The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-03-02 00:00:00

rel i ne Act was passing, that they would not use the power it conferred foi the purpose of punishment; It is impossible to put any other construction on their proceedings, than that their object was to punish the individuals taken up—to leave such an impression tee their minds as should make them cautious of in- Surds% the displeasure of Government again, said to held up such an Pimple as should deter others from engaging in similar courses. As human nature is constituted, there is no effec tual security against the abuse of power, but a con viction in the minds of those' who exercise it, that they shall Its their turns be subjected to its operation .—that is, be made to feel in their own persons the !Sett of those harsh and oppressive measures, which they devised for the prejedice of others. It k true, that in thiecoontry Ministers are responsible to Parlia ment : but as our Readers know perfectly well what this means, we shall say nothing more on the subject here. In a perfect despotism, where there is neither circulation of power, nor responsibility—the dis tinction between the Governors and the People is complete. All community of interest, all sympathy of feeling is destroyed, and the security which the possessors of power enjoy brings out and strengthens every propensity that lei& to cruelty and violence. Xn systems nominally free, where one set of men maintain themselves lung in power, the same effects take piers 16 a proportionate degree. The ruling party laterally tome to regard the rest of the nation tether as subjects than fellow-citizens : they become less anzioos to keep measures with their opponents—. leas acrepuloos in exercising severities upon others •ich they never ripe& to feel themselves : the ease, coneenience, slid comfort of the rulers takes place more and more of the interests and rights of the People, and the tone and spirit of arbitrary ao. thority is gradually assumed. The prerogatives of the Crown are carefully secured, fortified, augment ed, and treated as something too (tiered to be touched en any *session; while the privileges of the People are suspended we often as they offer any obstruction to the view of the dominant faction. The People, to be sore, may he allowed to boast and talk of their rights and liberties in quiet times, when they are a dead letter; bet in seasons when they will be' of any use, care will be taken to remove them out 4 the way. It is its such circumstatires that the insolence of office is seen in its most offensive features. A zeal for the prerogative, under the name of loyalty or a love of the Con stitution, takes place of all oilier virtues ; and hot-headed and shallow-headed mess, recommended by this qualification, occupy the places from which honour end principle keep back the persons who are qualified to fill them. Individuals who have been the principal agents in scenes of violence, whose lames are connected with cruelties and atrocities, which in a different state of things would expose them to impeachment, are white-wished by the prevailing spirit of the times, received into favour, anti take their station in the front rank of power and dignity. The mass of the community are treated as a nameless of rabble, destitute of every title to respect or cost. eideration—and the rulers of a nation almost make boast of their unpopularity. Such are the political I Illtinims stud features of the times in which we live; mottehreleileis-elate iv/4814 wu b missio it in the People is sore to beget tyranny in the Government. - Fridar, at one o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-office, which sat till half-peat two. Yesterday, at three o'clock, another Cabinet Council visa held at the same place. Yesterday her MAJESTY end the Princesses Au 006TA and Er,tearsitro, received visits from the Dake of Yana, and tie Prince of Iltsse.iforanutro, Ste. On Saturday the LORD CHANCELLOR, Viscount CASTLEREAGH, and Earl BATHURST, had audiences of the PRINCE Ittotirr, at Carlton-house. The LORD CHANCELLOR, and Viscount CASTLE. BEAMS had audiences of the PRINCE action. yester day. Some accident prevented the proxy of the Duke of LEINISTER from being entered on Friday evening against the second reading of the Indemnity Bill.