The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-02-09 00:00:00

item A limo has oftentimes been obliged to t h e conduct of affairs to those who have most J e d o f injured him, and even to turn from those h a ve best served the country. In his situation o ne KING has no such constraint on his ac tor.. We have reason to believe that his MA -00 a nd his present Ministers are not of one mo wn the subject of the time for fixing the i isol atio n of Parliament. Many sincere friends to p tbeireotiotry expect much in favour of liberty from iiipprosching event, so little calculated upon a ort time ago. Fur our own parts, we have no barr ing idea on the subject of change of men.— without a REFORM, we know that nothing essen apr pad or lasting will or can be done. The geg ital blow KING'S strike at liberty is the od t in; their people in the name of the law : and t h e expedient they most willingly employ for it is t h e atrat aselogous to their general views and cha thetee—bribery. Considering the Legialatiire as the most formidable censor of his conduct, if it were ra ndy composed and uprightly disposed, the Kisc or PRINCE labours to have as many of its %embers as possible 'his dependants. In these i s iighinied days, when all kinds of iseentions .I he finds it no dialcult task ' with an expe rt *; or two, to have as ' many of the Members sf nil er House of Parliament at his disposal • will satisfy all his ambitious end selfish views. TM it is that the arts 'which influence pram assemblies are employed to win those Mars who would otherwise 'oppose his oiects. Tenptations are offered to the es. the ambitious, the needy, according to their does: all those who choose to espouse the pally dtbe Crown, may (through a corrupt Ministry) obis their price. Thus the rulers of the empire I rest;fute themselves to power—sell the cause of libert to indulge their base passions—betray their meshy ;a contempt of their most sacred engage tient,. Dud the Legislature itself becomes the con jeoptible tool of tyranny: and when things are to this pitch, taws are made favourable to !tkrich (Corn Bills fot instance), and to the op pima of the poor : and for fear the latter should parn at the ill usage by the neglect of their prayers, their petitions, and their remonstrances; to the Legislature and the Throne, other laws ere made for making them bold their peace, and for stcuring their submission by an augmentation of 'he standing army k already, perhaps, double the lousier it otsght to be, consistently with the dic tates of a Constitution founded upon the basis of liberty!!! —.0110.---- i.lritatoesz has offered plenty of reasons for the learned of the law to reflect on his particular 1 case. His authorities are u numerous as they are apposite; and we propose, when he has prepared thy whole of his research or appeal, to take the matter up distinctly : in the mean time we make so hesitation in repeating what we said at first, that, if the House of Commons (one branch only of it Legislature) be allowed to exercise the autho . they have so unreasonably, so ILINCONSTITU SALLY assumed, the liberty of the press may be !spoken of, but cannot be fonnd in this country ; ass will any man, who discusses the procedings of the Commons House freely, know whether he may sleep at home the next night or in Newgate ! It is time we asserted the claims of right reason, sad acted rationally, whatever one or more Judges say say about musty precedents, for which twice the number may he blind on the other side ; or, in spite or slavish deference to the " powers that be." STOCK EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK. The speculators for a rise in the Funds seem to pub their operations to a very great extent, and, owered by the convalescent state of his MAJESTY, tad the continued plentifulness of money, they have m far been successful. The price of Consols for the kermint was yesterday as high as 68i, and after a tillin g re-action, they ultimately closed at ON. This Inc they opened at that price, and have con hoed so during the early part of the day, no mate lialoperations taking place to occasion any alters: lion one way or the other. It is rumoured that the Ministry in Madrid is divided in its opinions. The Minister of State, the Duke de San Fernando, and the one of Finance, Salmon, are at variance with the War Minister, Mos, and Mate Florida, of the Department of Jaice. The King sticks firm to his old ad users, &mom° and the Duke de Alarm. As soon as the arsenal and dock-yard of La Caraca nas taken, all the prisoners confined in the horrid dungeons of Las Quatro Tories, one of the worst Prisons in Spain, the Bauble of that country. ' "ere set at liberty. it was there Miranda died. It is said they were very numerous, and some tar amounted to 1,200. Among them were many Lilierales, as well as South Americans. The famous Patriot, called Cojo de Malaga, was among them, wbo,ia 1813, was pardoned by Ferdinand in Ma drid, when ready to ascend the gallows. A corps of S6O volunteen has been formed in La Isla, chiefly tin of retired soldiers. The present leaders are beloved by the soldiers, and they are well paid and fn', Which is not the ease with those fighting for 4 "dinand. .The dinner to be given to the Right Hon. Lord "Coe, by the Scottish Whigs, on his Lordship" 13 ifiting his native country, has been postponed, lalwl legnence of the lamented death of his Majesty. THE STATESMAN. COURT OF KING'S BRATH.