The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-11-15 00:00:00

Fl icE OF OTOCILS Till poi sock 2171 4 , Cot. Rat. Pam rye Ct. Com 6931 i re fre OL pet C 771 i ts. 770 3 i,rt \My ba 7 11W 1 10.511 1 13-16 DAY AT ONEI O'CLOCK. India Stock Ditto Sonde 265. 975. pm. Old Anouitiss F.:. Bills 4d. 3s. 4s. Ss. pm. Ditto Com. (Minium Con. for Account dCljeli Lott. Tickets - TO ORRE'YIINDENTS. oe t e c to aoraint our vorrespnndeht of Newark. that ofeivd nut . i n r nri umion on the subject respecting inquires. from authority that we did not Oi.pute. - - _ - - LONDON: ~ygIMAT NOTEM•ER 15. 'roar EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK. n e n o e l daring the early part of yesterday ex we," lA* a steady appearance, until the middle e , a i l, when the market sudd• my took a de (:ave r i l e, and Consols, which opened at 69k for t o ucieat, 1.091 , to $9. This, as might be sap f.Acraded a considerable i.attie among the beers, „e t of whom were declared defaulters yesterday, sa e is day, in addition to those we mentioned on udq, Tots rase was attributed to the idea that p i; .e,, Di forron:.l have been prorogued last night, which wasetr!ern a 4 tu create a great demand, for money s ..:k was very scarce. However, this morning has f a latied the report, and the addition of the i sk i i n troop being urn the march, has changed sle feature of the market. for t. onsols, which opened st la are now t'.9l. the market nut looking' quite ss Ini.liant. The other Funds partook likewise of Otis rise, as Navy Jive per Cents. were done at IWO; b at ate Dow inn Whatever may be the Nutt result, there certainly is sot sat& lent pontical reason NT this el ra...on, and nothing but the pubiic bring so sub est of stock could have created it. this 'Homing, has an el 'borate article I s:lem• the immediate cause of the of the gait of Pains and Penalties. There was a drawn mace, it was alleJged, connected with it, nhich was items to Ministers, but of which no notice was taken by them, either in the course of the proceedings or a: tie conclusion. This circninstance, attic)) Ministers E..oiltrood to have kept so snug . , is, however, no othsr than that which was the topic of discussion la every public company in town, namely, that in the I eye of an impeachment, a majority of twelve was ab whitely necessary to the condemnation. Now, we are : Maly convinced that this circumstan re had not, and could h:tve not the smallest ininence in leading to the abandonment of the DUI. Independent of any refe- , rence to analogues cases, the Ministers acquired, in the course of the proceedings, that kind of conviction with respect t ) the measur.! itself, which nia.k its ter mination most expedient. The loud and universal mice of,Rald]c ?pinion was against it. The whole nation hat i,lentillod itself in the cause of the Queen, and was agitated with the keenest emotions. The peace of the confer!, and the security of the Ministers were in imminent danger ; and if their love for their conatry and their master had been insufficient to re s•rain thin in their rash and obnoxious course, their regard for their own interests was enough to cheek them. But the cause assigned in this article of The Ti.tua, is inapposite and inapplicable to the occur rence. Whatever the additional number above a hare majority may be that may he required for condemna tion in a case of impeachment, that number is err tai,4 not necessary to the passing of a Bill in Par liament, though it he a Bill of Pains and Penalties, or even ut Attainder. In proof of this, we have an insta-ce in the case of Sir Joust Flixwick, in the year 11;96, when a Bill of Attainder passed the House of Peers, by a majority of only seven. Sir JOHN had been ap prehended at New Romney, on has way to France, to join the abdicated Ninnarch, and with him had been seized his servant, by it hom hesent to his lady, a letter, wai, found, and which contained evidence otitis imentlons. For this offence, it was thought peeper to proceed against him, not by a Bill of In dietuient in any ordinary l'ourt of Justice, but by a Bill of Attainder, introduced into Parliament. In op posieg this mode of proceeding. his Counsel, Sir J. Pow's, well observed at the Bar of the House of Com mons, that "if Bills of Attainder come into fashion, we shall neither know what is treason, what is evi dence, nor how, or where we are ta he tried." In the stages of the measure, the most strenuous and justly grounded opposition was made to it; and the 'furies tin this occasion asserted those Constitutional priu.:iples of dberty and justice which the Whigs were t ineutiaistently violating in their proceedings against the unhappy Baronet. he Bill, however, was committed, pasted, and sent up to the House of Lords, where it produced the longest and wannest debates which had been known since the re.ortnation. At length it was carried on a divi sion by siert EICHT against stztv one; and one and forty Lords, including eight Prelates, entered a protest, couched in the strongest terns against the decision.