The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-04-19 00:00:00

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u,i,:ht be Rites to show that considerable advantages
,i,;ht occasionally be derived, both by prosecutors
sell defendants. from the progressive publics ion of a
t,;..! Many person., for inst ince, whose ac,;uaint-
=tee with the subject is nut even suipe,:ted, mud who
Lre. therefore, received no ikub;ierna as witnesses,
oar perceive, by what they read in tit, newspapers,
bat they alone can enable the Judge and Jury to as-
-:air. the real merits of a ease. and may be induced,
by ► sense of Justice, Ls come forward of their
era accord, molts, proffer their testinson. We know
this to base occurred sown years since in an introit:tut
tr:al, in %Lich the evidence thus adduced mainly con-
tributed to satisfy the minds of the Jury, and to pro-
&Le the acquittal of an individual, whose life would
rhai.s have otherwise b:en unjustly, though eon-
soientii.usly, sacrificed. On the other !avid, it might
happen that such Sc% idental evidence would serve to
convict a criminal who might otherwke Isa,e been
pr-nounted innocent. To individuals, therefore, the
ajr•ntages and disadvantages of a progressive publi-
cation seem equally balanced : but, towards the at-
tainment of justice in general, the advan•age would ap--
pesr most decided and manifest, if it were not attended
wit!.sneh inconveniences, as the l ossibihty of warping
the minds of the Jury in cam the newspapers should be
to teach tl:ess, or of creating a belief that they
hare !urn warred. It is this consideration no doubt
which has induced the Judge to issue Isis prohibition:
and it is certainly of a sufficient weight to justify the
ms,nsentary cbeek imposed on public curiosity.

itntlr an.l shaken are the foundations of all ()o.

crromentq ti, rtst not on the Ws:Lev:Able bask of the

feet! c!/ the Pe.ple ; and it ie of the emenee of all just
• Governments that the People should participate in the
nizhing of those Laws which affect their own litre
teal properties. It was to tuaintsits this principle
weed awl unimpaired that Hampden resisted the ins-
• position of :::e tax of Ship-Money. It was at his
own personal risk and cost tint he resisted the man-
date of arbitrary uneonatitutional taxation. But, to
sty noth!ng of multitude, of direct payet* of taxes, who
have ou. ti,e privilege, according to the corrupt prac-
tice of present systems, of being at all represented in
that Lerislatnre whence issues the bat of taxati-n--to
say nualitie of such, what must be thought of those
persons who, being constitutionally invested with the
power or clioustral their own Representatives, waive
this all-important privilege in favour of some Noble or
',teat man, to whom thy ba•adv submit the nosnini-*
ties of the person rho ie then ludicrously called their
Member If 'hum, who are excluded by a defectivt and
units, sestet!' from exere.ising the right which would
(wound their being taxed without their own consent.
are to lan pitied, :.re not the Sumer, who, fist 'the
sake at mule petty, local, ir supposed interest, resign
the ptivJelie with which they are legally invested of
Oahe:lap- their Rspreseatative, :Ma ut nut being taxed
;ma. !sailatlvelv contronled wiihout their consent, to
' b • ettgeTeilta irtterrisis"
ile,gr :dation Yet, still More monstrous, dm are
utbari, who tamely Amadun, or shamefully deLver
over this tight iu t.avi.a;r of cunning, and self-interested
rename %vito receive and appropriate to their own
use, or that of their families and friends, large per
duns al those taxes which these time-serving, right-
=trent:trim; indiv,dnals contribute to the payment of,
oat tithrir carter-a-1-(h
Nothing can IP more worthy of imitation than the
spirit and good sense with which the owners and os -
cattle:a of laud in Monmouthshire, state fairly and
manfully their grievances, and the cause thereof, in
the fallouing nitres:ice words :---Though " the
of wheat r.J ether rain me at the present time bet
tittle Li lee thaolhty reef ia the year 1;93, amd Ms
.fet.ree larensord dondroLd,- yet they have no wish to
be :Airiest by the enactment of et "e'er Co,a Pill, ur
by any "smote tchatercr vehicle may had tu imetease
tot crprom: tad diplexlty t!I house., to as already
rorepiaosil owd di•trtr•ed populenium." This is as it
should be ; and if properly followed up, and duly at-
tended tv, may even our: restore :woe part of that
real comfort and happiness, so cruelly sacrificed °flate
to are. take passion far glory, whicti, lid, yummy
is now unhappily eeperienciug, invokes the inevita-
lA. col...equines of accumulating taxation upon every
trie.l4: eat nee as well :15 luxury.
alit resent to Man: better and Salford they have
hitherto enjoyed the must profound tranquillity, a 3
tell as the neighbourhood at large; we have, how-
ever, information Anti may be relied upon. that for
s-veral. nights past nieotines have been held on the
mossea Isom three to ix miles distant, for the purpose of
trlirifte for information of the proceedings and results
of those atmcks wh...:11 have been medic ,ted upon
sludderstield, and upon other towns where the peace
has t.., yet been disturbed, and in case their wishes
for a out ce-.efui rising had been fulfilled, the gifluiglit
• oragregations were to he the instruments of spreailin!
tionary movements amongst the inhabitants of
4,4 f own populous towas.---(Mwerheeter Peeper.)
It r.'olved upon, that all the Monasteries are to
i.bullslied, with the exception of a limited *sm.
Ler. autl tees art to be contain-a to parsicalas toilers;
ti.ey have engrossed uue-third of the property in
this alteration must serve t really to repleuish
Ilae alataubil treasury. The army, trout atbout 200,000.
;I to be rednced to 'O,OOO men. The King, whose
tuatruul over the treasnry was absolute, is to have a
l'sed revenue---40,1300,000 of real,. Since I la, it
Is understood he has deposited large SUIII4 of money
r, the English Funds. The Duke del Flrri*S. shout
•u set out as Ambassador to London, is to have a re-
v.nee of 30,000 dollars.
The new National Spanish cockade hoisted is red
men, the size of a crown piece : it is put over
the usual Spanish cockade.

