The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-05-24 00:00:00

g r . Offence made a few observations in reprobation .p .s which, be said, was commenced in r: 4a. an d was used against Mr. Hardy, Mr. Thelwall, p it o. lle also alluded to the recent prohibition 10118%the t iimmissioners against the publication of a , they proceeded. When the trials in 1794 a we, no such prohibition was made, and thus per. enabled to come forward to speak to the cha af the wiTnessei. He :onclutled with giving, as 113 y spies and their employers and abettors oa t the jost reward of their atrocious and detestable rows : —Three times three, and enthusiastic aft fisPe. Or. PErEit WALKLR addressed the company. In the min a • f his Speech he observed, that Mr. Thomas o d de was now present, and that he felt it an honour to s such a character. He characterized the present •cernment as "a cowardly liovernment," (this eapres. a created some disapprobation) and be concluded . th an allusion to the bill found against Edwards, who, " out of the country," and he professed , e hr hi s o bject to vault that fellow dead or alive. gr.THEI.WtLL made several observations on the state it the country, which. he said, was governed bar two fac raon, the b or onglimongers and the army. FliC proplie that a rivii oldest would nltimately arise between these two parties. and that the latter, Cromwell-like wo uld dr;ve the former out of the House. He referreii to the aorient custom of having the Courts of Law open to the public: they were etivereal by no roof save the cano py of Heaven, and from this he argued the right of the p re p to pier the proceedings in the Courts of Jits lice, without an restraint. Ile concluded with giving • meat— the f• The Llhertv of the Press—it is like the ale we breathe-- when we hale ii not, w.e die. - -Three times three. sod loud applause. The Cniunintw we to propose " the health of Mr. Laarbton. nod sprees to his intended motion for Parlia mentary &form," and, in doing so, he took an oppor tunity of stating, that it was the duty of the friends to RefuraJß stippoi t say motion for Reform, even if it did rot go to the Whole extent of the principles of which they approved. He understood it nas Mr. Lambton's object to obtain, if possible, triennial Parliaments, and to retest/ the right of suffrage in counties to copy holders, and in towns to householders. Such a measure, if car ried. would rid them at least of septennial Parliaments. hich were gesterully at the end of their period affected by a kind of ementost% rwori, but never till then.—(Ap pi.tuse).—lfe observed, that the Ministers felt the last frliatoent in a state of premature deeripitude, and for that reason deferred their more important measures, un til should lase "a young and vigorous sinner to deal with."—(Applause).— lint, unfortunately, he added, uses wire like the man in the Scripture, wfio was pot irsssd ly the devils, the last state of that man was worse nastier tiv.t.—(Laughter and applause).—He concluded with damming it out for the consideration of the iota- Waits ef Westminster, whether it would sot be cape dial to tall a meetinr, for the purpose of supporting demotion of Mr. Lambton. "Mr.Lamh'on, and success to his Motion for Reform."— Time emes three, awl great applause. Mr. LICUEII gave the next and last toast Trtal by our Peers, and not be picked, or peeked, or special Juries. --Three itces three, and euthusiastic ipplause. Thelilter rase r..a ceried &own between the middle titles, sad shown to the company, who hailed it with aairersal acclamations. At ten o'clock the Chairman left the room with si milar honours, soil soon atter the whole of the company diapersed. EMN lION TEA t Mat f.3..-LAt an early hour this morning the Et.otiags were a'l in bustle for the performance of the proceedings of the day. The Nobility. Gentry, and the inure humble class of travellers, were routing in front all quarters, and before eleven o'clo .k Eton i.reseciard one of the most comptete microcosms ever witnessed, and the oldest ilhabitants declare that they n:ver saw le v ist concourse of spectators at a .efitaietta. 7 tie carriages lined the road from the Col kgt-bridge, extending along the road to Salt-hill. Precisely at twelve o'clock, his Majesty, accompanied hy the Right lion. Sir 11. Bloomfield, arrived at Eton bridge. Messrs. Wilmot and Stanley, salt-bearers, dressed in the most superb fancy costume, received his Aajesty's liberal eOntribntion for salt. The King mile on horseback, at a gentle pace, and having no at tendants except three grooms, the public hail an op porttmily of viewing their grackus Sovereign Ileorge IV. in the ful enjoyment of health, and exhibiting to his subjects the most affable condescensien. His Ma jesty was dressed in black, anal wore a' very brilliant star. The King proceeded on t•t Eton-college, where th. alighted, and was received l.y tke Provost and Fel lows of the Royal Foundation. Thole yv•eng gentlemen, who acte I as setvitors to the salt-bearer,;, and were stationed in different quarters, retuned to