—(Tmts D 4- ) Till WINO U. RUNT ♦YD (WHIMS. Soon after the Judges had entered the Court, the CNIZI JUSTICS informed Mr. Hunt that the Court uas ready to hear hiui upon the motion which he made on Saturday last. Mr. Hunt accordingly rose, and observed, that It was his intention to more for a writ of certiorari to remove his trial from the county of Lancaster to that of York or of Middlesex. In reply to what had been said respect ing the necessity of all the defendants concurring in the motion, he stated that, at the beginning of the Term, Mr. Chitty had made the same motion oo behalf of all the defendants, which was refused by the Court. The Cniar Jusrtce thought Mr. Chitty had only ap plied on behalf of part of the defendants. Mr. Calm informed the Court that only two or three names were mentioned in his affidavits. Mr. Hunt resumed. Since Saturday he had received affidavits from some of the other defendants, expressing their desire that the trial should be removed, on account local prejudices, and though the letters of the rest ma nifested a disinclination to move the Court further, on the ground that such proceeding was hopeless, yet they did net by any means dissent from the general nish that the trial should take place elsewhere. He had, besides, authorities to show that the Court did not always strictly adhere to the rule it now laid down, for lie could shot% from tenser cases, that writs of certiorari had bees granted in several instances where the whole of the dr Pendants were not in Court. In support of this argu ment, Mr. Hunt referred to flawkiwe Pl.oftheCrove,4 v. see. 50, and to the case of the King v. the inha6itaats Shoreditch. recorded in Alareh's Reports. He observed. also, as tending to show the little chance which existed of a fair trial in the county of Lancaster, that upon Mr. Pearson recently applying for a list of the Spe cial Jurymen summoned for the ensuing Assizes, lie had been informed that the list was not yet made out ; whereas it ought to have been made out at the last Oc tober Sessions. lie would submit it to their Lordships, whether, alter the recent transactions at Manchester, and the great agitation which had thus been excited in the public tnind, whether an impartial trial could be ex pected in the county where these transactions occurred ? He would not repeat to the Court the expressions of de spair with which the letters of the other prisoners were filled respecting the hope of receiving assistance from this Court. For his part he entertained no apprehension. He was convinced that their Lordships would act with propriety; and if his motion was refused, lie should go down to his trial, firmly convinced that there were not twelve men in the county of Lancaster who would pro nounce bite guilty of the offence with which he was charged. The Court, after a short consul'ation, ordered those parts of the affidavits to be read which deposed to the public prejudice existing in the county of Lancaster. The Cum' JUATICE then informed Mr. Hunt that he might take a rule to shew canse why a certiorari should not be granted, on its being shelve that all the de fendants concArred in the application, and upon their entering into recognizance, to go to trial at the next Assizes, and to accept short notice of trial. M. Hunt expressed himself satisfied with the rule in this shape. The following order of Govern nent bein,g in contrary to all former practice, must necessarily surprise the British merchant and mechanics.— It puts us in mind of the physicians when the case of the patient is desperate—to give him any thing. he may ask for : The Lords of the Treasury have given directions to allow mechanics, artificers. &c. to emigrate from Great Britain to any corntry, and in any ship." The Russian Government, it is well known, has availed itself of this relaxation, by engaging many able engineers and machinists. Sir Vicary Gibbs, late Chief Justice of the Court of Common Fleas, and Recorder of Bristol, died yes terday morning at half-past four o'clock, at his town residence in Russell-square. He was in his sizty-fifth year. Parliament, it is said, will be dissolved much earlier than was generally expected, in order to avoid as much as possible all discussion of un pleasant subjects until a new Parliament shall be assembled. The vote for the army will be for • short and limited period, so as to pass to the re enactment of the Mutiny Bill in the course of the present month, and bring on the general election in the first week of March The new Parliament would then meet about the middle of April for the dispatch of all the important business of the year. There are ten Members returned for the two counties, Westmoreland and Cumberland, sere* of whom are the nominees of ONE man. Lord Thanet names one. Lord Morpeth is supposed to be the popu lar Member for Cumberland ; and the worthy Repre sentative, Mr. Curwen, is the choice of the freemon of Carlisle. The remaining seraa are the seas, brother*, and agent*, of the Earl of Lonsdale !