The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-04-02 00:00:00

Papers from all pans of Nortar.Ameries atriveti this inor aing, to the 7th of March. Among these is the Freeman's Journal of the Btb, from which we give As following : (FROM Tilt NATIONAL INTELLIOENCIR, TiAitClt 6.) The inauguration of the President of the United States, whose second term of service eammenced yes terday, took place according to previews arrangemest. The Oath of Office having been administered to the President by Chief Jastice Marshall, he delivered the subsequent rpeech INAUGURAL SPEECH. Yesterday', at 12 (Mock, on taking the oath to sup port the Constitution of the United States, the following Speech was delivered by James Monroe, President of the United States " Fellow Citizens-1 shall not attempt to describe the grateful emotions which the new and very distinguished proof of the confidence of my fellow citizens, evinced by my re-election to this high trust, has excited in my bo som. The approbation which it announces of toy con- duct, in the preceding term, affords me a consolation which 1 shall profoundly feel through life. The general accord with which it has been expressed, adds to the great and never•ceasieg obligations which it imposes. To merit the continuance of this good opinion, and to carry it with use into tai• retirement, u the solace of ad• vanring years, will be the object of my most zealous and unceasing efforts...-- •' Just before the commencement of the last term, the limited States had concluded a war with a very power fat nation, on conditions equal and honourable to both parties. The events of that war are too recent, and too deeply imprelsed on the memory of all, to require a de velopemetst from me. Our commerce had been, in a great measure, driven from the sea; our Atlantic and Inland frontiers were invaded in almost every part ; the waste of life along our coast, and on some parts of our Inland frontiers, to the defence of which our gallant and patriotic citizens were called, was immense; in addi tion to which, not less than one hundred and twen►y millions of dollars were added at its end to the public debt. As soon as the war had terminated, the nation ad monished l,y its events, resolved to place itself in a si tuation, which should be better calculated to prevent the vrettrrence of a like evil, and, in cast it should recur, to mitigate its calamities. With this view, after reducing oar land force to the basis of a peace establishment, which has hero further modified since, provision was made for the construction of fortifications at proper points, throozh the whole extent of our coast, an 4 such an auermentatioo of our naval force, as should be well allaptedto both purp,ses. The laws, makiiir. this pear:- pion, were passed in I.:15 anil 16, and it Isai been, since, the constint etfoi t of the executive to carry thew into effect. The animator of these fortifications, and of an ang mentesl ust•al faarre, in the extent contemplated, in point of economy, has been folly illustrated, by a report of the Board air Eaigineers and Naval Commissioners, lately ,• n'oittrit to Congress, by which it appears, that in an invasion by twenty thousand men, with a corres pondent nay.ll force, in a campaign of sic months only, the wlls.le expett:e of the construction of works would be defrayed by the (Inference in the slim net . to maintain the fare.• which would be adequate to our de fence with the aid of those works, and that which would be incurred with hint them. " It need scarcely he remarked, that these measures have not !Teti resorted to in a spirit of hostility to other powers. Stich a disposition does not exist towards any power. Peace and good will have been, and will here. after le, cultivated with all, and by the most faithful regard to justice. They have been dictated by a love of peare, of economy, and au earliest desire to save the lives of our fellow-citizens from that destruction, and one country from that devastation, which are inseparable from war, when it finds its unprepared for it. It is be lieved, and experience has 'hewn, that such a prepara tion is the hest expedient that can be resorted to, to pre vent war. I add, with much pleasure, that considerable trotters. has already been made in these measures of defence. aunt that they will he completed in a few year., tunsislerinz the great extent and importance of the ob ject, if the plats be zealously and steadily persevered in. "The conduct of