The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-04-12 00:00:00

I be law, or else it would be a moat fluctuating Constitu:i tw o. A f ind if any laws be added to it, it cannot remain the Constitution, I must change, and sometimes be! totter and sowetiut. s worse. " Vagabond orators,''says the s peech, weie to effect improper things. Harsh ex• pf ession in any !MCC, hut more so as applied to me. I tree endesioured to stop the progress of vice and irre thigion,which arc abounding in the present day. The cheer ,,g stoctri DCA of redemption have been my constant theme, a nd are still the delight of my soul. If it be blasphemy to glory in the truths of the Gospel—to be grateful that our wine 54110117 came flown from Heaven, and took on him the "tare of man, for the purpose of securing us a victory err sit', hell, i.n.l the grave—then indeed have I been a e ira t io nd orator"—theu have I been a blasphemer. ionsphlete, containing. insproler things, have been cir „dated ; but I considered it An Englishman's right to rad every work, and then think of it as be feels proper. slut cautiot be considered as a right in any man for the evercise of which he may be punisheri.—Mark the bats," Gentlemen : we hare rights, but if once oit esind, they render men liable to be punished. At the „woof at *Stockport, one-fourth of the inhabitants only were at the eieeting. Surely one is nut a match for !Az; but, indeed, it has not been proved that any terre• pepad was used. I hope it will not he cod here, o was said in Scotland, that Seoteh law is not English sad that Cheshire law is not also English law. It is eut {toss your prejndices, Gentlemen, that I expect or feu for say thing. hope you will not defile your oaths ; and if you give a verdict contrary to the evidence, you will do W. The leaders of Reform are charged with "wh i ning military training; I know of none who do so; and if socUiracties s a ere now followed, it would be aosiast the lasTf That I know ; but Men it is because of a recut enactment that males it illegal. But the Reformers are charged with every thing to bring them into t here/tote. Wi.at is said orlarge meetings of the people, equally applies to election and other comity meetings. I shall not say the indictment was framed to murder two innocent individuals—no, that would be t oo strong: I dare not sr so; but I say, the sabre has pierced to the vitals, and was only prevented killing because it 'odd not reach for enough. Then we hove something on the Coto-s'rect conspiracy, as it is called, I suppose, to whiled u:e kith those foolish, absurd, rash men, who engaged iii such an enterprise. Souse gentlemen behind me won't let me speak. Perhaps there are some men who n t old aceese me of participating with the men on •ehows sentence was sis solemnly pronone^-1 this morn ing; but of that lam 11111011 T Frailties,. Why was syn. tear.. pronounced on them thus morning, it not in some mess Ire or other to be connected with me by some asses etatiou tot ideas? The attempt at Birch was au injury to site, an injury to the cense of Reform, and if I saw the Ulan lift the pistol against him, I would have interposed and' rayed lout. Birch behaved to me like a gentleman, like a friend, and I ha:r the mat) alto could attempt to assassi nate Imo. I Inc had lime designs, if we were such villains as are iiesrribeil in the Learned Judge's speech, we would deserve the ;mai:bluest that impends upon us. I do hot think it mona while to comment on the praises given the Alagistr.icy. The Chester Yeomanry " flew to astes."—cull war. gentlemen, " flew to arms," not against the Snanish, not to tut clown the French or Ger, mans; and ilionkl not I he very neglectful to Myself. if,, as it may be, you are sos-ie of these praised people, not to notice this speech. Yon are all strangers to me, but you are Ettansiaiten, and every Englishmen I love. But we are " pretended Ittformers ;" still hypocrites—that 1 hurts me; we have been tealisits and sincere, and Wed have shown ourselves in earnest to obtain redress Ter our grierances. We have grievances, and while we use every to procure Reform, I calling abide it that we shuuid lie called hypocrites', pretended Re ferratne.--(involustary Iteghter here burst forth, from the taallt%Mi f* *Often the hest passage wee expressel.)