The Statesman.
London, England, 1813-08-03 00:00:00

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lifisbed bison this viretated piireellio!,..vg up thd
bubliii Journal). He *milli Iwo_ h% se4'reti,it.:
Ship-to some othce or other; he .40.4 .enjoy hie
Made and his pension, and his Mierfy Mt7dol.'sted,
and beinight set your verdict and d durigttrin at
defiance. • But,. Gentlemen,- hie patricitism, his ccin.-
science would not.. permit him to avail himself of
these numerous attractions. He resaVed to statd
by, to stand firmly by the fast.teecling remainder
of the Liberties of his Coontryt and to (Ise in their
defence that powerful,. (and wherever It is permit'
ted to exist, sticcesiful 'engine a Free Press). con•
ducted.acemrdinglii- tile plan which his reason and
14 his attachmentAo constitutional freedom pointed out
s the best. lit-isAo4_,Gr,trtlemen-Or the Stair; he
may have beeti.deeeiteds. bunion nature is. ever liable
tedror, i but eeneedista::that he is 'misled, still you-
tettnit 'Vie.* him e'en oldest as he is deserving of your
fpity• , lx-wig. vi-) foelOir-te Say, whether even under
such cicircumstances :;7419.1441.1114t.ify the vegea nce of
the Attorviey;Geiterit r.. Whether, yoit will consign
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'..my -client, in the bloom of youth,. and ,possessing all
the virtues and potriatisii4.which distioguish him, to
that loaShionie .alsititeets;:oShr whiCh the Attorney.
General gloat :id la peciptyali, -with tech avidity.--
, YoutTertlict, Gentleaitn, is to be one of gui!t or in..
• sioienCe. A specal verdict would iipi be received . -,-
Tilers are, I understand;
.s . . 01: lice, and
Sills distribetors awes eyoe. :entreat....
.-to
listen to. me—Men of 0.1010011-..... . Of CCTV iiiiiia,
lippirs
•-i.entreatiyoar attention to what rid slaimitteeigr •
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or rr stekes Ott!, _
Client•, not on 'account of apyerrOr nf' his,- but be
cause you signed the'Proteitant Pitifl'en. He anti-
cipates It verdict against this yOting &Ullman, W.
cause of the feats of valour the Attorney-04404‘
has performed, and those further conintesll.
he has promised to achieve over•the.Popi;hl44ed..'
If,Gentlemen, you reconcile it to yoertielves to *lire
such anticipations, you may go home and eejoy that
pure and Christian Religion you profess, with what
ease and satisfaaion you calk. Methinks; Gentle-
Men,' 00 -this odious trade in the nrejndicia and
won't ptisaidas of the people should now be given
up. 'll the time for the aholistinient'bf the detesta-
ble traffic is evoi to come it shotild now be arrived.
If not during the Attorney-Generalship of the wisest
and best of men, when* are
,ice to hope for it ?: To
me there is nothing of wisdom or faf gootlitess in
the official character of the man tihd looks out trith
avidity for dissensions Mid distractiOni amongst the
people. This, if it be wisdom, it' state wisdom—but
it will be.lorAtt.Gantlesneu W.114a I am tddresikngl
to say,whetlterthe Man who wishes to work tipcin thel
' prejudices and inflame the passions—who labours tol
divide the people one, against the other, is guilty of
• folly and of wickedness, ; 1 say, that such conduct
mast spring from ta_bad theart and a weak head. If
by any chance a good man is seen to-tend himself to
' such proceedings, 1 can only sae, that. he is one
whom `-knaves 'do sport withal.' "If you decide the
contrary way, I hope and trust that you may be-elble
to justify to yourselves, that the decision rests upon
. honest grounils.
" Such, Gentlenien of the Jury, is the first pert of
the Billingsgate harangue, with which the Attorney-
General had been pleased.fo amuse yen. Ile gave
you an ample history 'of bit"ereSatie against the
Pope, not against the Pretender: He dwelt much
upon the glory he has acquired, by what he calls his
success. Indeed, at this part 'of his address, he arose
Ito classic elegtmce. He spoke to you in the words
of :he Peet,
Me me, edam, golfed ; in me convortite retrain
But Gentlemen, he did not add, .
• Men. frau.,
Although he 'need not have gene far far it, he
would have found it in the very next line. It is now
my task, to address you upon the second part of his
speech, and again T must be permitted to say, that I
fear it is a hopeless task to addresawiany of you.—
' However, I will not shrink from the. duty which I
owe to my Country and my Client. Although every
other Irishman should desert the cause of the
• liberties of the people, and th..ir best safeguard,
the liberty of the press, I will stand alone, a
salary sentinel, to guard any remnant that may
esodpe the general wreck. T said, Gentlemen, that
it was a hopeless task to address you. This, per-
haps was imprudent, but my Client and myself, va-
lue truth and despise flattery. 'lf, you are willing
to hear reason, and are anxious:: to. be able to just*.
