The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-03-18 00:00:00

GERMAN MAIL. Wvat.weves. Maar 7.-17se Correrpeitirit of I. contain the following Pea. ?S.—lt is believed that the• affaitt df a Sooty of very high rank will he arranged in the follow. tug manner s namely, that the allowance•whirls she has ',ethers° received will be doubled, to be paid ill any I we on the Continent that site may desire, and that a sufficient snm will also he allowed for the pavestent of 11.. r debts. It is said that she will choose Palermo as the place of her future residence. hoar Tie FIIONTIBiII, MARCH 1.-15 is rs p,rried that his turace the Duke of Wellington will shortly be charged with a must important political 'mg-o vation I it in stated that he is to confer with the Aglaia.- wooers of the other Oreat Powers at Paris, respecting the atfairs of Spain, and that he will then go to Aladrid to lay the mull before the Spanish Uovernetsent. The Ainbatiadors, it is assert/41, would receive special in teractions from their Courts, and that this important tastiness will be treated with entire unanimity by all par Ilea. rim:an:Rß SPRING ASSIZES, MAtcH 16. sentrio.v.—TlC ZINO V. 'LOIN. Mr. Liman/ma stated, that this was a prosecution a must the defendant, fur publishing a seditious libel, with intent to bring into hatred and contempt his Ma iistv's person and tiowernment, Mr. SCARIATT having addressed the Jury, the ful lowing evidence was called J. tkvertev proved that he had purchased the pamphlet of the defenasnt, Mimi, who is a political bookseller in brig-gate, Leeds, on the 29t1i of July last. The de fendant took them out of a parcel containing tummy others. Witness had applied before, when Mrs. Mann said they had been all sold, but expected a parcel of them by the roach that day. On kis cross-examination he admitted he hail been ex chided, that he had been expelled from a society for neg. .le.:•ing to give up some money that he held, and that lie was in consequence advertised. Mr. Wm. nunnery, chief-constable of Leeds, knew the defendant, whose business was to sell political publics . lions of a cheap nature. lie corroborated what hail been stated by the former witness relative to the residence of the defendant. In front of the window a number of pt wards were posted, announcing the publication of Hfa.k Pfearj: Cobbett's Register, The Mechem, &c. on the publication being read by the Clerk of the Lours, Mr. Serjoant 1111.1.Loca rose and addressed the Jury on the part of tile defendant. He contended the ques tion was whether his client had been guilty of the pub lication in the manner, and with the intention, imputed IJ him. He admitted that the pamphlet was an inde e ent and improper composition, yet It was not of that severe and inflammatory nature which his Learned ' , Friend had asserted it to be, nor did he think it called' ' tor a prosecution of this sort—the language was merely low, scurrilous abuse, and vulgar ribaldry. ikfore the Jury proceeded to their verdict, they twist be .t.vtisfied with the evidence produced ; they must el s., believe the publication was complet ed * with a i sr to excite discontent, and produce dissatisfac t ',thin. and to vilify the character of the Sovereign of t , ,e realm. The object of Government, he thooght, old have been much better answered by the prosecu t.oti of Sherwin, the guilty author. He concluded that ow object of Beverley's first visit to Mann's house was el Aridly to entrap him, by entering the book, which as procured in conformity with his request, and but Lie his enter, the pamphlet would never again have It i ; w ay into Leeds. Lir. KLETT, in te , observed, that enough bad trsnspired to shew that Mann was the regular publisher ut publications like the present; an.l, as for Short, in, if l.e euul.l he had from - his turking.hole, he would cer tsioly be brought before a Jury of his country. Mann wee not selling these pamphlets for the first time ; he t,i,l not send up for them merely to supply Beverley ; 1.. was not ignorant of their contents; but even thltagh hr were, even if be were in the predicament of u t iering and selling a hook containing a libel, but of n hieh he was ignorant, still