the College, to deliver tip their collections, the whole of which are appu.spriated for a fund to the Captain of the School, who gains !he .Ifrattem. At UM' o'clock the whole of the Scholars were filed In procession, by the Marshals of the Aratlenty, into two divisions, with the bands of the Royal Horse and Foot 444. a :a. After the ceremony of flourishing the flag with dexterity before his Majesty, and delivering the best specimens of Latin oration, the whole procession marched round the court-yard three times. The scene nuw became truly interesting ; about fifty of the boys were dressrd in the ancient national costume of differ ent nations, and presented the most perfect imagery of the luxury of the feudal lords in the embellishuient of their pages 'of honour. Every costume was the ad miration of the spectators. A vast number of the youths, who were designated Corpors!s, each attended lay four boys with staves, wore gorgeous military uni forms, which gave the procession a mixture of mili tary parade. The whole proceeded to Mon? as Mount, Salt-hill, where the speakers delivered their , final ora tions. The ceremonies of the day being over, the ►oys retired to the different ions and enjoyed sumptu ous dinners. Ma. OtATTAN.—There is an erroneous paragraph in most of the London Journals, stating that Mr. lirattan had signified his intention of retiring from the He e resentation of the city, and that Mr. H. Grat tan, junior, had a'rea.ly commenced a canvass. We should be much mortified if either part of this wore correct. On the contrary, we can assure our English Mewls that Mr. °rattan's health has been much amended, that he leaves Dublin in the Waterloo steam packet, for Liverpool, to-morrow; that a vessel is prepared to convey him by the canal to London, and that he will take his seat early is the week after next. ---(Drbtim Emits' Post•) THE STATFSMAN. This Day was pablished, prier ts. FRAGMENTS of a CIVIC FEAST, being a Key to Mr. Volney's Reins; or, die Revolutions of Empires. By A REFORMER. London : Printed for *lsmael gagster, 16. Paternoster-row. 111A11.8. IDE. DUE. I ADM. I Dublin O Waterton' I Guernsey sod Jersey O Gottenburgh I Flataburgh 0 i 0 Nlalta DIM. PRICE OF STOCKS THIN Rank Stock 2264 i per Cent. Red. Nit S per Ct. Cons. wee se per Cent. 773 77 4 per Casts. 904 St, 5 peril. Navy 104 j 103 Long Ann. 171 13-10 hap. i per Cent. Ann. D 11( AT ONE O'CLOCK, India Kiock Dittorionsis 21s. 20s. pm. Old Annuities F.:. Allis, 2d. is. 61. pm. Ditto Com. at. dis. Uranium Con. for At. Mak Lott. Tickets .t2B l4s. ttateginan. " TIIS ORITISH briresN. ‘s IS INCORPOitArtEi WITH THE STATESMAN." LOY DON: WIIINCIDAt ITENING, 14.t1r 24, 18W. THE FUNDS. The present state of the Money Market ins brought to town s e veral persons connected with the Funds, who I had intended to hare spent the holiday-week in various! parts of the country; and this morning, when business commenced, the house was crowded to excess. Con sols opened at 694 for the Account, and 696 for the July Accounts. An immense quantity of bitsitess was done, and Various reports were circulated in order to depress or raise the market, according to the interests of the (Efferent parties.—Beta were offered that notice would be sent to the Stock-Exchange this ley or to morrow, of the amount of Loan reqeired ; tht report still continues, that a Loan must bt had, and that Ex chequer Bills will bt funded to a large amount.- 1 here is now twenty-two months interest due upon Ex chequer Bills —Fire per Cents. fell 4 per cent., expect ing the Minister would fund in tlietn. The account, which occupies our preceding ets lumns, of the Meeting held at the Crown and Anchor, tavern yesterday, to celebrate the return of Sir FR•NCM BERDETT to Parliament, as Representative of West minster, will Le read with considerable intere-t. various speeches are in unison with the feelings of en lightened Englishmen ; and the reflections of the worthy Baronet un the sentence passed on Mr. lICNT (with whom, as he remarked, no person had less reason than himself to be pleased) does credit to his head and heart. In respect to firm integrity and manly can dour, Sir FRANCIS has alwapt proved hin.self the genuine successor of the Hon. CHARLES Janus Fox. There was nut a sentimeot expressed by him yester day but what we are eottvineed that aohle-tisindeil roan, had be been present, would, under ti.e existing circumstances in which the people have been placed, been ready to declare. Under all the irritations from the country's wrongs, or from personal and pointed persecution, there was not a sentence uttered that could occasion umbrage to these who are the most disposed to steer the safe and cautious middle course in the sea apolitical adventure. Not en expression was employed that could have exposed any real disciple of Mr. Fox to either shame or danger ; but not one of the men who profess to admire and invoke his intrepid spirit, had the courage and consist, m . y to countenance the ge nerous patriot on whom the judgment of the Law im pends. The stricken deer is