the Government, in what relates to foreign powers, is always an object of the highest im portance to the nation. Its agriculture, commerce, ma nufacture., fisheries. revenue : in short, its peace, may all be atfeetesi by it. Attention is, therefore, due to this subject. At the?eriell adverted to, the Powers of Europe, after having Leta engaged in long and destructive wars with each other, had concluded a peace, which happily still exists. Our peace with the power with whom we had been engaged, had also been concluded. The war be tu era Spain and than colonies in South America, which had commence!' many vears before. was then the onl y conflict that remained unsettled. This being a contest between different parts of the same community, in which Other Suers had not interfered, was not affected by their Imo:iodations.. "'heat confidence is entertained, that the late treaty It " Slmio, which has been ratified by loath the parties, and the ratifications whereof have been exchanged, has placed the relations of thus two countries on a basis of Permanent friendship. The provision made by it for such of 0.0. citizens as have claims on Spain, of the liar:titter described, will, it • is presumed, be very satis factory to them; awl the boundary which is established m itewren the territories of the parties, westward of the heretofore in dispute, has, it is thought, been ' , Heil nu conditions jest and advantageous to bot h. Rat, to the acquisition of Flerinda, too much itn !emote, cannot be attached. It secures to the United :toes a territory important in itself, aid whose import , is mr.ch increaswd, ty its bearing on man y of the highest interests of tile Union' it opens to several of the neir." ll "---aring states a free passage to the ocean, t hr"gli the province ceded, by several rivers. having their s"nrces hizis up within their limits. It secures us a gainst all future annoyance from powerful Indian tribes. It &es us escellent harbours in the Oulf of Mexico, for i~ of war of cite largest !.1.1e.. It co v e r s , by its posi 'c"nto the the Mississipp i and other great waters * tin* oar esteu:44 lisai:s, and thereby enables flat- - . United States to a ff or d co m pl e te p ro se ti lts to the vast and very valuable prodactions of our whole Western citatory, which lint a market through those streams. - " By a treaty with the British government, bearing date on the twentieth of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, the convention regulating the commerce between the United States and Great Britain, concluded on the third of July, one thousand eight hun dred and fifteen, which was about expiring, was revived and continued for fhe term of ten years from the time of its expiration.—fly that treaty, also, the differences which had arisen under the treaty of Ghent, respecting the right claimed by the United States for their citizens, to take and cure fish on the coast of his Britannic Ma jesty's dominions in .tinerica, with Other differences on important interests, were adjusted, to the satisfaction of both parties. No agreement has yet been entered into respecting the commerce between the United States and the British dominions in the West Indies, and on this continent.—The restraints imposed on that commerce by Great Britain, and reciprocated by the United States, on a principle of defence, continue still in force. "The negotiation with France for the regulation of the commercial relations between the tw•o countries, which in the course of the last summer, had been com menced at Paris, has since been transferred to this city, and will be pursued, on the part of the United States, in the spirit of conciliation, and with an earnest desire that it may terminate in an arrangement satisfactory to both parties. " Our relations with the Barbary powers ate preserved :n the same state, and by the same means, that were eta ployed when I came into this office.— " Europe is again unsettled, and the prospect of w•ar increasing. Should the flame light up in any quarter, how far it may rctend, it is impossible to foresee. It is our peculiar felicity to be altogether unconnected with the causes which produce this menacing aspect else- where. With every power we are in perfect amity, and it is our interest to remain so, if it be practicable, on just conditions. I see no reasonable cause to apprehend variance with any power, unless it proceed from a viola tion of our maritime rights. In these contests, should they occur, and to whatever extent they may he carried, we shall be neutral; but, as a neutral power, we have rights which it is our duty to maintain. For light in- juries it will be incumbent on us to Beck redress in a spirit of amity, in full confidence that, injuring none, none would kaow•ingly : injure us; fur snore iu►winent dangers we should be prep4red.