The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-03-16 00:00:00

the sentence which wag pronounced after a conviction at the prosecue of the Attorsiey-General. There it would be improper for hint to enter further into that sahject.—(Applause.)--Ile went to his trial in the coun try nith as much cutstidenre as he had rouse to that elec tion. There was no knowing, as a gentleman in the crowd hail said. a hat a Jury in the couutry might do. Hot it might be as fair and iuipartial a Jun as conkd be tortud in England.—(Groat applause.)---Ire was able to aay„ that be had that feeling its his on n mind %hitch Fine tsiit confidenee ; and ilia:, so far as his own conscious ors, and his nen of his conduct could influence the minds of otbeta, he had reason to feel confidence.— trent applause.)--Whatevcr depended upon him would never be lett undone by islm in the cause of public liberty.—(Shouts of applause.)--They moils, do all that depended on them, and they would hold out that ex ample to the country to which it looked with so much anxiety. When they should have strongly established their independence on this occasion, it would not again he assailed; anti the iiidependent electors of Westmin ster would not probably be disturbed fur a considerable time to einsie.—(Appfause.)— He hoped the electors would continue their exertions, and tit suffer the sue , es* which hail hitherto attended them to make them too confident. 'I hey were to hold high their character; and to show that they were nut only victorious, but that their iodependeswe was not to lie lightly atteuipted. That they . 11011111 not relax their exertions ; th at they would ma intain their independence on that high ground which belonged to them ; that they would sustain the character which they had acquired, and which formed an example to the country. Ile would now take his leave, as it was necessary he should prepare himself for his trial.—('llse lion. Bart. was greeted with unieersal, loud, and repeated cheers.) Lasets now took off his hat to address them, and the uproar nas very great ; but, as we observed before, the mob was in a bracr humour, and the noise in a little time subsisted. %burls was sooner accent piislied by some individual calling out. "11 loiterer is said Mr. Hohhouse will lie able to answer." Ile mu ntenced by complaining of a misrepresentation yester flay, wire; be was made to say, that hr felt a satisfaction in replying to Sir Francis BUrtlett. This was nut pre cisely what be did say. lie fell too strongly the elo armies of the lion. Baronet. and his own inferiority, to *sigh to be contrasted with him; hut be felt a satisfac tion in speaking after bins, because he found his audience invariahly in good h u mour.—(.Applause and hisses.) — As hr Isal but a few it trtls to say, he hoped, all unfortu n..te as i.e was, that he mould nut be so unlucky as to t -tl them now its a milky moor!.—(Laughing.)—He w:-hard to leave thou as he loond them, in good humour. Pet a }tether be felt a satisfaction in this or not, be cer ta:niy felt regret at the declaration of the worthy Hara re-, that this would be the last time they would bear I *at address them from these hustings. He hoped this n mild not be the last time they isould hear him; and no sire could be snore happy to are him there than he (Mr. 1..) would ever hr.—(.t polatise.)—it was a little odd, that w!alst she Hon. Baronet's cause was rising, his spirits r- re on the decliur, a Idiot his (Mr. Lamb's) spirits, by c confession of the floss. [Unmet himself, mounted up, as his prospects became more gloomy. The lion. Baro net was clearly low in spirits. lie* had exhorted his t:i earns to come- to the poll; they did not come ; lie had nu! so full a day as lie expectetl, and he was evidently r•ssis; ointesl.—( NI.. address to day was, to 'annoy a phrase from one of his former speeches, " pour. a:it-ideas, anti a tie-begasitr."—(Laughing.)-IVith te to his own friends, anti the condition in which lie was in on the poll, it was plain lie could not he much notate; but nitlesa hr oat% greatly mistaken, he might and would be a gneat deal better. It was hut lately they acre roused ; a spirit of exertion was, however, generally spread through the city, and from the de "yowling tone of the lion. Baronet's speech, he still honed inuelt.—(llisses.)—The way in a bids Sir F. Bur dett accounted fur the Wass artiness of Isis friends, um a lit the remarkable. he said it was from their being WY %WWI; e•.4l..augliing.)