The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-09-11 00:00:00

r which Ins withered the land, remain ni Lig' TER XXIII. Dv nut, by opposing the present opportunity, give that destructive blow to the balance of the constitution, which shall weigh it down beyond the power of reco very. Do not let the curses of your children, and your reflections in old age, weigh you down to the grave with bitterness. Forgetful of past violation and present opportunity, let nobody say the Parliament was bought by a broken ministry and an empty treaskry. 'that hatiag made a god of self-interest, you kneele d i.own to worship the idol of corruption. Your exer t. ons now will be the basis of erecting a temple of liberty. By the inspiration of the present opportunity i ---•by the affection. you owe posterity---by all the ties' hich constitute the well-being of a people, assert and maintain the liberties of your country. I have no de ',tn. 1 ask for no favour, but to breathe in common in a nation of freedom; but I never will be satisfied as long as a link of the British chain is clanking to the heels of the meanest poisaaut." THE QUEEN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ST.VITSMAN. At what ease Night rorrupt minds procure keens as corrupt twear against you? West - Vlll. Have you a realms that will rob. murder, end commit 71. r oldest sins the newest kind of way t Itr happy. he wilt freebie yen no more; England shall doable gild his treble gilt. Sig—The great national drama, which the people call the persecution of the Queen, being about to !fit.; the prosecutors hating finished their case. and left it, with their comments, to make what impression r!.l ty upon the public, whilst her Majesty's Counsel have been prevented from uttering a word of observa tion, but upon conditions of which they could not ac cept ; in order to obviate such undue impression, it is p-oper that until the time arrives at which they shall be enabled to state her case, triumphantly as they taigs,,t tail to do, that the friends of the Queen, and sat truth, justice, and humanity, should endeavour to prevent that part of the public, which may not have at•entively watched the manseuvrosof the enemy, frotu raising, in the mesh time, into any essential error. It cannot f•il to be noticed, that, throughout the sitga:ti of these proceedings, contrary to the usual prac tire in trials, every advantage has been given to the accuser, aid svithlteld from the accused. The Minis te. ial snajo-ities iu the House of Lords have indeed, when they have found the title of popular opinion strong against them, oc,-asienally given way, and con ceded some trivial points, tv which her Majesty had a strict although never, in any one instance, to n hole extent of that right ; and they have even aft , •rwards endeavoured to resume that which they had sargiiially conceded. Ot all those iniquitous proceedings. the refusal of the list of witnesses was the foulest. The persecutors of l.er Majesty well knew that the very physiognomy sat t:icse fellows could not bear the light. They knew t';at the organ of perjury was so distinguishable in Lew, that their propensity to false swearing could mat 1•44 ape 'Artesia's' by the moot superficial observer. It is sestet, indeed, that, previous to their departure from Vienna, the skulls of these witti were sub netted to the inspection of the celebrated Crain°. legists, Messrs Gall and Spur:elm, who are said to have proisuunced the abovementioned organ, as well as th sie of impudence, cunning, coolness. and corruption, to ge it, so very perfect a state in these persons, that, ai'er Jae drilling, they might, with entire confidenre, he relied on for the accomplishment of the purposes f.r w hich they were employed. Some donhts, it is added, at first arose, with respect to the witness Ma jocci. on the score of what apipareil to he the ill). perfect nature of his organ of nugatory : but, upon a mare strict scrutiny, it was found that this organ pos sessed the very peculiar and useful faculty of exhibit ing, when convenient, impressions which it had never received, a, well as of concealing impressions, however deep rooted, which it might be injurious to exhibit. In the eyes of those skilful craniologists, this