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II . - . 1 .' . , i [. I . IP 1 !' I i, , , ~ , i. . ! . ':, 1 ~ , ! 0, I. . . • ,' I .: . .. :. ii ' 1 1 , I. :, ' ) ' • : .' ;1 ; i '.. i 1 IIi1; I; i f~ CIIARLFS THE FIRST. TO THE EDITOR OF THE 3T TI. s;:t-4;1 par Paper of the Istinstant, in com menting upon the report of a letter from the King of Spain having been intercepted by Mina, and proving by its contents the insincerity of the Monarch in his s `stcceptance of the proposed Constitution, you men tion a similar circumstlance having occurred to the unfoTtuaate king Charles the First of this country ; and that— " thl this -?ery letter hinged the fate of his Majesty. Crom wAl and his party ',you add) were satLfied no pledge of sin c-rit ; eo,ld ba obtaiaed from the King, and we all know what was the result." Now, Si:, as there is the strongest possible ground to believe that the letter to which you have thus al• hied is an infamous forgery, and as I am able to refer you to high authority upon this-subject, I feel • fully assured that you will readily and immediately i sert the observations which I have now the pleasure oz transmitting to you. In a note by that accomplished Scholar,.Mr. Ma lone, in p. 272, of Spence 's Anecdotcs Men and Blob, just published by Mr. Murray, you will find • an interesting discussion of this very subject, too long for me now to transcribe, but to whit.b 'your Readers can in a moment refer. I wjll'only trespass on your columns by the following,uttract : " With respect to Lord Oxford's 'pretended letter, it is only necessary to observe, that if Charles had beensb lax in his prin ciples as this story represents him, and had thought himself at liberty to recede, at a subsequent period, from his engagements with the execrable wretches with whom he bad to deal, he might on many occasions have closed with them, and saved both his crown and his life. But, in his treaties with them, he firmly adhered to the maintenance of episcopacy, and ether points, which he thought himself bound to maintain, and by this means these treaties were broken off." Mr. Malone continues— " This proves decisively that the letter in question is a for gery : and hia answer, on the Sunday helve he died, to the proposal then made to him by Cromwell, Ireton, and the rest, is also a strong evidence to the same point : as aeon as he had read two or three of the propositions, he threw them aside with indignation, saying, that he would rather become a sacri fice for his people than thus betray their laws, liberties, lives, and estates, together with the church, the commonwealth, and honour of the crown, to so intolerable a bondage of an armed faction." Be assured Sir, that uo otTe more sincerely disap proves the whole political system of the deluded and bigoted sovereign of Spain than myself ; but you must be fully aware, that if historical calumnies and forgeries are attended with the most injurious conse quences to future ages, nothing but the most certain and incontrovertible evidence, should induce us to circulate a report which (if even totally false) may, in the present agitation of the Spanish people, be attended with the worst of consequences. Your own 'observations on this subject evincing the same prin ciples, I only send you the above remarks as a lover -of historical truth and the strictest justice. Ipswich, April .5, 1820. PHOCION. • ARTISTS' GENERAL BENEVOLENT FUND. The Annual Dinner in aid of this excellent Asso -elation took place yesterday, his Royal Highness the 'Duke of SUSSEX in the Chair. When the usual loyal toasts had been given and drank with an enthusiasm which shewed how sensibly the company felt the countenance bestowed upon the Arts by the KING and Royal Family, Mr. DOUGLAS KINNAIRD ' after a suitable eulo glum, in which he adverted to the loss which every benevolent Institution had sustained in the Duke of KENT, proposed the health of the President, which was received with acclamations. The ROYAL CHAIRMAN rose, with feelings evi dently overpowered by the allusion made to the la mented death ei his illustrious brother. It recalled to his mind, as it did to that of every individual present, the bitter loss which he had, in common with the country at large, endured, in the death of a personage whuse life had been devoted to pursuits of philanthropy and benevolence. His Royal Highness was merely able to articulate a few words expressive of the interest he felt in the promotion of this Institution, when, as he said, the allusion to the melancholy death of his illustrious brother so overpowered his feelings, that he must sit down and claim the considerate indulgence of the company. The company sympathised in his Royal feelings--the band struck up GOD save the King, and the musical Gentlemen present sung that Cue anthem in exquisite style. His Royal Highness becoming somewhat more able to express his sentiments, remarked, that the introduction of his lamented biother's name by the lion. Gentleman was as natural as his own subdued feelings on hearing it, for tile Duke of Kent had been the first Chairman of this Society, and had, with the zeal and activity so peculiarly belonging to him, used his utmost efforts to give effect to its laud able and benevolent objects—(Loud applause).