— Ilia Grace sent it over expressly to be given to mark his dissent from the measure. Lord CASTLEREAGH, it is said, will visit the Con tinent, in the interval between the dissolution of the present Parliament and the meeting of the new one. it is in May, that the Allied Sovereigns ore especred to assemble at Frankfort, and his Lordship will pro bably he there at the same time. Friday was settling day in the Stock Eschange for the immense speculation Consul accoent. From the situation of the market, it was hoped that every thing would go off without bring attended with a failure. Two defaulters, however, were on Saturday declared on the opening of the market; the often very respect. able jobber in the Exchequer market of long standing credit, from whom a very good dividend may be ex pected; the other a broker of, we believe, not mere than twelve months standing, who, in order to get rid of its immense Ball account, supplied the Commis. Marrero of the Sinking Fond with the entire of their stock, sad afterwards sold about 100.0001. in the market. ST. A ESAN'S ELECTION.—At the final close of the Pall on Friday evening, the numbers were Fur Mr. &bottom: 498 Lord C. S. Churchill 262 Majo►ity fur Mr. Roberts - 3ti How far the voyage of discovery to the North Pole may prove satisfactory to those engaged in that interesting adventure, we know not; for our own parts, we must confess that. we prefer voyaging nearer home; Coruhill is now our North Pole, and G. CAR ROLL our Magnet of Attraction. At No. 7, we shall prosecute our discoveries amongst the Three Prizes 401k30,000, the 12 Pipes of Port Wine, and the Forty Capitols that will be drawn NEST WEDNES DAY.—ShouId CARROLL be as fortunate this Lottery es he was hi the last, when he sold SIX Capitals, including TWQ of h)20,000, our voyage will prove a golden one indeed. The Duchess of NORTHUMBERLAND was safely de livered of a still-born male child, at half•past seven o'clock on Friday evening, at his Grace's house in St. James's-square. Her Grace is as well as can be ea pected • The new Comedy, announced for representation at Drury-lane Theatre, this evening, is written by Mr. Rues', the facetious author of The itinerant; or, Memoirs of an Jaen i TTY STATESMAN. FASHIONS FOR MARCH. ^-011111.--- • BRIDAL Dam. —A low dress. composed of Briti.h net, and worn over a white satin slip; cut how a d square round the bust; the bosom and back oraantemed with while sati•a points inter spersed with pearl; the shoulder strap finished with chenille.--, The waist is very short, the dress tight to the shape. and the hack of a modentie breath. Sleeve als Froncrtiqe. made very short nod tall. and ornamented with ten or twelve narrow strip .% of %bite satin placed bins round the nrm. The skirt is finished at the bottom by a large rolenu of white satin, which is surmount ed by four satin pipings, disposed in waves and interspersed with white roses. Wsustirc Daus —A fawn-coloured poplin gown made half high; the back is plain. and the front o raps a little to she left side; the body is trimmed a ith two rows of white satin ribbon painted in natural Bowers. Plain long sieve. finished nt the writ to correspond. The bottom of tb. skirt is very tastefully trimmed with painted ribhmt, int. ripened with lams. THE APPROACIIING ROYAL MARRIAGES. Fashionable gosslp is still fruitful in rumour' upon these interesting sotints. The Lord Chancellor, it is said, has lately had an almost doily audience with the Prince Regent, reasons for which are obvious enough in the approaching marriages of the Duke of Cambridge and the Princess Elitabeih. The Duke of Clsrence's proposal is IsitivOfied to remain where it I , was, without assent or di-srot : end the general opinion is, that hiq Royal Ile 4 hiteas will be perannfled to withdraw it, hefore any thing shall be said in Par figment upon ito. policy of adhering to the usual sauna pf nor Roynl Mtn Wvkehairi has recently had a complete sor• icy and plan niade. of .lor seat of Tharne Park, near Tetsworth, in Oxfordshire. - fine domein de scended to her