The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-09-14 00:00:00

I Hors (•aost.—fleliday at the Pratte Olen. - - - - %% TER AT LONDON BRIDDR vi-mossow Alurn,ag. 41 mitt. after It,—ETetiiiti, 13 Ws. after 7. ate ktattOman. OHITISH STATIffbIAN" INCORPtIIt•TED WITH •• THE STATISMAN." LONDON: Tut R 4Dts LvrNtriG, SEPTIMUER 1.1, IS2O. Paris papers to the I•_'th have this morning arrived. Their r. otcnts are unimportant. Freneh Fond!, live per Cent 4, ;3f. 90e. Estra..t of a letter received by the lido, Lee, ar i off Fahuotth 0..0gr0, ACGUST 31, 1320.—We are happy to tin there has nut been any interruption to the post betueen !Ara and Lisbon, and the reports from then , to•by are favourable, for the- cause which has n dec!ared for here. The news must hare been lo.oun at Lisbon 12 hours when the putt left, and then ev,ry 11 fl;; seas quiet therm It will be wonderful if such a resolution takes place without bloodshed. Hitherto we hart not heard of the slightest rioter e on. fusior. and the people here are as quiet as ever. The tJude Je Amaranth in Tras los Monte., has not derided with the party here, though it is said that some of his troops have." Notnithstanding the deserved importance which se attach to the proceedings against our QUEEN, and to thr late revolution in Portugal, it may not be improper Ms glance, occasionally, at minor circuit.' stances: for there is no circumstance, however triding, which leas nut its influence, wore or le-s, upon the great political fusehine. The Learned Set.ur'N tell: ns, " that airing substances, thrown in the air, will inform us the direction of the wind: - and the elegant ui:,-rt:;.cfren assures Ifs, that •• revolutions have been caused by the mere intrigues of chambermaids:* We not stop to discuss the position of either the s•ho:ar or the conflict bnt, conceiving that we have sifewc sufficient authority to bear us out in touching upon that which is not the leading subject of the day, we proceed to bring, more immediately under the noth'e of our readers, the surprising conclusion which has fo!l,llred the proceedings against the state prison ers in Yorkshire. The liuvernment have declared their Intention not to put either of these prisoners to death: This is just as it should be. We thought se when are read the weeping speech of Mr. Justice liar- t.; s, on ictst•in% 4. ntettee ; which speech, by the way. is a perfotltill:Ct 111.0. lllust warns t i e hearts of the us. We thong ht all this was very good. It undouhtolly Trig v v gem, to tell Melt. whose lives, the speaker said, were forfeited, that thwe lives would 14. Ulifurtunately, h0w,,, , ,, we re collected it was only a few days before, that wo had hail to perform the painful duty of reading the Itan:l;ng and mangling in Scotland, of a peOr man, unwell WILsoN, for the S V" crime as that of whirl; the I . 4rls‘hiretnen had now con fessed theinsto.v,s guilty. We recollect too, that WIL FON had bem , troogly corOtotto•Oiled to Currey by his • Jury ; and that the gentl men of the County, much to their honour, had snrpo:•:ed the recommendation. Taming again to the V..rkslaire prisoners, we found there could he no -aril recutumodation, ina.much at an ti:•• men had pleaded guilty to every word of their indictments. All this appeared very unac. countable: esperially as we could nut observe that the disturbam es in York-hire had been more dangerous than those in SCOttalld. 'I hese reflections induced us to look a little beyond the surface of these apparently inconsistent acts of &lay-en:meta ; and now, after pay ing our warm congratulations to the effect, (for mercy is ever bountiful,) we shall take the liberty of stating the case, and then enquiring the cause. We should • first remind our Iteaders, that the Chief of that de partment of the tiovernment, whence all these proceed ings originate. is &hater Lord Viscount St PAIUUTII, a van who is very pions and very humane, a 111211 who very pri petty will nee, r fight, and who, in short, reads his Hibtu and says his prayers like a right worthy man, as be is. Now, when this noble Viscount received the recommendation to meray in WttatoN's case, and when he feared