The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-02-09 00:00:00

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Bat with every disposition to agree with his Honourable nude goat an equal depression. He seemed to tittle t
friend (Mr. Corwen), in meoperetino with Ministers in that with a quarter of corn be could new purchase
any inquiry or measure to relieve the distresses of the the same quantity of other cetnnitelities Which he
country, he most routplain that the speech of the Right
could have obtained with it when cern was at soe. t• .
lionmeeehle *headman (11r. Robinson) had not given
any alms of ipformation upon the subjert. He (Mr. and that the reduction of prices was therefore general
Batioge had no hesitation in waking up his mind re- and equal. Now this *presentation, be (Mr. Ricardo)
specifies a great part oldie difficulty and ilistress of the t apprehended was erroneous. He could not agree that
countija A very considerable peril of the distress, lie' prices had (alien generally iu the same properties. •
was contented, arose from the nature of the currency.— in corn had been severe 'lle
be-
(Hear,hear.)—He did taut mean to soy that we oughts believed that the f .:1
thereore trereturn to unlimited yoisal measure, whilst there had been nd fall with ra.
paper currency ; he only I
wished to call attention to the danger of a depertere from gaol to many other articles, or at any rate no fall in
a proper stanclard. That departure had randoulnecler pro- the least degree similar, or that could be readily traced
duced extravagance in the public expenditure, for which .to a similar cense. if the prices of billion were re-
we were now suffering so severely, anal increased the i ferret' toot former periods, it would be seen that the
turn to the right stimulant extremely
pablic debt to an amount so enormous as to make a tr. t Deice of hadaltered 1
corn to t re amount of VS per cost.
ditficult. Yet lie 1 I.le was surprised to find his Hon. Friend making 4
was of opinion that the produce of the soil was not of i
statement from which, if correct, it must he inferred
much ales* value now, n hen the ipterter of wheat was sole
for &Wailes:es. than it had been when the price was that the distresses legan at the moment when the last
130. It was less islatively to nominal pound% sterling ; change in the currency took place. Now if 14 looked
but a gustier of corn would now buy as much cloth, or bale( to the price of bullion in the donrishing year of
a% mach iron, as when it sold for SUe.—(Hear, hear.)— frontal
If they supposed a men to hare had no &lit ISIS. and compared it with the prevent price, it ould
, and to have be seen that the difference did not exceed 6or 7 per
now an income of 611/. instead oft4o/.,be was in the sante re- „. - „„,e To this retreat other prices might have since
Wive situation. But unfortenstely many farmers who,heve "
tint small mow of capital bed been induced, by the rise been affected, anal be had no doubt, though without
in the prices ef corn, totake farms un.lerenortgages f•r a the means of ascertaining the fact, that there had
large pottliso of tire price. In consequence of having beep a considerable redaction 4 prices in other coun-
thus tasispereel filth the currency, cranny honest farmers tripe. tient lad fallen here, and so had cotton goods. r -
had - not only lost all their property, bat were hut he believed that falbyas not more than equal so drat
throned' in gaol.—eloond tries uf liezel4epe,„l 444,1 ÷... _.
eat parts of Swope. In the
'1! ho bad thugs otewaiatial a serious oeiriecnte to 1 611 a
malty the most meritorious class of persons in the ?ear ''''' the 'et of gold was at 41. an ouece. la the
constosalti. With all oar experience of the evils of an following year it *as 41. and 6d. lo INIB bullion
unliinke4 eurreerty, we should not be two rears engaged still did not rise above 41. Its. sad 41. 3s. and in the
in war wlthout iecurriag to the tame system. It leas e Per 1810, when the plan which be had the howler tit
therefore of the highest iuspnrtanee to consider well the recommend was adopted by the House. it was at 4/. h.
real causes of the evils to which it was new so ilitticalt Ti
to apply 'remedy. The right Hnn. I ;entlent.an impose", was
question then byline the House was, whether it
was advisable to return to the old standard, or to take
he meant the t bencetlor of the Rea hespier, seemed to he
the existing market rate, weiell was then about 4 per
very mach panted to reconcile the diminution of revenue
with the(knereased rommseption of eeeisealsle articles. rent. alenve that shamble] as the measure of value in
For his .Ir. Barinea) part, he saw no difficulty at ell future ; lint his Hun. Friend hail argued on this sat-
in tile. apparent contredirtion. -The landholder, and jilt as if bullion bad been at that time, as it formerly
all woo had fixed incomes, footle that every 100/. would
now go as fa: as 130/. formerly. lie (Mr. It aisle) was, at 3!. or 5/. 104. an onnee. If instead of beine
at 41. le.. bullion had been much higher, lie idiot:l4
thought, therefore, that the inter-islet conniteption of
exeiseahle articles was entirely on the part of those %Om not have proposed a recurrence to the Mint standard.
hat fixed iuconees.—llear, hear ) In the rouse of tle i What lie was anxione about WAY not to restore the oil,
last year the assesses taxes hail increase Ito a certain ; but to petalled, a fixer! standard a fete however desirable