father, Mr. IFVykenim, nt the death of his uncle. bird Wt:sm%,4, whusr title is now es , Hutt. Lordsliip lett the ;art of his pro. petty (perhaps 70)01. per atm.) to his other nephew, the preseut Philip Wykelaarci, 1 1 :;q. The first thing this young Lady did, after coming into possescinn of her property, was to make a t rovision for the old dome.iics of the family, who hail been left einprovide , l for, iu consequence of her father dying suddenly and intestate. FURTHER IMPORTANT PARTICULARS OF THE EXAMIN‘TIO% RF.LITYIE TO SPICER AND KELLY. BEFOKF: TILE NIEMBEKS.OV THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Smith was coined in slier Limbrick mitinitew, and examined as follows : Q. You fill the situation of Keeper at Bo w.otteist ? A. Jailer. Q. You de not go out as an officer ?—A. Only on a Sunday night. Q. Yoo went oat on this occasion with Limbrick to watch two persons ; did you ?—A. On the 518th of November I was at a public-house close hyitalt.ing a pint of ale and a pipe, and just about five o'clock Limbrick ram in, and said he wanted me to go with him, and I went with him. Q. Did he tell yoo what he wanted with you lie said there were two people p3s.ing had notes. Q. Did he tell you he had received information of .m ?—A. Yes. Q. Did he tell you from whom ?--A. No. Q. lie hail not communicated to you that he should want you ? A. No ; I knew Spicer after I had ap prehended him. Q. When you came up to the place where Lim. brick took you, you were place.l to watch these boys?—A. No; I was up a dark place, where I could not see Kelly. lin w Spicer; I newer saw them totesbas4 i did not see them come up it. Mirtin's lalrf; ta y back was turned to them; after ore OW - het. n there some time, Limbrick said, I think tbe•y are coining now crossed ewer to a dark pit( of St. Martin's-latie, and waited there till they came. 1 did not see any notes pass in King -street. I eppre. heniled Spicer. Kelly was some yards before Spicer. Q. But you saw a third parson walking together with them?—A. No I never saw two persons to. ether; there was a person speaking to Lin►brirk, hut what !te said, I canner say ; when I apprehended Spicer, and was brio:zing him along King-sheet, l oh. ser►ed hitn put his hand to his pocket ; opals that pipi.d him into a shop and searched him, and found fire notes upon him. Q. lint pier and Kelly say they had another person with t'iem who gate them the notes ?—A. NO. _ _ _ Q. D'3 flaw of them say it was 1 person of the name of Forney who gave it them ?--A. No, no thing of the kind ; I have heard since there ii a per. son of the name of Fitinr.. win) has been with Kelly. I knew Finney from a chili. Q. Ile has been in this pi ison F—A. Yes, and hi, mother hung herself. Q. How lung ago was he here2—A. Two years ago. Q. Mat does Finney generally do?—A. Ile is a ' plasterer by trade. I never knew what he did but that. Q. Have you seen him about the office at a ll ? A. No; if I had, i should have taken him into cus tody. . Q. When ?—A. After this happened. Q. We're you ever informed that he was in the habit of isoming bad notes ?—A. Never in my life. Q. Used he to come into the olkce as a lounger, or was he in an habit of sitting down ts• drink with the officers 3—A. No ; 1 have seen him at different - ca.o4llsh-illben his g irt has beeb in trouble, getting her bail. _ I%M Q. Do you recollect his being brought op by Bean, charged with an assault, with Einma.Cottito-, end a girl of the name of Russell —A. I know Connor, because she has beNt up there before. Q. Do you recollect the circumstance of these three being brought up before the Magistrate fur an affray that happened with • person of the name of Bean ?—A. I know Belo ; I recollect Connor, the gill, and Russell, being brought up on the charge. Q. Do you not recollect Finney ?—A. No. Q. And that he was immediately discharged on Lintbrick speaking for him i—A. No; I do not re collect I.im-1 took the other two to prison. Q fled you not sat down and taken some re. frestin.ent with Finney some few days before this circumstance?