The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-08-21 00:00:00

r • THE STATESMAN, church service begins about half past ten. and the church is about half a mile from us. He said that morning he was ((lite well. the prisoner said to the witness, in a passion, Why are you swearing false? My Lord, may I examine her. Mr. Justice. BATLEY.—No ; she is your witness. Prisoner (furious)—She is false. Mr. Justice BATLEY—She is yawr witness, and said much in yOur favour; if you wish, discontinue her exami nation. Prisoner—Then I wish it, my Lord. I dill not desire her to be called. tam not learned in the laws of England. My counsel is false if he desired her to he called. The woman is out of her mind, and her father told me so.—(His father here got up and denied it.) Thr kindness of the Learned Judge's manner at length conciliated him, and he allowed the examination to pro reed.—lle put on two shirts and two pair of stockings, and then put his shoes over them. He ran up and down the room very quick. 1 told him not to go to the church, Witt to go with his brother to the chapel; that he could bear there better. He talked a deal of nonsense to his brother, and lie told him to give over, and that lie would let him hare the hook he was reading when he was done wits it. I went out of the house for a few minutes, and when I came back he was gone. 1 did not see him again 'till he was taken up. I thought lie had drowned himself. His father and I had an eye open him all Saturday, and were very uneasy about him, and dnrst not leave him wher ever he went. I bad a brother, named George, who died very bad in his head, and out of his senses. My son is very like him in every respert. He was very deaf, and often very low and nervous. He was buried in the church yard. When witness had been erns'-examined by Mr. STARKIC and re-examined by Mr. Jotces, it came out that Dr. St. Clare had twice a week, for a fortnight before, given the prisoner medicine for his head. The prisoner wanted to eross-examine his mother, hut Ms Lordship told him that she was already cross examined. and that he would put any question he pleased. The pri soner, through his Lordship, asked questions which went to Contradict the atatement of his mother. On being asked by his Lordship if he had any objection to his father being examined, he said that he had not, because he believed he was in bit senses. Thomas Ryding, the prisoner's father, was then exa mined, and confirmed the statement of the mother as to the • attack in the head, to which the prisoner was subject. He was convinced that, from the Ist of May to the 27th of July, the day of the misfortune, he had but one night's sleep. They were afraid the Saturday before that lie would base destroyed himself or same of the family. His mother watched him closely that day, for witness liad hut one leg, haviog lost the ()Ater on hoard his Mijesty's Ship the Snake. Dr. St. Clare was here recalled, and asked by the Court whether the prisoner had ever applied to him for any re medy for any disorder? Witness recollected his applying to bias on the 22d of July last, he then complained of bead ache and deafness, as well as ear-ache. The head-ache he described as very violent. His pallet on the first occasion was rather quick: when be called a second time at the Dis pensary, witness did not feel it. The day of the assault, after it happened, his poise he then felt, and it was above 90. He hail not particularly studied derangetnent of mind. From hisfeeling the pulse but on two occasion*, he could ant ferns any opinion of the probable state of his mind Frequently a treat deal of cunning is practised by deranged persons : It was quite inconsistent with considerable de rangement to be conscious of knowing when they were doing wrong or right. When he saw the prisoner at the Magistrate's, his mind was in a state of considerable excite-% meat; be manifested a complete apathy of every moral feel. int, aged that apathy, as far as he could speak from so short an observation, was real and not assumed, Cases of (Mir iam were distinct from eases of delusion. Witness thought' the manner of the prisoner at the Dispensary, on the 22d of July. rather strange. Walton, the constable, was called again. He recollected that when the prisoner was apprehended he had two clean shine on. Mr. Justice BATLEY rose to charge the Jury at eves o'clock, and had not finished until half-past nine. The ease deserved not only very extraordinary attention on the part of the Jury, but an extraordinary exertion of wand discrimination. It would be for the JOry to sac whether or sot they believed the prisoner, when be committed the act, • was Inside a state of mind as to be able to distinguish at the time the right from the wrong, or that he hid a moral perception on the tendency of his own actions. The Jar', after twenty minutes deliberation, returned a verdict of (kitty, but at the time the prisoner was not of sound mind. PARIS tnilUN DAY. —row -OEOII THE ETOILE.) ANDMAIt, August 16.