The Sun. — London, England, 1820-04-17 00:00:00

THE STATE PRISONERS The Prisoners, on being re-conducted to their 'respective places of confinement on Saturday, were a good deal dejected---with the -exception of wa sun, %Ito rests cnofideotly on his pleas of misno ther. This !chance,- however, does not seen) to have much foundation, as the ATTORNEY-GENE RAL has already filed his replication, and, as the Graid Jury are not yet discharged, a new hill of indictment, containing his correct name. m ly he preferred. ailing Saturday eveni►►g they. were again visited by Mr. HARMER. They a r e all in the most wretched state of poverty, and the brief., for their ►defence have, we hear, been delivered wiihout the accompanimenits. Thistlewood is more deprt.sscd than any of his accomplices, a circumstance to he attliboted pro bably, to his isolated situation, and to the feet of his having no person to whom he can ttubur then'his mind. The order in the writ option which the priso ner, have been committed to Newgate, is for " close custody," consequently thty did not yes terday attend Divine Service. They were visited in their wards by the Rev. Mr. COTTON, Chaplain of the Gaol, and Mr. Brtowti, the Governor. The attention of the latter to their comforts is humane and nn;emitt An order having been ismer] from the Office n the Secretary of State, to permit the wives of the prisoners to see them, they were yesterday ad soitted to their wards. The feelings of some of these unhappy women were most acute. officers appoin+eA by the Governor to he constantly with the prisoners, were present during the in- The terviews. The trial of Thistlewood alone would occupy three or four days, hut we understand that the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE (Abbott) has expressed a determination to get through it in one day if pos sible. There are few witnesses on the part of the prisoners, and their most anxious friends admit that the Jury which has been summoned is most fair and impartial. The arrogernents adopted to prevent confusion or interruption during the trials, under the direc tion of the Loan MAYOR, Mr SHERIFF RUTH ;'ELL, and Mr. Under-Sheriff TURNER, have been such as are most conducive to the convenience of the Court and the advantage of the Public• The space which the Court adonis for the admission of the public is very limited ; unfortunately, there• fore, many who may be entitled to that privilege inust of necessity be excluded. In the avenues leading to the Sessions-house from without extra officers have been placed on eluty ; and the admission of strangers is regulated by tickets, or by the special direction of the She riffs. In the Old Bailey rails have been erected completely across that end of the street next Lud gate-hill, and also at the end next Fleet-lane. — These are under the inspection of constables, and daring the sitting ,of the Commission are kept closed, except when opened to admit persons hav ing business in the Court. A military force is also in readiness to assist the civil power, if occa- sion should recrtire. As early as seven o'clock this morning, a crowd began to assemble in front of the Sessions House ; which continued to increase during the day. The interest excited by the proceedings; in fact is of the most intense desctiption. HIGH TREASON. OLD BAILEY.—(Tats DAY.) ' TRIAL OF ARTHUR THISTLEWOOD. Soon after seven o'clock, persons who bad re ceived tickets of admission to the Court were al lowed to take their places. At a quarter before nine, Thistlewood was con ducted from his cell, in Newgate, by the private (passage, to the customary place under the Court. He manifested the same abstraction of mind which be has evinced since his confinement, apparently lost to the approaching time of trial. When sum moned to the Court, however, on the arrival of the Judges, he started from his reverie, and ascended the steps with a firm and steady step. The other prisoners were not brought down. At nine o'clock precisely, the Lord Chief Jus tice ABBOTT, the Lard Chief Justice DALLAS, the Lord Chief Baron RIGHARS, and Mr. Justice RicnaapsoN, arrived, and forthwith took their seats upon the Bench. Mr. SHELTON now proceeded to call over the list of Jurors, to see if all were present, and to ascertain how many were Freeholders or Free holders and Copyholders of the County, to the amount of 101. per annum, such being the requi site qualification for Jurors on all trials for High T re a to n. Several Gentlemen were fined five pounds, not having obeyed their summonses. During the progress of the list being read, the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE 01 the rieocia or dered The prisBner to be pit to the bar. Arthur Thistlewood wai now conducted into Court, `and steadily advanced to the bar. He vas dressed in a black coat, with a black velvet collar, a light waistcoat, blue trowsers and boots, and on taking his station in the dock, rolled