-Non , be (.111r.1..) certainly hail as ranch right to say his friends were alao too sanguine. It was not a correct a ay of judging what the probable result of the contest *mild he, by the number which had already polled; the trite nay was to look to those who tail not pollsal.—(lireat uproar.)—lle begged of them to keep sslence for one moment, as he had something to sat". a isich, prrhaps, they would be pleased to hear. In ronnesty and juvice to Sir. litiblionse, lie had an expla nation to give of aiiiiirthing that fell front him yester day, touching that gentleman, that originated in error; sisal he was not apitauwil, when he wa- in error, to make reparation, and rimless that he was wrong.—(ltravo.)— He then said he felt great regret at listing yesterday charged Mr. 1141 se with a design of using Isis pamphlet, and iturrisonuirot in Neirgate, as an elec tioneering :nano-more. lie was willing to avow his error in imputing any steels intention to Ision.—(Applanse.)— lie knew they would give him a hearing when lie was truing to AVOW bis error; and now that he hid gut thew once more into wool I , lie thought the hest thing woalif be not to say another word, lest they aliould be again tempted to low it.—(Cheers.) Hr. ['onion:se now preartited himself, amidst the ex hilarating plaudits of the surrounding crowd. Before lie should say any thing else he would wish to state ex plicitly, that Mr. Laud), having said lie regretted that he haul made the charge respecting ass electioneering manc•utre. he (Mr. floblostise) regretted those expres sions, which, by the reports of his speech ' lee saw lie lead used in rep!) , to the charge. Mr. Lamb basiugre tracted the charge, he bad use hesitat' in retracting the language in oltich lie had answered it. Ile would now look at the poll. Mr. Lamb hail said that he had molting hut the insist flattering expectations respecting the result. He, however, found himself right hundred and sixty a-head of Mr. Lamb, and this majority too tail been obtained in five days and one lionr—a circuit:- stance quite unexampled, he believed, in the history of M'estmitister elertions. Mr. Lamb had yesterday com pared him to the " fortunate youth," with whose cha racter he was not' mach acquainted, having been abroad at the time when that character appeared before the public. He had since, however, looked into that Isis tory, and he muss say that one part of the " fortunate youth's" life did mot tally exactly with the corresponding par: of his b!ography. 'All the notes of the " fortupate ) oath" had tuned out to hue forgedt but he hoped that his votes at the present election would not prove false votes; and till that parody was established , be ennld not be thought so like the fortunate youth as Mr. Lamb bad yesterday represented him : but, whether his for tune was considered good or bad, he was content; and whether in the event he should gain his election, as it ap peared to bins certain that be should—or whether he lost it, as it appeared certain to Mr. Lamb Ise should, he would be contented with the result.—(Applause.) — If he should lose the election, as he was conscious of no stain on his character, he would feel content; and if Le gained it, he most, even according to the Hon. tlentleman (Mr. L.), be content. In his conduct, he was reeecious of lathing to blush at. Ho hoped they. (tbe electors) would confine', _as hitherto, to maintain the mine place or llbo poll. Mr. Lamb bad represented the state of' the poll as favourable to him; be trusted it would continue equally favourable to him to the end.— He bad no doubt that be himself should have a sepe rioeity on every day's palling, although not every day to die same Meet. Oa this day,.aftet polling tut five days L egal w hoar. he Itad polthl cloytes wore than t bad 'failed lba eigh t f die last am THE STATESMAN. _ two, and more than 200 beyond what be himself hiad pulled on the ninth day. Let oone, therefore, go away with the idea that there was any slackness in polling fur I hint on this occasion. Area./ they had polled about one-balf the number polled at the election in IbIS ; that was, in one-third of the time they had polled about one , half of the electors. Sir F. Burdett had polled quite our-half, and he himself nearly one-half. In these eir carnotite-es, it was impossible fur him to conceive how it was possible tor the rare n.• s to terminate °therein than favourably to Isis pretensions. Here he must take flu tist, of the advertisement of his adversary. It was as I short, and said as little as was possible. here was no ; excuse contained in it fur the low place he held on the pull. No prosriples were stated ; neither the principles of Sir Sa eeeee el !tonality, of Alr. Lamb, of Lord Somers, or of any other; only Aar. Loth's Committee was said to he in ►..vrrail places, for the purpose of Alr. Lamb's re eiretion. That he was to he re-elected was the only , thing the a.ivertisentent contaitird.