The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-03-28 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN,

DEVONSHIRE ASSIZES.
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A cause of considerable importance was tried at
these Assizes. It was an action of trespass and
ejectment, brought by Charles Luxmere, Esq. who,
about four or five years since, purchased the rever-
sion in fee of Oakhampton Park, from the trustees
of Lord Courtenay, against Christopher Saint,
Esq. as the assignee of Henry Holland, Esq. to'
whom a lease had been granted in the park by Lord
Courtenay, about 14 years ago, forthreelives, with
a concurrent term of 40 years. The property in
question was estimated to be worth about 16,0001.
All the timber in the park was purchased by Mr.
Holland of Lord Courtenay, and was granted to
him iu the lease; but a clause was inserted, that
w hen and so often as Mr. Helfand should intend to
fell any part of the timber, he should give notice in
writing to Lord Courtenay, who should thereupon
have the option of purchasing it to remain on the
premises. The action was brought for the forfeiture
of the lease, on the ground that no notice had ever
been given. The cause lasted *boat eight hears, and
the Jury was special, which, with the concurrence
lof the Judge, gave a verdict for the Defendailt, to
the satisfaction of a crowded Court.
Mr. Serjeant BEST came from London on the part
of the Defendant.
The other causes were not of particular interest,
but too numerous to be decided at these Assizes.

THE REGENT'S CANAL.
The further proceedings of *the Committee of the
House of Commons on this useful undertaking, have
been to hear evidence on the case of Mr. Portman,
through a small corner of the extremity of whose
large estate the line of the Canal passes. To this
point, Mr. Morgan, the Engineer, and Messrs. S.
Baxter, Charles Mayor, and Thomas Penthim, all
of them builders of great respectability and practice,
stated to the following effect :—That the portion of
Mr. Portman's estate, severed by the intersection of
the Canal; is about two acres, which the Company
will either purchase, take on a building lease, inter-
sect by tunnel, or open cutting, or, in fine, con-
form themselves, with respect to* its treatment, as
shall best meet the wishes of the proprietor ; that, ifII
the plan of tunnelling is adopted, there will, through
the whole line of Mr. P.'s property, be a soil above
the crown of the arch, varying from 12 to IG feet,
which is amply sufficient to sustain houses of even
the first class, with the most perfect security, and
without the (Unger of risk, or inconvenience from
damps or vapours ascending through the brick-work,
if properly constructed ; that to build on an arch is
preferable to banding on swampy grounds; Mull that
it is safe and eligible to erect large houses, with their
foundations on the crown of such arch, without the
intervention of soil ; that houses, of *hat is called
3d and 4th rates, have been already begun to be
erected between the line of the Canal, and the better
part of Mr. P.'s estate, Portman-square, &c. ; and
that the extremity, touched by the Canal, is unfit for
buildings of the first class, whether the Canal is or is
not made, on account of its remoteness frowtown,
the badness of the streets and avenues leading to it,
and its being already surrounded by houses of an in-
ferior description ; that the proposed Canal will im-
prove Mr. P.'s estate, as to rental (If open), and at
any rate, by superseding the ti -etessity of the
mense traffic through its most genteel and fashionable
parts, by carts and heavy waggons passing to and
' from Paddington Wharfs and the City, which destroy
the pavement, and may justly be considered as a :mi-
-1 sance.

Mr. F. Pollock, Counsel for the Company, stated,
that he had a host of witnesses to corroborate the
testimony of the foregoing, but the Committee ex-
pressed themselves perfectly satisfied with the proofs
already given.

