The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-11-28 00:00:00

MAILS. •tE. DIM Alt!: I. 0 0.... Holland 0....Waterf0rd.....0 o....Hambro I ....G & Jarsey....o O.... Franco 0 G.—Lisboa 1 1 ...Flinders .......0 0 ...oournl4ra 2 0... .Malta .,u PRICE OF aTOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE OCI.OOK. Dank 41nek. ......2231 24 India Stock ..268H t par Ct. Ra.... SIM Ditto Bonds 79 4p. Ct. Cons. 84I1} Ex.1301.2ds r 40 50 4S—s pm. 34 per Cent .07 1, 1000/. 4 per Cents lOOll 100 i --MO/ ... 4S 40 pm. New Fours ... 114111 --Small .48 50—s pro Long Ann 21 146 3-10 Lottery Ticliets.. ...... t. ... Lap. 3 per Ct B2l eon. far Aect 84 . f Al Cite *tateomatt. FRIDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 28, 1823. 9TOCI EXCHAVGE, TWELVE o'CLocc—geonsols opened this morning at 844 for money, and for Ja)mary 84:1. The Expresses from Paris bring the Retires at 89. 70. (after 'Change.) when Spanish had fallen near two iper Ceot.—m. We do not hear of any failures in the House. in come t/item of the settling day; but we understand several have taken place in the Alley, though of no great extent. FOREIGN MARaaT.—Owing to the faltati e Spanisli Honda at Paris. they opened here at 27, and went down to 26, 261 261 & i /, at which price they remain steady. New Spanish, 17j—old, 261—Colombia, 60i. -1n all other Foreign Stocks there is nothing doing. We 'ave this morning received by express, the Eto:le and Pitote of yesterday's date, of which the following are extracts : (FROM THE ETOILE OF THURSDAY, NOV. 27.) reounr Ne4B.—His Majesty hoard mass in his apart ments. and presided it a Council of Ministers which lasted until half - past one o'clock. NEWS FROM SPAIN. (DT AN EXTRAORDINARY COURIER.) MADRID, Nov. 20.-114 Majesty issued a decree yes terday, the 19th, to the following purport : There shall be established a Council of Ministers, in which shall be discussed all the affairs of g 1 interest ; each Minister is to mike his report on the objects of his special department. The King will himself decide. The decision, will be inscribed in a • register with the reasons. Should the King not be able to assist in person at the Council of Ministers, he shall be represented by the first Secretary of State and the Minister of Grace and Justice, who must register the deliberations. By the said Decree his Majesty names his Ministers in the folloµ•ing order:— D. Victor Saez, first Secretary of State; D. Garcia de Is Torre, Miniver of Grace and Justice ; D. Joseph San Guan, Minister at War; D. Marie Salazar, Minister of Marine ; D. Juan Ems. Minister of Finances. Buestos,Nov. ll—His Excellency the Duke d'Angouleme arrived yesterday in thistown. Two deputations,one from the Town, and the other from the Chapter, went to receive the Prince at St. Augustin. A magnificent car waited his ar• f.ral, which was drawn by several young men, dressed in the ancient costume of Spain; the town was illuminated for two nights. hicacra, Nov. B.—The strong town of Alicant, has fAowed the example of Carthegena, and submitted to tie same convention. R ((Pere follow the articles of capitulation, eight in Dumber): MADRID, Nov. 18.—The following are the precise terms in which his Catholic Majesty replied to the address of the Count Puzzo di Borgo, Ruaian Ambassador Extra ordinary : " I receive with the most pleasing satisfaction the expression of the sentiments of friendship and interest w hit h the Emperor, your master entertains fur me. The part which his Imperial Majesty and his august Allies have taken in the deliverance of Spain has saved us from more disasters. " The interest which the Emperor, your master, mani fests for the felicity of my subjects, cannot but be dear to w..e. lam occupied in delivenng them from the evils which have oppressed them; and I have confidence that thanks to Divine Providence, I shall attain this great object, which is the sole aim fmy labours. I regard with pleasure theparticular choice that your Sovereign has made of you to communicate to me senti ments which I appreciate beyond expression." Ida asserted that an attempt was made to procure Cat taing a packet of poison, which was to have been intro duced to him in a watch case, which was discovered. The Cadiz Journals of the 9th 10th, 11th, and 12th of Nov. have been received, but do not contain any news. Veasana.ss, Nov. 26.