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London, England, 1820-05-06 00:00:00

GLASGOW, M.v 4.

The seed sown by the Radially is noirtegiiining
to ripen. On Satoeday list • whole range of
building, sad the 'bole lire stock upon a farm
helougiug to Sir William Milliken Napier, flirt.
ltenfrewshire, was destroyed by tre. There is
every reason to suspett that it has been the act of
an incendiary, in revenge. for the active part flie
landlord and tenant had liken in the armed asso-
ciations of that district.
A bout two o'clock on Sunday morning. a gang
or ..-3) to SO or more ruffians, with fire-arms. pitch-
forks and bludgeons, attacked • house in Bridge-
ton. occapied by two persons employed in
*.cotton.
mill, with the 'obvious intention of inurttertrig the
inmates. but fludiug they could not force au en-
tracte, they tired several shots into the house. One
of the gang is supposed to be wounded by a shot
from the house. as blood was found on the stair and
traced to some distance. The tame gang cruelly
maltreated two of the county patrol, left them
insensible. arid both dangerously wounded. A re-
ward is offered for the apprehension of-any of' those
guilty of ro daring an outrage. We understand
these miser.-ants were heard debating among them-
selvre, whether their would put the wounded men to
death to prevent a discovery.
A person digging a garden in Bridgeton. yester-
day, found a number of pike heads of different
kinds, concealed in the earth, and carefully rolled
up in a number of copies of the Block Dwarf.

Tit E BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1820.

Mr. IBROUGNAK last night brought forward his
Resolution§ for plating the Droits of the Crown
at the &Tout of Parliament. The motion prv-
duced an animated debate, and was strongly sup.
ported. It was only negatived by a majority of
t 9, the numbers on a division being—Ayes, 155;
Noes, .273.

An account has been published by order of the
House of Commons, stressing the produce of all the
dirties of Customs imposed in the year
1 ttl9, dirriog the quarters ended 10th October 1819,
4th January, and 3th of April 1820. Oar reader,
will probably remember that these new duties were
calculated by the Lords of the Treasury to produce
wore than three millions per annum.
We tied, however, that the total 111110111 Ii received,
or rather calculated to have been received, during
the three quarters, is 977,0371. 7s. dd. in Great
Britain, arid 12,8624 os. 110. for the same period
In Ireland.

The Paris Papers of Tuesday last, which have
arrived at our Office, contain no intelligence of
general interest. The Chamber of Deputies con.
tinues engaged in discussing the law of custom'.
Its the sitting of Monday, a proposition made by
M. Usual: de VILLEVESQUE, was adopted, by
which • great distinction is drawn between the
duties payable on grain imported by French ships,
sod the same article imported by foreign vessels.
1,, the former case the duty is only 25 C. par
hectolitre, but in the latter it amounts to 2 fr. 50 c.
par hectolitre.
The Committee to whom the new law of elec.
nous was referred, are diligently employed in res.
it. They had on Monday adopted the four
first articles, and were expected to appoint their
Reporter un that or the following day.
A Frenchman has lately arrived in Board's=
from Cochin Chins, where he had resided for a
time. and had acquired the rank of a Mandolin.
He has obtained permission from the Government
ul Cuehin China to revisit his native country.
The Five per Cents. are, 73 1. 35c.

Yesterday Prince C•STELCIC•L• had us whew,
of his MAJESTY. at his Palace io
The Duke of YORK paid his respects to the
(lay.
Yr-tetchy Prince CASTILCIC•LA, and several
Foreigners of distioctioh, dined wish the Kum.

Ou Thursday evening Prince LEOPOLD arrived
in luau from Claremont.

