The Statesman. — London, England, 1822-03-18 00:00:00

44" - , ceived his name. He tvoulel always endeavour, to the 1 utmost of his power, to his nation:) institu tion. They had heard of the splendid donation which had been received from the Marchioness of London derry. It seldom fell to the Let of an individual to ha able, with one act, to inform and amnae the higher cir cles, and relieve the lower classes of society. tic un derstood her ladyship had been born on St. Patrick's day : it was a fortnn:ete coin id:•nce that St. Patrick, her Ladyship, end Lady Suffolk's letters, should all come into the world on the same 'lay. After pronoun( - bur a warm psnecyric on her Ladyship's private vie . toes, the noble 31aryless concluded by proposing ►he health of 0 The Marchioness of Londonderry," three times three, +Aide was drank with enthusiasm. The Martine's of LONDONFIERRT returned thanks. It was most gratifying to Lady Londonderry to cow• hine the intrrests of literatore and charity ; and still Refire so to make that joint offcrinr, at the shrine of Ire land. •• The Diee.Pr. aidents." Lord Lonottnnak Kr azain rose to return thanks on behalf of his colleagues and himself. Whatever intern's might divide public men, on one day, and on • one sithjtct, they met, and, on this interesting occa .sion, combined henevuience with hilarity. His Lord ship gave the health of Earl Darnley, the constant benefactor of the institution. 'flip Earl of DA UN Lay was grateful for the honour 'ectiferre.l upon him. He sttrihated the prosperity of the •nriety to the extinction of the spirit of polities. a-t 1 the substitution of that of benevolence and con-. cord. So long as Cud enabled hint, he would meet t'iem there. His Lordship concluded I.y proposing the health of the Right Honourable George Canning. Mr. CaNxisro was conscious of no claim to the dis tinction he had just received, and was therefore un prepared to express his 'sense of it. They were met there to consider and promote, as well as elsewhere, 'Gish hsteresta, anxious, in sl doing, to promote the general interests of the empire. There were no con tradictory interests in this country. They might be desirous of maturing separate interests apart ; but it was ta render them, when united, more serviceable to the whole; for in exact proportion as we adhered more closely together, did we bring more strength to upitdd the honour anti the welfare of the country. — They hail heard to day the cause of literature enlisted in that of charity. They were deeply indebted to the distinguished lady who had so turned tbe streams of cultivated literature into the fertilizing channels of pwhlic charity; and ht. would, therefore, propose that the he.tith of the Marchioness of Londonderry be added as a standing toast to that of the Marchioness of !lacings. The NeSIDENT had much pleasure in adopting the proposal. The Stewards." General Sir Jolty Dovta returned thanks, being ordered to do so by his brother stewards, which was the only error they had made in their arrangements. It wa. the banishment of political topics that filled their hall so respectably that day, and enabled their Chancellor of the Exchequer to produce so satisfac ter r a budget. The CIIAIRMANr then proposed the Wraiths of the two distinguished strangers who had favoured them with their company that d•tv. Their country bordered the British dominions in North America, and was un der British protection. •• The healtbs of Mr. Brandt The efIIFTTATX rose. He had as yet made little progress in one language. and was therefore unable to convey his sense of the honour dune him in drinking ris-health ; but (laying his hand on his breast) he felt. it there—in the bottom of his heart. He bad been much gratified with what he had seen, as well as by the sentiments which he had heard expressed that evening; and he should only add that he once more O.:liked them from his heart. (The accent and pro wl .cialos with which this was uttered would have led us to suppose, had we not seen the Indian costume and complexion of the speaker, that we were listening to an EN:nab:llan.) The health of the Earl of Blessinton" was next proposed. His Lordship, in retnrning thanks, regretted that as Twiny Englishmen as Irishmen had not been pre f.