The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-02-07 00:00:00

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114311)URGII MAIL.
STOCKHOLM, JA the four Estates have,
by an unanimous Resolution, approved by the King,
in order to giveis new guarantee in the uninterrupted
happiness of the Notion, and a firmer support to the
Government, conferred on Prince Oscar, Duke of
Sudermania, .in case of the absence or illness of the
King and
.the Crown Prince, the exercise of the
lineal Authority, with all Constitutional Rights, and
I eve wa%ted upon him to formally announce this 11...
h I ,iion. Ilia Royal Highness will complete his 19th
!e,f or th.• 4th cf nest Jell,.
fl NOVEIi. JAN learn that the Countess
of Ktelnianrisegice is Appointed Lady of Honour
So the rotor? iNtsori of his Royal Highness the
Duke of Camhrii!g'. hoot the 7th .4 neat month
his Roy' si Ilizlntess is .+llpPeted her.. from Cassel, for
sometime. It is said that the chief Nobility of .this:
ei?yi will be present at the celebration of his Royal
Highness', marriage, at CGISPI.
TILP two houses adjoining the Palace of his Royal
Highness will he united with it in one front.
JAN. 30.—Eichan:;e on London-33 2.-33. 5
Moscow, Dr.c. 2t —lt is now decided that the
Imperial Court reniairis here till the ling-in of her
Imperial highness the consort of the Grand Duke
Niett..!As, which is expected in the middle of April.
The Court will, therefore, hardly leave Moscow be-
fore July. The Emperor will go in the mean time
to Petersburgh, and theoce to Warsaw ; subsequent
to which, a Coin:res. of Sovereigns at Aia-ls-Chapelle
s:.olion of, at which his :Majesty will be present.—
Before this, however, the King of Prus%ia is ex-
„peeled here; but uothing is certainly fixed iu tbis
respect.

DtrICII MAIL.

FRASIETORT, JAY. 49.—Under this date is as 'f-
lick VOW) "Gtiios, dated the 10th of isneery, cap-
taining an account of the arrival of the Sirdinian
Vice-Consul from Algiers, as already published in the
French Papers, and from them tracslated into the
3Engtish. The commencement is exactly the same,
but the conclusion is as follows :—" The Dey re.
ceieed them surrounded by his guard, and with his
sabre In his hand ; but he fell into such a rage, that
be threatened the English Consul to have his son's
bead cut off, and to have it fixed op at the door of
the Hall of Audience, if they troubled him any far-
ther. At the request of the terrified father, all the
Consols desisted for the moment. The next day the
Sardinian Vice-Consul was ordered to leave Algiers."
This account, therefore, differs from the other in
mot mentioning the seizure of the Vice-Consul's
daughter, nor the clothing the British Consul's nieces
in a Turkish dress ; but it states that they were seized
in the streets, and put in the harm.

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where immediate execution followed on the bare fact : he sub •
milted that stool prepuilut suspicion or presumption of guilt
were vilffiLient. The Appellee kbd set birth his acquittal; but
Stmt. 3 lien. VII. r. I. pro. ided, that the rights of the Appel-
/ant should, not lei koauding, he preserved entire, (orals" pro-
secution by the Kittkaila was liter 111603 atlas There might be
many reasons fur the exceptiou of the rights of the Appellant
the ptoseentinei might be premature, or the Prisoner might be
acquitted by eannivaoce ; and is such a ease the appeal was
town important. With regard In this part of the case, he quoted
Castle a. Baisbridge (3 Sir. 853); Ilex es Chetwynde C. 2 her.
2204); Wilson v. Kennedy (1 Wits. 132); Bull. N. P. 245;
8vid:.260, is order to show that ass acquittal was not in
Many comeka proof of innocence. Admitting, however, for
argusesea‘ that he Appellee *asset liberty to reply fresh facts,
hr instated that those fact. did not .Vaal! 4041(4061Y 'oda-
tvlisar hissalitie,fu the bra place, *ben le mama d particular
times, it was generally accompanied by the word about.
The Count observed, that the Appellant had done the same.
Mr. Lorriv an wered; that to the .4 ;speller. precision, even
as to minutes, wits of the unmet impurisitice for his alibi; and
It was singular, that, from beginning to coil tin re was no po
silt'e eves stens that he was not tit, re at toe lime of the murder,
and rovld not base been there; all was left to inference merely.
Te Appetite had not ventured to overt that the illicit inter-
course took place Isetore Mary Ashford went to Mary holler's.
Mr. Jostle., BaYLLY.— Ile is only maser Opal he can prove,
and how is he us prose that at which only two ;wows are pre.
Sent, one of is 110111 is dead, and the other himself not being a
competent witness? The Appellee put it as a presumption
that the intercourse took place betote Mary Ashfurd went. to
Mrs. Butler's;
Alr. Justice AlSlloT.—Your point is. that the intercourse
took place brfore she went to Mary Butler's; and yet you do
bet aver it any morethaa he does the contrary.
_Air, Justice BATLIM—Nor do you aver that the Defendant
bras the person that had the illicit intercourse with her: only
that some pentoo had had it. Mary Ashford leaves Mary But-
ler's, at about a quarter part four; aud withiu a quarter of an
hour afterwards she is seen, first by one, and then by another,
bear Bell. lane.
Mr. Cu; I TV.— A nd that would allow him fifteen minutes,.
Mr. Ju,loce BAYLEY.— rhea tie bas Lugo froth§ Bell-lane arrow
the hat rowed field, on:I there ;woke her, and carry her to the
place where the criminal iutervourre took place; Mum to con-
vey her to the pit, to thieve her in, aud then to eon on close in
John Holden r,. which according to she nearest way, is a wile
land a half, and :wording to the readiest wan, a milennd reset'
lisrluags, within lea than halt an hour : at ibis tiMe, too, it is
open day, nod ;madly people a ill be hi.out to see him. The
great doubt I burr had is, *heftier the footsteps orar the pit were
suede Wore four o'clock or sifter : the probability seems to he,
that they 0 hI have walkint together Amaral, tqe..pit ; but
Mbeiliet it was befeirefour or after *the ti lira Mu.
Mr. Cute' T repented, that there wits MP positive averment by
the Appellee that he was not there, and. fur aught that ap-
veered, tie might have had a horse. It was laid down in all
isoOks,• that evidence of an alibi Waii Iu 1w received with ex-
Sterne cassia° ; and there wassiothiug corium what had become
ot.fintrolosi hetWeen tive and seven o'clock, at' which
Sot I the bud, ads found receutly dead.
btr.Justice Ilavtatv. —She is seen near the pit at half-fast
four, and he is been ut tru miuutes before the going its a con-
trary direction. •
Mr. I tux 1, urged that their Lordships were not now trying
the cause a Nether the Defendant were or were not really guilty,
but merelyancertaiiiing whether there was sit/Beloit presumption
against hint to defeat the trial by battle: whether enough was
not stated in the counter-plea to induce their Lortishipv.to resort
to the original constitutional mode of trial, instead of follow ing
a'practice which all ;mot deplore had ever been parsurd. If the
Appellee were innocent. he would go down to his trial in the
country %ills :all the advantages of his innocent.. : if an alibi
eYivied. he ;might prove it, and no doubt all' prejudice, if it
tinted any *lure, would be A:unshed fibrin u Court of Justice:
the probability seemed rather to he, that a Jury as their oaths
in aambe of life and det..ls, would be disposed to think favour.
misty of an individual placed in the situation of the Appellee.—
On alt thew grouods he submitted that the replication to the
counter-olea wen insittleieut, and that the Appellee ought nut
to. hu permitted to wage battle elide the Appellant, but must
'Omit to the cunstiuU anal trial by the country.
Lord lit.l.rannitolatat • and the other Judges consulted for
moue minutes, after which his Lordship said, the Court think it
rosy he expedient that this argument :Mould proceed to morrow :
we will then hear %tr. Tindal on Inc oilier side.
Mr. Ct. bri K carked if it would be the first case called on.
Lord Euivanteit;ca answered its the alliterative.
'lle Detrirckvat liarh retired from the bar, and was followed
throug the bull by a consido able crested.