rare qualification tendered him the fittest person for a wit ness in chief, a forlorn hope in any desperate under taking. They did not of course tabulate on the 'Meets of a cross-examination, and the chapter of seciietsts. Such was the witness in chief, with whom Sir John lii:rortl, and Sir Copley (it is fitting the names of all :la • personages concerned in this vile drama should be faithfully transmitted to posterity) hail to take the tieid agaiust the reputation of her 311ajesty. This postilion, by his own confession, does not know whe ther, in the Polar!e in which he sailed with his mistress, the crew were below ur upon deck, when the vessel was under sail; i. e. %%heftier a pulacre be an auimal, or a piece of machinery ; yet this ignorant stretch is the principal navigator, with whom his Ma jesty's Attorney and Solicitor-Oeneral have gone to sea, in starch of the criminal conversations imputed to her Ma j esty. Nu wonder they should be su speedily wrecked. To follow this " feinferon: as the inter preter properly designated bins, thron . illiout his base and stupid testimony, would be superfluous. Suffice it to say, that, in elle part of his evidence, he states, that Ito could nut have applied by letter to he received back ant the Queen's service, " becalm it is his misfortene to know very little of writing." whilst, in a suhse-, quoit part, he says he dues not recollect how long he aas in England, when he lived with Mr. Hyatt, i• Gloucester, " because he hes nu the tyok nAich• Ae had made Me :pilaus':" And, . althongh he caonot, s without his minute book, rentetelm`r how lung he was in service iu England, he has a perfect recollectitigirf i every thing relating to lie Queen and Bergson, ea Lin+ anterior date, when :Isere are circuusstances, which he thinks may tend to criminate her Majesty'. He recollects, for instance, that lie knocked at Bet games dour precisely ,Ares minutes after having fired his gun at the robbers, on the night in which her Royal ilighnees's h •use was attacked I • His concealments,' and his prevarications, on his re-cross-examination, are clean" , remarkable with his contradictions through out; and I am much =Waken, if, in the sequel, most, , palpable perjury be not brought home to him. It will' also be recollected that he had a quarrel with Bergs* and his family; mid that be could not forbear from LONDON: THE STATESMAN Court. It is not yet fnlly kno►cn what this traitor has Welted fur his servi r.s. More will no doubt soon he known of these matters: f.r murder will out. lint, in the 1101111111 time, the prevarications, concealments and contradictions, of which this person has already been Proved guilty, leave him entitled to no sort of credit ► •Past any one given point : and this observation 1 shall slisowsts hold go►d of each of the other witnesses, wh o have endeavoured to criminate her Majesty, in succes sion. It is au, arduous task, which the law officers of the Crown have undertaken, out • f mountains of pal. vitae falsehoods, to fabricate something, that sha ll( bare the semblance of truth. PRICE or STOCKS THI Kant Stock Spot Cent. Re,l. roe Ct. Cons. Mile Se per Coat. 77 7tik 1 pee Cent.. pret.Navy 1034 103 lane Ann. Imp. 3 For Cent. Ana. el Mali WATER AT 11.014D0,1 BRIDGE TO•1110111ROM Morning. 24 min. after 4.—Evening, 43 min. after 4. ARISTIDEN. Et t &tatainan. " ?NI IMMO s r FM. A.% .* 14 IVCORPORATED WITS " Tat TR LILS FOR MGR TREASON. PTATIESIIAN. (tllO,l THE TORE S VI, SEPT. 9.] There were lately twewy-liverristiners in our castle charged with High Treatoot—to to of than base, how ever, been discharged by proclamation, and one (Thomas s, of Barnsley, wearer, need 260 has been ad mitted e vid e n t o f o r th e Cross n. Thep• consequently are now aliont twettty•two for trial, and they are ex pected to plead " Xot Gellty." On Wednesday last, about noon, 13 seltnemos tiniest the prisoners arrived in York, most o'f them in an apparent state of intoxiration—they were attended by several constables, and placed in a small uninhabit ed house in Nessgate. Some of them at the i nrst re fused to enter. alleging that they had been chocly runtined wore than 20 necks, merely that they utiggt appear against their neighbours, but positisely de