The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-04-24 00:00:00

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ii VAPICI.P. Aral/. 15.'-:-An ttigliih estate Me:stager
pasagd tiireagii lieti place .itestprslay,eita the way. to
Vienna. with di:troches,: "•• •
Elver the int: mime tion-of the Censors!: i p in the siorth.
era &rat:mews of Vithze. a gieat many d..ity and
weekly jonrrid: lar..'e trait:tile appear.
VI: NN t, Arse. 5.--We learn Nat the town of Mt.
on theWi•ter. has been in rest danger of
seeing the plait* within its wails. rite disease had
usalisf sled itself at Ptak,, paly a smarter of a league
itensthe town; the danger was; h)werer, over, and
•w owed its safety eititilly to the aeliv;ty of the
pact, an 1 the ear,. of the physicists. of vie di,trict.
essosmnausst, Atntit. .11. 'lwo Engil4h ships of
w•tr,loand to the came into the !iced, on San-
stay hit.

It was not till -thl 29th Mardi that the ice in the
t .nal of Odeneee in Fusels, brake up: it lay. there-
nearly As tong .as th the Neva, namely, for nine-
t• en igeeks, of which thOre is no form, r instance in the
Eau ry of that canal. tt is retinal:4We that the her.
tinge have this year entirely abandoned the Swe.fish.
4.01 q. He they are caught in abundance on the shores
o' Zi-alanti anil Jttttand, so-that tit Sweies are ()bilged
t pucc.liase of uur tiinemen. 11,c intiand b.s bees
quite fire of ire sine! the enl if Nardi, and eniserohe
nu* pus daily. 'the gantlablp lies in Elsineur
ttoads.

liacssats, :limit. 20.-IM. Van tier Straciien ape
shit Attorney-qeneral Lire both•appealed to the Court
et Cassat:on against CA, sentence of the Court of
AIOW, wlikli comiennr. IN. Van der So-at:len to a ti,ie
of 1/01,0 florin.. M. Van slur fitiarlien Will desist
trthri his appeal when the sitVeripti-n opened for tlyi
::ne and espences of the suit shall have euvered the
amount of the sums which he is condemned to pay. In
this rase the Attoruey.General. rill prohahly desist
scum his appeal also, as he has declared that it was
only in petwituence of 31. an der Strachen having
brat appealed.

DLYNER.

On Saturday very numerous and respectable as-
semblage of the Friends of th.• Independence of the
'County of Westmorland, tl.tied together a! the City of
London Tavern.
Ur. Carwen, the Member for the City of Carlisle aid for
tie County ors naiberland. was to hate taken the Chair, but
wits prevented by the dangerous state of the bee'..h of Mrs.
Centro. Mr. Brougham, Mr. Beennsont. M.P. for Vin-
t/ember:and. Air. Lamhten. M. P. tin the County of Dum
Leal. Sir R. Fergosson, M.P.. Mr. M. A. Taylor, M.P. for
Lie 'roan of Ihrham, Mr. M.P., Mr. J. tiruham,
M.P., Mr. Darken,, ALP.. and-aeveral Gentlemen coo-
named will the Comity of Westmorland. were present. In
me absence of Mr. Carom Mr. Criakerithorpe took the
Chair.
After t!Ai cloth had been retrieved. the King's health"
was risen, and received w ith applause.
t• Tue rest of the Royal Feint • y • was then givens but them
wwi a load end gmeeakery fromthe eommmy for the Omen."
and the rest of the 11-y al Family" seethes
given from the ( hair. ...a - with bursts of spplentse,
which were several times renewed with lofte.row,pd enclu.,lBlol.
After otli.sr usual toasts.
Tiga.,(. 'west it, i.roposine; a twist wide!: had re-
ference to the object of their meeting, when rhe con-
test fur the recovery of the independence of W..ittnoe.
I.nd from the power of those who f r LI) years had
carnmandmi the representation, said he concurred in it
with the most doubtful hope, and the moat lively 'p-
rehension, as such a colossal mass of power was ar-
rayed, so much wealth and influence, and, he would say.
retpectability, was arrayed to check the nascent spirit
ol independence. He knew spirit had taken deep
L;Ild of the ye itnanry---he km.w it had spread widely,
but he thought the soli was not rich enough to raise
t.i maturity.—(Hear!)—ln this he was happy to find
ha was mistaken.--(Applause.)---Though it was nut
wati red by wealth---th•iugh it was not in the
hot-bed of influence, it wet invigorated by the warmth
of ratriutisin, and would soon Loutish like the sturt)yl
oak, as fearless of the storm, and as necessary to the
liberties of the enuntry.--(Applanae.)--Thus much
for the cause. As fur the champion of it, it was tie-
necessary fur him to speak ; his merits were sveil
known, for his acts were before them, had r eived the
.:sprobatiun of his country, and would, he trusted,
4.,0n cause him to be returned a Member fur his na-
tive county. He concluded by giving
independeneh of Westntor:und, tad its champion,
Henry Brougham," which was received with the waroiest
applause.
Mr. Hatourms.st thanked the company fur the cor-
dial reception of his name, to his gratitude for which,
if any thing could add, it would be that it w.is coupled
sari a sentiment as dear to his heart of to theirs, the
independence of the county of Westmorland. lie
•Aated the reluctance which he had• felt to embark in
this contest, which at once gave the lie to the asser-
t:on. that he had embarked in it for the gratification
of his own personal feelings, and afforded an smut-
:ince that he should be s!ovi in abandoning the strug7
gin. He twice had pledged himself, and twice re-
rimmed the pledge, to meet his moments at the place
of el,setion, and they might the more readily trust
kin, when he gave thaw his cfAit as he then did,
that till the day watsfairly italJe hiS own, he would
never forfeit that pledga,(Applawie.)—Tbeir mino-
rity bad increased 460.1611M-spatee of little more than
IR months ; and thisladlieen dine, hot alone by the
t.reatioa 'of new iroteniAbat was.by Men of propt ray,
not fteeholderr, obtaining freeholds for the purpose of
enabling themselves *lake a 'Share in‘ the political
concerns of thcir nathitientitty and of the eouniry at
hogs, for 100, at legy,t;fitt lie voters at the last t lee-
tion in the cause of independence were among those
who had voted aplitit it at th=thr r elect:Ph, under
dslosions propagnrad 4.41 lee, or unsitz pro-
tni3e4 rashligivemp•bat wbkh they had considered to
he binding. Arthis the enemies trembled ; they
cguld not rely un their forcei, for of the new votes
czeutaktelsy th • Lawthar interest before the last elec-
irge,Meveral raw over to him before,the cod of the
pell4;The Hon. (Nnitietesan then nutitied a gross fabri-
oatices propagated, nst by the I.6*thers, but by some
of their agent t, that wlitok 'tile :election. )seen gain-
ed by ,firy-three votes, 4tid forty-four fri•mds of intle-
1/cadence still remained unpolled in Appleby, 100 of
their votßireo.ained also, wfio had notgiven their voter.
'the LoWthers themselves took good care not to say
this .they knew tha{:they bad poi 100, or 50y or 21,,
or It). But to demonstrate thin fact, which was suf.
ftc:cntly proved by the impribabitity that, if they hid