By a letter from Boulogne, dated on Monday last,
lit appears that the weather has been most tempestu.
mos aloeg the French coast during the last week.-
1131, Saturday afternoon a smuggling vessel was lost
within • stnee's throw of the Pier-head; and we re.
Bret to state, that the whole crew, consisting of nine
k,atglishosen and one Frenchman) periaked.

THE STATESMAN.

LONDON:

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1818.

The Secret Committee on the Ministerial sealed
Papers (alias, the Green Bag) was appointed Last
night in the House of Commons, amidst much mer-
riment, the Members of Opposition producing no
lists, and the Ministerial Members performing the cere-
mony of electing themselves to the important duties
of investigation, amidst the cheers of their own side
of the House, and the sneers and laughter of the
other. It is. impossible not to smile at such a
mockery of trial upon such subjects, though levity.
is far from the sentiment that ought le predominate':
irr the mind of the Patriot, the" Statesman, and tht
Representative of popular sad outraged rights on,
.witnessieg such a mode of evading impartial enquiry,
and shielding a delinquent. Ministry. IVhen the Clef IS
proceeded to call over the House, for the purpose of
'Memberi answering to their names, and putting their
lists into Are glass, for the ballot- for the Commit-
tee on the Green Bag, the first Members who an-
swered lira call were, Lord VALLETORT (Lord
CASTLEREAGH'S nephew), Mr. BATHUROT, and Sir
GEORGEWARKENDER !! The Public would do well to
attend to the names of the pinposers,end the persons
appointed to constitute the Committees. Mr. CAL.
caser, one of the scrutineers, stated the additional
illustrative circumstance, that " of one hundred and
three lists given in; nittety.seren were not only iden-
tically the same, but in the same hand-writing ;" and
It appears also, that most of the proposers of thelists
were holders of places under Government !! Mr.
Casteisto, on a previous eight, described the mode
of ballot as " a happy inventioe." It is fur the
Ministers es the Itight,Honourable Pensionary de-
scribes; but such happy thoughts anger very turfs.
vourably for the country. We can be at no loss to
perceive the of ject proposed to be attained by the ap-
pointment of these Secret Committees, to decide upon
cx-parle evidence. It is, as we have repeatedly said,
to secure them, by a Bill of Indemnity, for the impri-
sonment of so many human beings,against whom they
had no charge to allege, upon which they could bring
them to trial by due course of law, and thus to effect
and justify the course of their onconstitutional pro-
ceedings against the Meetings for Reform held
throughout the country. No other purpose ran be
served by the secret deliberations thus held, whilst
every indication is that of assured tranquillity to the
State. Wbat public good, we would ask, can re.
felt.frorn the labours of &Committee thus constituted ?
It. is admitted that unconstitutional powers were
granted to Ministers, end it is established in the pub-
lic view that these powers have been grossly and
cruelly abused. We now desire to be con•
winced that these anti-constitutional powers were
wisely granted and humanely used. If there were
any doubts upon either of these subjects—and
doubts there no question are, many and serious—
they must, of course, be strengthened, or rather
converted into certainty, by the appointment•of such
a Committee. The thing is ridiculous beyond any
thing that we ever knew of the ridiculous. The
chief and most active persons on the Committers/re
actually members of Government, and the whole are'
Ministerialists upon this point, except two, Lord , '
GEORGE CAVENDISH and Sir A. Prfacovv, the former
of whom cannot, and the latter is understood to be
unwilling to attend. It is, therefore, now clear
and undeniable, that there is a consciousness of
great wrong in the Susponsiotr of the Habeas Corpus
Act ; or the authors and executors of that measure
would have submitted to preserve some appearance
of fairness and impartiality in the institution of
the investigation upon• which they man to found
their claim to a Bill of Indemnity. How is
ihe''country to 'regard —ll vindicition protwetVr
ing from such a tribunal ? They see it com-
posed of the very persons who were mixed in the
transactions with respect to which it is appointed
to enquire. Even Lord CASTLEREAGH, two other
Cabiuet Ministers, and the ATTORNEY and &MM.
TOR-GENERALS, are in the Committee, and as Mr.
BROUGHAM observed, are sure to attend, whatever
attention the other component parts of the Board of
Enquiry may give. Such is the Committee on whose
verdict the Bosse of Commons is to legislate on this
important matter, and allay theiospicions and indig.
nant feelings of the nation, excited and irritated to
rage by a system of government that employs end
,defends insurrectionary Spies, malignant Informers,
and cruel sod onecessary insprisoncasets. What a
spectacle for the country, that a Committee
composed for the most part of Ministers and
Ministerial adherents, should be appointed to de-
cide upon the question, whether persons tm
prisoued by order of Ministers should have their
right of action at law—whether, far instance,
such persons u the Meurr. Ev.twsss (fit whose