— " Entering►, with these views, the office which 1 have just solemnly sworn to execute with fidelity, and to the utmost of my ability, I derive great satisfaction from a knowledge that I shall be assisted in the several depart• ments by the very enlightened and upright citizens from whom 1 have received so much aid in the preceding term. With full confidence in the continuance of that candour and generous indulgence, frum:my fellow-citi tens, at large, which I have heretofore experienced, and, with a firm reliance on the protection of Almighty land, I shall forthwith commence the duties of the high trust to which you have called me." (FROM THE NEW 501411 ADVERTISER OF TUE 9th WAR' liV the schooner, Blucher, front Ilatannah, we learn that the Spanish frigate, Pronta, with seven ships under convoy, and 3,100,000 dulhrs in specie on hoard (ail destined for C.,dix,) strrived at Ilavannah, Nov. 19, struck on a ruck inside the Moro, sprang a leak, landed her coin and would detain the fleet to re pair. Commodore Jolly's squadron, consi-ting of one ship and two brigs, were still cruising alo, u the coast of Cuba. They had recently captured 51 draggers. The markets wer.• much depressed. Whatever the result of Italian *lairs may he, we are convinced, that France cannot long continue in its present universally dissatisfied state. The simulta neous nature of the late disturbances, combined with the policy pursued by Ministers and the mad projects of the Ultras, justify our conviction that a crisis is at hand. We have, indeed, letters before us of the 29th from Paris, which represent the public mind through out France, as being in a state of the greatest fermen tation. The Ultra! who have, owing to the late law of elections, obtained so large a majority in the Cham ber of Deputies, insist on the following concessions, be fore they will consent to support the actual llinistry. 114 t. The creation of sixty Peers :- 2 nd. Twenty-five millions of re nt- s, to indemnify the emigrants :-Id. A strict adherence to the Concordat of I:09, by which thirty Bishops are to be added to the number of those already ordained iu France :-4th. A law on public instruction, which shall place education exclusively in the hands of the Clergy. Such are the pretensions of the Ultra-Royalist faction. Among the public proceedings of the preceding week, there have been none, excepting those of Parliament, which have given rise to so much and to such general animadversion, as those connected with the trial of George Eagiond at Horsham.— To enforce the payment of their taxes, and to prevent the evasion of that payment, the Govern ment station a considerable force upon the coast ; and in this state of things a poor fisherman was shot by one of the persons composing the Government force. The cir•nmstances attending that transaction appear in the hove trial, to which we earnestly entreat the attention of our countrymen. Now, although the jury are selected by the Sheriff, and he is appointed by the Government; although the prisoner was supported by the Admiralty. who employed three lasslt's Conosel in his defence, the Jery, after a cau tious deliberation, which flees them credit, returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against the prisoner. Not the least important part of the case is yet to be ob served span. The Judge, upon passing sentence, de clared. that in the face of the wuntry he had no hesi-, tation in saying, he should have been glad if the ver dict bad been the other way; and this, we have no doubt, is the prelnde to s pinion. Already as the prisoner received a respite; and reports state coal ' dendy that a pardon has bees actually granted. Now, in contradiction to the opinion of the Jadge, we. in the face of the country, give it as oar °piston, that the verdict was folly marranted by the evidence...