—Mons. the Due d'Angonleme, on nettieg out post for Sainte Marie, placed the corps with whit% he quitted Madrid under the orders of Count d'Am. bragem. The soldiers have been promised double a ll ow . once dining their march. They will rejoin the Prince on the morning of the 20th inst. We have seen his Royal Highness, after long marches, bivouac with the soldiers, talk to them, inquire into the musts of each with fatherly attention, and when fatigue compelled him to take some repose on the rocks of the Serra Morena, he slept among the soldiers, shared his straw with them, disregarding all care of his august person. General Ballasteros repaired to Cordova to pay Ida re spects to the Prince, and concert with him the deliverance of the King. Mattain, Aug. it —The Revolutionary Government at Cadis resorts to all sorts of means'to raise money, and now Las' o other resource than the property of the inhabitants, who have already been called on to advance money as an ertraordinerycontribation. On the 6th inst. a Royalist corsair took a Constitutional bark off Cadiz, is which were six very suspicious indivi deals. They have been conducted to the prisons of Port St. Marie.—One of them is an Aid-de-Camp to Argenti, formerly an officer of the Guards; anothr is Casteldorius ; a third was Secretary to the late Political Chief of Vit toria. Papers of the greatest importance were found on these persons. Every day we capture barks loaded with provisions, and nothing can enter Cadiz. The Cure Cepero, who figured in the Cortes of 1820, has been arrested at Seville. (raou Tug QUOTIDIINNIO GERMANY. The Ambassadors from Foreign Powers, accredited at Vienna, have been officially informed of the approaching journey of their Imperial Majesties to Milan; it is left to themselves whether they will follow his Imperial Majesty, or remain at Vienna. Their Majesties will probably pass the winter at Milan, and' it is presumed that a Congress will be held there, to which will be invited the Princes of Italy, and at which they will consult, respecting the affairs of Simla and Rome. NEWS FROM SPAIN. (PRITATH CORABSPONDIINCE.) bf•rttn, Atia. 9, MIDNIGHT. At the meeeent when the news of the deliverance of the Il s iei rk tod the dispersion of the Cortes was received at site public 'aims and private mansions were, witbosit exception, covered with tapestry. In the evening the but of Ferdinand was carried In triumph through the saute by then Members of the Garde des Corps who were la As city. It was is vain that the Regency, who dreaded MIM Monk, esdleavourml to persuade the people to wait Ls mseimingen et istelligence to which they themselves lest smash the listen. discredit. Nothing, however, ceded' the eloispeete et the pesple. which condoned meiheeed All ale% bolt at alifht. Imiliiiissie I,llllll*llll le t tisk epieloes Bad con duct, had the imprudence to chew themselves in public, end became victims of this fates intelligence, which, but for the prudent dispositions of Marshal Oudinot, might have compromised in the most serious manner the tranquillity of the city. One person was killed, and 11 wounded. MADRID, Atm ith—The following is what probably gave rise to the news circnlated yesterday:— A letter from Seville stated, that " CALATRAVA bad bad, on the sth instant a long conference with General BORDE SOULT, in the Isle of Leen, at the conclusion of which the Cortes and the Members, of the Revolutionary Government embarked on board English vessels. On'the 6th, at day break, the KING and his august family were, they said, at bill liberty, and at Got head quarters of the besieging army, Cadiz having surrendered, amid cries of Vine le Rol the ringing of bells, and discharges of cannon, which coati nued firing at the moment when the courier departed." MADRID, AUGUST 12.