aliment. This was to he accoandiel for on Cie sale. grin- 'it might be ton body of merelairets or bankers to itossess
ciple. "Lowy who had kept only twat horses. fin. inverter, 1 the power of raisin, or lewerisig a 4th or sth the valise
were now able to keep three Yet the r••+0,111: WI the of the currency, and to make 31. 17e. WO at one time
excise department could not ii properly %eel to
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5.1:1;.I.
the le inivatent to 5 ;anther/., at either it 1%11.: a power &strut:-
hors increased to the amount
tire of every engagement, anti finally ruinous to tur&
sow texts Lail ramie into opereien within tee pel
rim! alio:led ire--(lira.,T
hear.) he weaile difference interest.—((lent, Itear,)-els lie had alreedy said, he •
was 'bowfin* fully accounteal for he tee inereased pri o, was net :waives to reetere the old standard 1 bat the
in consequence of the new taxes, and the eicreesed eon. mail:et price of bullion being then only 4/. Is., he did
*metiers on the part of those who heal tieei it-amines.
(Ilene hear.)-1n order tu be tally a.•ievinced of the et
not think it neressery to deviate from the afteieet
orrectness of this view, they need wee look to Indeed. I idarul. What increased his surmise at the view
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.1% 14:iell his lion. Friemi hail taken it tracing all
There few spent fixed incomes. anal there the excise re-
venee hail decreased ; for in the rear reeling. Jetaitarv. our distress to a variation in the currency was,
lien, it had been 1,7110,000 e In the year a-tieing ja. i that when a few years back we had so
weary, 1521, it was only 1.361,1N101. Ile meant not tu tench greater varielicies,eele lead an such distress.
cast any odium on particular classes as drones in Mt- The Honourable Alcatel.* for Cumberland (Mr. Cur-
eiety ; he would only illustrate Isis argument. The en- wen), as well as the Honourable elenaber for Stafford.-
joement of the drone in society had increased, while .
. is, re ( Ilr I ittleteii) had talked of the extreme pees-
thing c
ell with aericulture anal coin:niece 4 '-' ' -a '
sure of taxes on agriculture, as if they were retold in
wasliminisliesi in solue.—(Bear,—ltis main &o-
iled in makingehose observation, was to accertain our that respect to be prime*: ly ' burdens:line. The stock-
. °shies. The object for the house was 'Lyn:wider . the light= teleseleacriletd as. Laisee smistrarwldwardWP44s*--
dFtworthe et-Merry—(scar, hear)—to ronsicler these effects, lett it eadald-net be ilitereat.w spew that
is !list it had been in former times, how it had increased all taxee tell upon the consumers of those commodities
r the increase of our hardline, and how it had increased n, which they Were mewed; ; and if this were not the
by Hie changes in the currency. He was nut one who
%tenth! starve the great officers of government ; bait there rase, he did nut see what right the landowner had to
was a great deal to retrench in the expenalitere ask fur protection. He could demonstrate, if it were
of the country without reference to those reeve., necessary, that taxes always raise,' the price of that coon-
The lionse would, he felt assured, enter on stela etahjects moiety on which they were laid, and therefore fell un the
with temper and consideration ; tie was not apnrehen. consumer. lie would now offer a few remarks on what had
sire film any measure would be rashly adopted by throat. been thrown out as to the restoration of two metals as a
Holding to public faith, as he helical they wonld do, anal standard. it give him pain to liter any allusions made to
to the cerrency, as he hoped they would beehle toil°, they the siteject of not paying the ;meth; creditor, and to find
would devise such alleviations as the state of the roue- that they met with tlie reception which they did in
try required, and the interests of all classes wiellil ee• some quarters. If, inleee, the alividend was to be re -
nut. lie tlionelit it right also here to remark, however Jawed, he trusted that it wonla be done openly, and that
1;11'114.34am the statement might be tn gentlemen of large H.) %teat:agent or ileluseo weed(' be practised. With re-
landed property, that the rents which had existed he. I gar! to the plan of his tionintrable Friend, he seas sor-
fore could not be expected to exist longer. It was vain, ry that he could not approve of it, recesumenaling as it
iii tats eto imagine that fanners couial possibly support did a different sem lard from that fixed in 1619. No
those Teets ; anal it appeared also that the prices of eorn currency coultl In- oldie same talus perpetaally any more
were at this satement as high as ever they hail been, cam. than other articles could always retell) the 'awe price.—
pared with tee priers of other commodities. Ile would Dotal bullion, however, was the rotammtlity which to-
now very shortly advert to the measures which he slime.'
be disposee to recommend in a committer. Ile would ' debtor tat
tied the least ; heat it might wait the purpose of the. .
t is:te doing,
valu of
tehcere twod i- .
willingly give all that permanency to the currency eel tor wouldPs:ivstiatiilt9;illovs'sr.' m-millisietstrebL.
now established, air in a course of being established, metals had tiered eitice that act of Parliament, but what
which was requisite to the security of the phi* ere. 1 w erieas the cause of that vtioli :'—lt
—lt was this : the !lank