—You might have hitherto heard that Juries have done their duty ; so tar good. I hope all Jarboe well do their duty. So moth for the Learned Judge's speerh as far as refers to one inilividnal. I can't suppose my ditatino on his speech will offend the Learned brig'', fur he - looked coon me while I was sluing •o with a very pleasant countenance.—(loud and cantihneil langhter thronoli the Conet.)—tlentlenien of the Jury, I bold in my hand another help, unhought, nnasked, unsought, and unexpected, as if that Provi denee who knew my condition had oh-en me a help 'when most I needed it. That help is—".l few brief Remarks by Jeremy Hentham"—(a laugh)—a great lawyer, one of the shiest in England, perhaps I might say in the world-, and I dare say, if their Lordships spoke of him titer Would say the same. lint, Gentlemen, I Nave rot yet read errs the indictment, and I shall pro reed to read it.—(Laughts r.) —Ile here read it as we have given it in the early part of our Report, and : i s he read, it excited tine eontinnrd risibility of the enords who hoard him. He now commenced (a quarter before seven oVock) reading Ileniliam's remarks.— Ilia 'perch, one of the must singular and enthusiastic eta delivered, occupied the Court nearly three hours. Ile then concluded us-relic, as lee said, to accommodate the Learned Couesel of Mr Charles Wolselev, and %slats for fear of tiring the patience of the Jary. The Wu! commenced at nine o'clock in the morning, and was not adjourned till eight u'clo:k at night. . The ATTMANET-Ott4IIIAL to commence his reply to-morrow morning;, at nine d'cloek. DUTCH A.VD ILI.VBURGR MAILS. BATAIIA, Nov. C7.—When the settlement of Maur nn the Welt 11.13! of Sunia•ra, was received back from the Itr'tisli (; , ,veroment, regulations Isere found to be in twee which forbid :American vessels access to the Ma llow. We consider the cutititmation of this prohibition IS injudicious. and li.tve therefore ordered that it shall henectorward he null and that, on the contrary, all ships and vessels belonging to Princes and people who are on terms of friendship with the 4:overflow:lt of the Netherlands, shall, front this time, have free ashnission to this port. !toiler sttch regulations and restrictions as are col in force, or may in future be established, lac. Aran. 3.—The day before yesterday a Spani.h Cabinet Messenger brought to the Chevalier ere fie Castro, the Siimmish Ambassador in this city, hs I:ofloWsation to the office of Secretary of State for I'micn Affairs, in the Owe of the Doke A. S. Fernan do, who goes to Vienna, as Ambassador Extraordinary, to sur,•eed Von P. de Corallos. Sruenimi.m. MAacn '24—Several shocks of an earth quake were felt on the 19th of this mouth, at nine in the snornirg, at Folkerna, in Hale Caries. For some days past we have again had snow, and the thermometer is still eight degrees below freezing. Yesterday it was re ported here, that a large quantity of contraband goods, of great value, has been seized between Ifelsingberg nd Malmo' ; and it was added, that the persons accom panyinr them had at first resisted the Custom-house officers, but were at last overpowered, and carried away prisoners with the goons. _ We expect here, in the place of Lord Straniford, Mr. Fitzgerald, Under Secretary of State, as the new Eng liih Ambassador to our Court. We home rivet hopes of seeing the mite or Indian wheat natnr.ilized in Sweden, experiments baring been maJr in the cultivation of it. for sows years past, in the district of ittltsraborrs Leen, where it appears to bear the clinute better and better every your. •nn. 1111111. O Holland O Flanders . O France I I.lthon O Itlelta DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stock Ditto Bonds VOL Es. pm. Old Annuities - Ex. Rills. Mi. Ss. 4s. pa. Ditto Corn. Omnium Con. for Ar. 011 1011 Lott. Ticket.' 