he could not, consistently with his duty, re commend his Sovereign to comply with that recom avrodation, (for in an official letter he said thus ninth,) when these thine*. we say, were passing in his mind what must hare been the state of his feelings? —WC are bound to suppose that he was agitated by the contending claims of mercy on the one hand, and 3ustice on din other; that he gave all the weight hr possibly could, to the r eeonnstenilation, upon oath, of the same twelve men who hail pronounced the ow' happy culprit guilty. We are hound to suppose, toe s that as his Lordship is a man of more than ordinary humanity, be enlisted his own generous feelings in the question, upon the side of mercy. All this, and much more, are we bound to suppose, fur as we are men of mere ordinary every-day humanity, our minds cannot possibly form a conception of all that passed in the mind of the Noble Viscount in favour of pour WILSON our minds, we repeat, can form no possible idea about it. And yet, it so, happened, notwith standing all we are Woad •to suppose, and do sup pose, it so anfoitanately happened, that stern, inflexible justice eengitered in the struggle ; that HENRY Loci Viscount Sensnantst Aid not second the THE STATESMAN recoennsendationuf WI sos's jury : and that %%ruses", in consequence, rendered up his forfeit life. A very few days after this dreadful mental struggle, (fur having supposed it, we will uuw assume it,) the sub ordinate powers were directed to apprise the York shire prisoners, that if they should think good to plead guilty to their indictments, the executive would think rood to spare their liter. Here was no recom mendation to merry of a benevolent jury : the Go vernment, by their Indic:mews, were ready to call upon a jury to condemn these men to death : anti yet the said Government spared the lives of these traitors (fur they are now all attainted of Iligh Treason) and this, although only a few days before, the same Government felt themselves under the melancholy net estity of rejecting the merciful recommendation of a Jury in a similar ease. This is all very ctratwe it Lis passing strange ; but it is all justifiable, pet fectly legal, and a part of it is laudable. Fur our own parts, if we were permitted to offer an opinion spun the cause of this new-born merry, we should have no difficulty in ascribing it to those vicituffcrows, the Portuguese IConstitutionals. few disc ago, every thine appeared very fair, and very promising for the ernsl.ing of liberal opinions, and of insolent plebeian inquiry. Naples was to lie dispatrbrd out of hand, and Spaia was to be well flagellated in good time: when (Wes' us. and sate r.s !) the people of Portugal suddenly re volted against their God's anointed, demanded their and carved out fresh work for the swords of le gitimacy! Ti.is is the cause of a ce“tatiutt or the work of blood sincerely do we rejuice at it. anti as sin cerely do we hope that the cause will increase in every direction, provided its emit ce continue in the peaceable and praiseworthy lilltlnt'r in which it has began.. We shall then have little doubt dist peace and hannintess will become universal: thiq Kinp I will enjoy.heir subjects' affection and we shall almost begin to Itve that some endeavour ,w ill be ; wade to deserve it. That the pending proceedings against the Qt VEN Wiii indict. and 11.1Ve inflicted tin BB eraus And appalling evil* upon the country, is undeniable ; yet, it happens on this occasion, as indeed is usual, even under the most trying calamities, that topics of consolation are nut altogether wanting. Amongst the • •rable cal •s b) which the friends of reform have been assailed, none has perhaps tended so powerfully to withhold fr their r inks the upper and middle (lasso( society as the imputation that under then inie of Reform their real ()Neat was revolution. To this caltwainv. their conduct un the present oc..asion furnishes the i most decisive and unequivocal answer. The friends of refuse', Isar.? been to a man 4/1441.4.41 to theta prarChtl• ings froM the beginning : the encodes of reform hive been the only promoters of them. Let it' examine the nature