The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-05-31 00:00:00

On our return to the gallery, we found Mr. M. A. TAYLOR objecting to the Bill altozether, as it tended inordinately to increase the revenues of the Clergy. — He would be hippy to support any motion to get rid of it. Mr. GOULBURN said that he agreed with the hit speaker as to the propriety'of Irish Members paying the hest attemion to the Hill. After a few words from Mr. VISORT Frreceasun, Mr. 1 FAA's, Mr. BRoWNE, and Mr.M A aTtst,the Chairman was ordered to report progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Monday next. The Sheriffs' Courts' Bill was adjourned to Monday west ; the other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned, at Half•past One, to Mon day. CHM& An extraordinary Gazette of Mile, dated the 29th of January, announces that a change has taken place in the tiovernment of that country, but effected without blood shed, or any interruption to the public tranquillity.— The following is the account published by authorise : Santiago, Jan. 29,18.13. The authorities and people of this capital having as sembled yesterday to arrange. with the Supreme Di rector, Measures conducive to the maintenance of pub lic tranquillity, the meeting terminated in the issuing by his Excellency of the following decree:— " Believing, tinder existing circumstances, that my re tirement from the Supreme Government of the State may contribute to the public tranquillity, and finding an agreement on this point with the people of Santiago, the only medinm with which I can communicate io the present crisis, (since there is not now assembled any na tional representation ' to whom f can convey my renun ciation of of fi ce) 1 have determined to resign its provi sional exercise to an administrative junta. composed of efzens D. Agustin Eyzagnirre, I). Jose Miguel Infante, and 1). Fernando Erraztiris. This junta shall procure with the least possible delay, the assembling of the na tional representation, with the understanding, that if, af ter an interval of six months, the differences now exist ing between the provinces of this State shall not he re. moved, the services of the administrative junta shall cease, and their Inactions be supplied in any way that way seem best to the people of Santiago. And to the end that the junta may know what are its attributes and faeulties, the commission proposed by the people, and consisting of citizens D. Juan Egana, - 13r. I). Bernardo Vera and D. Joaquin t'ampina, shall proceed to fix them, " Given in Santiago the 28th of Jan. 1823. " BERNARDO O'HIGGINS, " BUR' ANO EOANA." This decree was immediately read to the people, and Senor O'Higgins announced it to the newly elected tio viumment, disrobed himself of the sails which was the di•tinttive mark of the supreme comtuand in Chile, placed in the Amide of the voters, and finally, after hav ing administered to them the accustomed oath, yielded up to them the elevated trust to which they were called. The Meeting conelnded with the taking of the oath of fidelity to the new Government by the commanders of the garrs •n. The most excellent Junta has named as Ministsr of State in the departments of the Government and of the Marine, Dr. D. Mariano Eons; and [Jr. I). Agustin Vial for the departments of War and Finance ; with all the attributes and faculties enjoyed by the former Ministers. SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. • We are in a competent manner authorised to contra dict the report from Leon, inserted in No. 731, of the Fepeqador in which, speaking of the progress of (Jr.eral item a ..inst the 11.1sehi, order the ex-Count Amirante, an insinuation was thrown out that the afore said brave General ceased following up the rebels, in co.n.erpience of orders received from his Government to return to Portugal. We are farther authorised to esqure the public, that the Government •of His Most Faithful Majesty furnished General Rego • with the most ample and positive orders, not only to attack and exterminate Silveira and his follow er , but also any other auxiliary force of Spanish or" foreign rebels, who might protect or join him; and that the determination of General Rego to retire, was takenin a Connell of War, in consequence of hi. being unable to come up with Silveira, who, by his precipitate flight, had gained considerable ground of him, and had already' opened communications with the invading forces, great ly superior in minsher to those commanded by General Rego, who for this very reason must have taken great responsibility on his own shoulders, if lie advanced against the several corps of an enemy without sufficient and previ out s combinations with the armed force of the priori nce,and wi•hout any apparent advantage ; at the Wile time that ;dykes of new machinations in the province of Tras o. Monte., excited by the factious spirit that began to display itself after the absence of the army, render-Al his return indispensably necessary in order to suppress them, after bravely expelling from the said province the principal force intended to kindle a civil war in Por tugal. %Ve have also an assurance of the highest character that General Rego, us soon as be has received his new instruclons frout the Portuguese government, founded on the treaty of the folt of March, will enter Spain with most a the additional Portuguese forces already placed on the war establishment, in order to attabk and defeat, in concert with the Spaniards, any enemies of the Constitutional system, wherever they may be &nod.