ditor ; has his persuasion was, that ity per the had taleen alarm, and had made great and unnecessary
system of the linnourable Member (Mr. Ricardo) with 1 purchases of gold, altiemeli they foaled by experience that
a temparary relaxation, the present difficulty might be Ino person applied to them for any. lie almost doubted
meteriellv lessened ; and that another oho-hens me ela ofl whether a single bar lied been demanded from them
relief anal increased fecility would he to enable the Bank I since the coinmeneement of the new leen, the entirety
to pay its notes either in severer gold, at its own option. ' agreell iwall that hail been said with regard to the re- :
At present great uncertainty prevailed, particularly I tretichnient in our expenaliture being tin' great and prin- .
among. the cametry hanhere, as to What was intended,' cipal, if nut the o.ale suave:• of relief. The Coamuitteo
anal %% leather l'ei existing semen, was to be maintained ' would, he olonitteal not, without any preconceived or
to the lest. This uneertaintv was increased, anal great I particular views, inquire whether the present system of
immediate inconvenience etistainee, by the state of the restrictions on trade was advatitaereens to the cointry.—
Irish Bank, whose paper was now three per rent. above Ile should only ails!, wee respect to the rents of land,
the par value. The whole subject would, he trustee, be that no interests could be more distinct than those of
billy investigated in the committee, the owners and occupiers; yet it did li Appel that the latter
mt, usEsTERN expressed his trees that a Com- were persiteiled to Petitien that House fur regulations
whirl: might hr beneficiel to one class but moist iujuri-
mime !should be appointed To incitere whether the
ons to theinseives,
allegations set forth in the petition could he proved. 11r. PEARSE said a few words which we could not
Such an inquiry was indispensable, when it was stated distinctly hear in the ;emery.
the consumption of articles of primary neerssity had Mr. Alderman IllelllATE denied that the distress
fallen off to the extent of one-thirst. It was important
to bear in mind that the years lel7 anal lel e, tee was confined to the grower, of corn. It was felt in the
proalaction of all articles. et exten led toucher countries.
last of our agricultural prosperity, were those in 11 be lino Abler-mei alluded to the passing of Mr.-Peel's
which a great improvement also took place its our Bill, which, he contencied, had produced all those evil
mannfecturce. This would serve to prove the union effects, of which he, in conjunction with a few others.
of all our great interests; and ;although be thonelit had forewarned the House. The lit et. the bill' iso
that aerieultnre insist tem the lead, it was not per- "`'"tendril, °llFldt'i I'4" ;lir, ' "a. 1311 te)
add '37 third
to the national dent; to awl. in the mme proportion, to
Steps or now a importance to inquire the precise origin
of the impreneteent. With regard to what load been all fixed homilies ;and tie indarset an equal amount from
all the resources of -owe:teem capital and industry."—
mill am tee sueject of rents, he apprelrenaled that any A. to the noted; which leel +leen suggested by reds- tint
session of th at kind could only affect the occupier and the interest on the ;able. deist, it appeared to hien ob.
landhadaler, the innate:hate partieseand could sot puts- jectionable both in justice end police. Byrn while Pare
allay extend its couseqnences to the general state of iminent should he &Moroi. g on such a meesare, an
immense portion of capital now • vestedio the funds
tee country. ' would be transferred to miller countries, never to return.
Mr. RICARDO, after a pause occasioned by an ac- Still, however, es lie mielit ilimppreve of the I. to ace lie
cident which at that moment happened to Heuer*) 51 Id pew* I drone he armed advise its eeposti..-The
that if the bonne. petition was then bronght up,
Pakeulieui, proceeded to observe,
would inchilee bile a few minneee, he shoul' be de. Mr. BARIN4I, oe the question that it boreal), Melted
Atoms toeitake one or two allusions to what had fallen I to refer very shortly to the observation% of his HAL
#rista Isis Ifou. Friend below (Mr. Baring.) The great I telrasieptollaryM
(vriolitaieci:liei"sli.6) He attached no implertarete to
joint to weicla his Hon. Frieue had addresmed himself ! The great the valise of [kJ pretests' metal,
' aim* was iti:aa tagastlres were tekee !el
WAS the origin ofthe prevailiog clistress. By some person.. toeing a paper circulation.. Vold wet flies drieen oee
:this WAS aserieeal to taxation, by others to restrictive* . of the contort, and the ilepreeiation of peer av to r,.,., t
on trade, sae het his Pon. Friend or an alteration in the' owl other commodities, seas toromponied by a dared-
careensw, which lie seemed indef., tc consider asalmoie tieleiliPeeelti ee "Veiled cOßlMlNlitlas abroad. 1 e op.
the exclusive cause. With this Om he (Ur. Bethel litritAlas ler upon inquiry it evade be seen that tee 11411
hal entered Into a cote pewee wax 'choral, that it exsendedeto rode. to wool.
parison of the prices of earn ! of •
to cotton, to la iralwere. This fact Was in smile degree
at variont peried*, 41).1 he stattil the fall F.) toe Irs al itis 'eut '
srel by a eerier.: all eircuinstaneee, and by the balk
about et/ to 6 et. inferring that other articles bad ' which people aeietiriad of paying the same saleriv, the