he was liable to be pn n.vhett for such a sale, that sale being a publication. at as true, that on Beverley's first asking for the pamph let, which is the subject of the present charge, he was tuld they then had none for sale; but it was added, that tissry expected more. Beverley, on his second call a few days after, bought three of the Registers, of the matter of which complaint was now made. It was said that a trap was Laid by Beverley for Mann, but if that were the case, Mann could have produced evidence to *hew hether or not be hail only sold those copies of the l.bel which had been purchased by Beverley. Mann, on this ocraaion, was not taken unwarily or unwittingly, for asnally sells aml advertise the sale of political pamph lets. That Mann sold the publication could not be doubted, and that it was of a grossly libellous nature was Irate as clear. If. under all the circumstances of the ram, the Jury believed the evidence, they must pro nounce a verdict of g u ilty. Me. Justice BATLEY charged the Jury, and said, that the indictment they had to try was for the publication ofa libel. tending to bring into contempt the Government of the country and the person of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent. It was also added, that this was stone with a malicious intention. If the publication lit l manually that tendency, the conclusion should be. t!,,t unless the libel was published under circum stances of innocence, its publication was a wrong.— 'll.e libel contained what lawyers called inuentioes, amongst which were souse respecting the Parliament ahi the Regent. His Royal Highness was designated as an over-grown pauper. It was most properly eon-. ceded by the tisfusisaVe Coastsel. that this wail a ittsel I indeed, no lawyer could state the contrary, nor could any injnry result to his client from that ad ni:ssion. Every man in this country had a right to dis cuss freely, and with decency, the measures pursued L) Government ; but no man Lad a right to !snick out into vilification and abuse, under the cloak of free discus s-on. Yon have a right, Gentlemen of the Jury, to pro nounce your opinion as to the nature and the intention of the libel, and as you have all the circumstances before lon, you will not fail to consider them with attention. The great question for your consideration is, first, did the defendant publish the pamphlet; and, secondly, if Le did so with the malicious intention charged against Linn. la It was rated why this man was singled out, and Sberwin suffered to go unpunished. Bet the fact was, tt.e latter could not be come at; and though, as the anther, he was more guilty than the perms w ho pub l!shed his writings, still the only di fferenee was as t o the geohtpos of guilt and the pstmetuns of punish ments. 'the evidence of Beverley was not only confirmed, but the absence of evidence which might have been brought forward by the defendant, still further corrobo teJ it. Herr the Learned Judge recapitulated the evidence as above, and added, that the evidence of Beverley was not necessarily to be discredited because of his dismissal from the situation of secretary to a siek society. If the bay were satisfied that the defendant sold the libel, they would be wroarfee a mouseet to agnate the ques was of Shatirin's being punished or not. They might often ley their his epos a libellous publication, vrben they. maid ant 110 guilty stator. On the No on it. whole, sb r ow si*sto Ise the Jo was, did the defendant e m s tie issa • of for Ilse purpose of LONDON: SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, 1910. -ow-- The public mind cannot fail to he filled with the events which art now about to be laid open to it, nut merely with what relates peculiarly to our own country., but also to other countries, which will, and must ofl course, have a bearing more or less on all the Govern ments of Europe. A vast portion of the globe, more than twenty times as large as all England, about to throw olf its shackles of dominion, which nothing but a combination of insupportable tyranny and degrading superstition could hate so long held together, is sufficient to create as large a charge on the face of the moral