—There is still some talk of pre parations made by the Codes for their departure from Cadiz; but the Authorities have invited the people to wait for the communications which the Regency will make in order to satisfy their laudable impatience. The last news from Cadiz was of the 6th instant. The Revolutionary Government, in want of resources, had levied an extraordinary contribution on all private pro. petty. (FROM TUE COURIER FRANCAIS.) TRIESTE, Auo. 2.—letters from the Bonches do Cater° confirm the news that the Montenegrins are marching against the Pacha of Scutari, whose best troops are in Thee rily, or under orders to go and reinforbe Mehemet Paella. The Greeks have long had a negotiation on foot with the Bishop of the Montenegrins, who is their Spiritual and Military Chief, and have at length apparently obtained his support. Letters from Larissa of Jnly i'Oth, say that the Paella of Adrianople has been as roughly treated at Tnermopylw this year as the fatuous Churschid Pacha was last year. ►ROM THE CONSTITUTIONNEL.) Coevu, JULE 15.—Three battles between the Greeks and Turks took place at three different parts of Pindus in the month of Jun.. The former had the advantage in them ail, and the last was very much in their favour. The Al banian General, Suldjo-Corgea, was killed on this occasion. .His loss is ly felt by the Mahomedans, as he was the most skilful and brave General they possessed. After the defeat of Churschid Pacha last year, he preserved the plains of Thessaly for the Turks by Lis skilful manoeuvres. After their last success, the Greeks extended themselves to the defiles of Zveos, on one of the higheit points of hlonnt Pindus. From here they have established a free communication with Olyrupns and 'Pains. The Turks are surrounded on the plains of Larissa, and every day import ant events are expected to take place in that part of Greece. PARIS, AUGUST 18.—FRBSCN FUNDS.—Five per Cent. Consols opened at 93f. 10c. ; closed at 93f. 20c.—Bank Stork. 1592 f. 50c.; Neapolitan Five per Cents. 77 if.—Ex change on London, one mouth, 25f. 75c.; three months, 25f. 55e. MAI ♦RR. Dug. I.... Dublin 0 2....WaterfArd••• 0 &Jersey 0 0 • ..• .Gottanburg 1 ILL 0.... Hollaid 0 . Hasbro 2 I .... Frame ' 0 0 Maoism . .... 0 0 . Malta . ..0 PRICE OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stoek 2264 3 per Ct. Red 5344 3 p. Ct. Cons S2ra4 SI per Cent...... NW 4 per Cents 100/14 New Fours... IOIIIW 1 Long Ann. ...AI 6-16 3-16 Lnp. 3 per Ct _ DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Pork __ __ Ditto ponds 69 liS pm. Etr.Bill.2d, ( —29 31s pm. 1000/. SI 34 pm. Small.. SI S4a pm. f.ottary Tickets...—. 141. 14s. Con. for Aest *Win Zht *tateontan. THURSDAY EYENINO. Auousr 21, 1823. STOCK EXCIIANOS, 12 O'CLOCK.—Consols opened this morning. at 8211. and are now IL with little business doing. We understand that a private express has arrived from Paris, but it does not bring any informa tion of consequence. It is said, that the Reales at Paris are a trifle bitter. There are favourable reports of the Quarter's revenue. It is said that the Custom-bonse alone has produced four hundred thousand pounds wore than in the corresponding quarter. Private letters from Pads state that the French Govern ment have furbiden Brokers, on the forfeiture of their licenses, to speculate in the Funds. FORTION FUNDS.—Spanish Bonds opened this morning at 361, and got up to 371; but owing to no intelligence from France, of any consequence, very little business is do- New Spanish 371—New Prussian 861 —Russian 861 — Colombian 681—French Scrip 211. Owe co!Ccocc—lt is this moment reported on Change, that the French rands come 92-95 ; 1 per cent. worse. An English vessel, called the SPANISH PATSIOT, laden with Ammunition, going into Cadiz, has been taken by the French squadron. Bayonne papers have reached os this morning to the 14th instant. They are chiefly occupied with an article dated Madrid, 7th August, of which the following are extracts:— " The soccessive situations in which the French have been in Spain. especially since the distribution of their forces, had induced all politicians to form calculations, which have been frustrated by causes and accidents which they could not take into the account: it is the same as with the symptoms of some diseases, which put to shame the aphorisms of the physicians. In fact, the French would have been in a bad position in the Peninsula, if the Constitutional Generale had been faithful to their oaths, and persevering both in combat and in resisting the