—. H e is the Judge who tried Broadreth at Derby, for High Treason; and told the Jury who convict,- that •' they deserved well of their conutry." We be lieve be afterwards did not feel inclined to pay so much deference to the opinion of Juries; fur, upon late occasion, when a poor ilookseller was tried fur selling a political libel, the Jury who convicted him having recommended him to mercy, this Judge sent them back to re-eoneitier dreir reeasaniessdatioa ! And upon the occasion immediately before us, he said be wished the verdict had been the other way. We will now take a short comparative view of the opinion which is formed by Government upon cases affecting themselves. Wilson, who was convicted of High Treason in the North, was recommended to mercy by the Jury, and that recommendation was supported by some of the first gentlemen of the county, on account of the man's exemplary character—/le• woo e.reerted. Cashman, the sailor, was convicted fur breaking open a gun-smith's shop upon occasion of the Spa Fields Riot. Ile was executed ; although he had a long and faithful service of his country to urge in extenuation of his offence. On the other hand, a soldier, convicted in the North of wilful murder, by shouting one of the people, has not been executed ; and Sir Masseh Lopes, who was convicted of Bribery, has been pardoned ; although the Court, in passing sentence upon bins declared that language was too feeble to describe the enormity of his offence. 'l•he Manchester Yeomanry were thanked, while Mr. Hunt and Sir Francis Burdett are now in prison ; the for mer for being the Chairman of a peaceable Meeting, and the latter for writing a well known letter C.llll. menting upon the transactions arising out of that Meeting. This being the conduct of Government, w•e ma 4- as well see how they have elte,•cd the lair, in order to justify that conduct. Paler the old English Law there wa• a process called " appeal," by which the power ot• the Crown to pardon murderers was render ed unavailing. trver that process, which might be set on foot by the heir of the menlered person, the Crown had no power whatever; and the murderer must have been executed, unless the 111.4 of the de ceased consented to his pardon. That process has been diso/islu•d t of littriimiscat; Sir rrancis Burdett (wing the only man in the (louse of Commons who opposed its abolition : and the Crown may now par don any Murder, however atrocions. We intended to have stated a case in point, but must defer it till our space and time permit. The Clergy of the .%rchdio►cese of Dublin have de puted two exemplary Prelates, most Rev. Doctors Murray and Doyle, to proceed to London, there to at tend the progress of the Bilis, and to be in constant communication with the friends of the Catholics in both Houses. The Lord Mayor of Dublin, the Lord Mayor of Lon don, and the Lord Provost of Ealin/march, are each to have a place assigned to them V l Jtis.Majcsty's Coro nation. This, ice understan 1, is tine upon the prin ciple of having the union of the United Kingdom re presented by the Chief Magistrate of London, and the Chief Magistrates of Dublin and Edinburgh, as sup porter... Notice is given in Saturday night's 11a:rtisithat his !Majesty will hold a Levee at Car!tor-house; on Wednes day the 2tl of May, and that in consequence of St. George's day occurring on Easter Monday, the draw , i n g.r.sont intended to be held at linekioWsaus-Palare, in celebration of his Majesty's birth-day, is postponed to Thursday the 3.1 of May next. The following reductions are to take place on the Kral of Great Britain, on the 24th ofJune. viz. Major Generals Reyna-11, Sir James Lyon, anl Sir A. Bar nard, K. C. B. Corazassourn, M sacra 24.---An instance of list president rage for popular contests. o*cnrred in the election of a Coroner for the cutztity of t•untlwrlantl, which terttsinated here this day, after live day's open poll. All the spirit of a county election seas dis placed on this occasion. One thousand freeholders pulled in favour cif Mr. Richard Lowry, who tri umphed over hi opponent, Mr. Holum, by a tatajorita of 32, and had a great number of voters in reserve The creditors of lloward and (liblos, present on Satnrolay, proceeded to sign the different list*, Mr. Herman's name having been withdrawn, and Mr. Duff's inserted. The list fur Wilkie, Campbell and Davies, was signed by creditors to the amount of 18,7351. ; hut that of Carrol, Shaw and Duff, by creditors for several thousands more. The Commis 'boners therefore declared the choice of a•:*ignees to have fallen on those persons, atel signed the warrant accordingly. DE st ti op Mots. EwsTnv.—To the many awful instances, of late, of the uncertainty of human life, we are much concerned tb add the sudden death of Mrs. Elliston, the wife of the manager of Drury-lane Thea tre.