— 'lr, May 9.) (Erpectadth BIRMINGHAM BANK NOTE ROBBERY. On Tuesday se'nnight, Lot Cartledge and Griffith Tnrner, the two men apprehended at Manchester, charg . ed with stealing :,:e two Bankers' parcels from the Balloon cearh, in December last, underwent a final ex amination before T. Norris, Esq. Mr. Bird, Solicitor, of Birmingham, attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Barrow, of Manchester, fur tbr, prisoners. The evidence on which the parties were committed, was briefly as follows :—A Clerk from the banking-house of Messrs. lionhury and Co.. deposed to the making up of the par cel addressed to Messrs. Taylors and Lloyds, containing notes to the amount of 4,0131/., and to the delivery of it to Sargeant, guard to the Balloon coach, who was in the habit of carrying similar parcels for them. AW. note, build upon the prisoner Turner, lie identified as one con tained in the parcel—A Clerk of Sir James Esdaile and Co., also deposed to the making up of another parcel, containing notes amounting to 3,676 L, directed to Messrs. Viihbins, Smith, & Co. which be delivered to Sargeant. Two of the notes found on Turner, and one upon Cart ledge, were identified by this nitness.—Sargeant made a situilar deposition to that be made in London, immediately after the robbery,as to the circumstance attending the loss °faille parcels committed to his care. Mr. Franklin, money-broker, of Manchester, Stated that the prisoner Turner came to his shop, and asked him to •change some country notes ; he presented him three Birming ham iii. notes, and suspecting they were forgeries, be desired biro to call again, as be could not change them at that moment : be took them to Lavender, the de puty constable, who upon examining the printed list of lumbers, found they .formed part of it. Lavender immediately proceeded to Franklin's shop, and appre hended Turner, who said be took the notes of a wan who was with him at the Turk's Ifead.—WM. Kilbie, constable, stated that he went in consequence to that public house, and there found the other prisoner Cart- THE STAT ES ledge; upon searching Min t another of the 51. stolen , notes, some money, and Cart's Hook of• lined', anent, were discovered.—A Mrs. Lambert stated that site sold • the copy of Cary to a man of wham she took a five pound birmingliansnote, • gieing hip the change out, hat she coniii not swear that; At ter of the prisoners was the person.--A shnpman to .Mr. Buckley, of Church-greet, Liverpool, said. that Turner pnrcbaaed two silk hainikerchiefs of hint, and paid for them in a 51. note, identified as one of those stolen, which he said he hail taken .at Chester.—When Kilbie searched ('artledge at the Turk's Head, be denied having any know ledge of Turner; end said he came there alone. The land lord, however. stated thst ('artledge and Turner came toge ther, and were soon afterwards joined by another man, about sic feet high, who left them again. This man has not yet been disco; ered. Cartledge also told Kilbie, he bought Cary's Roads in Lon,:on. AVlten the examinations were gone through. Turner, who is well known to Laven der, was asked if he had any thing to say; but he refused to give any account of himself. On the same question being per to Cartledge, he said he was going from London to see his relations in Staffordshire; and, is passing through Bir mingham, he called at a fr!eod's there, who told him Chester races were on ; and, as he had to call at a place in the neighbourhood, he went on to Chester, and put up at a hotel in that city, of which he could not tell the name. He went on the race course, and being intoxicated , at the time, made a bet with a gentleman. of whom he received four firming-. ham bl. , and other loot' notes out of a 301.'Bank of Eng land, in payment of the bet he had inst. lie then went to Liverpool, intending to proceed to his friends in Stafford shire, and there met with Turner. and 'came with him to Manchester—he had never seen him before. As to his de nying Turner, lie said he was so therried by the manner of Kilbie, end being tipsy also, he knew not what. he said. — Mr. Burrow put several questions to Mr. Bristow as to the identity of the notes foetid epon Cartledge. Mr. Bristow made np the parcel ; but he could only speak io the motel' from the entry of another clerk, which Mr. Barrow cos-. tended was not sufficient evidence of the hiertity.