4111 ebe retattfiMan. " TDB BRITISH StATMIAN 14 I•ICORPORATBD WITS "TSB sTATEsIIAN." LONDON: WEDNESDAY LVENINC. APRIL 12, 1820. This morning we received letters from Bombay, dated the 7th of November. They speak with contidenc., of the result of the expedition against the pirates, and that every preparation was making there for a further reinforcement to be sent. The Orion, which had just arrived, was immediately put into requisition to proeeed up the Persian Gu!ph. The expedition, which Lad sailed, con sisted of about twenty ships, and they were deter mined to punish the pirates for their depredations, and afterwards make them pay homage to the company. The cholera morbus still raged in Bombay, and its vicinity, which had caused great devastation among the natives, and some of the European troops had suffered considerably. A se vere gale had been experienced at Madras on the 21st, in which several ships had been driven from their moorings, and others on shore ; but no lives had been lost. The native chiefs up the Persian Gulph appeared much discontente'd, and were as sembling troops in all directions. STA i' MAI •ss. bus. 0 Dahlia I Waterford I Guernsey and Jersey U Oottenburgh 0 Ilarnbursh PHII'E OF STOCKS TOO Rank Stock 919 e 3 per Cent. Ned. ash per Cent. Cons. tINf 99 OSI 3.1 per Cent. 7610 4 per Cents. 0011 6 per Ct. Nary 104; 11.13 i 106 Long Attn. It! 13-16 Imp. 3 per Cord. Ann. ON TUE FUNDS. To-day being the Account-day, created a con siderable deal of bustle; but, owing to the very trifling fluctuations which hale taken place, the Account proved extremely small ; indeed the ex treme prices have been scarcely I per cent. This has been attributed t' various causes, but it Ims emanated chiefly from the stagnation of busi ness in general, occasioned the election, which has so much occupied the attention of every rank. The market opened this morning at ON, and the Account closed at these prices. Money has become extremely plentiful siece the divi dends have been in circulat;on, consequently the continuation has decreased, there being but 4 to 4 per swat diaconal. lama .now till the May Ac.i3unt, which makes money scarcely worth 3 per cent. India Bonds have risen to 2es. premium, and Exchequer Bills to 4s. premium. (mom ANOTIIIIR CoItRE‘PONPENT.) This is settling day for the Account: but so little business has been done, and the fluctuations so trilling during the whole of the Account, that the gay passes over the same as usual. Consuls for Money 5811, with scarcely nnv business doing— for May, 6111. Up to twelve o'clock no defaulter was declared, and from the trifling difference to settle none are expected. The intelligence from f icotla nil continues to realize our wishes and our hopes ; and now that the dart colouring thrown by fear over th , .. whi)!e transac tions in that country is lighted by the rays of truth, ft loses much of its awfulness and its terrors. It now appears, and we sincerely n k..ice it is the case, that although the disaffected were allowed every opportunity to muster, they could only bring toge ther SIG ill-armed men, and that the total number of members of the Union Societies in Glasgow and its neighbourhood does not come up to a thousand. The deep stain of rebellion is therefore removed from the mass of the population, and confined to those whom we have justly represented, from the Ant, as the deluders and real enemies of the people. Yet we will admit that, even with such a nucleus in the midst of a Manufacturing anti distressed country, Much mischief might have been, done, had precipitation or violence directed thel conduct of the local authorities and of the military.' The multitudes who merely desisted from working, and remained undetermined spectators of passing cc currences, would have taken an immediate and an active part in the rebellion, bad any attempt been made to compel them, by force. to relinquish their senseless intention of starving themselves to death. Their misleaders, no doubt, anticipated, and ardently longed, for a display of 4laneliester precipitation on the part of the Gle.sgew and Pais ley Magistrates, as the surest means of bringing the people into action. For any hasty attack on masses that felt they had not broken the peace, would have excited a conviction among them that their blood was wantonly shed, and created a', natural desire of revenging the wrong which they would conceive they had endured. The few prin ciples of loyalty and order, which still lingered in their hearts, would have instantly given way tel the exasperation of the m meat, and instead of rejoicing as we do now, at the rxstoration of peace, by ways ti etmediaiiim and peace, we should have .to mourn over the graves of thousands, - sad the desolation of the whole country. Poe, in the present state of the popular mind, it would have