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animated discussions on petitions
proceedings against the Wass, the
last night proceeded to what emir
call the batistes of the Patios.
was la—ceiiikrtelee of a pstk
Merchants, Manufacturers. Bell
of lirmingham ; and a sale
the statements of these respeet
occustoa to disclose. Notwithstand-
her which had been given in
the Throne, in consequence of
in certain branches of the Re-
gimen,' picture hail never been con-1
which the distreqws of that great',
presented to the public eye. To
melancholy impression the coustry gen-
worasioa in the course of the discussion
distress of the agriculturists in p-
oison of the complainlog mane-

a word was interposed by any of
their friends in disputation of the
suggesting any hope of redress or
inesnber connected with the On-
spoke. was the President of the Board
• spoke ehiely to deprecate the abn -
Restriction Act which passed two
which sppeared to be one of the objects of
sad the reduction of the in

property. which had been suggested
the coarse of the debate. This latee
proceeded from Mr. Ccawax, who espii-

THE

declared that•thirwas the only effectual .ceMellY
:h would afford.rrlier 'to the ititint.nse bey of
tioners, whose. sttkrl airs .arosit from the geleral
depression of agri.ealtirii and trade, while the vain*
fitnilholders' property increased in proportion
'hat of every body cke was depreciated. M
Lance was oppOied to this iuggestion ley Mr.
g, Mr. Ricirdu, and tatheri, on the ground of
being a violation of honesty, and•a breach of the
tobal faith, and tylio maintained that the ensuing
• • issues
tar hid mainly arisen froM the excessive issues
tar paper money during war, • and frets the altera-
which it had beep ne,cesser. y to make in that kind,
;urrency since the resteeation of peace. But
lough much ingenuity was'ditplayed in this pert of tile
!onion, very, little comfort could be derived from its
;elusion. lobes, Fi:auciers, as well as Lords of
.ade very evidently expert but little benefit to resul t
un any of the,continjitees propoied on either Trade
. Agriculture; anti As the late excessive
issue of paperosoury has ,beta confessed to be, it is
tittich Mote likely, freer Ole -acknowledge meat of Mr.
Baring that it would be resotted to on etc recommenee
meat of war, than that any immediate remedy would bet
Ipplied for the care
,of its evils. What then is the fail'
tference to be deduced from this? A state of tiring*
which, as Mr. Ccuwax TerF• frankly said, ,that
ten of property and consequence might feel tilt:m-
ica coutpeUtti tp resort to measures at which they
•preeent • Amiable., • Fhtn this boasted system,
productive of stational „glory anti calamity, is
viewed in this its proper light, what • arguments
does it not. urge house for .peonipt anti thurouls,
reform, and what. feelings does it hot suggest °Tee-
verence and gratitude towards those who bare resisted
the inroads of the.orte, and laboured to accelerate
)e progress of the. other; But alas, time self mime
ti, which thus developed the mischiefs of the 'goat-
system, o itnesed also the .incarceration tit the
Jost respectahl, of Patriots, who had most strenti.
lusly anti consistently resisted its evils.

Last night theAohairalty messenger left town with
despatches for Naples.
Yesterday morning Mr. Hunter, the King's ine%-
,nger,arrivell at the Foreign Utley, in Downin4-street,
with despatches from Layhach.
Tua KINO.A Covwr.—Yester.lay morning #t nine
;clock his Majesty held a Court ut his Palace, in
Pall-mall, which was attended by the Lord Chancellor,
the Lord President of the Council, the first Lojel of the
rreasury, the Chancellor of the Excheyter, the Secre-
tary of State for the llome and Colonial Department,
.he Master General of the Ordnance, the President 011
the Board of Trade, the Master of the Mint; the Lnni
Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Lord Chief•
Justice of the Court of King's Bench, &c, &c.
lllls
Majesty held a Connell, to which the Recorder of
London was introduced, and made Sin report of thel
convicts capitally convicted at the (lid BajOy, at
flee
last session. The court broke up a litNilleforol I
o'clock. (it 20 minutes past 11 his Majesty left town
in his travelling carriage for Brighton, escorted by a
party of light horse.
Extract from the Tobago Gazette, November fish :
We are informed by a gentleman lately from St. Bar-
tholomew that the .Ikmerican privateers acting wader
the flag and. commission of thmeral Artigas bail of
late sent several prises to the %inhabited places in its
neighbourhood. 'Phis Oentleman remained on the
Island but three weeks, and during that period there
arrived 7 fine brigs and a ship of abont 600 tons;
their cargoes consisted of sugar, cocoa, coffee, raw-
hides, tobacco, port wine and' provisions. Some of
these vessels were taken on the homeward, others on
the outward voyages. The Captains of these privateers
require no Court for condemnation. As Captains'
they are sole Judges. They send their prises to some
solitary Islands, most commonly called the Five Islands,
whence, they ship their cargoes into small vessels for
St. Bartholomew's.
The Oporto Parrs, which have arrived to the Vith
ult. make no mention of any earthquake having hap-
pened there; but state, what we anticipated occa-
sioned the mistaken rumour, an extraordinary over-
flow of the river Douro, which caused immense damage
to the neighbourhood. Several vessels were driven
from their moorings, carried down the stream and up-
set or run aground.
Estract of a letter dated Templet:lore Barracks,
Feb. 4 :--A6 Yesterday an affray, or Irish row, took
place. which put our men upon their mettle. An
officer, with a sergeant, corporal, and twelve men,
west Dot to seise a still about four miles from Rosette.
They wage their seizure good ; but, on their nitwit,
were attacked when enteriug a gate in a narrow defile by
about four or Live handred ragged ruffians, who were
waiting is ambuscade be our party. 1 hey tended
so suddenly upon oar men that seven of them were
pinioned. and their arms were taken from them ht a
trice ; but the sergeant, a gallant stout fellow,
altheagh ram tbroegh the lungs by a bayonet, and
having a Lager shot off, rallied with his seven remain-
ing firelocks, and completely beat the assailable off the
field, leaving four killed and nineteen wounded --
This was not achieved without several of our men be-
ing wounded severely, but none I hope mortally.
CITY Desteass.—Yesterday a Common Council
was held at UnildhalL—The Irish Society was ap-
pointed for the year ensuing, the Lord Mayor was cho-
sen Governor, and Mr. Depety Loess, Deputy Weems"
thereof.--On a Report from the Committee of ,Ueseend
purposes, for a donation of lOU. to the City of Loans
Bible AnxiHaq view a considerable discussion en-
sued, an moved for subscribing 210/ is
lien, which was lost on a division, the numbesstesits
for the Report, 70 Com., 'tellers-72 ; for die a
meat, 6 Aid. 35 Cots. 3 Tellers—$$.—A
Mr. Dodd, as presented to Parliament, rela
don Bridge, was delivered into Court by the Ilearelir
braacer, ail referred to the Bridge
The consideration of a Report relative Ili
Dusty on Coals, was adjourned to the aim Court.--41101
lAltiart then proceeded to elect six Ouittleinea to fill WI
tie vaeest7 of Attorales of the Shertirs Coatf.
tibia the following Desoleusen were duly waisted.
alMen.James MAL Marled Rowe% John Panel, Theo.
ifeesent, Jahn Platt, Uogrolfht.--The Ceert weed
• neArnrerliamest for potter le mime mosey to ,repeir
111 W for
redt law.
halos-freemen was rettrtl to be

IMAM.