world, as the rising of an island of the same space from the bed of the Great South Sea could be supposed to pro duce on the natural. Tile Government which, by a prodigy of concurrent circumstances, has held such anomalous par tidies together about to moulder into dine, f tr wantof that cement by which popular opinion his Ihir.iculuusly held it together, is a sublime sight. These affairs we are now beholding and contemplating in Old and New Spain. The people of them are in fermentation from the wrongs they ha% too long erdured ; the KING in consternation from the despotic sway he has too long exercised over them. While they call orit with an irresistible voice fur freedom and justice, be, with a tomporising language, asks for information and advice. what he shall do to swam stook slisquiettales aad satisfy their just draitilds. Alas, it iw ton late to trine : Statesmen are no longer ►e garded a• patriarchs or prophets. Hiplontastlo not confer science nor wisdom. The people every where are about to demand what Mr. lire promised to the British nation, Os. “ Indemnity for the past and security for the future." Human nature, unpolluted by Government, is nearly the same in ail climates on the face of the earth. The 's ample of one great event in scorner of it, front the rapid information and contmunication of ideas to other parts, is soon made known, and therefore as the fate of France last year may be that of Spain this, and of England the neat, we are all of necessity, as well as by reason, called to bear a part in the great hnsiness of human nature. The humbled tone of the Proclamation of FeammaND of S►am contains the seeds of important history, which cannot fail hnt germinate rapidly by the genial urruith of the sun of cultivated reason and political science, which has lately been felt over the civilized world. But the local circumstances of our own country, arising out of the same great and fruitful source of evils, viz. the encroachments of, and abuses practised by. the insti tutions of the flovernment, will necessarily arrest an attention in preference to foreign matter; though we shall endeavour to pay a proper attention to all. INK TRIALK have cominenced, and among other per sons of less note, some of the, •NONTNIES Or THIt mot are about to be called to give account, like criminals at the bar of a Court of Justice, of those very actions which have raised them to the en viable public esteem they possess. Tenacity towards abuses, and hostility to their adversaries, cannot he carried to a higher pitch, in any bat the most bar barian nation on the earth, than in this. The aged, the sick, are equally prosecuted and imprisoned by the AT TORNITAIZAIIIAL; their very infirmities are woad at by buffoons I. thialregisiature ; sad men who might for their knowledge be ranked with the Gaortcaten,she.Pnes.. and the%.►rTaLs of the present era. though of eighty years of age, are to be hurried, after a fifty years' reputation as patriots, to the distance of a many leagues from their home, to be tried for sedition ! (leavens and earth, what a people are we become! (he, country will indeed be stigmatised with the epithet of little Britain, if we proceed thus. It will be difficult to say in what we shall be found great. except in folly. Even during the delirious part of the fever of the French Revolution, into which the aggravating interference of foreign nations had plunged that suffering ,people, they had regard to the venerable from age. M. BAR. Tautens. senior, the author of Le Jerre AserAarsie, was by a precipitate order thrown into the Madden tutees, with many others, as a measure of public sera. rity but upon his person, age, and talents being men tioned at the bar of the Convention, he was instantly released ►y acclamation, with the declaration, that it, was not in eatere that a man enjoying suck a repetition in his country. would. at his age. become its enemy through any temptation whatever. Extract of a letter from an Eagliah merchant at Angostura, Dee. ll. Dttpateltes embed hove from Gess& Bolivar, aa• , THE STATESNIAN. belling Isis Royal Higtiness the Prince Regent? If the srvidewew satibfrettbem, !try wiuld pronounce a venlict guikp • thee had an y doubts upon the subject. .tastre seoftid give **benefit of thew to the defendant. the Jury reiireft, and, after a consultation of shout six hones, bruit& in verdict of—Uttering this Pub &thins ; which, after some debate, and a consultation with Mr. Justice PARK, WIN ordered to be recorded. Setood Edition. IPd. 6d. THE new Witching. Farce of TOO LATE FOR T DINNER ju,t publialked by Wm. Mims. bookseller to his Ro)al Highness the Duke of York, No. I. St. James's street. or whom may be hid, OPERA BOX F- 4 I 13% the Night. Alternate, or Season.