Ids sunken eyes round the Court, apparently surveying with interest those walls, within which his guilt or in nocence were so shortly to be de:ermined. The ATTORNEY-GRNERAL, the SOLICITOR-GB. NURAL, Mr. BOLLAND, and Mr. LIVTLEDALE, ag Counsel for the prosecution, took their beats in Court, soon af►er the arriral of the Learned Judges, and the Counsel for the prisoners eve•re in ►l►eir I►l+oes at the same time. 1)oriog the calling over of the list of Jurors, which occopivd a .cotisidtrable time, a prrsou who was standing close to the dock, was in column nicalion with the prisoner, ar.d handed up to him a hat, containing several very large oranges, and a pocket-handkerchief, which were placed in 7histle:2;o(es pocket with avidity. Mr. BROWN, the Governor of Newgate, observing this cirtnin stance, tel it his duty to demand these things, and sent them out of Court to be examined by one of his assistants, lest, under the specious form of af fording humane refreshment to the prisoner, the means of self-destruction might have been furnish• ed. This measure of prudent caution, however, was not intended to deprive the accused of any little comfort •whicu his sitnAtion of probable ex haustion might require; and these things were again given to him, in the course of the day, atter being examined, as he wanted them. About a quarter before nine, a cart arrived at the Old Bailey, witis the pikes, guns, swords, &c. belonging to the conspirators. They were escort ed by about h dozen of the Foot Guards. At twelve o'clock precisely the List of the Jurors was o►►ce called over. The Prisoner now addressed ►he Court—" Will your Lordatips allow me a seat to sit clown." The Lord Chief Justice ABBOTT consulted with the other Learned Judges, and then said—" Con- sidering the length of time the trial may be likely to last, the Court will allow you this indulgence." The names of the JuPors who had not oPPeared were again called over ; after which the selection of a Jury to try the ca s e, commenced. Mr. SHELTON—Prisoner at the bar, these good men whom you shall hear called, and who will ap pear, are to pronounce between our Sovereign Lord the King alid you on the trial of your life or death ; and if you have any objection against them, or any of these, you will challenge them as they coma to this book to be S"ln and before they are sworn, and you will be heard. Alexander Barclay was now sworn lit as Fore man of the Jury, and the folio , viog G en d eme „ were also sworn in to complete it Thomas Goodchilil, William Churchill, James Herbert, John Shuter, Samuel Granger, George Dickiiison, John Edsrd Shepherd, John Fovvier, Gibbs Rolleas, John I), , hion, Ilimu Cooper, These Gentlemen Laving been c,,unted over by the Crier, the following interdi(;ion against all publication was pronounced at one o'clock, by the Lord Chief Justice AlmaTr—As there are seve ral persons charged with the offence of High Trea son by this itsdic;lnent, whose trials are likely to be taken one after another, the Court feels itself bound strictly to prohibit the publication of the proceedings on this or any other of the trials, until all those trials shall be disposed of. It is highly necessary to the purposes of justice, that the pub lic mind should not be in any way influenced by the publication of any of the proceedings that take place as to this matter, until the whole of those proceedings be finished. It is expected, therefore, that all persons will attend to this ad monition. Mr. SHELTON now proceeded to read the In dictnient to the Jury at length. Mr. HOLLAND then shortly opened the plead ings, when The ATTOIINEY•GENCRAL rose and opened the case. • Should the Minister adopt the plan of paying off a portion of the 5 ptir cents. every Midsummer, instead of purchasing daily, as is now the prac tice, such will be a great advantage to the public, as the money thus employed must constantly ope rate at 5 per Cent. Compound Interest. The folly of creating 1001. debt, when only 681. or 691. is received for it, must be afrpAreat to every one .who reflects; and as it is not likely the ,Minister will negociate any more Loans in the 3 per Cents. much credit is due to Mr. CARROLL, the Contrac tor for this Lottery, in putting 4 Prizes of 3),0001. 2 of 20,0001. Consols, &o. (which must be drawn 27th This Month), in the Scheme; thus giving to the Purchasers of Tickets and Shares all the ad vantage of 200,000 Stock above 68k. Mn. GRATTAN.—We lee! extremely gratified in being . enabled to state, that the health of Mr. GRArTAK is nearly re-established ; and, we Call add, that it is the intention of the Right lion. Gentleman to attend his Parliamentary duty at an early periud.