Star. — London, England, 1820-03-14 00:00:00

i TIIE GENTLEMEN', CLERGY, AND FREEHOL DEES OF THE COUNTY OF STAFFORD. • GENTLESIFN, • QINCE I had the honour of addressing Tali, I LI have ascertained, that a feeling exists on the part of many -, eeholilers, that the Representation of the County shonld be. -rusteil to other hands; and, under such circumstances, con :.dent as I am of success in the present Contest, I have, from a :!e ire that the peace of the County shall not be disturbed on r:y accoant, determined to resign all claim to the trust with which you have hitherto honoured me. In announcing to you this determination, T cannot forbea'r :riding my sincere hope, that whoever may be elected to the r..,nourable situation of your Representative, may have the same r egard which I shall ever continue to feel for the independence prosperity of our native County; The kind and flattering assurance of support Which I have re et:red from numerous friends, will ever command my most recollection, and I shall have the sincerest pleasure in an opportunity of personally expressing my 'heartfelt to them for their friendship. It is inn without deep regret that I have thus - aecided open putting an end to a connection which has existed between you :.nd my family for more than a century ; this regret, however, tempered by the proud feeling that the interests of the County have never suffered in our hands. I have the honour to he, with great truth, Your most devoted Servant, 1820. GOWER. :afford, Match 13, T 1 LONDON. TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1820. TUE FUNDS. ?MU OF STOCKS TIIIS DAY AT ONE 0 - CLOCE S' per Cent. Consols 68% s/ 8 1 4, .5 per Cent. Navy 104 10078 101 Kish 5 rer Cents. IJS India lic ads I . ls. I ss. pr. Exche(pier (21) 2s. Is. 2s. dis. Consols in- Account 687 3 7 1 . Bark Stock, 5 per Cents. Recluzed, 5e per Cents. 4 per Cent.. and ILIA Lung Anus. arc all shut. It will be most tin ise to let the business of the Civil List dmp. The Public are indebted to The Times for bringing the subject forward. But, in our cwitendiug for the iega/ rights of the Crown in this iwtance, we have been misunderstood by that Jour nal, and yet we characterised these legal rights as founded on a " rude and tyrannous custom of savage antiquity," and stated that Lis MAJESTY could not give a greater boon to his subjects at present, than by consenting to the abrogation of his hereditary lights, in what respects the Rents and Droits of the Crown. What we do maintain is, that the Law does give his present MAJEISIY an enormous Revenue, and we would give " the pound ? lAA r since the law allows it, _ " And no power in Venice " Can alter a Decree esta'alished!" Now, as there cart be no question whatever of the fact, that an addition will be proposed to the Civil List, and, it our information is correct, this addition w ill exceed the hereditary revenues considerably, such as they are, we would ask, what has become of his late MaJEsTY's private property? We were told that his present MAJESTY, although the Will was not executed, generously took upon him self all its obligations. But " cocks are free of horse corn!" The property of the late KING, according to the usage of the Constitution, belongs to the Nation, his Will not having been executed. We refer to the Act by which he was enabled to make a Will—and which Act was, among others, one of those inroads on the Constitution that we have to deplore; for it gives to the British Monarch, for the first time, the power of accumulating and disposing of property acquired from his people, which property may be employed for corrupt purposes. We are aware that in all the - King's dominions there is not an individual who cares less about money than his MAJESTY. But how is it, that with a full knowledge of this fact, no notice was taken of the subject by his Ministers in the last Parliament? For this and other acts, peace to its manes! We foresee a miserable subterfuge about to be played off on the honest De Coterleys of the