—lt may not be irrelevant to add, as a further specimen of the spirit that actuates all Bills of Pains and Penalties, that Sir Joust Ecr u Ice, after ineffectually soliciting the mediation of the Lords in his behalf, while his friends im plored the Royal mercy, and notwithstanding the Bill against him was carried in the House of Peers by a utajority of only SEVEN, was wade to suffer upon Tower-Hill; and could obtain no other fa your—than an ow:taloa by an axe, instead of a halter THE STATESMAN. COVENT GARDEN THZATRE. As Historical Tragedy, 1117 ed " Wallace.** was pro dased at this Theatre last night with unqualiiimi success. The name at once discio.es the source and character of the play. Of course, the facts which are purely historical, do not stand alone, but are supported by a certain portion of fiction, neer for the purposes of the drama. Tue prin cipal characters are supported as follows : Wallace (Regent of Scotland) Mr. MACR CADY. Douglas . r. C. Kenna'. Monteith Nolen (wife of Wallace). fiLsa. The Play opens with the approaching conflict between Wallace, already Regent of the kingdom, and Edward. The private marriage of Wallace %ilk Helen (who is also Moved by Loggias and Monteith) is next disclosed. The latter, • traitor. excites the jealousy of Dorylas, without letting him know the favoured rival—brings bin, to a forest. a here be witnesses an interview between the lovers. tratiare goes off the scene. and Dangles, enters—reproaches Ilrl, n— ix starting off to assassinate his happier rival—but is won to more heroic feeling by his uwu generosity, and the high-minded eloquence of the lady. The bottle (we suppose of Falkirk) takes place. The Sei.l 4 sr,. dr fested ; Wallace supposes his wife in the hands of rho enemy. She kas fallen into the hands ut her worst enemy .1/uateitk, from whom shye is rescued by Iluitylas : and re stored to her husband. The traitor Monteith disc isers the retreat of Wulture. betrays him into the hands of Ed mord ; seizes his wife; and. in the act of bearing her off. is slain by the gallant Douglas. Wallace is convoyed a prisoner in chains to London—he is followed thither by his wife under the guidance still of Douglas. She procures a respite from King Ethrard—but the terms are ignominious. iFulltsee makes her die arbitress of hit fate, she prefers death with honour, and life and love without it. The execution I36i‘ig place—she sees the horrid spectacle from the stal;e--- dies- - and the curtain falls. The piay is said to be the production of a very young candidate for dramatic fame. His name is O . A I.lt F. it, and he is described as out having yet attained his twentieth year. 'flue extreme youth of the author is an effectual barrier to the severity of criticism. otherwise we might find in his t rageily frequent riolatioos. not' only of rules laid down by .the hest dramatic authors and critics, but also of the common provisions mid management of the wittiest playutitl. For example, fl'oii.uv is Midi' to loe present, and silent for a length of time, during a violent disputation be tween Jheeestios and the rchel shirk, .at w hich him self is the subject : or we ;night likewise discover a want of orit:ioality in many of the situations, so palpable as to force upon the mind a continual l'Pe.llTrller to other plays. Wlictiwe l.ctr Mont,ith exclaiming, "Is this myself: Are these my hoed', :?" We cannot help think ing of Lear. II lieu we see him conquering his jealousy and disappointmen!, struggling against his love, and performing the noblest acts of heroism to serve and pro tect his rival, we cannot banish Bot/a from the imagina tion. But are we nut trampling upon that barrier le hie we ronounced e ff ectual ? We will nut trace the im perfections of the author further; for however nu merous or ei Meld they may he, they are amply extenu