—(DOilin Evening Post.) We received yesterday the Paris Papers of Thursday last. Those of Friday, which were due this morning, have not arrived. The Chamber of Deputies were still occupied on Wed►►esday with the discussion on the financial accounts, which was again .adjourned till Thursday. The KING transacted business on Wednesday with the Duke de RICHELIEU, and with Al. ROY, she Minister of Finance. M. de SRERE, the Keeper of the Seals, is not, it is said, expected to return to Paris till the end of the present mouth. , M. NoGucals, the Secretary of the new Spanish Embassy, had arrived at Paris, where he is to act as Charge d'Affaires, till the arriv.ll of the Ambassador. Sir CHARLES FLINT, who ar- rived at Paris on the 10th instailt, is said, in one of the Journals, to have gone thither on a diplo matic mission to the French Government.--The Count de Saint Aut.Atrts had returned Isom Li bourne, but nothing is said respecting the Duke DkiCAZES. The Persian Ambassador troll Lon don is expected to stay at Paris till the end of June. •• There is no further news in these Journals front either Madrid or Cadiz. A letter from Bayonne, dated the 2d inetent, in the Journal dc Paris , states, that the Coustitu tion had been successively proclitimrd iii the prin cipal towns of Biscay. lin:re is a .eport in an Bride from Hamburg, of an intended alliance by roas7:age between the anal Families of Austria and Prussia. FIVE PER CHNTS. Wednesday 74f. 15r. DF.FERRED STOCK Of the 21d March 1840, BB 1. 40 c. The Magistrates of Yorkshire are very active in pursuit after the Rebels, and in the examination of those taken at Grange Moor. THE QUEEN.-By private intelligence which we have recently received ftom Rome, we learn, that the Quest has lately adopted a plan of retire ment that almost amounts to entire seclusion.— She is not visited by any distinguished English Per sons now in Rome, or by any of the chief of the Natives. One of the Cardinals admits of the QUEEN'S visits, and it is understood that she listens to his advice. Our Cforespondent informs us that the conduct of the Quacti at present is such as might be expected from a person who bad been induced to enter into a rigid self-examination, with a view to the adoption of a new course of life. But though she has reduced her Establishment, she has not, it appears, discarded the attendant whose extraor dinary elevation, and the great confidence which she bad reposed in him had given occasion to so many injurious suspicious. He is still retained in her service, and is not supposed to have in the least declined in the in`►luence which he had obtained over his Royal Patroness. The Trial of the Conspirators, which com menced this day, will, we trust, whatever may he the legal result, forcibly check the rebellious ma• chiiiations of the Radical Reformers throughout the Kingdom. They may still be deluded by the daily contents of the Morning Chronicle and the Times, but they will see that the Government is too strong for them, and that the Military are animated by a firm spirit of loyalty, as well as by a full sense of duty. But they 'will also see that the general feeling of the Country is against them. The late Acts for secur ing the Country against factious assemblages, however abused by the two Radical Jour nals which we have mentioned, are proved to have been measures of Legislative wisdom which have secured the Constitution. The conviction of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, HUNT, WOLSBLIIY, lioN, and the rest of the Reformer:s and the MOTE awful Lit:: of ALlczNNis, wii; also, no don (Jll powerfully operate tipon the • ,minds of those uli s4 , guided persons who have listened to the:insidi6o.3, doctrines of Democratica! Orators, and, t. 11 1 ,( • trc' due correction of abuses on the p ar t of Gaya 4 : merit, swill restore the tranquillity of the Y 4 0 1" and confirm the securil of the State. • W e e i; were favoured this morning with the OiAft. : •l Gazette, called 7 ;sio T4.4.lgraph, of the 23d 4 ;;#11 published at Port-au-Priuce, containing ift:e tails of the Celebration of the Annivcrssryi ' o2l Independence of Hayti. This is (Lac part ;sid-°' Island which is constituted a Republic, 1401)g 1)C. its head a President. T here is o n e passage ll ` the Prochmatkin which is worthy of remark , i ll consequence of some reports that were lately Ci r '' culatcd, and from the conspicuous manner ict which it is put forth. It is as follows :-- us then swear, in the presence of the wh ul6 Universe, for ourselves and Our postelity, renounce not only the dominion or • Franc e ' but also all other dominion whatsoever --4° shed the last drop of our blood for the liberty And independence of our Country." The trodP' who had been employed on an Expedition again` ( the Insurgents of Grande•Anse were ordered 1° hold themselves in readiness at a mornen:'‘ 11° ' lice to march on the same service. TN Ft FuNns.—During the whole of last it e ' count vet y little fluctuation took place price of Stocks, and Settling-day (Wednesd ° last) d over without any defaul i ter being Blared. Since Wednesday, Stocks have l o olie better, and on Saturday Consols left off at 691 1.