The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-09-07 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

stuck fast to the rudder like a Baraicle., and snecreded•
in maintaining himself there, until his Majesty, ap-
prehensive for his safety, ordered him to be conveyed
on board a barge in attendance, and condescendingly
thanked him rw his zeal. A female Who appeared de-
sirous to hand the King a paper, was also forced into
the water by the overwhelming. crowd.
The 8.,val Barge, stretching across the harbour,
reached the Royal George tinier a salute from the fleet,
which was maintained daring the King's progress,
and answered by the guns from the Towers, the Pigeon-
house, and the Park.

His Majesty b•as wind bound yesterday evening,
and has not, at this honr, 3 o'clock, been enabled to
quit the harbour of Dunleary.

FOUR O'CLOCK.

We stop for the purpose of inserting. the following
communication from our Beloved and Gracious Sove-
reign. It renders any farther observations of ours
totally superfluous, if not impertinent. But it will he
3 perennial source of discussion—of gratulation. It
will be a text which we shall never let slip.

COMMUN:CI7ION FRONT THE KM.
The following is a copy of a Letter addressed to hie
Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, by Viscount Sid-
mouth, his Majesty's Secretary of State for the Howe
Department :

"Dublin Castle, Sept. 3, Mt.
" My LORD—The time of the King's departure for
Ireland being arrived, I am commanded by his Majes-
y to express his entire approbation of the manner
n which all persons acting in Civil and Military si-i
nations in the City of Dublin and its neighbourhood
. .

have performed their several duties during the per
of his Majesty's residence in this part of the Kingdo .
His Majesty is pleased to consider, that to your I
Ex-
cellency his acknowledgments are particularly due.
—lie is conscious how much be owes to your Ex-
cellency's attentions and arrangements ; and his
Majesty gladly avails himself of this occasion of
declarintr the high sense which he entertains of the
ability, temper and firmness with which your Excel
leney has uniformly administered the great trust i
which he has placed in your bands.
" I am further commanded to state, that the testi-
monies of dutiful and affectionate attachment which his
Majesty lies received from all classes and descriptions
of his Irish subjects, have made the deepest impression li
en his mind ; and that he looks forward to the period
when he shall re-visit them, with the strongest feelings
of satisfaction. His Majesty trusts, that, in the mean
time, not only the spirit of Loyal Cnion, which now
so generally exists, will remain unabated apd unim-
paired, lint that every Enuse of irritation will be avoid-
ed and discountenanced, Mutual forbearance and good-
will observed and encouraged, and a security be thus
afforded for the continuance of that concord amongst
themselves, which is not less essential to his Majesty's
happiness than to their own, and which it has been
the chief object of his Majesty during his residence
in this country to cherish and promote.
" His Ilajesty well knows the generosityand warmth
of heart which distinguish the character of his faith-
ful people in Ireland, and heitaives thins with ateart
full of affection towards them, and with, a confident
and gratifying persuasion, that this parting admoni-
tion and injunction of their Sovereign will not be
given in vain.
" I have the honour to he, with great truth and
regard, my Lord, your excellency's most obedient and
faithful servant, " SI DMOUTII.
" Ws Excellency the Lord Lieutenant."

COMMISSIONERS OF CUSTOMS, IRELAND,
add SIR Ir. CURTIS, ALDERMAN.

