The National Register.
London, England, 1813-04-04 00:00:00

MR. NITS MoNUAILNT.

Saturday sennight, the monmeent in honour of Mr. Pitt, erected in
Guildhall, was opened to the public. It is the work of Mr. J. G. Bubo,
and is in description as follow,: —A massy substance on which the
figutes in the composition are placed, is intended to represent the
bland of Great Britain, and the surrounding waves.--On an eleva-
tion in the centre of the Island, NI r. Pitt appears in his robes a
Chaneellor of the Exchequer, in &he attitude of a Public Orator. Bei
low him, on an interim diate forearanial, two Statues diameter's.
his al) lilies: white, with the National cut ray, which is tinoodied, and
rising on a symbol of the Ocean in the lower centre, t!iey assist In
describe allusively the effect: of his Adininistration.—Apollo stands
on his right, impersonating Omptence and Learning. ihreury is in-
troduced on his left, as the Itypre,entative of Commerce and the Pa-
tron of 'obey. To di scribe the unprecedented splendour of success
which crowned the British mavy while Mr. Pitt was Minister, the-
lower part of the Monument is occupied by a Statue of lititannia,
seated triumphantly on a sea-horse ; in tier left hand is the usuai
emblem of Naval Power, and her right grasps a thunder-bolt which
she is prepared to hurl at the enemies of her country. The follow-
ing is the Inscription on it, filim the pen of Mr. Canning:—
. WILLIAM
Son of Wiccrelt PITT. Earl of CRATITAM,
Inheriting the geoite,, and formed by the precepts of his Father,
Devoted himself from his early )ears to the service of the State.
Called to the chief conduct of the Administration, after the close

of a disastrous war.

He repaired the exhausted Revenues, he revived and invigorated
the Commerce and Prosperity of the Country.
And be had re-established Ow Public Credit on deep and
sure foundations.
When a new war was kindled in Europe, more formidable than
any preceding war, from the peculiar character of its clangers.
To resist the arms of France, which were directed against the
Independance of eve' y Government and Peo;:le ;
To animate other Nations by the example of Great Britain ;
To check the contagion of opinions which tended to dissolve the
• frame of Civil Society.
To army the loyal, the sober minded, and the good, in defence of
the venerable Constitution of the British Monarchy,
Were the duties which, at that awful crisis, devolved upon
the limitish Minister;
And which he discharged witti transcendant zeal, intrepidity,
amid perseverance:
He.upbeld the National Honour abroad ; he maintained at Home
time blessings of Order and of true Liberty :
And, in the midst of difficulties and perils,
He united and consolidated the strength, power, and resources
of the Empire.
For these high purposes,
He was gifted by Divine Providence with endowments,
Rare in their separate excellence ; wonderful in their combination;
Judgment; imagination ; memory ; wit; force and acuteness
of reasoning;
Elognence, copious and accurate, commanding and persuasive,
And suited from its splendoonr to the dignity of his mind, and to
the authority of his station ;
A lofty spirit ; a mild and ingenious temper.
Warm and steadfast in friend owards enemies he wry
forbearing an rgi
His industry was not relaxed by confidence in his great abilities.
tlis indulgence to others was nut abated by the consciousness of
his own superiinity.
His ambiti,at was pure from all selfish motives;
The love of poxer and time passion for fame were 43 him
subotdinate to views of public utility:
Dispensing for in Ar twenty years the favours of time Crown,
He lived withoot ostentation; and he died pour.

A GRATEFUL NATION
Decreed to hint those funeral honours
Which are reserved fin- eminent and extraordinary men.

MIS MOM' INIVNIT
I) erected by the Lord Muyor, Aldermen, and Common Council,

record the reverent and tarectionate rearot
With which the City of I ondon cherishes his memory ;
Anil to hold out to the imitation of posterity
Thobe principles ot 'niblick and private virtue,
Which ensure to nations a solid greatness,
Aud to Ludiviciusts an imperibhuhle name.

TUE NATIONAL REGISTER.

rIiorINCIALS.

ASSIZES.

LANCASTER, MARCH e 2 g .

APRIL 4.

AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR MARCH.