—(.l laugh )—But there was a auto brew, which assured the Electors that there was tree and open access to the poll. If Ito ever , doubted this? He, or his friends, might as eell have saiti—" Whereas it has been reported that ten men had their throats cut at the hustings yesterday; see beg lease to say, that there teas no such t biog."— (Applause.) I —But whiot they recollected f e what soarer the in fortuation cause—(Criss of " From Cato-street - )—when they recultecte,l that it cause from those st lao hall em ployed trum 5:11 to 7l)olalutigeottosten a: the last election. (isetteral cries sal " 't rue, true," mingled with hisses; Mr. Latish likes% ise saving it nas taut teue.)—\!r. Hob- house continued.—lt was swuris to ; and in support of ' what he said, there were the oaths in a Court of Justice, alibi, were usually reekontol valid. But the inspeslis usent • in the way of every sole who came to tote fur Mr. Lamb was—they had rather not.—(Lund cheering.)— Ile had rather reason to 4°lllBo6lin of his ratters teeing impelled in the way to the hustings. In order to prove this, lie auuld read a letter to them, which wus sent to hint this eeeee ruing frosts a swirly its Westminster, 100 of whinm had voted this day for the Hun. Baronet anal himself. They were at the other end of Westminster, in the lower parts of it: ries " And of the lower or der.")—This mould prose on what side the impediment lay, The society ass calle,l "'the St. Johns Union Society ;" anal after a word or two olcomplintent to him, went on to say— " .!crept our warmest acknowledgments for the ho nour you have this morning done us by visiting this Society. Re assured, Sir, that this mark of respect will not be forgotten by us ; and ulthough many of our brethren are, by reason of local circumstances and Mi nisterial itsbuence, under the necessity of gising a vote to Mr. Lamb, contrary to di.:- on is inclination, yet they have thane it in such a way as not to injure sour cause; others bare more boldly stood forward in the face of corrupt influenee, and laid the profits of their situation at the feet of their employers, rather than violate ()stir conscience—fllteers.)—But the cause of liberty, indepen dence, and justice, ultich you hare enshatked in, is their cause, anal they are determined nut to slack their exer tions till you, anal your worthy colleague, Sir Francis Burdett, are returned the representatives of the truly free and independent city of Westminster. (Signed) " Tiossisa Cc/4;4,1rue." This document sliest ed there had been some tamper ing—he eiid out mean to impute it to Mr. Lamb himself, but to so na r presto's mho thought they were serving Ids cause, hot st Ito, in fact, did but injure it by suds con duct. One circumstance store he would mention is en rohorat of his assertion, that means had !seen used to terrify his friends. .1 pensioner about he met this morning coming up to poll, total hint, that on his way to the hustings a person asked hint for whom he in tended to vote, he replied fur Mr. Ilubhouse, " why," said that person, " are you not a pensioner of Hoven ment, anal going to vote on that side, take care uf what you do."—SSlsaute.)—llut by this conduct more were frightened tan hurt. He was persuaded there was out so much Ministerial influence made use of this gimlets as at the last, but a system of terrorism was remitted ire. whirl., it en expected, would supply its place. The power of injury aid nut exist in faLt ; but the people would be imposed upon by its shadow.—(Shame.) — Mr. Latish, however, though not assisted by direct Ali nisterial influence, was enabled to wake use of an Indw cure of another kind pretty extensively. Many trades men, who were public -spiiitrd enough to give him (Mr. H.) their support at Ilse last election, assured bins, since that, they had been a good deal injured in their business. On the present occasion, many a !Coble lord condescended to wait upon an humble tradesman, and solicit his %Oil' and influence for Mr. Lamb. My So-anal-so timer failed to leave his name at fell fenV, so that the tradesman coedit not be mistaken as to the quarter salience the favour of his vote was expected.— What a stratsge liusinese this ass! What necessity to leave their manses, Lunt So-and-so, the lion. No-and-so, at the buttons of the renal? just as if the independent electors of Westmiuster would be constrained In vote for Alr. Latish. lie was confident lists influence would have no elfect ; but it looked more like impediment than any thing Mr. Lamb's Committee mold state.