The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-10-18 00:00:00

... . . - . . - - . I * PI • ( .4..,1 . . 114 Ak f l4 .. (.. 7 . ~ ;,..• .3 , , ~,-4.- -..r.-Gitt b (... ... ~... .. 47 fa ' 4' 04 tummy ( ' I t Aar:ism:an, Or: . LONDON, W EDAES DAY, OCTdI3 - ER 18, 1820. - , . . . . . so. 4843. " The Cause fbr wiliest HAMPDEN jell in As Fidel, and SYDNkY died vie the Weld!" PRICg SeviM INettett. FROM TrESDAY'S hONDON Gil E TTE. WHITEHALL, Oct. le, ISPO. i v King has bees pleasedto order a conic d'elire to pass worst s it ', e mpowering the Dean and Chapter of the u • te cral Church of Exeter to sleet a Bishop of that See, t ‘ the tr3nslatlos of the Right Reverend Father in D oc tor tieorge Pelham, late Bishop thereof, to the See te; aid his Majesty has also been pleased by his of ii,oo r „„1 Aga m anual, to recomineed to the snid Dean and 4 j ri smile Reverend William Carey. Doctor In Divinity, ; e ye for them elected Bishop of the said See of Exeter. iiik . PUBLICATIOX II lIAND-BILLIL PUBLIC 0P1161. 4 1116W-STR 11 FT.—Yesterday morn ing, at eleven (Neck. Mr. Harmer, accompanied by Mr. Haydoisiittended before Richard llirnie, Esq., for the purpose of laying an information against Mr. Denis 0114ryen, of 21, Craven -street, Strand, for pub.. Halting a seditious and inflammatory placard or pest i ng-bi I I. the office. Mr. Harmer arrived ai 20 minutes put eight, stating that he had been detained by unavoid able circumstances. It was then arranged that Mr. O'Bryen should hare notice when his attendance was relaired. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. BANK! , L'PTCY ENL.tEn En. . %hp.. Illsetburn. Lancashire, cettua-macufacturer, frA Octi t W NO. la BANKRUPTS. . . The Magistrate being engaged, they were referred to the Clerk's office for that purpose, when a deposi tion to the following effect was made upon oats John Join*. of No. I,44erderter's-row, Westminsow, being sworn, on his oath, says—That on the night of the of July, 1819, about eleven o'clock, a gen tleman, whom deponent has been informed. and verily believes, to be Mr. Denis O'Bryen, came to hie bowie in Gardener's row, and pulled out a bundle of printed' bills, and requested the deponent to post them ots the walls from Westminster to Smithfield. Deponent ob served that there was no printer's name attached to the bills, and objected on that account to post thin', but the gentleman told him not to be afraid, for he would meet him at Charing-cross, and go through with him. Deponent consented, and the following night. about , eleven o'clock, he proceeded to post the bills. They , were in number about 200. Deponent posted them es fay as Charing-cross, where he waited for his employer, but he did not come there, and he went on posting the bills till he came to Smithfield. The gentleman came to him some time afterwards, and gave him V. fpr the job. Depoonit's regular charge would have been about 125.. The same person had employed him several.times before to post bills at night. Some little time ago the same gentleman came to him, and request ed him to post some smaller bills, but deponent ob jected, upon which the gentleman laughed and esti he would lead him a great coat to bide his peeneynt. Deponent, however, refused, aid the gentleman imsgis ed and said, he need not be afraid, for, " like was taken up, it would be all the better for him." The bill now produced, headed—" To the non-repreemstod," was ene of thase he had so posted. It was slated July el, 1819. DEFENCE OF THE QUEEN. (Continued tress the First Edition of Yesterday's Statssinsta. At five minutes after two the Judges returned, and begged permission of the House to have until to-mor row. to consider the question. The LORD IN ►\caLLPR then moved that the House should adjourn until to-morrow morning. Upon which, Lord CAIINANVON rose. lie conlol not help expressing that he thought the Douse were sitting there most unprofitably, discu.sing points of , law, which had no connexion whatever with the suh lea on which they were ultimately to decide. Were they tamely to submit to the request of the Ministers of Crown, and give up the human sacrifice for which they