fy your verdict to your consciences, and your
standings,owlet-
I you will listen to me. on the contrary,
! you are esirous of having yeur..pasiiOni excited;
your antipathies gratified, your. prejudices soothed,
you will r .fuse me your attention. I speak to ion-
'lace your reason, not to carry away your feelints—
I utter the language of truth —but do vitti sotkr you
the incense of flattery.. I will cantlitßy felt yaa_this,
if 'My Client had the nominiitioe.ef the ,Tery„
site
would not appoint you. He meens yen, mean
you no disrespect. He Would 'not selekt any man eI
any party. He would' ot put the man epOn'the Pend
Who had signed the Protestant Petition:lisle/sone.
of that cause, in which he, a Protestant,..end 1;-1
Catholic, are mutually engaged. And here I
solemnly protest, that the difficulties and dangers
which are so 'unceasingly presented by the oppo
nests of toleration, are so numerous and appalling,
that 1 should resign the pursuit in despair, ivaa I.
not cheered and supported by ..the_ many and re-
spectable-Protestants, who are so zealous and sincere
in theil• efforts to ensure' our success. Ibare heard ,
one of pia say, that you had sienedibe‘Proteslnut
Petition, which Would cositinut a stem exclu-
sion and division in thIS coutitry Pt'► clientbas
exposed that petition to ridicule; sad • !Oily aftei
what I have said, you wittiest. biarai..me for telling
. you, that he would
.not have pat younpee his Jeer.
re mink, have, selected men ',holl itapattial,,
--414 niey be an intpludent mod of !nettling to
you but candid and fair dealing willtrtr ise,Ohjects,
of the first- consequence to my Client:- s'His person:
) may be immured in a dungeon—his fortune may
be-t•
consigned to ruin, as a punishment for thetheavy t • • Tlietollawing is the atneentrof this British Naval
crime of telling truth, but even this treatment force ip tillesterday :—ies Atsl/3-ships of the line,
deter.eamint bee. him.' This, Gentle Men, 'itt a fact that . 14 feens.Bo,4o 41 guntf. 121 Itigalesirs3 Stoops and
'ciuneebe controverted:--He bad a way to avoid a ygchts, 6 'hombs and fire',.shielit, 1110 -brigs, 31-
i dungeoei and not to preserve, but to increase cetters, 45.1.. schooners, gun veeidei-itigitra, &c.
hie fortene-4 certali way, you kuow he had Geil- total 649—in port and fitting 27-01,thettine, sof
Winn.- He • hat only to praise- Mr. Attorney, 44 guns, 37 ,frigates, 26 . 'loops.; -"tn.' 3'f. brigs, 6
to " call hirei the wiled, and . belt of men : to .cutters, 15 tehooners, &c. total 1531i4Guard Ships,
thrall rapture's on the- virtues' of the best 7of the lime, 2 of 50 guns, 5 frigates, 4 sloops,
'of all' poisible Chief leaflets, from the Jes- 18-410spital„ships, prison ships* Ric. 14 of •
wini got four shillings In 'the pound upon • the ibis, lof Kt guns, 3 frigate!, '2' deeps,.
: eases, lltkt Will before him in the time of Stafford, -total 32-.. Ordinary, and repairing for senile°, 941 dr;
• do:4n the'Chief Justices of the present day. lie . the line, 10 from 50 to 44 guns, 64 frigetesi 34•'
!had oitirttrdo this, ilia to fink fetidly of the gene. ' sloop, &c. 2 bombs, 9 brigs, 1 cotter, 4 schools.
rat ttiofirning 'Which was exptrieneed'firem the one .ers, &c. total 200.—Ruilding 23 'of the line, 6of
'end of thieldind. t0:044'36er, Stn consequence .of 44 guns, 32 frigates, 29 sloops, &c. 3 bombs, 0
the approaching departere of theDuke7.4 Richmond brigs, total 101.—Grand Total 1053.
'after a stay of iir years, in the first fair of which A shocking accident occurred on Friday, -at P
he had received ' eighty. thoutand Pounds,- and Regent's Canal, close to Chalk Farm. A few
Sixty Thousand' More, in the other two, which, .no .nutes before eleven o'clock, as the workmen v
doubt, together With. his own large. fortune, he had . preparing to fill rem waggons, twelve men'
'spent among the people. ti'ut unforiunatety for my , were lately taken, not being aware of •the.dr
' client, his visage is not:tallow and lengthened enough ventured too close in undermining the ban!
to permit to speak with gravity upon suo a topic.: depth of 25 feet, when suddenly the bank fell
Had he pursued thiecourse, his person would • be completely buried. them: eight of them w
safe; his property untouched., _Went*: would flew out alive, hut-four with their legs and snit
finely into his ceffe-s.. Ae would get the procta- and the other four much bruised; six QI
mations—the Wide-street-Aleertlipsents—he sire. iwsuch a stater that their recovery is'
vertisements of the Ordnance :and Wrack Ward, ed. After a length of time, four more
and all the other public offices. lie might enjoy a quite dead, and their bodies removed to
sum equal to the Fifteen Hundred a-year, which is for the Corouer's Inquest.

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,t the jury I trait Mt. Attarnalgeral ha mis,
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rou ht pdnestly avowed 'your .44ticriints. upon the
vett and vital viesttou of Eiiincikati9ot ',1.4
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[lie Protestant Petjtinn, that you, .1
thigeforo,*o_give
up your consciences to the
,ke.... " 'the kw- blw
Nicer of the Crown: He pia • a ..ii:9o4Piiiitlites
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