Commas HALL.—Never, on any Occasion, was .t
real sense of the Livery of London more unequivo-
cally displayed than on Thursday last, or the triumph
of the real friends to the Constitution gore com-
plete ; the Ministerial sycophants and dependents
had taken the most active means to assemble all their
friends. Those who, under the renowned leaders,
Mr. DIXON; and the Worshipful CHRISTOPHER SMITH; !
assembled about a year ago, at a tavern, to sign a
Protest against the proceedings of the Livery legally
assembled at Common Hall, and who there usurped
to themselves the exclusive appellation of the Loyal I
Livery, imputing disloyal and factious motives to
the Livery at large, had, upon the present occasion,
been summoned by letters previously addressed, de-
siring their attendance at Guildhall—every precau-
tion was taken to exclude Non-Liverymen, except of
their own friends, for which purpose some of their'
leaders were planted at the doors of the Hall. This,
no doubt, fully accounts for the true reason of post-
poning the Meeting after the day had been previously
fixed. Several of the most active Ministerial Leaders I
who stood upon the hustings, *ere the first to corn-
mence
interruption by hissing--she signal was re-
coired by groups planted in different parts of the'
Hall ; but notwithstanding their plan had heea so
completely organized, so contemptible were they in
numbers, that the Resolutions and Petition were
carried bya majority of Wto I. Several of the U-
verymen who had before, under inisrepresentation
and delusion, been prevailed upon to sign their for-
mer Protest, indignantly spurned at their arrogant
mandates, and refused to be made the tools of a sel-
fish and ignorant faction.
-We have authority to state that the paragraphs in-
serted in several papers of an eminent liquor-mer-
, chant in Blackfriars'-road, being exchequered fo r
30;0001. are without foundation.
Yesterday, about noon, a wild bullock made his
escape out of Smithfield-market, ran up Gars/nit.
street, along the Old Bailey, to Ludgate-hill, and
made his way to St. Andrew's-hill, alarming every
person in the way. He was at length secured at
Puddle-dock, without doing any other mischief than
tossing a young man, who Made an attempt to turn
the animal back, but who was not seriously hurt.
The bullock was led'quietly back to Smithfield.
A few days since, Mr. Moore, of the Haymarket,
had his pocket picked of his pocket-book, contain-
ing Bank-notes to the amount of upwards of 6001. as
he was passing from the Haymarket to Bridge-street,
Westminster.
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Titat OF TIM NOTTINGHAM Alarms.
its CONTINUATIOW.I
illennicsoMr. M•Rall 18.—Wes. Hauser, 43. e jaho Imo 0
speFtable men in Basford, was arraigned on sou 101 W of
wing at the breaking of three frames in his wmktletil; to toe
Y6th of January, 1812, belonging to Maim. Maddens, hosiers, in
this town.
Mr. Bodin, constable, stated, that be took an order from Mr.
Madders to the Prisoner, on the day canted in the ludimmest,
directing him to deliver ups to such wettable the three frames
Wowing to Messrs. Haddeo's the next dAy i but it was thought
necessary toplant two of the Berkshire Militia in the house, to
them during the night from the violence of the Luddites.
7, the witness took two soldiers with him to the
ilasrai when be gave the Prisoner the order, be said, " God
4—n the hosiers, they area pack of d—nedscoun-
;" wished the soldiers to be taken away, and
*mild suffer any of his family to fetch than any refresh-
men. •
Henry Higgins; a soldier, deposed that he was placed in the
Primate's home, bathe purpose ave specified that the Pri-
toner went out in fifteen minutes, after the admittance of him-
self and comrade, to fetch his daughter, for fear she should be
frighteeed when she came at the sight of soldiers In the house, on
wkose account he seemed very uneasy. He described the Pri-
soner as going out and in several times; and at length be enter-
ed In si with eighteen or twenty persons at his back, in
disguise; t immediately secured the soldiers and their anus—
direadeed Wilk instanideatk If they made any resistance,
cad met the Priememop iltalest while they demolished the frames
bailees/es Maim. Had The soldier deperibed one ver-
se* assaartleman, who seemed to have the command of the
mot, who said to the mod, 4, Ned, do your duty, or you
she not bid." Witness further stated, that the frame
rir-.
breakers ned in the house eighteen or twenty minutes; and
that When` y went away, the prisoner zone down stain, and
exclaimed, st Oh, dear use 1 this will be laid upon me! these
frames would not have been broken, if the constable had not
come here." Witness went es to state, that the Prisoner stated
himself, during their conversation, to have been forced into his
own house by two men, each with a pistol at his bead,. threatea-
ice, in a low tone of voice, iastatitdmith if he created the least
alarm " that a table was broken in the haute, and three Barnes
• thmahop, wide three remained eabsoisms end asserted most
distinctly,- that be did not fall a sleep before the itrome-breskon
entered the home.