thirsted, and then come to decide the crimes, strict they had immolated the victim on the Ow ? Their Lordships might do well in putting questions to the Judges, but they must, at last, decide un this question, and he thought, they had better meet it manfully. lie would not apologise fur wasting time, for they could not waste it inure than they had done. Lord &Slime rose for the purpose of submitting the following • question to the consideration of the Judges:—" Whether, suppcsing, according to the rules 9f law, that evidence of a conspiracy to suborn witnesses ought not to be received, except, as far as relates to a proeecuter or agent employed by him, ge neral evidence of such a conspiracy ought not in the first instance be received, as • pieliminary step to instituting criminal proceedings against the prosiest. tor or agent employed by him ? And whether the same rules of receiving evidence ought nut to apply to the defendant ?" [ A i k k Heeley. Staillurdethirm dealer in ale and porter. orm i ir p i t . !s, 34. and Not. Is, at the Castle Hotel, se,rtiWasder-Lysee. Attorneys, Mr. Preston, Burstein ; ad Hon, me/ sod Co. Lincoln's Inn, Old-square, Lun- M T. e. Jam rd B. Powell. Wrexham. Denbighshire. gro tere wl.** and Nov. Mt at the Wynestay Arms Inn, mreskes. Anemoys. Messrs. Long and Austin, Gray's 14.4 Lei.; mil Mr. Wows., Wrexham. J. ca m s. ohise, Yorkshire, cotton-spinner. Nov. 6, 7. and P. at Me Star Ina, Maschester. Attorneys, Mr. Lige, Narecksaff ; aad Messrs. Milne and Parry. Temple, Loads. J. R eE k = Dock, stationer. Oct. 211. 30, and Not.* dike Caere-house, Plymouth Dock. At well, Mt /kat* Iftmieadt Dock. J. Arta, irielskeele. Yorkshire. grocer. Nov. o.i, and IF. M the tzar Ina, Maeeliester. Attorneys. Messrs. Sedative/et, (;ray's Ise, Leedom ; and Mr. Whitlow. Masehaster. J. H. Smith, R,iIMl, anetioaser, Oct. 30. 31, and Nov. IF. at the Rub Taws. Attoruer.44l Daniel, Bristol; and Mr. Pomo, Pump-court, Temple. 1 ondon. W. Mattis, shire. grocer. Nov. 1. 2. and 2s. at Me Lslsl ta rs, Shropshire. Attorneys. Mr. Rettertne. OAK Dikylea ; and Mr. I% right, King's %mkt Walk, Tesiple. Leedom F. OrrewelLims. Les& dowse-monger. Nev. 14, 15. and IK it me Cemreissame. (eeds. .Ittorne)s. Mr. Dunning, Leaded h‘d lidorsids. Simonds-inn. London. J. sal& halt-mla, Yorkshire, flax-spinner and corn-mil ler. ed. 3D. 11, sad Nov. OE at ales en. at the Doc and Duck Terms. Ball. Ationneys, Messrs. Rosser and Sun, Bart k:'.-buildings, Holborn, London ; and Messrs. Frost, H.. 11. cgorrirteATzs, Noyaxata T. flowee, Lyon. weehonaker—J. Woodernk Cleveland " Him Pitcroy-squars, linen-dreper—.l. Millingen. Castle weet.Bewdeditek jeweller -4i. Marshall, York, lines mere:am-6. Fester, Leicester. tallow-chandler—W. Wilk imim, Tenon Hilll/11W. Derbyshire. ttlesmith—J. Fletcher, Pipiey, Derbyshire. dealer—k. 11011)er. Kennington-lane, Lambeth, vaster mariner--T. Thorp, Reddish, Lancashire, alieo-ptiMer. (Dffidessds. 4c. to-morroer.) The House agreed to have the question put ; upon which they adjourned until this day. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—OeT. 16: The House met pursuant to adjournment, and the Speaker took the Chair at a quarter before four. There was a very full attendance of Members. Ueueral lisscoterre presented a petition from the I inhabitants of Liverpool, complaining that oat of al popluation of 110,000, no less than 10,000 received _parochial oil. and 13,000 wars naable to pap their rates. Thegallant lieneral made several observations with great force and clearness, attribatlag the di► tress felt by the inhabitants of Liverpool to the dertay of trade, which necessarily brought on an increase of paupers. The Petition prayed for relief generally. It was read and ordered to lie on the table. NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. Tbe Venus, Wittio, from Keel for Weymouth, with millsplit, and the Lark, Barrows, from Trilby for New lin', with sails spilt and bulwarkssture, put into Pen :arm, or the 14th inst. The Rliza Knightly, Smith, sailed from Malaga on the 13th for Lon do n, and put back the follow ing day, with part of her cargo much damaged. viz. 331 barrels