and tendency of the prw•eedin:•s, and we shall be quickly able to determine which party - are the friends and which the enemies to the Constitutional llonarci v of England. It is admitted, that no known law has been violated by the gun:N. and it is not even pre tended that the safety of the state is, in the slightest degree, involved in the conduct imputed to her. the violation of law, or the producing sonic imminent danger to the state, are the only gr•'unds upon which it has ever yet been thought proper !tv punish, Or even to call in question the conduct of individuals. It is clear, therefore, a p•riorc, that WMe new principle most Govern thi• case. Happily this principle is nut 'obscure; it is not left to be deduced by inference, it is clearly and distinctly stated, not only by the supporters of the 1 ill of Pains and Penalties, but on the fare of the Bill itself. The prim ciple is this :—" That the honour of the country is so dependant ul the personal morals and purity of every mewl., r of the Royal Family, that whenever any of them pursue an immoral and vicious course of life, the country is not merely justified in casting them off, but imperatively called upon, in vindication of it: injured honour to do r This is the manifest and avowed principle of the Bill of Pains and Penalties against the g-kvs, which, let it never be forgotten, has met with hone %WHOM'S and zealous opposition from no party in the state, than from the reformers ; whilst it has received the unqua lified sanction, as far as the principle is c •erne.l• of the monarchial and aristoeraiical branches of our Constitution. We will not insult the penetration o f our readers, by pointing ant the practical rouse• spruces of this principle—a principle, which, it would be, indeed, a feeble epithet to term revo lutionary, since it touches the very confines of republicanism ; we wish merely to direct the attention of the public to the authors of this new doctrine, and to the reception which it has experienced in England. What revolutionists but would hail such doctaine with unbounded and rapturous acclamation? What revo lutionists but would deem the shelter of the I broue and Peerage to such a principle worth the sacrifice of a hundred Queens '—We trust we have said enough to con4inee the dullest and most unthinking, that the retarders are not desirous of revolution; we will go a step further, and say, that the tircuntstances de monstrate that Government, when for any purpose hostile to freedom, it professes to think them so, pro fesses what it dues not believe. What Government we ask, would propound such doctrine as we have been commenting on, to a people already disposed to revolution? The most idiotic Government that ever yet existed in the world, would have been incapable of such fully. Hut WINDSOR. SEPT. 13, THEM P. M.--The King l e ft here a t two o 'clock, in his trxtelliog carriage, fur Brighton, where his Majesty is expecte' , to arrive to dinner. Since the Kintes residence here, he has been in the enjoyment of excellent health. Sir 11 illiam Keppel left for London yesterday. HER MAJESTY. " • • MEETING 9F THE INHABITANTS OF THE iVAH V FARRINUDON WITHOUT. On this day, at une o'clock, a nrinteroos and respec table Meeting of the Inhshitants of the Ward of Par rinvlon-Withont, was held in St. Bride's Chtirch, fur the purpose of Iddressitig her Majesty on the wicked runs Tracy, nuw carrying un to destroy her character and hunuur. At a quarter past one, Mi. Alderman WAITHMAN took the Chair. amidst the acclamations of the Meeting. The worthy Alderman observed, that it was not his place to remark on the propriety or impropriety of calling this meeting. He hoped lie never would be wanting when called upon by the Ward. to comply with their request. If any Ucntleman now wished to make any observations, he Was now ready to liOar hint. (Hear, hear). Mr. THOMPSON then rose, anil addressed the Meet ing. We are sorry our limits will not permit us to follow him through his eloquent speech. Ile said that those who supported the Queen were called the friends of revolution ; but he wa- sure, he should hare 110 diffi culty in proving that the