The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-03-14 00:00:00

FIRE AT CANTO/.

Intelligence was received yesterday, by the Berwickshire
East Indismen. which left Canton on the 13th of November,
of a most destructive fire in that city. It broke out OR the
night of the Ist, et the city wall, near the back of the Euro-
pean factories. and did not cease in its destroctire career till
it had levelled them with the ground, together with a space
of nearly two miles square of the dwellings anti manufacto-
ries of the Chinese. The number of houses destroyed is
estimated at 13,700. according to the English aecoant, but
the Chinese make it amount to 16,0110. Five hundred Chi-
nese are said to have lost their lives during the conflagration.
A strong gale of wind which blew at the time assisted the
Airy of the element, and as the natives would not permit
their houses to be polled down, all the efforts of the Eu-
ropeans to stop its progress were unavailing. The fire eon-
firmed to barn till live o'clock on the morning of the 3d.—
The seamen belonging to the Company's ships exerted them-
selves to save the factories, but could not prevent the des-
truction of the whole of the warehouses. It was equally
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possible to save the greater part of the goods within them,
and the loss to the Company has comeguently been extreme-
ly great. The statements vary as to its extent, some des-
cribing it as 600,0001. and others as high as 1,000,0601. stet-
um,. Woollens, raw slik. amiimese. and 90.00 chests of
green set *retie, principal articles said to lytea been destroy-
ed. The Company's treasure was saved, and had been sent
on board their own ships. The actual loss of British private
property is sell to have been extremely small, exc►pt what
seay be merchants. sustained by the failure of the Hong or
curity to snake good their engagements.—
These, as might be expected, ware among the principal -Al-
(ewe ; end three of them. whose names are 3/tongui, t. bin-
qua, and Peuntheque, are said to have susta►red losses to
the amount of 300,0001. Kerlin,. By this fire, 40.00 U Of the
Chinese are said to hate been deprived of their habitations,
which is probably below the truth. in so dense a population
as that of Canton. It wes estimated thtt the cost of rector-
ing the buildings destroyed would exceed 13.000,000 of del-
' lets ; and that some years must elapse before Canton can
recover its former situation.

TAR LaSR Loan MILBURTOM.—From a Friend to
whom he was well known.—"Owinc to a natural cau-
tiousness of disposition, Lord. Ashburton app_ared to
strangers to have rstheran awkward manner. But un-
der an unassuming and quiet deportment, lav concealed
from ordinary observation, a powerful intellect, a re-
tentive memory, a lofty sense of justice, strong feelincs
of propri•ty nf conduct, and a tender and benevolent
heart. :n the society of his particular friends, his
Lordship exhibited • vast fund of information; and he
possessed so preat a store of knowledge of subjects 1.4
generally studied, as to render him a useful and most en-
tertaisiti companion. His strong attachment to Scut-
lind was' excited by cirentnstances of a peculiar Ware
in early life—such Indeed that, had he gone to any other
country at the time he first left England, Scotland might
not mare had the honour of sttaching his reord, By
all whe ltsci the hvpinest of knowing him, his loss is
teverea felt. His Lordship was the son of the celebra-,
ted tavyst..lllr. Bunning; and *ith him tbetitle of Ash-
burtoo extinct."--Vneernces Journal.)

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FRIDAY EVRIKIIN, MARCH 11, 1323.