been impossible to confine rebellion, even if its successes were but momentary, within the place of its birth. The beacons, kindled on the Scottish hills, would have been answered by tires of death on our own ; and in the universal convulsion, the people, generally the ultimate skeins sf nitsiutions, because always betrayed, would have learnt too late, that the only thing necessary to its happiness was not to overturn, but to repair :—that it had institutions 'suffi cient to protect all its rights, if those institutions were properly guarded and secured; and that li berty, which is established by the sword, speedily throws down its disguise, and turns towards its astonished worshippers the iron face and iron hand of Arbitrary Despotism. From such evils we have been rescued by the wisdom and moderation of the Scotch Magistrates. They acted on no other instructions than those of their own conscience. Their object was not to make a display of loyal zeal, or to obtain the high honour of Royal thanks. The latter, they have consequently, not yet re tail* though they never were more truly de served. Their object was, to save the peopk from its own folly and from the snares of its deluders.— This object they have effected. If they have not acted so as to gratify the Gotirt, they have at least secured the approbation and eternal gratitude of their country, no mean compensation for the ab sence of thanks from the Throne. It is reported in the Court circles, that his Ma jesty intends holding an installation of Knights of the Garter, lit Windsor Castle, in the course of the ensiling slimmer, before the soleniuity of the Coronation. Yesterday the Duke of York held a Levee nt his Office in tlie Horse Guards, as Commander-in-Chief. nis Royal Highness visited the Princess Sophia vesterday, at Cambridge House •, the Royal Duke schism misses a day visiting his Royal Sister. Yesterday the Duke and Duchess of Clarence had a select party to dinner. The Duchess visited kle Duchess of Kent yesterday morning, at th e ing's Palace at Kensington. Linens, Nissen 29.--ilk Majesty's ship Spartan arrived here on the 26th inst. (rem England, and, it is said, will sail on Monday next for Rio Janeiro, with Lord Bereskird. ; iIaNAPARTE.—The following is an extract of a letter from St. Helena:— I •• Driftwood, Rt. Helena. Frb. 8. IMO. " General Bonaparte is in good health, and has been so for a considerable time past. l have seen bins often, at a distance, in his garden—outside of which he never appears. In the morning, he sometimes appears in a dressing-gown and real cap, unit at others, in a jacket and straw hat : he works himself, as well as all his attendants and Generals (a lesson to human va nity). lo the evening he is in full dress, with a star un he sees no strangers. and disappears when oaf* m. -Mite* he w Which is else t• his present residence, is nearly finished, and will be fit for his reception in about three or four mouths, if the furniture, &c. arrive in due time from England. It is a substantial building, all on one floor, and Be different suites of apartments are really handsome and cotnino thous. Ile has a carriage anti horses at his command, awl he can now ride, without any restriction or at tendant, within a space upwards of twelve miles in cir cntuference, wills variety of hill anal dale, but not well wooded ; however, all will not induce him to meant a horse or carriage. The Bertrand. drive out very often, and the ether people ride about every (lay. " The society here is very limited: Sir Hudson Lowe ' entertains frequently, and her Ladyship makes the par ties at Plantation fistulae very pleasant. We have a ! pretty little Theatre Isere, which is some ainosement to us. Oar Commanding Officer, Colonel Dodgirt, played Falslalf; a few weeks ago, in great style, almost with- out stinting, and your friend attempted Hotspor, which he had before tried at Colombo." The public have seen the low attempts that have been made to tlx on the two honourable persons returned for Middlesex and Bedfoltlshire the chargis of coalition, though they had distinctly pledged themselves to the contrary. The Middlesex Com mittee rest their charge on the testimony of a single person, whose feelings and manners may be estimated by his lariguare. He was a perfect stranzer to Mr. Ben;;, and known to his neighbours to be so vehement in his political opinions, that he wished " to send Mr. Whitbread to hell" instead of the House of Commons !