(FR(►NT Tll7. DUMAN mcneASTIT.E. ADVEItTISER, StPT. 3.)
Although some of the London papers carry their
observations to a degree of hypercriticism, yet it must
be acknowledged, that the sycophancy of the Commis-
sioners of Customs to a London Alderman deserves
the strongest censure, as it has awakened the most un-
mitigated feelings of distrust in every manly mind.
In the first place, who is Sir W. Curti', that lie
should be singled out for this display—what is he
that the Commissioners of Customs should degrade
themselves and the establishment over which they
preside—that they should insult the King's vessels,
which were lying in the Bay, and all the merchants
and ship-owners of Dublin ? Sir W. Curtis is, after
all, no more than an Alderman of London, who feeds
well on liovernment contracts, and is one of the
four 'Alembers for the City. What claim then had this
man on the Commissioners of Irish Customs, that they
should out of compliment to him, convey an insult to
the whole trade of the city? What claim, we say, had
this man upon the officers of Customs? Did lie ever
serve Ireland? Did be ever give a vote for Irish in-
terests? We are as far as any of oar contemporaries
can be from intruding, at this auspicious period any
topic that might by possibility be strained into dis•
content. We have felt with them, even with the most
violent hitherto, that this is not a time in which any
well-disposed man should indulge iu disCussion likely
to.prhve disagreeable to any party. But the Dubthe
ilercad Adecrtiscr is the lerchants' paper. lf,
therefore, epart, upon the present occasion, from
the maasured cautious tenor which should dis-
tinguish a journal, like ours, strangers to party, and
devoted to the peaceable pursuits of commerce alone,
we do trust that the occasion will serve not only for an]
apology, but an ample justification.
In our last we stated that the Commissioners of Cus-
toms signified to the Dublin merchants, that the new
docks were to be opened this day se'nnight, and that
AldVinan Sir Wm. Curtis's Dutch built wherry was to
saillfirougb. The thing has taken place. The fol-
losig particulars of this imposing ceremony we ex-
tract from the columns of a respectable contemporary,
The ',longing Post :
OPENING OF THE NEW DOCKS.
This exhibition, which, under other circumstances,
would be attractive and full of interest, by want of corn•
mon sense, and of commonly decent feeling, became
ludicrous. That remarkable specimen of Dutch ugli-
ness, Sir William Curtis's pleasure yacht, which had
been, we are told, a Dutch fishing-smack, was decked
out with a great many colours, and placed is waiting
outside the Dock for the signal to eater. To give her
the appearance of a trader, a hogshead of sugar was put
on board! The men employed at the building of the
Docks. were all fresh shaved, and wore blue ribboas on
their hats.—These were ranged on one side of the
New Dock—the other side was reserved for the ex-
pected Company; but although some Horse Police were
to attendance to preserve order. we could not observe
more than a few stragglers. We inquired of several suer-

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chants, but could not make out one who had attended.
There was a report spread that the• King would be there,
but only the mobility were cajoled 1w it. In order to
deprive the Hon. Board of Customs o(tbe shadow of an
apology for indulging their strange fancy, a very hand-
some vessel, the Erin, built in Dublin, and owned by a
respectable Merchant of Dublin, Mr. Merit., hauled
down the river in the morning, and took its pia& out-
side the Docks. But the matter had been all previously
settled ; the elegantly shaped Erin was put aside for time
turtle-shaped Vrorr. The hour of entrance having ar-
rived, the gates were thrown open, and a signal gun be-
ing fired, the Prow began to sail in; at this moment,
Mr. Kent, the famous Walker on Water, who was in
readiness, girded on his sword and knapsack, and ad-
vanced in marching order before her ! The effect was
irresistibly droll the guns fired, and the men (we mean
the labourersl shouted ; whether at Mr. Kent, or the
yacht, as she is called, with her very long mast, and her
very short mast, somewhat resembling the hind and
fore legs of a Kangaroo—whether it was in ridicule or
in approbation of the spectacle, we could not learn. To
add to the attractions of the day, the rain poured hea-
vily. Heretofore, on all such occasions, whether in
London, or Liverpool, or Dublin, it was the custom for
all the vessels in harbour to hoist their colours -, on this
occasion not one, out of the immense number of ships in
the rivet, put up a single flag—two or three who had
done so in the morning having soon learned their mis-
take, pulled them down immediately. The merchants
sent back to the Commissioners the Tickets which they
had been presented with, thanking them for the favor
intended, but declining to avail themselves of it, as they
did not concur in the mode adopted by the Commission-
ers to encourage Irish Ship-owners.—Thus ended this
, affair.

Provoking enough, it must be acknowledged, to the

Trow and to the Afderman. For our own parts, we
are really sorry that we did not avail ourselves of a
ticket to see—Mr. Kent, the water-walker. It must
have been particularly queer. And no company to see
the farce unless the Commissioners, the Alderman, and
a hogshead of sugar—and these the malicious wit-
nesses of the day. Faith, Alderman, yourself and Mr.
Kent must exhibit on the Serpentine the next time.—
We will promise you a numerous congregation and a
noisy audience. It would be a famous place for making
a speech—but not a word. Even the Chief Commis-
sioner was silent.