PAIILIAMRNTARY COM 11F, \TARN.
In the Loans there was, as usual, nothing worth par-
ticular notice. and in the COMMONS all was irlitig
enough except one matter; namely; a proposition matte
by Lord Cranbourne, to whith there was no opposities,
to appoint a Committee " to tahe into consideration the
laws relative to Ike game, and to report thereon to
flnuse." This motion was seconded by Sir John -
bright ; afterwards supported by Mr. Curwen; and half
supported by Mr. peel, and some others. It was finally
agreed to, arid a committee immediately appointed ; the
names of which comtnittee we should lik& to have. Lord
Cranbourne stated the enormous 'increase of commit-
ments for poaching. He showed that the more severe
the law the greater the number of commitment.: it ap-
pears that nearly seventeen hundred men were cauacitted
last year; and between three and four hundred in tre
last month of that year! Such things as these never .
were done to procure pleasures to any other aristocra. y
upon the face of the earth.' In the Register of 6th April
1822, which is No. 1. of volume 42, I addressed a letter
to the Landlords. 1 called it a " Farewell Letter" to
them. In that letter I treated of the :subject now be-
fore Patliament, and.particolarly of the two men, 'ln -
nee and Smith, who were banged at WinchrstOr in the
Spring of last year, the one for assisting in killing
.Robert Baker, game-keeper to Thomas Ashton Simla.,
and the other for having wilfully and maliciously shot
at Robert Snelgrove, assistant game-keeper to Lard
Palmerstoo. From the Hampshire newspaper 1 to,k a
a paragraph in *lnch were these words: " The Judge
(BURROUGH) observed, it became necessary to these
cues that the extreme sentence of the law should be in-
flicted, to deter others, as resistance to game-keepers was
ROW arrived at an alarming height, and many lives had
been lost."—At the same
.assizes, sixteen persons were
sentenced to suffer death; but, the only two persons thst
were actually put to death; were those who bad been en-
deavouring to get at the bares, pheasants, or partridges.
of Thomas Ashton Smith, and of Lord Palmerston, amt
who, in the prosecution of those. endeavours had fought
with sod killed the game-keeper of Smith, and bad shot
at the assistant game-keeper of Palmerston. These
were the two men who alone sere put to death out cf
the sixteen, who were, at this assizes. sentenced to stiffer
death. It is material to observe here, that Turner is ac-
cused of assisting to kill Baker. It is also to be observed
that there was a battle; and that the battle was began
by Baker. In short, it was in resisting Baker that Ter-
net gave the fatal blow, if he did give it, and we all very
well know that that isnot murder, and that this (secre-
tion never could hate taken place, unless an Act of Parka-
meet brought in by the late Ellenborough, and going
by his name had been passed. Tue present terrible cone
of game-lewd received a monstrous addition in point of
severity a few years ago. An Act was then passed to
make it transportation to be in pursuit of game after
awn-
set, and armed with Inch or such invest news. It is very
certain, that, rather tt an be transported, men will not he
taken, if they can avoid it. Hence, the resistance of
game-keepers, as Berrough calls it. Ilcnce the wounds
given to game-keepers ; the shooting of them, an t,
in some cases, the killing of them in fieht. Then
scones in nicely to fit the case, the Act of the
late Ellenborough : and hence comes the hawing
of men; the ii;nominious destritction of human life t.
the cutting off of two young rain like 'LIMP(' and
Smith, one twenty-seven and the °thee twenty-eigit
years of age ; the enving off of these two young men,
and many others, either by death or transportation, or
long imprisonment ; the leaving of widows aod,orphans
and parents to bewail their loss ; the filling of the ells-
ges and hamlets with nsoorning, and the implanting of
feelings In the hearts of the inhabitants, which feeling it
is wholly unnecessary to describe in any other way then
to say that it is just in itself, and that finally it must
produce the effects *Melt all such feelings do prolneer,
first or last. Blackstone says, speaking of those animal. •
which are called game: " AR these Oleg', so long as
" they remain in perrsessl.on, every min has a right to
" enjoy eithout ifistnrbance; bat if once they escape
ts fium his custody, or he voluntarily abandons the on
" of then, they return to the. COMMOU stook, and any
" man tLe has an equal right to seize and enjoy them at-
" terrsids." The same kswyee says. " With regard to.
" wild animals, all mankin I had, by the original grant
" of the Creator, a right to pursue, take, and enjoy them."
It is oarless
.to carry observations, of this sort any fur-
ther ; but I may observe, that Blaefritnne speaks of the
game laws which existed in his del as founded on v. -
ressoitable notions of permanent property La ,wad ant
owls, " protective of tyranny to the coin:nos people."—
The game gent'emen. have, wordier to t.ard orae.
bourne"s accennt; had 15,47 mit pat into prison daring
one year ! 41t twiny of.the .Agrieoltural Distress Meet-
ings, the 'Landlords have •rbasplainest that all the es.
poses of county-rates fell upon them. They forgot to
rite how large a portion of these rates nose out of pro-
strutinps relative to • the game. They et ished to
make the Furt4litopers and the trada-people pay stu
County Rates ; —but would they make them pay for
pr,secnting nearly 1,700 men In one year, npon caarets
connected nit hahe presertinC to ttem of the exclesite
enjnvment of wild animals.` In short, thisthing appears
to have been posited as far as it will-admit of. It was
very wei olaservol in the debate, that it intolved a en!

