Star. — London, England, 1820-03-29 00:00:00

, i ) f S 4 f `1"11:32; VEN J. STA 11. LONDON. Our Correspondents, Arratn, Juatincus; and B. must be , PW:ill! that want of room, caused by the length and importance of tha laie Lials , has thrown LS iit arruer with many of our enrrespund:its, and also with matters of a public nature, to we must yet devote attention. There is, therefore, but lied•: CLAMe of their communiceions finding a place in our columns beibre lia meets—and then we fear it will be . impossthle. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1820. FuNi)s. liquor Of STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE OCLCCK 3 per Ccnt. Consols 68 1 / 2 5 / 4 5 per Celli. Navy 1010/8 101 Imperial 3 per Cent. Anns. 68' India Bonds 9s. 10s. pt. South-Sea Stock 76 Exchequer Bills (21) Is. 2s. dis. Consols for Account oy i 69 GB7/8. The prociedings at York are novr finishel The verdict riads Hunt, Johnson, Knight, Maley, and Bamford, Guilty on the fourth count of the Indict ment, namely—that the Meeting of the 16th of August was illegal. O all the other counts they were accil:ltted. The parties wtre 'ordered to enter into their own recognizances to keep the peace and good behaviour for Six Months; Mr. Hunt in the sum of £2OO, Mr. Johnson of £lOOO, 11arn:ord and llealy £5OO each. • It is cut ious enough to observe how, in the. course of this trial, the various atrocities and enormities, attributed to the parties, and which roany expected would be established on the clearest proof, were gradually annihilated by the evidence ; and the strong points given up even by the Counsel for the • Prosecution. On the seventh day of the 1': ial, Mr. • SCARLETT allowed, " that Mr. Hunt did not mean to offer resistance ;' " that the word 'enemies' did not apply to the Military ;" and that " Mr. Hunt did not mean to excite disturbance on the 13th." And the J..idge on the Bench, Lang before his summing up, " that it would be his duty to inform the Jury, that though Nadiu have been called, there was no evidence before the Court that he•was unable to serve the warrant upon Mr. Hunt without the aid of the Military." • As to the conduct of these who dispersed the Meeting, it yet remains to be seen whether any of them will ever be brought to trial ?—Whether cri- minality attached to any person for the sabre wounds and blows inflicted on unoffending individuals, who attended that Meeting out of mere curiosity ? What 11111 H Lord CASTLEREAGH himself now thiLic of the credit due to statements on which he ventured to make such allegations as the following, in his speech on moving the Address?— " The truth was, that the Magistrates did not determine upon dispersing the lleeting until it hadoun mai the character of tumid' and had d.:.:lared i:sey, the Magistrates put the warrants into the hands of the constables; and it was not until tby hid declared their inability to execute them, that a military force walemployed at all." " The Magistrates determined to disperse the Meeting, and to disperse it in the most mild and gentle and temperate man ner. At the time the Itts.! Ad was first read, it was read from the window of the house in which the Magistrates were assem bled; it was suggested, that this method of reading it was not s.:ch as was contemplated by the Act; another Magistrate was, therefore, sent into the crowd, and, wbilit attemptitz to read it, was trampled under foot; they then sent a rzird Magistrate, to read it al the lin:tints, in order that no man might remain in ignorance of the fact of its bring read—(Cries rf " Hear" from el parts of the House). Why was it not read there? Wl•y, be cause after the caption of Hunt was effected, those troc-,:s who effected it were violently assaulted by what the Right Honour able Gentleman (Mr. Tierney) had called an unarmed mob— (Cheers). This un..imed multitude, though the place had only the day before been cleered of all tile stones that were calculated to hurt a human being, assailed the Military with so many, that the next day two cart loads were found upon the ground—(Hear, hoar); ao that it was clear that the parties had come with stores in their pocket: : it was also evident, that there Were men among them wrine.l with pistol.; : fur, front the house behind tlw pt3:els were fired upon the treogs—(Hear.)