ad PI boxes of raisins, &c. The vessel proceeded on her , on the 17th lilt. r e iof the urea of a large vessel, snpposed to be a Swede, lamod to France, was Brien on shore on the 4th Wt. oo ale Island of .twist; also 16 masts of about b 0 feet isa,z e sti a ton of tar. The I. ' l4l ' l ollg, Edwards, from norileamt for Rotterdam, with wines and brandy, put into Falmouth am the 14th inst. leakv. MARGATE. Ore. !C . —The slatiltle, Whiles, hound to Antwerp, went on shnreon the lan Sand, on the evening of the 14th inst. She has been got off again, with the lame( troller, anchors and cables, and other damage, ma hark this meriting for the River, in charge of the avaark and logger, by whose assistawe she had been got ag the Send. TALVIRAisn, JUNE !N.—Vessels now at anchor in this bob fir. Isabella Robinson, Mitchel, from the Coast to lade. Emperor Alexander, Munn; Cyclope, Braith nahr, on the 26th of May, from Liverpool. Williams, /Smith, on the 20th of 3lxv, front the late new discovered had, is lat. 62. 30. S. Will, Ilawham ; Egan', Peters, bossdfo Limo. Anne, Bowers; Lady Francis, Comp. tear Herenles, Henderson, on the 1011; of June, from Liana; and H. M. Ships Hyperion and Andromache. VUSELA SPOKEN lllTH.—Caledonia, —, on the 4th of October, from St. Pooling°, for London, by the Tri dent. arrived At Falmouth. Esih of London, (non Jamaica, on the sth Inst. in lon. 10.311. by the John Tobin, Lyon, arrived off bkihiserren. The Isabella, Cameron, arrived in the Clyde from Ja maica. spoke on the 1611, ult. in lat. 39. 46. Oriental Parket brie of war, of IS guns and 110 men. cruising for peniatrls, on the 96th. in lat. 47. 53. lon. 33. 22. The of Liverpool, ont 3 weeks, for St. Johns. &I lona, of Brangernouth, out 3a days for Mirainichi ; and on the 30th, in lat. 51. 11. lon. 24. the Highlander, of Aberdeen, from Philadelphia. New John, from Jamaica to Liverpool, on the sth inst. iu lat. 541. 38. lon. 12. !. by the Hanby, Bale, arrived at Liverpool. Mara, —, fro* Bordeaux, in lat. 19. S. lon. 68. R. "'etyma. —, from London for Rio Janeiro, in lat. 3 . 30. 30. Friends. of Bristol, in lat. 48. 30. lon. Ir. Kensinfrton, from Liverp o ol to Philadelphia ' s's the I.ltb 1114 by the Columbus, Robbins, arrived at Cowes. 11. M. S. Minden, from Bombay and the Cape of (Food Hope, in lat. 31. 11. lon. 36. 13. Montreal, UN Jamalea to London, in 1at.49. 20. lon. It. 30. H. M. S. Shear water, for St. Helena, ou the ffilltb of Amuse. IS !`i 11. 3 . lon. 22. Koval Sam, from Trinidad to Corp, in lat. 41. It. lon. 41. bi the Margaret, Simpson, arrived at Portsmouth. Meads ) . evening a meting of the Carpentera-ani Joiners of the Metropolis was held in the Assembly r oat Brewer's -street, Bolden-scptare. The room was crowded to excess, and some hundreds went stray foe want of room to stand even at the doors. The Male Ira takes at half-past six o'clock by a Mr. Amity% lA*. in a short and impressive speech, stated the ob jects for which they were convened, and expresso& his that; as the heeling was solely bad kw the *Onion of the trade, no person who did sot belong to that trade should address than. The illsetiag west aridly legal, he coincided, ashes it was said tiset ity was a sin. After a variety ef other limbos. 1 6 Meeting screed to a seeks et resolutions sad ea address. This wu one of the most at►ocious pro ductions that ever issued from the press. The deposition being completed, and a wanaitillati up, they were both laid before Mr. Eirnie by tie par ties; when the following tlialogne ensued : Mr. Birnie. (after having road the deposition) " Is this all ?"—Mr. Harmer replied that it waiot-tMr. Bionic 46 I ems't issue a worrewt-wpon elirimew petard evidesee of an accomplice."—Mr. 4tarreer. Well, Sir, but we are not at present ready nub say other tostimsay."—Mr. Birnie. I cannot help that, Mr. Harmer. This man is equally culpable with his employer, and, if the business proceeds, I shall feel it my duty to commit him also."—Mr. Harmer. "it appears to me, Sir, that the person who employs these poor creatures is the most culpable. We renld have brought the printer, but his evidence world be liable to the some objection."