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tien,of peace 'pike e.Ountry. Ali. Peel sattailie was will;
beg to admit dist there should be a law for the preserve-
doe of game but that law ought not to be steered
to milit ate tigaiist 11:e preservation of internal tranquil'
tit, I This is the great point. 'Pte present grectice has
• filled the country with heart-hureing. The: banging of
the two men at Winchester seemed to me to' be pushing
the thin as far it would o. I have, with very little
intermission, heetibAjpi,ilenPon this subject' for years.
Amongst about three booked periodical publications in
the kingdom, 1 have' obserVed the Morning (lironicle
alone to do its duty in this respect It has done its duty
very honourably, and I perceive that this morning it con-
gratulates its readers on the motion made in the House
of Commons last night. For my pert, the banging of
the two men at Winchester made me resolve to petition
the.Parliathent mYielf"this winter, if I could get nobody
e'se to join me. I declared this intention in the Region).
11301, time back, cod I intended to present thepetition on
the anniversary of the hanging of the two merit The
" f.etterte the laindlords," of April last, which I have
toefontirefeired to, I called a farewell letter to them. I
said, " This is the last litter this I shall ever take the
trouble to addrees -it short time you
" will become mutts too instgnideant to merit any
4. Particular notice ; but, jest in the way of
4' farewell, and "that there be something oo re-
" cord to show what care bas been taken of the'
" partridges, pheasants and hares, while the estates
" themselves have been suffered to slide
.sera)'; "I hat
"resoled to address this one letter. to you?! .1 *ld
them, then,. that the Bey of Tails never talked to bin
snhjeers in lanznage more insolent thus they tilbed.so
• the people of England.—ln that letter,. I laid, &in the
law, as the saying is; and though, as 1 then told them,
1 was qui!e convinced that they were dead to every feel-
ing that one would naturally wish to excite in such a
cats, there was one consolation at any' ate; atethai
was, that the DEBT, the bicsted Debt, would finally
make them feel.—Never have I missed an opportunity of
introducing this subject when I thought I could do it
with effect. The lima or lionemt• mentions the mat-
ter to Mr. Gi *rd. Mr. Mune° mentions the matter
t Sir NiNtli NUMSKULL. In one hundred Registers, at
the very Ira4,.llave spoken of this terrible game-rode.
At last, wit 'see that something is about to be done.
What that something will be, it would be hard to say;
bet this I will say, that, be it what it will, I shall ascribe
it much more to the blessed Debt than to any thing else.

All the Paris papers of Tuesday concur in the repre-
• sentation of those we yesterday received by express, that
Vie war is now on the eve of commencing. Another
Marshal, (.iloncey) the Duke of Coregliano, has set out'
• -for the army, and the Duke of Angoeleme is to leave,
Paris to-mortow, to take the chief command. Nor are
• -the.'e the only signs of immediate hostilities which the
FreoTh papers present. It is positively asserted io the
Veinier Francais, that Laws of Marque to authorise
• tbs capture of Spanish ships, had been publicly
shows upon Change, and bad been offered for alga
'at the rite of 10,000 franca, each. In the !mew
't‘rce, the Sergeant Mercier is daily receiving fresh peasolle
from his comrades of their approbatios of his conduct.
A great number of the grenadiers of the 34. battalioo ,
of the 2d legion of the National Guard are about to,
present him with a gold snuffbox, with an inscription
;Wading to his conduct on -the 4th of March ; while, on
• t:te other hand, it is evident that some steps are now
preitriug against him. There *Reared on Monday, an
order of the day of the National OuarJ, thus worded :
'• AI tecu 10; 182 S.—A sub-officer of the fourth Legion,
whb was en service at the Chamber of Deputies, Is accused
of heti g refused to execute the orders of the President of
(he l'hanthet.
Su serious a charge mitt to be examined with the
itr:cto-,1 justice; contquently, a Council of,Discipline wilt
he .nuinioned to pronounce on the disobedience of which
• The said officer is charged.
• "The officer who commanded the post will be alike deli-
vered over to the appointed Council, which will have to
, jedgeof the crime.
" %Witte-General Duke de Cate sortr•Towsette e."
• rests shit Tccsony.—Eiveprr Cents., with dividend
irons the 22d inst., opened at 70. 50c. ; rose to 7Sf.
:Pe., and closed at ;St 60c.---Bank Actions, MI—
Neapolitan Stock, M.—Spanish Stock, 33. —Exchange
' on Lonion,aioneraanth,2s(. 60. ; three month,: 25f.40e.

Elves EICIIANGF, ELKIIOI e'cLocs.-!-There was a
great battle at the opening of the Market this morning,
' koningto the-Warlike information from Prince and Spain.,
Crkdsols opted: at 734, went up to The Espresits
this morning from• Paris have brought the French funds
sir/TAW. t Spanish 311. A report was prevalent that
I regiment of 'French troop had gone over to the Spa-
s:wide, Which caused the rise of Spanish bonds, which
were done at the opening at 29, 23?, 29g. There is but
little business doing up to this hoar.
Twzr.tr. o!Ctoca.—This moment there is a 're-
port of another Express horn Paris, with au
count cif a change in the French Ministry ; it
that three of theirs bare gone out. All that"is knowi
for certain if, that an eminent broker who receives the
Espresses, is buying largely. Consols arc at present 731
to 74,--Spanish f 294.-1 be report of the French ftegi:
meat having gone over to the Spaniards has received no
rortfirmation, though it has caused Spanish bonds to
keep up.
. Cush, 711-11rWSpsnish.29/1-01d. 3M—New Prussian,
79.4—Danish, 791—Columbian, Sli
—kpanish !trip, 371.