discarded by the herd. Did the wary politicians, who weigh their words in balances, deem the warm-hearted Baronet to have been unguarded in his expressions ? It is much to be la mented they avoid an association which might rouse and animate their languid breasts. Do they think that too much patriotism has made him mad? Would to Clod they were nut only almost, but altogether like him, except those bonds with which he is threatened. We have not, we can truly declare, the most distant wish that their exertions should be more restrained. This is not the season when the country can dispense with the service of its friends. This is not the pe riod for talents to lie hid. When distress is spread through every rank, except of those who pro-per on the distresses's)! others; when complaint is uniting men who never expected to complain, and, least of all, to complain together ; when despairing sufferers, of su perior classes, are urging the most inconsistent pe titions ; and when partial and pernicious quackeries are wildly sought, instead of thorough and legitimate stsestittitional remedies, it is the duty of the en lightened patriot, to press forward with ardour, and give direction and support to the distreaed. But when he beholds a suffering people den:ed the mi serable consolation of uttering their complaints in Zany; when, instead of thedistributionof relief, he leers the dispersion of humble petitioners; when the I litrong vindictive arm of oppression is known to be stretched out, instead of the supporting hand; what laglishman, with proper sympathies, who occupies a Station in the country's Councils, or a rank in the public eye, can restrain his remonstrances, if be caa his interposition ? It evinces woeful inconsistency in those who know the causes that have led to these calamities, to stand aloof and see them aggravated. Let it be the lan guage of those who owe their germ's's' to their coun try's ruin, to ask with helplessness or callousness, tt What can we do ?" Let sneh pretend that the system must go on, that the storm will blow over, and the vessel will spontaneously emerge, and right herself again. Such sentiments require to be exposed. The country must inevitably be wrecked, if the most strenuous ef forts are not made to save her. The course in which she has long been steered is now confessed to have beungly her into the midst of the most awful dangers. Nothing less than a change of direction can sal e her from destruction. The tonsures now pursned to calm the troubled ocean are as Wile as they are barbarous. Our mo dot n Patinttrus would appear to thr. w overboard se lected victims to assuage the storm. Attempts are making through the country to estal %bib a system of coercion, revolting to the feelings of Britons, and to make, instead of content/4i subjects, a set of quiet slaves. The judgments of the law confirm and augment the terr)re of military controul, and the spirit of the people is designed to be sub dued. But Fitch a policy, though tiled in one por- tion of the United liiagdom, affords no encourage ment for repeating it in another. There is no English p ditician who can desire to see experienced bete either Irish prosperity or Irish tranquillity. The beneli►s of such a state are dearly purchased, and held on a precarious tenure. The very measures used to produce subjection may only tend to accelerate the evils of anarchy. To resist the measures hitherto pnrsned, and to fleet the mischiefs that may follow them, ought never to hare been lost sight of by the friends of the people. It has twee the misfortune of the people in have been de serted by their natural leaders. As sheep without a shepherd, they have been more liable to stray. Had those who had profes►ed to advocate their cause in Par liament, condescended to have listened to their cunt plaints to the country, the consequences that have fol lowed their attempts to remonstrate might have never taken place. That guidance which should have never dropped from the hands of the Whigs, has of necessity been undertaken by more zealous Radicals. In no mo ment of peril could it he alleged of Mr. Fox that he shrunk from his post, or neglected to stand fore most in the cause of tie people. It is to the credit of Sir Fr-A:skill 111111 DE 1 T that he follows MI continues such an eminent example. Letters from Peters' nigh of the 29th of April state, that the Government has issued a new ukast•,extremely beneficial to the temporary interests of the calico printers of Russia, but calculated materially to injure the inte'rests of the toreign merchants trading with that country. All printed goods, when printed and brought to market by a Russian printer, will be en titled to a drawback of 37) ropers silver the pound, which is the amount s:1 duty on the white goods when imported. Perhapknot since the American war has a greater swrob.•r of shops -been shut, and to let, in Glasgow and its environs, particularly in the latter, than at present. Tickets are al•uost innnmerabl• for good hunsea to let, and son•' landlords have added, at Reduced Rents."