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'have not evert the .Ses-,
urge as tbair iethorky), and
who -have' coirmeoced pro-
oppreasott, eljoeld Italie an op.
!legal riches, And 'vindicating
!they ill their proceeiPogs
these persons, already suf-
ld be condemned before
to pey all the!ipeices they may have incurred !
Though Opposition is weak in the House that calls
itself the Representative of the interests and the
Guardian of the rights of the Public, it is luckily
strong out of doors, and this proceeding to silence
the indignant voice of truth, that is universally
heard abroad, will show of what materials the Go.
'vernment is made. May this evil be productive of
good ! it will further demonstrate more then all that
we have urged, or can yet utter, the necessity of a
Reformation in the Parliament of the country.

THE LOANS AND TILE MONEY LENDERS.
Lord CASTLEREAGH, in the House last night,
threw out a hirst..that •our capitalists would do
wisely to hesitate before they plated their money in
foreign funds, since they most not reckon on any
aid from Government, at any time hereafter, for the
security of their money, the late case being entirely'
special,
.and resting on the liberal' constraction'ef
the Treaty of Amiens. Mr.ll AinIERSLEY ably. cps".
tended that there was nothing Jo that Treaty which
could justify the late measure, since the provision re.
(erred alone to commercial affairs, and these were
overlooked, while the interest of persons who had
placed money in the French fonds were attended to.
No satisfactory answer was given to this. This act
on the part of our Nlinisters has given rise to seri-
ous animadversions. Will Lord CASTLEREAGH'S pre-
sent caution now prereot British interference in fo-
reign loans? This we can hardly Piped, when the
domestic system makes it impossible fort Drooled men
to make a fair interest of their capital,
The'Cutarscar.Loa of the EXCHEQUER tlfHpegill to
repay'-tlto sic millions borrowed in 1816 from the
Bank.; and in answer to a question from Mr,
Theatre, he stated that this payment would be made
io money. He undertook to satisfy the House, that
if it should be found necessary to propose a. conti-
nuance of the suspension of c►sh payments, such a
measure would be proctored on grounds .perfectly
distinct from that of any accommodation to Gotern-
ment. Mr. TIERNEY very properly Adieu!ed tire idea .
of a foreign loan rendering I termini/mote of the re-
striction necessary, and maintained flat all danger 1
from such a loin world be o►er before it could be
necessary to propose the measure.. Ile announced it
as.his intention to move, week' after :leek, for ac.
coonts to ascertain the :issues of the' Hank ; for the
only security the country could have of the prepa-
rations of the Bank for a return to cash payments, I
was the reduction of their issue&

It rovv be here right to add a few words in es-
planation of these Loans, their amount, and the con-
sequences resulting from them. The first Is to Prus-
sia, of 3,000,0001. sterling : this may, we believe,
he considered as nearly settled. The second, to
France, is in a more early stage: its amount, moth
larger, being about 32,000,0001. sterling ; and its
object is to enable that country to liquidate the
claims of its creditors, and pay up the contributions;
the consequence of which will be the removal of the
Army of Occupation. Much of the money for this
purpose will unquestionably go from England : and
hence the. apprehension (not resulting either from'
the foreign relations of the State, or its financial con.
cerns), that the Bank will not bss able to IMMO its
cosh payments.