Setiously, however, all this is truly disgraceful and
insulting—disgraeeful to the Commissioners, and in-
sulting to the trade of Dahlia. If Alderm in Curtis
was some great Admiral, a Howe or a Ilood—if he
were some great General who amused himself with
sailing in the piping time of peace, a Wellington or
an Anglesea—if he were even some great Merchant,
whose ships traversed the extremities of the globe, and
who drove on a great trade with Ireland—there might
be some, though we must still admit, an inadequate
apology for the conduct of these Commissioners. There
might be some excuse fur paying. a compliment to
naval valour, to splendid achievnuents in the field, or
to great Commercial enterprise—but that a mere bis-
cuit baker, a mere Government Contractor, only known
11 to the public for his good humour and good cheer :

that a man, a stranger to Ireland, except as a guest—
who was not even in the Royal train—neither Minister,
nor Admiral, uor General, nor Orator, nor Patriot,

nor Merchant, nor Ship-owner, nor Irishman—:bat
such a man should he lifted by these Commissioners of
Customs over the heads of the trading interests of the
city of Cublin, and of the people of Ireland, is totally
unintelligible upon any ground of common sense or
common decency.
We have not done with this subject :—for there are
other particulars to which our space will not allow us
to do full justice this day.
A part of the Board of Inquiry has arrived to
whom, we hope, in the course of their labours to be
able to oiler some observations on the Commissioners
of Customs.

PRWATE LETTER FROM DUBLIN.—No. 8
September I.

The last, my dear Pat, apprised yon of the pelting
rain that prevented his Majesty from visiting the Cur.
ragh on Wednesday last, and his postponement to Fri-
day, notwithstanding the Clerk of the Course had
every thing in prime order for the day's sport. The
clerk of the weather seemed to tell the King it should
not he all sun-shine even in Ireland with him, which
is a clear proof that we should not make up our minds
with too much ardour, or we may be as much disap-
pointed as his Majesty was in a fine day. However,
wet or dry, such a meeting never took place as on Fri-
day for numbers and consequence. You remember the
Round Hill where General Dundas agreed to meet 500
of the boys in 9S, and There they assembled on the
faith of that excellent man, who promised them pro-
tection from the Dcl-os ; and you also remember when
that bastard cross'd out of the high road,
struck into the Curragh at the French firs, and
with Cannon and Cavalry butcher'd every mother's
soul of them. Oh,cteraal bad luck to the Crauleys, amen.

—l'm told a filthy Paper at your side, called this a
meeting of rebels; what vagaboncs at your side as well
as ours ! These unfortunate victims of Orange vengeance,
met without any weapon of defence, even a sprig of
Shillelagh, and were murdered all but one, who per-
chance was well mounted. This;D—ff was the mons-
ter whom old T—l—r, moved the thanks of the Irish
P—t to, for clearing the road from Limerick to Dub-
lin.—Oh, bad luck to the Crawley:. When such v—s
are in power, and when that D—y dare rise his head
at a meeting of decent people, what opinion must think-
ing men have of Irish law, or Irish justice. It appears
the hacks and back prints here attempt to apologise
for him, by the intensity of his Orange feelings; no
doubt his feelings are as vagabones of this sort, whom
we never expected would relinquish a thirst for
blood; 'tis impossible to wash the Blackamoor white.
That the King or the people can ever expect any thing
that's good from him or his associates, is as likely as
that you will allow us to send you whiskey to London
without Custom-house duty or excise. Now, Pat, as
you can tell your neighbours in London (Heaven bless
the most of them,) all about the detestable causes
which has so long kept this unfortunate country, that
(kid has done so much for and man so little, in
misery and coercion. Do, my dear boy, say how would
they censure Lord Fingal, if he gave fur a toast, at a
dinner given to the King and his Ministers, " The
Catholics triumphant." Why, my dear boy, they
would have thrown the glasses and decanters at his
scull, and d-4 relieve him say 1. Awes a Hiss ;oath.
It is whispered about that D— will be sent to H—ll
or to Conaught on the King's departure, as his Ma-
jesty would leave so vibe to complain of his personal