— The Royal Chairman then made an eloquent and feeling appeal to the Meeting in behalf of this Insti tution, and alluded (without disparagement) to ano ther flind fainted for the relief of Artists, but the present, he said, had the decided advantage, from the wider sphere and greater universality of its ap plication, as it embraced all Artists, while the fund to which he alluded only assisted those Artists who had been subscribers to it. He assured them that he should ever feel a deep interest in the success of :t its Institution, and he trusted they would on the present occasion, spew by their subsvriptions, not only their regard to the Society, but their affection 'ard revcrenc.? to his lamented brother, who took so' deep an interest in its original formation—(Applause). " The Royal Academy" was toasted, and due ac knowledgment made by Mr. PitatiPs. The like compliment to the Institution called up Sir T. BARINfi, one of its Directors, who, in an able s peech, pointed out the national value of the Arts, and insisted upon the purity of the British School, ' which lent not itself to the corruption of the coun try, but contributed largely to the moral improve ment, as well as the refinement of the people. The City of London" being drank, Sir T. BELL returned thanks, and enumerated the particular in stances in which the Corporation had patronized the line Arts., --Many other patriotic and convivial toasts 'followed, and the pleasures of the evening were heightened by charming glees and songs, in the latter • of which Mr. Broadhurst got immense applause for his Sects scha ha'e tee Wallace bled, Green grow the rushes, and John Anderson iuy Joe. • • About tea o'clock, his Royal Highness retired, and the company soon'after separated, *ratified with an entertainment which did great credit to the Tavern and to the Stewards, while it tended so larply to the support of a Charity, (judging from six or itiestsases stated to the Meeting) most deeply required and cal culated to confer the dearest of blessings upon ob jects the most deserving. - The Collection amounted ta'between three and four hundred pounds. DINNER TO ALDERMAN WAITHMAN. A numerousbody of the Livery of London, friends to the political principles and parliamentary conduct of Mr. Alderman WA ITHMAN, dined together, yes terday, at the City of London Tavern. The great room was crowded, not less than 350 persons being present. About 84 individuals dined in a room be low stairs, who were afterwards admitted to the great room to hear the addresses of the different speakers. At half-past five o'clock, the Stewards ushered Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN into the room. He was ac companied by Mr. BYNG, Mr. SAMUEL WHITBREAD, Mr. G. BENNETT, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. Hdanovse, Mr. Wictrams, Mr. WISIIART, and several other public characters. SAMUEL FA VELL, Esq. immediately took the Chair. After dinner, the Chairman rose and pro posed the health of " the King, and may he never forget the principles which placed his Family on the Throne," which was drank with three. The next toast was, " the Queen, and the rest of the Royal Family," which was proposed to be - drank with three, but was received with ambounded and long continued shoats of applause. The CHAIRMAN then, a.ter a warm eulogium on the public and private virtues of the late Duke of KENT, proposed the memory of that Royal persqn age, which was drank in solemn respectful silence. He then proposed as a toast, " A speed y.and effectual Reform of the Commons House of Parliament," which, he observed, would be a security against to-, mult and violence on the one hand, and against des potism and arbitrary power on the other. The moral sense and justice of the country could not be satisfied while they saw great personages dealing with impu nity for seats in Parliament, while Sir M. Lopez and Mr. Swann were imprisoned for bribery and corrup r don. It was impo.,sible such a system could go on consistently with the good of the People, unless they thought with Mr. Canning, that the more rotten the component parts of the constitution were, the sounder must be the whole body—(Laughter and applause). The toast was drank with great applause. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of Mr. Alderman Waithman. He prefaced the toast with a long and animated eulogium on the public charac ter of that worthy Gentleman, to whose energy and perseverance for twenty- five years in the public cause, he ascribed the present independent character of the Livery of London. He stated, that when Mr. Al derman Waithman first began his political career s scarcely more than two or three Members of the ICommon Council were found to support him ; but. he had, by his unremitting and zealous exertions, brought over to his side the great body of the Livery, and even of the Corporation of London. At that -time London was little more than a rotten Borough. He had, however, encouraged the timid and stimu lated the wavering, and finally raised that spirit *which it was not flattery, but justice to say, entitled 'him to the support and esteem of his fellow-citizens —(Applause). He had to regret the termination of the late contest, but they had compromised no prin ciples, they had lost no honour; and the Livery were,- in some degree, chargeable with the fault imputed to the ancient Greeks of abandoning their friend ; yet he hoped that they would take the earliest opportunity of wiping off so foul a stain—(lannense applause). The toast was then drank with the must enthu siastic applause. Mr. Alderman WAITH MAN then rose to return thanks. He said, he was now placed in one of those peculiar situations, in which even are most experi enced speakers laboured under great difficulty. It was difficult at all times to address large assemblies, relative to one's self, but it became eminently so un der existing circumstances. If he had, in consequence of the late defeat, felt that he had abandoned any of those principles which he professed to contend for— if he had felt that he was liable to a charge of dere liction of public duty, and had thereby lost the con fidence of his fellow-citizens, his mind would have been severely wounded: But, taking a view of the whole of .that cctitest, and looking round to the re spectable assembly he had the honour to address, he was convinced that he had not incurred a charge of that kind, and had not lost the confidence of any of his friends—(Appleuse).—He should deeply lament if such a charge were imputable to him as an indivi dual ; but he should feel still more, if it couldjustly be charged on the great body of the Livery of Lon don, that they had given up the principles to which he adverted, and that the cause of corruption was likely to prevail in the metropolis of the empire. But he was quite convinced, that the sentiments of the citizens at large were favourable to him, and, he be lieved, if an Election took place to-morrow ina the Livery were suffered to proceed to poll uninfluenced, he should be returned by a large majority—(" True, true").— Although he was assured of the truth of this position, yet it was no less true, that by the event of the late Election the character of the City . of London had suffered exceedingly. It could not be concealed, that from whatever cause it occurred, whether from indiscretion, or carelessness, or undue influence, it reflected on the conduct of those who had allowed k. He had scrutinized the last poll with considerable attention, and it was really curious to observe how individuals might be induced to vote when there were six candidates. It appeared, that very many modes of voting had been adopted by some of those who supported him, while, on the part of his opponents, the greatest unanimity was ob servahle. Certainly " the children of corruption were wiser in their generation than the children of light"—(Applause).—lle had seen great consistency amongst those who supported the Ministerial Cendi dates ; but he was sorry to see, that amougst those who voted for.him, there were a thousand who had divided their votes with the Ministerial Candidate, l and must therefore have acted against principle.— Great influence must therefore have. been used on one side or on the other : no man could say that i t could have been exercised on his ( Mr. Waithman s) side, and no man could have the effrontery to deny that it was made use of on the other side--(Applause}. Sin hundred persons had voted for tl'e I ord Mayor and . himself, from a Mistaken notion, that by se curing the Lord Mayor they were weakening the cause of his (Mr. Waitliman's) adversary ; but they thereby defeated the individual whsan they meant to serve. He trusted, that when the battle was ,to be fought again, whoever /night be the individual se lected to support their cause, that they would consi der all these circumstances, and so use their exer tions as to ensure syccess—(Great applause).