The following is extracted from the Ceitsevr
icropiem. under date Madrid, April 22 Nine-
teen individuals have been arrested ht re. accused of
coaspiracy against the established Government.
There persons are the Prelate of the P. P. de la
Id Recce, the Solicitor of the Monks of the Bice-
nal, a .bruit, a Curate, various emissaries, cud a
'few soldier., who were tempted by high rewards.
It is affirmed. that a considerable sum of money,
with arms and important papers, have been seised
iw the Cuilverit of the P: P. de la Iderictu."
11, eo.,.i.ritionce of the distressed state of sgricel-
tare, the Right lion. Lord PiTig. with a liberality
which has always characterised ills noble family, has
drieeted a circular letter to his tenants, espresaive
of in. intrtition to allow them ten per cent. on their
half.year'd rent, at the ensuing audit.—(C/telsafford
"per.
Si, serous is the depression in the price of wool,
that faiinars who sold it this time last year at 241.
per park, can now obtsin 131. only for it. The
statement inserted in this paper last week, relat-
ing to the deterioration of the woollen trade in
Yorkshire, sufficiently exploits, the cause of the rev
duction of prices in the wool-market.—(7'sraton
enorier.j
The information of our Staffordshire Correspoo.
drat bees been corroborated by the Louden Papers.
We ilea -.my to leafs (what. however, was to be
expected) that the iron-bade of Mouinoothshire and
South Wakes is bekinsnts to feat a similar depres.
Won to that of Staffordshire. soil Oast some fursacea
have bees. there Else
.atready put out of blast.
Where will these things cud ?—( &iota Meratry4

•A-**Crgs • tlfile
1;
tk `t 1
t‘e..,- Af, of

POETRY.

TO THE PRIMROSE.

WV JOllll MAVIS.

Py murneriug Nith, my native somas,
I've kaird ihie with the morniug been,
%You'd thee ansone the Falls of Clyde—
Che Lewes's banks—ou Kelvimeide!
Lod sow, on HasselN Ilisiecy plain,
1 welcome thy velum agsio—
Al Haswell, where romantic views,
Asid spivs, scenes, invite the Muse;
Led where, lest erring Maw should stray,
Trutles blameless Teacher leads the wdy!

Lore tenant of she peaceful glade,
Emblem of Virtue in the altaile,
Rearing thy bead to brave the strum
That would Mine ionocente def... m !
Of all the tiow'rs that greet the Spring—
Of all the tlue'rs the Stamina bring,
To me, while doomed to linger here,
The lowly Primrose shall be dear!
Sprung, like* Primrose, In the wild,
Short, like the Primrose, Mai ion amit'd ;
The Spring that gave her blossoms birth,
Tore them for ever from the earth;
Nor left, oh tee! oar bad behind
To tranquillize a Parent's mind,
Save that sweet bud which strews the way,
Blest Hope, to an eternal May!
lam tenant of the peaceful glade,
Emblem of Virtue in the shade!
Pure as t►e blossoms on yon thorn,
Spotless as her for whom we mourn!
Of all the fluw'rs that greet the Spring—
Of all the flow'rs the Seasons bring,
To me, while deemed to linger hear,
The lowly Primrose shall be dear

KIAWS THIsATICE.

The celebrated heroic opera of It Tawrredi, by Rossini,
was performed PO Thursday night at this theatre, fur the Mat
time iu ibis country, for the bene@t of Madame Baluchi.
We cannot bestow higher enteral praise o■ the cosposh
lion of this Opera than to say that it bra fully ammeter' !by
expectation of the mused world, whirl, had been unusually
raised by the ►igb repetition it has acquired on the Conti-
nent. It pommies greater richowri variety, and originality,
than any opts, by Rossini that has readied this country.
Madame Belistrai sever displayed her Satin!. to greater ad-
vantage, and the audinice sawed every occasion of testifying
the sense they eitternsmord of Mr exertions. 'I he credit she
has derived fnim t►e istrodscinos of ihn: opera will tend to
raise as high a character fur her is musical testy as that
she before pamorad Man ateosiaplinted singer. The !Inane
boasted a osmoses@ sod fasbintrad audtence.

_

THE QUEILIV.
Extract from a Germaa taper, received yester-
day :
.111 MIL 12.