LAW REPORT.
• COURT Of KING'S BENCH.—Titslosmuto.
Tilt RING r. HARPER, EDWARDS, AND OTHER',
This was a rule calling o:► the defendants to show
cantle wior a criminal information should not be filed
against them for the writing and circulating certain
plarards, in the t.a•n of Sitifrnall, Hbelntl the charac-
'ter of Mr. Drown, at) Attorney of that town.
Mr. ScAnt.e.r.r, on the part of Mr. Harper, sheaved
rime al...rhino the rule, and contended that his client
Lad cleared himself of the charge by his affidavit that
be was not the writer nor publisher of the papers in

question.
Mr. Jearts skewed cause against the rule, on
the part of Mr: Edwards, clerk to Mr. Harper who
denied that lie bad contributed to the circulation of
the alledged libels, except by copying one.of them,
which fell In his way, as a good joke.
Mr. Cararnet.t. on the part of the same defendant,
Contended that his client had completely cleared him-
self from the charge of any criminal participation in
the aence.
Mr. Eraser-v., in behalf of Mr. Rudman, a grocer
of the town, also' shelved cause *spinst the nth.. liis
client had received a packet of the placards by the
stage-coach, for which he paid eight-pence, and on
opening it awl perceiving the nature of its contents,
said he wished he had his money back, and that peo-
ple would not trouble him with such fooleries. He
tut them all into spreads, except three, and wrapped
theni round his soap and candles. He swore that he
had nu previous expectation of receiving such *parcel.
Mr. Pr antiox on the other side, said that it was not
only on one occasion, bat on many, and for a long time,
that these libels, against Mr. Brown and his clerks,
.had been circulated. 't hey were in the form of pre-
tended play-bills, in which those gentlemen were held
up to einitempt and ridicule. he asserted that Mr.
Harper hail not denied his privity to their manufacture.
Mr. JERVIS read Mr. flarper's affidavit.
'I he Court asked if the defendants yi ere willing to
pay the costs of this application.
After some discussion the Court ordered the rule to
hr discherged on payment of costs, or made absolute,
as the defendants' pleased.
KINn r. s ?JUICE WRARG
Mr. et tax prayed the Judgment of the Court on
the defendant who was found guilty, at the last War-
wick Assizes of selling the ninth natnber of the Re-
publican.
Mr. Juatice BEST read the indictment.
The defendant put in an affidavit, in which he stated
that he believed that his punishment had been in-
creased, when lie received sentence on a former occa-
sion, fur a similar offen..e, by its having been then
charger{ against him that there was another prosecu-
tion pending against him.
Mr. DENMAN addressed the Court, in mitigation of
punishment.
Mr. CLARKS, and Mr. RF.ADEIR replied. •
Mr. Justice H.t LET in passing sentence, said thei
Court looked essipait the offence before it. 'the 'en;
pence of the Court was, that the defendant should be
imprisoned, for twelve mouths, in the Homiest, Cor-
rection in Cold-bath-fields.
• • • •
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Vie SINS r. SIR Waal avitorre, Sal?.
(Concluded from our paper of yesterday.)
After Mr. Denman bad contended, with powerful and
impressive eloquence, that whatever exception might
he taken to the lisnauage of the alleged libel, the senti-
ments and feelings of it were such, as caine with pees-
liar propriety from the Honourable Baronet, who, as a
Representative of the great city of Westminster, had as
imperious call upon him in that character to avow his
sense of a tratis.iction, which even yet was not placed
in a light calculated to abate the feelings of his Ho-
nourable mind.
Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. BLACKBURN, and Mr. EVANS, fol-
lowed on the same side.
The Arruesev-llENartat. commenced his address
to the Court by denying all personal feeling in the
tptestion before the Court. The Learned Gentleman,
after the affidavits which hail been put in, could have no
doubt as to the motives by which the lion. defendant
had been influenced; but it was the effect of a libel, ra-
ther than the intention, which shouldj be looked at by
the Court. It was said' that the letter it; question bad
been writteu in iriste ; but it appeared, from the very
document itself, that the defendant, while be wrote it,
anticipated rosecution ; and the subsequent letter to
Lord Siiimoupth —moat honourable to the defendant as
exonerating other parties—neither excused nor retracted
a single expression which the defendant bad awl in
his letter to the electors. The case at all times was fully
before the Court; the Attorney-!general had the fullest
reliance upon their Lordships, and asked for no vindic-
tive judgment.
The, Solacrroallasanat declined to offer any obser
rations.
The Learnst Judges then conferred for about half an
hour; when, Sir Francis Burdett, surrounded by his
friend., having taken his station upon the floor.
Mr. Justice ilatteY delivered the Judgment of the
Bench. It -was his painful duty, his Lordship said, in
the situation which he tilled, to pass upon the defendant
the collective jndament of the Court. It had happened,
in the course of the proceedings in the cause, that Isis
Lordship hail aliKeratal in *pieties -fees" Joh;Lasseeterlt
Brothers; and to that difference allusion hail been made.
The difference, however, had merely occurred upon a
technical point—whether there had' or had not been
against the defendant sufficient evidence of a publieatirin
in Leicestershire—and it now appeared to the Learned
Judge that, even if a new trial in Leicestershire had been
granted, publication in that county would easily have
been proved, because lie (the Learned Judge) was in-
clined to hold that the (imitation in that county of any
nen spaper in which the insertion of the libel bad been
antliorixeil by the defendant would amount to retake-
lion in that county. That the defendant was the author
of the libel stood admitted; and, in forming aksdantent
upon the charaater of the offence. it became material to
look at the state of the public mind at the time wlsen the
libel had been published. The letter was founded—
it purported upon the face of it to be founded—upon
facts of whirls Sir F. Burdett was ignorant, except from
the representations contained in certain newspapers. I
Those representations were certainly calculated to ex-
cite the highest degree of feeling in the public mind, be-
cause there was a very broad and strong insinuation that
needless violence hail been resorted to :—the Learned
Judge could not blame any man for having Isis feelings
roused by a perusal of the statements which those news-
parrs contained. It was no part of his Lordship's duty
to take whether those statements were entrees or not;
Ist ad no means of judging ; and it was the ditty of a
Court of Justice to act upon these facts, and upon those
facia only, on which they were capable of forming a ju-
dicial opinion. From the nature, however, of the facts
atatad, is a country like Enghted, where the poor mire-
Amaral from the laws of their country the same prate.-
seas the rich, sad where an ostrage of the lowest he-
divimisil embed ilha helignatiita of the whole roosesestity'
Itreeidd not be desisted that the fleet et ski stalemate