Minist. rs themselves had taken such steps, that it now bscaine almost impossible to prevent a revolution. lle said he felt no hesitation in manfully avowing himself an earnest •ind steady friend to Reform, but was it likely that he who had been thirty years in butiness, who had a large family, would be anxious to see a revolution, and see his thirty years labour pulled down. No, he con reivei that if the yoke of the Reformers had been heard, the country woulil have been exempted from the present crisis. '1 lie learned rentleman proceeded to trate all these evil: to the Holy Alliance, a confede racy against the liberties of the people. We left the Uentleinan speaking. A r oteral meeting to addrc‘‘ her Alajesty, k called ht the Steward.. and Seereiarie • of the cation• Trade and Benefit Societiem. in anti near the Metropolis, to be held in the cuur•e ot the en.ning week. 01,11 8.411.EY SESSIONS. HAT. Frederick Piclry was indicted for stealing on the •16th July. un Paddington tireeit, a silk handkerchief, the property of Sir U. Cos:omm. The case was clearly proved, and the prisoner was found fluilty. William frill was nest put to the bar charged with stealing a watch, the property of a person unknown. Wilhatu Ilalines, a soldier in the Guards, stated that oil the 20th of July he was standiss,T, opposite the house 1 of :11r. Ahlerissau flood. in South Anilley-street, when Ise %sic souse persons who appeared to he companions of the prisoner take ii watch 1 a gentlensan who was stand iis near. and pass it through two or three hands until 1 it urn% lodged in the possession of the prisoner , who im mediately placed it in his pocket. %Vito's,' caused the prisoner to he taken into ctiquily, Anil he prevaricated s cry muck when questioned respecting the watch. 1 Ir. Paton Glivii sm summed up, and the Jury found the prisoner guilty. Souse dispute arose as to whom the watch shoed.] be i May, slick was pat au end to by Sheriff llothwell, iwho handed it to the soldier, at the same time observing that his conduct was highly praise•worthy: Pradria Hall was convicted of assaulting Wel. ham, and stealing front his person the suns of six-peucc in copper monies. ALs Dario, was capitally indicted for stealing a watch, value hve po Is frutu the person of Emanuel 4:svidliart. It appeared in evidence that in the latter end of July I v st, the prosecutor was walking in the fields near Hackney, when the prisoner came up to hint and laid hold of Isis arm, saying that if he made a noise be would cut his throat, and • sediately demanded his watch. The watch was delivered to the prisoner who ese spell at the time, but was afterwards apprehended. The prosecutor swore positively to his person, and the Jury without hesitation found I • lluiltv—Death. t 'lveles Frans, a youth aged 19. was found guilty of stealing a purse containing 3 guineas and a ring, the property of M. Nleillieott. lie was rev mended to mercy. - By the Ceres, letters of the •22d July have been re• velvet! from Sierr 1-I.rone, but they contain no news.— The colony was perfectly healthy. Ile.mann %nix Act torsur.—A singular eirrnmstance lately took place at the Cumfdie FraNctliSr. Baptiste, who was playing the part of a bailiff, drew front his pocket a parr to represent the warrant by virtue of which he exercised his authority. What was his asto nishment on reading the name of one of his f ema le r... Idiom, who, through ignorance of a will which hail been made in her favour at Dresden, was deprived of a eittisiderahle fortune bequeathed to her by her uncle'. The paper was a true copy of this will. Baptiste utter ed several exclamations of surprise, accompanied by 'melt comic testis:ilia • s, that the theatre resotauded nit,' applause. The audience were, however, far front suspecting the real cause. Baptiste, haring carefully clepo-ited the paper in his pocket, con tinned his part, and on the following day commu nicated the discovery to his relation whose claims will probably he speedily acknowledged. This strange adventure is explained as follows:—.Souse time ago, a party of the performers of the Comvlie Fronaise proceeded to Dresdru, to play in the presence of the sovereigns who were assembled in that city. Among other scenic accessories, they found it necessary to pro cure a lumber of ohl parchments: anal it is probable that the document in question has ever since remained in the pocket of the dress worn by Baptiste when he made the fortintate discover - . SliOrkiNfl Eve r.