The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-05-28 00:00:00

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he satisfied with this
(Or. eir...oonsider
will render nrner•etsary any appeals tnihe people in
present state of feeling, and infuse new health iota
the monarchical as well as tbr• Imitative part of the Con-
stitution, hp giving the people 'eotifideneeln their King
in proportion as be esteems these minoring infitsnana.
May 22, 152 t. • A NULICANCII.
a.irommenromamo • 111
• • ILL'IfR. Mat 24.
AIMTAL OP Tlilt CONNIE:IIOSn% APPOINTED TO ur-
ging's INTO cos:Purr OP THE JAILER AND TOO
ALLEGED AMAMI EXISTING IN NIP DAJIUITT.II JAIL AT

IN TIM COUNTY OF SI/31E14LT.

Oe Thursday last. the 17th inst. Mr. Hunt, who had
preferred charges, thirteen in number, against Mr.
Bridle, the Governor of this jail, after an Investigation
of fourteen days before the High Sheriff and the county
magistrates, cloned his case, and the Court adjourned to
this day, in order to enable Mr. Bridle to prepare for his
defence.

This miming the Sheriff and Magistrates again as-
sembled In order to hear the defence and to further pro-
secute the inquiry. On the opening of the Court, Mr.
bridle was relied on for his defence, when he de-
clined making any; and the magistrates, after some
consultation amongst then►selves, intimated their inten-
tion of making their report to an adjourned session* for
the county, to he held for the express purpose on the 6th
any of inue next, an the evidence adduced in support of
the charges by Mr. Hunt.
About three o'clock, Mr. Esconrt, Mr. Monday, and
Mr. Phelps, the Cou►mi,+sioners appointed by the
Crown to inquire into the conduct of the jailer, and
the state of this prison, arrived, and in the presence of
the High Sheriff, the Magistrates, the jailer, and bin
officers, Mr. Hunt, Mr. Hill, the °West sirbtor, and
prisoners from the different wards, proceeded to open
the commission, which was read over by theit clerk.
The Commissioners informed all the parties of their
intention to proceed immediately to the investigation,
and requested all those who bad complaints to make,
to furnish theta with the particulars without delay ;
and requested the Sheriff to assign a disinterested, im-
partial, and discreet person to attend them in going
over the jail—it being their intention to do so without
loss of time ; and err. Hunter, the new task-matter,
was Immediately appointed. air. Hunt then stated
that be had already preferred charges, and had addu-
ced evidence before the Magistrates %%hid% lasted 14
days, and to which the jailer had made uo defence, and
wished to be informed if he was at liberty to prefer the
same as well as additional charges, he being prepared
to do so. The Commissi.iners acquiesced ; and Mr.
Hunt was requested to reduce his charges to writing,
and furnish them with the same to-morrow morning,
when they proposed to proceed to the examination of
witnesses, and prosecute the inquiry fur which they
were appointed.
The Court then adjourned till right o'clock to-mor-
row, and the Commissioners proceeded. accompanied
by the task-master, to luuk into every departmeat of
the jail.

LORD ANL) L.IDI RUSKIXR.

The followinr, letter with the Editor's note appear•
ed this dad• in the Morning Chronicle.
_

hare read with the utmost snrprlie is sews,
newspapers the reports of what passed on Friday list in
the tonentorial Court. in the suit which I preferred
against Lady Erskine for aalnltery. Not having been
myself present, 1 do not know whether they, or any of
them, are correct or incorrect : hot 1 feel myself bound.
in justice to my own eisaracter, to declare through yoo
to the public what the l'it‘r actually was.
I hail preferred (as I hare Pin ;well) a snit against,
Lady Erskine for adultery ; Gm in the course of it cir-
cumstances having come to my knowledge which fnlly
convinced me of her innncence, I directed Mr. Nichol,.
my Proctor, to withdraw the suit on my part, which was
done accordingly. and afterwards sent a written paper'
to him, and also to Dr. Swahey, my Senior Counsel, and
desired that this reason fur withdrawing the suit -might
be stated in open Court.
We had also agreed on a deed of separation; bat be-
canoe 1 would not execute it until the snit had first been'
withdrawn on her part also, lest lily motive for with-
drawing it :night he misinterpreted, the suit WSS
tinned by Lady Erskine's Pa 'actors against me, though 1
mine bad been withdrawn, which gave the opportunity,
of reading theabove.rurntioneal paper to the Court, or if
haring the effect of it stated by my Counsel, as
had requested; het from the reports in several newly*,
pers, I found, to my great surprise, my Counsel, not
only maintaining Lady Erskiue's guilt, though 1 bad
iatreated them to declare my fullest conviction of her
innocence as the cause of my withdrawing the snit
against her, but imputing to me the cohabiting with
her, believing her to be guilty, although there was then
no allegation of any inch cofiabitation before the Court.
Being ignorant of what passed in Court, 1 impute nei-
ther malice nor mistake to the several Reporters, or any
of them' but knowing that my Proctor and any Conn-'
sel must confirm this statement, it is my intention to at.
tend in Court on the :otla of June, being the next court
day, to justify any conduct to the world.
In the paper.altore-mentinned. w:lich I tranomittelitn
my Proctor, for whom I have a very great respect,
stated, that having now a moral conviction of fads
Erskine's innocence, 1 should think it wicked to so
the evidence I had given to the Court for its judgment.,
and to the world -Armagh its publication, when in mf
conscience I now believed the charge of her infidelity to
be unfounded. 1 am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Sunday, hey 21, I tiff I . (Signed) ERS ICI NE.
aoa The Editor of this paper Was extremely surprised
at seeing the Statement of what passed in Court on the
above very delicate subject, as Lord Erskine had, a fort.l
night ago, told him that be was now morally yonvinemil
of the Innocence of her Ladyship; and tEat be was
therefore determined to withdraw the snit. Yesterday
both Lord and Lady Erskine confirmed to him this state-
ment, and her Ladyship added, that she also would go
into Court, and male a deposition to her innocence, and
to the honour and.justice of Lord Erskine in withdraw-
ing the suit.- •

