The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-10-30 00:00:00

THE KING.

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Exiieei s private letter frOM.flifuleVer, Oct. NI,
morning his Majesty resolved to pelt*.
pose bin 4iParinre for Eraslaed till:Menday neat*
though ail the arrangeuients were made for *sorrow. LI
It is cdhjictured that the reason why be WS beet lee '
dined to alter his determination is, that be wishes-ft,
wait the arrival, of some important despatches whist
are hourly expected from Vienna and Paris. If any
reliance can be placed on some reports that prevail
here, the negociations betiiein the Great Powerehave
lately assumed a pacifie,charrter, and no war is likely
to take place. I siva yow this,
.however, ouly as .it
has reached me, ficie public rumour. The delibera-
tions gt, the Congress, stated in my letter or Mon-
day, et* Carried on With the greatest secrecy. His
Majelity had yesterday a select party to ditty with him,
and this'day be gives a grand entertainment; to a cam-
ber of distinguished personages: including a host of
diplomatists, from the Imperial gleoipotentiary down
to the Chaige-d Atraires. In the evening his Majesty
will be serenaded by torchlight, as in the former in-
stance we have described—the flambeaux being fur-
nished by the Bourgeois, who have stemicribed 3,000
dollars fvr the purpose.
{Plum TUB HANOVERIBACIIIL NACMILICIITENA
liarsoves,OcT. 23.—His 3lajesty, daring these last
days, when lop bulletins were pubgsbed respecting his
health, has been frequently visited by his Royal Bro-
thers and Sisters. On the 21st his Majesty gave an
audience to Prints Metternich, ,who has been sent by
his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, to compliment
the King on his arrival in his German dominions.—
Prince Metternich was introduced by Count Munster,
Minister for Foreign Affairs, and on his entering the
Court Yard of the Palace, the guard presented arms,
and the drums were beat..

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His Majesty has learned with regret, that during
the bunting party which was designed for his Majesty's
entertainment several persons were injured. His Ma-
jesty has *iron orders that a sum from the Royal
Treasury Asti .be applied with becoming liberality
for the recovery and indemnification of those persons.
His Majesty, as far as we yet know, intends to leave
this city on the 29th, to stop the first night at Roten-
kirchen, and the •secotrd at Munden. • His Majesty
will then continue his journey by way of Coblents.
Cologne, Aix-la-Chapelle, Liege, and Brussels.
The same paper contains the address of the Depu-
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legion of the General States of Hanover to the King,
and the speech of the Hereditary Land Marshal, Count
Munster, on introducing the Deputation.
To the Address of the Prisident of the Deputation
his Majesty was pleased to make the following at
Wei :
" I feel the greatest joy at finding myself in the
midst of my faithful German Subjects, and receive whit
particular pleasure from this Deputation of the Genes al
Metes of the Kingdom the assurance of their respect and
love for my person and my Royal House, of which I
have already received so many effecting proofs. In the
same manner as my endeavours have always bee. di-
rected to the good of the country, 1 also expect, with
pleasing confidence from you,ahat you endeavours will
continue (as to my satisfactiou they bare. hitherto Waal
to brdireeted Su -the same (trot' '
A private letter front Hanover, dated Oct. 21, says
the Colonel of the Hanoverian Life-guards. when din.'
iug yesterday at the Ta4k d'lloie, expressed himself
iu these terms:—" Good-by, (11l England, till the
text peace ; if we have a war with Russia we shall
have a change of masters."
The Royal George and Prince Regent yachts, with
their attendant syuadren, have been ordered round
from Portsmouth to Calais. with positive instructions
to be in readiness to receive his Majesty and suite on
board early on Friday morning next.—The Royal
Sovereign yacht has also received orders to proceed
immediately to Calais, for the purpose of conveying
her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta to this coun-
try, on her return from Germany. The Royal Sove-
reign is chosen for this service because she draws less
water than any of the other Royal yachts, and, of
course, is capable of approaching much nearer to
the pier.
The Venn, steam-boat, Captain Jones, has left her
moorings off the Tower. to proceed to Calais, and re-
ceive his Majesty on board, on his return to England.
The orders were for the boat to he in waiting at Calais
on Monday next.
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Sir Francis Burdett has arrived at his seat in
Wiltshire.

