The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-10-08 00:00:00

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ritocißtat oP hiliNßitA.
us, Our .year .17tatkere wati not a single white ts-
1104:aisle... .all ,KepiXocisyx in Or, there were
173,077 souls ;in NW, A2009Q0 and now, in 1817.0
nearly. tOO,OOO. , In A7sl3, the city Or Nett Orleans,
was Inhabited by'a few miserableSparrit;da, who'd"-
!led on .sertritamogaling trade. Now, in 1817, it
trembess newly 4Q,000 inhabitant's And its exports,
tiedeg' last, year, exceeded thasq of. tho :New gigolo
Ntates. taXen together; the. steam-boats have been
• found able to stem the current of She Mississippi
bilel heoveforth the struggle to engiors the foreign I
Ir:lde of-lhe s hole western country will be between
NMI • 0{ Immo, • Die. • York,. Montreal, and Phila.
delphie. The difficulty Of ascending -
ball; .uuli,„the experiment of the ,8!r!.1111-hea151 VP- •
vented Ilew Orleans froth supplying, the western
States w,ith foreign merchandise, at hieltelas pirchased
peeper In New York or PhiladelptilOnd carried
by land to liiiitihorgh., at the 'confluence of the Mo-
nongahela and Allegliahr risers, •ond thence down
the Ohio, to, the various settlements on-Its banks,
than it could' be transported op the Minissippl sod
the Ohio; ' •
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Ifthe.popolation of the United Slates shall increase
for the nest twenty-five years in the same ratio that
it hos increased the last twenty-five years, what
European country, single handed, will be able to
compete with them, on the land, or on the ocean ? or
what European Power will be able to preserve its
American colonies, whether in the West Indies or on
the Continent, from their grasp? And' why the
pOpulation should not Increase as rapidly, in time to
come, as in the past periods, it is difficult to prove,
for the extent of fertile territory yet uncleared, is
immense; and any one, in an 7 vocation, manual or
Mechanical, may, by honest industry and ordinary
prudence, acquire an independent provisiols for him-
sn-lf and family ; so high are the wages of labour,
averaging at least double the rate in England, and
quadruple that in France; so comparatively scanty
the population ; so great the demands of all kinds of
work ; so vast the quantity, and so low the price of
land ; so light the taxes; so little burdensome the
public espenditure end debt.

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TnE MyINCIIESTBR SPINNERS.

The following h an extract of a private letter from
Manchester, dated October s:—" Subscriptions are
corning in froth all parts of th. country, in aid of the
fund for the relief of the unemployed • Weavers and
Spinners. The Magistrates, conceiving that these sub-
scriptions have a tendency to promote and encourage
combinations among the workmen, have done all in
their power to prevent their collection, but hitherto
with very little effect ; for the Delegates employed in
thilt business, manage their business iu a, very dexterous
tnanner, and avoid all open collect' s. Large sums•
have been collected in the various Benefit Clubs,
Friendly Societies, and Odd Fellows' Lodges, in dif-
ferent parts of the country. We still remain tranquil
here ; but I learn that much apprehension of another
turn-out among the Weavers, masts in most of the
towns and villages between this place and Preston ; at
the latter town, I am informed, the men belonging to
the mill of Messrs. Horrocks and Co. still hold out,
peremptorily refusing to work for them. There is, in-
deed, much murmuring and dissatisfaction among the
Weavers at Stockport, Ashton, Bolton ; and, its fact,
•in every other town in this district. All persons allow
that their wages are much too low, and that their com.
plaints and demands are perfectly reasonable. The ut-
most advance they require would not bring their
average weekly earnings higher than Ms. or 17s.—
Surely this is but a small pittance to maintain a hard-
working man, with, in many cases, the addition of a
numerous family. The Masters, on the other hand,
affirm that they cannot give the advance required. This
is a lamentable state of things; and calls loudly for
alteration and amendmeel..--As matters at pee.
-sent stand, every housekeeper, however scanty
his means, is heavily toted, in Alm shape of Poor
Levies, to make up the deficiency of the wages
of those, from whose labours they derive no
interest whatever, and who ought to receive suffi-
cient to maintain themselves comfortably through
a far different and less degrading source. It is quite
useless to pursue this subject any farther; as it is
evident something effectual must speedily be done by
the Legislature, both for the relief of the industrious
end suffering mechanics, and to prevent our best
hands from emigrating to enrich other nations by
that industry and skill which they would cheerfully
devote to uphold the splrndour of their own native
:country, did that country but yield them wherewith
to procure the common comforts of life."