The fallowing is an estraot of a letter from the
Agent at Lloyd's at fileasiai.ihted May 2
it Vessels from Malta are ant admitted to pratlqip,
in consequence of a Vessel having arrived than tiled
ed with the plague,. A deputation has been sent from
Tick 'newton., instead of giving health, only platers Syracuse to inquire into !h particulars. Oa the 4
come a sore, fail of inflammation and gangrene. The nit. an Austrian squadron from the Adrialc,consi
only remedies are, Ist. Return to Triennia Pants- of two liege frigates (oar carrying a itoar-A
meats; Let every me of SI years of age rote for the pasted the Faro. The Illumine melted bin
choke of Members to nacre is Parliament who is liable yei4iday irom' Waits mailrosatiots of a revolt.
to pay the public tams and poor assessmery ; and:, in'ortetit apd the idasibAtitibe Ibrdlipalago against
M. Let the Sleeting be by ballot. . . M thefurlts. 'the Oret:l4 yam& are au blostily

The 'sews hoe Spain through the Path es well se
Madrid papers. Is highly interesting; in the forme,
it is announced that private letters fom Spain state,
that Merino has been taken; his own accomplices
delivered him to lien. Emperinado.

By private correspondence In the Paris
dated Midi-id, May 14, we hate fullirwing air4""'
H A conspiracy, lately discovered at Bareelum, fin
furnished the Government with important and Rites.
sive information on all those which have hitherto beet
discovered. A foreign flenreml in the service of Sou
was at the head of it. He went to Barcelona disguln4
as a Monk, hut was discovered ; yet the 1113gistrale,
would not arrest him, and he sttcreedc.:l in eseaisl4
to Franee. It seems that a large maga:lnc of obil
was discovered (15,000 muskets, tars one armlet
which were to be distributed un the day appoisof
the execution of the plot.
,„.
" The regituent Royal Alexander, one of *gm
devotes! to the mew system, I. to be in picai
Vittoria, where the Military Tribunal sits wifidArni
the prisoners taken at Salvatierra.
This commanicatinn also gives the subsequent se.
count, which so far as relates to the rundeusasion
and execution of Elio I. doubted
" 1111% MAT 18.—Private letters state, that Baning
Elio, formerly Military Governor of Valencia, whelps
been long confined is the prima of that city at Viltetia,
four *of the Mies of Salvatietra, the Mayne otilat
town, and two'Ereleslastks have she been condemned
to death."
A Madrid Gazette. according to the Paris papers,
contains the following article:—