°r the Account. The party that are generally in your of a rise, have made immense putaas e6 within these two days ; and the old trick is no` i playing off—that of borrowing money ,of 016 bankers at 5 per cent, and depositing the Ste: cl ‘ in the name of the lenders as a security. 'P e present superfluous abundance of money affords 91) excellent opportimily for !hese speculations, a nd we have no doubt but a further artificial rise g ill be experienced. But we wish to guard the Yob li4 against the fallacy of these proceedings, for %till the party have obtained their en d s , t h e S toc k ' 9l/ be thrown upon the market, and poor John will, perhaps, tind himsell_ruinus 2 or 3 per ceut' P6PL3RY.—The rai: , sion of Lord Clan ~j'iliiafi to Rome has given rise to various specolatio"' for from his official situation and the inlet vietO it is said he had whilst there with the NliniJtcr. of the Sovereign Pontiff, many people ima4gine lb ° he was sent out to rn:lke a owe arrangements the Pope reyeeting the Catholic Question, to smooth the way for the admission of the Pori sl° to the Legislature, and to high political and jo di ' cial offices iu the State. In Ireland this tilis 9 i al) - has excited much attention; n4ither are the Prote ° ' ants on this side of the water unprepared to fo ce in the New Parliament th e renewe d di scuss ion ()i this vital subject. For ourse l ves , we wish II was put to rest for ever. It never can he C'l ceded, and the repeated agitation of it only te° to irritate, without furthering in any degree 11 ' e objects which the Papists and the old Aristocr ,4 have in view. It is now become a mere strogg l6 for POWER, and is no longer a question of gious toleration, and all classes of Protestants the various denominations are so convinced of if ' that though they are truly anxious on all occ'' sions to maintain and extend the civil and reli; gious liberties of their fellow-citizens, they "' li t never voluntarily consent to the admission ! 2 Papists into the Legislature and the State. BOROUGH OF GALWAY EL E C TI O N , A PRIL iv • Mr. Prendergast .. Mr. Blake BRIGHTON. APRIL 15.-1( does not appear the day for the KING'S return to Carlton Pal° ( .; is vet fixed. It is understood, however, that b i- MAJNSTY will be in town by the 24th instill ( ' the day appointed for the celebration of his birtiV day, instead of the 12th of August, as beret ce fore. On Friday a Messenger arrived in London fro g ; Hanover, bringing letters from the Duke on Duchess of CAMBRIDGE to the Royal Familytr The Messenger lett the Duke and Duchess good heahlt, also the infaut Prince. The Do i " CAIs , IBRIDGII, is expected, will arrive England in two or three mouths, his . ROY!, .ilighness having signified his intention of visit oo his native country about that time, lTot: BRLTISH etioWN.—llaving on Satur ch mentioned the change which will probably 191 ' e place in the ornaments of the British diadem, " i t wish to recal to our Headers the suggestin n o which we made upon the sulv - ect, so long back the the 15th of February. last. After d e tailing' t a emurre of the REGALIA, our account concho•fie4 thus :—" II is probable that the flour de • lis' wh i d c ''is so profusely displayed on c rowns 81. 0 ( f " sceptres, will Dow be removed ; die 9 1 0 6 . 3 " the Sovereign teas changed at the Irish Uoinbli; " and the Kingdom of France omitted in 0 9 " titles ; whereof the flew--delis was intende" " the symbr.l." t Sp,%stut Pct.—Somebody ‘Lai fe)ing Ih 9 t ,e 111(»unnent tvAs to be ereved to QUIROGAt 46 Lioera!i rof S9ain. " Ab," said s-ome otni body," I hope the Spa!liardo won't and it tr ec° to A QUEER Roacrs." THEATRICAL REGISTER. Petforozed on Sarti•ilaii Night. THEATRE 8.0YA1., DRITHY-LANE.- , --ArtalterNCS : ArtaXtrXES, Madame Vestris; Artabanes, Mr. Incicdon ; Arbaces, Mr. Brahatu ; Mandane, Miss Carew. After which, Three ‘Verka after Marriage. To which was added, Shakspeare. versus • Harlequin. ritc.vritE: KovAl, CovioNT-Gaamm—lcanlme: Isaac, Mr. W. Farrevi ; Rebecca, Miss Foote. After which, Too Late for Dinner. EttRATIIM.—In the Article respecting THE QUEEN, on Satur day, instead of " pursuing a rapid route rrotu LQatdon to Leghorn," read I?oaze. PRICE OF `•COCKS PHIw OAY AT (NI 0 CLute.. 3 per Cent. itvel. 3 per Cent. Cons 69.}41 t India Bonds .... 9.95. 30s. pr. 34 per Cent. 771 Excb. Bilk, 2d. Bs. 95. 7s. pr. 4 per Cents 5 pet Ct. iNavy Ann. .. 10111 f Cons. for Account...... 6:"1-.1 Aurtiv ED-3 Du!din, 3 NVaturfnid, 1 France, 1 Hamburg I Fllniters. Du E—l 11011i1116 I thatellbll 111 G F 1 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO.MOrtfIOW. At~~ritiHc, 46 initiutits aftur .5. I Evenitt4. 13 tiiiiiiites alter ti TILE SUN. SOLI AI QUIS FALtitiAl AUDEAT ? LON DON, MONIMY, APRIL 17, 1820. 3~IBN -- Zttlo tc I;ivr gDn ~ , .~nf, _ 4' '.• 14 . . In(1 .4 NI Ater Ilki4 F t by cx %Lei owl ' P' tht. Shy wer Sit)r of t ing tail Ore bee van 1041 1101 PrQ fro da!