—A. No. Q. Since that have you f—A. No—l have been to the Bank with Limbrick and Finney. Q. What did you do there:—A. They went in. side, and I stood out, so that what passed I do nut know. Q. Had yoo been in the Brown Bear public-house some few weeks after this prosecution?—A. No. Q. Did Limhrick ever tell you what the informer was to receive ?—A. No Q. What did you receive?—A. Ten pounds, and Limbrick twenty ; he gave me five, making fifteen a piece. Q. Was there no part of that to be given to the informer?—A. I have never seen him since. Q. Did you not tell Braidley, the pot kmen, that the suns was rather small, if you had to pay the in. former ?—A. No. Ile asked nie s!sett►er 1 had paid any thing to any body. Q And you said you intended to do so ?—A. No. Q. Did you tint sell Braidley, the porkmass, that you bad received 301., that it was small, and that you had given some to the informer ?—A. It might have been said, but not by me. I should wish to say there is it° part of my evidence in which it appears that I saw them together; I teceibed no information but what I received from Limbrick ; I was called out by Limbrick. Q. Had you ever seen Spicer, Kelly, and Finney together?—A. Never in my life. Q. Finney keut a cart s! one time, slid he not ? and went about as a costerosut►ger I—A. Never to my knowledge. Q. Limbrick has told you that Filmy gave him the informusion ?—A. Yes. Q. Were you present when Limbrick gave his evi dence in Court ?—A. Yes ; I do not think there were hardly two words spoken in Court. Q. What do you know of Spicer ?—A. It was for an assault I had him in custody. There were four of them brought io together. Q. To your knowledge has Spicer ewer been a Basher ? —A. Not to lay knowledge : I newer heard he had. I newer knew he was concerned in trausac lions of this kind before. lle was taken up once for an affray at night, but got bail in the course of the day. William Salton. wbo keeps the White Hart. was examined.—He had seen Finney. Kelly, and Spicer at his house. Spicer was very welt behaved. Ile AORTIIERN RXPEDITIO.V. It an open navigation slinuld he disrovered across the Polar Basits, the passage over the Pol. , or close to if, will he one of the most inter sti, g events to science that ever occurred. It will he f',P firs! time that the problem was practically solved, with which the learners of geography are sometimes puzzled— that of going the shortest way between two places lying east and west of each oilier, by taking a slime. lion of north and south. The nasaage of the Pile will require the undivided attention of the navigitor. On approaching this point, front which the DOI iL ern coasts of Europe, Asia. end America, a lid ever p• rt of them, will bear torllia of him, nothing can hly assist him in determinieg his course. and keeping on the right meridian of his destined place, but a correct knowledge of the time., and yet no means of aser•tnining that time will he afforded him.—The only time he eau have, with any degree•rif certainty, as long es he remains on or near the Pole, must he that of Greenwich, and this he can nnty know from good chronometers; for from the gene4dl hazy state of the atmosphere, end particuhrly ahAt the lotiieWrisniflecilliiisinisa in the latitude et lire sett, at every hour in the foor.and.tweety, he must not expect to olnain an approximation even of the ap parent time, by observation, and lie will have no stars to assist him. All his ideas respecting the Hea vens, and the reckoning of tlia time, will he reversed, and the change not gradual, its in proceeding from the East to the West, or the contrary, but in stantaneous. The magnetic needle will point t o it s unknown magnetic Pole, or fly round from the point of the bowl from which it is suspended, accl that which indicated north will now be south, the eat sail; become the west, and the hour ot.poun will be that of midnight. Mr. SCAULETT has again declared himself .a catuli date at the ensuing Election for Lewes. Two othor Gentlemen are expected to follow his example, fur the same Borough. The Countess of MARCH was safely delivered of a son and heir at haif.pact sia o'clock on Friday Preis iog at Richmond-house. Her Ladyship and her in fant son air it: a f'ir way of doing well. Cats. CON. —The Irish Papers received this morn• ing, contain long details of the trial in the Court of Common Pleas, Dublin, before Lord NORBORY, on the '23d ult. of the Crim. Con. case, GEORGE lIENIIY NUGENT, ESC]. against RORER? NoRIE. Esq. The Plaintiff was a Lieutenant in the City of Dublin Militia, the Defendant, at the period of the , 1 Crim Con., an Enstgu in the 72d regiment, quar tered at Derry. The verdict of the Jury is suffi ciently inditatise of the conduct of the parties—they found for the Plaintiff, till. Damages, and 6(1. Costs. Mr. KEAN will commence an enga;:entent fur three nights at the Pott,mnuth Theatre this evening. STEAM ENGINE EXPLODED.