ated by the spirit of geniu s, im mature as it is, which " lives, and breathes. and has its being, - in the Feneral character of the tragedy. It is certainly most prionment in the poetry. and that is nature's chief work. She has indeed been liberal to the young anther and we would remind him that her gifts are gratuitous, and, speaking front the authority of one of the hest poets of old, co existent with birth ; while 0'0..01 art are only conferred as the sequel of a long course of devotion, at least, Knot of servitude. The sating of 3lscac tot ii. some passages was of the most exalted description. When ho is betrayed by Monteith into the hands of the English, the lifeless gaze and motionless attitude with which he received his chains, was a master stroke or genius and nature. Vat that which told most with the audience. an I excited. per haps, more applause than we recollect to have been eli- cited by the exertions of any *ewe. was the burst of trinnipli and of glory with which he received the new s that" the Bruce' . was up inSrotlanil, rearing once more the standard of freedom. Mr. Armes Kemsut was a powerful support to the piece, by the maitre, I. which he played Douylut. Aa aor represented Monteith, he arelleiest sttiii of vlttatay and trotottory. Mot @POMP 5e..10-bulle. villain-general to this est:Nisbet:cit. Mrs. Rosa ma et eredingly powerful as Barn. We hope to have no farther suspension of heracquaintance with the riblie. She hits been absent from the stage too long. The fall ..f the %ins attended by universal applause. " c o d tsr slur (peril." seems to have become a matter of course before the Farce. The call for it was immediately obeyed last night. notwith standing some disloyal opposition from an inconsiderable - 'ion of the audience. A Dime oisaitacee.—..on the ruad to C anberwe' opposite Iloer's-lane. has lon, stood a public-house which, out of regard to the patriotic profession to which a youthful member of the Royal family bail been destined, was well known by the name of the Duke of Clarence. In the early and the better slaws of the Royal Seaman the sign was duly respected ; and often has it since been repaired and re-painted. but all attempts to gloss and varnish it was at length Iheen found unavailing. On Saturday night last, at a council of the customers and neighbours of the house, Ithe Duke's Head was unanimously decides! to fit good fur nothing. The sign of the head was therefore treated as a common lug, and consigned to furnish fuel to the public bonfire to celeOrate the triumph of the Queen. From an account just printed by order of the House of Commons, in " a Supplementary Report of the Committee of the (*ellen! Assembly," as to the ma nagement of the poor in Scotland, it appear• th..t the gross funds applied to the paupers in Scotland a mount to 11x,195/. 17s. 9J. of which 49,7 i V. to.. sd. an derived from assessment, the rest being from contra-' butions at the church-doors and other funds. In seven out of fifteen synods there are no aesessatents. The non-assessed synods are Aberdeen, Moray, Ross, Sutherland, and Caithness, Argyll, illenelg, and Ork ney. The paupers are as Ito 39 and 9.loths to the population. A serious affray took place on Thursday afternoon, at Sandgate, between a party of the coast blockade and some smugglers, who were attempting to lan I the cargo of a vessel at that place, in which to ehe or thirteen of the latter were wounded, anti their •essel, with 60f) tubs of spirits taken. Yesterday afternoon a fire broke out in a range of , ►ack premises belonging to Mr. Myers, a cow-keeper, in Mile-end Old Town, which, before it could be got! under, c o mpletely destroyed the whole, together with same provender; but it was fortunately prevented from communicating to the dwelling house. F/Sli.—At an early hour on Monday morning an a larming fir'• broke out in the very extensive patent rope nianufactory of Messrs. Mead and Willies. Love-lane, Shadwell. It originated in the cellar, owing to one of the men having dropped a lighted candle in the tar furnace, which blared with great rapidity, communicated to other matter of a light eo:nhustible nature, and in a short time destroyed I the whole of the valuable machinery; fortunately the fire was confined to the place where it first cmagisenced. COURT OF KIM'S BENCH. Tits Mossixo. 1014 If 4 Ocatist or DUNN C. HATFIELD. Mr. Ilevjeant Taupe moved fur a rule to *hew cans. why a new trial should not be granted. Mr. Justice. BAILE%.