The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-04-29 00:00:00

L liiim.... THE STATESMAN. ? RR's: OF STOCKS TIIIB pa Stock s s per er Cent. o Red. tlffl ns. 044 se per Cent. 4 per Cent,. 871 881 sperCt. Navy 106,11 lilt Ana. 17 13-18 18 isp.Sper rent. tnn. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stork Dittoßunde tlhi. 91s. pm. Old Annuities Ks. Hills. 9d. Is. as. pm. Ditto 1 um. °molars Con. tor Ae. l.utt. Tiarts /93 s. Ete *tattcsinan. surripn STATESMAN . ' Is INCORPORATED wrrn " Till STRTRRII&N." LONDON: lIATCRPAY ILTENINC. •rain 29, 1420. The Paris papers of Wednesday, %Lich have arri• ri this morning. are untmally dull. In the Cham• 1-er of Deputies 1)9 Tuesday, a protracted discussion took place oa the subjeet of a petition presented by M. Iladier, praying that effectual means might be a lapted to prevNit the r irculation of inflammatory p cards on the part of the litre-lioralists at MUM'S. heg^ placards had been first posted up shorly after the assassination of the Duke de Berri. The contents 'etc were as follow :---" Citizens, be not depressed --- though the crime of the 13th has not yet produced :befitted the favourite, act as if it basl---ve will dray him from his post if they don't consent to banish him. 1 n the mean time organize )• rsel ves niolis --noriev, shall nut be wanting. - In another, it was "We hive obtained a decisive victory in obtain in.; the expulsion of Decazes. Be wise----be firm--- ire most poor in addresses from all parts. The Liberals beat Ile by the infernal ability displayed iu all their addresses," & The Committee reromm •nde litto be referred to the President of the Council of Ministers.-- Adopted. Faksu n FUNDS —(TrEsDAY).---Fire per Cents., 74 fr. ts.l c.; Bank Actions, 1493 fr. The Ind !en termination of the State trials, and the e i rroim iranres by which it has been accompanied, have created no little surprise in the public mind. A question has arisen, bow far justice itas been done by the favour shown to some of the accused, to those who, becanse they hare hie' the misfortune of being tried first, ae to experience uo mercy. If gnilt has been dearly proved to exist, and we certainly do not mean to dispute the fact, all those engaged in its perpetration sere equally criminal. The evidence shows that it hail bat few perceptible shades, unless those het tfr acquinted with the uature of the evidence which they hare produced should be aware of for inekans of clrtaiii poin!t, which to th,• public nest appear to possess equal strength as the rest. This, indeed, may be fairly supposed : fur though 'efficient proofs were brought to satisfy the Jury, yet, co a second toasideration, much of what has been adduced by a pardoned accomplice, hears a very doubtful) character. It is possible, therefore, that the men who hare been suffered to plead guilty in order to sere their live', came under the protection of some secret knowledge on the part of the prosecutors, that the charges against them were not as strongly seestsiniiinted tribe Tette of the others. To the osantry at la•ge mercy is always welcome ; bnt its esercise mast nut seem partial, or sufficient grounds must be. shown to justify that partiali!y. This is, indeed, a question on which precipitate judgment should not be passed. Its importance requires deep consideration, alai many points should be elucidated before it can be clearly ascertained whe:her blame does rot attach to other quarters besides those on whom the vengeance of the law is about to fall. On Monday next, we trust, ue shall be able to resume the subject at greater length. A Cabinet Council will be held this day, it is said, to 6c the time for the execution of the Conspirators ; and it is also reported, that two of the prisoners who hare pleaded Guilty, will stifle, the sentence of the law. 'the following is from the Liverpool Paper of the .7th April:-- Ibxuco Uitts.--" A m mine- was held on Thurs• day last, of the merchants of this port interested in the Hooded grain, for the purpose of considering what reps should be taken, to secure to themselves thy pro visions of the existing Corn Laws, in the event of the passing of any new Act, which shall have for its basis a system of protecting duties. Mr. Booth was called to the chair, and, after sonic discussion as to the most eligible aide of procederc, Mr. Hodgson and Alr. Sanders were deputed to proceed to London forthwith, to adopt tact, measures as may appear expedient. " It is not the object of the Deputation to support or recommend any particular system of Corn Laws; but as it is confidently reported that a new Aft is al:ortl► W be proposed to Parliament, the provisions of which are directly opposed to those of any former Art, and which could not fail most materially to preju dice tb.