
the third day. Thet I could not have gained, the
glection, I very reedit), admit:but fat several
days I should have maintained an equal contest.
You describe me as the unsuccessful Candidate, at
Honiton, at Bath, and at Taunton; —yon are as bit-
able to substantiate this as some oter of your mast
unhappy positions. I certainly intended to hate
been a Candidate for Honiton, and published my
intention ; bat• I dismissed • that intention, Witheut
making a canvass, and therefore, in fact, neer
was a Candidate in that place.—.-At Bath, the
freemen, who profess to have, and, as willappear,
have the right of voting for Members of Parlia-
ment, unasked—not even consulted by me, honk
their approbation of my principles, and from their
confidence in me, thought proper to sleet me, that
might try their right by a Petition.--I was net event
at Bath. They also know you and your pried-
ples, but they have not manifested an equal good
opinion of Toll. At Taunton I was a Candidate,
and though I did not succeed, I am, very well satis-
fied with the interest I lave established there, and
with my prospects In that place for the future. If
you wish to know more, / refer you to the Taunton
Grit ier, of the Bth and I7th of this month.—
If you wish to know more of Devonshire, I re.,
for you to the Globe of the beginning of last
week. That Paper contains the tenour of my obser-
' close

WITTZHALL, OCT. 23, 1812--His Royal High-'
die **Pumas RIGINT histb teen pleased, in the
°teased en the behalf of his MAJTATIrt to give and
grant unto Rosier GUMMY OS Listuz, Of Ash-I
ford, hi the county of Kent, Esq. his Majesty's I
Royal license and authority that he may, from grate- I
ful and affectionate regard to, and in compliance with
the wish of his maternal grandfather, the Rev. Ro-
am GUMMY Ayaesx, Clerk, Rector of Speld-
'harsh An the county of Kent, take and use the sur-
name and bear the arms of Ayerst only ; such arms
I being fint duly exemplified, according to the Laws
I of Aries,
_and recordedin the Herald's Office, other-
; wise his Majesty's said licence and permission to be.