••• ...... That his Lordship gave credit to these particulars rt the time we must believe. Eut has there been noon this trial even an attempt to prove that the Riot Act was read ? Was there any evidence offered to support the testimony of the only Magistrate who was examined, respecting the turbulence of the People and their assault of the Yeomanry ? None. Though all the other I'dirgistrates were at York, not one of them was called to corroborate the fact. The peace able demeanour of the Meeting was fully proved during the trial, and is established by the admis,ion of Mr. SCAtLZTT, and the verdict of the Jury. Has anything been elicited by this trial to justify the advice given to the Crown to thank the Magi rarate.., for their conduct on the 16th of August ? What has come of the four-feet bludgeons—the cart 'cads of stones—the trampling down of a Magistrate --the resistance to the execution of a warrant? What has come of the tea thousand tics that were c,i:culated from one end of the Kingdom to the other, respecting the intended burning of Manchester, with 1 1 . e massacre of its inhabitants? But we foibear, in the hope that the legal investigation which we Lave so often been told was in train, and ought not to be anticipated or prejudged, respecting the mode ?a which the Meeting was dispersed, will yet be in stituted, in • spite of eveiy impediment that may be °probed to it. Sir F. BwrinErr, in alluding, at the close of the Llecticn for Westminster, to Lis tr::4l at Leicester, observed, that so many points remained to be inve? tigated at the proper time and place, that he felt per suaded the decision of an ulterior tribunal would rescue him from the effects of the verdict which had been given against him. For this and other reasons, we have abstained from all observations upon the re sult of that trial. The verdict of a Jury upon a charge of so vague and indefinite a natt;re as that of politi cal libel, is less calculated to carry with it. the con viction of the country than upon any other occasion; yet we assent to the general principle, that unless manifestly tainted or irregular, it ocght not to become the subject of public animadversion. In the following lematks, therefore, we have no intention to question the correctness of the verdict— that will be tiied in the proper Court—but we wish to call the attention of the New Parliament to the question of the • policy or impolicy of allowing a certain Act that was passed last Session, to remain unrepealed. Let the Members look at the conse quences which may be entailed on themselves, as well as on Sir FRANCIS and others, by the operation of that Act. Whatever differences of opinion may exist as to' the Honourable Baronet's views of Parliamentary Reform, and the Readers of this Journal will not suspect us of advocating some of his peculiar notions on that subject—his high rank and character, his splendid talents, the enthusiastic affection with which he is regarded by a large portion of the people, are acknowledged on all hands. Yet the next ungoorded• or intemperate exercise of his zeal in the popular cause will subject him, by one of the !ix Acts Which the late Parliament bequeathed to the country, to be banished to the dominions of such Sovereign as hi s Majesty's Privy Council may, in the exercise of a merclul or vindictive discretion, be pleased to select; and further, if the manifold ties which attach such a Man to ..`le country should induce him to linger on his native soil for forty days, he will be liable to be transported for fourteen yens. By the common law of the hind, explained and con firmed by Magna Charter, no man could be expa triated. The KING might exercise a paternal re straint upon his subjects, by issuing his writ of Ne carat regno—but though he could retain, if he thought fa, the proudest of his subjects within his dominions, he had no power to banish the htimblest of them from the country of his bia-th. It will not easily be forgotten that even this punishment of exile was con ceded as a boon by the Ministers of the Crown, and that in proposing another of the Bills, Lord CASTLE-. ttiokoit took credit to himself for not making it " fe lony of death !" as he phrased it, to continue for half an hour at a Meeting, which circumstances might' render it physically impossible to quit. -The Paris Papers of Sunday arrived this forenoon. The Chamber of Peers were occupied on Saturday with the final disctssion of the Project of Law re specting Individual Liberty. Several Aniendments, all calculated to mollify the operation of the law, were proposed, but each of them was got rid of by the previous question. The five Articles of which the Law is composed, were separately adopted in the' . terms of the Project; and the whole Law being put to the nominal appeal, was passed by a majority of 35, the number of voters being—For the Project, 121 —Against it, 86. In the Chamber of Deputies, on the same day, the Project of Law respecting the Journals, commenced running its second course of flagellation—that Article by Article. The first Article of the Law pro posed to enact the . Suspension of the free publication of Periodical Journals and Writings, devoted in whole