The Causert of the Cog of England ilefi RUNIC or She 9th
instant with her sane, is Amen carriages, to woes"d by way
of Pesaro, Milan, Ile. Is Lutetium, where its rupeess to arrive
oil the let of May. While she wee here she did not slier
herself oat of the boast, fin whenever she drove oat in her
eerriage the blinds were let dole's.

Letterr linve been received in town. dated from
her MAJBSTY'S vine at Pesaro. ISth of ApnL
and aunoui.citig bee tit:nurture fur England on
that day. and her MAJESTY'S hiletshon ut IFS..
veiling hither without *topping. Front the exile•
dition made by the Quicri in her route, it iv be.
lievrd that hrr Ms.rerrY will arrive ut Calais by
the eud of this week. where apartment* an• taken for
her residence; and Lady Area frilsim.Tua, with
other persons of her evtieblistititent. have received an
intimation to praereil to Dover, to wait her further
i at& uct ioos.—( ern ing Paper.)

Memento mori is the pass word with all Ilion
who patronise and frequent the Concerts at the
Argyll Room*.
The CHANCELLOR or the EXCHEQUER stated,
that his late MAJESTY had left a sill. We map-
pose it was foetid by the present NINO on his late
visit to Windsor. It is void that his late MAJESTY.
but a few days before his mournful! calamity, as ll'
conscioueof its approach. ordered a master-key to
be made, with which he locked up a drawer con-
taining all his other key% .Thia..snaster-key he
delivered to General Tavhos; with oh iojonction
to preserve it in his cuctirdy, rind deliver it to no
one hut himself, or w ease at' his decesve to deliver
it only to his tweet-um. This key Geis. TAyLog
delivered to the Kies on 3.iturday
(Evening Paper.)
Fridoy, the glst ult. the cucko.) was both heard
and seen io the neighbourhood of eleritur, nest
Whitehaven.
A Reporter of the last year's Festival of St. Pa-
trick remarked, that the dinner, though announced
lot half-past five precisely, woo, unaccountably to
the remarher, not on the table till near seven.' To
any recoltector of the said remark, the 'tattiest of
the Charity requires the facts is
.be. stated, first,
that the word precisely' hire never yet appeared is
say of the climber advertiseasects sae, seirowity, that the
. .

SAW iNTIALIGEftea.
COURT or KING'S SEWN, FatlnT, MA 5.

TIM Kin° r.
116_, is gaiwlsioll as sumo as the Court was fult,Jneiiee Bair-
„.
reiliN".4 nestling the 'widener fur the defence of this
case. Having confluent to read for about tweuty minutes,
the Chief Justice rernsrlied th3l none of the Counsel for
II" Croon were present. It *mild be necessary for the
Court to delay the reading until someone should be In Court
fur the prosecution.
Mr. Heel respectfully sahmitted, that on a motion for •
rule to *hew cause, in en/hoary ca.ies, the presence of the
Plaintiff was not necessary to the Defendant's application.
The Cater Junkier informed ‘lr. Hunt, that in met
where the report of • trial was to be rtreived by the Court,
both parties must be present.
Mr. Hoot said, hr was aware that the unread evidence wag
tautological. He did not wish to trouble their Lordships to
go further into It, if ibe reading cf it could be dispensed
with.