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must have been to tulle' veyy totlifderable At
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that time,. and .11011 thole stateMeitt It
defendant's letter had appeared.; mud the '
Judge's objection* to that letter .wens four ia•pasr, .
her. It was calealated to increase the excitl;
which aletorly, was.etisting ;it heeetatil tee •• -•
that the facts, as stated, were correct litl4 4 • /
Honey to prejtolic,e the public mind against pesos&
if the facts alleged against them were true, would
liable to capital indictment f and it tended to extillaile
minds of the people against the rovetrnment, as tbotopi,
the envernment had originated and directed the Anew
rages which had taken place. It seemed laspoasible my
the Court that any person could look at the liliolie
gnes,ion without seeing that it was calculated to, re.
duce a strong excitement against the lloverneeent of the,'
country: that part of it in partienlor width proceeded..,.
" This, then, is the answer of the boronghntonttersta• '
the petitioning people—this is the practical prootrafolo
standing in no need of reform.thie is the bleesiugefo
standing :truly in time of peace r' Petition:tenet:l
he addressed by the people to the King, the I*
theCommortst and the answer reforred to toast be to (r
he an answer proctedhs from Ayers to whoa pethimo
could he addressed. • 'rhe Udall watt cot itiatteathf to.
the circmustenee, that the libel had been writteaike
bess
moment of haste. If the motive of the defeedast**
been a ba.l one, that circumstarme would hays
an addition to his Armee :_as it was btherwiperio seat
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derive great confutation from the Itt r-
fact ; but it was the tints• of tier Collet Mr k. at:
vir
natural tendency of tire•iibel ;and spowthat
Lem ned Jndge lucid already pima hir yin
Court, taken into its considerstion4M Ole retasstances,
of the case, did order and adisdge—that die edndint.
should pay. to the King a fad of %, .e. 40 thot.i“,,s
should he imprisoned fir: three months, is tie coattairl.
Of the marshal of the-Kings' Bench. .
The Honyurable geronet immediately itvittmrapla.
a hackney coacisfaecompanied by WPM
and-by the officers of the Court. Oa its way
greeted with the warmest acclamadoes from a cast ea.
course of persons who were collected to witness his is
parture.
The Court, during the whole proceedings, was emu&
ed to excess ; and, during the pause between the 'Awe
from the Crown and the judgment of their banish*,
anciety appeared on every countenance, and a Alm
absolutely solemn prevailed.

LENT ASST Z ES, HOME CIRCUIT. • ..;:ka
Before Cltief Baron Hien ARV, and Mr. Baron Woe, • '1
Hertfordshire—Wednesday, March* r, at Berthed. %
Essex—Monday, March 12, at Cheltottfnrtl. • -
Isent —Mondavi Starch 19, at Maidstone.
Sussex—Monaay, Mirth 26. at Horsham.
Snrrry—Thnrsday, March 29, at Kin rston-npon-Thalim

BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S, FRB. L

eat (f
Daaatt.-17 to agst Reginald—lip to I Gist e.
Chara—l 3 to I agst c. out of Morel.
Oass.--6 to I agst 1%1 Lady—ti to I agst Illpringe-911
apt Lbrd Darlington's f.—IU to I apt f. out of Bak
—.241 to I apt Brene.
No alteratloa in the betting on iiim Madame,* ad
Doncaster at. Leger.