—(t;i , r.ri•owr tlro.t;e/e.) Trade has of late coasiderahly rev:red in Paisley. and the prices of weavieg hare experienced some little advance, in consequence of the demand ; but whether business will go on improving, awl the wages of la bour continue to rise for any length of time, is s'ill problematical. In t:se mean time, the revival is very consoling, after such a general, lung, and ruinous stagnation.—(Glasteore Chronick.) It was yesterday currently reported, that the In stallation of the Knights of the Bath is postponed, as it was found that the necessary preparations would in terfere with those that are necessary to the Coronation. Mr. Alderman Wood left town au Sunday to proceed to the Continent. It is probable that he will meet her .Nlajesty on the route to Calais. • The following account of certain prat-ceilings, coo -1 nected with the unfortunate difference* which subsist betw,'en his Majesty and the Queen, has been made public : " it is known, that shortly after the death of his late Majesty, it was designed to put the matter at rent for ever It t • an open judicial proceeding, which should re lease the parties from those bonds which hail so long connected them together, but never could unite them. This intention was changed, however, in consequence of an interview which took place between an eminent Barrister and a distinguished Nobleman: on which oc casion, the copy of a letter to an 'Hilarious Personage was laid Ware his Lordship, in which the Royal writer declares his inflexible residsition never again to hold communion or intercourse with her. • " The letter is supposed to have been written some years ago, in the warmth of injured feelings, as the lan 4uage and sentiments betray considerable agitation. Shortly afterwards, an extraordinary Cabinet Connell was convened, to take into consideration the important point, so long a subject of anxiety in the ;Hind of the King. Only one of the Law Officers of the Crown con curred in the wishes of his Majesty; the whisk Cabinet besides were so oppressed with the technical difficulties of the case, that they declined encountering them, and a round robin was addressed to his Majesty on Monday, the 14th of February last, which left, for a time, all the great (Bras of State vacant, and the country without responsible Government." In the case of the late Portsmouth Rank of Minchin, Carter, and Co., the CO:111105SiOlierS met yesterday at Guildhall, and declared a dividend of 6s. ad. in the pound. Fourteen convicts arrived yesterday morning from Gloucester, and were rot on board a vessel off the Cus tom-house Stairs, to be shipped on board a ship fur New Sonth Wales for life. On Tuesday evening se'nnight, a little girl of Mr. Ridgway's, of Retford, maltpter, about two years old, having got up etaira info a back cherub r,..by the assistance of a chair abe reached the window, which was open, and unfortunately fell out, but, providentially, her pinafore caught hold of a nail on the outside, and there she bung sulpended until ob served by a neighbon?, who give the alarm, and Mr. Ridgway immediately drew her in at the witv'ew, without haring sustained the slithtest injury .I. . OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. 1111$ DAY. ....7.........- &tome, Darettport was convicted of embezzling 471. 14s. the` property of his employer. Benj. Whitaker. The circumstances of the case were these t—The prosecu tor, Benj. Whttakyr, is an attorney, and the prisoner was, at the time of Cie robbery, a clerk in his employ. In the month of Septemper last. the prosecutor had occasion to crave town. and during the period of his absence the prisoner applied to, rind eves iced from Mr. Puwnail. another attor ney, the sum inentii.ned in the indictment, being the del:t and costs in an action which had been settled in favour of a c!ient of Mr. I V.,:taker's. Upon the return of Mr. W. to town, he Nun d that his clerk lad absconded, and heard nothing of him r. ntil the following March, when he was apprehended and committed. The prisuner offered no defence. The Comnow-SzeJei sr, after making some appropriate remarks upon the priscsier's situation, sentenced hint to 46 years transportation. George PrUct was ins icted for stealing In the dwetling heuse of James Francis, a show-glass, several pocket-books, I ae.—The charge was proved by the testimony of toe prosecutor and another lemon, who saw the prisoner come I from the prosecutor's shop with the show-glass is his hand. 1 Several of the articles sr ere found in the prisoner's posses ! sion, and others he was observed to throw away. Several persons gave the prisoner an excellent character. The prisoner was twilit Guilty. I Upon hearing the verdict, the prisoner repeated his deed:- I ration of innocence. NAP .1L INTELLIGENCE. Drat., MAY 23.—Sal led last night the Tanjore, Deere, for Matins and Bengal.—Came down from the River, and bailed. the Thomas and Mary transport. fort'ork and Quebec; Harmony, Woodall, for Demerara; Onyx. Miller, for Jautaica and Honduras; Ausixots, Edwards. for Pritice Edward's bland ; Cossack, Jl•Brath, for New York; and Thortias, Tate, for the Cape of Hood Hope.