—Do you complain of the Ter dirt of the Jury ? L complain, my Lord, of both the Judge and the Jury. The Learned Scrjeant then stated the parti culars of the former trial. It was en action fur eject ment from a tenement at Farnham its the county of Surrey. The case turned on the legitimacy of the son. It appeared that the lather and mother of the de fendant lived several years together without being married. The Caste JuSTICS said hr would read over the notes he had made at Ilse time of the trial, and Isis Learned Brallie.s %%wild have ass opportunity of con sidering whether the circumstances of the cam war ranted him in cliar;ing the Jury more strongly. He Accordingly 'lid so, and the Court refused the rule. r. Clatme.svrs.—ln this case, Mr. Apemens moved to set aside an enquiry that had been made in the Sheriti's Office, in the county of Middlesex, and to have the case sent bark, that damages might be assessed Se nut o. It was a trial fur libel. The plaintiff, Lewis. had beessclischarged froth she Insolvent Debtor's Court, and Ter 0! rerecr newspaper, in reporting the proceedings. made some reflections on the character of the plaintiff. an attorney. Mr. Adol phus complained of excessive damat.•e:. The defend ant sutii•red ju lament to ga by default, and the Jury returned a %er,lict against him aStitipounds damages. He (Jr. Adolphios,) had stated to the Sheriff that be hail evident.' to oiler, in justification of the publi• cation ; but it was refused. He therefore prayed that the Court would grant the rule. The rule was prattled. Mr. Mills moved, in person, for a new trial. The grounds of his application were the micdors c lion of the Judge, and the manner in which the Jury was formed against him. It woes a Special Jury, obtained after their Lordships had all gotir can circuit, and when he had DO upportoinity to oppose it. To those acquainted with Bristol politics, it was, is hat might be Called a Blue Jr:eN. Ile need not explain whit that meant. There were 44 persons summoned, all of u hum belonged to the Corporation of Wish'', iiith the Nlayor at their head. He proceeded at 11,10. length to atate the ground of his application ; and the Court granted the Rule. TOIL TESTIMMVIEs uF 1111: cut'Srla Agairrot the .Ititint!tined Bill ur Paws and PetsAltirs. The Inhabitants of Newbury intend to celciorate, on Thursday next, Ilse trisinyll ut justice iu behalf of the 141 We n. A general illuutiniiiun will then, take place there, anol transparetw;e4, .*.v.e. are preparing fur the joy. ful occasion. Warm! , ; Monday night, half-past six o'clock.—On Saturday night, din inhabitants of this place very gene rally ill natei. and great preparations line been made this day to illuminate again :it night. The streets are now tilled with great bodies of people, who are parading I t the city. crying " laori tt live the floret'," and " Light tip. - A t !lleit part of the City is already illuminated. I and those parts that are not, it is tl 1111 l lit will require; glazing to•triorrow. The Magistrates and ronstahles are! on the alert, and have been doing all in their power to prevent an illumination, and if the Queenites should break the peace, they are ready to enter into contact wills them. Should any thing occur of a serious nature, I .hall to you. 'Fite foiloalnicjitiefra big tiNen 'tuna by the audio titles:— " UNIVERSITY and CITY ,r ()mina). " Notice is hereby given, That it is toot intended to have any further illumination; and it is earnestly re spa•sted that all the Inhabitants of this Cuive-sity and City will abstain from such practice. " Notice is farther given, That no bonfire or fire works will be allowed lay the lagistrates. " tiro. %Vat. Itatk. Vi:e-Chancellor. " 11. POZ`ZONS, Mayor. " Oxford, N0v.13. hell." I'. S. A great many windows were hrok-n on Matti , - day night, among Ilunday and Sinter, the printers of The tf.Vierf Herald. AvLesacav, Nov. 13.