The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-09-28 00:00:00

PORTUG BS R SP° L UT/ON. To Ts' PIESIDIRET, muntetrat. AND REPIIPSZN SATIVES or THE CITY OP LISBON, AND THE DEPUTIES Of THE GVILDO THEREOP. The Kiwo. our Lord, through the Governors of these his Kingdoms of Portugal and Algrave, sends to you greeting • We have already made known the necessity. under exist isf arrent circumstances , of the Convocation of the Cortes, renter therein to treat anti discuss with the three estates rite said realms matters highly important to the service of nod, of our said Lord. and the welfare of the people ; in his Royal same, we hat e determined to convene them in this City of Lisbon for the 13th day of November next, 1.9. t. we therefore strictly enjoin you. on receipt of this. to elect . c t representatives possessing the qualities and eircura lneev required by similar acts. who shall come pros ided with sufficient powers (as always was the usage and custom). in order through them and those of the other cities and towns. whom a e film., charge to assist at the said Cortes, in order to Jo. transact. and determine on all matters might; to the said purposes; and they will moreover trice with them any statements which may swear to you most interesting to the general welfare of the nation, and particelarty of t!iis city. and they will present themselves to the Secret/ft of Government fur Foreign Affairs. to whom they will deliver in their said powers. And we further w o, flat a+ well iu the election of the said Representatives, as @@@@@ ether matter relating to this affair, you n ill ro e f ed with ail the consideration it deserves. And ikereas is notorious that the people incurred great eviler:re( and experienced great hardships during the ; I re war, and it is the will of our Lord that they mhould he treated with the utmost consideration, we order that the said Repre.:rotatiCele come, as well as those of the other prul inees. under the idea of being aided in the espences they mat incur in the said Cortes, according to the wants of each place. Litbou. Palace of Goveemment. Rept. 9. 1,141. (Sipature..) NEXT THUR4DAT. 4.600 TICKETS TO BE DR 1W N —ALL Will BE PRIZES—TWO 10.0111 y.. TWO 10.0mit.—T11'0 io.ooof. IN THE FIRST FIVE MI NITES—ALL STERLINO MONEY. PRICK OF STOlki TII Rsnt Work S per trot. Red. S per 4't eons. NM II per Graf. 4 per Cents. Apr ft. Nits, WM Long %an. Imp Sperl'ent. Ann DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK . India Stock Ditto Bonds 40s. pm. Old Annuities Ex. Rills Yd. 44. 4 24. pm. Ditto Com. °minium 41 31 dis. Coo. for Account 0611 Lott. Tickets 411. his. NIGH 11 VIER AT I.O\llON BRIDGE To-xonauw. Mamal. Umin. after 7.—E‘ ening, 31 mitt. after 7. it ht AitattOmatt. T!1 114171•11 Sr' TISIIAN 14 CCCC CTED WITS " Tin stArrinAh.- LONDON: VIC..IDAT EVENING. IMPTltMlielt !9. 1320. STOCK-RXCHANGE, One ()Tier's. The Plinth have been very steady fur these few day grist until yesierday afternoon, when the market as sumed an heaviness which termina'ed in a fall •f I pe. cent. Consols leaving off at 661 for the account, bu. buyers. *Li having upened at 661. This mortaint Consols tiptoed at 661, and went sellers fur a shut time, bo there was very little business doing; they !wanly buyers and have continued so up to this time Money antinues extremely plentiful. Park Pa:.ers of the 21th and ?.sth have arrived s solrninc The accoucliement of the Duchess to Brant has not yet taken place, nor have any gym' - toms, a$ has been stated, of its approach, appearr • Her Royal Highness was on Sunday observed walkint on the terrs:e near the river, apparently iu excellew health. The Moititeur contains an article of some important. to the QuESN. It is a communication from M. OA LLATIN formerly a blinister of Wirtemburg. In this he state• that the assertions of the a itness KRANTZ, fel/tilt. to an interview with him at Carlsruhe, is fabricated and false—that he don't know her, and never, indeed, saw her---in short, that he %las not at Carlsruhe at tht time alludeJ to, he having removed to Munich in the year Itil6. kren=•h Funds, Five per Cents, 7•lf. 79c. It was known several days since, that the Regency of Portugal, finding they could not effectively resist the united voice of the army and the people, had very wisely determined to yield to it ; anti had accordingly convoked the Cortes. The official document on this subject has come to liana, and will be found in another part of our paper. It is the most miser- able fraud that ever was attempted to be practised upon a people; and did we not know that its manufac turers are well practised in the art, we should almost imagine that this paper had issned from a certain nursery of young Statesmen', which, we understand, was established at the late Congress, under the immediate patronage of a Nobleman, who is in the habit of telling