or in part to news and political matters, " until Me time hereinafterAred:"l'lle time " hereinafter fixed" (by Article IC) was " the end cf the Session of 18200' 1 M. TERNAUX, to guard against the possible extension' of this period when the Chamber should come to rote on Article 10, submittal, that the enactment of the suspension, and the term of its duration, should be decided on together ; he accordingly moved, that Article 10 should be merged in Article 1, by substi tuting for the words " until the time hereinafter Axed," the following, " until the end of this Session of 1820." A long debate ensued on this Amendment, which, as usual, was not confined to the simple letter of the question, but branched out into the whole field of discussion embraced by the Project. The Amend ment was finally put to the vote by nominal appeal. The numbers were—For the Amendment, 113— Against it, 121--Majority for its rejection, 14. NEWS FPO3I SPAIN. An extraordinary Courier which arrived to-day (Saturday) at the Hotel of the Spanish Embassy, has brought the following news: MADRID, MARCH 16, IBSO. On the 14th, the Infants, Cardinal de Bourbon, President of the Provisicinal Junta, the Ministers Secretaries of State, all the Members of the King's Household, took, in the hands of his Majesty, the Oaths to the Spanish Constitution. The Cardinal received, afterwards, the Oaths of all the other Members of the Junta. The Officers of the Depa-trncnts took the Oaths in the hands of their respective Ministers. The Members of the Supreme,Tz ibunal of Justice, and the Special Tribunals of War and Maria?, have • also been sworn. News has been received here of the reception, at Saragossa, of the Decroe by which the King declared Lk adhesion to the Constitution. The event %as :e lebrated by rejoicingc. A Procalamatial was irtnt diately published by the political ellief, ear. ificrirt, Don Joseph Maga) Gonsalez ; it "finished witJ these words :—" Long live the Religion of our fathers ! Long live the Spanish Nation !—Long live the King by the Constitution !" The greatest tranquillity prevails at Madrid. The following Proclamation has been•issued by the Infant Don Carlos, as Commander-in-Chief of the troops: "THE INFANT DON CARLOS TO THE NATIONAL ARMY. " Socotans !—The s3lemn act by which you have, under your colours, declared your most firm adhesion to the political Con stittaioa of the Spanish Monarchy, has imposed on you great obligations, and has opened to you a brilliant career, in which you will obt,.in immortal glory. " The valour and constancy which have, at all times, been the noble distinctions of the Spanish warrior, are to me sure guarantees of the inviolable fidelity with which you will observe your promises. I feel flatten dby the confidence which has led the King to confer on me the high honour of command* you. Aid equally faithful as ynurselves to the solemn oath which I have to-day taken before his Majesty, you will find me a leader who will ever conduct you in the path which honour and duty prescribe. To love and d‘lfcnd the country; to support, with unalterable leyaty, the Throne, and the sacred person of the Monarch, who is the support of civil liberty and the na tional grandeur ; to respect the laws ; to maintain public order; to submit to all sacrifices which the ccznnen weal requires ; to write in affection and sentiment with other Spaniai us, and to concur with them in the establishment and consolidation of the constitutional system ; to observe an exact d-iiciyline, and the su bordination sa necessary in troops :—Such, soldiers, ara yo-ar rt cred antics ; such these which will render you worthy of the love of your fellow-citizens in peace, and racubtable to your enemies in war ; such, in fine, :the• duties which the King ex pects from you, and of which your first companion in arms will make it his ambition to set you an example. " It is thus that the august Throne of Alpheus° and of Fer dinand will shed a lustre on this heroic nation, unknown even in the most glorious ages of the Monarchy ; and Ferdinand VII. our beneficent king, the founder of Spanish Liberty, the father of the country, will be one of the most happy, the most power fuPof Monarchs, since he rests his MO authority on the inde structible basis of the love and•veneration of his people. " Soldiers of all classes!.-oMay there no longer be heard but one voice, as them exists but one sentithent among Spaniards. In all dangerlt, and in ail circumstances, may we rally round the Throne, at the generous cry of " Long live the King !—Long live the Nation !—Long live the Constitution!" " Madrid, March 14, 1820. (Signed) " CARLOS." French Five per Cents. S.:am - day, 731. 