—.t Coroner's Inquest was held on Toesclav last, at Newton St. Cyr's, on the hotly of a child that had been killed by a pig. It appeared in evidence that the mother, a pout woman, went to Exeter market, leaving her three children (the eldest about five years old, and the youngest, the unfortunate sttlferer, ,shout a year and a half.) in a Geld at play. During her absence a pig was seen mangling the (bill iu the hedge-trough ; and when it was rescued front its dread- NI situation, the voracious animal had eaten off the ears, and horribly dis fi gured the arms and one of the sides, lent life was nut extinct ; the poor child, however , survived hat a few honrs. Th e jury returned a verdict of accidental death.—( Exeter Paper.) Bourns.—The money was made good on Tuesday night, for the battle bow. en David Hudson and Mar tin, whi•ch will take idler in the middle of October fur 100 guineas. This is the only match on the topes. Tne system has become so much of a tradiar one, that it is no longer a trial of courage and manhood : and the gentlemen who have patronised the ring, have not only left off backing the boxers, but they do nut attend the exhibitions. • -- - - - r rar. . or. .iittim c--a--t..—k-04i TO NR: ti* Tilt owertivet. Den C-41;e—ostri. , ▪.. . . • I. Vescouni., 'pritr . • • Pf• C 71 -4-- " H. .• tieing here. site Med shay. with my ntifO l at " oet's Cray," Enjoying the emallefifi of ensishtl,frMh sir. , • Hating found it of late too hit le the " fignofe." Proceed, as! promised, to white yeethnnews.. Aod how In,yostr absence we manage oar euoi : But int, give me leave to ectpreas how ,nteell pleasure I Feel, in remitting th'enelos'd front theTreasery ; Whiett '• Fan" has plae'4 under the head " iniseellaneoei;" He did so with grace. and comply'd instentnneows Much promptness looks well ; tho' for." Nick" I will any, When he's nide, he's always most willing to pay ; Tho' the pockets of some he fOr this must unscrew, We are bound still to give the poor " Deril" his due.— And now for the sews—for a state of suspense, Is tormenting :bnt Where% or on what. to commence I know not; yet never were times so appaling, Since yon and I liv'd by the Use of our calling ; Ily Evils avid Deeils we now are surrounded ; I wish I like you with the latter contponaded. And ssk'd leave on fariough ; we then eratid from hither. Have made the " irood tome' with this money, together': But sow 'its too late, gni " come well, or come wire," I mint stand by oar master, and grapple the foe ; I must aid and assist in degrading the Qeeen ! Tho' the party degraded rematas to be *ern. — Eve been for three weeks past. more dead than alive, From a fear aright should happen our swops in their hive, Before they had Peison'd with venom and stint. For the 50.4 of rho state, and tbe.fey of the K--- ! What tho' they (Ire single. of doubtful veracity. .tnd wortalets. without either name or capacity, We furnish for quality. fame, and identity. The all. overwhelming, rejoinder of QVANT.TV And therefore. supposing both sides to "abort), And the balance brought down of the anthe that were sworn, I assert on my Spoon r. without fear or waver, Such balance would be many oaths in our favour ! Br—ugh—m and D—om—n, are both gay and serious, The former is artful, and sometimes mysterious On their mode of defence. they Loire srard up their lips, Not a syllable from them by accident slips ; And since our ease clos'd, they have all psus'd for breath. "Fie an ominous silenie ! a stillness like death Forehusling. 