his opponents, that they "stand pros trate." However, as the authors of this document are old offenders, we suppose they were hurried, were terrified at the late Revolution, were under the dread of ►i ing called to a serious account of the past, and had lust their usual powers of sophistry and obscurity ; for the present document is perfectly dear and r ibk. that is to say, it can be easily seen through sad we will shortly point out two of its leading, and must übjeetioaable ingredients. It directs, that the Conn shall be convoked, according to the ancient mode ; ask it may be necessary to apprise such of our readen, as are not acquainted with the ancient Portuguese Uoverament, (for we choose to call it rather by that mate than that of Constitution,) that the calling of, THE the Cortes, in the ancient mode, would give the power of sending Members, to certain towns, privileged 111 Charter. Many of these towns ate now fallen into decay ; and therefore, as far as regard those places, the word " Representation" would be a mockery; just, for instance, like that of our own rotten Boroughs. The calling of the Codes in the manner we have described, would also give the power of sending members, to what is called the three estates; and one of these estates is the Church, which we know, has, all over Christendom, departed from the tenets of primitive Christianity, and interfered very largely and mischievously with temporal dominion. The two instances ae have selected, will be sufficient to give our readers a general idea of the nature and object of this proclamation, which is worthy of its must worthy authors. It is really surprising to ob serve, in the political wor:d, how much public men are in general insensible to the difficulties, into which they iovulve themselves, and how much they thereby hasten their downfall. 11.isi the Regency of Portu gal, while sitting in Council to frame this proclama tion, called to their assistance a common mole-driver, he could have shewo them the absurdity of attempting to dupe the Constitutionals by such a paltry contrivance. They will not be duped by it. Two very spirited Proclamations have appeared : one from Marshal Lacs:not, and the other from Colonel Sorcerers*, which, although prior, in point of date, to the Re gency Proclamation, indicate pretty clearly, that the . army will pay no attention whatever to any act of the Regency ; sod that the only acknowledged authority, for the present, will be the Provisional Junta. Indeed, we believe this silly Proclamation was the only act of the Regency which would hare had say influence whatever on the public mind, but that in fluence must be of a nature exactly opposite to that which was wished. It must be precisely what the Constitutionals desired : fur they cats now, with perfect ease, convince the people tha: the tlovernment, having ruled them with an iron hand ; haying robbed, plunder -1 ed, and oppressed them, have now endeavoured to de fraud them. In short, the acts of the Regency have had about them all the essentials of political delinquency ; and we have little doubt that this proclamation will be the last set of their official existence. la looking at the conduct of the men, who have brought about these memorable events, we have fresh occasion every day to repeat our remark, that it cannot but be pleasing to all goo,' men to observe the wisdom, he temper, and the benevolence which ha% character's:- ed all the acts of the Constitutiunak our readers w ill perceive in the two Consti utional Proclamations we have mildewed, the affection u ith which their whore! speak of their Roca ; and the distinction they make between hint and the outrageous conduct of his Minis cers. Formerly, the term " Revolution" conveyed to tor winds the idea of bloodshed, anarchy, and iudis• •ritninate rubbery ; and wr almost turned our eves away from the description. Now , we observe alit *the !eneral complexion of Revolution is humanity, firm .empota y government, and a scrupulous attention to he rights of property. 'I he reason may be easily c sileeted. Fortner Revolutions neer generally the at t mu t at+ of sceptered monsters to enslave their people ; w site those of the present day are the steady and wanly •c•rtions of enlightened patriots, to tireuntscribe the ps.vers, and yet preserve the advantages of Monarchy. I therefore, we distinguish these events by the re ssective terms of "Monarchial" and" Constitutional" sievolutions, we shall never be at a loss to ascertain the character of each. Cowes, Seri. 26.