claring that they would nut. They were, however, soon forced into the house, at..! au immense crowd assembled in the street. The witnesses threw open the %hobos 4, ~ad some of them, wavin; their lists, called out—" Brot . for ~ ' and made other similar exclamations—till, at length, it WAS found requisite to provide too 1 ork police-ofticers to stand guard in front of the house. More witnesses arrived in the evening, and the crowd i:screascd. It was ultimately thought proper to reliluVe the wi:ltes.se• to • other' place; and they were divided into three parties, and placed at three puhlie hottsezt in the city. The indictments, list ofjurors, and a list of witnesses, having been copied, anti the said copies having hero given to the prisoners some time a Zo, tL, v were imme diately scot to Mr. Greases. of Sheeteld, and Mr. Carr, of flowers:ill, the Solicitors for the pectoners. Messrs. Williams. (one of the gIIeCICS ('OUIISCI). Star kie and His. Lburn, are engegeti for the prisoners ; and it is runiouted that Mu. Raine will appear as the lead ing Counsel for she plusecutisoi. The followino is a ropy of the Crown Calendar of the prisoners :--Thontas 11:ackitro, aged 33; Nathan Buckley, It ; and John Lindlt.p, all ; fur having, in the parish to Ilut!tlerst:.eld, in the West-Riding. %hit divers other persons. to the number of 500 and mote, traituriously assembled toeether for t,e purpose of levying and in has-log Levied public wt. to ain't our vertigo Lord the now King, agaitts. the duty of Caeir Ex•raet of a letter from the Ilayannah, dated 21st allegiance, &vs have nothing to co 1111 l iunicate that is gratify- John Peacock, 45 : for the same offence. in • the stagnation of business here is so great, that Wm. Comatlye, 3r11; Richard Addy, 210 ; Charles g' quotations of peters are useless, sales are languid, and Stanfield, 2n : and Benjamin Ilansos, 4 1 for having, Vast sugars lay in More without porringers. at the Parish of Kirk• Heat tit, in the West-Riding, 1"i 6 " 60 4- with distrs other 1 ersots, to the 'mother of 3110 and and freights for vessels have suddenly feasted, and many more, traitor ions's. as...inhled in arms for the purpose of are here without employment ; many royal decrees have levying war, and for hating then and there leviNl woe been publishe.l; one dated the 20th April declares, that against oust Sovereign lord the now King, against the all decrees made doting the existence of the fortes, for linty of their allegiance, &c. the benefit and advantage of the Colonies are renewed. Benj.-min Rogers, 30 ; John Vallent.e, 24 : James at*l are to he in full foyer and effect; another decree re- Flowers, 49 ; and Joseph ehapiel, 2;r; f o r th e same spires the !fishne t anti Clergy to expound the principles offence. and advantages or the new Constitution to the whole Joseph Firth, 26 ; late of Barnsley, Llotto-er, for the population of the Spanish monarchy. A subscription aune offence. has been opened here for the relief of the widows and Abraham Ingham, 27; (leorge Brian, 36; and orphans of the persons massacred at Cadiz, the amount John Hobson, 20, of Dotioortli, labourers, for having, . subscribed is 11,733 dollars. The Spanish frigate Con with divers other persons, armed with pikes and other ' . stitution sailed on the 13th July from the Havannah for weapons, riotously and tumultuously assembled at Dodworth aforesaid, and forcibly entered the dwelling- `'era Ur" with dispatches. house of one James Sions there, and with having, by threats, endeavoured to compel William Skidoos to go with them to join the general rising of the disaffected, for the purpose of effecting, by fore and violence, tutu alteration of the laws of the kingdom ; and for haring, with a very great number of other persous,uniaerfnlly assembled, in arms, on Grange Moor, against the peace of our Sovereign Lord the King, and contrary to law. MUNI/AV EVENI,N, •e►rewutu 11, IS2O. I We have received since our last, Paris papers . of Thursday. The Kist; had presided the day beforq, . at a council of Ministers. A Royal Ordonnanee has been I issued, directing the posting up the lists oie.lectors in each deparment, on the 211th inst. Rtpuris gain strength of the approaching dissolution entitry newel of the Chamber