new Par liament. Mr. VANSITTART, in the last Parliament, with a perfect knowledge of what was Meant, when the vast amount of the Hereditary Revenues was re ferred to, said, that the Crown lauds did not yield above £500,000 or £600,000. Was he afraid to tell the whole truth ? As to the reference which The Times has made to a speech of Mr. Fox on this subject, we can only say, f - .at Mr. Fox's opinion was never /ctu—nor, with re spect to facts connected with the history of the Con stitution, was it often such as could be trusted. Tie singular return or four Members from Bishop's Castle, the votes for each being equal, is the first bu siness that must be taken notice of after Parliament 'rem and is constituted. It takes precedence of every other whatsoever. The vote which would have cast the balance was refused by the Returning Officer, in tl:e teeth, it is said, of all legal precedent. A )outh, who was born on the 10th of March, tendered ote cn the 9th, as being of twenty-one years of az;e oa th.tt day he was rejected, as not being 01 as e 1;11 the 10th. 0 - T7'.! Pm is Papers of Saturday- arrived this forenoon. I".te attention of the Chamber of Deputies still con t;nt.es occui ie.! with the Project of Law re sFetnig lin!ividual Liberty. Oa Friday, after the Re pyrter on the Project had nraJc his geaeral reply, and the Chamber were pretending t. decide on thi' articles of thiPrOject seriatim, 'several Menibers who had not hitherto been able to disburthen themselves of speeches they had prepared, 'eagirly seized the op portunity Of the gne s •ion being put on the first article (which embraces the whole principle of the Law), to carry the Chamber again at large into the subject ; and the discussion was kept up till so late an hour, that another adjournment, for the fifth time, took place. The Chamber of Actusation of the Royal Cotirt has presented, before the Court of Assize, the respon sible Editors of the Conaitutionnel, on account of an article in which that Journal has accused the friends of the Throne of having prepared Lists of I'rosci iption. " The accounts of this evening (Frid.ty)," says the Constitution act, " announce that the Cortadura has fallen into the power of the Insurgents. This posi tion, which commands the town of Cadiz, affords the means of bombarding it, and putting it at the mercy of the National troops. On the Exchange it is even reported that Cadiz has opened its gates to them." Five per Cents. 74 fr. 75 c. The private letters received in the City from Spain, and from the South of France, confirm the state ments which we yesterday extracted from the Paris Papers, and add several particulars relative to the insurrection, which appears now to be rapidly spread. ing over the Peninsula. The Constitution was pro claimed at Corunna on the 20th February, at eleven o'clock, and the whole affair was conducted with so much prudence and temper, that the change of the existing authorities took place without any .inter ruption to the public tranquillity. Letters of the 23d February from that place, assure the friends of the writers, that, in entering on a new order !Ming:, there was nothing to be apprehended either to the trade of the place, or the comfort and security of its i nhabi Lavas. The intelligence of the ascendancy of the Insur gents at Carolina, was conveyed to the Government at Madrid by the Director of the Post Office at Lugo, a city fifteen leagues distant from Corunna, on the road to Madrid. The Governor of Burgos, on hearing the news, dispatched Colonel SERRANO, with three squadrons of Cavalry, towards Galicia, to check the progress of the insurtectiou in that quarter. --In letters from Bayonne, of the 4th instant, it is stated that Ferrol and Vigo, as well as Corunna, h . ave declared for the Constitution, but no details are given, and the intelligence does not appear to be founded on equally good authority. NEBOT, who has started up in Valencia, at the head of a small party, and who meditates a junction with RIEGo, was formerly a