— Pit Tirkrt4. 84.0 d. each. M DV[.a... • %Min O Waterford I thorrngr) and irrre) 0 liutteobargh U Ilamburgh PRICE OF STOOLS T 111! Bank Stock II per Cent. Red. 3 per rent. COlll. 0814 f 34 per lent. 4 per Cents. Nasy 1034 104 lASI Ann. hap. 3 per Cent. %an. . I DI O • Holland • Flanders • France O Lisbon . U 3lalta DAY AT OM O'CLOCK. Indi• Stock Ditto Bonds I. 17s. pas. Old Annuities Rs. Hills. 2d. Is. dis. par Ditto Com. 11amilim Con. for Ac. $ Lott. Tickets ,rdl tie AstatcOman. " TVI BRITI , II sTATESYAS .• I 1 , 11: ID WITO " THE X M.' wacing the janctian of the army under his command, with the dltision of General Pau and Sot:blew. The latter is coming here to inspect the troops of General Marino, and to put the army of the East in motion, in order that the intended attack of Morillo may take place. Morino, at the time the last accounts left him, was fortifying himself in San Carlos, and lien. Merales was in Catalogs, with a small division of Spanish and native troops. The whole of the Royal force is stated to be about 5,000, principally natives; and the army of Gen. Bolivar, including the English and Irish troops, will amount to about 10,000 excellent troops. It is the opinion of every person here, that the present campaign will give liberty to the whole of Venezuela. Yaws HAVANNAH, Fee. 2.—Accounts have reached here, that the British cruisers have captured ten sail of 1 1 Spanish Onineanieu, from Cuba, taken to the south -11 ward of the Line. STOCK EXCHANGE. OSE O'CLOCK. The Funds have undergone but little variation during the whole of the week, the priers of Consols for money having been 6341 till Thursday, when a heaving seller being in the market, it declined to it has, how ever, since rallied, and is now 634 again. The public still continue inactive ; and, consequently, there is very little business doing. IV EMT NI I N .TER ELECTION. STATE or TOK POLL 11111 1/11 AT TWO O'CLOCK. DAA' • i ►OLL. TOTAL. Sir F. nu Mr. noinoust The [WILE). 239 . 2336 MIDDLESEX ELECTION. STATE OF THE POLL THIS D%T AT TW ELVZ O'CLOCK. DATA rota- TOTAL. larNa Sict.u4K Win CONTESTED ELECTIONS. STATE OF POLLS. DURHAM (COUNTY), MARCO 16.-701:RTII DAT. TWO O'CLOCK. fambtoo - - - 11:19 I Whartuu Puwktt BEDPORDIIIIIIRR, _MARCH 17.-TIIIRD D.Y. Taristock • - 110-1 I Osburn I'vess - - rotrsTov, 16.—TWO O'CLOCK. Sam. Horriorks Esq. 1012 J. I%llliasns, Esq. - - 990 E}w. Hornhy. - 994 I Mr. Henry Hunt - 914 - - WEATIIORLAND.-SECOND OAT, I I O'CLOCK. Brougbim - - - - 49'2 Cul. Lowther - - - 464 Lertl Lowthzr - - - .179 I By the Paris paper,: that arrived in town yes terday, it appears that the law respecting the in dividual liberty, has undergone further discussion ifs the Chamber of Deputies. The third article was agreed to, with the amendment of the Committee. Ad joss4;:ed till Wednesday. e news fromn !Ipain is ehielly confirmatory of the increasing strength of the Constitutionalists. Furyerft Frees.—Fite per Cents., 74f. 75c. By late advices from Vera Cruz, we learn that a violent storm from the North had been rcperienced there; during which three Spanish vessels of war, the Ciminlade de la Ilaratotah, Itclloaus, au t Cala, were lad, and 106 men drowned. 9lanatn, Fau. 29.