—Mr: Norris said, though the evidence of the other clerk would be. nee sssss y for conviction, yet there was other circumstan tial evidence sufficiently strong, not only to warrant but to call upon hipv to commit for trial. The prisoners were ac cordingly committed. THE ARMY. GENERAL ORDER, MAY 27, 1823. His Grace the Master General has received his Majes ty's commands to allow a limited number of Field Officers and Captains on full pay, of the Royal Artillery, who may have served not less than 20 years, to sell at the regn lated price of the Infantry, their Commissions, of Field Officers or Captain respectively, to Officers of the line (to be selected by bin Royal Highness thlWommander . in -Chief), who, w' ..n promoted, would llicome uuat tarhed. The vacancies of glue Officers of the Art?flery thus al -1 lowed to return from the service, will I.e filled up in the first instance from the second list, And afterwards in the usual cour4e. The objects of this arrangement are, by making provi sion for certain Officers of the Artillery, who may be de. ' sirons of retiring in this manner front the Service, to en able the Master-General to reduce the list of seconded and half-pay Officers, and thus eventually to accelerate the promotion in the corps. It is, however, to be clearly understood, that this plan does tot in any respect alter the na' ure of the promotion, or the ordinary rules for the retirement of Officers of the Artillery, nor give any Offieer of the Artillery hereafter any right or claim to sell his Commission. It is adopted at present solely with the view of reme dying an existing inconvenience and evil; and no Offices is to consider himself in future c•?titled to found upon this arrangement any claim to sell Iris Commission. Those Officers who may be inclined to avail themselves of this plan to retire flom the service, will send their names to the Deputy Adjutant General of the Artillery, and the Master General pill select those who will be per mitted to sell, according to his view of the public con venience, and of the r.spective claims and merits of those who shall have sent in their names. (Signed) JOHN Illacuton, Lieut.-Gen. Dep.-Adj.-6en. Royal Artillery. The 2d division of the Iflth rent. of Foot embarked at Sheerness, on the 2Sth inst. far Ireland. A divisi on of the 62d regiment of Infantry will, on the ar rival of the 2d detachment of the 10th Foot in Ireland, em bark at Cork for Halifax. . . . The remainder of the 9th regt. of Llneers, will embark on the Bth or 10th of June, at Bristol for Ireland.. The fith regt. of Light Dragoons (Hussars) has arrived at Ipswich from Chatham. The .IStlt regt. of Infantry, has arrived at Weedon from Chatham. 11 . The 63th rect. of Foot is ordered, on the arrival of the 58th regiment at Weedon, to march from that station to Hull. to relieve the 73d regt. of Infant, y, which is directed to pro. cord to Scotian 1 . _ _ Wednesday the 9th Lancers, oilier the command of Col. !Umlaut!, marched into Bristol from Radipole barracks, on their route for Ireland. The transports are all ready, and ,wind fair, so that it is expected they will he embarked forth with. COWES. MAY 29.—Seven officers and 21.2 men, of different regiment's. were embarked from here this morning, on board the ship Brunswick, for Halifex and Quebec. On llomlay, the troop of Royal Horse Artillery. com manded by Major Latin., left Ringmer Barracks for Ire land. TRADE AND IkAVIGATION. From an Account laid before Parliament of the Ntimber of Vessels, with the Amount of their Tonnage, and the Number of Men and Boys usually employed in navigating the same. that belonged to the several Ports of the British Empire (except Ireland), on the 30th of September, 1821, there appears to have been then registered In essels. 16,331 3,071 64 102 311 3,401 Tons. 1,943,178 191,119 976,931 19,631 7,991 646 10,693 1,076 7,1+20 2,169 203.611 16,i110 Alen. England Scotland Isle of Garrosey...... Jercey • • SU • •• • British PI citations—. Total (raclubi vs of It In 1821 the nernhersl were In 1820 43.288 I 2.430,154 1 159,753 -r. 23.691 2,491.167 162,614 24,049 2.578,5111 107.827 It is a gratifying circumstance, that whilst the agricultural interest of the country is gradually recovering from its re cent depression the manufacturing districts are in a state of u nprecedented activity. Numerous factories are rearing, 1 1 and some thousands of cottages have within a short period spruug up for the accommodation of the increasing number of artisans. We are happy to state, that the shipping inter est, also, which for some time was in a most depressed state, even worse than that of Agriculture, but which depression the ship-owners bord with more fortitude and much less re pinieg, is now comparatively flourishing. Good vessels are in demand, and are becoming scarce. Our dock-quays are crowded with goods for Oxport ; and life and activity per vade all the marine departments. In every carpenter's yard one or more vessels are building; and every man able and willing to work may now readily obtain employment. The only parts about the docks which ire in danger of being mos.