—Mr. Dirsie. " Most as suredly."—Mr. Harmer. "Then, Sir, Ido not :ee that there can at present be any other evisiense."--Mr. Birnie. " I do not know that."—Mr. Harmer. '" Yes; but while we are arranging that evidence Mr. Denis O'Bryea may be off."—Mr. Birnie. " I should not think so; but at all events it is very irregular to proceed in this way." Mr. Harmer. "Sir, if you will suffer the apprehension of this person to take place upon this deposition, I pledge myself to pro duce the other evidence when he appears before you." —Mr. Binde then requested to look at the posting-bill, and it was handed to him. The worthy Magistrate reed it, and obey red, that this wa■ one which was pro duced last week.—Mr. H. " Yes it wu, amongst many others, but no specific Information was laid upon it." Mr. Bi►sie and the applicant parties then retired into Mr. Stafford's dice, sad were some time in con sultation ; when they returned, Dlr. Bin& wrote a letter to Sir B. Hobbeeee. UndersSecretary of State I for the Home Department, which he skewed to Mr. Harmer, who expressed his entire approval of it. The warrant and deposition were enclosed in this letter and sent to Sir B. Hobbonse, at the Home Office. After some tins* the messenger returned with a note, the purport of which, as we understand, was to desire the Magistrate to •ee his own discretion. Mr. *rale immediately signed the. warrant, but Mr. Harmer was not then present, and it resembled on the table ready to lie served when the partiteupply lag ibseW call for its execution. Mr. Manta subsequently explaised,'that the only motive for hesitation on his part in signing the war• rant was, that the evidence on which it was applied for was that of an accomplice. The warrant was to the following effect:— " Pt:mac-orrice. 1101C-STRFET. "To all Constables and others whom it may eon- “ These are, Is his .Majeary's mune, to command you and retry of you, upon sight hereof, to take lam your safe custody and bring before me, die body of Dennis O'Bryea, he being charged, on the oath of John Joon, with unlawfully pablisbing, and causing to be published, a certain seditious sod intiamnsatory posting bill, with intent to excite dignifectien in the minds of the people towards his tato and present Ma jetty's Government, and Arida Ipleat to sabred the laws of this country. t 6 Moen sailer, ry 141044140119 .11th day of 1511) : SA a,• • WPM 1 ,: l it. MCI It. - . . Mr. O'lleye n attended it 10410PraleMi .la the eveit lag, la permute” of notion of the wlirtail be*. soul is Mite. At *reit, Ar.. , lliaramsr aashariag vise. Mr. Okra asked ty. Bireie loloodbot, assess, sad also with •iiefoimasetoo• bib: iH trate of imolai, is was simeesary for itise to rsSdd 111r.181i: sit sasurersd la the fogad'', and Ilit. Oliries let THE QUEEN. Lord CALTLERIAOII moved that a Select Committee be appointed to search the Journals. of the House of Lords for their Lordships . proceedings respecting the Bill of Pains and Penalties against her Majesty. Mr. Tteaxxv suggested that the motion should embrace the proceedings of this day, which was agreed to. The SPEAKER then named the Members of the Com mittee, consisting of Mr. Broughatn, Alv. Musicisson, Mr. Lone, and several other Members. The Sea:Area then moved that the Committee should proceed forthwith to the performance of the order of the House. which was agreed to, sad the Committee retired to the Exchequer Chamber for that purpose. Lord Jour RI:SII'LT. note and stated, that he held in his hand, a Petition from the Inhabitants of Ply month, signed by 21)00 persons, being a larger num ber than ever before addressed that House on a politi cal question. After taking notice of the proceedings now before the House of Lords against her Majesty, under the Bill of Pains and Penalties, the petitioners, cousidering such a mode of proceeding as unconstitu tional, and dangerous to the safety of the kingdom, prayed the Members of the House of Commons would at once reject the Bill should it be brought before them for their assent. The Noble . Lord stated that when the petitioners entrusted this their petition to him for pre sentation to that lionse, they added a