The details of the horrible atrocities stated in the
French Napery, un the sothority of letters from
Genoa, we are glad to find, are not confirmed by the
Recounts in the Dutch and llamburgh Mails, which
have subsequently been received. ''The Ilamhurgh
Mail, however, repeats a part of the. dreadful Weill.
gence. According to the information thus derived,
the murder of the British Vice-Consul's son was not
perpetrated, hut threatened. The former accounts
.from Algierialleged the forcible consignment of the
British Vice-Consul's daughters to the harem of the
'reigning .despot, and the murder of his son before his
eyes by the some barbarous authority, and in the pre-
sence of the assembled Ministers of the European
Pawns. The fiamburgh Papers menthes.. only the
niece of the Sardinian Consul as being so insulted.—
Thus, however, from various soerces of intelligence we
learn, that a great outrage has beers committed; but,as
troths of a painful natere are seldom lessened in
the repetition, we may conclude that the latter
account is the •only one, which shoOld- be folly
credited. Of the insufficiency of Treaties with. Such
Chiefs, as illosst of Moorish Africa, to.restrairt their
Runge from the barbarities which bareiiesnme_
habitual with them, this affair is _another proof.—
When will the jarring end "jealosts ambition of the
European Powers allow them to take the
,only
proper mode of establishing a eiiilised power en the
coasts of Moorish Africa It is stated .ie. these
Paperi•ei 'the authority of letters 'from Constanti-
eople, thitikbe Deys of 'Tuns! and ALcsires have con-
poled a treaty of peace under the guarantee of the
GRAND &Game, and at the onset ime ie cenjanctioe
!with the Dry of 'Fitt/VW, haver entered iato-an offen-
sive slid defensive alliance with. the Emperor of Mo-
novo°. If this intelligence• be true, it will ine
Awes *mom for the art quid of the present)
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Court proceeded in the further boariig of the argil:
mews of csiesel upon the Demurrer.
Mr. Titinat.t., as Junior Counsel for the Api.
petite, in a speech
.of consummate learning and la.
geneify, *wended to combat the armrests of
Mr.. Cutrry,. In -sepport of the .couriter.ples...l
The main point of the Learned Geritleman's.arge..
ment, so far as we were elate to collect, was to semi
from the earliest Authotities to the present time, Ist
all pleas of wager of battle, and counter-pleas there..
to, the Couit, decided upon facts leniently before
them on matter of record, and that in no use was the
plea of wag* of battle disallowed, except w bete tee pri.
silage or disability of the Appellant war matter of ,e.'
cord, or apparent, or there was sufficient evideuesi in,
view of the Court to satisfy the Court of the pre:
sumption or guilt of the Appellee. At half-past wee
o'clock we left Mr. TINDALL. still speaking.
Mr. CHITTY will reply to Mr. TINDALL, and it
is generally understood the Court will give judgment
tbi, day.
The Court was, as usual, egtremely crowded`
and TitottisTom throughout preserved his usual trail.
quillity of appearance. • .
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Ma. Tntirniwoei.--erht. morning 'Articles .ef
the Peate.were.peeferied•by Lord Smescotrrn against
Mr. Tit taTtEwdoe, .far seeding him. it cbilleap'te
fight a Duel, either with tided or piirol.
Yesterday a Court at _Directors was held it the
Eisr fotlie.flouse, when C.crrait) T. F. Tlttartilsrow
was sworn into the cemmand of the alitp Asia, com.
signed tqpeurral and Madras: .
Sir Jamas. MACKINTO4H, M. P. facts R..,corder of
Bombay, .tias been appointed ProftreiWbf—f.ar -lit
Ste .F.ast I;adia College, Hurts,
.on the reaignation of
K. Cup lAN, Esq. . ,
.
• of the Friends of Par liatreenta 71. Reform
on Wednes lay last, at the Angel Inn,
tVedette kt which Mr. them' presided, week.*
o nille of his speechi declarer! his' internals
ragairi beComing a candidate for..thst Borough at Ow
seining General Election. :. •
Prince FREDERICK Jostett Lobts..crt
.eourg, is in his 49th year, being horns in July,' WS/.
commanded the Austrian Armors tivirt distill..
guished.gallantry ; and we Itterit •frons 011icer• that
Iserved with him, that he is an odiZer of great in itrty
seerit. his union with our amiable Prittoess Fuck.
112TH is fixed ; his Serene Highness wall).- introduced
atthePniticE's levee on Thursday 001.. The Mar.;
Tinge will take place at Easter. The Prince.. ELl-
zituETtt *will hats it o?larriage portion of 40,0001. and
her animal income is 15,0;101. a-yest: . liar intended
consort his hereditary Prince, and tie reigning Doh*
is in his 71st year.

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A .Meeting (consisting of the Atchbisimp of CAN-
TERBURY, the Bishops of LONDON, GLOUCESTeR,
Citt:sTee,. and Lasioaer, and, iablevd, nearly the
whole Bench of Bishops, together with the Duke of
Notertiewseet.Ama, Lord SIDMOUTII, endabout 23
lay Peers)_ was held yesterday, at the Freemasons'
Tavern, for the purpose of forming a Society, stet
raising a fund in aid of the intended Parliamentary
grant for the building of churches. A number of 11...-
solutions, for the purpose of carrying the object of
the Meeting into effect, were passed, and the assess.
bly separated.
If Ministers are to have a Bill of Indemnity foe
the imprisonment of so many human beings, against
whom it appeals they had no charge to allege upon
which they could bring them to ilial by due course of
law, we trust the same Bill, or at least another to
he propsed, will contain a clause of itidentnifiE
cation to the 'info/testate men so imprisoned, sod.
most of whom were utterly ruined by the 'per-
secution they suffeted.—,—Sutely, a `Parliament
anxious to make Bitumen; to the country for the
suspension o'f its messt "invaluelee
privilege, while
they color Mieisters:with their shield, will suit leave
the sufferers by that infringement naked and helpless.
They are deprived of all legal course of redress by
this Bill. Beert thole who have commenced their or-
-1 thins fur image mitt stop—and the Public must ob-
serve that the rebieriptien which has been kindly
opened fnt tbAr. relief Must come short of the notes-
siry easitts..We trust that this recommendatiou
.eili not biresettcroked by the feeling and considerate
met bars •iir all parties, for. it is not a question of
.party, bat of benignity and justice.
THE'LATa 111 A Routs ota Awinconx.---On Thor,-
day, at one o'clock, the resselfe of :this Nobleman
weie deposited its StanserMi:;Charch, to which the
proeession passed throegh, Ski: Marquis's Park and
'sir. DRUMmoND.i ''Ten Noblemen and
Gentlemen follewed the, billy. Amongst them were,
the Esrl of ABERDEEN, Lord Ctommett., Sir Eo-
WARD lIAMILTON, the Bishop,.of LONDON, !fir
HAMILTON, the Key. Mr. Bowen, mod Dr. Paulin.
TON.
In consequence of the death of Sir JOHN AN.;
sTRUTIERR,•IIe3I in the Home of Commons becomes
vacant for the Fife district of Boroughs. Colonel
-4NSTRUTUTR, the uncle of the lets. Baronet, it is
supposed) will be elected without oppesitioai