—0 n Tuesday next the Pacificator of Spain will arrive here, where there din be assembled neat 15.000 men, who will escort him to Paris. In fact, we may say that the whole of the population of Paris will serve as an escort to the descendant of Louis the XlVtlt. to conduct him to the Palace of his fathers. (PROM THE PILOTE OF NOY. 274 _ The Count Pont) di Borgo, who could not obtain any Wag else in his journey to Madrid; but the Order of the Bohlen Fleece, will immediately take his departure again for -Paris. Tasman, Nov. 10.—Letters from Corfu of the 29th Oct.,' le which confidence may be placed, announce that the Pacha of Scutari, has arrived near Ilissolunghi, at the bead of 10,000 men, and has besieged that important place. The moment this news was known in the Morea, 7,000 Greeks, under the order of Colocotroni and Ypsilanti, set off to the assistance of that place. The Journal des Debats of the 26th does not contain any sews. ,: The blood of Riego seems to have appeased the fury cf thel i tyalists of Spain, at least far the moment. Their great enemy destroyed, they affect a little show of forbear ance, with respect to the remaining leaders of the revolu tion, (if, indeed. that event had more than one leader) but the spirit of local persecution is actively at work; and IEI S TATESMAN. the greatest anarchy prevails in many districts. In Gallicia, particularly, where the two parties are more equally balanced, the contest between them is yet open; and nothing but an able leader is wanted, to render the Constitutionalists again triumphant. Morillo, an object of suspicion to all parties, is neither feared nor respected, either by the citizens or the army; and his situation is deemed so critical, that his departure from Spain is already spoken of. The proceedings at Lincoln on the election of a member for the County, will be read with much interest. The spirited conduct of the freeholders, who have answered the appeal of Col. Johnson and others, to come forward and assert their independence of Lord Yarborough, has bur' prised many who held the public spirit of the county in too light an estimation. The show of bands against the nominee of Lord Yarborough was decisive: and there can be no doubt, if the freeholders will take the trouble to go to the Poll, that Sir J. Thorold will be elected. We know but little of one candidate, and nothing of the other ; but the question is whether the freeholders shall choose for themselves; or whether Mr. Pelham, new Lord Yarbo• rough, shall choose for them. Not admiring Mr. Pelham's Patliamentory conduct, we should be aoriy to see the representative for Lincolnshire dependant open him for his countenance; for it would be most likely that the nominee would be only a vane fixed on the cap of the patron. The present state of the general representation induces many to regard these single streg. glee as of but little importance ; but while there is the shadow of an opposition kept up at St. Stephen's, we are of opinion that as many honest and decided men, as it is pos sible should be sent there ; and that the addition of one individual, who has the courage to declare his sentiments, is of great benefit to the common cause. Dr. Collyer has been sufficiently ill-advised to proceed by indictment against a publisher of " The Lancet." A Morning Paper justly remarks, that this course of pro ceeding leaves the main question untried. The .defendant is not permitted to justify his charges, if it were in his power to do so ; whereas if the Doctor had meant to meet the accusation, be should have defied the proof, and proceeded by a civil action for compensation for the injury he has sustained. We were amongst those who thought the only means by which Doctor Collyer could protect himself, was by a prosecution of the publishers of the charges; but we never dreamt that a man would attempt to vindicate his character in a way that shuts out the investigation. The length of time which has elapsed, is also an suspicions circumstance. Surely it could require no deliberation whether such attacks should he re pelted, or not. The indictment is against a Mr. Onwhyo. who was not the publisher of " The Lancet" when the new depositioaswere published in that work. These is besides another curiosity,in the Doctor's solicitor advertising that he has preferred an indictment, asa caution to booksellers not to sell any thing tbat may be "injurious to him;' as he, means to take "the most summary legal matures" against all offenders. What has awakened to such fury the hither. to apathetic feelings of the worthy Divine! The adver tisement is quite a curiosity. It begins by saying that he was disposed to trust in his coosoioua innocence against the reports that assailed him—that lie was inclined rather to suffer than to punish wrong :"—and tells us that lie in tended to imitate Archbishop