The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-11-11 00:00:00

. • said that the Deitch merchant would be at the Commercial Buildings •bnut two o'elork ; went to Ohl Brown's lodg. icra, €6. Dame Street. about five o'clock, accompanied by a Mrs. tiogarty, the lady's daughter in law, where witness kedged, and a Mr. Kelly • witness met the elder Brown on the stairs: he said he hail sent his son several times for witness: on the elder Brown's seeing Mr. Kelly. he asked witness who he was; witness said he was a friend of her's, that lie nerd not lie under any restraint for him, as confidence might be placed in him ; Brown said it was not right of witness to bring lire friends a' out him to expose him : Brown said he would not suffer Kelly to be present; ,Brown ushered witness into the drawing room, and conducted Kelly to another room leading from it ; Brown then asked witness had she the notes about her; he said that the Dutch merchant had a country pine some distance off, where lie (the merchant) would h ive to go to first, and wonbl slier go MI to Holland at font o'clock next morning ; witness said elle had the Votes with her, and sent her brother to Mrs. Hogarty, who was in the street, in the coach that witness came in, and was the person that hail possession of the notes for this witness; witness's brother brought witness the notes, and witness reckon• est the notes to old Brown on the drawing-room taSle; he pot his hand on them and shoved theta to the other side of the table where his son was standing, and a. d, " John, don't be long away ;" she counted to Brown four notes of 100/. each ; young Brown said, he would not be ten minutes away, when the father said, " oh, we will give you a quarter of an hour ;" when witness saw young ijvnwn taking the notes, she turned to her brother and said to hi n, " go along with him," but old Wotan said that w nl t not be right, that young Brown must go by himself; w ne•a became alarmed when the restricted quarter of on hoer elapsed, but old Brown desired witness not to be slarmed, tbat his son had often larger sums of money in possession, and that perhaps the delay arose from the batch merchant's rot beihg at the Commercial Buildings,. hot prObably at his house in Stephen's (irnen, where his :tan io that case woald have to go ; witness became more alarmed, but Brown seemed anxious to make her tranquil by one story or another; Brown spoke a great deal of his own respectability—of his little regard of monoy—of his daughter beingat a boarding-school in England—and that he forfeited a fee, paid for his son, to, witness believes, a Mr. O'Flalierty, in Sackville Street; but that he did not regard such expences; witness being still greatly alarmed, Brown said she need not be uneasy if the Dutch merchant had her notes even 4S hours; he was a man of such respect. ability and wealth, that Brown offered, in order to appease thi k wanes. to give her his own note, not only for the 4001. but bdo/. payable next day; witness told Brown what was his note to her; but she w. nll take it if secured by some person of property known to b• worth 4001.; witness even offered tb take Brown's own note for the 400/. if Brown would allow her bristlier to stay with him till next day; thrown went out to look, as if for his san; witness made her brother accompany him and hold his arm; and witness made Mr. Kelly walk after them, lest Brown should attempt to run away; they were not long out; witness remained in Brown's lodgings from live o'clock till near twelve at night; Brown at length became quite violent in his lodgings: said he would not be detained by witness and her friends, mid that he could by a single call get them all murdered ; Brown threatened witness it she attempted to injure his character, that be would put her on the watch ; at length, a race-otlicer was procured, and Brown was apprehended; wyness never saw the 4001 notes since; witness did not see Mrs. Sallins on Sunday. The witness, who is a handsome, and uncommonly smart woman,underwent a very long cross examination by Counsellor O'Connel. Mrs. €4..garty was exatpined, and her testimony went fully to contirm Mrs. Desmond's statement respecting the conduct of Brown on the Sunday, and on other points. She also underwent a long cross examination. Mr. Desmond's brother, Pinder, was examine i to cor roborate his sister's testimony, but the embarrassed and awkward manner in which he appeared on his cross examination, occasionally threw tile whole Court into laughter. A Mr. Carrigan, the attorney for the prisoner, Salting, and Mr. Al`Nally, who stated that he conducts his business, were the only witnesses examined for the de fence. Justice Barton, in his charge, which occupied more than an hoar, commented at considerable length on the evi dence, and drew a line of distinction between the cases of Brown and Sullins; the latter of whom his Lordship conceived might, as well as Mrs. Desmond, have been deceived to a certain extent by the representations of Brown. The Jury retired at about a quarter after six o'clock, and in about 20 minutes returned a verdict of Guilty of the respective felonies, against the ' prisoners ; upon which the prisoner, !)allies, who was in the front of the dock, seemed deeply affected. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. CADIZ. Oct. 12.—Don Carlos Fibre D'Annoy a Macarti, Governor of this City, has istned a proclamation to the fol lowing effect : .• I hereby give notice, that his Excellency General Bourmont. Commander 'in Chief of the French troops in Andalusia, has just sent me the following letter : " Sta,—l leave the honor to acquaint you, that being informed of the disorders purposely committed, and of the cries atieretl by the military forming part of the troops in Chiclana and Porto Real, without any measures being taken by the commanders of the corps and other Officers to repress such excesses, I caused the said troops at Porto Real and Chiclana to be disarmed this morning, in order to ensure the tranquillity of the inhabitants of those places. 1 wish, Sir, that yon would have the goodness to publish this determination, that the people may know that I will protect their tranquillity. as I will not let any excess go unpunished. Accept,Sir, &c. (Signed) " ' Count de BOURMON T.' " 1 order the above to be printed and published fur the information of the inhabitants. (Signed) "Cadiz, Oct. 10, 1623." " D'AUNOY. " Cadiz, Oct. 13. - " PROCLAMATION. . " DoN CARLOS F. LEA uNov,&c —rills into give notice, that Count Bourmont, Commander in Chief, &c. has just coMmuoicateil tome the following order : " Strangers, now at Cadiz, are to present themselves within 24 hours from the date of this order, to the Consuls of their respective naiooa, to wake themselves known and have their Dames registered. " The Consuls theinselves are Wormed, that an order will be issued, to arrest, after eleven fieloric in the forenoon of the I3'h, all tbese strangers who shall not have complied with the present order, by presenting themselves to the Consuls of their respective nations."—Signed as the above. ANOTHER PROCLAMATION. " " I hereby give notice, that it being requisite for the public semi y that the Government should have accurate knowledge of all *rangers who for any reason whatsoever are'in Ibis place, I have determined that in 24 hours, reek °Molt from i 1 o'clock in the forenoon of the 13th instant, All masters of houses in which such strangers may reside, shall give notice to the Magistrates of their respective quar ters, stating their number, nation,, rank, profession, and time of residence in tbis city, informing them, that if, con. traty to expectation, they should fail to comply with this measure. I shall be under the painful necessity of punishing their omission or disobedience in.& suitable manner. " Gait, Oct. t 51833." "D'Auxov. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS D AY AT ONE OCLOCK. Book Stock . . lndia Stock 205404 3 per Ct. Red JIM Ditto 80nd5..... .... .. SI 3 p.CLCens ....... 631 S3'4 Ex.11111.2d. ( 49s —50 pm. 34 per Cent 91 i 10001. 4 per Cents 994i I --WM.— 49 30 pm. NevFours....lo3ll 104 1031 --Smell . 49 50 —s pm Long Ann. 201 15.10 Lottery Ticket5......231. 19s. Imp. 3 per Ct Coo. for Acet S3I SS}} time of the itrukle, - which might be long, and the resul t even fatal to the independence of the New States. Oar Ministers seem to have formed no decision upon the line of conduct which they will pursue, It is a " peel'd, patched sod piebald" Administration, which has not enough of any one feeling to make up a principle of action. Now Lord Eldon prevails—then Lord Liverpool turns the balance ; and then Mr. Canning and the minor members attempt to adjust the weight of their several feather repu. tations, which any breeze may blow away.