Icarus sloop of oar, Captain H. Algeruon Eliot, from
Pernambuco, liabis, and Rio Janeiro, which last place
she leß on the 29th Marcie. having had a good pas-
iage'ek..s2 elms to Scilly, when she met with adverse'
winds. She brings the important intelligence that
Lima has been sakes by Lord Cochrane and General
San Martin, sftern very trifling loss, considering the
strength and importance of the capture. Two of his
Lordship's frigates were sunk by the fire of the batte-
ries st Callao, but the troops under Gen. Sea Martin
sustained very little tom The treasure which fell into
the hands of the captors is said to be very considerable.
There were no further particulars known when the
learns left Rio. Commodore Sir Thomas Hardy had
left the River Plate in the Creole (Agate, Captain T.
White, and gone round Cape Hors; having di-
rected the Superb, 74, Capt. A. Mackenzie, not to
proceed to Enalend, as was intended, but to remain
in the River, fur the protection of Rees,' property
on the Eastern side of the Continent of South Ame-
rica, where public events of a new and important
character were °centring almost daily. The French
line-of-battle ship Colosse, and Arethnse frigate, had
also left the River Plate, to go round Cape Horn.—
The Owen Glendower. frigate. Capt. the Hon. It. C.
Spencer, had arrived at Valparaiso. The Asdroinache
frigate, Capt. She:iff, and Conway, Capt. Basil Hall.
wete'also in the South Seas; the former was waiting
the approach of the summer months to return to
England. as she was in a very bad state of repair.—
The Shiner, 46, Capt. O'Brien, was in the River
Plate; the Alacrity, 16, Henry Stanhope, had arrived
At Rio, from Rn;rienel.
The intelligence brought ley the learns with re-
spect to the expected return of the King of Portu-
gal to his European dominions, is, that a squadron
had b •en completed in provisions and stores for ttee
reception and voyage to Lisbon of himself and part
of the Royal Family, and a nensber of the Noifesse ;
and his intention to return had been officially notified
to the Diplomatitine Corps. but It was, notwitlestund•
ing, extremely uoubtful whether his Majesty would
ever finally resolve to roebuck. The event of the ae-
eoechensent of the Princess Royal, which it was said
he waited for, had some time taken place, bat his
Majesty's departure did nut appear to be accelerated
by it. The fact appears to be, that the Prince Royal
of Portugal is et the head of the party that hes.
brought about the Revolution in that country, and
that it is hie wish to see his father happy and co..
fortable anymbere has in the Brazils: for his Royal
Highness fortes.* that the South American States will
at no very distant day become independent of the.
Mother Country. The recent manifestation of public
feeling at Bahia, Pernambuco, and all the Northern
Provinces, tends mach to strengthen this belief —The
squadron fitted out at Rio, to convey the King to
Lisbon, consisted of the Reyna, 74, John VI. and
Maria ale Gloria frigate, and a transport. Count
de Novelle intended to retire to Lisbon is One of
abr.. ships. Mr. Binder, Secretary to the Coast, is
come to Begleed. in the leans. ?be learns imaged
only thont 40,0001. in specie; bet it was under-
stood there were short two millions and a half
ready to lie shipped, which the sudden departure of
the Icarus prevented her from bringing. •She breve&
twenty-five invalids from Sir Thomas Hardy's sepia-
&on.
PRICK OP STOCKS WI
Book Meek
S per fest. Red.
Spar Cast. Ow. 76e
hi per Cost. 111111 i
4 per Casts. 934
per Ct. Navy 110111
o per 4 eat.
Long Asa 19 140 I-14
Imp Spot eret.
Irish 0 per Cast.

DAY AT ONR O'CLOCK.
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Ditto it... —s. Os Mo. re
llooth-Boa Stook
Smith 800 Old Am.
Is ellielle. Bs. 41. Is. po.
thesis. tor Mewl pm
BRA for Amount
Wl* for ditto
Coo. fOr Ace Mtn/
Lott. Tiokett 14f. his.

LONDON:
MONDAT EVENING. MAT !8, in'.
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" M A [AID, MAT IS.-11k Majesty has signified to the
Cartes. by the Minister of War, that on aerostat of de
important affairs aow before t bens. tbeilyrisitta of wltieh
is emential to the interest of the nation, his Majesty,
using the powers testeil in him by the Constitaties, de-
clares the Session prolonged for oae month."
The Madrid papers which have reached tows
direct, are to Mao 14th inst. The following am

Retract of a private letter from Paris, May 24.
We expect to-morrow, the arrival of Count Polio di
Dorzo, Ambassador from Russia, to the Conti of
France. The last advice. from Turin inform as that
Oeneral "Latour has been charged with a diplomatic
mission of the greatest importance, which will be of a
short duration, and that he quitted that Capital on
the 13th of Mai• for his destination, after which he will
return to Turin."

Private letters from Paris quote the French Funds,
on the 2otb, at 05f. 30c.