of Deputies, and complaints ire marls a • to the details of the division of the Departaseits by the tuunci! of State, into Electoral Arondissements. In :t creat number of the Departments, the voters are sent ten leagues to rote, at a particular college, when they b:tt another close in their neighbourhood. Fur titer arre.t, Illye taken pl ice in the northern depart. merits, in con.equence of discoveries re• ing the Lite conspiracy; the persons arrested are all military men. The judicial procreilints against those impli cated in the plot .ru on without intermission. The , national guard, at Brest, has been disarmed without ditficnlty. lieneral Coeman was, on the 7th, to return from that place to Rennes, and Count LAU. [STUN was then expected to arrive there. The Court of Vienna, it is said, having received fr two of the Allied Courts their determination not to rerocnise either the Constitution or the new system adopted in the kingdom of Naples, had come to the SAM! resolution. It was in consetittence of this deter, ; minatio that orders had been forwarded to the Iron tiers to refuse admission to the Duke tie Galax, the newly-appointod Neapolitan Ambassador, into the Austrian State.. French Fund.. according to the Paris Papers, Five pp Cents, 73 f. $0 e. without the dividend. By pri vate lettels ne learn they were afterwards ...RP centimes better. By the pause that now takes place in the proceed- ings agaitm the WEIN, time is riven to the evidence adduced in sitippott of the charges to complete the work of prejodire upon the public mind. On this account, in part, we understand, and partly from feel ings of a personal nature, her )I.saLsre was extremely anx• s that the proceedings should go on without G B eorge urkinshaw, 25, and W 20 William Holland, ---, : delay. Had a list of witnesses and cltarges been fur for the same (deuce.' . John Burkinshaw, .28, of Dodworth, weaver, for I aid"' no pause would have been required *a the ; the same offence. . Ipart of her Majesty's Counsel; but to avoid eneenn- William Kier, 40, of Doslworth, cordwainer, for j terinm them without a proper preparation, the heavy having, at Dodwurth aforesaid, with other pe rr , t u t , in jadverse evii'ence, uuopposed and utibrokee, has, (ruin arms, traitorously assembled together for the 'inflame I necessity, been left to produce whatever effect it may.' of ley ing war, and with having. levied war against onnortunity has been allowed to expose the incon- 1 our Sovereign Lord the now King, within his realm, ! %O • • against the duty of the'.r allegiance, &c. ; sistencies of the declarations of the witnesses, or to lon- John Ferrvuttind, 25; of Barnsley, w , i peach the c.edibility of their testimony. Their elle having, at Barnsley aforesaid, with other persons, in ! iril i, tis. in ti.is i nterval. have every advantage which arms, traitoriously assembled together for the per the most propitious circumstances can afford.. , Vet. at pose of levying war, and with having levied war agaiiri t . this interva l , and under dream s our Saver. ign Lord the now King, within his realm. Michael Downing, -IN of Monkbretton, Is eaver, for ad:trout:Cole in public estimation to the cause the same offence. • of the QI*EEX. what do we actually find to he We stop the press to announce the opening of the the state of public p i n i on respect i ng it ? When her Court at a quarter past two. adversaries hare exhausted their efforts, when seems- Mr. Itaine, Mr. Serjeant Ilnllork, Mr. Serjrant lion harstlone its blackest work, when charges of the Cross, and Mr. Littledale, appeared as Counsel fur the prosecution. vilest nature have been brought forward and solemnly ' The learned Judges, Mr. Justice Bayley and Mr. sworn against her MAJESTY by aU the while's's' that Justice Park, werepresent—and theforiti:•ratieonuceil unlimited time and money and industry could collect, •• That it was very desirable that it should be tinder. what after all is the impression mask, and the appear 'stood that during the Trials, no part of the speeches or proceedings should go to the public, either by anees produced upon the public i Could it hare Newspapers or otherwise, 25 it might be prejudicial possibly been conceived, did not daily ',primes. , to the prisoners ; and the Court expected that that manifest the fart, that in the riory. hour of accusation' e: order should be strictly adhered to. ,Ilkich is generally overwlittliltoth to the ac- The Editor of The Yurk licrnbl immediately inquired: party and to . the !ere , .. 