—Will any person in his senses say this is not a gross violation of the peo ples rights ? A Paris paper contains the Royal Ordonnance' dated the Ist of December, for the reeal of the exiles, who are authorised to return to France, after having, in the presence of a French Ambas sador or Minister, taken an oath of fidelity to the King, and of obedience to the Constitutional Charter and laws of the kingdom. - • The Demerara papers to the sth December state, that it has been enacted by his Excellency I the Governor and the Court of Policy, with rela tion to the registration of slaves and triennial returns , (and more particularly to a clause in a recent Act of Parliament. which orders, that a ft er the Ist alt. no pur chases of slaves shall hold good, unless such slaves have been duly registered and sent to the British office), that it shall be lawful for persons, not yet having made re turns of slaves legally imported into the colony since the 39th May, ISI7, to make and return the same, first obtaining the leave of his Excellency, It is a singular but well-attested fad, that the Act for the succession of the House of Brunswick to the Throne of tired Britain. which passed in the reign of Queen Anne, was carried hr a majority of one vote only. Joseph Nice, Esq , for Lyme, in Dor setshire. gave the casting vote ; on which occasion, her Majesty caused a number of medals to be struck with a suitable inscription, one of which was presented to each of the Members who had voted in favour of it. The Ktrio, since the first attack of bis late den . germs indisposition, has lost mac hundred and thirty ounces of blood at different periods. On Sa turday, his MAJESTY was so much recovered as to converse with the physicians with some degree of I cheerfulness. THE KING'S INDISPOSMON. It gives us much pleasure to be able to lay before our readers the subjoined Bulletin, which, from its import, would lead us to hope, that his MAJESTY will in a very few days be restored to perfect health Carl 'on-Palace. Feb. 9, half-past Eleven, a. m. The King has scarcely any complaint left. (signed) If. Ilat.rom w. KNIOISTOW. M. J. Taoism. Yesterday the liing received visits from the Dukes of York, Clarence, and Sussex, and Prince Leopold,who remained some time with his Majesty. The following. . were the amusement of the lei sure moments of a Noble 'Aril, on a winter's evening\ by the fire-side of a reverend relation residing in the cot my in which the scene lies:— TIIE DEVIL'S DYKE. Ititllll2o TO ills ROYAL illetttlll Tilt PRINCE Rti FOR Till IMP ZZZZZZ NT 07 IiaIOISTON AND THOM. S. To tempt mankind wu Satan's chirp, Allow'd by Heaven to roam at large ; Nor could there be an end of sin, Till power was given to hem him in. This the sly tempter knew full well, And seldom was at home in Hell ' ; tat stoned the earth from Pole to Pole, Hunting for man's immortal soul. 'Till ono day, as he dew o'er Brighton, Its highest bill he chased to light on. Whence, lookiag down on Poyaing's charel4 Tnought himself fairly In the lurch ; For still he fears the Eternal rod, And trembles at the House of Ood. Nearer to go he did sot like, The hill became the Devil's Dyke. And this bless'd hour had say'd es all; But Po)aing's church was much too small. That useless trap I set to catch him ; TM fault was iala•—we still must wateh him. Yet far less sin would now be seen, If Poynlng'e Rector were a Dean. And if a Bishop he should he. TM Devil would be driven to set; Where. as his last sad surest chance, No passport he would want for Franae. There, quite at home, at Fort Aimaible. In eery mouth he'd bear Diable. ' 1 al the foot of DerCe Dyke. The Duke de Bt Rat gave a splendid ball at Paris, two days after the intelligence of the death of the Duke of KFNT reached that capital. The Earl Whitworth and the Du'chess of Dorset and family, who arc still at Naples, are expected home the latter end of April. The Countess of Mornington, the mother of his, Grace the Duke of Wellington, walked at his Isle Majesty's Coronation. She was then reckoned! amongst the newest of the Irish Nobility, Lord Mortingten being only advanced in 170 0 . to the Earldom : and of those who were present at the former, she is possibly the only Peeress now re maining who may appear at the new Coronation. The Queen's Crown, which is now in the Rega lia (Mice in the Tower, and which was made for James the Second's Consort, cost 111,900/. Its wei,ght is nineteen ounces only, exclusive of the velvet. %ery little, if any, of the gold can he seen, it is so profusel,• cowered with jewels. Our readers will Imagine this, when they find, that although its diameter at the rim is only fire inches, and its entire height, to the top of the cross, only seven inches, it contains. 