Thomas Osborne, the other soldier, confirmed what hiscom-
-1 rade had staled,
Atter Mr. Alexander Haddon had pproved the demolished
frames to belong to the firm of John, and George
Madden, and that he had seat an order to I,llle Prisoner to deliver
' up the said frames, as stated by the witness Bodin.
Barnes was called upon for his defence, when he declared
his innocence in the must solemn manner; that, so far from his
' baring acted in the outrageous manner as Mated by the witness
Bodill, that he had not sworn an oath 4ertne_ the last seven I,
years; that he
frames arthsoorlirrt it hard
cn:icewstaskitfor Mr
was .....-flaondidyenroto send
ry
to established custom, bat that he'had worketl'Er him ten years, I
without ever an angry word having passed between them. He
farther hated, that if the soldiers had not slept before the ea-
trance of the frame-breakers, that they had done something
very much • like it, for that he saw them hanging down their
Ibeads, and hinted them snore ; and that when he awoke them, '
they exclaimed bitterly against the Hosiers for being the cause
of having such hard duty imposed upon them, and that it would
be better to use violence to tbeir persons than their frames.
Robert Elliott, a neighbour of the Prisoner's, deposed, that
he was in tont -mlon with him at half-past six the freeing
the frames were broken, and that he had not parted with him ,
at his (the Prisoner's) Out door many minutes before he saw
the frame-breakers enter his house, and heard the hammers go
in the shop. Several highly respectable persons went ready to
spot to the charaeteroU the Pnsoner, bat the Judge thought' I
their testimonies unnecessary; and after an impartial address to
the Jury, they returned a verdict of Not (kitty.
Thnrsday morning, notwithstanding dos Coast was
at de o'clock, yet it was crowded to externs by iliermag 2:11,1111
2s
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rank in the town, derbies of hairift the trial or John Ingham,
who, at thesuit of the Crown, Mid been removed from the town
Rao' by a writ of Habeas Corps. Oa thseect of Man-
ton the Counsellors, were Mr. Clarke, cent V ,Mr.
Reader, Mr. Ralgur, and Mr. Reynolds. the the
Counsellors were, Serjeant Rough and Mr. Copley. Mr. Selby
being sworn, he stated himself to be foreman to the house of
Wm. Nunn nd Co. in Nottingham, whom be mid were pro-
prietors of a silk bee mettnibeture, and a cones lace manufac-
ture ; that the Prisoner had served under him in the capacity of
a ijeneral warebousemso ; that ie• had frequently seen him
wnte invoice, orders, and general book accounts ; but did not
remember to, have seen hiss write more than one letter, and that
wet fifteen and sixteen easaths apt. On being sbewn two letters,
subscribed " Ned Ladd sad Co." from Nett Radford, and
directed to Wm. Nunn and Co. Park. reet, Nottingham, the
one being dated the 46th, and the other the 30th of hoventhe ,r
11111,and brought from the Nottlegimin Pest-oboe, by Gillis:, this
general servant of the house; be stated it's his belief, that they
I were written by the Prisoner at the bar, to whom he gave an
' excellent character; but would not take upon himself to swear
; positively that they
.were his head-writing, because they ap-
t peered to be written in a disguised hand. On being asked, Why
he believed them to be written by the Prisoner, be answered,
from the general conformation of the characters, and from the
I general expression of the letters. He stated, that he was about
three months in the ,acne warehouse with logitam. The letters
were then read by the Clerk of the Court, but from his extreme
bad expression, it was impossible to collect ally thing from him,
except their general impel, which was, now Mr. Nunn had long
been in the habit of Imposing upon his workmen, by demanding
his lace pieces to be made longer than the rest of the lace inane-
factureri ; that though he had put to the each, which regulated
the length of the pieces, yet that was not a sufficient attonemeot
for past offences. Nor would Ned Ladd and Co. be contented,
' except he published a clear statement of his Intentions to the
world; that without this was done, fifty of his frames should be
destroyed, Isis preusisesshould be burnt, himself, and Clark (bit
taker-in), who was accused of being tise principal instigator and
instrument of his opptessionsohosild bi- made personal examples
' of. One of these letters further declared, " that atom-mein
shall be bad, atonement which w ill niakehnman nature shudder I"
The Judge then asked, do you think there is any doubt of any
other person having wrote them ? To which be answered, "
will not swear they are Ingham's hand-writing." Mr. Selby
was then asked, if the length of Mr. Nun's pieces had been v-
nemily complained of, to which be replied, they ha I ; and that
he himself had, through his recommendation, caused the rack to
be applied, to prevent such complaints in fatore.