—On Friday last she attended the dinner, fur the Theatrical Fund, at the Freemason's Tavern, in her usual state of health and spirits; and yesterday morn ing expired. Mr. Ehliston, in the interim, had gone to Ilusingtoni to which place a messenger has been dispatched with intelligence of the melancholy and unexpected evebt. kN0..... . COVENT GARDEN TUEATRE. The !henna was performed nn Satnrday night, at this theatre. Of course the managers mean, %Olen they bring, forward a piece which is regularly being played at the other house, that a comparison siionhl be made as to the merits of the respective performances. If they have been to Drury-lane, it is scarcely probable that they will hare The Derenna repeated. lithe) , have not been there, we recommend them to witness the next represen- I tatien of the opera on those board 4, and even their most interested feelings will be convinced that there is not even a competition for the place of superiority. Miss I STUMM certainly sings the songs of Mee more per- 1 fectly (with one exception.) than Miss WILSON. Hut tl►en every other character of the Opera, will be found lamentably deficient on the part of Covent Oarden, by a general comparison. Here again we have, perhaps, one exception to make in Mrs. DaecnPOßT, the ancient represented,. of the Deem.. She plays it so well that we can hardly imagine her superior. Yet Mrs. Einem is so spitited, and acts so completely up to the author. that we ate in doubt as to which we really prefer. Miss H ALL ANDis was the Cactus, sad sang the beautiful airs of that character with much elect; but 811.111 AX sings these at the other house. By the bye, this young lady was dressed is very bad facie. The immensity of her hat and pleases esonsed to form a load. under which she found it dilloalt to move. Her figure is, in fact, seen to mach greater advaatage in the proper costume of her els than is male attire. The other characters were cast as usual, aad moire no particular observation. BESTS CIIA ✓ JURY AT 1.:14%(.7.1S Ih.. . The charge or Mr. sustice Beit to the Grand Of the County of LaneiSter, on Satn+day se'nl appears to itaie been of unusual Irng'h. making some rentarks of a local natc,re, and cases about to be brought before the Jury, lie •p ' id to call their attention to the circulation of one and blasphemous publications. Ills Lordsloi served that the general diffuninn of reading *mom lower classes of society (in whi'•l► he sincerely re) and which was cateulated to prodnee file :Hoc GRASI cial effect) required the adoption, of otb-r n than had been neeesst.ry timing the pre;alt ignorance, and it wonli it • as al.surd to adhere saute course of actiag owlet. those new ilreninst, as it would he to treat animated In jugs in the sawn manner as things inanimate. it wa be' the duty of the Grand Jury to present all cases in which pi:id:- Cations of the nature he had r:lerreil to Latl c a noe to their knowledge. Lordship also recommended 11:e Gentlemen of the Grand Jury to visit and pay atten tion to the eational schools in their resp-ctive nelea bourhoods, anti to tale care that nAtlier atti4in nor fenaticism should be instil:vd into the Winds of the children. After dwelling f,r sonic . time lin the advantage and necessity tel this soperit:- te , dence, hit hord,hip r roceedvd to rept I an ndent and blasphenteus assertion whi,•ll hill been made in an infidel pithily:dim', that liberty c0n...( never be established until elirigiani:v lia•t e•airpatell. His Lordship, dwelling on this topic with tne,ll force and eloquence, contendc , l that the very reverse of this blaspliem in- assertion was Co. truth, and el it civil li• berry had evisted non here except witert• the Irglit christiani.y had been iliffu•ed ; anti that 1; nu•re, or less perfect in proportion to the de ! -ree in christianity existed in .t imre or corrupted state. 'I he only libei t v to which it was inimical, r. ni which was probably the hind of liberty o l e a Nt by these writers, was the liberty of the savage, the .iiherty of assassins and pitinderess. Lurdsliip called the at tention of the brand Jury to a re cent law, nhich er.