TO COIttLESPONDLNTS. imprisonment Ministers
11.• The par.tcrtipb annosocing ? new pahliattionrelating tea pension pewee*. to urge
late diisinguitbed Orator. is Heide to Stamp nun, . •
suisith irtlie traty irelisesaiity ft troot imerteti. 'the ether Jointed men w
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neinner tlyinst their op.
...4 ' . .. portnnity of seekiag l'eg
Intrcg (kr ATOCKS•THus laY A.T tyrkilt O'CLOCK.
Honk Flock Me 5 pitr Cent. Nary 106 1054 their character, or whet
3 per rent. Red. 814 80j India hoods 98 96. p
tioec Cent..,Console tit 80 ---‘ Sioile 441 should be quashed; while I
Commis fur Ake. 80iii Gong Alio. 94/4 1516 ficiently unfortunate, she
.1 per Cent. 9/1i 99 Eselseilaer bilis 19 V 9 p

j5w41.44,44,,L.4111:14
.of A Lciaas.rp. 0 Kis% of Senor 14;111 SURIRI t. •
have issued ordel , in Iti&Oqi cto llu of thewlbove oat.
rage, to fit out a squadron for Ike purpose of de.
mending satisfaction. The Congress of Sovereigast
it is new said, is to be held at Aix-la.Chspelle..
By the articles from Sweden, ,we And that Prince
OSCAR, the son of BERNADOTTE, is Authorised to
exercise the powers of Sovereignty in Stellifit, aw,
ever the King and his father shall be both ill, sr both
absent. The anticipation of such events, not men.
tioned as likely at present, was probeldy °Hint ow,
tomtit not an indirect confirmation and ackstowlestg.
ment-of OSCAR'S fighti; ass icknowledgmenNiwAid,
could. net be directly required, with Out implyini
some doubt, as to their original sufficiency.
COURT OF K 1 G'S IRENCII.
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The Prisoner was brought into Court this sorn•2
log before tees, o'clock, in the usual wanner, and
took his place at the bar.• After Some' roaliai
business was . disposed of, aboUt• hall-past tee this
Court proceeded in the further topariiit of themes.:

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PkiFstrg • ACCOUNTS

Fite. l.y.A 'strong disagreement exists in Om
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. Royal Family. There is a' talk oft very sharp po-
' ;ideal explanation width has passed bstweep Mon.
isieu r and the Duke of Aegoeleme, his ann. The Ile.'
tails which are circulated abroad vary considerably.
They only agree in one point, which is, that Mon-
sieur keeps more obstinately than ever to his Ultra-
Royalist principles, and that it was this which brought
mmHg the scene of the Marian Pavilion, of whkb
every body has been talking fir some days. The
Count d'Artois, surrounded by ambitions or vio-
lent men, such as Messrs. de Bruges, de Vitrolle,
de Letyl, de Polignac, de Fitzjames, de %tate, Ma.
thieu de Montmorency, de Vihrage, de Cbateaubri-
hod, has the misfortune to yield to bad advice, to
tiernicious influence. All his household perpe-
tinily proclaim that one vast conspiracy surrounds
She Throne, and that the Minister 0( War (since
this last speech) is its leader. Titus the Count
tie Crazes no longer holds the first rank among
the conspirators, it is now Marshal Gouvion St. Cyr.
the Ultras cannot forgive the Duke of Angnuleme
iho'conduct which he displayed during his last juin.
nay to the west. Two words, union and oblivion,
formed all his political vocabulary, when he tra-
versed that district. • AU his efforts tended to extin.

gvish animosities, to reconcile parties, to procure
friends to the Bourbons.. The Prince still follows
the same system. Ile is ministerial, because theldi-
flirters hate the eonfideno of the King; and this is
snore than enough to incite against-bim the rage of all
4he factions of the Exclasives.
The Doke of Wellington arrived at Paris yester-
day evening. His Grace will no doubt be present to.
morrow at the grand dress ball given by the English
Ambassador. Every thing induces a belief, that the
important negociation relative to the private claims,
will go on with the greatest activity, under the
wquitable mediation of the-Noble Doke. The Corn.
missioners of Liquidation hate received directions to
arrange, as a preliminary proceeding, the claims
ender 36 heads, arid the :Ministers of the four great
Allied Courts-will constantly take the lead in this
segociatien. We are assured, that the system of
reduced payment proposed by the French Govern-
went will..bo adopted—a. measure which does not

please tise.minor PeWere, !'lire Commission of Li-
quidatinst .hats - appointed-Seer. Commissaries, oho
ire to take the charge 41411.cnmmonications with
ihe four. (teat Courts..eatbese CoMmissaries are
MM. 'de .ilerliier (Austriajil.:KrUhl (Prussia), Cen-
time's (the Notheilaodo) indliarcher (Tuscany).
It is said thas the Duke of ILlgusa has declared
himself decidedly against. the recruiting law, sod
perticulatly egainst the system of promotion. It is
reported that this Marshal' now receives political
coonsels from MM. de Bourienne and de Vitrolle.—
Some persons think that this conduct". of the Duke
of Ragusa discloses traits of atebitiou which be
vainly eadeivooro to disguise.

THE DANZ OF ENGLAND AND AIR.
RANSON.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN.
SIR,—You *eying in your Papers.' of 1.1441.14,
?Bth, and 31st ult. under the head at Police, nO-'
ticed this most extraordinary case (and without ex-
planation), to the serious prejudice of Mr. RANSON,
I beg leave to inform you that I this day attended Mr.
ItartsoN, accompanied, by his bail, to Marlborough•
Street, at the time appointed by the Magistrates,
'Cie!) Mr. WESTWOOD attended on the part of the
link, and Wormed Mr. 13xxxa, the presiding Ma-
gistrate, " That under the particular circumstances
sf this case, the Bauk declined to prosecute, he had,
therefore, to request that Mr. RANSoN be now dis.
charged, and that the recognizance, entered into by
him and his bail be withdraws)." I presume no ob.
j•ctinu call be made by you to give Ibis Letter equal
publicity with your former Iteports.---1 am, Sir, your
obedient seismal,

linrnur.ft. Inn, Feb. 6, ISIS. SR NI. JONES.
V. S. Mr. ItANsow•keeps the note in question,
which, as it now appears by law, he had a right to do.