--On Saturday last the Mar quess ut Ituckinqh tin passed through this town on Isis rout to Stowe. El gil slot in his own carriage the people discovered hint. An immense concourse culled el round the carriage, ....toils* he was changing horses, wool addressed to his Lordship the lousiest reproaches osi the conspicuous part he has tl rlit it Isis duty to take' against her Majesty during the late in piry. The post buys, alien !elk were &acted trout their horses and at list, with the greatest difficulty Lordship was rescued from his perilous siiiiation, arm was p erm itt e d to proceed to Stowe amidst the most deafening groans. The Karl of Jersey followesl him al it immediately for Middleton. The horses were taken from his ear riace, and he was drawn with the loudest applause through the town. 4 The United Service Club We I am entered into determination not to illuminate, but only by a ma• jority of one: According to Mixistcrial accounts, Cul. Browne arrived in Town only two or three days ago. Her Majesty has commanded her Vice Chamber lain to write to Lord Liverpool, to demand a Palace and establishment in every respect suitable to her rank, with a view to her future rebideuce in this country. I Yesterday at lialtpast two o'clock a Cabinet Conn ' eil was held at the S-cretary of State's Office fur Foreign Affairs, which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Harrowby, the Earl of West ' morland, the Earl of Liverpool, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Viscount Melville, Viscount Sid mouth, Viscount Castlereagh, the Earl of Bathurst, the Duke of Wellington, the Right Hon. F. Ro binson, and the Earl of Midge:ave.-11r. Bragge Bathurst was prevented from attending by a severe attack of the gout. Coast Excussiat, Nov. 15.—Our market continues abundantly opplied with Wheat, • very large qu an t it y ..from Essex. Kent, and Sntfollt, remaining over from Monday's arrivals; in addition to which there was a good deal fresh in this morning from Suffolk, for which there was little or no demand, and only the finest sam ples could he disposed of, which obtained Mundav s prices ; but all other descriptions were unvileithle. Fine Barley sold on the same terms as on Monday, but the inferior'aorts were heavy sale, and r ober cheaper. Fo. re;gn Oats are Is. lower, owing to the multitude of oe• rila.s, bat fins fresh Corn of our own growth, being oca.co, sold on full as good terms as on Monday. iAir hyrnud ENCL.: COURT or CHANCERY Ltnetitn'slus Hata, *or. 14. The LORD CHANCCII.LOII Caine into Court at twenty minutes after ten o'clock. CHARITABLE PROPEICh'. Toe Arroaxair-Csasaa•t. r. THE CO4SOISAIIO* OP Bats rot..—This ease h I een several times before the Court. It is an appeal from the Vice Chancellor, and our readers who have seen the atcument in the case from time to time, may recollect that the question is as to the appropriation of the increased rents and, profit.; of a property which was L t iien by trill in 1:167, by Sir Thomas Wight, to the 0.41 wail in of Bris.ul. Originally a suns of 2,000/. was placed in the hands of the Curpoiatiun fur the purpose of purchasing estates w.thin tour years after pra,!ncing r. tits to the value of Hti••. a year, I .4'. of %Oriel, was to be distri , bated through twenty-too towns and cities mentioned in the deed, in succession, for the [impose of being lent to pour clothiers to set themselves up, or to assist them in business. The Corporation of Bristol exe cuted a 111 . 1.1.1. strewing that they shall be responsible fur effectuating the purposes ut the charity, taking to themselcts its torn the ..dvantace of the charity anal their proportion of the 16.., which 'email), it after the 104/. as compensation for itistlibuting the 1u 4/. as well as forming a fund to repair calamities to the pros petty. Put the rents and profits have for snotty years 111101 ester tied 1211 f. a year, anal tile Merchant Tai lors' Company having an interest in this charity in coiumou with other Corporations, tiled this Biil in order to get the excess of renm and profits applied tsl the purposes of the charity, which excess the Corpo ration of Bristol bare hitherto considered .s intended to have appropriated to thtir exclusive benefit and advantage. During the last sittings this question occnp;sd con siderahle attention firing the !,curt. The whole dif ficulty is as to the question, whether by the Construe- Won lot the do td Ihr excess of rents and profits he %vital 12.0/. a year was intended to be applied to the I hat liable purpose- of the donor, or to the a.x.tusive aileantop - e of Ike s'id-porathos of Bristol. Mr. lists i is as heard yesterday for the Corporation. Mr. \Olt) Wa4 partly heard yesterday against the thi- Jay, It -timed ins argu• Meta jik this case II had been areiseil on the other side that since the t urporatioe of Bristol had entered auto certain covenants in the deed, sperifird to pry pz:tialties in