Tillotson, who left in his closet a bundle of papers with an inscription, " libels by men, who I hope will be pardoned by Goll, as they are pitied and forgiven by nse." Dr. Collyer's patience, how ever, would not hold out; the " bundle" became toe large for bis forgiving charity ; his friends, whose solicitations he did not heed at the moment when they ought to have been attended to, have prevailed at last—and be comes for ward, not in a way to vindicate his reputation, bat to punish its assailants, by an appeal to " the judges and juries of his country." All this seems to us very unwise, as it regents himself, and very unjust as it regards others. If the truth or falsehood of the charges is not tried, nothing is determined. To send Mr. Onwbyn to prison, because he has published a book in which somebody has second Dr. Collyer, will not prove Dr. Collyer to have merited no reproach. The real point at issue, is the accuracy of the depositions given in as early number of the Lancet, I f,they are not proved false, (and the proof is easy if they are so,) the Doctor would gain nothing, if he were to imprison all the booksellers in London. We, of course, offer no opinion on the merits of the case. We Lave DO wish bat that the Doctor may establish his innocence ; and we are sorry to perceive that his friends Laveput him in a wrong way to effect his purpose, and oar desires. littrrnsoft. Thursday, Nov. 27.—T us morning after breaktast his hlsksty rode out in his phaeton. The King proceeded in his morning airing in the Great Park, tke. for a Considerable time. His Majesty is expected to leave us tomorrow, to the regret of the inhabitants, &c., for some length of time. A letter from Plymouth says, that " Mina and Llobera are in a French brig in. tbe Sound, which is under quaran tine." This accounts for the delay in the arrival of that dis tinguished Patriot in London. Au indictment it apprars, was yesterday, at the instance of the Rev. Dr. Cullyer. preferred and found by the Grand Jury against Joseph Onwhyn, the publisher of " The Lancet." THOMAS TOURTILL'S BANICRUPTCY.—The third meeting of the Creditors will take place to-morrow (Saturday) at OuildhaH, when the bankrupt will, it is presumed, he present. DUBLIN GRAND JURY.—The presenting Grand Jury came into Court this day, and read a string of Resolutions, in which they state, that the evidence of the parochial de• puties before the Committee of the House of Commons was false and libellous: Another Resolution was, that they would be hereafter very sparing of the public money.— (Dubtin Even. Post, of Tuesday.) Several respectable grocers of Dundee have last week given up business. and removed to places where their enterprise is likely tole better rewarded.—(Scotch Paper.) GLASGOW SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE SPANISH REFUGEES. (Ir ROll Tug GLASGOW IRIS Passe.) A number of poor Spaniards with their wives and children are flying to this country for protection from the fierce cruelties of their tyrant; they are houseless, moneyless, friendless — they are Far from the land their souls ador'd, From happy homes and altars free— Their only talisman the sword— !t Their only spell-word—Liberty ! They have fought for the freedom of Spain and of men—they hate been sold by French gold and Spanish treachery—they litter been cheated by false hopes of British succnur :—and they now fly to us, poor victims of unparalleled perfidy and endurable oppress ion, for liberty to live, and bread and water to subsist upon. Several gentlemen in London have formed themselves into a Committee to relive them, will the gentle. men of Glasgow co-operate with them? All ponies are sup. porting this subscription. The Coe rier on the one side, and the STATSSISAN on the other—thee people of Glasgow never subscribed a penny for the Sipanish cause, will they abut their ears and their purses to the melting cries of the babes of the murdered brave—of Riego's distressed, deserted, desolate family—of the poor women and children self expatriated for liberty ? We ha re mentioned this ease to a few gentlemen of Glasgow who immediately subscribed their names to a subscription paper, which we shall keep in our office until a Committee be formed in Glasgow for this truly Christian and patriotic par. pose. We will publish the names of the generous individuals, whose hearts may warm and eyes welt for these poor foreign. era, in our next Free Press ; and we call upon the other news papers of Glasgow to cooperate with us, and to insert lists of the subscriptions, gratis, in their columns. We believe they will cheerfully do it. RPANISR PATRlOTS.