The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-08-23 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

explained by the judge, er, indeed, upon the comae'
acceptation of the words in the indicteseut, it wan no
doubt his appreheosion that the jury would hove
found It impossible to give a verdict of guilty on
either charge; but the judge. io his explanation of
the technical sense of the word malice, showed the
jury satisfactorily that the law uses very big words
in the charges It makes against erimisais at the bar,
and says very much more than it means. We think,
indeed,this most be the case with all lawyers, for surely,
they do talk when God only can know what they mean.
The late Lord RANSLAOR (for imager) should have
been aware of the distinction between legal reuse sad
commien sense. when he felt offended at the legal lan-
page of Mr. Anot.ruus. Had his Lordship been
I aware of this important distinction, and that the big
words of lawyers are to be treated like other empty
noises, he would have felt offence st the abuse of
a lawyer any more than he would consider the distract-
iog him of a parcel of gnats or wasps to be parti-
cularly addressed to himself. Another instance we
have in a case related with ourselves of the super-hy-
perbole of lawyers; Lawyer SCAILSTT, in one place,
calls Mr. COSSITT s fallen angel ; in another a con-
temptible scribbler ; now Mr. Connote is neither of
these. yet Lawyer SCARIATT called him both, on the
same day ! What instance more in point can we give to
prove that Lawyers du not mean what they say? God
foreive us. say we, If we ever accuse them for
tyska : their sets are enough ! These Lawyers are
the evil genies of ratline! enquiry ; they always have
and they always will, unless some bill be brought in
mists them, reduce the question from whether the
Bull was really stolen outoef the close, or whether the
close were round or square t let us return to the Bull.
If this import of the charge, as it set forth nteelies
against Hems. had not then been explained, what
could the verdict have been but that of acquittal ?
—We, therefore, set oar faces 'Oast the triumph
which The Chronicle seems to make of the verdict such
as it is, seeing that it really is a verdict of guilty
not for any crime so hideous as we should infer. were
we so misled as to understand that the verdict wan of
ungratified guilt of maliciously eommittiay the cru-
elties laid to his ehmrge; for the Jury very much qua-
lify their sense of guilt when they strongly r com-
mend to mercy, and it seems beyond doubt that that
guilt was by no means of a nature to be Putty ascribed
to what we commonly call malice. Triumph, there-
lore, we coo see no cause for is this affair of Below,

Tio far ; though, indeed, so fur, we really do see some
ground for triumph on the part of the New Times.
which It is, it appears, that provokes the Cliroqiek's
ire. But, supposing it possible that the matter might
go farther, we do not know how it would end ; at all
events for the present, notwithstanding the great cul-
-1 dour of Sergeant PILL to the Magistrates. we shall
not suffer she poor jailer, already pretty well punished,
to swallow up all our Indignation!
WISAITMINSTII AIIIIIT SCZNI.••-.The COlitier Of gibe
night before last is furious against the people fur hay-
ing shouted is triumph over the Cobs of CAITIS.
agent*. It fills $ column, or neatly so, of its pages,
with an attack on the people of the Metropolis, which
would not have come unexpected from the tongue of
CAII;LIABAGII himself. We have not time at pt'
to enter &Up jot* this soiittet, 41 we are *s* at Mlileg7,
pleased, but the contrary, that the Courier has been
foolish enough to make it a subject of discussion ; and
to mourn we will let the officious hireling see that he
would bare been much more prudent if he
had bald his tongue. In the meantime, we
cannot help observing on the conscious guile of the
C,,urier. It said nothing about these shouts of exul-
tation ; in its account all was sorrow; the people of
London were libelled by being represented as beasts
enough to weep at the fooeral of this man. It was we.
let it say what it will of the Chronicle, that drew forth
this attack upon the people of Londoo; and Ibis at.
tack we will take taro to repel in a way that shell make
the employers of the Courier repent of their folly.
Mr. FAIIIMS.—Wbat of Bishops and Soldiers mnel
cut-tbroats, we have been so much engaged, that we
have overlooked many things that we ought to have
attended to. Amongst others the lendable wts that I
Mr. FAWKISS is making to rouse the county of York.—
This is, however, a matter of peat consequence, and
will become of more and more consequence every day;
for we pronounce it to be utterly impossible that things
should go on in their present way for a twelvemonth
longer.