Rupert Reasksw, mother warehouseman of Mr. Nunes, was
then ,hewn the letters; and he stated upon oath, that they is ere
in the Prisoner's hand-writing; that his knowledge of such hand-
writing arose from having seen the Prisoner write invoices, or-
ders, and general book accounts.
Q. Have you not a person in your warehouse of the name of
Flaattaina /—A. Yes.
Q. Where is be ?—A. From home, Sir; he is gone to see his
friends.
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--Q. Was be not served with a sutoptesa l—A. Not that I
know of.
Q. W ashe art served. with a forme( one i—A. Yes s. but it
was not properly filled up.
Q. Dora know who sent him drat subpoena, the Prosecutor
sr the Pnsaner ?--cii. I do not.
Q. Were not applications frequently made to see hien i—A.
Q.
es.'
Who answered the person who applied t—A. I did, some-
times.
Q. Did you koew the person I—No.
Q. Wbee did Flaenagas leave town N.& Yealeirdky morn-
ing.
Q. How old is this Flaming= I—A. ldisielswllithof twenty.
Q. He is under your orders. I suppose —A. Yes.
, Q. Tell me, Sir, who sent him out of the way P—A. t did.
"lirl . Wirt did you send Mel out of the way for, Sir i—A. Oa
which I could cot transeet myself.
tlitJatige shook his head, and, emphatically, said, ~I
Ileent like it
, Mr. Clarke thee disclaimed any knowledge on the part of the
Crowe of this unfair proceeding: sad, at the I Uipreitloll of the
441104 offered to pat of the trial till the igott Andes, and lines
late the Prisoner on bail. The Prisoner, -however, refuses' the 1
'ordered favour, and wished bit trial to go ea:
Mr. Clarke, then by way of exonerating, the last witness of
the foal proceeding with which, on his own confession, be stood
nursed, asked him, if Flanagan was assent out on the burl.,
new of dia,tiouse,. when he stated that be was. This, however,
did net satisfy the Judge,. and be again *heed to put of the
Sri Me Prisoner again refined the prufered boon.
/too* then stated to the Judge, that there was a flaw
let dmiediesinant, inasmuch as William Neon and co. were
therein stated to be Proprietors of a Silk and Cotton Lace Ma.
siedisetum; whereas, according to the deposition of Mr. Selby,
=Messoager of the friss la Nottingham it appeared,
ere Proprietors of 'a Silk Lace Manaacture and a
Cotter facture.
Ev sestglowitrtsphUw chicanery was masted to by the Counsel
for she II sbew the impropriety of die alleged haw ; i
bat Is Judge said he bad a iluty so perform, ao6 be,
wield pnessin it; and soil lie was convinced.. that Mr. Nunn
nedrarctured lace of silk and comets coidointly, be alum
admit *lot* to i.e a good our. His Lordship farther Ns-
.. Mist the Prisoner's Counsel bad veroydzslerty stated
'Wisps, sod as properly lodged upo to it: he
"-rod the Jury to acquit the ~ as was
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NiIVAL INTELLIGENCE.