friar, and distinguished himself in the Guerilla warfare. That General FREYBE is anxious to resign' his command, or that the Government is desirous to displace him, is evident ; and, if the statements in the private letters are correct, an extraordinary degree of insubordination prevails among the Officers under his command, who are said even to have required that the name of the regiment which made the attack on the three companies left behind by R tEpo at Ma laga, should be erased from the list of the army, for having shed the blood of their countrymen. Girton and BALLASTEROS are both said to have refused the command of FREYRES army. History presents few examples of an insurrection like the present—of none wore honourable in its progress to the professional and moral character of those by whom it has been undertaken, It seems a National enterprize, pro voked by intolerable injuries, and the agent of it is a Military force: yet its general characteristics are providence, mildness, and moderation ; nor has a single movement of vengeance in the Spanish sol diery, or of unworthy ambition in their Chiefs, drawn an expression of regret from the friends of humanity, or caused a feeling of shame among those of freedom. The Inverness Courier of Thursday contains no further particulars of the late rift of the tenantry in Ross-shire ; but adds, " We have heard, and hope it may be true, that the rioters are awakened to a sense of their misconduct, and are sending down messengers expressive of regret for their late out rage, and of submission to the laws which they offended." FASMONABLE ARRIVALS. The Marquis of Anglesea, at bis house in Old Burlington street, from Wales. The Countess of PovAs, yesterday, at her house in Berkeley square, from her seat, Walcot, Salop. Sir William Rowley and Miis Rowley, at their house in Lower Grosvenor -street, from their seat in Suffolk. The Honourable S. Eardley, at his house in Hinde-street, Manchester-square, from Rath. R. Knight, Esq. M.P. at his house in Grosvenor-square, from Walls ickshire. Mr. and Mrs. Yates and family, at liatt's Hotel, Dover -street, from their seat, Tring Park, Dens. Mr. and Mrs. Brune and family, at ditto, from their seat in Cornwall. Colonel and Mr. and Mrs. Cherry and fam;ly, at Mi vart's Hotel, lower Brook-street, from a tour. Lord Boyce, at Cooks llotei, Albemarle-street, from bis seat in Shropshire. Sir David and Lady Mini, at ditto, from their seat in Scotland. Mr. and Airs. Riddle Campbell, at ditto, from ditto. Finch Simpson, Esq. at ditto, from Leicester. Mrs. lloilward, ditto, from Brighton. Mrs. Scott, at ditto, from her scat in Scotland. Lord Carrington, at his house, Whitehall, from his seat, High Wycomb. DEP A RTU 11 ES. The Earl and Countess of tititrey, yesterday morning, from Norfolk House, St. James's-square, to their seat, Worksop latior, Notts. ('ount Funchal!, from Cook's Hut 1, Albemarle -street, yet. terday, fur lirilzton. NAVAL lATTAiraik6E. . . • • • Fmaroirm, Mita 11.--Wind B.—Arrived the St: Marrs, BOasox, from London for Jamaica; and. Agenoria, Ganes, from ditto for Bahia. Sailed the follcsiing Packets, ail With Mails: Osborn, for Lisbon and the Mediterranean ; Camden, for Amerita ; Lady Wellington, for Jamaica ; and Lord Hobart, for rite Brazils: Captain Wzorrzo, of the ship Thalia, vebieh arrived here on the 7th instant, from Jamaica, SAW on the sth February, in lat. 28. 47. N. long. 61. 56. W. a ;mid app t rendy from 300 to 350 tons, bottom hp, and soon after an Ame rican built jolly-boat or pinnace, also bottom up. PONTSSIOUTH, Mmicit W.S.W:—Arrived the t'allas, 11ANCIIIAZD, from Cette for Guernsey, and is under qua rantine ; and Concord, HoLcts, from Waterford. Sailed the Harvey, Mu.i.na ; Asia, LINDSAY; Three Sisters, RICHANINAVI ; and Providence, GRIFFITHS ; for London. DEAL, MARCH 13.—Wind S.N.—Arrived the Quebec, froM Newcastle for Plymouth ; and Robert, JONES, frolll Belfast : tke latter has sailed for the River. Came down from the River, the Mary Ann Sophia, Ilarwato, for the Cape of Good Hope; Claremont, GOA DEN, for Jamaica; Quebec, %wales, for Dublin ; and lonia, GRAkAM, for St. Andero. YARSIOUTII, Mizell I 3.