• interest of the holders of Bonded Orlin, witbuut beneitting the public, the ruerchaits owe it to themselves to make a proper and timely representation of the grievances to which such an Act would subject them." When brought up to receive sentence, yesterday, Thistlewood said, in his address to the Court, " he was ;cleated only by a desire for the prosperity of his country. His object was to avenge the death of those u'lhappy people who bad been inhumanly rut down and massacred at Manchester; and by sacrificing the lives of the guilts., as it were, ' chant a requiem over the souls of murdered innocence.' "—Davidson cited the case of the Barons and King John.—lngs " trusted his children would live to see the day when ample Justice would be done to their country, and when Eaglishtnen no longer should he duoweJ to live as they now did."—Brunt said, " he had, by his in dewy, been able to earn about N. or 4!. a-week, and while this seas the case he never meddled with Foil -1t43 but when he found his income reduced to 10s. a week, he began to look about him, and to ask to what that could be owing? And what did he find ? Wht. eft in power, who met to deliberate how they amen starve and plunder the country. He looked on the Manchester transactions as a most dreadful matter, sad thee& that nothing was too severe fur men who had Wee], sassed, ►set even applauded, the dreadful "sea w►ich occurred there."-1 be names, too, of States and Cassius were pronounced on this occasion. I COURT OF KI.VG'S BENCH...47Ins Da r.) THE KUNIO r. CURTIS. Mr. °camel' prayed the judgment of the Court on Jeremiah Curtis, who bad been convicted of aiding and as!isting stung : •lers on the Sn•sex coast, and of endeavouring to bribe an officer, who was stationed in that quarter to prevent smuggling. The defendant put in an affidavit. in which be ac knowledged the offence, and urged, as a motive fur clemency, that he wax 70 years of age, and hail a fa mily of six children. "I he Court sentenced him to two months imprisonment, to pay a tine of £5., and then to find sureties fit his good behaviour. Two other persons were brought up to recei►e judgment for the same offence, but in consequence of some circumstances mentioned in their affidavits, into the truth of which the Court thought it expedient to inquire, they were remanded until a future day. Yesterday the tiorernor anil Deputy Governor of the flank hail a conference of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, in consequence, as it was said, of a propo sal that the Court of Directors would a,•ree to post pone fur the present year the payment of the five mil lions which was promised. We do nut kn •.v the result of the inter% iew, but it is bel!eved in the city that the Minister still wishes to patch up the finances, and not come to any decisive measure fur their relief! The spce:hes of the unfortunate men who were yes terday brought up to receive their saitence, serve to illustrate 6• the wisdom and firmness" which we are told in the Speech put by Ministe.s into his 31a- JE3tr's 111011th, wits tlisplased by the last Parliament. The convicted men all avasted the commission of the acts fur which they were tried ; and such an avowal is always a great satisfaction to a Juror. But here only can these speeches give satisfaction to any mind alive to the interests of the country. They afford another proof that the feelings of reverence and regard fur the laws that once actuated the people of this country, are, by the syst,-in of folly and injus tice, so long pursued by those who have had the direc tion of public affairs, now nnfortumstely extinguished in a considerable part of unr ropitivion. Those who think with the framers of the Speech from the Throne, that the restrictive measures wili bring back the far greater part of those who hale been unhappily led astray, and will revive in them that spirit of loyalty, that due submission to the laws" which they once possessed; who think that a deep-rooted fee:in , x of in• justice can be eradicated by 4everity, know little of human nature. Now we put it to Ministers, what effect the exe cution of men, with such dying declarations in their mouths, is likely to produce on the country? In hat light wiil these men he viewed by many, when they are no more ?