-grown arethe timber-yards, which are comparatively emptied of their contents, from the amazing quantity of timber which has lately been sent up the country, for build ings to the manufacturing districts. The tonnage of the port of Liverpool, fur the last yew', exceeded that of the preced ing year by Mt/54ton'; and there is every probsbility that this year will exhibits considerable increase. Such is the state of Liverpool In May, 1885.—(Lirerpou: Courier.) ' .^. • ' . MAILS. . - tea. •,. DM ARR. DUE. .4...%ThlVin 0 I 0....H011and W 0....Waterf0rd.....1 0....1111 mbro 0 1....0 &Jersay.•..o (....France 0 0....T.i5t10n 0I 0 ...Flanders ..• ••• •0 o....aotteliburg 0 0....Na1ta .•••0 PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 2191 1 India Stock 2314 3 per Ct. Red.... 80 794 80 1 Ditto 80nd?... 375. 35s.pas. 2 p.Ct.Cons... --Stitt 1 Ez.Bill.2d. ( 16s 10s —5 pm. 34 per Cent. .... ... 214 -1 1000/. 4 per Cents.. .. .... Oaf 1 5001. 164 104—s pm. New Fours .. .... wow 1 Small 17 20s —s pm Long Ann 204 5-16 I Lmp. 3 per Ct. Con.for Aect ... .... 51441 Vite *tatiroman. SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 31, 1/123. PA RI.IAMENTARY COMMENTARY. Mr. Attwood presented last night a petition from the Wurvers of Stockport, against the use of Machinery ; and that the local Magistracy might have the power of fixing a minimum of wages. Any legislatira interference, upon such subjects, in a sound state of things, would be mischievous ; as rhysic would be detrimental to a person in good health ;r—but our system is unhappily a system of infirmities; and it is continually necessary to bolster it up by expedients, abstractedly erroneous it: principle, :but necessary in practice, until we have courage to at- • tempt a thorough cure of the evils. Nothing but the use of the machinery could have carried our commercial prosperity so high ; and yettin every revulsion of trade, the nee of machinery has been productive of great evil amongst the inanfacitering dosses. It is said partial in terest must give way to the general good ; but can that evil be fairly called a partial one, which affects so large a troportion of the country as the manufacturing in; terest ? Mr. G. Phillips says that wages and comforts are encreased where the cotton machinery is introduced. Yet in the same breath, be says wages are low, and men cmly find the means of living comfortablyPn the extremely ' moderate rate at which provisions may be procured. This is an evident contradiction; but it steeds no argument to show that machinery which • dispenses with human labour, must lessen both the price of labour, as it lessens the demand for it. And if it were true th at individuals were •' paid more for managing machi nery for the mere labour of their own hands," than it would be a strange way of benefiting a class by giving an individual higher wages, and throw ing a sec►e entirely out of employment. Mr. Bennet quoted Mr. Cobbett, as having the most satisfactorily proved the advantages of machinery; and, certainly, to M.. Cobbett the country is indebted for the effectual, suppression of those riots, which had for their object,' the destruction of treachinery as applied to maneaetures. But this does not prove that no evils result from the nnli. mited use of machinery; nor that those wise feel them ' have no right to complain of them; nor that a,retnedy ' should not be'epplied, if a remedy could be found. We are decidedly in favour of a nanintuni of labour being • fixed. Let the demand for labour regulate the price of labour, in every degree beyond what is absolutely neces ' vary for the labourer's existence. Secure this point—se cure a maintenance for the labourer—and let the addi: tional value of his labour be regulated by the necessity for it. Regutate this minimum by •the price of wheat! Give him, as. the lowest remuneration for his labour, the price of a certain quantity weekly. Hut to leave labour to regtilate its own remuneration, when there is a lessening demand, it is to leave the labourer without pro tection, and to confer arbitrary power upon the capitalist whn may seize that moment to enter upon speculations that may have the effect of keeping labour depressed, and the market glutted. Mr. Ricardo, with much good natured simplicity, said " the remedylwas inithe hands of the people, and that a little foresight, and the cauCon that better educated people use, would enable them to improve their situation." A man who has always been successful, wonders how any body can be unfortunate. There is this fallacy in the;ease. The" better educated... have generally the means of existence within their pow er; and by a provident care of the excess, they may provide for future occasions; hot those who have a hard struggle to obtain barely enough for the passing day, and to satisfy the hourly wants of their families, have no opportunity of exer cising this " foresight." They are in the power of cit.