—The Committee of the I Admiralty Baronet published a pretended narrative of the speeches at the close of the poll, and scil fully omitted the refutation of the charge which they brought against the Noble Marquis. The following is from the Glasgow Chronicle : " The appeal made by the rioters to arms is now confessed, even by those most addicted to visionary fear, tai• halve failed. No ono now denies that the scheme was one of the wildest and most ridiculous in the annals of - the world. _ . " The rioters hare had every opportunity that they could wise for a full muster. Their treasonable placard was very generally perused on Sunday. For the three following (lays they were allowed to infest the streets, in obedience to its injunction to be idle ; and when they hoisted their banuers of rebellion in Bridgetown, they remained three hours on the streets or in the neigh bourhood, unmolested and unquestioned by any person. So circumstanced, they would doubtless bring forward whatever strength they possessed. Its numerical amount deserves to be noticed. From Calton and Bridgetown there came 'JS armed men ; from tiorbals and Trades town, GO; those routed at Kilsyth were 51 ; and if the 41) nien that appeared at Kirkintilloch did not belong to Bridgetown they will make a total of 246 men, armed ukb pikes, fowling-pieces, blunderbusses, and pistols: but of these only 51 tool; the field. " We have reason to believe that the total number !of members of the Union Societies belonging to tilssgow, its dependencies and neighbouring villages, fall short of a thousand. In the heyday of radicalism they never amounted to 1500. " That this small portion of the pepulation—about one hundredth part—should have ruled imperiously OM retire number of the working people, would Incite sur prise, if u e did not every day witness how easy it is for a few men united to dictate to the facile rotate, and if we did not know that the commereial pressure must hate enabled the rioters to esliggerate their numbers, by as • fossidin discoutut with the wish for revelation. OLD BAILEY SESSION& These §emions commenced this morning, . before the Right HOD. the Loan Maton, the CONSION S&.. aa,T, M. Duo. Wottn, and Mr. Justice PARS, presided on the Bench. A numbei of prisoners were placed In the dock and arraigned, amongst whom, a soldier pleaded o, , ilty to a charge bf robbery, but at the recommendation of the Court, inbsequently withdrew hii plea, and pleaded Not The following are the chief prisoners now in New gate, and the offences with which they are charred. — Since the list was .nade out, a considerable number of other offenders hare been brought to Newgate:— M rder 1 . . . . . . . . Stealing notes from a letter in the Genet al Pug Office 1 Housebreakers . . . Burglary . . . . . . 13 Unnatural crime . . . . . . . I Uttering forged notes . . . . . . 44 Highway robbery • . • . . Stealing in dwell ...g-houses 1.1 Stealing privately Ditto froth the person . . . . . . 36 Larceny Receiving stolen goods Embezzlement . . . . . . . 1 Misdemeanour I Morrie Jomee, a boy 14 years of age, was c on t i c t.d of burglary. Thomas Poole stood indicted for having, on the 28th of Feb. last, burglariously entered the Louse of Stephen William Young, with intent to steal. Young, the nephew of the prosecutor, stated that, oa the evening in question he was sitting In the front parlour in his uncle's house, which is situate in Pulitn..:• street, when, hearing the street door open, he ran oat with a candle in his hand to ascertain the cause. The door closed again immediately, and witness, throwing down the candlestick, ran into the street. He observed the prisoner about five yards from the duo:. There was hut one more prison within sight, and he wzs seventy yatds from the Louse. Witness thought :t impossible fur any one to _get so far from the house in the short time which had elapsed since be g:1 into the street. Ile observed the prisoner to throw some thing down, which afterwards proved to be a bunch of keys. .Witness picked up one key , and immediately seised the prisoner. The latter sa id, " What do yen want with rue? It was a man in a white coat.'