Our accounts of the growing of wheat from several. Districts are
far from promising : scarcely any has been exempt from• the ravages
of the slug. In Norfolk and the Fens. great breadths of eaten Wheat
are ploughing up to be renown with Bark y. Fortunately, consider-
able importations of Biead-corn and Flour may be speedily looked
flm. from Hamburgh. A finer Lent-seed season was sir ver remem-
bered, the land in general working ki►idly fur Oats and Barley.
Large quantities of T tiro ip feed remain on the laudl which the Short-
ness of stock prevents the growers from fettling thi‘ruselves, and in
consequence, considerable interest is makinviir. the loan of floeisi
of sheep to eat it off in due time for sowing. Potatoes remain abii-
dant in most counties. The I lay markets are ri.ther lower. The
Midland Graziers agree that they never recollect both fat and lean
beasts so earce as at this season of the year : the prices have huh
a proportionate increase. Mutton is also scarce and dearer ; but
Pig Pork, for want of keep, is somewhat cheaper. The Wool mar-
kets are brisk at last market prices.

THE KINC, UPON TliE PROSECUTION OF ROBKRT KIRKPATRICK,

ESQ. V. THOMAS CREEYEV, ESQ. M. P.
Mr. PARK, the Attorney-General for the county, stated, that this
was a prosecution against Mr. Creevey, a Member of Parliament,
for having published in The Liverpool Mercury, a most scandalous
and defamatory libel, highly injurious to the character of a Gentle.
man of the name or Kirkpatrick, tilling the important office of In.
Spector-General of Taxes. He did not mean to deny the Honour-
able Member's right to state what he pleased in the House of
Commons ; the exercise of that privilege, however it might affect
the feelings of individuals, could not be called in question ; but he
contended, that if a Member of the House ot Commons afterwards
sent to the Editor of a newspaper his own :eport of his speech, he
was answerable if it contained libellous matter, just the same as for
the publication of a libel of any other description. The Learned
Counsel then stated, that the libel purported to be the repot i of
the Hon. Member's speech, made upon the occasion of presenting
a Petition to the House of Commons r,..ainst the East India Com-
pany's monopoly. He seemed to have gone wholly out of his way
in order to vilify the prosecutor, for he represented the di.stresses
of the people of Liverpool as having been aggravated by his ap-
pointment to the office of Llspector-General of Taxes. He de-
signated the office of Mr. Kirkpatrick as that of a common informer,
and insinuated that he received a large annuity for undertaking to
screw up persons assessments to the extent of his OUll imagination:
The Leaned Counsel added, that the libel went on to insult the
memory of the late 1111.. Perceval, by asserting that he had given
311.. Kirkpatrick this appointment merely in consequence of his
having been his client. The Learned Counsel then referred to the
case of " the King v. Lord Abingdon," to show that the publication
of a libel against an individual, was not to be justified by the cir-
rum,tance ot its being a report of a speech made in Parliament.
ile concluded, by expressing his conviction that the verdict would
confirm the doctrine for which he contended.

The p!ibiication from Mr. Creevey's manuscript having been
clearly proved,
♦tilr, TIKOLG HAM first submitted to I►is Lordship. upon the an.
thoi•ity ci the case of the King v. Wright, that he was not called
upon to address the Jury. He insisted generally, that a Member
ot• Parliament could not be laid accountable for publishing a true
report of %%114t passed in Parliament.
Sir Sish N Le BLANC over-ruled this point ; and the Learned
Gentleman then addressed the Jury. He sa►d, that Mr. Crecycy
had been urged by many Meubers of both Hiroses, justly alarmed
at this prosecution, to insist upon his privilege. ; but the Learned
Judge having decided against him, he sho►►ld un%r proceed to the
other ground of his defence. He then, in a very ttoquent and in-
genious Teed', contended, that there was nothi.►g libellous in the
publication—that matters reflecting in a nmch higher degree onon
characters of individuals, as the speeches of Mi. Burk
Mr. Windham, and other eminent Parliamentary elairr.
inferred the injurious operation of imposing any restraint urn the
publication of Reports of what passed in Parliament ;Li on this
ground principally triisted his client would be acquitted.
Sir S. LE BLANC stated his clear opinion that it %%as no extenea-
tion of a libel to say that it was the report of a speet PA! has
ment—the publication in question was one which teuccd to vilify
the prosecutor, who was ill We execution ot• a public bast, and