- cumstances which they cannot controul, and it would be as wise to ask one bound on the wheel to release him self as to tell the labourer to better his condition. Mr. Maxwell presented a letter from Middlesex and Surrey, and very sensibly observed, that a low rate of wages was nut strvicahle to the country. The more the labourer has, the more lie is enabled to consume; and it is the colt samption of produce that creates the prosperity of the country : and the home market is, of much greater im portance than is generally conceived. To enable the population of Ireland to he well clothed,' would be to . create a new market for English m inufactures to an enormous extent. And to do this, it is only requisite to free Ireland from a stesilizine system, and enable her to exchange the produce of the fertility of that Island for the manufacture of this. The petitions were ordered to he printed ; but we must not hope for any legislative interference. The parties are tuo low in rank, to have a rested right in their means of subsistence. Mr. Huskisson, to prevent any discussion upon the reciprocity of Duties Bill, postponed it until Monday. He did wisely, for the measure will bear no discussion ; and he will be the wiser still to postpone it to the end of time. As tending to an act of suicide navigation laws we shall take the first opportunity of chewing that it is an experiment which ought not to he risked. Mr. Calcraft postponed his motion for the repeal of the Leather Tax, to the next Sessions. As it wo,d hare been lost, had it been passei, the circumstance w1:1 excite but little regret. The Irish Tythe Commutation Bill was considered in. Com• ' , a we.. As an experiment it is not likely to satisfy any party bet as breaking up the ground, and opening tt.e way for Much more insiiortsnt alterations, we should wish It to psis of which, howler, we base but little hope. Should It ge t through the lower House, there Is the House of Lords. where "innovation" is a word of such fearful import, ti.w. many noblemen would start with horror, if it were proposed to remove the Woolsack the eighth part of an inch from its usual situation. The enquirylnto the condact of the High Sheriff of Dub lin is likely to have out effect, which was not eontemplate:i on its commencement. We mean, a revival of the Spec : : Jury system in England, where packing is equally the orck of the'day ; and w here the practice has received the solemn sanction of the Court of King's Bench, as most undoubtee; law ! The attention of the public has neater Veen sufffcienity drawn to this point. The system pursued is so monstrous. so opposed to the fetter of the law, and to the Spirit of any rational Trial by Jury, that. like any other hideous; it •-; " To ha hated, needs but to be seen.' Some accidental circumstances have pat ws completely possession of the " secrets" of this part of the process or oar Courts of Law ; and, those who have affected suet an amazing degree of astonishment, at the detection of one in stance of packing juries in the Courts of Dublin, will pro bably elect to start with horror from the declaration, that every Special Jury struck in England for the last fifty }'ears', and probably for many years before, has been directly and absolutely packed, with as little regard to the intention or letter of the law, and with as much contempt for justice. as any Orange partisan, In any Court in trebled could ever hate evinced. The petitions of Mr.& Hunt and Mr.3.14%11%W. presented to the House of Commons during the present week, by no means expose the most hi,leons features of the Englidt practice; and Mr. John Hunt has been advised to a com plimentariconduct towards the Master of the Crown Office. which the state servant of the administration by no means deserves. When a man commits himself by a bad action. reason and law alike infer a had motive, and it is for the offender to sbew that such bed Motive did not exist. Front a few of the actions of the Master of the Crown Office, let our readers determine whether the proof of good moti►es are likely to be afforded. In the autunm of the yeti. 1917, the Master was detested in the use of en improper list of special jurors. The list. f