IhHs and papers from Paris, Madrid and Hamburglo
have arrived since our last. The Paris papers are to
the 26th, anti state that letters front Laybach announce

extracts :
" MADRID. MAT 12.-At is eonlitiontly asserts this
evening, that Senor Don Pedro Wee de Bans& has
keen nominated Political Chief of Madrid ; gad the
Marquess de Casa 'Hugo to the post of Ambassadoe fres
'Spada to the Court of Paris.
" Accounts from 'Vittoria of the Bth of May say, thl)
the troops of the Local Militia of that city rootless Is
ewer the province sinee the affair of Seleatierrs, is par.
milt of the rebels there dispersed. met with some ad,
sear Yelping., of whom they killed impend took soma,
whom they have kinglet here badly emended, op
daily their Chief, the Clergyman of Pipaos. They salt
went to disperse sod clear the (*entry of this *Ake
who become robbers; the Catalonian as well es de
Cavalry del Infante, and the National Militia, have liee
the field again. The preparatory steps to try tie tekk
of salvatierra sad others before the military Miami
in proceeding with geed activity.
"In the sittieitof the Coriesef the 1 I th, the.
of the Home Department gave a•acceont Oat
which at the petition of various individuals lial
wedeln several great cities, of persons considwel
affected to the new system. The Government, balk
was sensibly allieted at the repetition of disorder, wit*
injured the present system in the esteem of Snip 111.
&as, and waded to lorresse the internal emotes of fie
Coustitutioa, and that it had taken all seams topmost
die future violation of the law.
The French Editors appear perple awl with contra-
dktory statements relative to the Greeks, and say tbeA
die accounts from Constantinople and Baeharest, for
some days past, are involved in obscurity. The lel.
lowing are the accounts :
" CORM. Aram Sl—Notwithstanding the prsMbl•
tions of the different °oversewn, of Europe. wild
their 'objects joining the revolted Greeks, the army of
the latter every day owes to the presence of some sew
European Officer, a more regular and imposing orison.
tion. The Turkish Commandants have lust all coolant*
is the troops under their orders, from which Emmett
desertions take plan to the opposing f wce.
" Achmet Pacha, who commands the army opposedte
Ali Pacha, has received orders to negociate with the
latter, being usable to reduce him by force. Woad
Paclia experiences a similar resistance from the Sallow%
who have 5.000 men under arms, awl who carry oa
guerilla warfare against the Turkish troops.
" nexxa, Mar It--The Isle of Camelia has fall*.
into the power of the Greeks, who have driven away the.
Turks, and rendered themselves masters of all the forts
that defended it."
" A letter from Castors, of the Ist of May, states that
the whole Pelepoonesus has thrown off the Turkish yoke•
and that there has been a bloody battle near Ampli, be-
twos. the Greeks and the Turks. in which loth pardon
fought with desperate valour ; the Oreeks were com-
pletely victorious ; their loss amosated to 800 men. and
that of the Turks to 6,000.
" A Greek woman, widow of a person of distiactis•
who was beheaded at Constantinople, accompatisillf
her 0..1y see, and by her relations and friends attired at
her expense, attacked the citadel of Ampli, or Napoli mk
Rousasia. by sea. and made herself mistress of it, while
three !ogle= of cavalry advanced by land and oesateitni
the town, after baying defeated the Turks Olt rest
slaughter.
" Another battle, equally desperate, sad with the same
its to the Greeks, is stated to bare taken place iat
"he 1181fitifel Valley of Tempe.
" Metter from Constantinople at the pith of Apra.
gives a dreadful picture of the state of that capital.
no insurrection of the Archipelago is gonSrmed. The
Ma is particularly alarmed at that in Candia."
netbilowilig articles relative to the Greets are by
the ibieburgh Mall, which brought papers to Tues.
day iv*
411,_

that the Emperor of ltunia left that City on the 14th,
to return to Petersburgb, passing through Rath, in
Hungary, and Warsaw. His Majesty the Emperor of
Austria also intended to leave Lathaek Immediately,
to return to Vienna.

The following are the only articles of Interest re-
specting France :

" PARIS* MAT 24.
41 Yesterday the President and a Deputation of the
Chamber of Depnties presented to the King the projet
relative to the Clergy, adopted in the sitting of Monday.
His Majesty afterwards held a Connell of Ministers.
"Letters from Stockholm state, that the King of
Sweden is seriously indisposed.

The twelve places which are to bare Arebbisbupsot
Bishops are--Kheitris. Soaa. Aiby, Beauvais, Chartres,
Relies, Vaasa, Tarbes, Luisa, Le Puy, !Mier. and
Perpiguaa.

M The Bonin .r of Ramis iWttel Larissa' ea the lath
limbst g he will roars so Me States writhes* roods%
throw& Vlooaa.
0, Fir* per Cents.—Wallesidar. S 4 f. Se.
• " Stock of the ;Mai of North, 1911, gjf.
" Into pet tat. Volools Nib Way, 11$f. % s."

i-aass4oTiooebn, 19.—Tbo rage of tilt Tore
against the Greeks bete is-beyond all conception. The'
teserenneest lintla it hopeosthle to restrain the people.
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