_._ ..
The Calve lumen said, that the Court must have the
whole ease brought before them, and it could be doue is so
other way than that which they were pursuing. They would
take the motions of the bar until some woe should appear
in Court for the other side.
The Afrosuaw (I . t. and Mr. Scaett.ave came is
shout twenty missies afterwards, sod Justice Batumi' re-
sumed the reading of his notes, which having finished,
Mr. Hulot rose. He said that be could not bet feel
the difilcolt shooing in which lie that day stood. He felt
that be was in the presence of four able disperser* of the
lows, and he felt also Met it would be both importiseat and
useless is him to attempt to impose upon their jiidignsesit by
offernig say sophistical arguments to their eonsidevatiso ; he
should, therefore, confine himself to • plain straight forward
course, awd not take up the lime of the Court by maim" into
technical points. Hi. experience of Court. of Justice ena-
bled him to judge of the dalliesiltim of the situation in which
he was placed; be could taut but feel that, in appealing
against the decision mad direction of the Leartied Judge who
tried the cause, he was placed is eircitoodatiees of great ea-
bariamuseut. He bad frequently observed that Learned
Cutitirel, with all their experience, were often thus ember-
reseed :—The different impression* and coaceptions of the
Judge's swoon sad the Learned Greasers he had fee-
goently suticed: bet he was folly cooviated that, in this
cause, be should have but little difficulty of that sort : from
the candour of the Learned Judge who trietl it, be was setts-
lied, that he would be more ready than most other men to
acknowledge the possibility of his heirs; mistaken. He
would ouw come to the first point which lie meant to sub-
mit to the considerattou of the Court, via.—the rejection by
the Learifed Judge of evidence which be couteaded ought
to have bees received. The peaceable coadoct of the
meeting was part of the issue which was to be tried;
aid he submitted to the Court that to that end be
ought to hate been allowed to bring readmite as to the con-
duct of them Wary; for if such testimony was soot, strictly
•to eking, evidence to go to a Jury, it became so after the
es tdrace of Hutton bad been received; for it should be re-
membered, that he had sworn to the hurling of stones, the
Asorriehiog of sticks, Ste. Now sorely it would be good
evidence to show, that there had bees • previous aggressioa
on the part of the 'military, for all Hulstou's evidence was
overwhelmed be a cloud of witnesses. His Lordship was
bowed to send it to the Jury with all its imperfections us its
'head, and it areordiapiy was left for their consideration.
Cluster these cireumstaisces, he contended, they were entitled
to put in rvideuce as to the conduct of the soldiers, in sup-
port of *Web propoottioa, he would beg leave to pot a same,
tint, perhaps, in • techoical form, but, es lie thought, per-
fectly to the point. Ransom a party of pertains were to am-
spire to break open his home, witch they effect, sad in the
passage be knocks them dowel, they prefer • bill before the
Grated Joey fur as *mogul', the Grand Joey 'bid a true bill,
which it may easily be lawasissed they would do, if we also
imagine that they were coitsieeted with the party who had
broken iota his basset ° in such a ease, my Lords (ewe-
booed Mr. 11 sat), when I au bessuelst to trial for sneh assault,
height 1 to be prevented from poi* in evidence to drew
that the parties had been so assaiked In 'beset of commit-
thug ara • I Moor ! be law and In equity I should, I be-
lieve, be edified even is killing them; but am I then to be
r.
prevent setting froth this is my justification, out the
grmoid that it Hwy prejudice them in :mother place, that is,
on their trial for the felony r
Mr. Hum put • similar cam of a highwayman esiailisg
him with a pistol us She highway, whom he overcomes; bet
the thief brings • person who sees owl, the latter part of the
affair, and *sears therefore to his assaulting the highway-
man—ought he thee to be prevented bringing the evidence
of his servaut to prose the previmia attempt at robbery, and
this because math evidence might prejudice the highway-
man in another ailitalion? He put one more case tense
same effect, and submitted to the Court that they ought to
have been allowed to pet witsesses is the box to prove the
eggiresaiwo of the military, sod this wore particularly when
it was considered that seine of the Jury might have read the
speeches amide in Parliament coserritheg the conduct of the
meeting—the shouts sod kisses—the stones sad brickbats
tlyistg—the sticks flourished—in short, it was represented
that every species of resistance was made which was possible.
He did uut believe it was so; but supposing Duly use of
the Jury having read these speeches believed them, would
be not be biassed by it, although it was contradicted at tie
trial by the evidence of gentlemen of the highest regimes-
bility, gentlemen of different and coodictiag political opi-
nions!
Mr Hunt then proceeded to the mooed point, which was
the evidence received at the trial, but which he contended
ought to have bees rejected. Aud first, that of Edward
Easter iii le, whore he characterised in terms of great severity.
He had sworn at the trial that he (Hurt) bad said at the
meeting to the people, r' If the soldiers molest you, get them
down ; soil tithes you have them dowu, keep them lows."—
If slits eriacan was relevant, he coutended he was en-
titled to pat in evidence to prove that the soldiers did
molest 'ha people, sad that the people did uut obey his
• instructions in opposing them. He humbly submitted
to their Lordship. that this was the great question to
which he would iutrust their dipasaiouale consideration. He
felt that he was out now before • Jury, sod that any sophis-
tical ergunienes would he quite out Opiate, although be
had observed Pitch things attempted by Learned Coonset I
but he had no fee to take, asi cheat', good *pions* to midst-
vate—bis object was justice (only. If he could be capable
of atiemmisegwo rwestoad their Lesdabilis. Le was satisfied
that though they might t%Cillit him, he should at least de-
serve • severe r. primeval. He therefore submitted that he
wee entitled to give that ?widener, ootwithsiandin it might
have prejudiced some pence, in other places, and that they
ought not to Isar, been protected against such prejudice by
refusing the evidence which be was ready to offer. Hr was
convinced this himself and the other Daeudants had suf.
feted from trejudice: the speeches in Parlianweit were cal-
culated particularly to do them tojory : they, perhaps, had
prejudiced the Joey, and if their mode had been cleared
from It, perhaps their enact would have hemi different.
He concluded his argosies' on this point by saying that he
did not kuow whether it worth' he proper to read it; but
Ile bad the affidsvit of his solicitor to skew that lie had