—Remains in the Downs the Lady Borringdoo, Living, for Bombay. FALMOUTH. MAY 21.--Sailed the John and William, Henson; and Regent. Howl. for Waterford. PORTSMOUTH, MAT 23.—Arrived the Hope, Flint, from the Downs, for Madras and Bengal.—Sailed the Hutl dart, Stock, for Quebec. - —Came into harbour the Prince Christian Auguste, Poet son, trout the Motherbank. HAIWICII, MAY 23.—Arrived the Princess Charlotte packet, from Cuxhaven ; and Beaufoy ditto, from Hui land, each with a Mail. TORIAT, MAT 22.—Sailt d last everting his Majesty's ship Egeria, and the Inspector cotter, for Newfound land t and several other oaf ward-bound vessels. LITULFOOL. MAT V.—Arrival the Ottoutats. Plum mer; and Freeindschaft, tin, from Dantsic ; Ludwig Wilhelm., Bench, from Swinentunde ; Mary lion, Mun roe. from Hatriburgh ; Cossack, Tucker, front Rendus ; and Milo, Oxnard, front Charleston. PLTNOUTII, MAT 22.—Sailed the Nanry, Storey, for Quebec. CORN-EXCHANGE, Mar 24. --.•.- O ur mar k e t wag abundally supplied with all grain this morning, for which the demand v. as very limited, and sales in eonsequence exceedingly heats : yet a few samples of prime white Wheat obtained lest Mund”'s pricea, but all other descriptions could have been bolght on lower terms. Barley is nearly unsaleable. and full Is. per quarter lower than on Monday. and only Ter) fine fresh ssraples could be got oC at that redaction.—The arrivals of Oats bare been %cry considerable since Monday, which bate occasioned a docile* of lg. per quarter, and but few sales maid be elected. —ln Deans and Peas there is no alteration. ROCii SOCIET7.:A COW el was held on Thursday last, when Sir Jos. Bankes tendered his resignation, but it was not accepted, on the avowed ground of sic licacy and respect for a lientlentan who has so long filled the President's Chair, with honour to himself and satisfaction to the Society. It is supposed, ne vertheless, that the worthy Baronet will persevere in requesting to resign the Chair; and we understand that, in that case, it is not unlikely that it may I e taken by Prince Leopold. This amiable Prince has, it seems, turned his attention to Natural His tory, and is particularly conversant with Mineralogy and Botany. lie is, indeed, understood to be attached to the sciences in general, and to have made great progress in the study of them all. We learn, it has been whispered, dist the Prince, in consequence of the expected resignation of the present revered President. had been consulted, and had spoken to his Majesty on the occasion, from whom he had received the most gra , cious encouragement. If this arrangement should take place, the Prince will hare a very gratifying oc cupation for his t hours, and will confer addi tional honour upon the Society, while it will tend to attach him still more to a country which has treated him with so much liberality, and of which be expresses his most grateful sense on all occasions. Several convictions have lately taken place at Car dlff under the Hawkers' and Pedlars' Act ; and we far informed, that the Magistrates there have determined strictly to enforce the penalties against all suds of tenet,. so injurious to the fair tradesman. On Monday se'nnight, during the storm, the cou rier from Paris, when on the height of Neagh, and proceeding to Troyes, saw fall, at some distance from the carriage, two balls of fire, which illuminated the whole plain, and left a thick smoke, which could nut be seen throueh. He was almost suffocated by the selphureons vapour. On Sunday last a loaded brig, on her passage from Chepstow to one of the DAk-cards, met with an acci dent that had nearly prove I 4,1 the most serious kind. When in the act of working ihr.tugh the Shoots, the spinal dying away, she drifted on a rock called Oruggy, by which she received so much damage that, notwith sten ling the most skilful application of the best means that could be obtained to exclude the water, 'be ' e iris ; of pumps an.l tiding, aided hp the trainable assistance of lone of the New Passage boats, it was with murk dith• culty she was kept up until she reached the shore. limn La re lIIMUIN 5T.111114. —Yesterday Hioaricaa Slam; was remanded front Hatton-garden rice, darn ed on suspicion of being an acressary to the rubbing of her masters house (James Barber, gsq of tireat Jame.- street, Bedford-row) of 40111. in plate, besides other pro perty. Several odd disclosures as to the life servants lead, in some families. were made; such as their divaer, tea, anal card parties; their halls, and even masquerade'. One of the latter, given by gentletnen's servants, was held a {pre &rho ago in ladle sitoldford-si rep.. Co. : L. and housemaid• were, it appeared, in the habit gleam, yonnK men to tea, with wl they had mill , a ea-u•I acquaintance; it likewise aware?, that there is a air ' munition of young teen who make it their humeri • pick up acquaintance with female servants, for no oiler purpose than basing tea and sopper. .' ' 1. . .ali I