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London, England, 1820-07-29 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL JOURNALS.

A's the sertiinents of the Provincial Editors on
foreign as well as domestic concerns are in gene-
ral sounder and more entitled to attention than
those of the London Journalists, we shall, as often
as s-nvenient, submit them to our readers. The
Paper from which the subjcrino4l extracts 'are taken
is distinguished for good sense, pure principles,
public spirit, and firm loyalty, and we have
often been indebted to it for valuable observa-
tions and irrefragable reasonings.

[From the (Dublin) Correspondent, July 44.]

In such a Monarchy as that by which Naples
and its dependencies 'have been governed, there
are no institutions—no varied gradations in the
constitution' of society itself—to protect it against
convulsions and, 1% bile ,the I,soli}ipry- remain
faithful, the King reigns; 1104 whenever they
turn perjurers his Crown is in their hands. To
such of our Radical dreamers as fancy that the
alteration of a Government by the military is a
most hopeful•evept, we would say, that. there is
nothing in our.,state and condition, in the United
Kingdom, which entitles those condescending ad-
mirers of all Revolutions to hope for an imitation
of such military reforms it.L our civil polity, as
Rave occurred in Spain and Naples. All the Pre-
torian Bands of ancient Rome could, not give
away our Empire, if they were encamped at
Hampstead. We see a vast deal of liberality
in some 'of the English Whig Gazettes upon this
head. The very revilers of the English Police
and Yeomanry, are become the panegyrists of
a dishonourable Foreign Soldiery, that have
turned traitors In fact and in principle. And,
indeedrit will ever be found that.there is no real
principle among the declaimers against their
native Government—whatever is, is wrong, 'at
home, and whatever hapi3ens abroad is right, if
it disturb the stability of Governments, and
threaten the peace of nations. The Neapolitan
Reformers are by no natans so much in love
with the airy diet of speculation, as to overlook
the substantial things of this unreformed world.
A mixed •assemblage_ of troops, on, their way to
Apolia, discaiered a military chest, containing
22,000 ducats, which they appropriated to their
own use, with sovereign pretensions.

[From the same Paper '0 f the 25th inst.]

Since the appointing of a Committee by the
House of Lords, to search for precedents for The
governing of the proceedings relating to .the
Royal I.)ivorce Bill, nothing further respecting
the Queen has occurred—for we shall not be
compelled to enter into those matters concerning
her Majesty, which are exhibited in the public
streets of London. The House of Lords, at
every step, consult the spirit, of English Justice,
and the most sanctified examples to be found in
its Archives : while those who are the open ene-
mies of all
.Justice, resort to the most nefarious
contrivances to- embarrass its course, and to de-
feat its ultimate design. The looseness acid vio-
lence of the- populace, in several places, do not
amount, perhaps to rebellion—but they are very
little short of it ;, while, in many instances, fac-
tion never displayed more desperate nor more
hideous features in times of open commotion,
when the existence of the State was trembling in
the balance. That reverence for the Law, ,once
the honourable pride and boast of the English
nation particularly, is succeeded by an open con-
tempt for its authority; and a moll decree, pro-
claimed in the streets of London, pronounces
what is to be law, or what is to be justice, by
proclaiming the will of the populace. A more
alarming, frightful obstruction to the solemn
course o justice never was known, than is to be
found hi the clamorous sentence pronounced upon
the accusation now in progress to a judicial deci-
sion before the Peers of the realm, which brands
it with falsehood, and the witnesses in support
of it with infamy ; and which holds up to cen-
sure and public reproach the Parliament itself,
because it has put into a train of judicial investi-
gation specific allegations, set forth in documents
to be supported by the oaths of living witnesses.
How long the will of the populace is to mock the
sacred proceedings of- public justice, it is impos-
sible to foresee ; but, if the law and the justice
of the country shall not be permitted to form the
fences that protect life or property, those worthy
politicians,-who are endeavouring to compromise
with the passions of the populace, will come
themselves at last to hold, by a miserable and un-
certain tenure, the most valuable possessions that
life affords—by nothing better than the will of
the multitude, guided by the breath of the de-
magogue.

WARAVICK ASSIZES.--The Commission will be
opened this day, before the Lord Chief Baron
iticnAnns and Mr. Baron. GAnnow.--The calen-
dar is comparatively light.

