The Statesman.
London, England, 1824-01-24 00:00:00

•iITNL CONSEQUENCES OP THE ELECTION OF A MAYOR.

The Borough of Peters&ld, it would appear,
,bids fair
(6 rival that of llehester, width excited so nines public at-
tention, to from the conduct of a certain gentleman, in
turning out his tenantry, who would not be subservient to
his wishes et eleetiosta. On Mwtrdav last took place the
annual election of a Mayor of Peterafield, whose only duty
consists in acting as returning officer at elections of Mem-
bers to serve in Parliament. This Borough has. within
a few years, bee 'me a place of considerable notoriety, and
patiticularly from the result of the last election of members
bailing been submitted to two Conirnittees of the House of
Commons, the last of which restored t, the Freeholdfis the
elective franchise,which had been portiallylost tothem for nearly
a colitury past. In addition to this, several important constitu •
aortal questions relating to the affairs of theßorougb have lately
brim agitated in theUourts of Law,& are now in progress to
come before the House of Lords, where it will be decided
whither or not the Steward of a Court Leet, appointed by
the 'Lord of a Manor, can exercise the functions of
the Bailiff, who alone, it is contended, ought to warn
all renants, and impartially take from amongst them
fit and proper persons to serve on the Jury: instead
of the Steward of the Lord, and Patron of the Borough, being
allowed to pack a Jury, and select a Mayor, with a view to
answer a particular purpose, as has been the case many years
in this Borough. On the present occasion, this system was
continued; and a Mr. William Blunt, formerly a baker, was
returned as Mayor for the ensuing year.—A natural
feeling of dissatisfaction, having, fora lung time, evinced
itself amongst the inhabitants, against the measures of
Hylton Jolliffe, Esq. M. P. for the Borough, Lord of the
Manor, and Treasurer of Churcher's College ; (a Charity
has I ttely made so mach noise in conmquence of
the gross abuses detected in its management, sad sr"
version of the benevolent inteatioes of he founder')
t et °oedemas, we are informed, has followed the example
of the other at IL:heater, by serving notices, the day after
the election of Mayor, on several of his tenants, to quit
their houses, fac. held undershim, because they would not
any longer submit to serve his party purposes. We hope
however, they will not be intimidated by such measures,
but persevere in the course they have so nobly, and
to. successfully pursued.

MRS. JORDAN.
TO TU EDITOR.

SlR,—The atter& on of the public has 1111014, as it imp
many times before, been drawn, by notice in the Jail,
papers, to the CAR.- of the lee Mrs. Jord its, and much pain.
have been tak,n to stigmatize the conduct .if an ilhaqtrions
personage, as it relates to that celebrated and much esteem-
ed favourite of the public.

These censures upon the condnet of the Duk. of Clarifier,
have been often repeated, and as often treated with silence
on the part of his repeated,
Highness's friends. This silence
has however been construed by many into admission of the
accusations; till at length the stories so often told of Mrs.
Jordan's having been obliged to leave her country, and Sy
to a neighbouring kingdom, where, it is said, she died in-
solvent, for want of r trilling all sw ince being made to het
by the. Duke, are assumed as facts.
It has gone on thus, until some persons have exclaimed,
" has the Doke of Clarence no friend, who, if the accusa-
tions are groondless, can rescue the character of his
Koval Highness (rant such gross calumny ?"
All who knew the. Doke or his connections intimately,
are acquainted with the truth ; but none brink so fully
possessed of the whole case as myself, 1 feel that any
farther forbearance would amount to a dereliction of duty
on my part; and, therefore, in pieties to a much injured
character. 1 take upon myself to 'submit the following
statement to the puhltc, acquainting them in the first place,
that it was at toy sugsestiou Airs. Jordan Adopted the re-
solution of leaving tats country for France, to enable her
the more readily and bonoorably to extricate herself from
trouble tett)* which sit I bad lAten, thr)Wgh a tniaPISCMF
confitieve ; and that i posies. a correspondence With-Mrs;
Jordan, subsequent to her leaving England, which corro-
borates my statement in the minutest points.
Upon the separation which took place between Mrs.
Jordau and the Duke, in the year 1811, it was agreed that
she should have the care, until a certain a:4.e. of her four
youngest (laud!' ters. and a settlement was made by the Duke
for the payment, by him, of the following sums :
Per Ann.
For the maintenance of his four slaughters X'1,500
Fur a house and carriage fer their use - - 6911
For Sirs. Jordan's own use - - 1,500
And to suable Sirs. Jordan to make a provision
for three married daughters, children of a
fuivncr cunneclion - - 800

In all - - £4,400

This settlement was carried into effect, a Trustee was ap-
pointed, and the monies under such trost, were paid guar-
early to the resp-ctive accounts, at the banking-house of
Messrs. Coatis and Co.

It was a stipulation in the said settlement that, in the
event of Mrs. Jordan resuming her profession, the care of
the Duke's four daughters, together with the 1.5001. per
annum, fur thrir maintenance, should revert to his Royal
Highness—and this event actually 4lid take place, in the
course of a few months, in consequence of Mrs. Jor-
dan's desire to accept certain proposals made to her to
perform.
Mrs. Jordan did resume her profession, and not long
after, reflections were thrown out against both the Duke
and herself, whereupon Mrs. Jordan, indignant at such an
attack upon his Royal Highness, wrote the following letter,
which was published in the paper• of the day.
"Stit—Though I did not see the Mottling Print that
contained the paragraph alluded to in your liberal and
respectable paper of yesterday, yet I was not long left in
ignorance of the abuse it poured out against me; this 1
could silently have submitted to; but I was by no means
aware that the writer of it had taken thet opportunity of
throwing out insinuations, which he thought might be
injurious to a to (less honourable than •n illustrious per-
' Linage.

" In the love of truth, and in justice to his Royal High-
nest, I think it my duty thus publicly and unequivocally
to declare, that his liberality to me has been noble and
gedermis in the highest &Tref ; bat not baying it in
his power to extend his bounty beyond the term of his own
existence, he has, with his accustomed goodness and con-
sideration, allowed me to endeavour to make that provisioa
for myself; which, an event that better feelings than those
of interest make me hope I shall never live to see, would
entirely deprive me of.
" This, then, Sir, is my motive for returning to my pro-
fession. lam too happy in having every reason to hope
and believe that, under these circumstances, I shall not
offend the public at large by seeking their support and
protection—and while I feel that I possess those, I Anil
patiently submit to that species of unusanly persecution,
which a female, so peculiarly situated, most always be
subject to. Ever molly to acknowledge my deiciencies in
every respect, I trust I way add, that I shall never be found
wanting in candour and gratitude—nor forgetful of the
veneration thatevery individual should feel for the good
opinion of the public.
" I remain, sir, your much obliged, bumble servant,
1. D. JORDAN."
It should have been before stated, that upon settling the
annual allowance to Mrs. Jordan, every thing in the shape
of a money transaction was brought to account, and that
the most trifling sums, even upon recollection, were ad-
mitted ; and interest being calculated upon the whole in
her favour, to the latest period, the balance was paid by