COVENT-GARDEN.—Fast night a. grand selection of
Sacred Music was performed at this Theatre. The
principal performers were Miss STEPHENS, Miss
CORRI, Miss GEORGE (her first appearance), Miss
FRITH, Mr. BRAII AM, 'Mr...FINNEY, Mr. THORNE,
Mr. MILLAR, and several other- eminent performers.
The whole under the direction of Mr. C. J. ASHLEY.
The selection chiefly cortsissed of some of the finest
airs of HANDEL, ARNE, CaLcorr, &c. At the end
of the First Part, Mr. Ditourr played a concerto on
the flute, in which he introduced the air of Hope
lord a flattering tale, with bit own variations. lie
was rapturously applauded. In the Second Part, a
Master DoNALnsoN made his appearance for the first
time, and was very well received. His voice is re-
markably sweet, and his execution extremely forcible.
The other performers were received in the most flat-
tering manner.
The Loan 'CHANCELLOR has fixed the days for
hearing Appeals and Writs of Error in the Ilouse of
Lords on the Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays,
during theSssion of Parliament, on which days Mr.
VICE.CHANCELLOR will sit in the Court of Chancery
for the dispatch of Equity business.
The Bust; or Statue, of the late Wria.txte PITT,
cannot be placed more appropriately than in the Hall
of the Bank of England, to show the representation
of a mao who had contributed so largely to the benefit
of capitalists and the monied interests, to the great
Injury and misfortune of the best interests of the na-
tion, in the encouragement of unnecessary superflu-
ous expenditure, raised by severe and almost iiitoler.
able taxation of an oppressed People. it would be
a meritorious act of the Corporation of London, to
remove the Statue of this misrepresented character,
from the ache in which it stands (near that father, the
very opposite of the eon in politics, dignity of semi-
Lent, and principle), by a gracious present of it to
the Bank Directors, who may then vote their intend-
ed expense to the benefit of she Distressed Seamen.
From ao official account printed by order of the

louse of Commons, it appears, there ate at present
unfilled in the jail of Nensto, ender sentence of
death, fifty-four men and tea women. Their crimes
itber robberki et forgeries) bat no minder.

.. _..
•
.„,,,.• rriraz iNIIILLIGENGE. •
t: • DEAL, FEB. 8:7-Arrived _ this Vigilant, ~Scholea,
fore Zaute, forliplie—CioUse.dowii,(rum the River,
the Amity,' Anderson ; and Blenheim, Wilson, for
'St. Vincent's ; 'Anne, Coign, for Cape of Good
Hope; Alfred the Great, Davies, for Jamaica;
Faith, --., **for Quebec ;
.Minerva Smith, Aden,
for New York; Governor Halket, . Justus, for
Tobago ;Kinston, Bo wen, fo,r Jaws ; .Mars..Feard,
(Or Sierra Leone; Stokesly, Vote, for Trinidad ;
Duchess of York, --, for Buenos Ayres ; Ale!.
rose, Damn's., for Grenada ; Vigilant, Christie, for
Gediz; and Elizabeth Spoosser,„. for Jam lice ; and
remain With the rest of the outward-bound, amongst
which are the Princess Amelia, and the London, for
India.
PooTsxotrru, FEE. .6.—Arrived and sailed the
Urania —, from London fur St. Viiment's.—Tbe
Grace, —, from St. Thomas's, •which sailed with
the outward-bound, put back yesterday, and brought
up.at St. Helen's; she has sailed again to-day.
PLYMOUTH, FEB. s.—Arrived his Nlsjel-ty's ship,
Mutine, from Ireland.—Sailed the Domititra, Clask,
for Jamaica ; and the Dutch ships Perll3mbura, —.
for Surinam; and Johanna, Junket., for Batavie.
FALMOLTB, FEBIWARY s.—Sailed son.e Revenue
cruisers.—The sloop Confidence, Thomson, from,
Waterford for Jersey, which sailed front hence last
evening,was abandoned by the Abater sod crew in
Gerran's Bay, five miles eait.of this, in. the gale last
night; they had brought her up with two *itching
before they left her. She was fakes' posses ion of at
•day-light by the preventive boat, stationed here;
but ()Wing to the light winds to-day she has nut yet
arrived here.
Git AVEift4 D, JAN. 6.—Arrived the Vigilant, Mar.
tin, from Antwerp; Ilarmotiy, Dud worth, from do. ;
Flora, Cooper, from do. ; Libban packet, Tucker,
from Lisbon ; and James Bailie, Thompson, from
Belfast.--Sailed the Friends, Seven, amid Generous
Planter, 'flint's, for Jamaica; Renee-it, CI ornatte,
for Birbiloys; Henry. Statmock, for St. Viiicent's ;
Britannia, Irwin, for Trinidad; and Calypso, —,
(or Hayti. )

• STATE IN DANGER!
TREASON ! REBELLION ! A ‘,D RIOTS!
PROCLAMATIONS! REWARDS! AND STATE TRIALS!