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conduct. To return to the CI

he day spoil') the sport, am

course was hears, there was fil

Leinster's tenantry, the Qui
the thousands from all parts,

roits cavalcade tl:at ever appc
They woriprimson poptln ea!
jesty never dreamt of such a

Pail will, no doubt, call Irish
jesty felt safe amongst them.

still there was no dittarbance—i

carpenters, or bricklayert—no
Majesty hateful to his subject

sophisticated respect and const
only want their common nigh
something worse than ingrat

they'll obtain them " speedily
rue of Allerruan Grog-hlossot
with the Corporation; and wa:
always treated respectfully wit
in doses. The hissing at
, _

Paradise to him. On his Majest'

a similar mistake to Billy Sil

officer rode at the head of the

'belay taken for the King,

but when it was understood h

the uniform of the Oxford Blues, the shouts ana real
view hollow would deafen even Sal Caracy, the Fish-
woman. Pat honey, only guess the reigning toasts here
" The King, and may he never forget himself."—
" Erin go bra /s" and "the Oxford Blues." Whatdo
you think of that, my boy; and I do believe, if that re-
giment was here, that the boys would make ie swim
in whiskey. There is a Lord here you call the Do:tor ;
some say he is a sef%:ddlcr, but the spit-it has morel
him to be running after the women, and, ':is said, he
is as gallant as Paddy Brophy's old goat. Mu•a,
Pat, he'd blush blue if he thonght I told von.
Just at two o'clock yesterday the day got fine, and all the
ladies 'at the Stand House drank the King's health,
which he returned, and paid a bushel of thanks for
the honor which no other King ever could boast of.—
The Duchess of Leinster and Marchioness of Conyng.
ham were the toast masters, and they were ably support.
ed by a legion of delightful petticoats. However, at
three his Majesty tool; his leave and set off for the Lodge
in the Park ; from whence be is to visit Lord Powers-
court, the Glen of the Downs, and the Waterfall; and
if he don't inspect that quarter of the County Wicklow
minutely, 1 shall loose my opinion of his refined taste.
Nor can I account for this extraordinary haste; there
must be something behind the bush, that cannot be seen
without courtly spectacles. To be sure a man that has
recently lost his loving wife, must be either in great
grief or busied thinking of another ; but that's no busi.
ness of youra or mine Pat. 'Tis said he'll sail from
Dunleary on Monday evening; bat my next shall teil
von all about it, and every thing that is to happen for a
month to come.

LICENSLVG PUBLIC HOUSES.

TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN.

Being a constant reader of your paper for more thsa
17 years, and an admirer of its honest principles, I
am led to hope you'll give insertion to a few remarks
on that useful and high spirited body the LICENSED
VICTUALLEII3. I would have it understood that the re•
tailers of Malt Liquors, have snore difficulties to ea-
counter than any tradesmen whatsoever ; not only
from visitors already primed and loaded at the gin
shop, but from a variety of other vexations equally
distressing. Among the numbef also, is that of be-
ing subject to the caprice and petulance of certain ma•
gistrates, who will have the bar altered, and the
house metamorphosed to their whim, or perchance the
unfortunate publican will lose his license and his all;
although he is surrounded by notorious gin shop!,
wheret poor mechanic cannot get a drop of good beer,
a chair to rest himself, or a table to take his
bread and cheese off. Nor is this the worst.-
1 have known a notorious brothel, that never sold
beer or ale, get a beer license on the same
day that a publican within 100 yards of the said brothel
lost his license, for letting a side door remain that
opened into a Court. Were any thing further wanted
to sheet the partiality of some Magistrates, the enquiry
on the Flash•houses in the Tower Hamlets before the lion.
House, but two years ago, would be sufficient. °reef
flagrant proof too, in the Clerkenwell division, might be
afforded, where a most wanton peice of cruelty was prac-
tised between a certain Knight and the Chrk of a certain
brewbouse. Brewers are generally a company of ri ch men,
who arc either real owners, or the nominal lessors and
holders of 19 out of every 20 public houses within the
bills of mortality. They must employ their capital.
and vend what they brew, be it good or bad, and
whether it be slow poison or honest beverage the pub-
lic must take their chance. A publican sinks his little
all in the goods and fixtures of a public house, the
brewer lends him the rest, upon a deposit of his lease
and warrant of attorney; with this, and with the indus-
try of the Brewery Lawyer, the moderate charges for
the conveyance, the conscientious demands of the
brokers, added to the tucking, in and out swells of the
Umpire and Co., the unfortunate publican is eased of
his cash, and is thereby driven to ask credit from the
gin-spinner and liquor merchant; at last, be finds the
house won't do, bad beer comes in, ruin stares him in
the face ; out be goes, sooner than be plucked bars,
that is, if not visited by his Honour the Sheriff. This
game is so frequent in certain quarters, that I meal
to procure a list of extreme cases, which, I trust, 10
shew those possessed of a mania for public houses, and
tr•
—ld venture their hard earnings, that such foundk
a are not unfrequently built upon sand and smoke.
' re are many other difficulties a publican has to
counter, such as quartering soldiers, and othercam-
allies ; robbesies, bad debts, &c. &c. Besides, there
are three public houses where one only is wanted to
make the trade in general worth following. But the
Biewess hold the leases under Polagisterial smiles, and
the grievance remains.
That such a body of industrious men should be
thus oppressed is to be lamented ; for, though net
unfrequeotly takeo from humble walks in life, tier
have shewn public spirit and philanthropy in a $l.
nity of instances; more particularly in the founds'
lion of a School for the education, maioteuance and
apprenticing of the children and orphans of decayed
• Publicans, to which they have added the profits of $
I Newspaper—all under the direction of a skilful