-tit us have heard the eloquent speech of the Right Hon. the Vice President (Mr. Canning), by which thry would have gone away convinced that the inter eoe of both countries were inseparably united. . . The lressnrer and the other members of the es 161iliAment." Mr. BAINBRIDGE ehortly returned thanks. At eleven o clod., the noble chairman and the greater number of the pests retired. A lar:e party, however. re mained with the determination to give St. !stack's morning a jovial reception. MODEMTION OF THE SCOTCH JUDGES. COUNT OF SESSION (FIRST DIVISION,) FRIDAY, MARCH 8. The Fifteen Judges this day assembled to advise the case of a petition and complaint, at the instance of the Lord Advocate, against the editor of two Glasgow news papers (the Chronicle and Journal.) It will be recol lected that a short time ago a tine was imposed on this gentleman, for having inserted in the Glasgow Joolnal, a letter from one of his correspondents, corn mewing upon a decision pronounced by the Second Divi-ion of the Coort, and for having transmitted ropirs of the newspaper which contained it to the Lord Justice Clerk and Lcrd Robertson.—lo commenting on these proceedings in subsequent numbers of the above journals. the defender had made some remarks on the manner in which the Lord Justice Clerk had addressed him ; and these comments, it appeared, bad been pub lished previously to the expiration of the time appoint ed for the payment of his fine, and tendering his se curities. This formed the basis of the present com plaint. On a former day the Court had ordered this petition and complaint to be answered ; which order haring been complied with, the Court adjourned the consideration of the case till this day. The case having bees called, Mr. Prentice (the de fender) appeared at the bar, when after a short discus sion between the Counsel for the Crown and the Cou nsel for the defendant, The Loan PARSIDZNT, addressing Mr. Prentice, said—" 1 ha►e to inform you, Sir, that the Court have attentively considered this complaint against you. together with your answers and the opinion of your counsel; and that they are unanimously of opinion, that whatever was your intention, (of which I shall speak hereafter) in publishing the article complained of, its tendency is to throw contempt on the Second Division of this Court, and to •,pose to public ridi rule the Right Hononrable and Learned Judge who there presides. The Court are also of opinian, that this is an offence against the statute 1537, which makes it Ureic to impugn this Court or its proceed ings; and by which it is ordered, that whoever shall, by word or action essay to hurt the dignity or bring into contempt any Judge belonging to this Snpreme Court, shah he put in award by the said Court to give hint satisfaction. Rut their Lordship", considering that you have dim Limed any such intention ; and that if such really was your intention, vet that it w a s 1 1 formed in a moment of irritation, since it has not bees your habitual practice to show disrespect towards the Court, and especially since you have been in the habit of alluding to'-our eminent brother in the terms of admiration and respect which are due to his distin e-uished character and merits—taking all these comi deratiotis into view, the Court are • to put the most favourable construction on the words of your li bel—they consider the conduct of you and of every person entitled to the most favourable con.truction in this Court. I am instructed to inform you,, that in consequence of such favourable consideration., they do not think it necessary to do more in this, case, than dirt:nigh me to admonish you to Le more cautions in writing ant-h articles in future.— I do, therefore, Sir, in compliance with the iv blies of their Lordships, call your attention to.what must be the consequences of animadverting disrespectfolly on the conduct of a Jndge. Yuri will I dare say admit, that if a buil*e were to- be sent to a Judge, for the purpose of inflaencing any of his decisions, this would he conduct very dangerous and criminal; though a bribe, if refused, could do no harm—intliet no scandal on t h e judicial character. You will also admit, that it would he. highly culpable to employ means to inti• millate a Judge; but threat; may be very harmless, and would, I have no donbt, be treated uith score by any Judge spun this bench; and if the threats were conveyed in private letters, there need be no public scandal incurred from them. But to hold tip to of en and public censure the conduct of a Judge is, I main tain, an act of intimidation, than which it is impos sible that there can be rummy more effectual on some minds; for I myself .have known men, who would walk fearlessly to the asouth of a cannon, unable to sleep a wink the whole night in consequence of a trifling paragraph or lampoon in the newspapers. It may be said that I am supposing an Insulated ease ; but this I will maia.ain, that it is impossible for any iesti citation to be•beld up to public contempt, iiithout its being rendered more or less contemptible is the minds of some. This is • view in which, I feet persuaded, that you must fit-"see the inju.ions effect. of circulating publications disrespectful to judges. I have only to add, for Ole information 4f your learned counsel rather than peat-self, that