or t h e m o st part, eonsitaing of ;persons who made a rega. tar trade of serving upon special jusies—of men who, on the failure of their outt Crain, had made:special interest with some Sheriff to dub them merchant's; Mellott:lt they had lone ceased to deal in any thing but jury oaths, and profitable verdicts. Tie parties who should have been spe cial jurymen were excluded to make room for this chosen corps of legal Janissaries ; and so Meet was this body, that it was by no means unusual for the .Ikeekwat upon the special jury list of London. to be an Esquire upon the special 3ury list of Middlesex ; and the corps kept mounting and relieving guard in Westminster and Guildhall. Many were not even citizens of London, at all ; although resident ckizenship was by the law an essential qua lification. But what cares practice for lam? Thia list was taken out of the blaster's hands, by the inter. ference of the Corporation of London. It had their been fur years inn du; Office ; although the law directs that, on ever!, nomination of a Jury, the Sheriff shall attend with the list of the parties eligible to serve. It Was, however. found mnre'eonvenient to have an olive list, a snug as sortment of parties who were known, and could he de pended upon for their attendance.'—Now, out of this list of favourites the present Master of the Crown Office, and every previous Master had been accustomed to nominate fairly. Mr. Horne Tooke, a been observer, but who did not see deep enough into this mutter, admitted the Mol ter acted very tairly in his mode of nominating; but that he presented him with a box of rotten oranges, out of which choose where he would, he could not find a sonnd one. Bot, no sooner was the bad list struck out of 11;c hands, than he refused any linger to nominate impartial ly; and for the FIRST TIME be set np the RIGHT or lIELECTtON; and the POWER or P.t cum& JPRIES. There is now upon the files of the Court of King's Bench, an affidavit by the Master of the Crown Office, tiled by hint on the argument fur a new tria;, in the rase of the king re. Edmonds, in the spring of 1531, in which the blaster swears that from his entrance into office, until the year 1817, he was accustomed to take the names at random by inserting his pen between the leaves of a closed book, and taking the name on which his pen accidentally lighted ; bat that he had then changed his m.o.'r, and commenced the practice of selecting, or pick. ing and packing; and that the Court bad decided he had such power, an.'e he 'lad therefore continued it. And yet, in the face of this sweating of the Matter of the Crown Office, the Conrt of King's Bench, on deli vering its opinion said the practice was of long stand ing, and ought not to be interfered with. The London Special Jury list now consists of some thous-Inds of individuals, equally eligible to serve the the office of special jurymen ; but the Master of thi , office disqualifies more than nineteen tscentieths of them by his own arbitrary and usurped authori4, ; refusing to take any one who has not the word merchant alliNed to his name : alledging that it has always hem the custom to take merchants only ; although in the old list, the tens merchant was merely • delusire epithet, not meaning a mere chant, but a retail dealer is armlet verdicts. What rational man can entertain a dosbt that the new power usurped by the Master, waS le enable Mine° pick his old fr:ends out of the new lists Why Id fairly in one instance, and unfairly in another ? The thing explains itself. In the argument on this MP, the Court of King's Reach held that the Master was authorised to use a sound diver lion in the selection. But the Mager himself puts this pies out of Court ; for he swears that lie has no atquaintanee with any of the parties, except a few of their names; and perhaps the persons of some half-dozen individuals. Bail were the case, he can exercise no discretion, either sound or unsound. Where all are equally eligible, and equally gaoled to him, what objection should he have tot& old'inede of im• partial selection. Discretion can only be foundedepon Mime ledge which he swears he does not possess. ET he hare sworn that be was personally acquainted with all the parties whom lie setected,anti that from his knowledge of them, he believed them the best qualified, we might had disputed his right, but we should have understood hi r plea. Rut can ice believe he would contend for a power of selecting certain individuals alone, if hedid not know ,them 3 • A story is told of Lori Bilenborough, that, on one oc casion, when some delay occurred on account of the ah• sauce of a Special Jur)man, his Lordship, after looking round, and not perceiving the face of one which was av fa utilise to him as the arch of Temple-bar, exelaime,, "(hi) bless my soul ! where Is Mr. Ilankey ?" • T