605 diamonds, and nearly 190 pearls. We are told by the Editor of the Journal des Modes, that tea parties are becoming almost as common in Paris as in England, hut he says they are much more elegant—fur in England the cups are set out on the table, and each guest helps himself, whereas in Paris, the Lily of the house fills out the tea, and gracefully hands the cups to her guests. Indeed! Now the Editor is misinformed as to England. At the antiquated par ties, called Tea and turn out," the cups were handed round on silver trays by the d stirs. %Ve did not im pose on our ladies such fatigue. It is only in polished France that all manner of drudgery is left to the sex. A Frenchman, who hail made the tour of England, re marked with surprise, that he had not seen one woinaa at the plough nor carrying manure on her back. Dr. B.SRNETT, the late Bishop of Clovne, died a few days ago at his palace, County Cori, at a very advanced age. His Lordship was the senior Bishop of Ireland ever since the death of the late Arch bishop of Tuam. More pigs of silver and French crowns arrived in town on Monday. Messrs. Itotiisciiila and Cu. have received upwards of eight tons of the former and 200,000 of the latter, the whole of which were sent to the Bank and deposited in the Bullion other. Wednesday, the second division of the 33d Re giment of Foot arrived at Durham, from the south, and two other divisiu.ns are expected to follow them very soon. It is reported that this Regiment will be disposed of as follows:—Two companies are to be stationed at Carlisle, two at Tynetuouth, three at Newcastle, and three at Durham. At Florence the snow was two feet deep ; the Arno was partly frozen ; at Parma the market was with out provisions for several days, the peasants being unable to travel there; and Venice was completely blockaded by ire. Spain was not exempt from the late severe cold ness which was felt in all the Northern climates. At Iron. the Itirlassoa was entirely frozen over; at Sara gossa, the Ebro was in several parts of it congealed ; the canal at Arragon was frozen: at Medina del Campo, in the kincdoni of Leon, the wine wit. frozen in the caves. A great deal of snow fell in Eatraniailitra, where snow had not been seen for sixteen years before ; at Cartba getia and Murcia, snow fell to the depth of two feet, a phenomenon which had not previously been witnessed by the oldest people of those places; at Valencia the thermonseter fell to four degrees below zero, and snow continued to fall there for twenty hours. There was a great fall of snow at Rome on the 15th ult. which covered thr streets and all the country round, for threedays. During this time, the Tribunals and all the Colleges were closed, according to an antient custom, and the bells of the Capitol and of the Collogio Romano were sliest. Several winters are recollected, in which the same thing happened. In 1789, snow co vered the streets for twelve days; and i■ 1812. some Germans, who were then at Route, were seer skating*. the little lake of the Villa Bortrhese. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. DEAL, Fan. B.—Arrived, and sailed for the River, the Ocean, Lowther, from Lisbon, last from Plymouth.— Came down from the River, and remain, the Fawn, Al len, from the South Seas; Riga, Foster, for Madeira; and Royal Eagle, Gibles, for Lisbon. PORTSMOUTH, Fan. s.—Arrived the Peace transport, from the Cape of Good Hope, with detachments of the 3stb, 56th, and 74d Regiments; she sailed the 13th of November; when off the Western Islands, lowered a boat to send ashore to ascertain the reckoning (with the mate, two sailors, and two passenger), when a heavy gale of wind sprung up, which drove the ship off t►e laml, and obliged her to keep her course, leaving the boat behind. Fears are apprehended for their safety.— Sailed the 'Hanby, Cooper, for Plymouth. FALMOUTH, Fan. 6.—Arrived the Doke of Marlbo rough packet, with a mail from Lisbon, in eight days.— Sailed the Acti-a., Thompson, for London. HARWICH, Fen. S.—Arrived the Alliance packet, with a mail, from Gottenburgh. PLYMOUTH, Fen. 7.--Arrived the Rosalind, Erwin, from London, for Charente; Amy, Bloomfield, from Ditto, for Leghorn; Neptune, Herrick, from Ditto, for the Cape; Malvina, Brooks, from Ditto, for Rio Janeiro; and Tom Cod, Berea, from Benicarlo. The latter was boarded off Cape St. Vincent by a South American privateer. Loots, Fro. B.—The John and James, Belts, of Lon don, from Plymouth, to Portsmouth, is on shore to the westward of - St. Alban's. Her cargo is likely to be I saved, and it is hoped the vessel may be got off. ILIVERPOOL, Fri. 7.