A few days ago three.fellows went into the par-
lour at the Admiral Vernio, in Vine-street, Bethnal.
green, and called for liquor. Shortly after one of
them went to the bar, and kept the landlady• in con-
versation, whilst his companions stole up stairs into
the bedroom, and by means of picklock key,.
opened a chest of drawers, and took out 811. in
motes, a quantity of plate, and other property, with
which they got clear off.
On Tuesday night, Mr. Evans, hop-factor, of the
Borough, was attacked by a gang of robbers, near
the coach stand at Newington, and robbed of a gold
watch, &c.
Monday night about eleven o'clock, afire broke
-out in the house of Newbank, Esq. of Queen
..Ann•street, Cavendish-square, which was nearly at.
tended with lamentable consequences. Mr. N., who
is nn infirm gentleman, was, it appears, going to bed,
and whilst undressing himself laid his candle on. the
carpet by the side of the bed. The flame cornmeal.
coed to a corner of the counterpane, and before Mr.
iNpwlritsk wee aware of his perilous situation, the
whole bed and furniture weals on fire. The fright qc-

casioned by so sudden and unexpected a circumstance,
together with his other infirmities, overpowered Mr.
Newbank, and he threw
_himself fiat() a chair, the
flames at the same time raging round •hin. In this
situation he was found by Mrs. N. who was coming
up stairs to bed, who instantly gave an alarm. The-
servants immediately ran to the assistance of their
master, and the watchmen- were equally prompt in
procuring engines. After a short lapse of time two
or three engines arrived. A plentiful supply.of water
was got, and by the exertions of the neighbours and
icemen, the flames were subdued withoit doing
a; they -ditisge than *hut (hey originated.

• Gttitainair....7A-Mr. Hicks said, he appeared on
the behett Other Proprietors of the Englishman Su-
nday Newspaper, to apply lor.a warrant against a Mr.
T. Acton, fns a fraud commuted by him on them on
Satyrday, Sepiamber, the tOth. lie however saw
that Gentleman present; and with the Alderman's
permission, be would state the cases On the day he
had 'petitioned, the Defendant had furnished' the.
Complainents with a report of a case as they at the
,time believed to have occurred at Bow-street Police
Office, hesded " if,Son of Misfortune," describing
the distresses of a Mr. Chanter and his family," and.
it appeared in the Engtiihniall- on Senday, under
.the head of Police, Bow-street. It was copied into
all thedaily Journals of Monday, and amongst them
ietq the Times, and several sums of money were sent
ito the Proprietors of that Paper for the supposed
distressed faMily. On account of his (Mr. Hic'ca's)
connectiqu withthe Times, he was sent to investi-
gate into the ease. He was informed at the (Ace of
the English Men, that the article was furnished to
them by the Defendant, for which he charged them
15s. 6d. flu sad a Conversation with the Defendant,
and he acknowladged that he had so furnished it. He
bad made enquiry as to *the truth of the statement,
and was able to make oath that it was untrue from
beginning to.end, and that no such case had occurred
at Bow-street Police Office.

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Mr. PAYNE, clerk to the Alderman.—" The De-
fendant was not paid for it."
Mr. HicKs.—" No, but be delivered his bill, and
afterwards called for the amount which was refused,
on account of the fraud being discovered."
Mr. Acton, in his defence, said, he felt himself in
a very awkward situation. He had been for two
years in the habit of giving articles of Police to dif-
ferent Newspapers, and this was the first time they
had ever been complained of. That he had been im-
posed on he could not doubt. On Thursday week
he met a person in the Strand who was in the habit
of attending Police Offices for his amusement, and it
was well known that many persons did so, for in-
stance, there were 40 persons then in the Office who
had no business to transact there. lie did not know
the name of the person he met ; he said, " How do
you do P' and asked him if he wanted a good story,
as there had just been a most distressing case at Bow.
street Office. He told him he would be much obliged
to him for it, and they went to the Crown public-
s house in Little Russell-street, Covent-garden, where
his informant related the story, and he took notes of
it, and afterwards wrote out the account which ap-
peered first in the Englishman, and another Weekly
Paper. Ever since the discovery of its being an im-
position, he had done every thing iu his power to find
the person who had imposed on him, without effect.
He well knew if the present case went oat to the
Public, and he had no doubt , but it would, he
would be ruined for ever. The case of Older-
shaw and his distressed family he had furnished
the Newspapers with ; and it was of use to