—We lament to Male that the Steam impelled Engine of J. C. Brandling, Eq. employed r u e the rail way of his colliery near this town, exploded about five o'clock this after. noon. We regret to add that the engineer is litteral. ly blown to pieces; several children who were near the place have been severely scalded, hot we believe that on other life has been lost on this melancholy occasion. The cause of this shocking catastrophe has not yet been ascertained, but it is conjectured to have arisen from the safety valve not having been properly attended to.--(Levels Mercury, Feb. '28.) CORM EXCHANOE, MARCH 2.—The Market was well sup plied this morning.—Fine Wheat at Monday's prices; inferior 24. cheaper.—Barley Is. to 24. lou..v.—Pea. ha d Re „„ 2 , lower. —Oats at a decline of 14.—1 n other ari ides no alieratiou. Wheat t li ag it h h ) .... 70 9 Grey Peas .... ..42 46 New ditto - -- Bean.— 5O 52 • Ditto (Foreign) .... 741 100 Old do. • live 42 48 Fickclu 42 46 Barley 3O 49 ()eta ..... ..... .... 30 36 New..... .. • — Fiord() ..... Halt 60 71 Poland do. 0 4 34 White Peas 4O 4S Feed do. New ditto.... ....... Fine Flour. 75 80 Ditto Boilers .... ..... 50 56 Seconds.. . SMITHFIELD MARKET, M*acii 2. To sink the Oral, per stone of Blns. See' ... 34. 6.1 to 4s. 84. I Head .4 Cattle this do, i IlutlOß ..4s. 63. to 6s. Od. Braes Veal ... se. 04. to 6-. lid. Sheep nod Lambs ...... 12.320 Pork ... Ss. 01 . to tis. 0 , 1. Cinves 1441 Lamb ....oa. 0.1. to Os. 01 . Pisa HAY-MARKET. Hay Clover • Straw 011 did not koow Linabrick, bat he might have been at his house. lie heard Kell►'s friends mere respectable. Cathatine Connolly deposed in substance to-the . same effect that has already appeared. Thomas Pace, the Queen.sqoare Officer, and John Chapman, hatter, went, on the 7th of Janasry, to Kelly. in . .lewgate, when he confessetl.that he had tressed forged notes, and that he received them from Charles Finney, whom Pace knew very well, hating had him in custody. They proceeded iintnediAtely to Mr. Westwood, and inform.d him of the Cite W ar stance. Mr. Westwood desired them to spprebend Finney, and said that he would either see them or send to them, in two or three days time. They tnril Mr. Westwood;.that Emma Connor, who was taken up for passing a forged note, with Finney.--. Chapman said to Mr. Westwood, that be ItatlA doubt hut that Kelly and ':picer had been entre" by the Officer and Finney ! ' • . „ LAW INTR4LIGENCR. m 4 • • • COURT alr K iNrri RENCK Fag. 211. • f LEVY r TALI. tol This was an action to mover 1171. for goalie sold and delivered, and money advanced for Plaine tiff's use. The Plaintiff was a slopselter, the Defendant Cap' tale and Commander of • trading vessel. In Jim 017, Plaintiff went on beard the Defendaneweitse rel y and sold him a parcel %proud-hand airliners" 161. for w dick sum the lMtPndot►t eve Mims• hill rvas • a person on shore at sin weeks. Thic bargain► being concluded, the Defendant persuaded the Plaiiwiff purchave a chest of oranges of him, for which Plain. till paid hi ri 31. 15a. end received a tinie to a persow on shove, directing hint to deliver a chest of orsro:;es to the P►aintilf. Plaintiff, on coming on shore, went for his oranges, but the person, is whose possession they were, refused to give them up. Levy then ap plied to the person to whom his 1(;1. bill was direct. ed, to have it accepted, but this person refeired to ac. cept. Upon this double disappointment, Levy went back to the Captain, desiring in have his 31. 