— One day their minions talk of war, and another they wonder how any body could think they meant it. The curse of such policy must soon be felt, and felt deeply. A shuffling, fearful, hesitating character, whether of a nation or of an individual, is always despicable. No enemy fears it—no friend can trust it—indeed it can have no friend, for thestrong hold it in contempt, and the weak in detestation. Yet this isthe character which the Eldons, the Liverpool., the Grenville,. and the Cannings, have chosen for England ! for ,‘ the envy and the atimi. ration of the world." By recent advice., the Colombian Government is still represented as hold. ing back from any absolute recogoition of the loan. We have long since told the holders of the Colombian bonds, that their security depended entirely upon the acknowledgment of Colombian independence by ibis country. And this acknowledgment must be made in a full and formal manner, to produce any effect. The appointment of Consulates to look merely after our own interests will not avail. In proportion as the views of France upon that portion of the globe become known, the necessity of our recognition of the States becomes more Important. If the French gain any footing there, the loan securities are worthless for many years, even ie the Colombians were disposed to acknowledge their validity ; a matter not to be expected, if England leave them to be overrun by the forces of con tinental Europe. The " Slop" policy is to induce us to be quiet, until we cannot interfere. An English fleet, which ought to be kept always ready for sea, could in. tercept an armament with great facility, and at little expence: —hut if a lodgment is made, neither fleets nor armies mar succeed is recovering the lost ground. It was the same with the Spanish contest! A word boldly spoken, and a squadron to maintain it, would have saved Spain: but all the force of England might prove inadequate to the task of taking that country out of the controul of France. The agents of the Bourbons het e, and we have many of them, are endeavouring to treat us as the man in the fable treated the lion in love. One tooth is to be pulled out after another, and one claw pared after another—under the pretence of maintaining an amiable neutrality, and of giving no ofi fenee—uutil toothless and clawless, the old British Lion may be knocked on the head as easily ass mad dog. Mr. Harvey has applied for a new trial, and has been refused. This was to be expected. Appeals from the Lord Chancellor in the Court of Chancery, to the Lord Chancellor upon the woolsack; and appeals from the Lord Chief Justice personally, to himself, and his three colleagues, atand a fair chance of being decided " as before" The parties are so learned.ithat they are always right in one place, and therefore never wrong in another. Yet these appeals are useful illustrations of the system. They let juries more fully info the arcaua of Judge•made law ; and they alfull to the public a means of estimating the value of a Judge's reasoning. Mr. Denman moved for a new trial upon the reason of the cite. No malice had been pot in proof, and he argued that it was not just to biler it him to be prayed for in every perish church. Let the patties whom this may concern take heed. None of the Ministers attended the festivities of Guild hall yesterdiy Considering their great condescension of late, this is railer Iworderful. We are sure that Mr. Can ning would have liked to be present; and we have heard it whispered that the speech recently delivered at Plymouth, was really intended for yeithrdny's performance in the City; but that some of.hi4col'eag.tes, who cannot so easily accommodate themselves to all parties, objected to his being, present; and he therefore was reduced to the neCeisitv choosing a smaller stage finite representation. This was, as it turned out, fortunate for him ; for all his pieces are of so very local a nature, that the lapse of a day, or the arrival of a messenger from France, may destroy allthele interest—and, after the sailing.of the Spanish expeditioa to the South, his Plymouth harangue is out of date, DRATR OT rue LORD Curet I3ARON.—We have this day' to record the death of Lord Chief Baron Richards. The event took place at his Lordship's residence in Great Ormond Street, at half-past 7 o'clock. His Lordship had been suffering for a considerable time, and so serious!, indisposed was he during the last Circuit that he was under the necessity of leaving the Court. The event was com municated to the Lord Chancellor by a note, and his Lord ship, on coming into Court this day, informed the Bar of the event. His Lordship, we believe, was in his 75th year. By the Walsinghant packet from the Mediterranean, letters were yesterday received from Gibraltar to the 27th of October exclusive. By these we learn that letters had been received in that garrison from Cadiz, dated the 17th of October. They stated that considerable confasiovi reigned in thy place on account of the dread entertained by those who had exercised authority under the late Revs-. lutionists of some future punishment, and that as a great part of the citizens were compromised in the proceedings very great distrust prevailed. The Constitutional refugees continue to arrive from various ports of Spain at Gibraltar, many with the intention of subsequently proceeding to England. The