—We must give up all hopes of knowing in a certain, or at least effectual manner, what is passing from one end of Spain to the other; a vast plan of insurrection is breaking tint in the whole Penin sula. Cadiz was still faithful on the 22d. The situation of this once Aonrishing city is worthy of pity • who can calculate the distress of a population of 60,001.1 souls placed in a state of siege, and subjected to military au thority? Freyre has done nothing bat reconnoitre some posi. tions, and has nut prevented the astonishing expedition of Riego. Since the news of the 20th. sent by O'Donnel and Dalid, from Malaga. nothing has transpired respecting the march of the column of the Insurgents ; an uncer tain report was spread yesterday evening of its having entered, or being on the point of entering Grenada. If that is trite, what shall he say of the victories of Mara bells and Malaga, which have brat accelerated the exe cution of Riego's projects? It is said, that on leaving Grenada be will proceed to Carthagena. P. S. !nth, in the evening.—Riego arrived in good order on the 22d at Antiquera, marching directly upon Grenada, from which the Captain-General Equma bad departed, taking with him 200 State prisoners.—(Deicir linusset.s, &Isnot 11.—The violent storms on oar coast have done much damage. The dike on the sea shore at Willebrock, lioruheim, and other places, has been broken through, and a considerable track of coun try is ender water. The Isle of Walcheren has suffered greatly, and part of the town of Flushing is under water. The excessive rise of the waters, whirh has exceeded that in NOB, has destroyed part of the fortifications to the west of Slop. The water has risen over the dikes, and overflowed the streets of titters. Suds asset quantity of snow has fallen on the fron tiers towards Germany, that the commoalcation with that iltopire by the great road of Aix-la-Chapelle and Liege is entirely suspended. Mr. CUARLIOI Wasxmocorr„ the Artist, has nearly completed his magnificent Moving Pictures, on the plan of the TaNeeir Morcott, at Paris. This promises to be one of the most interesting exhibitions ever produced in this country ; conveying, in a series of views, the manner., costume, and ceretnonies of the prise= Cities of Europa; the whole being animated and by very singular and novelle machinery, and mom panied by a classical description. Each view being the amazing length of El feet. Sir O. Burdett has left town for Kirby Park, his *est in Leicestershire, to prepare fur his trial, which is expected to take place on Wednesday next, at Lektester. Yesterday the Duchess of Cla-ence visited the Duchess of Kent, at the Kings Plasm, at Keasiagton. All the branches of the Royal Family, in town, visited the Princess Soplaht, at Cambridge Heine. The Duke of York is constant in his visits to his Royal Sisters. Captain Barclay, in his bowing expedition through Scotland (for a wager,) has been arrested at nsenech, mod coormittsd to patens as a waives', to he kept at hard labour fur a week. His with regret to his elag wager was sot tas the :tlzto meld sot credit that any Geatiewon noald W derailiag an eartlitiaa. The independent considerable cause hu his park itary carte. _ . ludei by an incessant struggle for the liberty of the s i bi tt. and the rights which our ancestors dennsded, ael were conceded to them by Charter. 'll it o mensi T h county of Durban', sensible of the impsrlaseeg turning to Parliassent a man %hose patriotic (" bur has endeared him to his country, har e come forward to support his interest, sad 4 1121. 4 to themselves, by securing him for their tep tenti. cite. Mr. Wharton and his partisans are d ams and almost crushed, with the overwhelaiog o f enthusiasm, seal, and attachment &vi e * it i Cause of their formidable adversary. Their esom pits the voters are ineffectual, and nothine so u g h .", to prevent Mr. Latnbton from experienciae as tory, and enjoying a proud triumph over I:mister:4 influence and Court favouritism. RIOT AT PRESTON. Accounts have been rereirod in town Ai* mentioning the occurrence of a serious disten ti 4 Preston, in which several persons were low,* man killed. It is supposed to lia-e originAteil is p l . fling election fracas, which, after some moth km 44 on both sides, threatened to heroine a eery 31..er., riot. We hear, however, that by timely exertur.,;:r3 suppressed. THE NEW PARLI.I3IE.vr. MENDERS RETURNED. HUNTINCDONIRIRE.—W. H. Feßuse+, Esq.; Lori 1.1 1 Russell. RUTLAND4/1111111.—Sir Gerard Noel Noel, Bart.; Sir, s i a r , Ileatlteute, Hart. 11 1 / 1 11SFORD11611111r.--Sir J. G. Cottrell, Dart.; So w n p ra. Esq. Pen PRONTlflit.