—Tbe attempt to commit such a crime as that for which they were tried, ought to be viewed with unmingled horror ; and woe to the country where such attempts are not so viewed! Hut will untuingled horror be the feeling excited by the declarations cf these men? Can Ministers themselves, for a moment, think so, when they renew the proceedings of the • 16th of Aulust, and those which have followed ? here is no salvation for this country, hot to Witte as fast as we ran to the ancient courses which we have abandoned. If we do not, we may depend upon it that step by st..p the people will be arisen front one exe—ss to another, to lengths which we cannot think of without shuddering. Force will never sopply the place of justice. Punishment, to be efficarious, must be accompanied by a feeling of its justice. The executions in Scotland in the reign of CIIARLI'S the Second and J tams the Second. did not tend to stop the progress of the conta gion, but to increase it. Every farewel address of the sufferers added to the number of those who shared their opinions.—( Mormi.ve ('hrosticle.l We understand that jour persons applied to the Sit ting Alderman at Guildhall, on Tuesday last, to make depositions against the man of the name of Edwards, so often mentioned in the late trials, but who was not brought forward as a witness. These persons were prepared to charge this Edwards with the crime of High Treason, and that he had instigated others to join in the atrocions attack meditated on his Majesty's Ministers. In their proposed depositions they enu merated various farts in corroboration of-the charge, bat all which had happened in the county of Middle sex, not within the limits of the city, and therefore Alderman Sir W. Dunhill. and Mr. Alderman Wood thought fit to convey the intended depositions to Lord Sidumutia, anti desired the persons to go to the office of the Nublr Lord. The Noble Lord wrote an answer, saying, that as Eduard, was one of the witnesses named in the list, and was liable to be called as a wit ness for the Crown, it did not appear to him that any sufficient ground was laid for instituting proceedings against him. The chairing of Mr. Crickitt, the Member for Ips wich, who has been returned under the scrutiny before the Bailiffs, but which return Mr. Leonard (his oppo nent) will petition against, took place ea Wednesday. Great preparations hid previously been made to secure a splendid shew, by a present of ten flags from the Ladies of the party. and a numerous cavalcade was formed by the master of Gentlemen of Tory principles from the surrounding country. Mr. C. was met about a mile from the town, and entered it about half-past twelve, accompanied by seven tleetlemen's carriages. lAt half-past two he ascended his chair at Mr. Bacon's, in Tavern-street, and proceeded three times around the Cornhill, down Tavern-street, Brook-street, round St. Peter's church, up St. Nicholas-street, across the Curnhill again, to his place of starting. here he at tempted to address the multitude. but (mild not be heard but by those immediately beneath the window. He said—" Gentlemen, I cannot find words to express my sense of obligation for the distinguished honour you have this day conferred upon me, by electing me a fourth time as your Representative----the highest honour which can be bestowed upon a subject. lam the more gratified at the issue of this contest, as it is necessary that every real friend of his country should be at his post, when violent attacks are every day making on our gloriousConstitu.itto. (Here the °pins titian became so so violent, that the /tun. Gentle man fonni any further attempts for a bearing would be unavailing. and he concluded by saying,) Gentle men, from the bottom of any heart I thank }tru." The 1 populace thee dispersed, and a din ner at tht room cuseladed the triumphs. of the day. THE KLYG'N C)URT. tete. Yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, his Majesty received visits feum the Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Augusta. Their Royal Highnesses remained with the King till near two u cloak. At that h...ur a guard of honour, preceded by the band of the 3d Re giment of Foot thtards, marched into the Court-yard of the Palace. The satne Court Attendants wire in waiting as on Thursday. At half -past two o'clock, the Deputation of the House of Peers arrived, to present the AVress in an stser to the King's Speech at the opening of the Par !lament. The Lord Chancellor read the Address, which was must graciously received, and the King was pleased to return au appropriate answer. At three o'clock, the Deputation from the Univer sity o.f Cambridge arrived in grand procession from Willis's Rooms. His Royal Highness the links of (110nel-stet, the Chancellor of the University, hail per viously arrived at the Palace, and dressed in his superb Chancellor's robes. There were about lOU more members than attended the Oxford Address en Wed nesday. The Kin_• having again taken his seat on his '1 hrone, the procession heran to move. 