The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-11-05 00:00:00

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was unaTtnap own etsessisenD at the Its-solution of Oat
House." He had assured it, Enema could act tiG safe without it
land I.irce. But the good patriots of that day preferred their
duty before their ,:ersonal interests. :Ind proved that their toed
of the Pelt* was greater than their feat of tile king's dis-
pleasure. Yet England safe, because the safety of Enc.
land depends on tka People, not on the strain lint these patriots
mitered SnUO soldiers to remain embodied t and from this ais.
ctrus of woe has sprung up a thousand its. Now a land :orce
in peace btu become a perennial curse, though it is Still pretend-
ed to be only an earn'st evil. It goat& the theatre; surrounds
the palate, and may be found snootier, as It Is castes, a pie-
tureg.llery, or a museum. It, is ono, without retociatiee..re-
sorted to. in order to quell runs which. would die beneath the
staff of the constable; and ibis frequent in.roductloo ttitt d on•
the abhorrence of its intetferenee, when it may be wasted for
blacker deeds. In the great riot, when the wage and patsiotic
Chief Justice Holt, acnonipuided by bit tipsialf atone, iiis-
persed the furious multitude, he told the Commander of the
imam sent out against the rioters,
.thaj if pre of the people
was kitled by his soldiers; raid if he wit tried for the asurdet
and brand' guity, the King himself 'Weld nut save him from
being hanged. Holt was a freesias). a true timslishason, sad
felt us such; but the breed is almost estiogisigisest..--lt
would -be an easy task to till column titer aroma 'Vitt
the noiectises of the gritty groat cud good against a Strot4ag
Army: but that is useless, as its adv an?. are only pawl ,wf
brut.' admit, too igootant to be vapahle of Isiticipatiug she 4-
fecbcof such a force or too base to dread them, if knew n. Not
one argument can be adduced, at present, fur the continuance
(except as to the increase of our colonies) of this two/4Am-
hional force. but most be weaker than in the dine of
Theo tens of thousands, and &padre& of thousands, of English,
Scuich, bud trash, wished aid prayed fur tire return et the
t)ratinieill Stuarts; now, the ?tallow is nu longer disturbed by
Pretenders to the Throne, against the will of tite nadjurily.
A Standing Arai} seemlier'', leads to despotina,and de-
spoir.so begins evil kw the Sioseteign, third& RS 431 t she sshject.
ley the abuse of absolute, power, the stesPOtti=iuta tiger in
' human revolt he growl (trochees matte gra • erre' ; lieu
*ibis his law ; he aoverus by caprice. sod hoklehis owe life on
' Ilse frail tenure of tote caprice of lust slates. and yet, soca at*
Wit disgustingefeets of potter, that Kings of jetsam nave boot*
nod cuuugh to wish to become /Clog. of slasea
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ADULTERATED TEA
&MOW N0v..2.-3atorday lest the Commis+
Amseashot Customs pronounced judgments in the call
stiffNeenuel Julteson, of Essex•street, Chu was ton*
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;knotted in the penalty if twelve liandred Pounds.
The 1641 of John Lawless, of Poollseg-street, came
seat under the considers, ton of the Court. The ina.
'formation charged the I/ergotism with having its la,
possession (hire casks, containing ,'weight.
Michael Owen Hughes was eaaosiired on. the part
of the crows', and . said rest .lie retollected hosing
gone on the 7th of August last, to the house of the
Defendant, in Poolgeg.strset, in consequence of ins
for matins, pteviou-Iv teceitetl, anti there se:zing threat
casks of imitation tea, cony dining 2321155. weight.--
Found the lea in UCH, IldRnIN
accompanied the seizure to I liP Custom-house, where
lie saw it weighed. Was pr•-se.tt w sett Mr. Hughes
(the elder) gives sample out of the said casks, to Mt.
fusser, 11. e tiotsuist, for esaminetion. The mks
were in different pats, of lite room, one of them was
without a heed, and ley those to the bed, • here Deu
(elitism's wile was Ishii!, haring but recently
Wiens exhibit " A," roil says it is a part of th•
'substance so seized.
Cross.essaiiired by Defendant.--What slid my
wife say to you at the lime you were taking the casks
away?—'That they had been left there by a parson of
the name of Dstidson, who told tier they contained
red hers tugs.
James Fraser (Bolinist) was examined, and
pf„iikj, that be had received tralls Mr. filches a
sample of the substance seder se sure, for the pure
poses of examination. lie (Mr, Fraser) infused tits
samples iii but eater, and is able, from lilt know-
ledge in botany, to pronounce theta to be compound.
ed and made up of elder and potato !cares, and as
admixture of clover or (Trifoliant rep.ns) seed.—
Found on tea to the compuintion. .
Mr. Fraser swore postlvely, that he compared the
leaves given him by Mr. Hughes, with than of
the above pistils, and tad no doui of their com-
plete identity.
Margsiet Coleman was examined on the put of
the Defendant, whose sertant she is. She said she
knew nothing further of the tea in question, than that
a person in the employment of one D4vidsou, its
herring merchant, had applied to her mistress for
!else to deposit the ca‘l:s upon the loft. The mistress
said be might, and Dirii!snit afterwards sent-the
casks. This was about 12 months before the seizure
was made. The witness said, she criold not form any
eknion, whether Listless end Isis wife, during the
said 12 mouths, knew whet the casks contained.—
Mr. arid Mrs. Law less slept.for sit weeks on the lofts
Ire`ore the seizure was made. The three casks stood
beside their bed. IVitiiess never, during the said siX
weeks, supposed the casks to contain herrings ; her
reason is, she saw As hat they contained a good while
before the seizure. In *miter to a question from the
Court, this woman said, she Over mode use of any
of the tea herself, because she did not think it good.
The case being closed, the Court pronounced judg.
meta against the Defendant.—Penalty, Two Thou.
sand /tree Ilundred and Twenty Pounds sterling.
The case of David .1/.4 Ecoy was neat hrouirit on.
The informations charged the Defendant with having
in his possession 2721b5. weight of spurious tea, thd
penalties on whisk would amoent to 2,7301. It went
'nosed in an early stage of the trial, that N' Evoy had,
died a few weak' after the seizure hail been made.
The Court, therefore, thought it useless to procied
farther iutialiprirsecution.

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The Journal des Debeis notices Miss PItzCLA•
atnCE's recent descent in a diving-bell, as a proof
of the advance of science in the present se. The
pettiest effort immediate'y preceding it was the
establishment of the Montagnes IJeaujon, but ill*
J °urn!! honestly confesses that the descent in the
car of ibis fashionable am ssesnent is contemptihle,
whet' compared with going to the bottom of the sea,
it a diving-bell.
DAIL' MG RonnenT.— Yesterday evening, about.
seven o'clock, some villains watched an opportunity.
of tying the shop and private doors of Messrs. any.
Mons, stationers, corner of Vttion-court, Old Broad.
street, burst in a pane of glass, and stole a card of
pencil-Wes, pocket-book, and several other articles,
bat were prevented taking more by the sight of the
shopman with a large paper knife cutting the rope.
wh'ch held the door, and forcing his way into the
street ; they got, clear off.--A similar robbery was
committed at a watchmaker's, corner of Lower.
Thaturs.street, some time ago.
Within the last fortnight, 4,000 bushels of onions,
from Portugal, France, and liollsott, have been
ported into Hull. The price has been its causes',
very greatly teduced.

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