—The worthy Alderman then entered into a defence of his Parliamentary conduct, with respect to the question of Reform, and shewed, by reference to his speeches, that he had omitted no opportunity, in the House of Commons, to express his opinion on that important subject, fairly, plainly, and boldly. He was as de termined a friSod of Refoeln as any man in the king dom, but never had, nor ever would lend himself to any wild or dangerous protects. If lie could rot get all by one grasp, he would get all becould— icreat applause).—lie conceived public men ought not to fall out about tints of difference in opinion, but ought to unite as one body in support of great political principles. In conclusion, the worthy Al derman observed, that though, if placed in the si tuation, he would zealously perform the duties of a Representative of his fel:ow-citizens in Parliament, still he had by no means fixed his mind on that ho nour; but he expressed a fervent hope, that, sshen they were again called on to exercise the elective franchise, they would act with such vigour and una nimity as would ensure the return of persons who would make every effort to preserve their liberties. The worthy Aldermen then proposed " The health of tbp 4119 Liverymen, who maintained their princi ples at the lost Election."—Given amid loud cheers. The CHAU:AJAR said, it was true they had to re gret the unsuccessful contest in the City of London, but they had, on the other hand, to rejoice in the triumph of the county of Middlesex. The Free holders had ousted an individual whom Ministers had kept in for a very long period—and they hod re-, turned their veteran Representative, who , for thireir years, had supported the good cause, and with him the son of one of the most respectable-und honour able men that had ever advocated the cause of the People in Parliament. If ever any individual de served the esteem and confidence of Britons, surely it was the father of that young man—(Arplause). He then proposed—" The health of Messrs. Byng and Whitbread, and the Independent Freeholders of Middlesex," which was drank with enthusiasm. Mr. BYRD, in returning thanks, said, he felt, on this occasion, (and he always felt thus) as a man who really loved the People, and the whole object of whose life was to serve them, and not himself—(Ap phrase). He was happy to support a person whom' he so much respected as he did Mr. Weidman ; and he assured the Meeting, that he felt as great an in-1 terest in his Election, as if it had been his own—(Ap plause). He felt thus, because Mr. Waldman had exerted himself in the cause of freedom, at a time when very few persons dared to do so--(Applause). With regard'to the result of the late Election, nothing' could be more gratifying to his heart. During thirty rears that he had Represented the county of Middle sex, he never had a colleague with whom he could , act. It was, therefore, most pleasing to find a Gen-I tleman returned with him, who was the son of a man whose memory was dear to every friend of freedom ' —(Applause). Fruits the commencement of his peps litical life, he always wished to see the rotten Bo roughs done away, and the right of returning Repre sentatives transferred to those towns and cities that had grown up during the last century ; he was also de sirous that the right of voting should be extended to copyholders, and he had ever been a friend to Trien nial Parliaments. These were always his sentiments, and to those sentiments he would ever adhere. Mr. WHITBREAD said, it was with feelings of high gratification he saw so many. fi rm friends of lil'erty assembled together on that day. He only wished that they had met to celebrate the complete triumph of a man whose talents and character they all ad mired---(Applause). He could not see so many inde pendent Erectors of Middlesex sitting around him, without thanking them for their generous efforts in his favour. They had fought and conquered under great disadvantages. He came forward untried and unknown—and it was said, by his opponents, that he only stood cat a name. But he would tell those who said so, that so long as • a name implied prin ciples, he would be proud to put forward such a claim—( Great applause). The CH A IRMAN then proposed the health of the Honourable Grey Bennett, the friend of liberty and humanity. This toast was drank with three times three, and ,loud cheering. • Mr. BENNETT said, he hoped he should ever prove himself to be the friend of liberty and humanity— two principles drat were always united; and he felt that he• should have ill-executed the duties which had