them, as it caused many persons to subscribe

for their relief. When he heard of the case
complained of, he thought, by giving it pub-
licity, it would have the same effect on the humane
and generous, and that he would have the consola-
tion of knowing that he was the humble instrument
of relieving a fellow-creature. lie had been im-
posed on, but he was not intentionally guilty of the
fraud. His character had stood unimpeached until
the present moment, but when the statement of the
proceedings of that day were published it was lost
for ever, and he deprived of a livelihood, which also
supported an aged person. Under those considera-
lions, it was of little consequence to him whether
was or was not convicted of the charge against him.
He would, however, ask any man of common under.
standing, if he gave the article to the Englishman
with a guilty intention, would he have furnished an-
other Weekly Paper with it from which he had a
settled salary ? There appeared to be a combination
against him for the purpose of ruining him ; for an-
other kind friend gave him a case on Saturday last,
as occurring at that Office, which he gave to a
Weekly Paper on Sunday, and was copied into the
Daily Papers of Monday, under the head of " 6 Po.
lice, Guildhall, Elopement Extraordinary," which
he understood was contradicted.
Mr. PAY Nu-" No such case occurred here on Sa-
turday, as the business of this Office was done at the
Mal.ston-house on that day."
Alderman Tnotte.—." It is very unfortunate, Mr.
Acton, that you have not been able to find your in-
formant."
The Defendant.—" It certainly. is, Sir; but if he
has any spirit of generosity in him, on hearing whet
has passed this day, he will come forward."
Mr. Ilicks.—" I believe the statement of Mr.
'Mien to be true, althouith it is not supported by
exideuce ; and if be will undertake to put into the
Newspapers of to-morrow, what has passed here this
day, I will, in the name of the Proprietors of the
Papers I am connected with, withdraw the charge."
Mr. Actors.---" I can have no objection, bet I
moot insure its being published in all the Papers."
Alderman Traoar.—" I consider it highly proper
that the proceedings of Offices situated as this is,
should be published, as it tends to correct vice, by
exposing it-, The great misfortune as to the case
complained of is, that when a true case of actual dis-
tress is published, the Public will not believe it, and
the victim of misfortune will go without relief. lam
of opinion that a proper course has been taken to
*rep* justice to all the parties concerned."
Nit.. Hicks and Mr. Aeton then left the Office to.
gethev.

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AN LXTRAORDINA4Y Arir.e.-4Ast ireek. Mr.
Roues, of Wiserly-hall,:ear Welaingbig, pulled
in his orchard, se apple measieing,thirteep inches in
circumference, and . thirteen and a half
ounces. Frog the glee tree were polled many others
of nearly the same size. 7rin‘are of the
monly known by the name of Yorkshire peco.
Hedy eicellent as keipkra grid bikers.—(Durhem
2dvertiser;)
Monday night, or ratty on Tuesday mornidg, the
1 dwelling-house of Mr. Joseph Blundy, watchmaker,
at Cheshont, 'legs, was broken open, and robbed
of 40 watches, four time-pieces in cases, a great
qoantity 6f trinkets, watch-keys, and chains, mi-
niatures set in gold, a brace of pistol', and sundry
othei• articles, altogether 'to a cuesiderable amount.

POLICE:

BOWITREIT.—Tuesday afternoon ti yeelg Run
of geisteet appearance, of the name of Clot Louis
Marie lrbi-iti; calling himself an Offiter 'in the Frtillell
service, wait brought to the office by' Bishop and'
Ruthen, the officers, charged with robbing Lieutenant:l
General Stafford Lightborne of Bank of Engles*
notes, sod Messrs. llarnmersleys' circular notes, to.
the amosiot of 5501. From the statement of the lat-
ter heft:ire RI6LARD BiRNIE, Esq. the sitting Magis-
trate, it appeared that'a short time since fie lift Eng-
land .with an intention of proceeding to Greece ;
when be left he was possessed of 6001. to. travel. with
in Beek of England cotes and Hammersleys circular
notes: ' While he was out he only changed one MI.
note, which' was at Wife's, the banker, in Paris ;
(soon after that he received a communication from
England respecting some very important business,
which obliged him to return home. On his arrival at
'Calais he embarked on board' the Desiree French
paiket•boat for Dover, and soon after he got ob'
board the packet-boat, was the last time he sate'
his pocket-book, which contained the above notes‘
when he took it out of ,his pocket to show his
permit to a police-officer. lie recollected see-
ing the Prisoner on board the packet-boat. Ile
and the rest of the passengers were landed on the
beach at Dover, on the night of the 14th of Septem-
ber last, about nine o'clock, when he found the
Prisoner close to his person, who asked him to al-
low Millie carry a map of Lisle in his hand, which
he was going to the Custom-house to pay the duty
for, which he declined letting him do ; at the same
instant he put his hand to his coat-pocket, and miss-
ed his pocket-book. lie instantly communicated his
discovery to the Custom-house Officer, who was at-
tending him ; he recollected the Prisoner then disap:
neared from him, but he had no suspicion of him then
being the robber. Ile had the boat searched fur his
pocket-book, but no trace of it could be found. In-
formation was given of she robbery at the above
Office, and Bishop and Ruthen have been exerting
themselves since to discover the robber and the pro-
perty. Two of the stolen 501. and two of the
stolen twenty pound circular notes have been pre-
sented for payment at Ilammersleyb' Bank, in Pall-
mall, and stopped, but the parties presenting
them contrived so make their escape. On Tuesday
a man presented another of the stolen 201. circular
notes at Hamrnersleys' bank for payment. Bishop
and Rot hen traced the man to a house in Beaumont-
street, Mary4e•bonne; he turned out merely to have
been employed ..to take the note to liammersleys'
bank to get change, but the officers, by exertions
and perseverance, succeeded in discovering the Pri•
soner with the Prosecutor's pocket-book on him, and
the stolen property to the amount of 3901. which,
together with the notes which had been stopped,
leave very little deficient from what was originally in
the book previous to its being stolen. The officers,
on searching the Prisoner, found pawnbrokers' du-
plicates on him for a seal and ring, which are sup-
posed to be the property of a young man of the name
of Kollman, who the Prisoner travelled with, and
they put up at La Sablonere's Hotel, in Leicester-
square, where Kollmates box was broke open and
robbed ; a passport was also found upon him, which
he had obtained from the Marquis d'Osmond, the
French Ambassador, three days after his arrival in
London, and which would enable him to leave at
any tjme. in the passport he described himself as a
naval officer, and a native of Brest. lie said his
ramily lived at Ostend.
Committed for further examination.

IVrllirrm Ilisrry was charged with forcing his way
over Waterloo-bridge, with a number of others,
without paying the toll.
It appeared that on Monday afternoon, it was an-
nounced that Usher, the clown, was to he drawn a
second time on the Thames, neer ‘Vaterloo-bridge,
by geese, and on the land by Tom cars, which at.
traded a great crowd of persons to assemble, and
pass over the bridge without paying the toll, particu.
larly when a carriage was passing over, and the great
gates were opened, the people rushed on in such
numbers that the toll collectors were overpowered,
and were not able to stop the torrent which pressed
upon them.
The Defendant admitted the correctness of the
charge, but pleaded ignorance, and did not know
that he was doing wrong, ind he passed over the
bridge with a numher of others without paying, and
was not sensible that he was doing wrong.
He was convicted in the penalty of 404.
The Defendant stated himself.to be a journeymen
shoe-maker, and that he was not able to pay the pe-
nalty. His wife also urged her distress fur herself
and children.

The Clerk of the Bridge agreed to take the penalty
by instalments of 2'. 6d. a week.

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MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Yesterday Mr. Goddin,
of the firm of Stretton and Co., brewers, charged
Gladiron, a shopkeeper, in Rupert-street, on
suspicion of stealing beer-casks, their property.--
Mr.. Goddin represented that they were losers of
nearly 30001. per annum, by casks, many of which he
believed were illegally disposed of. In the present
case, his house supplied the Prisoner with table-beer,
and it was usual for 'their customers to return the
empty casks, on full ones being delivered. On.
Monday lao, as Complainant was coming to
town, be saw one of their casks in a cart be.
longing to Mr. Jones, proprietor of the flax.milis at
Veltham. On application to the Magistrates, Plank,
the officers was lent down to Yeltham, where he
found the cask in queitirm, and learnt that it was
conveyed from Loudon by *iervant in Mr. Jones's
employ. This man said he bad bnirowed it of the
Prisoner 'his brother.in.livr 'to fill with
wine. I lank immedialely went to the Pristiner,
denied having sent a cask Into Itie *cointiy. On
examining 114! pretniiEs, giveral Caolita 'were found
in ilse 'Milts. 'of 'the 'Pillion's's 'ben's*. The Da.l
' fendint &Mid s'a'ny stunt Mention, and ex;
p4s;id igtich 4444 it ' his bavitig thus sited ; ltd
offeied' to mikes politic actnriwledgment of big ofs
feitiej teiets this,Mr. G‘oddin Said he .would not pre.:
teed furflter, 'but wished to be understood, that if hi
found any one else offending in like manner, he
would prosecute to the utmost. The Magistrate sig-
nified to the befendant that he was fortunate in thus
easily escaping • for had be been convicted, his pu-
nishment wool" be transportation for seven_year,.