interval described as unacrountable• has bees the wevariee I nom *domino in attendance at Yon, whose testimony
mhos for SS successive onnierweesies. To prevent ems. bid been thus refined.
festal' the door is opireed at battiest Ave. These who I The Comte informed him it was not necessary to read
come and have the common choice of early arrivals, with I the affidavii—it was takes for grimed, that if evidenie bad
the esception of the top table, which is reserved (bit reserved been offered and rejected, it bad bees ready to prodece, if
without iseivility) fee those persons snow bounty has raised admitted.
the In atittatiou to it* presto proaperity. The holt boor pre. I Mr. Hunt now adverted to the evidewee given as to the
cedieg the devisor of the hearts and (arks, dories which Resolutions mimed at the Smithfield meting, and conteeded
half boor the Treasurer is, happily for the Client", at his I that it ought sit to have been reeeived on two grounds—
suspicions work I. the Comanineewnoto—lbet hall.lroor I first, because they were irrelevant, nu previous concert bay-
(fell 20 minutes of which are occupied is placing dinner ow ing been proved to Z.xist between the persons who met at
the sir tables) is of more importuner to the poor children Smithfield and the meeting at Manchester. Ia the ircuud
lbws the whole day and eight terrido; whili the act owl plate they were oily copies of the Resoletions, and such
cosesomptios of the fruits of the earn seldom eminences ; copies might have differed from the originals : that, he
Wee thee holf.past sic. A keen appetite, file Imre, *height, alight fairly be pireneri. Fitzpatrick, in hat rei.
of no segweisest. The love of • thew, to by no sprain wa (knee, admitted. that several of the Resolutions were read
illiandedde peados; and the Mesons offered to the Myelitis before he gut soy of the copes, so that be met being alas
of Amp may without istraity he emended to tM Monitor of to compare them, they.wrre iw Oct 'wither copies nor de-
vised 'Mktg. It is see, however. tlw first of crimes is no plicate originals, If Ilea sissinld be decided to he eeideuce
lieraagare the Colebratioe, that they leave an eye- to the he comended it was Noe evidence in the we/ the Leeteeti
means elf title treat, sad eadeamtur eembise its welfare Judge put it to the Jury :he bed told them, that if they
as meta se regible with the beet gestagoomoo 1 ou.tioug believed he (Hait) iitemled to ail 'the game Itmolutiohe
web. , *Welt be dig at Ileabbiletd, the attendance it blauckeetet