been cast upon him as a public man, if he had not devoted his time and his limited abilities to the furtherance of those measures which appeared to' him best calculated to promote the happiness of his fellow-creatures. He felt great pleasure in being present on this occasion, as it was selected to do horfour to his friend and the Iliend of the Livery, whcse public conduct had been before them for up. wards of twenty years. Though he had long known Mr. Waldman as an acquaintance, as a Member of Parliament he had only witnessed his exertions during . "two years—two little years." And he would eay o in defiance of the.coatse ribaldry with which he had been assailed, that no man in the House - aif Com mons, speaking the voice of the people, contributed more to the good of the people than lie had dooe— (Cheers).—llis abilities, in fact, placed him not amongst those who were to follow, but amongst those who ought to lead—(Applause). He felt— he said it without offence—greot indignation at the manner in which he had been treated by that City of London, which ought to have set an example of honour to the country. He trusted that the Livery would, at a future day, guard themselves from that greatest of all stigmas—the stig ma of having re turned again a man whom-they 111 di i yen from their presence, and who was obliged to represent his own money, as the representative of a rotten borough.— He (Mr. Bennett) could not now but feel shame, o hen he entered the House of. Commons, and, on looking round for those who once represented the City of London, beheld that gross tool of powerwho bad been recently elected—(Shouts of applause). The then proposed the health of "Mr- C. Calvert, M.P. for Southwark," which was drank with much applause. Mr. CALSERT returned thanks in a short speech, in the course of which he ,stated that Sir Robert. Wil son would have been present, but had been übliLed to leave town on important business. The CHAIRMAN next pioposed,. " the health ef J. C. Hobhouse, Esq. and the glorious example of Welt ' minster"—(Loud Mr. Hoes:cruse exrressed his gratitude for the ho nour.that had been conferred on him. He alru:!e?, in the course of his address, to the vote of the ficese of Commons, which occasioned his being for some time a resident in the City, and observed, that had such a man as Brass Crosby or Mr. fiawbridge been seated on the " City Throne " when he was arrested, he would have applied to him fcr the services of that old-fashioned law officer, " a Constable: But he could not get a man bold enough to touch an Officer of the House of Commons, on account, he supposed; of the insignia dangling from his button-lsole—(A laugh). He regretted the result cf the contest En the City of Loudon; but the Livery men, and the Co li n.: try at large, would gain erperience by it. They would whianately find, that although Sir William Curtis, and men like him, ini . ght do very well for fair weather, it was necessary, when they wished to s:cer the rinfortunat^ bark into a sale haven, t!,at men of bold and determined character should be employed. —(Applanse). The CHAIRMAN then propooed the health of Don Josef Alvarez, and two other Spanish Liberales, who had honoured the Pdeeting'with their pmence. In doing so, he adverted to the refulgenPblaze of liberty which row illuminated Spain, and expressed a hope that the ;dorinns Ferdinand would blazon the stand arils of freedom with as much pains as he had pre viously embroider ed the petticoat of the Virgin Mary! —( Laughtrr). The toast was loudly cheered. After several other toast', &c. the company broke up about eleven o'clock. The c :erring was spent in the utmost harmony. 1 , 1 Ii , iv,' li ! i ! 11' ' 1 1, , , •,,, , i 1 1i 1 , , i ) ,i'i • 11, I t . 11. 1,. E 4 . i ll t:1) . -.:.ti ., l i ii 1 ' OLD-BAILEY SESSIONS. Yesterday, Morris Ames, a bog about fifteen years of tog!, was indicted for burglaricus'y breaking and eutering the dwel ling house of Stephen Skinner, of St. George's, Hanover-square, in the night of the eed of March, and stealing some tanle.lieen. The prisoner was found Guilty--Dettia. Tnon-.as RNA, aged eighteen, was indicted for burglarions'y breaking the dwelling-house of Stephen William Young, of Pe land -street, Sr. James'a, with intent to steal, on the 26th of February last.