70 c. Letters from Pamplona, of the 19th inst. have been received in town, by the way of Bourdeatx, two days later than those brought by the last Mail. They chiefly relate to the enthusiastic manner in which General MINA had been received within the walls of that fortress. Upswaods of 20,000 persons went out to meet him, and evinced every possible demonstra tion of joy. A triumphal car had been prepared for him, but he prevailed on the people to dispense with the intended honours. A sumptuous banquet was given on the occasion. ato, Captain-General of Valencia, is said to have retired to the Citadel—by this we presume is meant Murviedro. In another part will be found some farther occur rences in Catalonia, more recent than those we last published. From these advices it would appear, that General VILLACAMPA had not yet arrived at Bar celona, and that CASTANOS still occupied the Go vernment House, after the creation of the new Au thorities. For the sake of public tranquillity, the people had, however, determined to turn him out of the town, where he was extremely unpopular ; and another letter adds, that he and his sycophant parti sans were already on their way to Madrid. Virginia Papers arrived this morning to the 4th of March. A Letter from Norfolk, dated the 3d of March, says— " The United States schooner, HA Rum Captaia Rasiaci, arrived at Charleston from the Gulph of Mexico, last from Havannah. We have conversed with some of the Officers, who state that a vet, spirited correspondence took place on the part of Captain RAMAGP, with the Governor of Cuba and the Cap tain of the Eogli4h sloop of war WA.sr, in consequence of the imprisonment by the latter, on the .nst ult. of an American seaman from the schooner SARAH, of Baltimore, while lying in the harbour of Havannab. This is the first instance of impri sonment we know to %aye mkt! place since ttaii conclusion of our late war with Great Britain, and hope our Government will at once check an evil so pregnant with future ills, and so derogatory to our national character." By accounts, dated 6th February, just received from Sir GEORGE COLLIER, K.C.B. commanding on the coast of Africa, for the prevention of the Slave Trade, we learn that two vessels, with slaves on board, have been captured in the River Pongo, by the boats of his Majesty's ship TARTAR, under the com mand of Lieutenants MARSH and KNIGHT, of that ship. For the Army and Naval Intelligence, and other articles, see our front rage. • A Messenger arrived on Monday morning, from the QoteN, with orders to-make arrangements pie pAratory to her return to England. He btought let ters from her MAJESTY to Lords LIVERPOOL and CASTLEREAGH, MT. BROUGHAM, and other private i...dividuals, dated Rome, March 16. The Earl of HAREWOOD yesterday, underwent an operation : a large lump of some substance having latterly grown on his cheek, which was supposed to be of a dangerous nature, was cnt out by Surgeon LYNN, and the wound afterwards sewed_ up. His Lordship bore the operation with great fortitude, and we-are hlppy to state, that his Lordship felt some what better in the course of the evening. The Countess FAUCONBERO is dangerously ill, at her house in Welbeck-street. The Countess of MEXHOROUGII is SeriOUSiriildiS posed, at his Lordship's house in Piccadilly. MIDDLESEX ELECTION.--ELEVENT H DAY.—State of the poll this day, at twelve o'clock : Mr. bizr.usa, IlyNc, 311—Mr. Waranrab, 13. BRIGHTO.V, M.4.1C11 27. The health and spirits of our beloved MONARrfi continues daily and hourly to improve. The vis::s of the Nobility, to testify their respect, by leaving their names in thf; hall-book, were very numerous a. the Palace this morning. Sir EtNJAmits.ist.oorrittt..) took his departure this afternoon for Carlton Palace: prior to v hich Lady Bt 4 cOmPrEtri and Sir WlLua:.: Kr.PPEL returned. Lord ECAREMONT visited the Pa .Lce this morning. Lord HowAau was among t:ie atiivals yesterday. THE WOOLWICH MURDER. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 215. Mr. Ridout, a Constable, from Woolwich, arrived here on Sunday, and on being introduced to Ncnik, they immediately knew each other. This merning, Mr. JACKSON, the son-in law of Mr. PA R ER, arrive:: here, and recognized the watches, seals, tca-tongs, and some other articles, as Alr. PA RKER . S. Nesbit. has been very sullen in his conEnement, and taken only a little tea; except this morning, when he tecic a glass of wine and a biscuit, by the earnest persua sion of Mr. Ridout. He will be removed to London. to-night. DREADFUL ACCIDENT. A shocking accident occurred this morning at the Savoy, in the Strand, which is in the course of behlg removed to make way for the improvements in tires neighbourhood of Waterloo Bridge.. About tea o'clock a high old wall fell down with a treniende-s crash, and buiied in