In another part of our paper, we have given an ac.
count of a very interesting Meeting of the Freeholders,
and other Owners of Property, within the Loidon
Libe:•ty of St. Andrew'', Thlborn, held in the church
yesterday, to consider the propriety of co-operating
with the inhabitants in general in restating the claims
of the Rector for a Inc aaaaa of Trrnea. We have
noticed this subject before; and return to it with ear-
nest wislies for the success of the persoss who have
interested themselves in this most important question.
We know nothing of the Reverend GILBERT GERM
roan, the Rector; hut we know that his claim is tin-
founded is point of law, and has 10 sanction in equity
or justice. The Reverend Gentleman demands two
and niae pence In the pound, on rack rents, under a
decree in virtue of the authority of a Statute of 37th
of Henry VIII. But the decree in question never ap-
pears to have been enrolled, pursuant to the Statute,
and consequently never had the force and effect of
law. This, however, is not all. The rate of two
shillings and sinepence, mentioned in the decree, was
in lieu of OFFERINGS and OBLATIONS made in Papal
times ; and, therefore, has unjust ground in the pre-
sent day. But neither is this all. If the Clergy
demand the whole tithes, at race rent, they are to
take them burdened with the conditinns, for the fulfil-
meat of which they (the tithes) were granted. Out
of the tithes, the Clergy was to maintain the poor of
the parish, and to repair and uphold the Church.—
The Clergy, therefore, must ge back to the objects for
which the Tithe: were granted, and ensure those ob.
jerta if they would receive the Tithes granted by the
Decree in question. If they are willing to do so ;
and will, bona fide, maintain all the poor, and pay for
all repairs (and rebuilding, when necessary) of the
Church, perhaps the Parishioners will no longer re-
sist this demand of two shillings and aine pence in the
pound, which is about a full s‘oenth of the whole
rental of all the property in the Parish. But as the
Clergy will not do any snub thing, we mast look to
the chance they have to make good their unjust and
rapacious claim. They have been beaten in the at-
tempt egress; sad will be bate, gels. There are

custoisarp permeate, which the ins will not set aside
newt to make way for other end exorbitant claims. It
is Lew which the Clergy pretend to claim ; end they
will Sod that the Law will give them nothing but
their OCSTONART TITUS& The Reverend Gentleman
in (pasties le unwire, as well as wanting in those qua-
lities which Wield clothe the mind of a Minister of
the Gawk We dare not terra ourselrez to write,
whew we muse to the consideration of this part of the
*abject. There Is something in it which we renew
view without indignation. This Clergyman receives,
at present. nine hundred pounds a year (net. be that
observed) from his Liviog of St. Aadrew's—iode-
posttest of a good Parsonage House. how witch
would he have? Does be not know, that his Parish-
loners dad a day/terlty to pay that, and ata. the Taxes
and ALL the ?noes' Rases ? If be does not, lie ought
tomake himself acquainted with the condition of his
dock. He will dad, they are not In a state to be op-
pressed any farther. Mr. VANSITTART, aad the ruth-
less system of his Colleagues, have laid burdens upon
thew seder which they are sinking, and were sinkiag
before this parson came with his new demand. If the
diaim of thii Minister of the Gospel were most utt
equivocally well founded, this was not the time to
tome forward with it. As a MINISTER of :he ti .
and as a MORAL and Ilustaxe MAN, he should have
said to himself-v.—No! I will not push into the WORK-
kNOTOR, hy any demand of mine, any one of my pa-
rlshionen who are striving to keep out of it, and can
bat just escape the thresh-h 'ld. My band shall not
add to their stripes; nor shall any bitterness be added•
by me, to the Cup of their aMiction. I am their
PASTOR; and will be their FATRIR and FRIEND.
With such 'teenage, and conduct. as this, in the
Clergy. all the Deists and Atheists that were ever en-
gendered in Hell might is vain assail them.