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los lion. 14 dgios*- ail PO'fflariliff in the. .00044., i
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lace of this city for his Rioyal highness. tki,wit• in
`Argot:Mane, !Monseigneur d'Artois harlot. takea , a
.Small lodging in the city. Lord lAvison Rower ta-
r stied at Bayonne to-day from Madrid on his way to

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Norfolk (Virginia) pipers have arrived this writing
to the 18th ult. The only article of their contents Worth '
.ox*sitting ii the follosrinr:— • ~, •
!farm—Letters from Poit an Prince, to slid *b nit.
have been received at Boston. They represeit Abe situ-
ation of affairs there as very deplorable.; no disposition
to rebuild the place. Most of the persons, who
bad money refuse to pay their debts. , The Government
was about rebuilding the COstoin-horse. Leuiher would
not bring wet and charges ; dry goods warn , unsaleable:

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ing day (the id) they would take into coosideration the lir-
eessity of Missing the seat of Covere.3.em,,and dots rnine
the pleci• to which ft should he trinsforreil. The Mint.to. •
had sot bden chnteed, as srmantiCipated."' • .1 •'1 •
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A paper of this morning Users that the CatireAt
satire preparing to leave .Medsid fbr Cordova.; ;04.
sircouu*, of adds that•their was the greatest entliositteln ,
in the C..rtes, who, together with the MinistrY,• vete
mere resolved than ever to stastaiti to the last the tor
tional dignity. The Mishit'', bad, as above stated, ten-
tainly ft signed but the Cortes decreed that no other
Ministers could equally &save the confidence of the na-
tion, mid they were in consesluence reinstated, amid the
general applause. A •
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[Cordova, to which it It now frOnfiCd Ole Government
of Spain is to 'be removed. is shoat 190 miles south el
Madrid. and 75 miles tiorth-ea:t of Seville. It is en.an,
cient rich city, titivated en the diturislquivir, about.- a
league from the Morena proun•ains. These mountains;
covering it on the side of France, must present inflamer-
able points for its protection.] - . • •
By a letter in the Madrid papers front Count Abishal
to the Secretary of State for War, it appears that the
hands which had threatened Madrid, and of shish ra
much had been said in the French Ultra Journalowerr;
at the date of that letter. (February 25). closely parroted,
and had sustained great losses in deserters and prt.erner..
The party which styles itself a divisile, consists oily of
900 or 1,000 men, and is rommanded by the leader ltoy;
having lost its perfidious chieftains Bessteres and tilnian.
the former is at the teed of 40 horse, and the letter has
perhaps by this time been orettaken by the victorious
column of Brigadier Torres. Colonel Pablo, with 1,2081
troops helongingto. the sth district, is on the front or
Rank of, the factious baud ; arid Colonel Ames, witO is
advancing from the 4th district. *tiny also have it in his
power to attack the enemy. The Oonstitutional troopi
are represented as deserving the highest praise, and the
spirit that. animates that part of the country they are ins
as eminently constitutional.' • ,
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REPRESENTATION- 01? EDINBUROI

Saturday, a Meetinr of the Inhabitant flonsehbl"dfdi.
of Edinburgh, called by public adreitiaetttont, was iicid
in the Caledonian Theatre, to consider of the orapt:iety
of petitioning for an extresioa of the efective franctiia•,
in es for as regirds the Representation of that Cityiist

Parliament.
JOHN COMO, Esq. being caP.ed to the Chair, statedthe .
objects of the Meeting, after which
.Mr. Aft ;maw Sccirt
proposed a aeries of Resohnitrs. the first Of wbi4t
" That the present mode of electing the Membeit of
Parliament for the city of Eilinbtirgit, by the Magis-
trates and Town Coancil thereof, and to the utter 'exclu-
sion of the great body of Irihabitants and HonselsOldera
•-ho possess almost the whole of the real proPerty. and
personal weight and infhtenee on its Society. is is .the
highest degree unjust and inesfedient—is ralenlated .to
prodtice the most pernicious effects on the character of
its growing popttlitiott—and has been found in practice
to interfere, very unfortunately, both with their genetal
comfort arid the good management bf their affiiiris."
The second resolution was that a Petition, complain-
ing of the grievance, shottlil be presented ta the Rouse
of .Commons; and another resolution was for the op-
pointnrent of a Committee to collect subscriptions from
the householders.
Mr. JEFPREi seconded the resolutions. Which, toge-
ther with a Petition founded on them, were then put and
carried with acclamation.