sithongh the Court has allowed the full fop a aaf all tttgexttuating cir- Mims:antes which your ante evesconesinee. we have not been able to attach equal weight to some of the law which they submitted to oar co t4ki. U'- hove not been able to see what Wadi"• k el p: p froth pub- . _ lic discussion in the cases whigh lanceti. If an erroneous jadgmiot should; aced; then' there is an appeal ; but it is net the Public that can set the point at rest. And even in the ctse of an op pressive or corrupt sentence, which has Also been sup *ma, mhaLgood ja wl* derived from public discus- ;Joni have this, which is not a constitutional-intim-nee,— intimidatien, What, I ask, would be said, if such an interference were to proceed from the Crown, or from the Ministere ? I have always under stood that the integrity of the judicial character consisted in the Judges being independent alike of the Crown and of the people; from which maxim I have always inferred, that we shonld be equally indifferent to popular applause and popular odium. We ought, but we are men, and liable to the ordinary feelings of men. Ido not say that I think my learned brothers or myself could be intimidated by any thing which may appear in a newspaper; it is my belief that we cannot • but I make these observations only for the satisfaction of your L d Counsel, to whose arguments I have considered it a fair answer, to state the possible danger against which we have a right to guard. And I have only now to say, that it affords me sincere pleasure that this matter has ended as it has done." Mr. Prentice then bowed to the Court, and with drew. Ebt gitattiitrian. lIIIITIW3 INZORPOILLIED WISM " Sea suarimmt." LONDON: MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 1922. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. . • The various bets that Consols would reach 80, have been decided this morning. They have, within this half hour, been dote at the above prier. There is a great deal of business done in the market this morn ing, and Consols are now 791 to 80, fur the Account. 5 per Cents. 103. THE , STA 111:RIVI 4 N. rKOCEEDINDS IN PARLIA3IENT., limn TvTuril.—We had not room on Saturday to notice. that this tabjert was brought forward by the Duke of Devonshire on Friday evening, on present ing a Petition from the Corporation of Witerforci, who are, it seems, themselves great Tythe owness.— Ilis brace said, that he himself was the owner of the Tytbes of more than twenty parishes in Ireland We might stop here to remark on the lion which I the parsons are continually patting forth, namely. that the tythes were dellieved• to rod ; that is to say, for the support of the Ministers of his word ; and we would ask them how this accords with the fact of the Linke of Devonshire's possessing the whits of more than twenty parishes ? Leaving the it d Gen- tlemeo to answer this question ; and passing over the very cautious, not to say equivocal matinee in which Lord Livenroox spoke on the subject. we will merely add upon this subject at present, that the marquess of LAP SDOWNE observed, that, " in Ireland the Clergy " man bad frequently no Clerical duties to pe.rfortn. " and was already regarded in many places, rather " as a Magistrate than as a religious instructor."— His Lordship mentioned this by way of contrast with the parsons in England. But is it not the same here in many cases. Are not the pasons dlfagistrotes in in England too? Are there not many of them that are known In no other character by the people with ;shorn they come in contact? Who haws been the most vigorous Justices of the Peace as to the Re formers? Who have been moot distinguished at Mao cheater and • other places ? Of whom do we most fre quently bear as the visiting Magistrates of those bor. ri hie places where the unfot tunate Reformers have been Imprisoned. beavieg these questions to Lord Laws. Don se, we would proceed to sliew that it will be im possible to touch the Tythes 4 Ireland without going to the buttons of the subject, and *lthout ex tending the measure to every part of the kingdom. Lord Lastsoowws was willing toadmit, that the people of France had obtained advantages (for that was the comitry lie must have alluded to) by the changes there made with regard to Tythes; bat then, said his Lord ship, " those changes were of so reoolationary a na " titre; and had been attended by such a character of "spoliation, that be should be sorry to ace any dis " position to imitate them in this country."—We would remind his lordship that the spoliation which succeeded the abolition of tythes in France, were oc casioned, not by the abolition of Tythes, but by the abolition basing been too long delayed, and by violent attempts on the part of the hypocritical French Court And their allies to compel the people of France to reinstate the Priesthood in the .p ion of the "Fythes.