According to moues received yesterday the Xing
was sot expected to take his departure from Edia-
burgh so soon as he had determined on his first thear-
log
of the death of Lord Londonderry. His Ma-
jesty is now expected to remain in Scotland during
the remainder of this week.--.(Mernia.lPost

Private letters from Boston of the 25th July, re-
ceived yesterday, bring accounts of a number of fail-
ures is that city. One house has stopped payment to
the amount of near two hundred thousand dollars.

On Tuesday last, the Members of the Suffolk Pitt
Club hell their Second Annual Dinner Meeting at
Bury. Colonel Edgar was in the Chair In t►e ab-
sence of Mr. Outich, who beggsi to be *smell on 'lc.
"oust of what be felt for the death of Lord London-
derry. The muting eonsisted almost entirely of
Clergy's's, and the younger branches of Tury
who were went as substitutes on the oecasion.
Very few oleo of WI , and none of the Yeo-
manry were present. Thera were ninety less than lit
year at Ipswich.
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The reports, we mentioned yesterday, respect; og
the Matilda East ladiaman, are, I. some measure,
gonfirased by the °Seers of the two China ships, lately
arrived. A very large sum bar been rel d upon
the ship and urge, at from 60 to 60 guineas per cent.
All the account* Costar in stating the crew to have
heels saved

t►et t►e Unitad

t tis frigate 3filidohia, which lad left the Havanna('
from tie unhealthy state of her crew, arrived there,
having lost several officers, and Am hundred and
thirty-three seamen sick, sod the ship was a Lomplete
hospital.

ROYAL. VISIT Tu SCOTLAND.

[EXTRACT Or A LETTER Patois lIPTIEBUROR, TUESDAY
NOON.]
This day the King held a drawing-room at Ho!mod-
palace, and after • lapse ui nearly two centuries, this an.
tient edifice, where often "feasted the chiefs of Scotland's
power," became again the centre of splendour and chi.
valrous gaiety. From ten till three o'clock carriages
never ceased rolling into the Conrt-yard, aid many of
the equipages were most splendid. It were injostice to
' the female beauty. of Scotland not to admit that it shone
particularly conspicuous in this instsnce. In the der-
xling assenibla ge there were several fair belles wlin had no-
thing to fear from a competition with the more celebrated
beauties of the South. The garbs of the fair visitants
were not gaudy or gorgeous, but bore an elegarit sim-
plicity more captivating than all that Eastern pomp could
produce. They chiefly consisted of white, blue, green,
and lilac trains, with gowns of muslin, or white satin,
and a great shew of rich lace, with white plumes on
their heads. With very few exceptions the tartan was
not worn. His Majesty did not arrive till twenty minutes
past 2 o'clock ; he did not wear his tartan dress, but
came in a Field Marshal's uniform. The King appeared
in good health, and better spirits than lie has manifested
sioce his arrival in Edinburgh. Crowds of well dressed
persons, and particularly ladies, were in waiting to greet
his Majesty uponahia arrival at HolyrJud ; and lie re-1
peatedly bowed, and often laughed heartily in acknow-
ledging the earnest though often ludicrous efforts of the
crowd to evade the military escort, and get a closer
view of the Royal person. The day proved wet and un-
favourable for those whose gratification could only lie
indulged in the street, but all within the palace was gay
and magnificent.
The Drawing Room wasattended by the principal No-
bility and Gentry who had attended the Levee; and ae
should suppose that the whole number present might be
from 2,500 to 3,000.
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Extract of another letter front Edinburgh dated
Tuesday afternoon:—
The mighty massof people which thronged the streets
of the Scottish Metropolis for two or three days previous
to the arrival of his Majesty, and which conducted it-
self so well during the royal entree, and the subsequent
illumination, has gradually melted away ; and though
the streets still exhibit plumes, badges, and turbans, and
a few of the inferior grades of the people continue to
arrive, yet the general movement is now towards home.
The general oh ions, too, have hegun to be mi 'weird
with not a little of the national ingredient of economy,
and calculation of consequences ; and as the good tits
retire from the preciuts of Holyrood, one may as often
as one pleases, hear such observations as these. 6. Wed!
nee Boot its a honnie sight ; but, dear keep lig moan, it 1
costs an awfu' expence ! I'm sure monie u' thae high-
lan' bodies wha hoe come loon wi' their tails, or what 1
d'ye ca' them had mare need to stay at bailie and provide
something against the winter." Let it not be supposed
that the Scots are the less loyal, because they have left
off shouting and wanderiug about the streets of their
Metropolis, and returned to their labour. They know
that loyalty is something far more substantial than this
—that the train attendant upon the King must be fed, ;
that the trappings cost money, and that the persons who
are thus gaily apparrelled and run after, like the lilies
6. toil not, neither do they spin;" and that, therefore, it
the remainder of the people—those who form no part
of the state and ceremonial of the exhibitions, were not
to put their band to the plough and the shuttle, and the
hammer and the axe, there would speedily be en end of