—His Majesty having signified his intention of landing this morning, the beet pre- 1 ,rations the time would admit were made to give pro ,er effect to the scene. At eleven o'clock were seen I is the harbour and ruadsted the Royal squadron, and he different vessels of the yacht-cinh, intermixed wills ►bout thirty row-boats, with their respective Nags on heir prows, the whole forming two parallel lines from he Royal tieorge to the shore. At twelve o'clock a signal gun from one of the accompanying frigates an •tounced his Majesty's having quitted the ship for the royal barge, and immediately a salute of twenty-oue suns was given from each of the frigates, and front the Castle, and many of the smaller vessels. As the barge proceeded towards the shore, the boats followed in the train, and on his Majesty's putting his foot on land, ne was received with acclamations by the persons who had waited his arrival. Ills Majesty, between Sir Charles and Sir E. Paget, followed by a numerous suite, walked slowly to the marine villa he had lately purchased, and after el-omitting about twenty minutes, then walked back again the same way to the barge, and the like ceremony as before was observed in re: conducting bim to the yacht. The squadron then weigh ed anchor, and departed the ruadsted on a short cruise. Sr. GEOROR'S 1,1 rue EAST.—Tuviday, pursuant to a requisition signed by several of the inhabitants, a meeting of the parigbioners of St. Oeorge's in the Kant was held in the Vestry-room of that church, in order to consider of the propriety of presenting an Address to her Majesty. Mr. Whitely, the senior Chnrchwardes in the Chair. The several Resolutions were proposed, and ably supported by Mr. Grey, Mr. Sberrot, Mr. Powell, Mr. Pairhridgr, and Mr. Wilson; and a deputation was appointed to wait upon her Majesty to learn when she will be graciously pleased to receive their Address : the deputation to :consist o f the Chairman, the Secretary, the stover of the Address, and the Vestry-Clerk. A short time ago we stated that it was in contem plation to engage East Clift Lodge, Kawasaki', for the Queen. We are now informed that Mr. Alderman Wood is in treaty for this residence for her Majesty. A Courier went off on Tuesday night to make ar rangements respecting her Majesty's witnesses, a coo siderablt number of• whom may be upsets& to 'nitre in a few days. ,TESMAN. ADDRESS FROM A QUERN TO A ICING. PION AN ANUAINO PUBLICATION NOW MUM FRoN TAM MINIM, INTITLID TIC " 'unix', SMART OPIIIND, OR coaRRSPONOINCII RITRAORDINARY, lIIILAMITR TO TOR DUMB OF RIR MAJBATT." " I must proclaims my Innoceace— " Bat oh! " I cannot utter what my bosom feels." " A little while " Was I a wife—a mother mot so long— What am I now ?" Now that I tread with fearless step once more, In spite of calumny, the Brish shore, In spite of cruel foes, who sought to doom, To lingering exile and a tainted tomb, The wife you vowed to lute—who should have been The partner of your throne—Britannia's Quaape ; Ti you the father of a vanished joy, The husband still of one whom griefs annoy, In widowed state—to you the dearest friend That Hessen could give—these mrrowing lines I sand, Wet with a wife's. a hapless mother's tears, And penn'd where peace no more the scene endears, Though deep in solitude, 'midst shades of grief, From conscious innocence I seek relief; ,The shades, forsaken by the courtly throng, lesonsd indignant merman at my wrong. To you at length I write—to you I turn, Wiiile in my breast contending feelings burn ; While memory harrows up a train of years, Msrk'd by keen anguish and curruding tears - To you at last my wrongs, my griefs dkclose, And claim protection from increasing woes. twist thou forget! 0! well my heart can L4l, When tor thy love I bade a long farewell To the gay bowers of jowl', in beauty's prime, Where Brunswick's virtue brealli'd asoul sublime, That pstriot soul which sighed for glory's essay, And taught me scorn of all but honour's laws. Canst thou forget, when Love pretested his claim, How warm I met thee in election's name, When holiest bands, where suppliant hearts adore, Joined hands whom kindred Iles had bound before; AM ! could I think, while thus at Hymen's shrine I join my band, my heart, and fate with thine, That rude injustice should my peace annoy, And dark dishonour every bliss destroy ? When thus I gave my heart, devoid of care, To England's glory and to Britain's heir, To him resigned, with Love's confiding tears, The bloom of youth, the peace of fitters years, Could Fancy think, or could the soul believe, That thus my fond and bounding heart should grieve ? That !mourned blander, mounting to the Crown, should dare to tread its brightest jewel down? Or that a mother, from her palace driven, Should clasp her houseles., babe in sight of Heaven, Thrust forth to bear the world's ungenerous scorn, And, though a Princess, droop in grief forlorn ! MEETING EXTRAORDINARY OF MEN OF STRAIT' a Allmon , : and CW5ll'l2l-I Meeting of the fretoseuters of Serjratit's Inu Passage, Chancery Lane, held at the Dicing Cellar, Dyott Street, St. Oilea's, Sept. 25, 1t320, to take into consideration the pro ptiety of remonstrating against the employment of Italian, Swiss, and ()moan wittiesm-s to swear against the Queen, it was unanimously resolved I. That the hiring foreign witnesses to swear against the Quern, while there are so many natives out of work, well known to be inured to the practice of swearing for their living, is a must unfair, unpa triotic and invidiuss preference ; inconsistent with the proper jealousy that regulates our intercourse with other nations, in opposition to the wholesome lobos 'vitality of the Alien Act, and a direct violation of the rights and privileges of Englishmen. A fine, fruit this of the Holy Alliance! 