A private meeting of Electors of Westminster ass
held last night, to take into consideration the proprisly
of testifying in some public and appropriate manse,
at this interesting crisis, their attachment to the peter
ciples and character of their beloved ltapreseatadve,
Sir Francis Burdett. A public meeting, for shofar-
durance of the purpose, was resolved to bandied;
Aued a essionsittee tioAl. appoisted for pfseparill1“11111
business of the day. Among the objects is 'lel a 4
that occasion, we understand, it is proposed tooonitidet
the propriety of commencing a subscription to pay the
lire imposed upon the worthy Baronet.
Capt. Gough, of the Ist Regiment of Life Guards,
who was tried by a Court Martial at Knightsbridge
Barracks on the 17th ult. on charges preferred by
Lient. Col. Camac, has been honourably entwined.
Reconoan'a Reronv.—Yesterday the Remit
made a report to his Majesty of the following pri•
goners, under sentence of Death is Newgate. vit.:—
John Murphy, alias lisle. for reaming from tram
portation ; 1 hos. Elliott. Joseph Wootten, Wm. D
lock, Michael Sullivan. and Michael Harley, for high
way robberies ; Thomas Pratt, James Ryall, sad Jame
Anderson, for burglary; Joseph Palmer, James Palmer
John Popkine, Joseph Perry. and Mary Gaye. far deal
ing in dwelling-houses; and Abraham Hematingersy,fe
sacrileee; when Thomas Elliot, Joseph Woottee, -iVm
Bullock, Alit:bawl Harley, and Abraham Hemmings's,
were ordered for executton on Tuesday twit.
VA Lex (A A, JAre. 20 —An Insurgent schooser privates
of 5 guns. which had been plundering a number el ret
eels on this roast, was taken yesterday mortise'
boarding. by one of our Custom House vesselson4olll
of 80 men, 49, including the captain, were lasi*
wounded. .
Among the laws of the Jockey Club, therellaa
which does nut allow of any 4ei on the turf, whored
the better may vie, but cannot •/are. The i;s‘ril
Fortune is not so rigid in its decrees; for eau"
--on Wednesday next, siventarers in our pro/
State Lottery, (by a liberal arrangement of the CO
tractors) will have the chance of all the Capitals di
may be drawn that day, fur a mere trifle, and •
actually obtain Three 201101. Prises for ;Whiny
litrorr.txt NOTlClL—lllessrs. J. 54.1, .Sivinrriti
the Contractors fur the present Lottery. iatmeira ala_,
adrantageotta male of Adventure should he „poletell
"Mel; tikfllttr MI flitter let tßillstrosiee'olfassil
of Obis Month, as they expected there would be tick
sufficient, bat from the very estraostlieary naretwe'
ed demand, it is more than prebable, they nise* sum
the Public on those advaistarona terms fat 9it
this Week ; therefore those Persons who usually ski
their purchases till the lost day or Mitt ite whisiii,
perrbase this Week. as Messrs. Sivewri t
aghtnd tSlate 1
hink u
on or before natetriiav treat, eteryTiekr
have home siolliressel.
_(411,N Eselltbads• Joe. 9.—We had but few fr
",....,min' 44 sof PrOki this morning. but a censideo
goaititv of Wheat and Barley of inierier gishich II
alas*
unsinedover from Wednesday's sapist), for tr
was no sale or demand, although decal oa lower to
bat both the above articles ditties. qualities. fok I
rwt Mosdaes priees.—Tie Hat trade coodaam
k
heave at a decline of Is. per qtaneter, oaring la
'trivial% from Ireland.-111 Beans tai Yeas no alteiel
Su ITHIMILD MAIRKIT. JAW. 9.—There rtes a I
supply of Cattle at market this lipetalic bat kw MI
and the market appeared very hoary, in censer's"
the prices, and not so high as last market day.
(To sink the Offal I pee S•one of Sea.)
lief .... 4s. GC to 46.19 d. I CATTLII AT IlAilligge
tee.. U. Od. to De. W. Naas • .............
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Loudon : . Edited, Printed. lied pablisbest al It 9111
• "Tim tkrarysuan" sad" Tug CosITieUTIOS
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1141•09. No. 194. Mind. St. (1101,041
by ft. WARDIFLI., "IL art to witnuaiwissill CA"
oattossi.Orderit, *el am requested lobe