Royal French Guard had sailed from Cailit, it was reported for Catalonia, ander convoy of some ships of war. Trade at Gibraltar was in a most stagnant state, all the merchants there having suspended their mercantile dealings with Spain until that country become more settled. Some of the letters state, that the present Spanish Governor D'Aunoy, an old officer of the Walloon Guard; had issued orders fur the arrest of whole classes—all the Members of the Cortes—all the Municipal Authorities— all the Corporations, i. e. City Companies—all the Militia. men, &c. The number of families affected by these ma sures amounted to no fewer titan 600. The consternation was indescribable. liourmout, the French commander, either fearing the consequence of this system of proscrip tion, by which multitudes were driven to desperation, or wishing to derive advantage from it to his nation, and te acquire popularity for himself, had affected to be greatly shocked at the proceedings of D'Aunnoy, and opposed him self to them. Two hundred men of the Regimiento de la Lealtad, having been sent to aid the Governor in his work of cruelty, and landed on the Mole of Cadiz (each man having fitly rounds of ball-cartridge) the French stopt them, and ordered them back. Bourmont bad also insisted on the liberation of the Duke del Parque, Latrie, and some other persons of distinction. The accounts received from Madrid are still more gloomy. The number of families comprehended under the orders of banishment is so great, that we hesitate to repeat it. The Penis papers contain the indictment against the physician Castaigit, charged with poisoning in succession two brothers of the name of Ballet, whom he bad induced to Drake wills in his favour. We some time ago gave as account of this extraordinary case, and the indictment only 'details, in the French manner, with great minuteness, a I variety of facts and circumstances, accompanied by con jectures and inferences to 'make out the charge, which, notwithstanding the mass of irrelevant matter within which it is involved, seems to be but too well founded.— Castaign, though a man of profligate habits, is stated to have prosecnted his professional studies ; b ut it is m markable, that his chief attention was directed to ex periments oa the effects of different kinds of poisons. The atrocious crime of which he was accused, appears-from the details given to have been accomplished by poisons which, according to the French nomenclature in the in dictment, are called l'emetiqwe and ['acetate dr morphine. This day being the tirst silting day of the term, the Gentlemen of the North West Bar, of 'which the lion. Jut Lice Torrent had been fur 25 years a Memb , r, (previous to attending their professional duties s 1 Court.) waited on he Lordship to offer their congratulations on his late adrancr meat to the Bench.—(Dublin Evening Post, Nov. 6.) John Clerk, Esq. Advocate, has been rapointed a Judge of the Court of Session, in Scotland, in the room of Lord Bannatyne, resigned, who has been 21 years on the Bell . On Saturday last, Charles James Knowles, Esq. eat called to the hay by the Holiourahle Socie'y of the Middle Temple. Tile system of exacting fees for viewing Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's, is reported to be under consideration of his Majesty and the Archbishop of Canterbury. A farm belonging to the Hon. %Yen. Mantle, of.Pantnure, which some years ago was let for upwards of 2001. per sea. has been re let tor 100 welders yearly. As a proof of the revival and activity of cmnmerce st this port, we are happy to state that lately eighty: ship were reported with cargoes, at our Custom House, in eta space of ten .lays.—(Hull Advertiser.) AN ERDRRN. OCT. 29.—We are happy to understand that that there is every prospect of an increased demaod shipping. Several new 'resets have recently been oe erected for at this port, which will give employment to a considerable number of ship carpenters; and the sail, we bear, has taken place at most of the ports to the soon ward.—(Glasgow Herald) From the gr •at success which has been tr ( Pe ritigli this season in the herring fishery, the best results emyte anticipated to the commerce, and internal provision of * poor of this island.— (lsle of Man Paper.) The trade on the Laledonial Canal is rapidly iecreuitli during the last month no less than 119 vessels 10 entered tine Canal ; 66 of these have passed from sm sea, the greater part loaded with herrings; thus oltieg l speedy and sate conveyance for this bran ch of ll* between the east and west roast, which promises lit t4 advantages —(Stirling Journal ) Tbursd.y. in the Court of King's Bench, Dnblin, se! named Holy, applied for a Presentment, his house's i" County of Dublin having been burned on the 30th ef 1 . 