2. That the reasons for employing these outland ish interlopers are frivolous and vexatious. If pre ferred from the hope of being suture obsequious on ac count of poverty, we would, notwithstanding all the boasted wealth in the country, challenge any nation in Europe to produce such a list of paupes S as England can exhibit ; if chosen because Swiss and Dolmans have been accustomed to be hired as mercenaries, we would only beg leave to suggest, that it is proverbial its England, that every man has his price ; if selected because Italians have, as Catholics, little feeling of the sanction of an oath, we would affirm, without fear of contradiction, that there is no country in the world where men are led to swallow oaths with more facility than in the Custom Houses and other establishments of this Protestant kingdom, and no Church which pro duces more thorough-church-men, disposed to conform their consciences to the prudent and complacent sug gestions of expediency. Such, indeed, is the prevalence iu this country of certain intlitences, too obvious to re wire being pointed out, that we are constantl y is dread of being compelled, by the intrusions even of our fellow-countrymen, to abandon the profession to which we had devoted our souls. 3. That we cannot but express our astonishment, that in the getting up of the Orrin Bag charges, the managers, who had acquired sort ample experience in the numerous conspiracies that had been contrived sad detected of late, should have been insensible of the excellence of native talent. If the blunders of sr Oliver or a Castles had made ahem distrustful of their English spies and witnesses, the extraordinary amens of their Edevards's and Dic . ne , 's was abundantly suf ficient to redeem our national character. 4. That if in any point we feel disposed to make allowance in the resent case for' the admission of fo reign evidence, it is in favour of the female witnesses. l Upon a review of the evidence which these foreign females adduced, we doubt if any English mom" would have had the face to give it. S. That the exhibitions of the foreign men at the, Bar of the House of Lords has, sun the other bee& been so very contemptible, as to make as 'tremble tar the character of professional swearers in our Courts of Law, in time to come. Hitherto, it is well haws. the members of our profession hare contrived to Maw fain such credit, that we severally could be as security for thousands of pound.. though few at the hair were in possession of a &hilliest. 6. That lit witnesses swearing to eircenestishoa . which hoptobilility on their fare, is taint,* - injudicious, and proceeds ,upon the belief atilt the judges are drvbid of common sense. An oath can never give weight to evidence that is of itself incredi ble ; and a witness who swears without effect, must be d—d A he deserves. 7. That the idea of making a tale get credit be cause it appears incoherent and ill-contrited, is not likely to find entrance into the head of any native of the United Kingdom born on this side of St. (Jewett's Channel. There is a wonderful difference between a simple truth, and an extravagant and foolish story. S. '1 hat the evidence adduced by these foreign wit nesses has endeavoured to insinuate a great deal too much, and actually proved a great deal too little. Cu tler the circumstances they have described, it is utterly inconceivable, according to all English experience of the curiosity of men and women, that the persons who bore witness as to what they pretended they had seen, could hare ever been satisfied, till they had *miler demonstration of every thing they had suspected. 