machinations of their enemies. But we must not look among the Spanish Generals for that con stancy, that disinterestedness, that virtue, which, however, distinguish Mina—the only man of the kind who has yet appeared is the military annals of the Peninsula of our time." After viewing the defection of Ballasteros as the result of the system pursued by the French, and remarking bow powerfully that Oeneral might have served the Constitu• tional cause, and bow deeply be has injured it, the writer says that, among the conditions which Ballasteros made withMarone was, that his troops should not be employ. ed against the National forces of any party t yet a great number of offseete. sabalterss and soldiers, have offered their services to the Regency. The writer then adverts to the setuados which this .•sot bad ceased at Madrid, and the reports to which it had given rise of the speedy deliverance of the King; and then proceeds to notice the financial state of the invaders and their allies.—" The Regency has recourse to requisitions to sup port the army. The French troops share them-in some de gree, and the loan of 50 Millions contracted by Pd. Erro is destined in a great measure to indemnify the treasury of Paris for the advances made to the Regency, independently of the enormous exposure of the French army. It is calcu lated that the sum of 200 millions of Reals in Spanish mo ney has been sent from France since the month of Janu ary, and that the sum of 100 millions of Franca, French money, is actually in circulation in the Peninsula. " It is reported that the Duke of Angouleme, referring to accounts which he has received from Cadiz, has asked le as sistance of the English Cabinet to save the Royal Family from the terrible effects of a conspiracy carrying on there, and that in consequence of these urgent representations, Sir W. A'Court must go to Cadiz. " The Prince condones his journey to Cadiz without obsta cle. All is quiet on the left of the Ebro. The removal of the line of custom-houses to that river has given great activity to the trade of the three inseam provinces and Navarre; their intercourse with France is increased in an extraordinary de gree, and French goods of all kinds pass almost freely to the Castilles and to the Capital, where commerce begins to revive. " We are tranquil at Madrid, only impatient for the conse quences of the convention with Ballasteros." The following article is dated Bayonne, the 13th in s'ant Some Royalists arrived yesterday at Bordeaux from Sara gossa, give en unfavourable account of the state of that city, from which they have bed. The French Governor they say, had solicited a reinforcement of 1,600 men, that he might be able to restrain the people who refused to set at liberty the prisoners, and to recognise the French military authority.- 3,00 Families are stated to have quitted the city, and the num ber of persons imprisoned is said to be 1,100. The band of Montilla (who is dead) entered Ca!short on the 2d, and levied a large contribution on the Chapter. That of Clsapalingarra was on the bth in the mountains of Estella, in IN e, pursued by the soldiers of the Faith. The season is not favourable for the formation of these bands, and the inha bitants do not all favour them, especially since the privileges of the three provinces on the left of the Ebro, have been re stored. The summons made by Marshal Lauriston to Santo's', St. Sebastian, and Patopeluna, has availed nothing. The Duchess of Anonisms expects to see her august consort by the end of September ; not that she is going to meet him, bat her Royal Highness is of opinion that the affairs of the Pe ninsula will be shortly terminated. Files of American papers, to the 2d of Aug. have been re ceived this morning, from which we select the following ext mete : (MOH Till NEW YORK GAZIMi.) FALL 07 MA RACAI BO.—CILIOCCaS papers* and a supplement of the Colombian have come to hand. The latter contains an Official Despatch from General Manrique, dated at Maracaibo, on the 17th ult., announcing the capture of that place. The Patriot forces effected a landing at the Points Sinamayra and Periga, at 5 o'clock. An action ensued, which lasted till nine o'clock, when the enemy was compelled to retreat to the mountains, leaving the capital in possession of the Patriots, who were unable to pursue them u the night was very dark, accompanied with heavy rain. The Royalist foree is not stated, but is said to have been greater than the Patriots. Alt the smaller vessels of the enemy were taken; with the artillery a large park of ammunition and )000 suits of clothes. The enemy's loss is stated at 200 wounded and SO killed. MAR tC.11130 RlTAlLlN.