1 , 1 1 ' last by some incendiaries. lie told Judge Vaud= on the night of that stay, ft the blackguards had shot, and murdered him, they afterwards sent to lefts* him that they would come again and settle his boil , completely. • histgl a A boar was played nce on our contemporaries , andwe fell into the snare. It was suttee, we know Olt allot authority, that the Bank in this City had deuTos NI discount at 4 per cent. thicir not true; we ha" dle ce ,t, authority for 'stating that they continue to charg e 5 p er exclusive of commission.—(Briatr / threste.9) Last week an in quests as heel at on the body of Will am Roe, ley, a deserter from f lbe,tl", tordshire ho dropped down dead in tin 0 1 7 0 Filton„whilst p sergeant and party were conveyinehilliii, he depot of his regiment. Verdict—" Died bl: miss 01 . raw., lilsocestersLA OM Mr ,?.ontl being 'natio to the pert. Yes the en he sw consk well cessio M the 1 as W coal to tl dew the toy 121 At an dig Oh An tel Str Ha tae THE STATESMAN AT a numerous and highly respectable MEEI ING of PROPRIETORS of E IST INDIA STOCK, held at the CITI of LONDON TAVERN, on Tuesday the 27th of May 1523, In pursuance of an advertisement signed by the under mentioned Proprietors:— • John Smith, Mansion J. C. Weguelin. house plate. James limes. 0. W. Wentworth. A. A. Mieville. Peter Fere. Thomas C. Warner. N. M. Rothschild. Andrew I.oughnao. Geo. Carr Glynn. S. Marjoribanks. John Thomson. Hymen Cohen. Isaac Currie. Henry Peters. Thomas Weeding. James Alexander, De- Witt. Morgan. vonshire square. A. J. Nash. Lewis Loyd. John Canceller. Joseph Timperos. J. T. Daubuz, Felix Ladbroke. Robert Shedden. Michael W. Troy. Henry Bonham. Roht. Christie. •George Grote. George Ward. R. C.Razett. Sam. Scott. Robert Williams: R. Sanderson. Benj. Barnard. John Auldjo. James Reline. John Woolley. John Martin. Edward R. Tunno. 'Wm. Burnie. R. Rorradaile. • • Roht. Podmore. Thos. Poynder, jun. Wm. Remington. J. Baker Richards. RICHARD CAMPBELL BAZETT, Esq. in the Chair. The following Resolutions were passed unanimously :- 1. Proposed by EDWARD PLETCHsa, Esq. and seconded by Lewis Loyd, Esq. That it is the•opinion of this Meeting that a practical know ledge of the Commercial Interests and Usages of this Country, with which those of the East India Company are intimately connected. constitutes an Important qualification in a Candi date aspiring to a Seat in the Direction of the Affairs of that Company. 2. Proposed by STEWART MARJORIBANIES, Esq. M.P.; and seconded by RodaßT SHEDDER, Esq. That when with commercial experience aro found united ge neral talent, sound judgment, and active habits of business, such acquirements stamp the possessor of them with a fair and honourable claim to the favour and support of all who are in terested in the welfare of the East India Company. 3. Proposed by HENRY BONHAM, Esq.; and seconded by WM. WILLOUGHBY PRESCOTT, Esq. That this Meeting do unanimously conctirin Considering that in the well known character of Mr. John Masterman, these qualifications are combined in an eminent degree, and that, with s •,:h pretensions, his interests are entitled to the ccunte nanee and support of the East India Proprietary. 4. Proposed by Sir JAMES SHAW, Hart.; and seconded by JOiRPH BUTTERWORTH. EMI. M.P. That the Proprietors here assembled pledge to Mr. John Masterman their strenuous assistance to place him in the East India Direction on the first vacancy which may hereafter occur; and that they will, in the meantime, use their influence and ex ertions to secure his success. R. C. BAZETT, Chairman. Mr. BAZETT having left the Chair, It was proposed by THOMAS WEEDING, Esq. and seconded by Mscnaan WILLIAM TROY, Esq. and resolved unanimously, That the cordial Thanks of this Meeting be given to R. C. BAZETT, Esq. for his very able, courteous; and impartial coe d wet in the Chair. ARR. from the statement, or the publication, but 1 1 Law and reason often are at strife, '• Tho' meant each other's aid, like man and wife." And all the Judges agreed that the verdict was a good cerdict,andought not to be disturbed. Ma. JUSTICE BATLEY made along speech in behalf of the Lord ChiefJ ustiee, which perfectly agrees with what every Judge before him has said on the subjects of libels in Crown prosecutions. Mr. Justice Houton), agreed with Mr. Justice BATDET ; and Mr. Justice BEST agreed with both his learned brothers ; taking care that the terms of his agreement, should lean further to the side of arbitrary power than the rest. We like the "plainness" of Mr. Justice Best. He is none of your roundabout simperers, who take half an hour to half express an opinion that you may read in their eyes before they begin to speak at all. Ife rushes at once attbe question, though he does not always reach it ; and you have his opinion first, and his argument next. "It was impossible (he said) for any man to read this libe' " without pronouncing that it was correctly described in " the record, as a false, scandalous, and malicious This is a conclusion at the commencemeut ; anti it was wise of the Judge to make the assertion, which might not have been discovered from his argument. Your dull, tedious methods of proving matters, are abominably taoublesome.