9. That after this vile mismanagement, which is enough to make such practitioners as are concerned for the credit of the profession, or for the consistency of Courts of Law, execrate these Italian, Swiss, and tier man swearers, the information we have from time to time received of the entertainments furnished to their foreign intruders, while we are starving in the I.,ng vacation, is a grievance which the stomachs of all English wit nesse-, can testify, is exceedingly hard to digest. To have been drilling them abroad as well as here, and cooping them and fattening them at an unlimited ex pellee in the ecronation kitchen, and to have made such a isles, of their evidence at last, shews how shamefully the finest opportunities and materials may be spoiled. I;ini sends meat, and the d---1 sends Cooks 10. That having been time itnmen► wially acknow ledged capable of jestij~•iwg in behalf of others, we trust we shall nut be denied the opportunity of oar:elves ; and that therefore, under a deep sense of the various mortification' we have experi enced in the progress of the pending cause, the following Petition and Remonstrance be presented to the Managers of the Green-Bag matters: •10 THE 110NIJOR/4111.11 AND RIGHT HONOURAILL MA NAUCRS OF TIIC •FFAIRS OF COTTON lilitDEN ♦NY llt VICINITY. The Prrivtort and REMONSTRANCCof the Frequee :ers of Sergeant's lon Passage, erroneously termed Jsw BAIL, and vulgarly Max OF STOW., Must humbly Sheweth, Tl►at tour Petitioners, from a long habit of swearing conceiving themselves competent judges of its effects in Courts of Law, beg leave to state that the recent swear ing of the foreign witnesses at the Bar of the Monte of' Lords, appears to us calculated to bring the practice of swearing into general disrepute. It might be deemed inconsistent in us to point out how expi (bent it is. for the sake of property, moral►ty, and order, that the sacred nature of an oath should be respected by the people at large ; but it will not be denied as to complain that, if swearing comes to be made light of, 161.1 oar " OVA , pation's gone." • That from the various new provisions of the Revenue Law., and from those of other Molder unnecessary to mention, the use of swearing has, in this country, become so familiar, so dexterous, and so easily and cheaply se spliced, that there is no pretext for the insportationolary . sweamire &me *lsmail. In ismoserernee istssere super abundance of native practitioners, our emoluments were merely such as we could swear by; and in the midst of our severest privations, we have found these foreign rivals introduced, and remunerated with exorbitant wages, at our expe►►ee, if we may be allowed to say so, or at least at the cost of the nation. That taking . these premises into consideration, with the various gr►evances we have suffered, we humbly hope your honours will grant to us sorb relief. ►►s to your honours may seem meet, and your Petitioners, as in duty bound, shall ever SWEAR. GUILDHALL. swEARIso IN la , TUT SlltilliTtl. This morning the Livery assembled for the pur pose of swearing in the Sheriffs elect fur the ensuing rear. Mr. Alderman Waithwan and Mr. Williams were called to take the oaths, and on presenting them selves were warmly received. The usual oaths were then administered to the Sheriffs. The Sub-sheriffs were also sworn ; and all the forms customary ou such occasions having been gone through, Mr. Alderman WAITIIMAN rote. He said that hav ing beet. just invetted with the office of Sheriff, he felt himself called on to offer a very few observations on the occasion. No man was more sensible that be was of the great importance of that office, and he lamented his own inability to discharge it. Bat be begged to assure them. that it was not an office of his choosing. and that if he could, with any degree of propriety, he would have avoided it. All the pomp and splen dour attendant on it, had no charms for him. But having been called to it, ne hoped he would discharge it to the best of his ability. Indeed, he felt • cond deuce un enuring upon it, fur be knew, that any de fects that might appear, would receive the most liberal construction. He thanked them for the kindness they had always thews him. Before he concluded; he wished to observe that he ilia not consider himself bested is the slightest degree to alter those political opinions he land always professed. But he trusted, sincerely, that be never would suffiw his political sentiments folainenee. for a moment, his official conduct, but that he word/ discharge his duty with fidelity and inipartiality, whenever he was called upon to act.---(Loud Cheering.) Mr. WILLIAII, then rose, and addressed the Livery to the same effect. He wool always, he hoped, dis charge the important duty, to which he had been chosen impartially. lie was vranaly'reeeived. The Lora Mavoa then us trounced, that 'a Coosaa Hall would be held precisely at one ethicia• OLD BAILEY sesvoar4,. . . This morning, on the sitting J o . CNK. Colin ileherteeti was placed at the bar, ch./god iltititealiog a coat, waistcoat and utber atticleogrf.pqming Offparel. Uailty. . • Samuel Woodbridgemso cgnsir l etoaling s pair of shoes, the roperty of .Samuel 4101 1 4. la cense qisence of his extreme yeault,.sol t ,* Wag the fins offence, the Court discharged .14M, phis ii. ono ▪ li be eses Laten t Michael fillsint,aml Jamerlaglehr, were all couricted of stealing. a gaiety, a. spoon and other articles, the properscof4phis4444V42- :~ , , ; 1