—k The :Malta, of this place, has picked up the following boati, and landed them here : Dennison, 13nowis, of Solith Shields ; Diligence, GILSON, of ditto ; Friends, of ditto; and Unity, 11...5w00n, of Ipswich. GENERAL ELECTION. CITY OF LONDON.—SEVENTH DAY. State of tke Poll this Day, at One o'Clock : I Mr. TRON WA* iLsots 5147 Leap Msroa . - 4098 Alderman Woos - - 5110 Alderman Warrustax 5381 Sir WILLIAM CIATIS - 4750 Alderman TMOD.P - 3755 CITY OF WESTMINSTER.—FIFTII DAY. State of the Poll this Day, at One o'Clock: ' • . • This Day. Tntal. Sr FRAU/CU BURDETT - 240 187 S JOIIIII CAM HOINHOUSE. FA+ • 19. 1748 Honourable Gamma LA MI - 261 1150 . STATE OF OTHER P 01.1.5. PERRYN, MA ECU 16, Pascoe GI-entail, Esq. 127 I Sir Mist. Hawkins 75 Henry Swann, Esq. OS I Lord Worcester MONMOUTU, MARC!! 11. - 72 I Moggridge RADNOR, IMIAILCII 10. - 27 1 Lewis • Bnawicir, MARCH 10. 448 I Sir I)ivid Milne 3351 Risnor's Caartr.--(Foutth Day). - - 87 I lion. D. Kiunaird 87 I R. Knight SHORRIIIAL MAICII 11. Z. 83 I Webster - - 1.51 Lord Omlston St. Paul W. Holmes E. Rogers Lloyd Burrell 313 • • 167 Irswicx--(Final Close.) Mr. lialdimand - 483 I Mr. Crickett - 474 Mr. Lennard - - 482 Mr. Round - 468 A Scrutiny has been demanded by the Candidates left in the minority. COUNTY or SVSSEI, Maneu 13. —Slturday the Election for this County commenced at Chichester. Sir G. WEICIZIL de clined the contest. At the close of the First Day's Poll, he bumbers were: . 243 I Cavendish - 231 Curteis Burrell 172 Cietsvez,ithaor 11. Lord Belgrave - 377 I Oen. Grosvenor - 166 Sri J. G. ILgerton . 369 E. V. Townshend, Esq. 158 Bating Warta .Tormibu, Skies 11. - 92 I Seymour - 69 , , 46 Sfiravvoammax.—A Second Edition of the lichfield Mercury informs us, that " Earl Gowan the late Member, has declined going into the Poll for Staffordshire, which he had challenged. Sir J. F. 13otronrr, Bart. a most independent man, and Mr. r. will be returned without opposition." Basnara, MAACK 15.—(Fourth Day). Mr. Monck - 414 I Mr. Weyland lir. Palmer - 594 This is the hardest and the longest contest ever witnessed in the Town. The Poll was expected to close on Saturday last, and it is not yet closed. About twenty votes only were polled this day. Caattstr, Msnat 11.—At .four o'clock this day, the Poll finally closed—Mr. JAMIS having declined to proceed further, not wishing to give unnecessary trouble to his adversary. The numbers stood as follow : Sir James Graham, Bart. 246 Wm. James, Esq. J. C. Curwen, Isq. 239 Mr. James was brought forward by a party of Independent Freemen ; and although he did not solicit a single vote, had no Committee, and did not spend one sixpence in treating, yet by the spontaneous and free exercise of their elective franchise, the Freemen have achieved much. - 3119 146 - 363 Corxnasren, Maier 13. Harvey - 430 I Sir H. Russel Wildman • - - 401 ABERDEM—Mt. Hume has, we understand, secured his elect Lion for tke Aberdeen D;Arict of fluiThs, by a majority of one. ParsroN.—The Election for this Borough is curried on with great spirit, as will appear-from each day's Poll. The friends of Independence seem determined to do their utmost to shake off the yoke of a coalition Which has long oppressed them—a coa lition strange in its nature, as it exists between two persons of quite opposite principles, the one being a strict Whig, and the other an absolute Tory. By such a coalition, this ancient and populous Borough may be said to be non-represented by two Members. Mr. WILLIANLS, the Barrister, was one of the Gen tlemen fixed on as ait Candidate to oppose this Coalition. A Requisition was sent to him, with which he very honoura.'lly complied, and as the Poll proceeds his friends increase, so that little or no doubt is entertained of his election.—Mr. HUNT, who has also offered himself as a Candidate, has kept up extremely close to the other Candidates. 