15a. bgrk, and to be paid for the clothes which he WI sold to him. The Captain said he could not .pay then, he was poor, but lie ass going a voyage In Newfoundland, and should return richer, and then ►could pay him ; Plaintiff said he woeld not wait, and accordingly he proceeded to bring 1.14 preient action. These facts were proved, and the Defend• ant not making any defence, the Jury found aver. dirt for the Plaintiff—Damages 191. 15..—Costs 40,. CLARK P. BUCKINGHAM, Bag. Mr. Tome& slated, that the Plaintiff in this case wail a coach•rnalter. in Long•acre. The Defendant was a Gentleman of fortune. In October last. the Defendant called at the Plaintiff's shop, and looked at some carriages which were standing in the shop. Mr. Clerk was not at home, hut Mrs. Clark attended him. lie looked at a harouchette, and enquired the price. Mrs. Clark told him 1101. ready money. lie said ha should like it at 80 guineas. Her reply was, that Mr. Clark had been offered 1051. but 1101. was the lowest price. After qoitting tt.e shop, he returned, and said he would tiavo k, anti desired the braces to be taken up behind, and some other trilling alterations to be made. lie then anu into the j rorarktireg.lHruae, paid the 104 es n jiepesit, and said. he would pay the jemaining 1001. when he cease beck, in two hours time, at which time he desired " the carriage might be ready, as he had seventy miles to travel that day. Ile then went 'testy, and re turned shout 11 o'clook to take, the carriage airy, end otreged §Ol. as the remainder of the sum due f, it. Mr. Clark was then at home, and old hint the price agreed for was 1101. and therefore 1001. was stiil due. The Defendant, ii ever, refused to pay more than 901. and went away without the car riage, which had remained there ever since ; and the present action was brought to recover the 1001. and a small additional sum for standing.room for the carriage. Mr. SCARLEIT addressed the Jury en the part of the Defendant, and was proceeding to colt evidence, when Lord ELLEMBOROVGII suggested. that this would he a proper case for a reference. The parties agree•l to adopt his Lordship's suggestion. A verdict evai accordingly taken for the Plaintiff for the damages laid in the declaration, subject to a reference. NAVAL IN7'ELLIGENGE. DEAL, MAncit I.—Yesterday arrived his Ma. jeity's ship Alert, from Shields ; Isabella, from Surieerland for llourdeetri ; and the Pilot, Wallis, from London for Lisbon ; and remain in the Downs with a large fleet of out ward.b3und Came down from the River and remain, the Lady Dank+, Walker, for Madras ; Itiga packet, Leurs. dale, for Pernamheco; and several others, (14111P4 unknown.—The King George packet, King, with n Mail end 50 passengers, landed here from Calais, having been forced in here by the strong southwest windy. POUTSMOUTiI, MARCH I.—Arrived the Prom.. (hens from a cruise; Venni, Hearn, from London to Jamaica, with loss of maintop-ssil•yard. It hat • blown a hard gale all day. FALMOUTH, H ae. 9.6.—Arrived the Noetow packet,with Mails from the lirazils, in GQ(lays; and Traveller, Carr, from St. Domingo, in forty days, for Liverpool.—Sailed the Lady Arabella packet, with Mails'for Lisbon. FowE'r, FEB. 28.—The schooner, Good Intent, Poulgraine, from Malaga to !Amine, pot into this port very leaky, having four feet water in her hold, and was immediately hulled aground ; it is thought her cargo most be landed, as the pumps cannot keep her free ; seventeen days passage. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 28.—The following is a copy of a leiter received by Cropper, Benson, and Co. dated Tralee, Feb. 23, 1818 :—" There has been a box on this coast (about 20 miles from this) containing a variety of papers of considerable value, aes. , tagst whict. are an invoice and bill of lading for a quantity of cotton whol shipped in the Bengal, and dated Cal cutta, directed to your address, with • hilt of ex change for the freight on you. I have seen hut a few of the papers, as the people who found them are se edling to part with them wittiest a recompenc• for their trouble. Amongst the papers, I andestantl, aro severkl bills of exchange and powers of attorney, tlire:!ed to people is London and Scotland. 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