its ruins a number of perscpls v:ere employed about the building. Four bowies have been already dug out,, quite dead and mu t cruelly mangled ; one is a carpenter of the namo ot . Watson; another, a labourer, of the name of Williank. ; the third, a soldier, name unknown ; and the fourth, a milkman, of the name .of Frederick Windermude, who resided in Floneferry-road, and who was em uloyed with hls cart and 'nurse in carting away the. old materials. it is feiced that these ma the whole of the unfortunate sufreters, and persons con tinue actively employed in removing the rubbish, to ascertain the extent of the calamity. FUNERAL OF 3111 . . IVEST. The remains of the venerairle President of the Royal Academy were this day solemnly conveyed It ern Sotnerset-house to S. Llurs, for interment. hearse v:as followed be 4'2 mourning coaches, con tainin7,- the chief monri:ers and other personal friends of the deceased, v.:ith the Members of the Royal Academy, &c. These were succeeded by the private carriages of the LORD MAYOR, the Archbr,hop C.: CANTERBURY, three Dukes, two Marquises, two Earh, one Viscount, four' Bishops, and thirty-eight mothc- Gentlemen. The line o 1 carriages extended the whole way from Wit. Pant's to St ; Clements Church. CATO-STREET CONSPIRATO . B.S. SESSIONS TIOT:Sn, C - LERKENWELL. At half-past two o'clock yesterday, the Grand Jury having concluded their deliberations upon the first charge,, came into Court, and returned True Bills against the following. persons : Arthur Thistlewood, Davidson, James ins, Jan Thomas Brant, Bichard Janes Wilson, John Harrison, Richard Bradburn, James Shaw Strange, J.cirs Gilchrist, and Charles Cooper, for High Treason. The Bills against Aticl Hall and Robert George, were not found. The Foreman of the Grand Jury then addressed the Court, and said it was the wish of himself and brother Jurors, that Sir Charles Abbott would cause to be published the charge which he delivered to the Grand Jury. Lord Chief Justice ABBOTT replied, that he would consult his brother, Dal:as, and the other Judges in-. eluded with him in the Commission, and with their consent the request of the Jury should be complied with as speedily as might be deemed fit. His Lordship was then pleased to direct that the prisoners should be allowed the access of Counsel and Solicitors, if they wished it, preparatory to their arraignment, and he gave this direction in order tot save the men the trouble of being brought into Court to be told so. The Arroamtv•Gr.b:rnAt. said, his Lordship's di rections should be complied with. The COURT then ordered the Bill of Indictment for Murder to he presented to the Grand Jury, Who immediately retired to their room for dcliberaticn; and the Court adjourned till this day. • TIIIRD DAY. This day the Chief Justices attended at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell. SLortly. after twelve o'clock. - the Grand Jury appeared in Court with true Bills found for Murdel, against .the following persons-- Thistle-wood, &Om, Wilson •Ilargison, Tidd, and Sharp. And also true Bills, for maliciously shooOng with intent to Kill, against the following— Thistltwoctl, Lies, Ti i , and Wilson. After which the Ccilrt adjourned to Saturday, the 15th of April. Exrcortom.—At eight o'clock this morning, the following malefac!ors were executed, opposite the Debtors' Door, Newgate : E. Vass and D. Kenton, fkr uttering forged notes ; William Connor - , for stealing in a dwelling-house ; and Wilf7am Fri!, for bar glary, 'They made a full conles:ion of their crimes, and met their fate with penitence and resignation. Voss and Keaton, who were Catholics, were attended by the Rev. Mr. DEvnLEux ; and the two others, .by the Rev. Mr. COTTON. The mulcitude in attendance on the meimeholy ri:ectacle, was greater than has been witnessed for some years. P:ltc.iner and Brerss cf b rore, for cattle-stealing, who were ordered for exe cution at the same time, were respited last night. cale4 117:CHAXgE, 1.11:1E-1..tvr, hiseen r9.--We Last 'ont Corn freak in ttis mcraing, but the e i vanety !eft byte from. Alonday's s.lpply, wnsmuch more than acts4:atte to this day's demand; but what f:w sales of. Wheli.t were =zee, were at hlonday's prices; and picked ear-iles . ot Barley obtained Jul the sane terms, and the inferor auras were newly unulleable,.at a decline of IL per quarter. o.ltr,Yeas, and 11.. ant, were also dull sale, and rather clit.zper. 3i ARR'ELI. Saturday, the '2 s:h inst. at St. Margaret's Church, Tioaes ter, by the Rev. J. Griffiths, Lieutenant H. B. Skinner, R. 1 1 / 4 1. eldest :;on of the late I). Skinner,y,sq. Surgeon, R. :al, to Mary, eldest daughter of the law Dr. Day, of M.:ids:one. LONIAIR t Printed and published by Lyric. Place, Temple-Bet r, : I 1 5 I