What then 7 Why, we are authorised to inform
the Public, that Mr. 'ftlusts. EVANS, Or Nerreaslie-
street, has sersed notices of action on Lord Vis.
count Strimuum aod Sir NATI' AXI LL CNN A NT,
Knight, for wrongous: imprisonment to/iicted by
them, upon biroself and son, previoul7.sth; *int dur.
ing the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act.• Whitt
renders this case remarkable is, that these two-indi-
viduals were the only persona -.Ministers thought
necessary to select from the. whole population of this
great thetropolis, to confine under she Art, as a Suffi-
cient example to secure the obedience of a million of
People, to their arbitrary measures.
The farce of shutting up in solitary confinement
two persons out of a• million, fur conspiracy and
treason, and these two persons, a father and son,
constantly and doily to be seen employedt.in a shop in
the pursuits
.of industry, beggars all description and
a dises oritialogy—let any one answer this goes.
Lion, 'with whom were they conepiriog? Was the
father conspisisig with the son, or the soli with the
father? Or bow happens it that the Ministers could
not discover the third person connected with these
dangerous individuals ? What, only two persons, out
of the Populatiou of a milliou, to be found entertain-
ing the inclination to overturn the Government, in
Church sad State, of a mighty empire ; and these
two persons twelve or fourteen hours daily engaged
in a public shop, manufacturing articles for public
side? Can it be believed that the detention of
two such persons almost a year In prison, would
be et all necessary, to the destruction of their
health (for we understand the younger EVANS
has been confined to his . room nearly the
whole time he has been at liberty), the utter ruin of
their business and pecuniary concern, and a thou-
sand other concomitant evils attendant on such au
incarceration; leaving out of (l►e question the in-
fraction of the laws, that declare no freeman shall
be seized, imprisoned, banished, or destroyed, but
by the judgment of his Pens or the Laws of (l►e
Land—nor shall tie be denied right and justice.

The Observer of Te-morrow will contain a full
Report of the proceedings in the Court of King's
Bench, in the matter of Ashford v. Thornton, in the
I case of Appeal of Murder.
.At en early hour ve•terdsy mottling a fire broke
nut at the house of Mr. Newman, cheesemonger and
fruiterer, the corner of Glass Ilouse.street, Swallow-
street, -Piccadilly. The flames, when first observed,
Wired from the lower part of the pretnikes, and ra•
pidly increased in their fury, as in a few cutout's the
whole boilding was in a blaze. At this time the ut-
most alarm prevailed fot the safety of the persons In
the house, who we find escaped with great difficulty,
fosid happily without any injury, eicept the loss of
the whole of their property, A number of engines
were soon on the spot, and with the exertions of the
firemen the devouring element was prevented extend-
ing its ravages any further. The interior is entirely
demolished, nothing bet the bare walls remain stand-
ing. It is not ascertained by what means the fire
originated. A watchman, of the name of Flately,
whose bait was on the spot, succeeded la bringing
out two of the children in safety, at the ha=ard• of
his life; the poor fellow was much scorched tl► the
face oe the occasion.
ELANCHOLY EVENY—David Milne, Esq., an
emioent insurance-broker, was at Lloyd's, On Thurs.
day, transacting his business, in perfect health and
spirits ; at five o'clock he went to the Albion Tavern,
where he dined with a party of friends. Not com-
ing home all night, the greatest alarm and anxiety
was experienced by his family, and messengers 'ere
dispatched io all directions to ascertain the cause of
his absence. We lament to say, that information.was
yesterday received at Lloyd's of the body being
taken out of the River at Dockhead.
At an early hour yesterday.suorninn the bootie of
Mr. Pell, IS, Garden►-street, City-road, was broken
into, and robbed of property to the valoe of 351. con-
sisting of plate, linens and wearing appuel.

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IMPERIAL PARLUMBNT.
HOUSE. OF LO It I)S. FEE. S.
in the morning. Counsel w•ete heard on nppemli, fot de first
time this session. The ch,e9 *roc Ilusoolir c. 11:tie, owl Cur-
wick r. Tritiated.
Several Petitions were presedtml for Appeals and Private
Adjuurrod to Monday. •

• 'HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Lord FOLK F.STON L presented Pctii ions front jails Knight,
of Manchester, mod from Samuel Haystei, of Nottingham, tom-
plaining of t ujurt appreben.ion, and of wanton &I -treatment ;
nod prgyiog fur redress.—Tbey aereotdered to I iti'on the table,
and to be printed.
Mr. THORN II" brought up a Bill for the naturalization
of a Mr. Andrew Kay. *bids was read a first time.
Lord OsSU LS lON presented a 'Petition froto certain Watch-
makers of the n and County of Berwick. complaining of,
the duties demanded far Licences, and totting reitress.
Mr: BROUGHAM (Risers ed: that he could hate to
have heard some capita:a:ion as to the object of Hits Petition
from the other side of the House. stud bollllr ayurauct•s on the
Pubject. The Petitioners were art i.acs-of a considerable county
in Scollood. and felt their interests much aorieved. 't here
were former tetitions to a similar etect presented to the
Hose... Due or 'an at least 1841 )ear. The complaints related
to a part of the system of heopi• g up inset. in sass wherein
Ministers did not feel d to conic itt n dircet, open, awl
hottest et ay before Parliament. Ihe Act by which she tat was
imposed conid never bate been iotended eis apply to comdry
watch-makers, Its intent was clearly opOlicable to dealer, In
plate. Now, the most eminent of surh denies. for instonce.
111 es n. Randle at d Bridge paid only (nor pounds twelve
lings for • licence, and tchich was no more than what was re-
quired from a pour country walcit-inaker, who might sell ono
silver watch, worth but little, in the course of twelve months.—
Pint ineqUality could never have hero intended. Acts of this
detcripiloricsomeiltnes icy almost dormant, till it suited ibe
convenience of Al itLiters to resort to diem with the view of mi-
stime,
Mr. "LUSH INGTON said, that be was not quite aware of
'articular repnseutatiwta finVirg heeu 'sonde lilt the tat bject.-:-
-the Itftwourob e Measlier attest he ouare of the elithcoiltie,
'aitroding the makiog tit u graduated scale for licences of this
had.