request that he world support its prayer ; and although he should not now enter into an examination of the evidence ad duced in support of the Bill, he had no hesitation is saying that be so entirely disapproved of the prin ciple of the Bill, he should most certainlyy?r. onto,. its admission into that House ; but he hoped it would never find its way to the threshold of the House. He must indeed be permitted to say that the result of the evidence was nut such is in his opinion to render it necessary for the Qom. to rootless her defence. With respect to the people of this country they appeared to be of the same mind with himself; end in this point of view, looking at expediency alone, be could net see the utility of pressing a mese sure which professed to have for its object the pre : serration of the public morals against the force' of a bad example. The people were of opinion that the charge of setting a bad example was not proved egoistic the Queen. The people disbelieved it, and therefore the ides of passing the Bill to prevent a bad example was idle and absurd. The Noble Lord concluded by moving that the pctitien should be read. It was read accordingly ; and ea the Epithet put- I flotilla ganders that it should hi as the table. Mr: Locomen? rose, and expressed his perfect" laisoidemee with the eradiatd, of the NobliLord who bad jail sat down; He sessiderod the Bali of Pak. teat Prealtirs not ody. most sueseatitodsual sod iujodidess, het aumet c .yislout sieossro, sad tales-. *al to ustee i tor the 4* of the mitlsikr-elasseed Sir tOPI. rre .Th• Ustilowoble elPsderesi ibis es ibtad Tito a very learned asamiaselas 1 the molts disallow at the emery, sod roosodad to mar out two propositions, the establishment of chisel. Of which would, he codtenried, be sufficient to annul the Bill of Pains and Penalties The rut protioSitido was that (even supposing adultery in thc Quben Consort, or the wife of the Heir Apparent l to be an offence punishable by impeachment, if the offence were not committed abroad with a foreigner,) the Hill did not disclose the necessary fart' to take the offence, in this particu• Car instance, net of the general law, and therefore the Bill, upon the face of it, was Unconstitutional. 1 be .ed proposition was, that the offence was not punishable at lair as a crime of High Treason. To stipport this brined of his argument the Hon. Gentleman entered into ad elaborate argument upon the construction of theStatittir 'or - 1 1 1srard 111. and supported his argu ments b; various authoritirs. The, authority against him was Lord Coke, and the Hon. Gentleman expressed his surprise, that that great lawyer should have been so misinformed of the facts upon which he drew his conclusion, that the offence in question came within the law of treason as explained by that Statute. The Eon. Gentleman observed, that if he 'hewed Lord Coke to have been mistaken as to the facts, his conclusion must fall to the ground. To establish this part of the argument, the Honourable Gentleman quoted Spelman and s.-veral other eminent fetal and histori cal authors, tending to show that the trio unhappy Queens who were pnt to death in the reign of Henry the VIII. were not attainted of the crime of High Treason for ashfltery, as is generally supposed. Anne Boleyne, the Honourable Gentleman said, was attainted of other crimes than that of trea son, and between her sentence and execution, her marriage with Hairy was annulled en the ground of a preeontract with another. This shewed that adultery was not the offence for which she was put to death, for es thg marriage with Mary was annuli: J, Anne Boleyne could nut have committed adultery to that marriage. With respect to the second unror tonate Queen Catherine, (the second of that name who was married to Henry) the Hen. Oen,. proceeded to sinew that her offence was entirely of a political nature, and not connected with the charge of Adulte-y.