1 fear. some unlucky event. To impugn all that's :morn to. %,/ ithOlit more comment ; Resides, these coaounderi long list, and addresses, Are daily augmenting our paiulnl distresses. Iteturn then, Deer C—nts—ny ! as fast as you can, Be a shutter no longer, but come like a man ! Of a isdom. we never stood so much in need, • Repair then with voice. to our :rid, with rill speed ; Fur Portugal's arm'd, and a frt.,li revolittion Demands through its soldiers a new constitution! This mania spreads ! we malt check it in time, If it breaks yet at lioure. some would think it no crime: Sept. 13, ISI:20. , 11.11WARKET THEATRE Mr. BMA U iu has made an engagement at dolt Thraif and canirtnitlast sight as Heart/ rairdsothft_tkeopera of G . 11 Ma silt g. This was au irresiali attract to the lovers of sung, and the house was Cit'OVled to eN l'es‘ long before the curtain rec. Ho is, In a swill theatre, wa,a novelty. and tvi.n not.• 1 o w f o llow B R te any where We are not quite two e that we liKed h:111 ass well here as at Drury Lai. 'the a Ivantales and di,:olralitagi aot the • parati% , 00fi.trd of the little Mew irket are pretty eipi.aly Salamsad, lout we are ins lin^.l to give the preponiieracce to the la.te.. It is true, that ' Ltore'v muting' tlera.4" w.i, n •.‘ or so en chanting. 'the cx.plisite richness of the melody was preserved in its own bewitching simplicity, and ere note fell distinct, clear, and perfect upon the ear. It laid a spell 111.011 the soul which it as only broken I.y the wish tor its continuance. Vet, iii ?per death of &e'er , and '• firitee's Address, - particularly in the latter, the inimitable powers ot Ita.sua M - $ %Viet. were partially oh acured. That glorious majesty of sound which rolls Ith ;It the miniature 'immensity of Covrat-liarden and Drury-Lane, and *sews, even there, nut to have scope enough, was here thrown abruptly back by the low fiat roof and narrow litnits of the fheatre, su as to he deprived of more than half Its force and effect. INA!, M 61111141 the tlitticulty, anti endeavoured to conquer it by iiirreast efforts, and if we have beard hint sing this national air with more unqualified pleasure, we have certainly never heard hint sing it so well. The enthusiasm kith whiih the audience received it theist times, is wholly inde scribable. Miss K. Comm warbled most enchantingly, as Alia Mennen. , . She is a great acquisitinn t o our A l re ady ric h class of female vocalists. To a voice with considerable power and good intonation, she adds a rare degree of setentitic knowledge. The flexibility of her voice in the forte tr Atisis • ut the upper notes,willihoulttles , improve with practice ; at present there is a trieing harsbeess to be distinguished now and then. Her execution in that particolr style n hick has Caiur,l Miss STiPIIENS, so much popularity,--we mean that delicate and beautiful softness of the higher notes. cannot, we. think, he aarpiisred. We never saw any one who kuked so well the liiely. ar the lovely Jwlia dlamscriag. The Opera is well got up, and the fine chorusse's were very respectably performed. It is to he repeated on Fri day, the announcement of whirh was received by the atiaience with universal applause. The engagement of Mr. BRAIIAM is a striking instance of the liberality whirl' attends Mr. &Itinitui•as management. Such spirited duct cannot fail to ensure the favour and putronag • of the public. The Astibur of Goldsmith's Biographies! r. 'vs , Book has been amply rewarded for the production the most elegaut Asa instructive volume ever prints ii, by the Aisle of his first Wields of 1:14 .Thousand to pics within a month after its publication. A second Kiition of double the number is preparing with all • p A Doe Situ r.—Pest rdai, :a. eututta apPliei Marlburougle-street Office, fir advice bow to ii..t ou tler the following circunastaures.. She stated, that her son (a buy) a fter he h a & ~ane • his work . on Monday eveniu L z, went to gather imam blackberries near the house of Cap:osin Eisliug'; while the boy was is the hedge, near an sills Kee, one of the Captain's servants, a black wan. ca11ei1.34.4 Friday, fired off a pistol at her run, and serval - slugs entertd•his arm, awl he was brought home in &steak condition and had them extracted, but he now rethained in a deplorable amadition. The Magistratei advised her to male a libtatiOtt to the nearest Magistrates of the place is 'MA it oecorred. • -1 . .• ~ ~• _-4 i A i ,e $ • i , j • ' 0 i t • irdiLdca