—Nots wiilistanding any inlitence that could he used. be could not help illintaittg the state 4.f the poll decisive of the event. The electors of Westminster would prove, that, in opposition to every influence that cools tbe exerted against the will of that great city, they were determined to assert their independence, and resolved to base the man of their choice, and not the dictation of the Hui. So-awl-so, or of my Lord So-and-so.—(ireat applause.) 'the Alerting then dispersed, Mr. Lamb booing very routroamsly to propitiate the crowd, and to excite their sympathy and good-will. Shoe's , will be published, THE POLITICAL. QUIXOTE ; or the Adven tures of tie renowned Me BLACIIIIIO DIVAS/1%0, and his trusty 'Squire SIDITIONO, in quest of the Penny Subscription; a Political Romance. in which are introduced many popular and celebrated Political Characters of the peasant day. Written by GEORGE ISEXTON, • 'Native of Preston. The Rontanee Is grounded on one of Wooler's Castles in the Air." vim. the appropriation of • Penny Subscription to the purchasing of Seats In Parliament for himself, Cob belt, and other Radical Reformers; and the satire of the Work is not designed to give offence to any party, but to excite • good-humoured laugh at the 'species of Chimerical ffehentvrs. " The Penny Subscription is the I.ever by which the Country must be aluved," dc.—Vide Black Dwarf, March 3. USIA. I'lsopter N. contains an interesting Adventure of Wool., and Alice Kitchen. the Female Reformer of Blackburn. rrEN GUINEAS REWARD.-ABSCONDED, IL having committee! a FELONY. a Blind Man, named WILLIAM hi ENER,well known at the fairs through out Eng letnel, and is Ird by a lad. Whoever will lodge teen in any of his :Majesty's goals shall receive Five Guineas Reward, and a further Reward of Five Opine:es on recevery of the property, by applying to Mr. W. Cooley. No. 10, Iron enoterer-sereet, Ironenonger-row. St. Luke.. London; or Mr. James Ford, No. 6, New Meeting-street, Dais End, Birmingham. ►ARTICULARI OF NOTES STOLEN. Z iSth Jan. IWO. No. INV. 31), Bank Post Rift, IstJan. 1020. No. 3906. W. Bank Nute, fith Sept. 1819, Nu. 9673. - MAILS. ARR. DI R. All. Dl 'I.. I Dahlia 0 Waterford 0 (inern‘e) and Jerse) .. I I France 0 nottenbargh I Illamlourtth PRICE OF STOCKS •I'llll4 Rank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. ssoi so per Cent. per Centl. prr CI. Navy 100 103; Long Insp. 3 per Cent. Ann. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Witt Stock Ditto Solids Old Annuities Ex. Dills. ud. Is. 4s. dls. Ditto Coto. Amnions ('on. for Ar. ASH Lott. Tickets ZAI ISs. CO ettategman. " TUB BRITISH STATESMAN" IS INCORIP AAAAA D STITII "TDB STATESMAN:. LONDON: THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 18W. We have this morning received Paris Papers of Monday last. It is said that M. Clause' "as postponed the de velopment of his proposition respecting M. De Cates, and that he will not present it until the three laws shall havo passed, i. e. until France shall be under the dominion of a pyre despotism. The friends of M. Clausel feared that his proposi tion might produce some divisions at a time when a union was necessary, in order to preserve to France that public liberty which was the fruit of thirty years sacrifices. On the 18th there were no sittings of the Chamber of Peers or Deputies. On the II th, in the Chamber of Peers, a petition was presented, signed Roy, and demanding the impeachment if the late Master of the Interior. A petition was presented from the Mayor of Bezieres, praying the Chamber to address the King, that his Ma jesty might induce his brother, the Count D'Artois, to form a matrimonial alliance, in the hope of giving hei-s in the direct line to the House of Bourbon. "The good sentiments," says the bulletin of the Chamber, " ex pressed in his petition, induced the Chamber to place it among its archives." In the Chamber of Deputies, the articles of the law re lative to personal liberty underwent further discussion. The first article, which gives to the Minister an arbi trary power, passed by a majority of 15 votes. Farm% FUNDS (SATURDAT.)