— No person was present in a white coat. A struggle er sued, and tile prisoner was eventually secured. Upon the person of the prisoner were fount two n hole can dles and two candlestick-tops, a little s:lver, a ti:k handkerchief, and a silver watch, u ith gold chain and seals. The prisoner made no defence. The Jury not thdliking the evidence sufficiently strong, acquitted the prisoner. In the course of the morning the ATTORNKT-Olie;eßAL. appeared in Court, and motion, which, from the low tone in which it was we found it inipo-si'J:e to collect. Nil/ I LUGS CE. brAL, APRIL 1 I.—Arrivlld. sod sailed for the River, the Albinia, Lynn, from Ihtuliay ; Grantham, Untie:. wood, from Demerara; and Friendship, Meek. from China, last from America, for Antwerp.—game down from the River the Latoua, Lovie ; and Richard, Wil liamson, from Dem erara. They remain with the ou ward-hound, except the Woodford, Chapman, for India, which ship has tatted to the weststard. • Ptailut:Ta, ATM& 10.—Arrived the Antelope, Lam, 'trout Stittds, fat ttibtagerr; btatitali entawn.g, ftu.rt Messina, for Amsterdam, and eailad arain; Robert Ed wards, Sherburne. from London, foe Lenten; and Anr, Sutts, from London, for Rio Janeiro.—Sailed the F;ve isters, Hioniss, for 'Falmouth. FALMOVTH, Aran. 9.—Arrived the Prince Ernest packet, with a mail from Lisbon, in 10 days : and Sur prise, Nelson, from Borwileaus, for Bristol, in D days.— Sailed the Luke of Marlhoroagli packet, for Lisbon ; and Diana packet, for the Meiliterrairean, each with a mail. Cowls, Aram 11.—Arrived yesterlay the Clay, Hitching% from Antwerp, to take in specie for Batavia. CORN RXCRANGR, APRIL le. We have not had any fresh arrivals since Monday, bnt the quantity of Wheat then unsold was very consideraLle. and for which there was very little demand this morniuz, consequotly the hales were+ exceedingly heavy, and olds' a few picked samples obtained Aloutlay's prices ; all other sorts may be conkidered lull Is. per quarter lower. Fine Barley being scarce, prime samples went off freely, on full as good terms as on Monday, hot the middling qualities Were very heavy Beans, Peas, and Oats, there is no alteration. The Municipality of Alicant has granted the wish of the people, that the names of Quirogs, and Riego, shall be given to two streets in that town, and that a column or pyramid shall be erected, inscribed with the Constitution. The Ipswich scrutiny is proceeding but very slowly; the number of votes struck off from each party at the last report were exactly the same. so that the majority remained then as it did at the close of the poll. Married, at Cleasby, in Yorkshire, on Wei:ties day last, by the Rev. R. Waistell, Richard Sinks, E•q., of Hull, to Isabella, younerst datsebter of the late George Gordon, of Middleton Tres. The bride is turned 53 years of age; and the bridegroom (who has only been six months a widower), is upwards of 76. Tbi. marriage excited a little curiosity; the bridegroom was unable to get Into the chaise without assistance, sad th• worthy Clereyman, who officiated in the occasion, see ing the uneasiness of the bride on this account, kindly stepped forward, and, not without difficulty, secceedea in placing hint by her side. LARGE LETT& Rlll.--The /0110 Wing letter, we un derstand, it authentic, and we insert it became it is creditable to the friendly zeal of the Manager, and to the modesty, as well as liberal feelings of the Writer - - - " MT DEAR ELLIITON—I am sorry you bare 11!7- flounced me for Porter Caratroell is large letters. Yon meant it, I am willing to allow. as a kindness ; but I be seech you to alter it in future advertisements. I expect that any little merit I may posses in my profession shall I hare its fair chance; bet cannot endure that my name should be particularised by any marks of distinctlen in tie play-bills. The most subordinate performer should be allowed to ergetiis claim to poitlie favour entscejudiimd, as well as the highest.--I do and ever shell regard my brothers and sisters of the prcfessien too much to desire (ante or proivity injuring their repuistioo, or semittnuor their feeling*. For your ewe sake. for the hoisour u. the stage. abstain from such ?moires —tare them to gawks. Immerytuffers. so& ißasking-iwainin. •• Tette% deer Illistow, sine rely„ " April El, 1920." • "N. liowrow." 1 .0 lbw.. + 1 I V..