'This is owing to the number of Radical voters that are in Preston.—State of the Poll on the Fourth Day ; Horrocks - 339 I Williams - ■ornby - - - 333 IH. Hunt Essxx Comr.—Admiral Mawr and Mr. Wascian were ejected for this County yesterday, without opposition. Coasxrr writes from Coventry, we hear, that his voters are intimidated from going to the Poll by the bludgeon-men of the other Candidates, and that several of the Cobbettite " have had their bores broken." : 529 • 528 MEMBERS RETURNED. Boostm—Davies Gilbert and John Wilson Creker, Esqrs. BEWDLET—W, A. Roberts, Esq. BEacm•ats—T. Frankland Lewis, Esq. BEsarasrox—Lord Louvaine and the Hon. Cot Percy. Muslin—R. H. Davis and ..-- Bright, Esqrs. CocKtaatourn—Right Hon. John Beckett and John Henry Lowther, Esq. Cammroas--Earl of Yarmouth and Mark Millbank, Esq. . Cfticzcaur.-....J05. Pitt and Robt. Gordon, Esqts. Cantocaw—Pryse Pryse, Esq. Dow/nob—Hon. B. Bouverie and Sir T. B. Pechell. _ _ DAZTNIOUTH—Capt. Bastard and C. M. Ricketts, Esq. Gnntrrimm—Hon. F. Cast and Col. Hughes. GnAmroeso--John Innes and Alex. Robertson, Esqrs. Hinarrost..-Lord Jas. 'rownahend and H. Hudson, Esq. HAVIIITORDWEST.+W. H. Scourfield, Esq. )(Lanus°aouon.--Sir James Mackintosh and the Right Hon. Geo. Tierney. Lostwirturt.....-Sir Robt. Wigram and Alex. C. Grant, Esq. LANcosraa...-General Doeeton and J. F. Cawthorne, Esq. Lrommsmi—Lord Hotham and Sir Wm. Fair li MOSPlrill—Wm. Ord, Esq. and the Hon. W. H.Avard. Newcasric-urtnt-Tvxx-Sir M. W. Ridley and Cuthbert Mi xon, ilsq. NaWCASTLV-UNDTR•ILT,TIC—Mr. Kinnersley and Mr. Wilmot. NEWTOWN, Isis or WIGLIT-.-lludley North and Hudson Gur ney, Esqrs. New Sanum—Viscount Folkestone and W. Wyndham, F..sq. OLD SA aum—.T. Alexander and --.- Crawford, Hugs. PtleB1161:IFJ. Hensley Allen, Esq. Riroa--Right Hun. F. Robinson and Geo. Gipps, Esq. THE ARMii. The 3d Regimeitt a Royal Yeterais in Orrisa at PlyniOath, are ordered to Cbrk. They are to be succeeded by the 79th Regiment (Caiberonbui High: linders) him Jersey. IRELAND. THE RIBBON SYSTEM'. The County of Kilkenny is considered, generally; one of the most tranquil districts of Ireland; but Rib; bonism hai ittddenly btirst forth in its centre.Within two miles of the City of Kilkenny, the house of a respectable farmer, nained I elly, on the estate of Kil feara; was attacked; on Monda; se'nnight, by a nu tnerotis body of the banditti. Three of Kelly's sons slept in a barn near the house, and one of them per teiving a man standing in front, set the house-dog at him. The animal quicLly retreated, and the door was closed ; a blunderbuss was discharged at the door, which was soon broken open by the assailants. One of the Kelly's received a deep wound on the head from the Stroke of a bludgeon. Another of the sons being dragged forward, denied that he belonged to the family, and said that he was merely a day la.; bourer. The banditti then went to Kelly's house; and obtaining admitt ince, assaulted the old man in a most brutal manner. They accused him of occu pying alarm which his neighbour Ad possessed. They then returned to the barn, and seizing the youth who had denied his relationship, 'They made hith kneel, and while one of the wretches held a lighted candle over his head, another discharged a blunderbuss, which lodge] a bullet and several slugs in his thigh. The unfortunate youth fell f wward, and in this posi tion was struck on the head by one of the ruffians Another of Kelly's sons escaped by concealment. The Ribbonmen having thus accomplished their ob ject liberally regaled themselves with whiskey before they departed. Last week parties of Ribbonmen, in great num bers, from the County of Galway, visited the lands of Coolrea, near Scariff, and swcre all the tenantry' Several o f persons sworn have given information to the neighbouring Magistrates. Several Baronies in the County of Galway still continue disturbed by the Ribbonmen. In the Barony of Kiltarton, Lord Vi :count Gcrt and all the resident Gentry nightly patrole that country, and we hear with Fleasure, that they have done the Most material service, in depriving the peasantry of fire-arms, which they illegally obtatne2. Extract of a letter from a highly respectable Ma-• gistrate of the County of Clare I have just re;- ceived an account that Sir John Bourke, of Marble- Hill, County of Galway, had an engagement with, our Irish Radicals, and that sixty of them were dead -.many prisoners and wounded."