'I he Duke of Gloucester was accompanied by his Royal relative the Duke of Susses, the Earl of Ilardwicke, the High Steward of the University, the Vice• Chancellor, te.c. I The f_thancellere being introduced to his Majesty in due form, his Royal Highness read the Address, which ' was must graciously received, and his Majesty was pleased to return an appropriate answer. The depu tation had the h .nour to kiss his 31.4jest:.'s hand. After tne state ceremony, the King ruse from his Throne, and shuck hands very affectionately with the Duke of Suases, and afterwards with the Duke of Mum:ester. His Majesty afterwards received a third Address from the London Clergy. The Bishop of London read the Addres*, which was grAcionsly received and answered. The King looked pale, but its good spirits. O.' .v. 4 itn.4 r. --...-- (FRON R LOWIN • 3 LONDON MACASINZ, Pt:DUNNED THIS NONNINoI We hive much pleasure in making the following extract from this intereming periodical publi cation, for the ainusetti.nt of our readers, and doing ourselves a service at the •-luie time by introducing so opportunely to ti4e the %void.. of the writer of the ar ticle, " a few observations upon the ancient customs and plea.mres of that fairest i!ay of the year." " All our associations with May are delightful. It Is the time of congratulation and of hope: we rejoice that the win ter has passed away. ant we nee the summer approach to wards us with his softe.t flutee and most buoyant step : we forget the festivities of Christmas. atil the scorching glanee and sultry breath of June ; and recollect only that bitter frosts and dark days are thc compinions of the one. and that the er his hrigto eJlours and ll.e odour., and sun set ts and evening winos, to make us happy. • Tne tiro of May eat a Jay plea.ant to roils and men. It .hone as weicosne on Olympus a. at Rome and in the val leys of Tivoli. We hate high intimation that Aurora was a patroness of the day. or, at any rtte, that she mingled in the revelry. Who, when he hears of V /Aptly? with Aurora *Peg, • Wlien he met her once a maylap. ten hesitate to admit into the eslend :r of his holy days the out whirls was observed by such bright and airy deities? '• Main (Ms)) Is traced by some to the word kajeret, and is said to have been adopted ht Romithis out of respect to his senators, who were callP.l Mejorrs. We prefer the plea santer derivation, and neluowledge rather its origin is the starry 31rtia, one of the Pleiades. and mother of Use feather (voted Hermes The Rommel. who generally showed a good deal of animal propensity in their amusements, observed May-day with but unseemly rites; they exhibited loose sports sad ea- Interim postures, to stimulate the degraded appetite of Rome, in the same spirit that they adrelaistered to their own pampered sanity, by proclaiming all the world barbarians except toients.Aves. These sports were acted in honour. as it was pleasantly called, of the goddess Flora, who (ousting Pomona from her golden seat) was worshipped as the deity of/rails and flowers. •• Floriboa et/reenlist prta-ernt. " The ancients esteemed the montli of Ilay unfits:ramble, while the moderns deem it far aterahle to love ; Nhakspeare, who may ►e considered as the best authority on poiuts of i this sort, specks of " Lot*. whose month is ever May. For ourselves, we are of the modern faction : and while we think that glimpses from the yonng-eyed god might mete bright even the fogs of November, et when he shakes his vrings ~ w ith roraie flay - dews wet, " and enmes mown upon es like a shape from lintel,, not even Sir Piercie Shelton himself, that ingesiiossly-tedious etipituist, may contend with him. This is bet a strange comparison. perhaps. especially as we confess our admiration of that romantic personage extemis scarcely beyond his slashed doublet and collar of gems. anJ by U 0 means carries us to the end of his speeches. Yet are we constrained to consider Sir Pierrie as a favoured specimen of