— The authority of Lord Coke being shakes, the Hononr able Gentleman said, be would proceed to look at rho principle of the statute io question, and he undertook to satisfy every Lioyer, the adultery, even if it were earn nalued by i he Queen with a native, was no offence against the statute in question. The Honourable Member proceeded at considerable length to argue that much dada' existed whether the crimes charged against her Majesty came under the description of high treason ; and that When the JuLlg• preseason* it net to bow she fens of Levis should not have proceeded one step farther. If they coon nmancod the Bill, they would be opposiag the founda tion of the statute of Edward 111., and destroying the very existence of Magna Charts. If such a crime as that charged had been committed, it would hare been meek' ore consistent- with the honour and dignity of the crown, and the safety and morals of the people, to have come to any expedient, rather than have in stltated the present proceedings. He trusted they would be met by such an expression-of -feeling in that House, as would completely reader them dead and extinguished. Another petition was then presented 'by Lord J. RnssaLs to the samepurport, sad ordered to lie un the table. . Mr. Huai presented a petition from the Royal Bergh of Dander against the Bill of Piing and Pe nalties,—Ordered to lie on the table. • SIR ROBERT BAKEIL. Mr: Hexe thin rose, and said' he wished to bring before the attention of the House, a subject.which hail involved the country in much confusion. His object was to admit* motion to the House for the purpose of calling Sir R. Baker to the Bar of that House to answer fur his conduct on a recent *cession to which be should advert. Ile had traced for the last three years, a person who had gone under different names, and who had established a regular depot of seditiipas and treasonable placards. ile was prepared to prove the existence of a •ronspirary ice the . purpose of exciting disa ff ection and tumult among h is blijesty . 's sublets. The lions: would rectal. legit, when those lux bills had beenpassed; which were intended to destroy the liberties of the ionlltry, how mach use bad been made of the placards and hautl-hills, which were distributed at that period. The House wee already aware that on the first of April IM a treasmeable rimmed .had•appeared at Glasgow east Paisley. lie had it In hie hand ; it was not es vio lent as sow of the others ; but at hat were the isousto. quinces dam ?---(Here the Honoureble (Jeetleetan teed part of the planed).—As :inn as this had made its ap pearance, the Maghtrates offered a . reward 01'3000/. fur the author, sad his Makete'e Government Jailing re ceived the information, riNeitki a reward of MN% on the fith of April, with a 'semi!, of a. pardon to Rh bet the isa diehlaal who wrote it. Nor Aid the proceedings reit there. Ott the Oth of April, the heaJs tit twenty Email.* were wrested at Ul.sgow end Paisley - 414111A into taw fitment ; and be had a letter in his hunt) from one of those individuals, N very remittable itei4tat?, wid,th stated that be was eonveved to prison 6t • a 'Alien- gaud, and *at wens he was ' bronght te. he examined before Mr. Hope, the elsarge•agalkst Min *as fur having,iseutesi a treasonable placard. All his papers bad been seized in the meta time. Tet the poly ground un which the accusation could be 'mapper* tars. that t heir bad fuond oat hem &filet) of rational-Region, awl 'll improved of the introductiosief the military, eweept in seliedinatioa to the eitil power mad •in eases of extree.neeeesity. Thu, id' one aig‘t. Ilte Node of twenty families were seized; an evil of net maell inagnitade itself to the unfortunate iadividnala het *lll terse. and more attkate Mao' that; tit riots -were •prodeemi ,I f t ceded In Special COMM as. anrkatt eve/WWI, knew, dire is piddle imeetteleni. Jr. was, therefore, of woe Me =dial tkeproeeedi to whiell he allodeal should te their suave. ' Jodie-Ideal connected with theta hill been traced b r.• Untie. •Pranoir, who laarlt *his jousout..bad. - hintlielliwith peat ae. 'tivity,on'tke'likafaion • pfither of the Piste Com- Mitts,. d irt sari II; • tent tspuf the Mloisten. that the very I ited to confer a cam*. meat as the Abel me the woos of detests inn sod as time who had treated her with so mock injustice, ifis would say distinctly, that this sonspiracy !