— TO* sure the Judge was wrong in his notions;of possibility ; for we read the libel half a dozen times over, and we came to no such conclusion—but then we are not Learned Judges; and perhaps the impossibility was meant to be , confined to the profession. Mr. Justice BEST said, " malice was not the gist of the offence!" Yet he shortly after confounded all distinctions in his usual happy way, and talked of the malignity of the description, even if it were true. lie cannot forget his old habits of pleading; and be fell into a political digres sion about the " unfitness of per .tons in the:situation of 1 ' the defendants to judge when, and in what matter "such disclosures ought to be made." He recommended " a decency" of conduct on such subjects; and a proper patience until the authorities thought fit to publish such accounts. In other words, when a Monarch shall happen to be insane, the pemile are not authorized to mention, the matter until the Archbishop of Caoterbury orders MAILS. DVS. ♦RR. I ....Dublin U 0 ...Holland it ... Vi'aterford..... 1 I .... H a mbro U 0....0 at Jersey—. I I ....France 0 0.... Lisbon 0 0 ...Flanders ..... —0 I....Gotteuberg 0 0. ... Malts . .•.0 DOCK ...0 tntve Sbtateontan. TUESDAY EVENIND. NOVEMBER 11, 1823. STOCK EKCAANOR, 12 o'CLocu.—Consols opened this morn ing at 831 to 1, but soon after bnante heavy at tin, with little doing in the market. There appears in the City much speculation in regard to the French assisting the Spaniards, in recovering their South Ame rican possessions. This has rather damped the funds this morning. Private letters from Paris state that two great con tinental Powers are greatly in favour of the object, and will lend their assistance to the expedition. The failure of a great man was spoken of yesterday, who formerly belonged to the Bank. Upon enquiry we find the amount is not of great magnitude. We do not hear of any Express from Paris this morning. FORBIGN Ft:NOS.—There Is very little doing in this market Spanish opened at 271 t,l—Colombian opened at b9l to 00.— We understand that the Mexican Loan is put aside for the pre sent; and as to the Jerusalem Loan 'tis all a hum strum. New Spanish, 20—Old ditto, 2711—Colombian, 691 to 60— Poysis old, 71—New, bj. Our Bourbon Journal has summoned sufficient impu dence to give us the plain and direct advice to suffer France and the Continental Powers to do just what they please.— It says, " Let the Portognese, if they please, send another " expedition to Bahia ; or the Spaniards send one to Peru. " Let the Continental Powers hold a Congress, if they " please, to settle any abstract question on the obedience " due from a distant Colony to a Power which is utterly " unable to afford it any protection. Our business is to " attend to our men concern:, to husband our resonrces,and "to maintain an itnmoveahle neutrality until British inte " reits are attacke I —then woe -to the assailant . !" Those who have been accustomed to think that British interests are as extensively mingled up with the general business of the world, as those of a great nation must be, will be some what astonished to read this declaration, that we have no thing to do with the reduction of the Continent of South America into a state of subjection, nominally perhaps to Spain and Portugal, but in reality to France and Russia. Our merchants, even the most determinate Tories amongst them, will be startled to hear it stated as a matter of no moment to them, that the South American market should be closed against their enterprise. But the interests of France, or . 'other of the Bourbons, require the New Times to state this; and it is accordingly set down with unblushing impudence. It attempts, very clumsily, to reconcile us to this neutral view, by. stating that the Con. tinental Powers, if they were to combine their forces, would be unable to accomplish the conquest of South America. Perhaps they might ultimately fail ; but that they could occupy the greater proportion of the towns on the coast, and put an end for as many years to all profitable commerce in that quarter, is a matter of absolute certainty ; and British interest would be annihilated for the