—His lordship acknowledged that Trite* were unsuited to the present state of Society; and w--11 he might. for, poll all the people of this kingdom, ex cept those interested in the Tythes, and be they of what politics they Islay, there will not be found one „mad" one million of men to say that Tythes ought not to besbolisbed by litVeWiri distlatlnn between lay Tythes and Clerical Tythes. The former are pri. vate property to all intents and purposes ; but the letter are public property . ; and, as more than fifty acts of Parliament nal shew, can he dealt with at the pleasure Of the Parliament. Indeed this doctrine imam tial to the title which the Duke of DevONSIIIRE has to the Tythes of more than twenty parishes in Ireland; for if the parliament cannot dispose of Clerical Tythes at its pleasure, his Orace has no property in the Tythes , of those more than twenty Parishes, seeing that that property rests solely upon Acts of Parliament. ME. ARBUTHNOT'S Lerrso.—Lord JOHN RUCSELL brought forward ou Friday in the House of COMMOBS, a letter laic!, be had obtained, sigited CHARLES AR■UTIINOT, who is a Secretary of the Tr His Lordship stated the letter to have been addressed to a Member or Members of Parliament, calling upon the persons to whom it was addressed, " to resist the dan. " gerous practices of Lords A LTIIORPE and NORMANBT. " and Mr. CHREVEY; and containing a passage in these words.—The opposition, in despair of being able to " get into power themselves, are endeavouring to un " dermine and destroy the institutions of the country, " and wake it impossible for any set of men to carry " on the business of the country."—We think it very natural that Mr. ARBUTHNOT shopld write such a let ter. Every man must know that precisely such must have been 'the representations made by the Ministers end their underlings to every one soft enough, peppy enough, pommice enough, anddy enough, bes.,tted and beastly enough to listen to them ever since the Parliament has been assembled. A man of sound sense, indeed, would ask them, bow long it is since Field Marshals, Military Academies, Barracks, paying three fJe one for loans, Bank Restrictions, Peel's Bills, acts to quash informations against non-resident parsons; atnan ofsound sense would ask them how long it is since the salt -tax, which is, in fact, a pole tax; the leather tax ; the tax on legacies ; the emu woos tax on law snits ; a man of • sound sense would ask them, how long these have been, in stitutions of the country !—But, a mas of sound sense will say, that it is- very natural for those whose beads are filled with pommice to regard these as institutions of the country; and be will only laugh at Mr. Arbuthnot's letter. So much are we of this mind, that we really should not Lee not i ce d the orettrrenee, had it not been for the purpose of in troducing as worthy of the particular attention of our readers, the speech made upon this occasion by our Great Statesman atul politic..l Philosopher, titles which our readers well know can belong to no one but Their Lordships of the Second Division having re tired, the Court proceeded to the consideration of ur dinary cases. PRICE OF STOCKS, AT Sank Stock. ... INE O'CLOCK, TIIIS DAY. India Stock. 3 per Cent. Red .Shot Ditto Bonds a s. 3 per Ct. Cons. 79311 South Sea Stock.' tiS3 33 percent I South Sea Old Ass 4 per Cent 5....... Shut' Ex.Bill2d.looo/. 65.05. Ss. pm 6 per Cts. Navy ... . 1021 ni --3001. Os. 6..05. pla 2 per Cent -Small.. 75. 6e. pm Long Ann. Slant I Con. for Aeet ... 791 SO 791 lop. S per Cent 1 India for ditto Irish b cer Cent I Lott Tickets .C 24 IS WIGS WATO AT I Morelia 69 ili. after .1111111111111 $0 •. after 11. FORBIGN MARKET. There are more buyers of Spanish Bonds than sel lers this morning. and all foreign securities are upon the rise. Spanish Danish Prussian Neapolitan. Columblaa 10 to 107 :1: the great Cosrt,atuasa, law NU that ha " a " hoped that the freedom of debate, both in aaal 0:( " of Parliament. was sufficiently understood to allo w " a latitede of discretion rpon public topic,. The " gentlemen oppouite might have only one opinion tif the innocent tendency of their measures, and yet " others might think quite the reverse of their effect. " It was t , t) much to say that one set of gentlemen " should, in the discharge of what they deemed to be their duty in Parliament, adopt a particular " cours , , and yet complain that others who differed " from the. should deliver their opinion rpm th a t " in th: way which it struck thesis. Still more es. " trionlinary was it, that such a proceeding sbuttlf " be brought forward u a breach of privilege, H e " trotted that then hoed in a land of fteedoot,tba " were not to begagged by the dentseistions *fp.. " &mem opposite, who threatened to visit with a " breach of privilege, any man who ventured to ex " press an opinion open the tendency of their measure ----Well ! let us take time to breathe ; fur we had almost lost oar breath before we got to the col of this ! Happy change, indeed ! Talk of rerw lotions! Here is a revolution ! Lord Casmutacx contending for freedom of debate out of Parliament as well as is Parliament; fur unless our memory be extremely treacherous, it is only two years age since his Lordship himself brought in a Bill, which now incites one of the never to be forgotten Six Acts, for thlt express purpose of preventing the freedom of dr. bate, either under cover or in the open air ! Bat to hear the great Casmareason, the advocate (6r/reeds's of opinion t to hear him say that he hoped that he lired in a lord of !radon where men were not to le GAGOED ; to hear this from Lord CASTLIIIIGII s after he had brought in a Bill, which. at first, pro. posed to transport men, and which finally provided for banishing them, if they uttered a word had,: a tendency to bring either House of Parlirnent istu contempt ; .to hear this from him, w0u1. 1 ., if we were not seise of what the end would be, certainl;call frames expressions which, for the present, it is mods burr that we keep from the paper. We dismiss the subset, therefore, well knowing that oar realers will draw the proper inference. The Army Estimates formed the remaining soli. jects of discussion on Friday. Mr. Hums made smse endeavours in vain to effect certain trifling redactions. There was nothing worthy of remark during the de bate, etcept the particular pains which Mr. &sirs and Mr. 111:Tcurs:pny took to convince the Home rho they disapproved of every thine tending to carts Aler upon the fentlemets ef the army. This is nut the way to support Mr. Hums, who Las never, as far as we have P erceived, cast any personal elm epos any of them; but if to complain of the " wastefsd trireme:ism of the guards," be to justify what is called speakie; warmly; and if Mr. Hills be to be made persoaq amenable, in such a cam, or to disclxih in any way whatever ; all that we can say is, it would be better for into the 6re. Why, does be think that he cannot obtaio redactions of men's salaries and allowances without caching scarmel in those men? Let him beware how be touches tythes. then ! Does he remember wbat it is to betake him to the te.uporalities, - as Hues the Eighth called it, of the clergy? Does be not hew that there are such things as crecniadanicatiwit and onothcoaas ? In short, Mr. Wart mast be preparvi for long suffering ; he mast place his reliance urn the people only ; or he would do well to give up bis pursuit. Although we cannot thiak so highly, as the Minis. terial Papers do. of the conduct of his Niarests, is giving part of his income to the necessities of the country. we should be glad to feud his example 10:• lowed by the Dena of Bisht,p.c,by the Wier otigefi , l Clergy, and by all iiceireos and Vicars possessing be nefices shore three hundred pounds a-yese measure would well become the character which it claimed by some in behalf of the clergy of the Chan! , of England, and would add greatly to the 'tawny of their possessions. It is well known, that the prelates are not disinclined to be complaisant to the Corit,is all they say and do. lint how fine an opportunity have they now to in a t tot his lilizzkvt in the moot pleasing way ! Let us look at this a little in thug. Salk an offer as we hare imagined, would be received by the Sovereign, as a direct complimett to ho MA. JZITY'S patriotism. It would be praise rof a ffited and delicate nature. And lois Mazzsry'spsettrat i " a could not fail to perceive, that it woaid double his own proper gift to the conatoy, icascmcla as um, one would attribute the generosity of the Mit c to the bright example of the et cr./. One of she tidal Journals, speaking the other day of 'lv e'er'' lent spirits• of his Blazes rv, at a royal :rtl at Brighton, ascribes this to the pleasure his MAJ.TT receiver frosts the company by which he is surrounded• lint bow much more, (in all Frobability) Toted hn spirits be enlivened, when surrounded by prelates who not only owe their all to him, bttt bare learnt to use part of that all in doins. good, and learnt it iron lie example! Those who know the Inman mind, mil readily perceive how many sources of delight are to be found in what we are supposing. But tve bare net room, in which to enumerate them, one by one. /Ie leave it to the Bishops themselves to analyze this out. ter for themselves ; and we do bo the more readily, os the operation on - -y beget new motives im the. , ;ire part of the4c acetones to the distresses of t ie people. N o r s cla this rif b .1:1 its averrpret,.