—Nat Ca Iy. Henry Hawkins, aged eighteen, was indicted for burglariowly entering the dwelling-house of William Drew, of I'm tug el street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, and stealing therein a tin cash-box, containing £33 in notes, some sovereigns, and other property, on the 19th February last. Ann Drew defosed, that she was the wife of Mr. W. Drew, of Portugal-street, steticner. She was sitting in her parlour, behind the shop, between eight and nine o'clock on the evening of the 19th Febrnare. Her husband had just gone out, and the dcor was closed. She heard the shop-door in a short titre open, and she rose to see who it was, when a man immediately shut the door to; at the moment the party advanced into the par lour, and holding a pistol up to her head, swore if she made any noise he would blow her brains out. Witacas screamed out, whets the man struck her a viiient blow on the held pith the pistol, and she fell. Seeing the prisoner stand over her as if about to strike her again, she rose op and struggled to keep him off, when he again struck her five or six times with the pistol, and left her. She became almost ineensible, and remained so until one of her servants came. She saw no ether person tbrre, and was now certain that that person was the prisoner. He w..s brought to her room in two hours afterwards, when she instantly recognized him. She was positive of his identity. Mr. W. Dreveseid, he was fee owner cf the house and shop in fitiestion. On the night of the rohl:esi he went cut shortly before nine o'clock. Previons to *la he took about X 45 (rent, his money-box, and left in it :lout 1 . 33, with a :rase and several papers. On going out of his house he saw three men (one of whom was the prisener standing near his hcase.• Ile titouelit them suspicious charec.ere, and met pa aicelar notice of th em e by the aid of a gas-light. Upon his retarn hon - .e he found his wife had been grossly injured, and his shoo robbed of the cash bee, Ste. Witness wen, - .vith an thEtesr to the Cart and Home, Bow-street, and there saw a hoy whom he had before seen ex the same evening standing near his heuse. He next went to another public-house, at the corner of Brownicw-sweet, where, out of forty persons, he selected the prisoner as one of the relay be had seen standing between his ewe and Mr. Clarke's house on that night: Two others of the party zesembled at the public house were also suspected, and, with IlawitMs, taken h..ck to his house. They were shewn in separately before his wife, and upon seeing' the prisoner she instantly declared hint to be the person who attacked and robbed her. Furzeman, the Officer, stated, that he took the prisoner and two others into custody at the Sun public-house, and alarm• panied him to the house of Mrs. Drew. Witness introduced the two other men into the presencelsf Mrs. Drew ; but she did not recognize either. Hawkins was next introduced, when ske shook her head, and said, " That is the man." The prisoner avowed his innocence, ma called foul' or five witnesses, who gave him an excellent character. . Mr. Justice PARK summed up the evidence, and the Jury, without much hesitation, found the prisoner Gwiap—Death. Mr. Drew immediately addressed the Coiat, in reteminend lag the prisoner to mercy. Mr. Justice Panic said, he had no doubt the rectsnunendation proceeded from the most humane motives. He could not, how ever, premise that it would be attended with much sedress, for wherever cruelty, such as had in this case been pralitised, it would be a false humanity altogether to affect pity for the guihy party. The Jury said, it was this feeling which had induced them to withhold their recommendetioq. We are requested to publish theiollbwitl Letter, as particularly claiming the attention of those who have been improperly treated under this complaint TO TH n LIIITOS OF THE STAft. Sri—Observing C.paragraph in your Paper respecting the Cure of an Hernia 'ref a large size), by the Medical Board , e t Charlotte-Nettie, G reat Charlotte-street, Blackfriar's-road, in justice to Menen. Coeriet and Co. I add my personal testimote (laving bc:n aClisted neeriv :-.0 years, at,d deemed incurahle in :t - ninent Set reors, I patiently bore my.affiction, expecting eve, hoer to be my lase: [at length ensiled to-the Medical Boast. a i ilhave reason to Fray fe, - thin. excelkitt Establishment, for al. thotieh lam tic ::1 50, I was perfectly cured in a few .weeks, zrl new, thaek Cu',e e,,jee good health. C. CLEVELAND. Dor end Stile, St. teeoree's-':ells. • Messrs. COOPER and Co. are consulted at Wood stot.!.-i louse, Woodstock. street, daily, and at Char. lotte-llouse, Great Charlotte-street, opposite the Rec. Rouland Bill's Chapel. Mechanics have ..ktivit: ~r atis every Evening,. from Six till Eight ; anti cil Sunday Mornings until Twelve o'Clock. N.B. Private I)eors at each House, and nivalc Doors for Fern:cm - - _.: 818.111. At his hcrise, on the Grand Parade, 13righton, the Lady ei James Grant, Esq. of a daughter. MMt B IRI!. Tuesday, at Ft. Luke's, (Aetna. the Rey. 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