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PLYMOUTH, WINE* 96.
Arrived the American schooner Hotspur, Joseph NoWles,
Master, from Baltimore, 96 days passage, bound tqlonrdeaux,
Wen with colonlal produce, detained and sent iabf:he Adirc-
melfa, fate Princess Charlotte frigate; also the Nere-nmheriands -
74 guns, from the Westward; the George, Walker, from Lon-
don, for Malta; the Seraph store ship, from Pert-'youth, for.
Gibraltar; and some transports from Portionoutt-, ft: Malta.
The Sceptre, of 74 guns, sailed last evetting tor t!::! Westward. icS
The Mariner gun-brig is appointed convoy to the Wwne.
The Alert and Felon's, with the Newfuundiand and Mediter-
ranean fleets, still remain in the Sound ;it is suppoied wills'
remain until the French squadron is neard of.
Several line otbaule ships, and a 4',,et, passed dawn
this morning:
Arrived the Elizaheth, Laves, from Sandwich. •
POitTSMOUTH, .Marmst 27.
Sailed the Boyne, 98 guns, Captain Jillie% • Or. ryasoitth,
where she will receive the fiat of Rear-Admiral Sir Harry
Neale, and from thence proceed to Basque fleasf..
Arrived the Rolla, 18 guns. with a convoy f. ow the eastward ;
and the Nyaden, 28 guns, Captain Epworth, from Plyroonth.
The Victory will sail shortly for Hosely fly,, when Sir J.
Sammarez will join her, and proceed to the
ORFORD, Mattes V.
At ten o'clock this morntag, three ships,sapposeri to be Offen-
landmen, struck upon the Ship Wash; two or-them are sunk
between that and the Whiting Sand; the other is still riding, but
appears to be full of water, and has only lier foremast and bow-
sprit standing; her boats are now leaving her, and it is expected
all hands will be safe, as several smacks are about the wrecks.
Another litter, same date, confirms tharthe ships are the Green-
landmen who were in Leigh Roads yesterday ; and further men-
tions, that the crews of the two ships that are sink were-taken
eme.try flight +ate, nod ills supposed they will be landed at
Yarmouth: such part of the wrecks assay be sawitOt iselbeeekt
will be carried into Harwich.

DEAL, *LRCM 27. •
Sailed again this morning hie Majesty's ships Bellerophon,
Bellona, Bedford, Defiance, and Egmont, fur the Texel.
FALMOUTH, Manes 25.
Arrived the Rose, Jolly, from Gibraltar, in 16 days.
Sailed his Majesty's ships Iphigenia and Fervent, on a crobe;
and the following Packets with Malts:—Lady. Arabella and
Dake of Clarence, for Lisbon; Fos, for the West Indies;
Eliza, for Cadiz; tad the Princess Charlotte', for Gibraltar and
Malta.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN.

THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE HORSES LATELY
EMPLOYED AT THE PIAVILION THEATRE, Etc. •
avlrat.w sammera,
That your Petitioners bare long enjoyed the rgolidenee of this
great thetro_polist and are strongly grateful for' such honour.—
That your Petitioners are inexpressibly happy to Hod they are
to act in a new, grand, aad splendid Russian stage srettacle,
called, THE BRAVE COSSACK ; or, SLCRST ENEXT, on
the large stage of the Theatre, Westminster-bridge, on Faster
Monday next (March SO), in which yt •,:r Petitioners are to
dash through the secret enemy's camp—pass deep rivers- ascend
high moustaine—close with Polish lancers, front, dank, and
rear—charge infantry, cavalry, and cannon, in the highest
pitch of &kids animation ; securely bearing onr noble war-
riors o'er the embattled field—and, like superior tragic actors,
die an equal theatrical death on the stage, and live again. ready
to act in the succeeding play or farce, to please the admiring
eye. Be assured that your Petitioner' numerous theatrical stage
manceuvresare strictly conformable to that part of 3rone Peti-
tioners equestrian stage knowledge and wiener, the sole inven-
tion of our able veteran Conimandis Mr, Arita's ; bat in pure
obedience to the (telegraphic signal of tbe) bridle hand, and
noble corresponding- emu! ! lastly, your Petitioners nitre'
humbly and respectfully request that you will sentrone or more
of your excellent and accurate Reporters to the aforesaid Thea-
tre, very early on nest Monday Evesing,.where they will see
the Russians and Puke, kern and fial.•reatly to commence
their intended operettass rib the aforesaid large INentre (Aar-
Lev's), sock being prepared with extensive new radation,
'fplat-
.a.werk, dc. and report the truth, and nothing but the truth,
ofwhat your melt humble Fititicoort have a . That
yon may live to support your Petitioners in their humble ea-
; deavours to please the pablic a thousand years, and we, your
Petitioners, live to deserve it.