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wages, and gratuities on common occasions.— city I
I . Evekr great commercial state on the l'ontineit had i whieii
double tender, one of gold the other of silver.—(l:ear, • .
bear.)—For what useful- purpose of life. could, they petiti•
adhere to the single tender, when the double tender Was depre
evidently one that alforde wont gienter facilities; and ~
or the
• answered the purpok Of di! pithlie creditor equally well/
ile could not see why they should walk in tight shoes all as th;
t their lives to please the Royel Society, or to concitiite • resist
It chime mathematicians, who would regulate theconduct Bari,
and actions of human life by matheniatical principles;—.
(Hear). He did not know .why the Bank should sell: its b,
I one specks of metal and 'keep die other. They nii.ght natio
get gold where there was no silver, and silver where
there was no cold; and if they conld only use one of distr
those metals, their operations wouid be cramped. If the
of ot
;lank found additional facility by the adoption of a ;
The lion
•touble tender, so, he maintained, would the public.
Bank, if placed in the tituation, he had pointed out, of ci
would act with such Sncreased facility as would end thou
greatly to relieve the Wien% distresses of the country.—
disci
(dear, beer.)
3lr. Itit'AltDO said, if a metallic currency were re. cone
Teat
'toted, gold hieing paid at the rate of 3!. 17.. per ounce,
and rising afterwards in the market to 4/. it would create
on increased value of 4/.. per cent., and that by which Iron
the standard was regulated would become extreme)
or A
elfnable, in comparison with all other commodities.
11:s Honourable friend tithed of a depreciation of twenty- assni
i;ve or thirte per cent. oa commodities, but he denied tilde
that a depreciation existed to that extent. With respect Bar
to what the Bank would do, if they were allowed to sell
out their gold, and to pay in silver, they woald of men
course, do what was, best for themselves, although a„p,
some of their proceedings were, he thought, rather , lut",e
injurious to their interests.— (A Langh.)—Taking l
gold at 3!. 17s. le/d. per. of., and silver at 4s. 114 d., in
by selling- out the gold, and buying silver, the met
bank would gain about 30,000/., a sum not insignificant
to the proprietors. What 'would be the consysteence eels
Silver would be raised to Si. 3d. per ox., and gold shove or, .
the Mint price. The consequence would be that every intro so,
nho held bank-notes would have an interest in apfrlying .
ter geld, and would have no interest in applying for vi!'
silver. The gold, therefore, would soon disappear, since doe
i! would be to the advantage °revery soon to procure it, reft
in preference to silver. ref
Mr. lICNIE said it was important that the solitary the
fart stated by the lion. Gentleman who lead just sat down the
si,olibl he properly understood. The Bank issued A
L:4.'0,141111. of stivereigns, and their object was to show 711
that the quantity of paper did not affect the circulation ed
of told —" for," said they, "we have been issuing gold, me
;on yet there is not a guinea in circulation." But let ow
.. t' e eon. 3lettiber recollect that not let that 4,000,0001.
II /If qovvrrigns were received in the treasury of Paris,
gird were coined there. They had been exported on the de,
rr:/wiph. 614 down by the HOnourahle Member for Pim-
tari:oelon, and this was the strongest fact that conld
possibly be adduced to prove that the doctrine of that se'
Hon. member was correct.—(Hear.) Id
Mr. A.'r.i. wOOD explained.
The petition was laid on the table, and ordered to be 9,,
p anted' .•
Pr
CONTINENTIAT. POLICY. . •
Lord ALTHORP, in Ilse absence of his Learned th
Friend, the Member for Koavesbocough (Sir J. Mackin- Ti
tout), gave notice that his Loaned Friend would on Fri. to
11‘11111111'1.11;,, • day next, move for a copy of the circular soot by the th
Secretary fur the Foreign Departmeut to his Majesty's iii
li
! ir.isions at foreign Courts. C
.• ,Mr. IIEAUIItsNT postponed his motion Tektite-to
?'t
q
i I 1
.11'1 . tl e conduct of Sheriffs, in refusing to call county meet- 'll/'
► iPril, till Wednesday aezt. . N
air. CKF.EVEY pas .Vonell his motioa telatite to L
grants wader the btu/ a navy Fotiesotia, topeeted on c
. nesll4 last, until to-morrow. ti
Lord ALTHOKP gave notice, that he would on Fri- 0
Jay week submit a fifties to the Honse reliefs, to county i
coots.
Mr. BENNETT gave motif, that he wash! to-morrow I.
move fur an acetones of the number of informations hied,
ac-i convictions had,for blasphemous libels. .
A tijolinteil at twelve o'clock. 1
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111(311 %V ATKII AT 1.0'400,1 BRIMS 111.1011141Hrtr.
Morning. Sa ode. after 7.—Steultsg, amis. after S. I
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PRICE OF STOCK% 'l'llill D. 11" AT 01411 O'CLOCK.
Wink Stork ti 6 A .:
3 per Cent. Rcd. 8 31 .
3 per Veut.(!on. ;let
11. pi-- Cent. 1 1 44.
4 per (outs. 910!).i/ Irish 5 per Cent.
India Stock lib
Dlttoßonde —s. Ns. pm.
loath-Sea Stock •
Its.llitistd. Is. 4e. Is. pea.
s
. II 6 l
• 6 lr::t. Navy 1 et
liar /'once
/.lent Ann. P 4 13.161 Omelets for Money —pm
Bata for AecouDi
Cos. for Aeet 73 741
122; 2 per . c.:
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• .. Tin NVITISIN STATIMIIIIM" is INCoRPORATIM smis •• Tat
Stitirliii Il pillaiiGi"...
LONDON: .
FRIDAY EVaNINO, PEIBRI'ARY 9, 1821.
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STOC'IC-EXCIIANGE. One feast*.
The Fowls have experieseed a little flatness this
.I • morning. Consols Tor the Account have been done
, 4 at 7.1 i; which is still about the price.
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• • After a variety of animated discussions on petitions
1 %
' relative to the proceedings against the Quays, the
House of Commons hat night proceeded to what (ewe
mercial men would call the bnsi*eu of the natio'
i A • 1 his dtscusslos, Om was in-ciiiiihrieee of a pedal.
Is petition from the Merchants, Manufacturers, am
Traders of the tow, of 111nainghant ; and a sad is*
t .# ' 1 sines it was which the statements of these respectahl;
I
,
• - ' t petitioners had Mention to disclose. Notwithstand
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4.- ia2,. the dueling Age which had been given i
.
• ,t •.. the Speech from the Throne, in consequence I
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.. • 1 I • some advancement in certain branches of the Ito
1 veiviv, a mare gloomy picture had never been cm
teutplated this* )bat which the distresses of that gre;
.. 4 manufacturing town resented to the public eye. 'I
onguient the imelaaeLoly impression the country gel
teases took eattasioa in the course of the iikenseis
i :11
• to add, that the distress of the agriculturists in g
nzral, was nothing short of the tomplaining man
factotees ; and sot a word was interposed by any
• , #
1 1 the Ministers or their friends in disputation of t
statenseuts„ or in suggesting any hope of redress
itfr i relief. The ably member connected with the CI
. ; vernnient who spoke, was the President of the Boa
r, t
v , :
• of 'Trade ; and he spoke chicly to deprecate the ab
.. 1 - ) gation Gilles Ilawk gestrietion Act which passed t
i
Years ages "kith sppeared to be one of the objects
1 1 the petitionoss, and the reduction of the islet
• • t-I t on the fussed peoporty, which had been mgr.
I t 4. as a remedy la the course of the debate. This I.
i . • suggestiou proceeded from Mr. Ccawari, who es
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