We have this-day inserted the AnswerS Of the
QiiEEN to. the Radical Females of Nottingham,
and the Radical Males of Wakefield; and it is
• -
with infinite pain we perform this' part of our
duty to the Public; because these documents
serve to‘shew that her Majesty permits herself to
become daily more and more the dupe of evil
adviserS, and the instrument of infamous men, who
meditate nothing short of revolution and 'the
destruction of all order in the State. The in-
flammatory Address of the low and vulgar-women
of .Nottirightim (from which we yesterday gave an
extract,) is characterized by the writer of her'
_Majesty's Answer as" remarkable for the amiable
spirit. which it breathes ;" and -her Majesty is
made to say, that "-she is proud of being the
Queen of women of such generous sentiments."
The unfortunate Queen is also made to speak of •
" the gentle delicacy" of these Radical Ladies,
and of the 4.4 pleasurable sensations which it
awakens in her heart." this-is truly lament-
able; though-certainly not -so much so as the
language which the same . designing:, men make .
her-Majesty use in her answer to the Address of
the Wakefield Radieals,,and which, like some
others, evidently goes to connect: this' question
with the most mischievous deSigns. Besides-other
insinuations, to which it is utterly imposSible her
Majesty could herself have given a serious sanc-
tion, she is made to say-.--L" If lam condemned
" without...justice, and dethroned against all law,
the liberties of every. individual will receive a
" fatal stab ;' and thecharacter of -the highest Ju-
" dicature will be blasted to- the -latest poste-
" rity," Why this intemperate- and unwarrant,
able hypothesis on the part of her mischievous
advisers ? Her Majesty, as well as those plotteri
of revolution, well knows that England is not
the country, nor British Noblemen-and Gentlemen the. persons, where and by whom the mean-
est individual can be" condemned without j
tice." -She and they must also know,- that the
Tribunal before which she is to appear is not
only the most noble, honourable,- and learned
in the universe, but that in its investigation and
decision, it will be assisted by all the Judges of
the land ; whilst her Majesty is allowed the most
uniimited,latitude of defence, with unbounded
pecuniary means of procuring witnesses from any
part of the Continent to repel the charges against
her. Under all these considerations, we are filled
With sorrow at finding her Majesty (40-ling.
upon." an eventual triumph in the affections of the
People." The triumph to which she should lead
us to look ought -to be the proof of her innocence
(which she will -be allowed such ample means to
substantiate), before the first, most honourable,
and most learned Tribunal upon earth. If she
fail there (which we pray she may not), what
sort of triumph does she anticipate through 'the
means of the People ?

[British Press.]

Letters have been addressed to the Editors of
some of the Daily Papers, in which notice is taken
of the embarrassment which might arise in the
proceedings against the Queen, froM the difficulty
of . obtaining interpreters who could at once
faithfully and fully resolve. into English the evi-
dence of the Italian witnesses, delivered,' as it is
likely to be, in the barbarous dialects of Italy.
Speculations of this nature- must, we. think, be
regarded rather as amusing or fanciful, than as
containing any serious circumstances of difficulty,
for it is not to be suppoSed that the Houses of
Parliament would 'consent to feceive the inter•
pretation of a witness's statement, unless they
were well assured, by means ,admitting of no
doubt, that the interpreter was fully competent
to his task. Neither is the Italian language so
Very little known to the Nobility and _Gentry of
this country, as to suffer us to suppose that there
are not many Members of both Houses of Parlia-
ment very capable of correcting an erroneous in-
terpretation of an Italian deposition, should such
be attempted,- either through' ignorance, or de-
signed to bo palmed upon them ; even the pecu-
liarities of the varioas dialects of' Italy cannot
fail of being knOwn to:Many of them. licit there
is undoubtedly• one circumstance, arising from
the witnesses being foreigners, ,which must mili-
tate considerably against her Majesty—We allude
to the impossibility of their being cross-examined
at the bar ,with the same advantages towards the
discovery of truth as must have been derived from
cross-examination had the witnesses been natives
of this country. Every one 'in any degree ac-
quainted:with the practice at our Nisi Prins
must have seen many itOaneeS of the surprising
effects produced upon an unwilling, an ignorant,.
a%.dhtyhetherapidity of the
tone of. voice:of. the
ogrueastionnust:leti:epinwai-liltiteters
Counst-1, and by the use- and application, in, c.er-.
taro instances, of a peculiar mode of expression. ,A'
judicious cross-examiner will establish a kind.of
mental intercourse with the Nritness,- whieb will
express itself in a thousand ways, independent of
the mere act of .speaking ;hewill by . the per-
plexing subtlety, variety, and quickness of his
questions, deprive. falsehood, however ingenious,
of that retreat li.hich the caution and reserve ne-

Late last night we received from our Manches-
ter Correspondent an account of the :trials in
consequence of the Oldham Affray. It was .as_
serted by the seditious Papers, if we recollect
right, that the poor harmleSs people of Oldham
had been wantonly attacked by the brutal sol-
diery, who cut and hacked them down without
reason and without mercy. The matter has-now
come,to be fairly investigated before. a Jur.?,
and it turns out that the Radicals, after -heap-
ing-, the grossest, insults on the, soldiers, calling
them " bloody butchers," and. wishing "that their
skins might be torn from their backs to make
drums to call the Reformers to arr.'s," fell upon
them in the most cowardly manner, twenty or
thirty to four, and beat and maltreated them with
the greatest cruelty. One man was convicted on
two indictments ; and the other trials were going;
on when our Express came away.