4. of . the Derised,l i -id. his Lirdship, whether it was intended that the pro- 44114441 . the favourable opinion of Shit .paiblic vespectingl I ceedings of this day should be inclnded in the remelt 'Gun of the Court ? To which his Lordship ultimately her Mainers. our far hewn losing 'Nand, is gaining replied, that it would he well to abstain from publish - strength. Fresh urneetiage are coatinually taking place throughout the country, to prepare Addresses to testify tug t h e proceci/In f --- alt.lether. We, gow n ap,pre ;iepsd that we do nut disobey the Intention of the Court the imitated sympathy mad attachment 0 lb. people, •in stating, that our previsms assertion, that the pri- gad to . mown will all plead .Yof linifty„ will perfectly cermet. ase tiler that even without entering os her The Coert was much crowded, and about four o'clock, &fent*, she stands is their t•Phieue 118444 hool'arablY nine , Monday morning. acquitted. aad be could not forbear from The Court was much crowded, ■ strung expressions of resentment against them, ewer in adjourned to nine au Monday mo . 1 • r ; . • ._.• 1 DAY AT ONS O'CLOCK. i lndia Stock 'Ditto Bondsl Old Annuities Fla. Bills Vd. Is. 3s. pa. par. Ditto Cow. Osmium 11 dia. Coo. for Atconni en 071 Lott. Tickets 111. 16t. The vast importance of the Bill now before th e House of Lords, and the evidence !wrought forward in support of it, have, of late. so totally co-copied the public attention, that there has been but little leisure :o observe, or redeet upon the affairs of the Continent; yet, we cannot, even at the present hots moment, avoid expressing our surprise at the calmness with which the Baglish Government have regarded the re volutions which have lately taken place in vari sas states of Europe. Dow happens it that they eme er eh e rebellious subject, of those states to carry on, without interruption. hostilities against their legitimate rulers? .%nd what can he the reason that we, who in the test 1793, no readily thrust ourselves forward as the ciao, pions of legitimacy, should now stand idle spectat or . of the revolutions of Spain and Sicily and of Naples? If at the period of the French Revolution, in order to prevent the strung influence of example from extend. ing itself to our own country, it was thmight a 161/teM sary and fortifiable measure of policy to levy Sae aga inst France, and to endeavour to establish with our blood and treasure the favourite doctrines of legi , timacy, and Jere dieimo inheritance, it must now be esteemed no less necessary and ervally fitatiiislle, that we should exert ourselves for the establishment of the same doctrines in Spain, Sicily and Naples. What conclusion ran be drawn from the tameness with which Ministers have beheld the events which have recently take, place in the lastoneetiosed nom tries ? Are we to suppose that their opinions he., btronse more liberal ? Do they begin to allow that mankind are not a species of lire property ? Aid de they think that there may be sneh things as natural and inherent rights? Our continuance in rare anal/ certainly warrant sorb &conclusion, did not daily ant suffering experience teach us how improbable it is that such a degree of liberality should ever gain admit tance into ministerial breasts; yet, as the same reason ing which induced us to draw our swords against France, would now urge us to embroil ourselves with Spain, Sicily, and Naples, there mast he woe lorme reason for the quiet which Ministers allow este fojey„ and that reason may probably be found is their pre sent occupation, namely, their constant and Ithittif en dea-ours to carry their beloved Bill of Pains sad Pe nalties. There can he little doubt that this, sad this alone, has prevented their plunging us again into a state of war audb:oodshed for the ;toupees of releasing the pities King of Seaix and his brother legitimates. the Kings of Sit me and NAPI.EII, from the irksome ness of their new constitutions, and restoring those