—Thildin Journal. RoscomAlow ASSIZES. Thady Misty was convicted of appeiring, with others, in arms, by night, and assuming the ntme of Ribbonman.—Sentence of death was immediately passed on the prisoner, who was informed by thi Judge, that the Jury had recommended him to mercy, which recommendation he would forward to Government ; but informed the prisoner, that the sen tence should hang over his bead, and that the very next outrage which should be committed in the County, that moment he should be executed; and his Lordship advised the prisoner, if he had any influl ence among the disturbers of the County, to exert it; as his life depended on their future behaviour. THE KING V. MAXWELL AND COEN. The prisoner was first charged with a misdemean% our, under the 15th and 16th of the King. The prop secution was supported by the information of a per , son named Townsend, who had been murdered since last Assizes. When the case for the Crown dosed : Mr. BLAKNEY, on behalf of the prisoners, claimed a right to address the Jury ) which was conceded by the Court. He, said, he never rose under the pressure of greater embarrassment. Crimes of the blackest die have disgraced this country, and, in particular; one of peculiar atrocity . , namely—assassination.. lid deplored the death of Townsend. Under a particular Statute, the informations of a murdered manbcould he given in evidence, which, 9f necessity, deprived the parties charged of the benefit of a cross-examination. Had Townsend lived to be produced on this trial, his cross-examination would have displayed a melan choly illustration of the demoralization of society, for he, on a former occasion, admitted that he had professed a vat iety of religious tenets. He was what is generally denominated a Free-thinker ; but let his religious tenets be what they may, he was consigned to a premature grave by a banditti of assassins.... Mr. Lllakney said he had been for several years em ployed as the advocate of prisoners, and he had en• deavoured to discharge his duty by them conscien tiously. He should now take leave to digress from his professional duty, and as a Gentleman of this County, born and educated in it, he would say, with feelings of the deepest regret,- that his native county had been disgraced by an accumulation of outrage. He would advise those deluded pcoFle who heard him to discontinue their wicked schemes; to turn their minds to industry ; and to take up "and consign to the tribunal of justice such strangers as should, from time to time, come amongst them for the 'pur pose of disseminating sedition. He cautioned them from enrolling themselves in rebellious associations. —They had been seduced into the commission of crimes repugnant to human nature, by the machi nations and blandishments of designing traitors, act ing in contravention of all law, human and divine. He admonished .his auditory to adopt the advice of their Clergy, to be amenable to the Matistrates, and to take warning by the sad, ye; salutary example, be fore them at this Assizes—six culprits sentenced to an ignominious death, eight hurried away Orin the dock, without being allowed to take a parting fare• well of their families, and sent off for transportation to a foreign land, and sex eral others found guilty of minor offences. He trusted that the people of the country would implore •the forgiveness of their Goo, return to the paths of industry, and cease from their pursuits. The Learned JUDGE returned Mr. BLARNEY thanks for his manly and well tuned appeal to the feelings of the people, and hoped it would hake a lasting pression on their minds. I I