[Th`c

The advices received yesterday from Buenas
Ayres, which are.dated:May 10, do not encourage
the ..hope of a_ speedy,restoration of tranquillity
in that quarter. The prevailing spirit of the ca,
pital in favour of anti-federalism Was'again in a
state of activity, for the purpose of.regaining the
ground it had lost, assisted- by the. remainder of
Plierreydon's adherents. Sarratea,. who had,
twice exercised the functions of Governor, had
been again compelled to -resim them, and fly
from the. city. His place, at the date of .these
accounts,-was filled by Ramos Mexia, and a pro-
visional Junta, chiefly composed of civilians..
One of their first measures, it is said, was to sin-.
stitute a diligent search for Sarratea, and to lay
an embargo_on the port, :for the purposelof pre=
venting hiS escape by sea:. This state of
.things
had caused great alarm, and it was expected
would be followed .'by a second visit, from the
Montonera,. with a repetition of the scenes that
occurred' during the months of February and.
March. Carrera, who is understood :to Italie
formed the design of placing himself at the head
of affairs in Chili,' and Alvear, who meditated'a
similar, and equally feeble design against the'
tranquillity of Buenos-Ayres, were both at San,
to-Fe; but no disposition had been shown by
Lopez, the Governor of Santa-Fe, to assist their
designs on either of those places. General Ra-
mirez had crossed into Entre-Rios. In conse-
quence of.the disturbed state ,of Buenos-A y •es,.
the government of. Chili bad thought it prudent
to suspend the communication` between that
country and Mendoza. The advices from Chill
did not extend beyond the middle of March, and
of course contained nothing new, -••

PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE IIEETITI-;

The second Septennial Meeting of this Insti-
tution took place on Tuesday last, at the Si-
ciety7s house, in Regent-street, Piccadilly, witit:h
was very numerously attended.; •the Honourable'.
W. SHIRLEY.. in the Chair. The Report of the
'Directors gave a most flattering view of the pro-
gress of the Institution, and declared a bonus of
26/. 12s. per cent. This dividend, together with
a former one at the. end of the first septennial
Meeting, amounted to 40 percent. upon the con.:
tributions of all the members, as well those who
insure for life as-the original . subscribers. The
Managing Directors, in adverting to the extra-
ordinary profit of the last seven years, took oc-
casion, to make known a fact which reflects, very
high honour on the Society, viz. that among the
means used to produce such profit, niggardliness
or evasion in the settlement of claims were . not
of the ,number, for, during the seven years, of
123 claims that had been preferred, not one had
been denied payment, had been disputed, or
been delayed an hour after they became due. It
was also a flattering circumstance, that two re-
spectable Life Insurance Offices .had broken up
to join this Institution, viz. 'the Birmingham and
the London Commercial Life Association, being
convinced, after many yfars trial, that under the
present reduced terms of insurance not only a
good plan and good management were indispen-
sable, but that- a very' extensive Association of
Lives was also .necessary to" render a Life Instf-
ranee Society profitable or even safe. These
three Societies were now conducted without arty
addition to the expenco of one of them.
The CHAIRMAN observed, that. he -was led to
believe. front what he saw, that. the influx of ne.y
members to the PrOvident Life oOfficeeXceeth d
that of any other sitmilar Institution. Nothing
could exceed the satisfactory manner in which
the business proceeded.. A :very handsome enlo-
gium was then voted to the Managing Director,
accompanied by a present of plate, and the meet-
ing adjournelL • , ' • , • .

. . .. . .
Important Information to Sheriff's' o,yieers .-----Coer•
the trial .of the cause Of KIRKBY V. SPOONER,
Esq. at our Assizes last week, Mr. Justice. Hol,-.,
return of
ROYD not only recognized.: power .of the
.°nleot be pre-.
Sheriff to sell after the return,of the writ„hat'
expressly held that. Sheriffs' Officers were, en's.'
titled to remain on the premises of. defendant,s
rinYlaesd bv the Couitlof
maintained, 'but
the writ,
where
t reasonableiie. .in
propertyle
could
viously removed., On a former trial between (he
partieswh h
waasdai tffteerreliii,
at
Td.doscotvrieirl e.
King's Bench.—(Cambridge Chronicle.) - ' '