—Curaccos Papers, to the 12th inst., give an account of the rouptere of Maracaibo, by the troops eider Morales, who entered the tows with the main body of the army without any resistance ; the Colum bian forces having made good their retreat, after having pillaged the city. nom HAVANYA.—Captain Pasant arrived at Charles town, in 5 days fromHavanna,reports that a French frigate had arrived there with a flag of truce, with despatches from the Governor of Martinique, to the Governor of Cuba. They proposed an accommodation between the French of that Island and Cuba, which was not acceded to. COMMIRCIALLT IMPORTANT.' The .I em York Mercantile Advertiser 5471, that an ar rangement has been agreed upon, between the Governors of the Spanish and French West India blands, that their Com merce shall not be molested by the vessels of war of those nations on the station. This arrangement was completed at Marti nigne. The French News from Spain has dwindled from the mock important to the ridiculous sublime! We have no more reports of the liberation of the King. nor of the flight of the Cortes. The war is taking its natural course —the French are marching and boasting to no purpose; and the Spanish resistance is becoming every day more organized and effective. We are inclined to give some credit to the intelligence that Moncey has been attacked, and defeated by Mins, and Matins ; for letters from Paris say " the telegraph was noticed to be in active employ " ment during Monday, but no despatch had been made public." This looks ominous to the French cause; for when they were so eager to publish mete reports in their own favour, they would not have hesitated to make any thing public, which might tell in their behalf. There is little doubt but that the whole object of these pretended negotiations was to paralyze the exertions of the different constitutional officers, who could not be bribed to betray their country ; and it is equally obvious that the intrigue has totally failed. It seems to us, notwithstanding, that - the Cortes should immediately Niue a declara tion that they will never listen to any proposals, even for a suspension 'of hostilities, until the French army shall have evacuated the Peninsula. It is due to the glorious combatants in Catalonia, and to the gal lant defenders of Comas, that they should be positively 1 .4 (0. P Il ) ( i t t I • assured, that their well-won laurels shall not be blighted by any diplomatic treachery ;—for it would be treason to Spanish independence to negotiate with an enemy who is in the road to inevitable defeat. The New Times, with the usual scorn of truth, which distinguishes its editor, says " the Cortes, which it is the fashion in England to think " and speak of as a sovereign power, seem to have dwin. died down to a small number of individuals, of little " weight or influence with any body :"—and after having before observed that any promises made to them would be most religiously kept, he quotes some lines from Hudibras, advising them to escape, " to save their windpipes from the law." The scribe cannot disguise his ferocity. It is part of the nature of a renegade ; and nothing would please this rogue better than to have to justify the massacre of the Car tee, as he did the military murder of Marshal Ney. In whose eyes do the Cortes seem to have dwindled so mach ? Not in the eyes of the French, whom they have held, and will hold in defiance ; and who are so eager to treat with the Cortes, that the Duke d'Angouleme has undertaken a jour ney from Madrid to Cadiz, in order to open negotiations with them. Not in the eyes of the Rebel Regency, whom, the latest news describes as having been actually dismissed by their creators, the French, to pave the way for the com mencement of negotiations. Not in the eyes of the Con stitutionalists of Spain ; since the standard of the Cortes is yet flying upon the ramparts of a hundred fortresses, in derision of the attempts of the invaders, or of native traitors, to tear them down. Not in the eyes of the British Oa vernment, which still acknowledges them as the " Soar• reign power," and refused to hear of the authority of the Rebel Regency. No, not even in the eyes of the scribe himself, who