—Kin per Cents., 74 fir. 7' c.; Bank Actions, 1445 fr. JEWS' HOSPITAt. The Anniversary of the Jews' Hospital for the Aged Fem.. and &titration and Employment of the Youth of both Sexes of the Hebrew nation. was celebrated yes terday, in the City of London Tavern. The Choir was filled by the Duke of Sussex, who was supported by Lords Pomfret and Portsmouth. the Lord Mayor, lien. I logg. the Hon. Washington Shirley,Deorge Ilyng, Esq. Win. Mellish, Esq. Soon after dinner, the children of both sexes medal their appearance, when one of the young women recited apoetical address. The Duke of SUNSET then rose, and, after some • Cations in support of the Charity. concluded by b it pos;ng Thanks to the Institution. Mr. ilvtacx Cosoars returned thesis% in the name of the Institution. and proposed his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex. Doke of Sussex, in proposing the Lord Mixer, congratulated him on the support he had obtained from the City, for his conduct to the Livery, sod his deference to public opinion. The Dosai iiivroa, in returning thanks. dwelt on the great advantages of giving habits of industry to youth, Mr. AARON AGSM (lOLDSCIINIDTropON4 the u Health and Prosperity of the Ch stints Contributes to *he Jews' Hospital." Sir TotimAs TTRIVnITT and Lord POMFRET returned. thanks. The TRIIIASURRR stated, that in the (minor of lost year six additional persons had been admitted. Thirteen !years ago the number of preens experieacing the base fit of the Charity was 28—the number now was 78. Mammas of sabscsiptioss was upwards of 11181. lb. SPAIN. MADRID. MARCIE Y.—The extraordimery Council of State i■ constantly sitting: the King presides. The blens's.' of it are the Infant I)oa Cartoe, the Dnke she leauttado, the Prime Minister, the Duke de St. Frr• dinand, the Co-adjutor of Madrid, the Counsellor of State (Ribes), the Counsellor of Castile and Lunn *abet. The sews from fiallicia has drawn aside the veil ; this immense province is in a state of insurrection from one end to the other; the Constitution of 1812 is pro- claimed every where. AI. Agar, ancient officer of the Marines, and one of the principal persons in the Liovernment of the Cortes, was confined at ha Corogne, as prisoner of State. Ile has been placed at the head of the Provisional Junto, that, fur the present, exercises 'epeeists authority, The accusers of Pallier, and among the rest. the ser just who was rewarded for having arrested him. have been the first victims of the re-action. Some other parts of the provinces bare been the theatre of popalar ex cuses; for the present tranquillity is restored. The Court is in dismay at the general approbation which the Insarrection has obtained. lien. Pol only succeeded in colieetiog a few soldiers. who soon refused to follow him. , ' The events which occur in Gallicia are in confirmation 'of what was originally announced. The armed force separates itself front that power of which it formed the strength. The Monks endeavoured to oppose th e 1 Constitutionalists ; for this once, their alerts have proved 'abortive. The city of St. Jago surrendered with a i l good grace, in spite of the Monks and the Chapter.— ' Catalonia, Arragon, Valencia, and Murcia, have sot yet taken part in these movements; at least such intelligence wet conveyed to Court this morning; but rumours are abroad, that the whole truth has not been publicly made i'mown. It may firmly be relied epos, that the revolts fee Is extending itself throughout Spain, The sew s o f 'the arrival of Mina would have produced a lively sem i the% bed it not even been expected. The Viceroy of i Manure' dispatched a courier to him, and lamented that Ow bad me disposable force to assist bin with. The Agiggiall Me 111 Mei window The makeeldes know ,~ r n selthrapake head against the %fond, isor e a Ler t 3 'lite filer is conLgicls awl general. t:n l :nee their attack. We a re assured that M. Agar, President of th e p re. visional Junta of has trtitten to the haft. hurting him to yield to the wishes of the nation, a y to content himself with a Constitutional poster n e opinions of the Council of State are divided ape s 0 , 4 point ; lout it is certain, that one of the Members 6, proposal to his :Majesty to sign, without delay, ;h etes. stitntional Art ; there is no doubt but that he em u timely secede to these terms. All o u r Ministers have become excessively may . The Counsellors of Castile speak already, as if they h a d never erased to profess and protect the purest liber a li a , We shall not long remain in a state of unern a i ley —Cadiz still holds out, lint this fidelity must ,; al , l shores-; one-fourth of the inhabitants are crsfised is their own houses. The number of persons flew"' is the prisons is truly alarming. The Insurgents a re a , the gates; the Cortadura is in their Newer; such, at least, is the purport of letters re% eire4l from thence of the TM ult. The capture of this place is not ess,-e;,l to the future operations of the Insurgents. dron in the harbour have orders to save Ilienneivr,, should the Insurgents he admitted. Freyre, Maim . has remained inactive. Seville is much in the satae r ,. tuatiun as Cadiz. The houses of arrest are not int. cicutly large. These measnres of violence sill use terminate. We know nothing of Riego, nor of W s . well. The couriers of Andalusia only bring letters kir such p!aces as are on their rontr. They are visited sal examined previous to their entering Madrid. Ilavossc, 3latten 7.