—Arrived the Brothers, Ekin, from New Otleans ; Ceres, Webber, from Charleston; and Liverpool packet, Itirkett, from Savannah. The Diligeneia, Caetano, sailed from Lisbon on the Iflth ult., for Maranham, and way taken the following day by an Insurgent brig privateer, of 14 guns, and 10.) men. CORJV EXCHANGE Fee. 9. Our arrivals of all grain have been very small since Monday, and what tine What appeared this morning sold on full as good terms as on that day.—. Vine Malt. ing Barley being scarce, is is. per quarter dearer; but there is no advance on any other deacription, which go off very slowly.—ln Beans, Peas, and Oats, there is no alteration. Extract of a letter from Coruna*, dated Jan. 19 : " On the 17th inst. a heavy gale of wind continence , ' from the W. and S.W. which obliged the Spanish ship Zaragoxana, of this port, from Havannah, to run for Perim'. The same weather continued yesterday and to day; and it is reported that the Spanish ship Antonia, also from the Havannah, and belonging to this port, has put into Ferrol with damage, needs confirmation. A coaster was wrecked this day in the harbour." BetteasE OF TRAM—Asa proof of the increas ing trade of Pulteney Town, we are informed that, during the last year, the tonnage of vessels, for nhii It harbour duties were levied there, exceeded that of the preceding year, to the extent of 3,519 tons; the tannage of the vessels that entered the harbour in each year. being as follows, exclusive of boats engaged in the her ring-khery, vis.:-1010, 22,4111, sad lett 1:8413. This increase is, in a great measure, to be ascribed to the facilities afforded to the trade of the eastern coast of Caithnetm, by the establishment of a Custom-house at Wick. Duties were levied in Pulteney harbour, last year, on 74,238 barrels of herrings, being 10,076 barrels more than the quantity shipped in 1518.—{menses: Courier.) Letters from Yorkshire continue to state, that an improvement has certainly taken place in trade; the demand for black cloths, kerserneres, and other articles of mourning, has created sonic bustle. The demand for fine black hose has caused a consider able number of hands who were out of employment to be placed in work. We understand that one respectable house at Loughborough set on nearly 200 hands on Mon-1 day last.—(Leiceeter Paper.) . A letter from New York, of the 17th of January, now before us, states, that the distress which was so generally felt some time ago by the working and labouring classes has greatly abated; and that the prospects of commercial men have brightened a little, after a long and distressing stagnation of trade. A Trading Company is now forming in Philadelphia, who promise themselves an extensive and beneficial trade (with South America, we believe) " in regions where commerce has never yet furled her sails;" but the par ticulars have not yet transpired. They expect, how ever, " to open new and extensive markets for the pro ducts of America (i. e. the United States) and European, industry." A Play, for the benefit of the Shipwrecked Sea men's Fund, was pesformed on Thursday last, at Aber dean, and was attended by a crowded audience, an.l proved most productive, yielding between 701. and 801., a most seasonable supply to this excellent charity, thc funds of which have, it seems, proved inadequate to the numerous claims, in consequeuce of late uielancliol3 losses at sea. For the information of our chemical resden, we state, that the new metal Cadmium, a ri g ivall discovered by Professor Stromoyer, is foreign ores sine, has been also found by Professor E. D.tilarke, o• Cambridge, in the Derbyshire Caktasim. Ih. Thom son, Regina Professor of Chemistry at Olsagow, has examined the Cedmiews, obtained by Professor Clarke from oar English ores, and has confirmed his observa tions. SECOND MEETING OF THU MID HAM PIGEON CLUB.— Several matches took place on Monday, between the tientiensen of the CIO, and the serond Sil►er Ta Match was won as follows, at II birds each, I I me 21 yards from the trap:— Mr. Yates . Killed 10 I Mr. Kent . . 8 Mr. Bird . . . 10 Mr. Yates, jon. . . 8 Capt. Cawthorne . 9 Mr. Coulthorpe . . 6 Mr. Sylvester . . 9 Mr. King . . . . 5 Mr. Jacques . . 8 Mr. Street . . . . 3 Mr. Beamont . . 8 In shooting off the tie fr. Yates killed five other birds, and Mr. Bird missed his fifth. The others wen minor matches. -...._. tlvaaszsmt.—On Wednesday last, at the Petty ties shins, held at Chippenhani, Wan. (Angel, Overseer of the Poor, in the parish of Hembill, paid a ine of furl; shillings and costs, under the new Act, for disobedienCe to an order of the Magistrates, for the relief of a poor woman of that parish. This is probably the 6rst con viction under the new Art of Parliament for this Oren. e Sul net Daarn.—Mr. Sntheriand, a must respec .L.- medi, al gentleman, of Werttoinster, wbo was io t habit of sleeping nightly at Viscsinat Rhhooatii's boos • in Richmond Park, west to bed there lately, apparent!) in perfect health, but upon the servant petering the room in the rooming, he found him • lifeless corpse. The bedclothes were not act much , I i v ], 11