feels that they are the masters of the destinies of Spain, and trembles in every limb, i o the dread that their honesty and integrity would rescue that portion of the globe from the accursed" monarchical principle," with the re-establishment of which it is threatened. The decree for the dismissal of the Regency, a copy of which we gave yesterday, is treated by the Ultras as not ••utbentic ; but it•is clear, that such a step must be taken by the French, before they could propose to negotiate. We trust that even such a step would not induce the Cortes to lis ten to them; bnt before any offer to negotiate could be made, the Cortes most be admitted to be the may existing authorities in Spain. It would be a mere trick to dismiss the Regency ; because the moment Ferdinand regained his authority, that, or a worse body, would be called into power ; and the members of the Cortes would be treated as he treated those who preserved his crown for him, while he was embroider ing petticoats, as the willing slave of Napoleon. The exploits of the Duke d'Angouleme ought to be col. lected into a little volume, and bound up as a counterpart to the adventures of Baron Monchausen. The burlesque and the impossible would sort extremely well together. — His " Royal Highness" has been about five times as lost in the march from Madrid, as an ordinary Courier would have been; and in illustration of his astonishing exertion, we have the following paragraph :—" His Royal Highness " was observed, after tedious marches, goinl through the " bivouacs, speaking to all he met, and inquiring like a father, " into the wants of all; and when fatigue forced him to take " some repose, on the rocks of the Sierra Morena, he laid himself downs by the saw soldier, shared with his brave " men his little straw, not permitting any farther care to i • be taken of his August Person !" This is fine fidget The Duke of York is held to be as attentive to tLe wants of his men in the field, as any officer; but we dare say His Royal Highness never carried his condescension so far as to sleep upon straw, Teith the soldiers by tnioiee; nor the Duke d'Angouleme neither, notwithstanding this beautiful description of his amiability. If he did get among the sol diers to sleep, it must have in the fear lest some rough guerilla should run off with his Ara rat Person: Of all the impudent mockeries that we Save perused, a paragraph in the New Time* of this morning, is the mod audacious. The editor ventures to talk of " those feelings " of warm and zealous regard for the real interests of the " labouring and industrious classes, by which he has ever " been actuated." What a knave is this? Is there a public abuse which grinds the labourer to the dust, which he has not zealously advocated? Is he not the sworn champion of all public plunder, of all public oppression? Is he not the great bleating bell-tether of the accursed alliance of des potism ? Is he not at this moment contending for the nt cesslty of restoring despotism, and the inquisition in Spain? Did he not even justify the sabreing of the " labonrin; 1 01 industrious classes" at Manchester? And is it not notorious, that he is one of the many-whose hands are always in the pockets of the labouring and industrious classes? He bit himself probably received more from the public purse, than the whole of the population of Spitalfields, in a period of famine:—and yet he dares to talk of being the advocate of the real interests of the labouring classes. If he is, their real ialereatt consist in labouring for him. and su.h at him; and in being deceived, plundered, and oppressed„to a greater extent than the labouring classes of any other country, except Ireland. Bat how, upon his own shewing, does he advocate their interests? By telling them what should be their rights, and teaching them how to obtain them ?—By pointing out their wrongs, and sliming them the remedy ? No such thing—he pre tends to serve them by telling them, what the legisla• ture has done for them, which they lesro grate soon enough from other quarters. He sets to work to explain Acts of Parliament for their regulation. Not a word as to whether the Acts are worth explaining; not a word as to the mit chief of those which injure them—lant an wcasional bition of the rules and orders which they a re to obey with' out question or enquiry! This is the way in which be re pays his obligation to the labouring classes:: This is the Ir'' -