Signed in behalf of ourselves and the rest of our numeroae
Stad
THE RUSSIAN, AND POLES' GREY CHARGER%
I Royal Amphitheatre, Westminster-bridge,
Saturday, March Yd, 1811.

FRENCH PRISONERS.—Those concerned in 'assist-
ing the escape of French Prisoners, have had a ve-
hicle made for their conveyance, to avoid suspicion
. or detection, exactly resembling a covered cart used
by calico-printers, with strong doors at each end,
i but with seats in the inside to hold a number of men.
One of them was detected about a week since in a
very extraordinary way. Some Revenue Officers
went into a public-house near Canterbury, where
they observed two men playing at _cards, who the
; officers suspected were Frenchmen, and were en
I their way to escape from this country. They can-
; tnunicated their suspicion to a neighbouring Magis-
trate, who informed them that at that hour of the
night (oboe eight o'clock) their constable was great-
!ly intoxicated, and it would be of no use applying
I to him, but advised them to procure the assistance of
some of the military who were in the neighbourhood,
which the officers accordingly did, and surrounded
the house, it being shut up. The landlord refused
to open the door, saying it was too late an hour.—
, The soldiers told him they were in search of some
deserters. A short time afterwards two men came
out of the back door, and the Revenue Officers only
suspecting there were two Frenchtnp, secured them
and were satilfial, butynother came out directly, after.
wards, who the soldiers stopped; he also, as well as
the two, proved to be Frenchmen. They were
all convoyed away in custody. This turned out to
be a mere chance detection, as the two me
Revenue Officer had seen playing at cirdsth
lic-house in the early part of the evening,
to be Frenchmen, but two iespectahte '
the neighbourhood ; but while the offik
to the Magistrate, a cart of the above
rived at the house with four Frenchmen, and the ap-
plication of the military to enter the house having
alarmed them, they were escaping out of the back.
door; the fourth man, however, who was some time
in coming out of the house after the otters, escaped
detection then and got into the I "..) '
overtook the cart. It being ascertaii
who had the three Frenchmen in
had been brought there in a cart,
and it was-overtaken ; the driver
who was in k were taken let°
•'ere examined before a Magistrate,
that the four Frenchmen Were oft-

their par-ole frost Ashby-tie-la-Zouch,
had been fitted up with teats to
number of rtenchmen. The
cot of the cart atnight to avoid
tion. .They steppe at bye ph.
underleagea. A man of, the vamp
the drirf 'of the cart was ep►plo,
into CUitOdp •

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;ectabte tradesmen of ?••
the officers were gone A
above description ar-
enchrnen, and the ap_
er the house having
ng out of the back
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~ who was some time
• the . others, estaped
e London road and I ,
vcertained by those , A
in custo:ly, that they . il ..
t, pursuit was made, • i •
'r and the Frenchman
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custody. They all
roe, when it al p..ared
D fficerto nd hen nrel.e i ' 11
Zurich. That the cart
convenlyntly hold a
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Frenchnven only got :,
deteeioa or observe-
laces and sonde fires
if
ne of Wells, by when
o 3 'do waa Ass take&
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