—Yesterday a Committee, composed of gentlemen of the first respectability, assembled at the British Hotel, Cockspur Street, for the purpose of promot ing a subscription for the relief of those Spaniards who have been compelled to seek in this country an asylum from the vengeance of the restored Ferdinand. The committee, after consulting for some time as to the best means of effecting the object which they have it view, ad journed until Monday next. Colonel Jones, of the titenadier Guards, who was in the Chair, received com munications from Earl Spencer, and other distinguished individuals, approving of the proposed subscriptions, and expressing the strongest sympathy thr the unfortunate Spaniards. - - - Another unfortunate member of the Cortes, Don Ma nuel Saint de Burnage, Ex Vicar of the Parish of Cazeras in the Archbishopric of Toledo, has fallen into the bands or the Royalists of the present day. As he voted for the removal of the King to Cadiz, and the appointment of a Regency, the only crimes for which Riego was tried and put to death, there is little doubt of his being equally sacrificed. His only ciance of escape arises from his bearing an ecclesiastical character. NEW ORANGE SYSTEM. (1 , 11011 AS IRISH PAPER.) The Trish Orange Association has adopted a new system of rules and regulations, arranged by the Grand Lodge of Ire land, assembled in Dublin on the 4th of August, 1E23. To these rules they had prefixed a short declaration, and a copy of the oaths of allegiance, supremacy, and abjuration. According to the new rules, no other oaths are to be taken by the members of this association, nor any secret to be kept, except the pass words by which they are to be known to one another as mem bers of the same body. The oaths are to be taken before ma gistrates, and not privatelyadministered. The presentotficers of the Grand Lodge of Ireland are as follows: Grand Master.—The Right lion. Chas. Henry St. John,Earl O'Neill, K.S.P. &c. Deputy Grand Master—Col. Wm. Blacker. Grand Treasurer—Sir A. Bradley King, Bart. Deputy Grand Secretary—D. Fred. Ryan. Esq. Barrister. Deputy Greed Treasurer—Wm. Stoker, Esq. Grand Chaplain—The Rev. John Graham, A.M. ht`` Assistant GrendChapleins—The Rev. Sit Harcourt Lee,. Bart. the Rev. John 1. Beresford, A.B. and the Rev. S. H. Steward, A.B. The following is the declaration of the Lodge:—" This as sociation is formed by persons desiriog, to the utmost of their power, to support and defend his Majesty King George IV. the constitution and laws of the country, and the succession to the throne in his Majesty's illustrious House,being Protestant, for the defaisce of their person and property, and for the maim tenance of the peace of the country.; and for these purposes the members hold themselves obliged, when lawfully called upon, to he at all times ready to assist the civil and military powers in the just and lawful discharge of their duty. They associate, also, in honour of King William 11l Prince of Orange, whose name they hear, whose glorious memory they hold in reve rence, and whose iiiistrious deeds they annually commemorate, tending as they did to the restoration of titil and religious liberty, and of the pure form of religion established in these reslms. This is exclusively a Protestant Association; yet, detesting en intolerant spirit, it admits no persons its brother hood who are not well known to he incapable of persecuting, injnriog, or upbraiding any one on account of his religious opinions; but that their principle is, to aid and assist every loyal subject of every religious description, by protecting hint and oppression." THE LATE LORD ERSKINE. -.....-. 081 O:NA t • NSCDOTZE The chagrin experienced by Mr. Erskine at the &fee. tion of Lord Loughborough from the Whig party, in t4 e year 179.?, must have been much exasperated by to p collection of the vexatious, though little known, def t* which his Lordship, while actuated by similar views, had occasioned to the projects of the Whigs, in the year 1789. At-that very interesting period, when the insanity of his late Majesty bad given rise to the most ,violent dispute; in Parliament, respecting the necessity and nature of s Regency, the minds of political placemen became tins. anally agitated ; aud respect for the party of the expect Vicegerent began to supersede, in various instances, a t . t Almelo to that of the declining King. Among the per. sonages who were likely to be of the greatest weight is ded{, ing the momentous qu-stions then at issue, Lord Thinker, from the nature of his talents.as well as of his office, was app of the chief ; and his accession to the party of the was an object of the first importance. The firmness, how ever, of his Lordship's resolations, the character oft,S previous politics, and the length of time be had acted with the Ministry of Pitt, presented obstacles, apparently i s , superable, to his union with Fox; but, strange as i t would seem to those who were not aware of his Lordship's aversion to the hauteur of the reigning Premier, wa s decided steps had been taken by his Lordship towards as arrangement with the party of the Heir Apparent. Tsit negotiation had been ant,piciously proceeding all the trials the Regency question was in progress. All the preliminaries had been agreed upon—the measures to be subsrquently pito aned had been arranged—and the only point that retnaia,{ to be settled was, who was to hold the Seals ? What olio " to be, or not to be " the restrictions of the Repost, were matters of no moment, then ; hut, who was" to be,* not to he" the Lord High Chancellor of England —" the was the question." Lord Thurlow in possession, dart. mined to re'ain the office; Lord Loughborough, in roe. was urgently demons to obtain it. Lord Thurioter resolution to kohl, could not pos.;ihly be induced to yield ; Lord Loughborough's cagerross to possess, could not p.,. sibly be appeased. In this state of contention stood the minds if , the rival claimants for the woolsack, when the Re geocy question arrived at its crisis in Parliament. lin and Dundas bait been aware of toe negotiation in whini L ird Thurlotv was engaged with the party; but were net apprised of the turn it had taken. On the day the R.. gency question came on among the Lords, they vient ts. gether to the House, with the greatest anxiety, (as Durd.i acknowledged to a friend) to Ceara Lord Thurlow's de. cision, in the course of the debate. It was on that occasion his Lordship delivered the memorable words so often quoted, which might hare bees deemed conclusive evidence of political consistency sal resolution, that had never been, and that never could is shaken—" If I forget my King, may my God forget sae COURT OF KING'S BENCH--(Tuis DAY) BOROUGH OF MONMOUTH. THE RING O. YATES. Mr. Scaeceirr rose to oppose a rule for a quo warrss calling on the defendant to sbew by what authority he sell the office of burgess of the Borough of elonnionth. Mr. S. said, the only object of this application, was to out the defendant, by means of a long purse. The piaisef complains of want l,f notice, and yet lie lets the elertise rest fur three years before he comes to disturb it. TM usual notice, by ringing a bell, was given. The COMMON SERJEANT followed, on the same side, did Mr.CAMPBeLL and Mr. linovniism, arguing aging 111.1 objection that a previous nomination, by the Guieese Council, was necessary to . render the election Viand. Theis hadt been a subsequent election, and there were nor q lineations for ail ty-one quo-warranios in these stale prefab togs. The Cover, without troubling the 'opposite side to reply thought that the rule must be made absolute. The matter en at moat doubtful, and a lit subject for the consideration els Jury. The decision on one might serve for all the rest. NARRATIVE OF THE MURDER Or MR. WEARE. THE KING V. EDGIIRLES, AND SHERWOOD AND J.)Nes. Mr. DUKNET moved to make the rule absolute, whirl had been obtained against the Defendauts, for printiog dal publishing the above named work. Mr. Scsautre for Mr. Sh,rwoed said,that his cliesthai received the office copy of the affidavit on which the isle was obtained, only yesterday, and that in ennsetrience, bs was not yet in a coalition to reply to it. For this resat be prayed that the role [night be enlarged till next term Mr. COMMON SERJEANT, OD behalf of Mr. I.llgerlrF. theiprinter, submitted that his client was a very poor em and that, as soon as he beard of the proceedings aphis! the Surrey Theatre, lie stopped the sale of the work, ass called hi All the copies that be could collect. lie word undertake to discontinue the sale, and on these grounls, he hoped that the prosecution would be abandoned spied him. Mr. GURNEY said he could not accede to this. Here as a man who, it was sworn, by the prosecutor, and not dew ed, by the defendant, had sold 10,000 copies of the waif and who comes and says he is too poor to sustain a proem , tion. Chief Justice ABBOTT asked if he gave the name oftie author; sod was answered in the negative. The COMMON SERJEANT then made some objections It the form of the prosecutor's affidavit, He was cloaks as clerk to Mr. Fenton. but it did not state what Me Femme was; and the Court always required to