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onnumemorammummows
Curragh: the tretness • f
Lnd notwithstanding t; e
ine racing. Th;. Dut„
teen's county boys, and
', made the most name.
,eared in any country.--
ashes, and really his
meeting, as your Slci.
t Rebels. Yet, his 3la-
lie wanted nu guar,is ;
—no shooting of coblers,
io red coats to render his
is. No, all was pure to.
Ititutional duty. '['he Irids
h's; and if there it Lot
atitude at head-quarters,
and soon." This retain is
otn, who keeps vorging
'as it nut that strath;ers a e
ith us, he'd get eralla cline
t Guildhall would be a
esty entering the Curragh,
ibthorpe took place; a fat
procession; be was hum.-
and cheered ceeerd-ingir
his Majesty was dressed in

USES.
PESNIAN.
• for more than tj
principles, 1
a few remarks
the LICENSED
Id that the re.
icnlties to ea-
er ; not only
d at the gin
&dons equally ,
is that of be-
of certain ma•
tied, and the
perchance the „.
se and his all;
us gin shop!,
p of good beer,
le to take his
the worst.—
tat never sold
on the same
lie said brothel • ,
or remain that
further wanted
es, the enquiry
before the lion.
flicient. °reef
ision, might be
ttelty was prat-
'irk of *certain
any of rich men, •
ual lessors and
toes within the
their capital.
l or bad, and
e lisrei an ,e
hkr
os
uthshiese. uttht
e
,sit of ikh lease
with the Indus-
e charges for
viands of the
it swells of the
an is eased of
edit from the
it, be finds the
stares him in
pluckedhthear
Sheriff.
mblaehraei
11, I trust, ail
lie houses, and
t such founds•
nd and smoke.
nblican has to
and othercasa-
Besides, there
ily is wanted to
jag. But the
rial smiles, and
nen should be
tr, though set
ks in life, tier
thropy in a $4-
in the founds-
tintenance sad
Ins of decayed
Ise prate of $
f a skilful Sr

LONDON:
FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1821.

Paris papers to the sth inst. have arrived. They all
tend to confirm the intelligence that the disputes be-
tween Russia and Turkey have been amicably and
finally settled.
FRENCH FuNus.—Five per Cents. SSf. 33c.

(pßom THE BOARD OP THE NEW ENGLAND COFFEE-
HOUSE.]

American papers :lave arrived one day later than
those of yesterday.

FROM THE HALTIMOHE PAPER OP THE 10TH AEGUST.

Captain Legrand, of the schooner Peggy, arrived at
New York from St. Thomas, states, that it was re-
ported that a French ship which I►ad sailed from St.
Thomas, with two females on board, and were reported
to have with them two millions of dollars, had been
captured by a three-toast bigger, and all on board, ex-
cept one peron, had be►•n murdered.