The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-10-31 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

Sr.nrrfous LlaxLs.—J. Griffin, a person of some cele-
brity, as having IKen the L'hairnian at various public
Meetings, was tried on Fri lay at these Sessions, on an
indietuu•nt for a seditious libel.

The prosecution was conducted by Mr. ANDREWS and'
by Mr. HOLLAND. It was a prosecution instituted at the
installer of the Solicitor of the Treason:, against the •
defendant, whit keeps a shop in Iligh liolborn for the '
sale of political pamphlets, for being the printer and
ionlilisher of a seiliii.ms libel. The libel WAS contained
111 a letter addressed to Lord Castlereagh, and purport-
ing to be found in St. James's-square. It was addressed
to his Lordship as if from a friend giving him advice
for his safety, to get out of the way on approaching re-
volution. A considerable portion of the libel was ad-
dressed to the soldiers, whom it called upon to take
upon themselves to be arbiters in the present state of
alfsirs, 10 set the oaf ion free. For this porpoise the
politic dons held out to them that they sictoUld have two
sh'illitias per thy during the remainder of their lives.
The Ebel concluded uith the most violent and frothy
t

3lr. Iltst.i.sNu havinz c ttttt merited with great force of,
proceeded to csll et idence of the publi-
cation of the libel.
The defendant pleaded his own rause, and in
detente made a srerh of cousiti•••able length, in whirls
he attempted to justify the tendency of the libel, and
the integrity of Lis motives-in writing andpublishing it.
31r. Cumin.. the Chairuum, suriwol op itt an able
at." perspicuous manner, when thee Jury, after lumina
consulted fur a short time, found the delendant —Hunts..
On Saturday afternoon the prisoner was bristsgist
rtp to receive sentence. The Court, after a short con-
sulesti.sis. sentenced him to be imprisoned fur twelve
months in the House of l'orrection, Cold-bath-fields.
The defendant stated to the Court, that it had been
intimated to him, that be would not be allowed, during
the term of his imprisonment, the use of pen, ink, and
paper, lire, or candle. He wished to know from the
Court, whether be might not have the use of these
articles, and appealed to them fur their protection in
this matter.

The Court said, that these were articles of which
be certainly would sot be deprived of the use, and that
the ttaul t oniiiiittee of Jlagistrates who inspected the
prisms would take we that he had every thing which
his situation coahl reqpire.

LORD 411.4)"uR's DAY.

Yesterday, arenrtling to annual enstom, the Right
Honourable the Lord Mayor, the Lord Mayor elect,
the Sheriffs, the Chamberlain, Recorder, and several
Aldermen, with their usual cavalcade, proceeded from
OuiWhat' to the house of the Lord Chancellor, to re-
ceive his :Majesty's approbation of the choice made by
the citizens of London of Lord Mayor fur the ensuing
year. The Sheriffs, with the City Remembraneer,
afterwards proceeded in their state carriages round
the west end of the town, to invite the Ambassadors,
Cabinet Ministers, Officers of State, the Judges, and
other persons of distinction, to the grand civic enter-
tainment sin Lurch Mayor's Day.

MR. SHE.,IFI INTIK:I/1M WITH THE
WEI:N.-At an interview with which Mr. Sheriff
Waithman was bonoure.l by the Queen at Branden-
ltrJt House, on Saturday, he expressed to her Ma-I
that it was the anti tttt a wish of the Lord Mayor
elect and the Sheriffs, that her Majesty would con-
descend to honour the Vity of London with her pre-
setwe at the approaching festival, in the Ouildhall, on
Lord 3layor's day ; and that due Lord Mayor elect
and the Sheriffs would wait upon her Majesty, in
state, with an invitation in due form, at any time she
might please to appoint, or would feel themselves
ItiAtily honoured to receive her Majesty's cuunnands
upon the subject.
IHer Majesty was gracously pleased to express hee-
self most grateful for this mark of .heir attention ; bat
as she was sus provided •alth a proper establishment,
she cottill not attend en the oce.,sion in the state suit-
able to her rank, and was therefore prevented from
acceding to their wishes at present.

Tuts QvcErv.—On Wednesday evening, a numerous
Meeting of the respectable Inhabitant Householders
of the parish of Lambeth, was held at the Um eat
Room, in the Bricklayers' Anus, East-street, to
consider of a proposition which was mask, to draw
up a requisition, addressed to the Churchwardens,
to call a Meeting of the parish to amid r her Ma-
jesty. The Meeting were unanimously of opinion,
that a regaisition should be signed for that purpose,
and hit at the Horns Tavern for signature.. Time
Meeting is expected to be extremely numerous.—
This parish is innueuse in its extent, and the poli-
tical feelings of a large body are in favour of her
Majesty.
A number of individuals of the town of Hertford
I are concerting nmeasnres fur addressing the Queen.
The Mayor, we understand, refused to sanction the
meeting for the purpose.
A meeting of the inhabitants of Arundel, to address
m the Queen, was held at the Town Hall, in that tows',
on IVesinesday la-t, by older of the Mayor, pursuarit
to a ftequisition, signed by many of the principal in-,
isahktants—it was moat numerously and respectably
attended; and the resolutions were passed uhani-
muusly.

MARRIED.
On Monday. at et. Andrew's. Holborn, by the Res. Rip
Ikea Walirr, the Rev. henry Jennlnr, of I:niversity GF
Mg., Oxford. to Harriott, youngest daughter of Mural
Dickerson, Esq., of Great J antes-stratt, Redford-row.