—Sir John Owen, Meatrurrnsistaa.--Sir R. Williams Venality. Ihrt Cat Lt uowen.—Air Robinson.Ra rt.; I lon.W.F.4tvar tst Woorrou BAiiitT.—H. Twist, EU!. ; Phillips Esq. CARDlFY.—Wyndham Leah,. Esq. IRISH. DI;NCANNON.-110110Urible Thomas Knox. lAA • . Horace Seymour, flaq. DVNUARVON.—Cipt. Clifford. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. DUAL, MARCII 17.—Came down frau tip tr-. and 'sailed, the Woodford, Lambourn, ler Jinn Herald, Stranack, for St. Vincent's ; and Dswp. Gowan, for Belfast.—Arrired, and sailed for th River, the Catherine, Owens, front Belfast ; &ohm Streeter, frost Cork; and Queen, fres Uremia.- The Redman, Mainwaring, that was ea gore sear Dnrageness yesterday, was gut off in tie 'knees iy the pilots and crew of the Argus con, tritium soy mriterial damage; she has sailed for Anima& Pentaistrn,Mattcu 17.—Arofeed the Peet 111111 111 , beers, .111ets, from London.—Passed dews Chisel tla l Winchelsea, Adamson; and Dorsetsbire, Lysle, for Helena aid China ; and Venn., for the South Sem- Sailed the Golconda, Edwards, for Madras sad &ill BRIDLINGTON, MARL/ 16.—The Malvint, Jasinny. of North Shields; William, Wright, of Seidel: Amity, Wilson, of Newcastle ; and the Star, d Shields, all in ballast, got on shore en Flailiostl Head during a fog, on the night of the Mb MC it have been got off with little damage. • DI:EWAN COUSIT ELECTION. ntlepestient interest i n this county ic y t able accessions of strength. Sir 1 4 ,6 4 , s long been identified with th a t of fe s . inmentary career has been inrarialtly iuY~ta et stru s o w ts...L. et... . a thi t!ii MI SC irl thi 1 AM S. lig 141 Fn I da , I Nu erl 1111 PR 1 ing • .ti li Si s i 11 sr n 4 N. n fr 11 Tip I. a id • Is 0 e ORATORIOS.-ROYAL COBURG THUM (11110 Y A CORIttSPONDINT.) Last night another grand musical noseelhnyonale the ancient title of Oratorio. was performed at &in , - litre, to a brilliant and crowded house ; and Omagh t 6 bill of fare was multifarious, it slid not in the least als state the appetite of the audience, nor abate a tinted 1 its relish to the very last.—Aunnonerrt, the Freak vocal deity of the evening's entertainment, delighteillr company with his comic musical powers is the dust. Fanatic° per la Alaska, sung with Signora Con The Vesper nylon, sung by Miss iiAPSII.I (the row lady pupal of 31r.ti. Winn), with the accomparimestir an invisible choir, arranged br Mr. James Tsnata, it a novel and impressive etrevt, and was ferliagly platided. PIC ef (t AMMAN snng Deeper and Peecz a t BlAllAll'S chonere. It is a pity that Mr. should attempt what is evidently above his rem& ot particnlarly so when labouring under an informing' of voice.— l'he M. S. duet introduced in the sepal se. ikauties hare you seen a Toy, conspoled bg 6 WARK, and aunt by Miss 44ASPLILL and Milo Lon, Ft diced an involnntary tribute to native talent is alp!i eons encore. Mr. ti. WARE (the leader), in bistro. displayed spin his very superior powers as titkok* went; as did Mr. IVILLst or on the clarionet. Th of the evening's entertainment was received, 110 0 : deal amatrnrs of taste and fashion who attemlsigiA signal and utar!o•il approbation. M.IRRIED. Oa the 11th ingt., at Leamington. neer Waroiek 1 411016 _, tersoll. Esq., we of the late Joaeph Attermn l, Portland-place, to Augusta, daughter of the lait Them Nevin, Esq. On tlaturdar Inst. at At. Miry. Isbegtee. Mama Os Hanes, of Londonderry. N.q.. to Jessie Mary. S i daughter of Charles Roberts, Esq., of his M a jes tyW s IO of Exchequer. COURSE OF EXC Amsterdam. 12 1 C. F. Ditto, at sight, II 18 Rotterdam, 12 2 Antwerp, 12 3 Ilanthargh, 30 8 Alton.. 30 3 Paris, 3 days' sight, 21 30 Ditto, 23 00 Fraakfort on ths Maine, iiii Vienna. Et. Flo. 10 8 Madrid. 334 Cadiz, 33. Rl'boa, 334 Barreloam, 33 Sevilla, 334 Gibraltar. 20 RANGE—Fatang. Leghorn. 474 Genoa, i 44 Malta, 48 Venice, 27 30 Naplr. 384 Lisbon. 60/ Oporto. bit Rio Jeseire. 634 Morino. 110 re a. 91 per eon. Cark. Wry eso. 0.0 awid inests. 104 d. NO son. New Dullars. M. 1146 hiker, la to OOP. M. I Id. London Printed and Palikded lhe * lOl R. WARDELL. Jun, st tits Wes. I*. ":. site St. Closseut's Church; whore Unlan i fiS des, and Misrtissnients ssgesSalid 16 ° 4 7 ,k 1