Mr. BHOU6(IAM explained. The Aet could rot have been
inteeded so apply in this aay In natal-in:Atli,. It appeared
that Sir. Pitt nod tint etaertain that irte3, 2% be under•t I tints
at one mime that Hight 111 n Gentleman wilted to ptispirae
very moderate but general duty on the natrh-toaking trade;
hut that he had tan thought that the licence for tietiltug in plate
via. applicable to Ilse nateli- maker!, generally.
Mr. LON ti ith3ei veil, that it there wu.any thing it roil in the
matter. the proper WA) might •le to move the sepeal of the on-
ginal Ari as far as it ad', cted the *minion. But he cloth' out
bee that, II bile the law existed. th.te mold be any Jut occusa-
t ten again t litiverneurnt for timing upon it.
The Petit, on aa• (woofed to he on the table.
A Petition wa.3 presented by Sir. %lON F. V, and received,
from Wiltingtoo, in Salop, signed by Magi•tra'rs. t lei gy,
N.:alibi the practice of eor.pio)iiag bop to Ninth Awl :otteep

COMM I TTEE ON THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY.
The Order of the Day was 'nosed fur the uppuiumeol of :he
Cenueuiliee.

_..._._.......
Mr. 'I lERN EY rose and made souse remarks on the practice
f prrptalftg tOr bock Committee,. They migh• certainty.
he saystl titinscomiid tatAr tritehle by hat,iitg itreoated ior
them by Itioisters.- [clear !]—Kw tt M fit 14,4ne ;mace
that the tiameii of ember. t•lsoithl lie the manes He barb were
likely to attend the C ttttt maitre. (lem!rthett emelt! I,i,ce cue
• mewls of sums' inform :lion on that poi.d.
The Cleo k proceeded to read this names of Member. io the
aline' mode. 'There acre tries of Hear, hear! at the reiatiog of
smoe of the 113111,", particularly at ina.e of Lord Vulletint, Sir
W•aiender, &c. tromp toe Opposition Itenrhes. '
The SPE K Lit observed, ,hilt the twin: rumor of proceed-
ing was to read the names over again—Di.. no ! fui.n the tip.
pit neon liencheil —in order to Rise Gonileaten an oppnrionity
of slating any matter, 114 they might not have been pteseot at
the brig reading by the Clerk.- (No, ass!)
The Clerk then rend the names again t after which it Was
'weed that a Collllllllift shoold be nppointed of twenty-one
Members, to examine the butes given for the fin ute Committee,
and to report in the Donor thereon as to int. reoilts of the
ballot. This Committer. woritypointed. nue ordsked to With-
draw to the Speaker's eh:insist-it, nod the uaua of the t gents- I
one were read.
GAS LIGH/11.
Mr. CANNING presented a Pelltlrin fro* Liverpool, pray-
ing far the incorporation Of a Company ,to light the lotto of
Liverpool with tins Lights.
Received, hod referred to a Committee.

SU PP I.Y.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the Or-
der of the Uuy fur the Committee of NllppiV. phkh helost
agreed to. he then moved that the Committee should sit uu hiuu-
dtay.-orclered.
WAYS AND MEANS.
The CHANCELLOR of the. EXCHEQUER
roved the order of the day fur going into the Com-
mittee of Ways and Means.—Ordered.
He afterwards moped that the Speaker should leave
the chair.—Ordered.

The CHANCELLOR, of the EXCID:QUER
then-rose, and said that he wished to call the atten-
tion of the louse to some circumstances relating to
the financial affairs of the country. But his present
object was to propose the usual and annual quits,
and a fui Bier grant for the replacing of Exchequer
Bills. Ile moved a Resolution iii the Committee to
grant the annual Duties on Land and Malt, amount•
to 3,000,0001.

Mr. 'I I ERN EY remarked, itlist it appeared that
the grant requkite would amount to 33.000.0001,
The CHA NCELLOR of the .EXCHEQUER
said he should propose a vote of 30,000,0001. to re-
place Exchequer Bills.
Mr.7IERNEY said, it wos tjrahle to know
whether the 30,000,0001.. would be-enough to cover
the espences of the public service, so that no further
application for money would be reqoired before
Easter. InfOrinstion on this subject would be
factory. With re.pert to the.troiosiit fur Exchisquer
it was for services voted, awl for otber.pur-
poses. Bills outstanding and utipiovided for were to
be paid off; but if such bills came in, -he wished to
know w,hetber.4hey would absorb the two proposed.
Would the gra,iit, when added to the Laud slid Malt
Grant, be found sufficient for•the purpose?
The CHANCELLOR of abs -EXCHEQUER
Aimed, that. payment of the &chequer—WlG
es* part of the service of the year.
Mt.'l'lE:ll\Et said, that hit wish was to know
whether, if the bills came in before . Easter, they
Would absorb the sum to be voted ? Respecting the
re-placing of the outstanding bills, there was to be
added to the grant, the produce of the Land and
Malt Duties.
:There was *sum to be paid off. Wowfd
the bills voted to be• paid utf Ovoid the sum voted,
before Easter ?
. .
The CHANCELLOR of •the EXCHEQUER-
understood the•question of the Right • Honourable
Gentleman; but it was difficult and scarcely possi-
ble to give it a precise. answer. He could not
exactly state whet amount of Exchequer Bilis miglir
come in. They were liable to be paid off in four
months. •
Mr. TIERNEY was desirous to know whet were
the reasons for considering that the bum of j
30,000,0001. would be sufficient ? AlsW, whether the.l
6,000,0001. to the Hank were to be •paid oil in in.,
107? If it weredoue by Exchequer Bills; thevituation
of the Bank with the Public would recruits the saute
as it is. His•object at•preueat, under all the.circom-
stances, was to enquire and see, from day to day,
what steps had been taken by the Bank towsrds the
resumption of cash mamas. He should assume I

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