f
itiertieit was gun ad hold Metal. ND* as the diatiee o
the'neeetiog wait signed by 700 perils, at Maachesser, with
their piece of abode, the proseceloelt {Naiad have bewellte
them ft-reword, we other wituesors, t*. have lestilied to she
iuleiiisios of those parties. The Defeadaats were net to
come prepared lo disprove offewees eeeklered up is the
brain of the Learned Cooped *he led the ease for the
Croin; they went by the indietwiens hi Mach there was sot
a word mentioned of Ow Basishieid %deeding or Resolutions.
There was indeed no evidence that tiny Reastatious were in.
tended to be proposed; this circamsttince would skew the
contrary—f e. tb. flags of the varbabb parties bore differeol
mottos, according in the ornament cY the part of the coun-
try they came from, from which it Might be inferred they
came to diaeoss and pass such Resolutieus as should be
agree upon by the es:quilt?.
Mr. Hoot be re it odered the affidavit of the ten first per-
sons who bigot d *llse requisition (Or the meeting at Man-
che:be.
Mr. Jeslice Balmcip.-" You emit en* give in evidence
any thing which might have been produced at the trial."
Mr. Host couteuded they were takea by surprise us this
point.
Mr. Justice Reim —" If the evidence given on the part
of the prosecutiost, as to the resolutions of the meeting at
Inaiihßel4l, Is evidence of a cosoviracy, for with that you
are charged, it was certainly admilinble."
Mr. linul—" My Lord, I emitted it was sot reefing*
at all."
The COURT intimated, that they could not admit the af-
fidavits, as it slid nut appear to the Court that the Defeo-
dant, wee, fatten by surprise.
Mr. HUNT said, he would sot peer it; and twilit applied
to evillest.* of the trainees', whit.* he conteaded ought sot
to have been received, as it was mut proved there was say
connexion between the peruses training sad the mewls
who attended al the Maischestrr sheeting, and therefore be
contended this evidence should not have gust to the Jury.
He observed, as a proof of the good effects in general of the
making public all trials, though it bad in some respects
been injurious to him, that in cousequeace of the publica-
tion of the evidence given at Yolk, relative to the training
at %Vitale Moss, a gentlemaa of Bolton bad written him to
ray, aim be could get him good proof that there were spies
at White Miles. This letter he did not receive till five days
after the regular time, and the seal was meek defaced.
The Loso Cuter JUITIOZ objected to this as sot !appli-
cable to the point before the Court. Os the evidence given
as to the mottos on the lap, be contended it was toot the
best evidtoce. The Rags thetardeea, kiwi similar to written
ducomenis, were the best evideseeteedtberefore they ought
to have been produced then.
The Court deferred hepriag the reffileadiff 111( the case till
tomorrow, (fins day.

OLD BAILEY; FaseaT, MAT 5.

At the 'Whig of Iles Court the. mormiag am Cawood
SIMJEANT mood moseugo ea di the Prisoner. rouvieierl
dunug the &mimeo, with the esourdoo of those (owed guilty
uf capital uffesees.

DARING AND EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.

Francis Frederick Pitt, W.. Prussia, Thomas Dodd,
James Nipason, and John Hewitt, were indicted for steal-
ing 130 yards of woollen cloth, the property of John
Thomas Dolan and Lis copartners, and rine yards •f cloth,
the property of John Arlington mid James Smith.

hiciaalFranklin was indicted for receiving the same,
kayo ing it to have been stolen.
The Jury fuuud •Il the priouners..—Gailly.
The Common Sethra•mr, in passing sentence, observed,
that this was one of the worst cases that had mese wader his
cognizance fur • meat litany years, and it was much to be
lamented, fur the sake of the public, that the
neat las out laid as it certinuly ought to have bete, for the
capital offence of burglary. His Lordship then vereleaced
Pitt, Prussia, Dodd, Hewitt, and Simpson, to serest years,
sad Franklin to fourteea yea's' tramportation.