The Vice-Chancellor, Sir John Leach, arrived in
Paris, last week from a tour through the South of
France and the Pyrenees.
At the late election of Mayor for the Borough of
Liverpool, it is asserted that in the space of three days
and a half, not less than 3,0001. were spent on each side.
At first, it is said, six shillings were paid as days' wages,
but afterwards half sovereigns and extra orders for ale.
The coldest, it appears, was between the True Blue and
the Canning Clubs, and the opposition party is under-
stood to have turned the scale. The Canning cycle
therefore mast no longer dictate to the town, in the man-
ner it has lately presumed to do.
We understand that Uuvernment has it in contem-
plation to lay a duty on Steam Boats. Authorised
persons have been here this week t• take account of
the tonnage and passengers of those that are employed
on the river.—(Hell paper.)
Peacamt.—lt is some time since several journals
announced the death of the famous Pergami a few
days after that of the Queen of England. The Jour-
nals of Belgium, on the authority of letters from Italy,
contradict that statement. and add, that the Chamber-
lain is living,. and is good health. at his castle.—
(Preach Paper.)
Tna Astug...--On Thursday and Friday last the 86th
regiment, from Chatham. marched through London,
in two divisions, for Bristol ; and on the following
day the let divislos of the 55th. from Liverpool.
marched through Loodon, to replace the former
at
Chatham. The second and 3d division of the lattet
marched through yesterday and this day. Ins few
weeks the 55th will embark fur the Cape, for the *
lief of the 84th, whicli then proceeds to India. ?Ii
68th 'regiment is sow upon its march from Chatham.
to Bristol, •the • 6rst division of which passidthroogils
London yesterday, and was csartefed in Lambeth.-..
The 24 division wincome in this tlay, and to.
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An incorrect report having appeared in I Sunday
Piper of a resolution intended** hove been proposed
byakle. G..mgnes, at the meeting of Sir Robert Wil-
son's friends on Thursday s 2bkh, 'we are .requested
toirite the following as enumerate loopy; both of the
resoiatioamed Of note.which - hir. Jones addressed
to Mr. Lambton, the Chairman, on that occasion.
- 41 Resolved, 'flak opinioil of this meeting that,
in proportion to the abase of the . power, entrusted to
ministers for the imago' benefit of the community, it
becomes the duty of, every friend to freedom, strenuous-
ly 'to oppose their unconstitutional designs, and that, con-
sistently with this principle, any individual who, in the
faithful discharge of such duty, may fall a victim to mi-
nisterial oppression, is not only entitled to the approba-
tion of his,fellow countrymen, but has an undoubted
Iclaim on their protection and support."

COPS OP TEM NOTE ADDRESSUD tO MR. LAMOToN.

" Sta—rAs Chairman of a Meeting convened for the
professed purpose of taking into consideration the pro-
priety of raising a Subscription for Sir Robert Wilson,
I appeal to your impartiality, and beg to ask whether
this be a Public Meeting for free and open discussion,
and what Afencel have committed that should preclude
Ice, as aniglishman, from delivering my sentiments
upon the ect.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
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(Signed). • " JOHN GALK Joses."
Mr. Jones asks the following questions:—" Do the
Whig Party wish it to be understood that henceforward
thi.eople (or as they choose to nickname them, the
• Radicals') are to be excluded from taking any part in
their deliberative proceedings ?" " Are our PnhPv
Meetings to be converted into private cabals ; and is
the right of free discussion to be placed under the arbi-
trary controut of a managing Committee ? In short,
are the people to be rendered mere silent and passive
instruments is ilike hurls of their leaders, anti be allowed
only to meet and approve what is set before them, with-
out comment or observation ?"