his kind; for we have seen soma of the bright est eyes that we know glisten. though they were previormly placid. and very sweet lips s.nile at Inc 1..1;,ing intuition of his name. We have fell that this was really hard upon us, and our serious endeavours et liveliness : thlu3ll the Eliza bethan knight is certainly a sort of privilegel per ;en. and hes written authority to rise with " mortal gashes" on his head, and to push us of this plain-spolau est from our stools, with as little ceremony as he used towards the honest family of Ellemiimaing. •• Rut to quit Cupid and Air Piercie Shafton for our sub ject. fermi which we have been beguiled by the latter wor thy, let its now say a word of two about our ancestors. They had better notions of May than the Romans. aril uhserveJ it with as gay but more decorous rites. Aithoueti the pro cessions aad dance of the morning might degenerate into too free a carousal at eight. yet the more ohjeetionsble parts of the sports wereeever, we believe. pre-concerted: it is true, indeed. that good cheer was not wanting during the day; but it was not until everting that the bonfire, were lighted. and the actual revelling commenced. At Rome ' vire formed a striking and essential part of the Jay's festivity: in Eng land, it was either infrequent or fortuitous: it wa. nou• rished with potent dews, and sprung op like an exhalation at the close of the day, when the spit of gaiety begin to languish. • 6 May-day w•-s celebrated• as was Attie!, by the young. They rose shortly after midnight, and went to cone neig bourine wood, Weeded by songs and music, and hteaking green breads* from the trees, adorned theta with wreaths lead crowns of lowers. They returned hJme al the rigid; of the sun, and made their et isi.lon i anJ their doors gay with !Mende. le the villages they dieted during the deg moved Me May-pole. which afterwards remained 'doming the whole year *touched. except by the seasons, a hitting em blem sad a estweeerated **nig to the li whirs, Of Flowers. At sly*. the villagers lighted up fire.. and indelvd in re veille**, width sometimes were, perhaps. " after the high Rooms fashlis;" sect might, io•lrei, have vied even with those ringlet* festivities with which the •• The Belie, ifs " lire still almalleoesed to reward themselves, tut their pious !abstirsamee w llse fasts of Ethamarte. 1 •• ay of Scotland. and also be soon of the ‘2 soden Whom efs It , May-day was observed. as well ea by as. . Wl* as, lodged, it bad the orlaititowal retrommendal.oa of a l holes sal .. kelvin Hoo.i's-day ." vied peewee fepreeeet. 1 mg Robin tail Kaki Marisa were moat to ',Hig's is thew ' ". cansiong, accompanied by tillage's in the true Sheroin4 From. The May-geese, crowned with " R 09413 reigaiug in the pride of May, avid other flowers, is a creature beautiftsl enough foe: ficti and may vie in idea almost with the nymphs and spirits of antiquity. " In early times, the first of May wore a more voleson look than In the latter years of chivaln•: it was the clay when as semblies were held for the distribution or isu. Juetles then was not " cribbed and confined" in rooms : ror 'vas site misted, in modern fashion, with a wig and swatter; bat she bowed her fp," fare abroad. and heirs her state by a foster): I oltmm. erected in what was relied "Mc Fields el .tinsy. Perhaps, from the increase of briery and crime, it his te t °rue necessary to make her more tsstidiods and imposing. TO TUE EDIIVIt. -.a.- Stn-••You say in your paper of to-day, " Neu Cook and Robert M.Will:am testified in favour of the character of Davidson; as did Stephen Dales William French, and Samuel Lands, for tha• i.f Tidd." From the manner in which my name is thus intro duced, the reader might suppose that I hui been in hvbits of intimacy with W. Davidson, and, for aught that appear; to the contrary, even up to the present tint? ; an impression that I should be very sorry toilers remain with the public. But the (het simply is, as has 1, en stated in route other papers, aid or I gave in evi denNi. " In the year !SOO and Intl', IV. hswidson sv..s studying the mathematics unrler Dr. Mackay, of Aber deen, at the same time with met" and I had then a hig it pinion of his talents and integrity. Since that period I hive se. vi him only thrie, or at int,st tour tinier, acid• then we accidentally met in the streets of London. The last of these casual meetings was, I think, in May or June, ISI6 ; siace that time I have neither seen of known ary thing of him. I think it right to add, however, that had I heard him say what lie did on his trial, at the time when we were fellow-sendentr, I should have had implicit confidence in the truth of ac:ouiit, notwithstanding what was sworn by those who were brought forward as witnesses ag.a:nst his. am, Sir, your's, &c. &c. KOICAT *WILLIAM- Lifon's-inn, Friday, Aprililik N.WAL INTELLIGENCE. DIAL, A PIM 6 2t 4 .