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Wixsoltn, Ocy. 9.4.—1 n our last we Mentioned .; ,
Dr.cr:, Ocr. 30.—Remain in the DoWnS 'evert.:
the melancholy accident which happened at Tusk•ar, ! teen Sail of the lihe; severe% sloops of war, and
on Monday morning last, We have since learned the the Whole of the outward-lfaimd2 besides coastets
following partiiulars : . . • ! end Colliers kind bound. •
Early.in the summer, a Mr. Needham, an eminent : ' •' - •
Pairrsettevn, OCT.. 30.--:Ariivedbis Kale:Styli Ship/ '
architect was employed to superintend a Light-house,
Loire, peitcock,,iiiolai, frdli the Downi; Stork,
ordered by Government to be erected on Tuakar
Rock; and for this purpose, a number of experienc4sfrom Plymouth, with, a convoy ; Dope, from a
persons were sett down from Dublin, who, together , cririse„ Mod the ship kora; from Quebec.—Sailed
with some people from this town likewise employed his li.j-
..estrf Shin Plover; with the homeward-bound
, tittle,' formed an aggregate of twenty-five. They -
and others; under convoy for the Dawns; but the
lettstructed for their accommodation, en the north • • ' •
come back.
, wind beinng more the southward, the whole have
• ' •• to
iide "of the Rock, near the place appointed for the
'fracture, three small wooden houses ; for the better '
security of which, massy iron bars were inserted in PLYMOUTH Oar. 19.—A.rriVed the hruuswick,
the. Rock, and to these the houses were fastened Oelary, in 26 days from Quebec; left the River St.
dowii by chains of an enormous size. It may not, Lawrence with a convoy of 46 sail, under convoy of
I for the information of some of our Readers, be urine. his Majesty's ship Prometheus, and parted front
assiaty to remark, that the Rock contains nearly • -
them on the tpth instant, in a heavy gale of iiind.—'
eworicres, and that the habitations, at high water,
The Brunswick kept company with the ilora, and
were forty feet above the natural level of the sea.—
1 laving thus given a description of their situation, parted from her in the Channel, and left her proceed-
elPe shall now relate the effects of the storm. The ing for London: -
wind was S. S. E. and it blew a perfect hurricane.-- ; FAiliourff
, Oci. 90.—Arrieed the Star, May,
'sew artful is the contemplation of such a scene! •
from Malagahe foss of bairns tirc..
ant! Lisbon, ten days from the latter
,
:About four o'clock on Monday morning, the hap place, with t
Was inmates were suddenly aroused by a Waie break- ,
ing on the houses with a Most tremendous crash, I
ibich was followed by others, in quick succession, , AGRICULTURAL REPORT for OCTOBER.
r squally terrific ; and instantly the boards en which t ~.....-..
they slept began to float. At this direful period, I thte wet we in the early part of list mouth basbeen some•
the tide hating nearly two hours and a half to flow, • :ivil unfavourable
ieane stl?atheeebletererharvnttO at few
celfialc
Treat a?Lity of sap produced by the tate I' -if I- '
those poor half-dressed creatures were compelled to siderablehreadthi of beans, in coosequence of the larngsC tear, and
quires' muchu geld-room before they were fit immthe
Lieu, Ilseig huts, and fasten ropes to headers ando
cart. There
. re.
rllitretellies(stones weighing about a ton and a f hal. , are impressive lambs to farmers, and inculcate tbe ismelit of as
each, preparing for the building), to which they i ealred-liist•
e litte• rases have been propitious ta, the, wheat sowing,
clung. Now thi work of destruction commenced t ' "
which is extending to greater breadths than can be reculkcted
thi houses had not been forsaken more than two ml- for many yeah. The new Wheats yield well to the Bail, and of
nutes, when there was not a vestige of them to 1 the Rhea
tve a quaieity :.aianassase
ayudistriets it is already ascertained,
Ear-
be seen. The violence of the waves increased ley rises oingliftning mattingc
qtadlltnyblseitbldtatthoef tasykt.lydeaaL Bart:
with the tide ; the ponderous stones above-men. ! Oats men full cops. and very. producthe. Turnips, and all the
tioned, were hurled about as if pebbles • some ! brzta tribe, promise to be very productive, and of pause
of. the ppreous made fast to them were killed, and q Y.
others fiipirf from their hold into the ocean. Some
were 11, feeetiiate, while the waves were rebounding,
as to pits the Spot where the houses stood, and se-
,
eared themselves by tying ropes to'the bars in the
Frock: In this situation, the waves at times rolled
ten feet over them. Whin the tide fell, and left that
,pert of the rock dry, the survivors proceeded to
fasten a cable p tight as possible to two ringdbolts,
about thirty yards asunder, to which they • bound
tkemselies by small ropes round the waist; but here,
at the rise of nest tide, they had nearly the same
liorrdr to encounter, as the waves several times broke
over them. At the fall of this 'tide, they again un-,
tied themselves, and sought shelter from the hutment
of the building, where they were discovered about
eleven o'clock on Wednesday morning (by the boat
employed to attend the rock, she being enabled to
to reach the rock, is consequence of the weather
becoming more calm), having remained from two
o'clock on Sunday, at which hour they dined, with-
out any kind of sustenance. In the evening, ten
of the unfortunate men were conveyed 'to town, ex-
hibiting a truly distressing appearance ; three were
brought to the hospital, one of whom had his leg
brolten, and the others were much injured. In
short, all suffered in louse manlier. One of the men
Came to town on Saturday, but fortunately missed
,the boat on her return, or he must ittetitably have
shared the same fate. What adds to this melan-
,cboly catastrophe is, that the greater part of them
I have left npaerous families.
Sateen, la4abitants df Dublin—Mr. John Needham, in.
specter s Pat. Byrne, Samuel Cooke, Philip Brady,. John Sal-
I ass, Jolts .ILeoshoe, Mies Ryan, and John It eogb.—Sur-
vitas—William Moore, Andrew Kimball, Ed. Breen' Walter
We* James Fitsporrick, Michael Ryan, Bryan Carroll and
John Ka
linteraysafr 'inhuman of Wexford—Rich. Meyler, John F4l.
I ward, William Bishop, Wm. Deierent, Jasper Corish, and
James Nowlan.--Sartivors—T. Basehigton, Pat. Dillon, and
1 Nicholas Cahill.
I • Th. foregoing simple narrative of distress is, we
are convinced, a sufficient appeal to Irish hearts,
which ever melt at the tale of woe. We, therefore,
I shall only adds that if calamity is at all times de-
, easing of assistance, that which is incurred in pro-
meting the good of mankiad is surely the best en-
' Sitlid; such is the present occasion. The unhappy
1 victims of this dreadful catastrophe met their fate
while employed in the erection of a work,
,the want
of which has consigned many human beings to a wa-
tery grave, and whose completion will preserve the
lives of thousands, to their families and to their
•ooentry.
Subscription lists are opened, and donations will
be thankfully received, for the widows and orphans
of the above sufferers, at the Custom-house, at the
Henke of John Redmond and Nicholas at
E and at the Post-olfice.—( Wexford Herald.)

FEMALE FASHIONS FOR NOVENhiR..

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**Old ACKLILMANN'S RIPOSITORY OP
IPASHIONSJ &C. • • !
Strminta Dulled.—A white crape or mall visas petticoa4
wont over white satin, finished round the bottom With a bail
fringe of gold; a crimson velvet or satin bodice, foemed so 1111
partially to expose the bosom and shoulders; a s..ort biNbep•ii
sleeve, edged with ball fringe, and ornamented with the sand
round the bosom and shoulders. A short sub &shaded ribi.and; •
Ij4, correspond with the colour of the bodice, tied in short bet
vd
god ends in front of the figure. A shepherdess's lilt, composed
a; Crimson velvet and white satin ; a curled Winch fe.stber,
placed eatireiv on one side, and waving towards the back of thit
neck. The kilr divided oh the forehead, and curled ou east
side, rather lower than of late. Treble neck-chain, and amulet
lof wroeghterld ; short drop ear-rings, and bracelets ea Amite.
Crimson v vet or satin slippers, trimmed with gold rosettes ttll
I fringe. White kid gloves, just avoiding the elbow. Fan a(
I white and silver ernhosted crape, or carved ivory. Occasional
scarf of white Preach silk, with embroidered ends and border. •
t Panama 0,1111.% Dare.—An evening or dinner robe, 4
white muslin ; with short fancy sleeve, appliqued with lace, and
trimmed with a fall of the same afticlf round the bosom. A
base robe ,pelisse, of celestial blue satin or velvet triiirncd
down each side and round the neck with a full swansdown fur.
and negligently confined in the centre of the boom. An Impe.A
flat N.linet cap, composed of blue velvet, ornamented with a
• silver bandeau and beads ;'a full white ostrich feather waeias
towards one side. Necklace and fancy ear-rings of pearl, 'or the
blue satin-bead. Slippers of blue velvet or kid, with 'silver
clasps or small buckle. Gloves of primrose kld, . , • ,