- abled Niag rates to require fiont Forsons charged with seditious 311411.13,-101V1110114 Ilte:s, not otilv hail for their appearing to answer to ;he chat , t e, but 11.30 to be of h I he11:1%4,1u in the interval, and in default of such bail, ti he cuts:milted.lli: Lurtlchip thews adverted to the iii:eieminatien of fanvtival notions on religion, which he observed released men frutu responsihility for their actions, anti which he advised the Grand Jury to guard against and rt•press as much as possible. His Lordship was a friend to the liberty of the press, and to the fair and rational disrussion of important subjects, so loisg as decorum and decency of langttagk was preserved ; but all appeals to the pas , lions, and all invective again•t the incitutions of the country, were an abuse of tile I betty of the pres-, which ought to he puttislanl. His Lordship did no; state very distinctly wh,:t particelar s c L • de i :nated by the term tif fanatic, but limn his euention s tn.; that it was one part of their tenets that 111r11 might it sin with impunity," it is prAable that his Lordship might athlete to those sects wilt's. principles approached to antinoutiankin. Ili, L isflip concluded with apo logizing fur the length of time he had occupied thest aLention. Oa the ermarli of Jr. 3 Justice Po.,t, respecting tte dlisutdilc of adhering to the 33:11P course of io•ting towards tbe people since the gen••••al diffusion of read• ing among the lower classes, the Ire-eroul Mcrettr z :, from which the above report of the charge is taken, adds the following reply : .1 - ery true my Lord, and the "olhct Ittrasorry' must be, the nticot.NlTlox oc THE PIPIPI.E . S HIGHTS, and the HEW.. - NON of the 1•L'I11.111 EN:1'11,01171W ; for it is "alosetril" to suppose that the inhabitants of (treat Britain ran /Poe he persuaded, even by a censor ship of the press, !halal bid Sarum, and 31i'llturst, and N e wton, si lii lie represent , •tl, and that Birmingham. and Sheffield, and 3latiche,ll.l.!thould not ; that virtual representation is equal to real ; that the Manchester outrages were justifiable that the public debt proves the nation to he rich ; or that paying Sold interest foe a paper loan, is keeping " faith" with the public. Such notions might h.• propagated during, "the pre rolettce vy . but they will nut do at this time of day. Alan has become acquainted with his rights, and he cannot unknow his knowledge.' - - What can he 7ilT(asks a correspondent of the Brighton //err/d,) of the badness of the times, or the sc levity of money, when the sum of £6OO has heed offered fur a piece of srooud, in Brighton, with a frontage of 19 feet. and del tit sufficiet.t fur the erec tion of a house and tint-offices, which is At the ate of £3l I 60. per foot, or .r.:2 Hs. 7d. per inch. CORN EXCHANOK, A Pill t. 2 —Owing to adverse witels. nor market was thinly supplied with Wheat and Barley front the Sutlo!k and Norfolk ports, but we had a very tolerable quantity of Wheat by land cArriaksc sample; from Essex and Kent, of first quality, sold at last Sion day's prices, hut the inferior descriptions could not ha disposed of, although offered 2s. per quarterifelow week's currenev.—Fine Barley !win' NcArce fully main tains last Monday's prices, but the ordinary sorts are full Is. per quarter lower.—The Oat trade was ratite: brisk for tine Corn, bat not at any advancein price.—ln Beans and Peas no alteration. ENGLISK. t. S. Wheat, Kent, and Essex New 3O 30 Old Oll Small Pews 3l Tiek ditto 214 39 Oats, Potatoe V3 20 Ditto, P01and........ 22 25 Ditto, Feed l4 20 Floor, Per Sack 43 ✓; Rapeseed, per Last SI. 34 FOREIGN. Wheat, American ti U Suffolk 36 51► OW OO Norfolk, (OW) ♦4 30 Rye *l 32 Barley Malt 6O 66 White Peas CIO 34 Boilers Grey ditto li6 3t► I oseonTaitoNs LAST WErle. Danizic 64 OU Bettie, Red 6O tot timbre' Red SO 66 Wheat Barley Malt Oats Rye /leans Peas Ena114h....601/9 46110 1942 1706 1748 479 .SMITH/HULL MARART.—'There was a • ;ry large sup ply at ntarket this morning of every description of cat tle from all parts of the country ; in consequence of which, the prices of all kinds Of meat are lower. (To sink the oral ; per stone of Sibi:) Beef .... Ss. 84. to 4s. 64. CATTLII AT MARKET. Mutton.. as. 84. to 44. 04. 1 Beasts Veal .... as. Od. to 64. Od. I talves .„ •• . 11/4 Pork .... 4s. 64. to as. 4,1. sheep tad lambs ....WARN Lamb .... Ik. Od. to Os. od. Piss . ... RAT AMR stillAw PAR LOAD. Hay ....if. 10a. to 41. as. I straw —IL Os. to 11. les. Clover ..41. Os. to IL Oa. ATERARI Pilk'n of CORR ARID WALRII. Wbeal, 6M. 96.—Rye. Ms. 104.— Barley. i41. 44.--Oats. les. 0/1.-111saos, W.--Pease, Sts. OJ.--eatvassl, 18s. 11d. Jury nr:ieht. Aftfr •n the 7 rßeerf!- srditi- ,hlp üb• ong the .ujo!ced, 't bet:. - eastires Irucrrt, to the st.iners. d. 's