Sovereigns to their fonner despotism. The constant attention which the Minister. have displayed, is sudea. Touring to discover the most effectual mesas of crash. ing a defenceless woman, has ocrupied their whole time. Yet, however pleased we may ite wit* tise . * feet, we ran give little credit to the cause of use Mar tinnanre in a state of peace ; and as the Ifisistem plainly chewed in the case of the French Remsintiou, what line of conduct they coneeived their elang pointed out for their pursuit, their anxiety for the success( the Bill of Divorce will fonts but a irisetab* dello for the neglect of what then themselves on that °tea sion conceived to be their duty. Few Eaglisionliteao forget the daily slaughters and horrid manmenrierbich characterised the French Revolution, w bee Miltatemeil to hare lost their nature, and martmokred tintusselres to the guidance of their worst passions; one mold have supposed that an exatnple like that, distiogeishol as it was by every species of barbarity which the Ills. lignity of the human heart gouda suggest, wonidomer have excited apprehension in any governmsstt untie contrary, it seemed rather calctaated to egg* &scat than any desire of imitation. Yet, u p on that occasion. it was thought necessary for us to plunge into a rain ous war, in order to prevent the influeueeobich dk was apprehended that such an example might have upon our countrymen. If this roe socesairy, hew much more so must it he for us to interpose in the if fairs of Spain ? In that country the revolution has been conducted throughout in a manner which moot excite the involuntary admiration of all mankind, and reflect the highest honour on those by whom it his been carried through. Here, indeed, there may be some cause for apprehension, for when other nations discover that blood and alas titer are not the invariable or necessary companions of revolution, as they had been led to i.nppose by the events of 1793, we cannot be surprised if they shonid likewise struggle to obtain their liberties, and emerge frost the state of vassalage in whieh some of them even still remain.— No man in the possession of his senses can hesitate to admit, that the Spanish Revolution affords att ea.un ple marl' more liable to imitation than that of France. Yet, on this occasion, our swords are permitted to re main in their scabbard', and the example, (prejudi cial as it ma y be to the interests of legitimacy) it suf fered to hav e ha full effect upon society. If this pacific disposition of the ministry caused by a new-born conviction of the impropriety of an inter ference on our part, in the government of foreign ltatiooe, we cannot hut approve their conduct; although we mast regret, that such a conviction had aid influenced their measures some years ago ; anelaiseseity prevented the accumulation of the enormous debt whiela we have contracted; for the purpose of niussatneg the Bourbons on the Throne of Frames. But if, on the other hand, their neglecting to arm our country own against the Spanish Liberals be suerelr arm bands', 141 the ciretutistance of their hands being fall of boldness, arising tint of the Rill Divorce. *e raanot but nhoerve, that such business (however im- portant it may 1w) ontlit not to prevent their psyint the sane attention tb the iutercito of their ear ev. ante, as th y prof•saeri to do, in the year 1714. by li'v discouragement of an example far mere likely to br iwt• WWI than that afforded by the lievolittan in Fraa' It mast, therefore, clearly appear that the measares ut Ministers have been mmrked by the grossest incuasist vary, in having thought proper tu cheek an evarriple of snifter importance, whilst they have sacred tu unnoticed, one which gives far mure reasonable rairc of apprehension, inasmurh as it possesses more features of blood and terror, It laieh aright, in sum' nwassre, have counteracted its probable effect. ---eir-- - Per.... Ply the hilloolnir dispatch and pesilhibation, 'hid" arrived yesterday afternoon, tne have mereived the ilr• portant intelligOce of as inserrehdaie of a ter) fur• . asidsble character in Poducal. The tbe people lit that coastry. alisolltstird 3. they hap* been by the.r Swanks& to the liurettimeut of a TI vial r Jot !tee th• the bi el C V