the exhibition, themselves. The crowds which f r the
last two or three days have attended the arrival and 41. -
picture of his Majesty are not much larger, or more dif-
ferently formed, than those which we meet with, npoo
ordinary occasions. When the grand progress is :o he
made, and we believe it is fixed for Thursday, we shalt
have the people ont again.
[PROM THE &DINICIUGU STAR OP TUESDAY.
The King is not expected to leave town before to mor-
row se'noight, as his Majesty has expressed his reetli-
nese to go through all the ceremonies which have been
proposed to him.
The other Royal arrangements for the werk are this
' day, the Drawing-room; Wednesday, (it is said) a Cahi-
net Council, when it is expected the Earl of Liverpool
will be present ; Thursday (we end d) the grand
pretension from the Palace to the Castle, end the route
suggested on the return is to be from the Castle down
Bank-street, acmes the mound, slung Prince's-street,
Regent•street, &c. ; bat au official notification will no
doubt precede the occurrence; on Friday, the grand
ball of the Scottish Peers; on Saturday, the
civic banquet ; on Sunday, it is expected that hie
Majesty (adopting we presume the precedent ofthe
King's attending service at Christ Church, Dub-
lin, last year) will be present at Divine Service in St.
Biles's Church. where his Majesty's ancestors from time
immemorial have had a place allotted for their occu-
pancy, heir' which is filled by the King's Representative
during the sitting of the tieneral Assembly. On Mon-
day, the hall of the Caledonian Hunt; on Tuesday (it is
said) laying the foundatioe stone of tbs National Monn-
client on Calton-hill ; avid on Wednesday it is remonred
that his Majesty will visit llopetoun House, the beanti• •
fel seat of the PAH of Moreton'', from which we have
' beard it is the intention of the King to take his depar-
ture from Scotland.

During his Majesty's stay at the Roadeted, an occur-
rence took place which is calculated to show, that the
Radical mannfacterers of Scotland, whatever may be
their opposition to the Government, entertain a proper
distinction between the Sovereign and Isis advisers. A
party of Paisley weavers, set out in a boat from Trinity
pier, in order to greet his Majesty. Having by three
cheers induced his Majesty to appear upon deck, one of
their number stood forward in the boat, and drank his
Majesty's health in their native whisky. His Majesty
instantly demanded a gliss of wine, or some other bete.
rage, and pledged his loyal weavers in return-.
On Friday his Majesty received visits from a consi•
derahle number of noldemen aud gentlemen, among
whole were the Duke of Ruccleuch. Itlarquest of Lothian,
Earl of Fife, Earl of Lauderdale, Lord Montagu-, laird
Melville, and Lord John Scott. In the evening his
Majesty entertained a select company at dinner, &tenni
whom were the Earl of Fife, and the Lord Chief Com-
minsioner.
At half-past four o'clock yesterday, the Marquess of
C019,14;11'0 set out for Ireland. Rumour attributes the
suddenness of his Lordship's departure to a political
object; namely, some commnnicatioo to the Marqness
Wellesley, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, on the snh•
ject of the new arrangements in the Cabinet, unhappily
necessary by the death of the Marquess of Londonderry.
0 hers say his Lordship was only repairing to his family
in Ireland. •

We are sorry to learn, that suiting the casualties which
occurred on Castliebill, yesterday se'nnight, owing to
the falling of the scaffold, is a voting lady who is repre-
sented as the greatest beauty k Edinburgh, and who
upon that fatal occasion lost en eye, and hail her cheek
dreadfalle torn. Another lady, we understand, had her
leg broken.