—(Extract of a private letter).- " You know that at first I considered the rerolatiet merely as a temporary insurrection among the militsr. lam deceived. It is a general movement protokell br the insupportable system pursued by an arbitrary thle g . meat. .A generous and high spirited nation is at last tinti of the dominion of the inquisition, and the abases( le. ere* des cachets. Under the apparent calm °retitled. % the tempest remained long concealed ; it burst he d i every where at once! The revolution is general. la Arragon, Navarre, Valencia, the Constitution has beta published. For many days the whole of Oallicia been governed by it. This great change is praise r ► without opposition. Should the King yield is ph& opinion, and indeed be must yield if such an oppoft s i ft be still afforded him, our eomtuercial affairs will was more activity than ever, but in the mean time entirely suspended. The paper money of Madrid is always negociats4tta low price, and we shall not be surprised if, i■ a Ins days, it recovers the value which it possessed prise to the recent events. The Oracle of Brussels announces, that the ame from Spain has excited considerable hustle in Brigitte', and that every thing of a folio:oat-int nature, thearit previously very active between the two coestrin, has experienced a total stagnation. The importance of the subject at pretest wider debate in the French Legislature, ceaveot be better described than by recording the fact that &Clim ber of Deputies, when complete, minim WI Members, and that on Saturday, when the law on individual liberty was under discussion, no few, than 247 actually voted. Of the 11 dellcient 4are not constituted ; so that only seven could be midi be absent, and who might well be supposed ima pable of attending from real personal came er prevention. This may and ought to be made nat ter of observation and example to our own Legisla tive Bodies, who have often passed Bills dee* the lives of their fellow-creatures and countryside, when two-thirds of their constituted number haw been absent, aid without inquiries made sky them. We do hope that the privilege of the HOUSE of LORDS voting by pros, will be serial*, inquired into the coming Sessious. It is a mass which, most undoubtedly, will be more bmweralie —at least, more humane, in the breach than is the observance. In our STATESMAN of 'este:day we prowled Is resume the topic of the Elections ; the subject be ing peculiarly apropcs at this moment of time. When we wade this I.romibe we had in our view the circumstance so much to be regretted, Wail had just happened, viz. the failure in reboil one of the longest tried City Champions to his nest in the House of Commons, which he had bees far from dishonouring, that his first speed) waist only applauded as much for its correctass • its constitutionality, but that not a simile *FP since has been made against any part of his 4lr poetment in that notorious body of Ueda* This has appeared a sad requital for the !wadies st public virtue; and, in some measure, countesams what a sensible but cynical writer has said to en fickleness of popular favour. This circeenstasK so disbonountble to the character of the city London, has not arisen so much from the oriel of the electors, in general, as from the coward* of a part of them, who wanted intrepidity to Pe' form a second time an act of patriotic selkleta They did not look directly forward to the Ins and ashes, perhaps, but they looked, so dolte, trospectively to the biscuit*, from which a NW over-bearing mass of family wealth has beeoralliv to the absolute danger of the extinctive sf eta . virtue, and heroic patriotism, in the cosissoli city of the world !!! It is a melancholy nisalisz. that the opportunity of setting an example OP th . whole United Kingdom, has been so Wilms* lost. Think, Citizens of Londe'', d thew lion you have fallen into 1 when sus of Yrs all. didates, at once so odious in polhissi • A R 011ie '7lll, Th ing n ['wet pateri Riven ' F' its pi lit a T h •rsti be !Ini k It