--Cam; down fro n the River. and saileJ, the Katharine Stec art Forbes, Lamb, for Bom bay; William Manning, Smith, in St. Nitt's ; and Archibald, 'l'aylor, fur Nova Scotia --Saileii the homeward-bound vessels for the River.--Arrived, and sailed for the River, the Loyalty, Hearn, from I.:Yer pool ; the Robert, Clark, from i'ortsmouth, lust au an chor and cible in the Downs yesterday. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 2S.—Arrived the Duke of York, Finlayson ; and Devonshire, Townehend, from London. LtraitrooL, APRIL 27 --Arrived the Ayrshire, 31'Plierson, from Dee erara; Mary. West, from New Orleans; Athens, Webb, from Savannah: from Ham ; Aphrodite, from Danuic, T wo Bruth.rs, Prince, from Dantric ; Vrow 1)1k, and Vr;w Catherine, AlVin, from Ostend ; and Diana, Jacubadat, from Groningen. The Commerce, Swan, from the Bay of Honderas, for London, put into Charleston 20th March. lanky. SATntryn, Anti follcAttAr 111mr at in hero with loos of sachem and cables . ---Wylaw. Atkinson; from London. for Newcastle; Alert, Dots. gall, from London, for Hamburgh ; and Janet, Red efine, from London, tor Berwick. MARGATE, APRIL 28.----The Fanny, Patterson, of Glasgow, from St. Vincent's, for London, was curled into the Swale ye,terday, with loss of anchers and cables. An anchor, with about ht/ fathoms of chain. bare b.en picked up here: the anchor is marked on the crown H & R, and along the shank, " 7.0.0 eIIAIENTt • LOPIDOM." The chain is taarked on the cross-bar of each link, alternately," HAWS a" "PR or no." •---The Aurora, Nicholls, from Ireland, has been on shore off the Receivers, but got elf again, and pro ceeded for the River, with loss of an anchor. PLYNOVTIN, Aram 27.--Arrived the Leeds racket, Proctor, from Liverpool.----Sailed the Gallant, Myth, for Hamburg!). FALMOUTH, Aran. 46.--Arrived the Puke of Krnt packet, with a mail from Lisbon, in 17 dayi.--Sailed the Union, Drokenshir, for London. MItLANCIIIOLT SMIPW • ace.—Th•Qualter sailed from Boston on the idth of February, with rabies and arr. dage for the Columbus, 74, fitting for sea in the Che sapeake waters ; she bad on board 39 men, which had been recruited for the Colambus, three naval officers. and six marlins, including Captain Journsgan-49 persona in all. On the morning of the 6th of March the schloner was strack by a scull. and in spite of every eze:tion capsized, and the passengers and crew were washed overboard by the surge. William Miller. the Mate, succeeded in hauling himself into the main cross-trees, where he found four others. Capt. Jone s sgan, when last seen, was holding to the main chains; the Mate and his four companions remained in this sia tuation until the 7th iastatit, when three of them pc. rished of cold and fatigue, and were washed away by the surge, which was continually beating over the Mate and his surviving companions. They remained. without a prospect 4 f escape from death, until the fo:e twoo of Wednesday, March 8, when they discoveted a vessel standing towards them ; they contrived to heist a s;gnal of distress, and the vessel approached and sons a boat, and took from the wreck the two sufferers, wim p . after a lapse of 5b hours, were nearly ezhaustedy Ole pre.:ediag particulars of this us lans.holy sliii, by which 46 human beluga unfortunately pe r's eine . derived from a very minute statement drawn up Igtild Mete .—(Boree Pep. r.) ................ . Lord Grey, el lett son of t a Earl of Stamford. 111* admitted Nobleman of I rinity-college, Cambridge. t ual On Tuesday last an inquisition was held om t B. WRITS, befit., one of the Coroners for •dirk on view of the body of Mr. Thomas Shack aged 19 years, stalest of St. John's College. It upon evidence, that Mr. Sha:klock, in east xikk some friends, was bathing at av. rj deep aid • gesoes place, called the Old Ladder, and being an indifferent swimmer, he soon became relied wbi:h teradaated in the melancholy event of death. A quarter of an hone had elapsed before Cow bAy was ftm•is;; every elLrt was then made to resits• citate the lungs under the die:elan of seven) imams gentlemen, bat ali attempt* were unavailing. . 4 1 . ~' a ,,ii 1 './1 .+