LAW CIIANG.4I6—We have heard it reported, that
the following changes are about to take plate in our
Law Courts ;—Sir John Stuart, Bart. retires in conse-
quence of bad health, and is to be succeeded by the
Lord Advocate, whom Henry Bone Drummond, Esq.
M.P. is to succeed ; and that Lord Bannatyne retires,
and will be succeeded by the Solicitor-General, who,
again, is to be succeeded by John Hope, Esq. son of
the Lord President.—(Ediabergh Paper.)
We understand, that George Thom, now lying in
Aberdeen Jail, under sentence of death, for murder,
has, with deep contrition, confessed his guilt, and
cleared his wife of having had any share in the crime
for which he is condemned to die.—(Ediahurgli Star.)
In the garden of R isebank, in the neighbourhood of
'Aberdeen, the Strawberry-beds at present are covered
with a profusion of blossom ; and ripe fruit, of a large
slue, and delicious flavour, were gathered last week in
considerable quantities. This is a more remarksble'
p.oof of the mildness of the present weather than 'any
thing we have yet heard of. Several apple-trees are
again in blossom; but this circumstance is Lot so rare.
—(lbid.)
On the 6th instant, as Mr. Lowry, a farmer of the.
Barton of Place, In the parish of St. Anthony, near
"St Dfiiirks, Was digging fur manure on the beach
near low water mark, he found a human skeleton,
!which 14 under some sand and rubbish, with the face
Bownwaids, and the arm turned tinder the body :—a
large stone was placed on the shoulders. From the
sitnation in which it was found, it is supposed to be
the remains of a person who was murdered. From
the appearance of the remains, they are supposed to
have been those of a tall man. On the above circum-
stances being known, a woman resident al St. Mawr.,
stated, that about twenty years since, when she was is
the service of Admiral Spry, she had at one time oc-
casion to pass the above spot about midnight, when
she saw four sailors digging; on seeing her they im-
mediately ran off. Being much alarmed at their ap-
pearance, she hastened back to the house ; but the oc-
currence was passed over. The flowing of the tide
soon obliterated all vestiges of the spot that had been
disturbed. The woman has often mentioned the cir•
cumstance, and expressed a wish that she could learn
why the s Mors were digging at that time and place.
The remains have been carefully collected and placed
in a coffin, which has been deposited in the Church.
yard of St. Anthony, and the large stone found on the
shoulders placed at the head.
On Monday night, about eight o'clock, as Mr.
Henry Clark, who lives near the Dog and Stile, Bo-
rough-road, was returning home with his family, he
saw several persons hastily run away as they ap-
proached the street door. The house basin& been left
without any person in it, be naturally felt alarm, and a
light having been procured from a neighbour's, a ske-
leton key was discovered in the lock of the street door.
Thus, Mr. Clark coming home at the very mom •nt the
thieves were about to enter his house, providentially
saved his property from plunderers. Several su4pi-
doss characters had been seen lurking about the spot
during the afternoon. Descriptions of them bare been
given to the proper persons, which, it is hoped, may
lead to the detection of the numerous gangs that infest
that neighbourhood.
FIRS.-0a Saturday night about half-past ten
o'clock, flames were discovered issuing from the roof
and windows of a stable, situated in %V Itite-crusa-street,
Union-street, Borough. In the stable were several
valuable horses, the property of Mr. Howes, coal-mer-
chant, and adjoining to it was a wooden building,
containing a number of cows. The greatest alarm
and consternation ran through the neighbourhood,
as the surrounding houses are chiefly of wood, and
inhabited by numerous poor families. At this juncture
en intrepid young man entered the stable and
loosened the Lorses from the mangers, and other
persons following his example, the whole of the
valuable cattle, together with their harness were pre-
served. It was many minutes before one horse which
stood at the farther end of the stable could be moved,
but the young man who first entered having brought
to the door a rope which lie had affixed to the horse's
head, by the united strength of a number of persons,
this timid animal was at length dragged from his
perilous situation. A plentiful supply of water being
procured, and the exertions of the neighbours being
properly applied, the fire was subdued without ex-
tending beyond the building where it commenced. A
number of engines and firenori arrived in a short time
after the firs was clikovelled, ,It is supposed that a
Spark must- have dioppod avian the hay in the left,
as no other cam for the acei lent can be assigned.