know sow thing of the circumstances of the prosectitor,io order that the defendant might know where to look for th:. coat On these grounds he hoped the Court would not go runlet than to enlarge the rule agaiu.t his el.eut. The Loan CHIEF JUSIICII said, the role must be ash absolute against the printer. The mitigating rinse. stances that had been urged in his favour, would beware for the consideration of the Court, on an other manila if he did not make his peace in the mean time. Rule against Sherwood & Jones enlarged till sal Term. The Fishmongers Corrirr,nv, of whom Alderman Wool the master, gave yesterday an elegant dinner, at their Hall in Thames Street, to more than fifty gentlemen of dile tinguished characote,r, amongst whom were the Right lbs. the Lard Mayor, 1.-rd A. Hamilton. several Alders's'. the Chamberlain of.Lundon, Messrs. Brougham, Deanuri 84. c. The New Post Office will be finished and quite readyUr occupation in three years from the pres e nt time. ready Robert Sutirhe, jn n., is the Architect, under the insrtti4l of the Board of Works. The city pay oar-third of tis exp.iice. The offices and all the interiar departments 11 , the new building %ill he arranged nuder the 'Uremia that excellent servant of the public, Mr. Freeling,—(yam ' ing paw) EXTENSIVE ROllllERT.—Wormatien was this trerliq received at the Police Office, Hatton Garden, oft! following extensive robbery at No. 11, Charter 1111 "' Street, between Tuesday evening and Wednesdayniv eir f viz. 40 ounces of tine grain gold, '4l ozs. of gram o ' 4 the same weight of old silver coin, 121. in silver, gold watches, two silver watches, a quantity o f c r.., numerous loose precious stones o peat value, coast to brilliants, emeralds, amethysts, topazes, ike. kr. at. considerable booty iu different articles of marks plate. A reward is offered for the recosterf et 4 . property, from violence and TIIE ARAM—Detachments, consisting of 24 officers and 400 men, belonging to the 11th Regiment of Light Dragoons, and the Bab Lancers; and to the 13th, 14th, 381 h, 44th, 59th, and 87th Regiments of infantry, are ordered to prepare for embarkation on board the Ber wickshire and Duchess of Athol, East ludiamen, for Ben) I. - - - Detachments, consisting of ten officers and three hun dred and ninety men, belonging to the 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons, and the 20th and 4;th Regiment* of Foot have received orders to prepare fur embarkation on board the Duke of York and. Castle Huntley, East lndiameo, for Bombay. The above detachments are ordered to be em barked on board the aforesaid indiemen by the 3lst of December next. From a private letter from from Paris, dated on Mon. day : a honentable circumstance occurred here last week in an English family. A gentleman, nearly related to two Members of the British Parliament, invited to his house a soldier of the Swiss Guards. The latter in consequence of something that occurred, took a knife and wonnded him dreadfully towards the groin : the gentletuAo fell, bathed in his blood. The Marquess of --, who has recently returned to Paris from a tour with his Lady in Germany, and who is said to be related to the unhappy wan, was instantly sent fur." Acoordiug to the official Returns of the Votes for the office of Governor of Pennsylvania ' for which th ere has been a strong contest, there were 56,775 for Mr. Gregg, and 75,432 for Mr. Sliti:ze —the total of votes, 132,•20;. This enormous number of votes has been taken withont any tumult, and, as far as appears from the papers, without any suspicion of unfairness.—Shulze, the Governor Elect, is, it appears, of the democratic party. A Mr. Maclean, who has just died at Boston, has bequeathed 100S/00 dollars to the Massachuset's Hospital. KiNctioat or eunstca.—lo the Court of King's Bench' on Saturday, Mr. Unhand in *hewing cause on the part of the Baron ton Hoffman against the conditional order to restrain the Insolvent Court from further proceedings in his case, mentioned a curious case bearing some analogy to that before the Court; though it could not, he admitted be taken as a legal precedent. Theodore, King of Corsica, have been arrested for debt whilst resident in England. lie made a return of his effects, the chief of which was his kingdom of Corsica, which was accordingly vested in his Assignee. Mr. Russell, in his history, states, that in pursuance of that assignment, the right to the kingdom of Corsica was vested in a British subject.—(Dahlia illo) is ink; Pon.) I EMI i. I- taea Vet ]ll r. Phi Rol ezt ext teal till tie foil to ipe loci cup bra nil tri la be W de 1118 hi