case of violation of the artich a of the deed, that therefore they were nut to he considered as cot 1111 l on trustee-, and that they had a right to cer• fain advrottages which cetre here contended to be the superettity of the rents. But be contended that the us i 4 inal t!,1100/. was a gift in trust to the Corporation of Bristol to be appropriated to the charitable par-. poses J. slowed in the deed, and that since no other than charitable purposes were expressed in ;he deed, that therefore the excess of rents which is 1 .4.14 b eFo nd the amount triijnally specified, ought to be applied to the purposes of the charity. The Loan Cris C WAIN. drew Mr. TrOWer'S atten tion to that part of the deed which said, that the Cor poration were so purchase estates is itirin four years. and that far the first eight years lalt't they were to apply to the charity 11)4)1. a year But supper the estates produced fur the first eight yeas s 120/. a year, instead of 100/. what wits to be dune with that excess of 20/. a year? There was no designation of tt men• tioned i.s the deed. how then was a court of equity to say, that any t king its the deed furnished a guide to it as to the Amenities ef-es, -seat kerma the ginal 1101., or rather 1011. a year, as it was increased by year after the first eight years. Mr. 'Yunnan contended that a disposition of the remaining Ili:. a year after the first right years, was made by the dead since it gave that sum for managing the charity and property. The Corporation were nut parties to a deed, but merely trustees of a charity. At least they were trustees of the 100/. a year, though it might not be disputed that they were cestui pre trusts, or trustees having an interest as to the 111/. year. littloultteilly, it was reasonable that they who distributed the charity and managed the property should have the 161. a year for that purpose. But if it was really intended that all the excess over 104'. a year altould fall to the Corporation of Bristol, oily was there no -stipulation to that effect in the deed it self? There was nothing in it of that description. Taking the deed theta wills all its articles together, however expresseJ, no sound conclusion could be drawn fium it, but that its intention was charitable, and 1,1).61 all the rents which exceeded the urig:nal 1201. a year should be applied in the charitable view in which th..t sum was originally given. It was the object of this charity to land 1001. a year to poor clothier's of twenty-two different towns and cities in succession named in the deed. At the time the deed WAS ese cuted, ISGI, such a suns as this had been considerable; hut mild it have been intended that a eb wiry which was to exist fur ever, should Dever expand itself with the increase rif trade and the increase in the value of every article ? At ptesent the diffusion of 1001. a year in the way prescribed in the deed would be of little be:tetit, though the zeal with which this canto was maintained by the Curporatiou of Bristol proved the value which they set upon the increased routs and profits. blr. Warne/tam. followed on the same side, and con mailed, th it although the city of Bristol was certainly ists object of the deed, yet it was nut the only City which ties the object el Sir Thomas Wight's bene volence, fear there were twenty-one other cities and towns whose " advancement and cowniodity" were equally contemplated by the donor. The words cer tainly respecting Bristol were, fur the " benefit au I commodity" of that city. But he SSW no difference in the weaning of these words frosts which it could ba contended that a preference of advautaso was to be giv ti to Bristol. If be had bee@ arguing upon the construction of this deed before ow, of his Lordship's predecessors, namely, Sir Thomas Uwe, his Learned Friends could never '?ave eontereded that the oily of Bristol was entitled to claim the surplaft of the rests and profits. But since thee a practical atjaconstrue tion had been given to the deed, and diacipitiee muse from which it was now no easy tit:attar l'ltollickaki this charity. The 1.0911) Crasscattort expromod.bis that if the city of Bristol was so it. reposes A its con solution, of the dried, no proceeding hisd.heen.l4-es .• • 1 1 i ) . k . , ~.i - . 1. , 11 . . ; 1 1 I f . i 1 I 1 i r 1' • • f . ... ... . , . , . i f ... 1 . 1 . I 1 1 1 - 1 .• :.,.1~ ~ y . —iii Sotattgman. onto RAMIS Cr I lIIVIDUPOR AT D *ITU " TM II STATUS. AN."