'Biscay is believed to be the principal part in Spain
Ind .1-gamble to the idea of a Constitution, as it is a
"At 01 iledepenflent State, and enjoying many r x:lusive
pritilers, •_u( h al exemption from stamps, and par•
tic 4 lac duties, ec •. The King is only " Lord of
Pticay."

THE ST,

SESSIO.VS•HOUSE, OLD B.IILEI'

WIDNISDAY.
This morning public curiosity was so great, that,
before nine o'clocL, every part of the Court was Bite-
rally crammed. Several Ladies were near the She-
riffs; and, among tl.c lientlemen on the Bench, Lord
Yarmouth, and some other persons of distinction, were
seated.

At nine o'clock Mr. Adolphus commenced a most
eloquent and brilliant address to the Jury in behalf
uE Thistlewood, which occupied the talents of the
Learned Counsel fur u.•at ly four hours, leaving off at
te•t minutes b..fore one. Every thing relative to the
law upon the subject, and the caution necessary to
be used by the Jun• respecting the testimony of sonic
of the witnesses, wet-, crged with much force, great
!troptiety, and considerable manliness, by Mr. Adol-
phus, in the above speech, which rattled the highest
.reilit upon his legal attar
The Logo Omar Jusrice eked Thistlewood if he
had any thing to ofrer.tv the Jury; but the latter,
Gosling that samething. he lisd to suggest to the
Court respecting our of the witnesses (Dyer), was tun
late, he observed " he was sali.tied.-

The suLICITon-GENrn tt. :tume.littely Conunenceti
his reply. complimenting 31r. Adolphus on the elo-
%weave lie had dilplayetl, and wal continuing. Mc au-
tirroi to the .'ury wl.• n i•ur ['aver went t.) press.

%lien our Paper went to pres• yo9terday. Mom-
ment was underrying his ex insination.
Ditrine thia p.•riud Lord Yarmouth C OW! into
Court. and wag provided with a seat in the Lurd
Mayor. 4

Mr. ADOI.P,It ent,i.-ex-rttined Monument.

Thomas 3lotinin. it, tlit• brother of the last witness,
wa4 now called, anti examined bi the Sous-viva-Ur-
NFRAL, in confirmation of his brother's testi= •ny. He
was t, +bortly cro--examined by Mr. Cumwoors. This
trinkets had vot been in custody. He is of the same
diminutive stature as his brother.

TI tttttt is Dwyer. of Gee's-court, Oxford-4'feet, brick-
layer, w.t the next witness called, and exatnined by
Mr. tintxxv.
The witnesses who were next called awl exatnined
for the Crown, were tkorge Cayloek, Richard Mundy,
Elizabeth Weston, and the following officers belong-
ing to Row-street :---Oeorge T. ituthven, James Ellis,
William Westcutt, Hugh Nixon, Wm. Charles Brooke°,
-- Champion, -- Taunton. Bishop, and La-
vender; also Captain Fiteelarem-e, and Serjeant Ed-
ward Hanson, of the Artillery.

A twut half past four o'clock the ATTORNICT-OF k-
RAL said the c.or on the part of the pew. ..cation was

Mr. Cur.woon rhea, ax .valor Cotinsel for the rti-
rmea, Addressed the ALI} at tinily length; and tlin
called the following witnesses Barker, Edw.
Hucklesion:, Joseph Doane, and John Whittaker.
About half-past six o'elork Mr. Apot.rnis request-
E.l that threourtswould Adjourn for that j.iv to !S-
-able Lim to prepare his address to Ow Jury. This
request was granted, and the Court Ad,ourtietl At half
i;ast

. The folowing 14 an extr.iet front the deb:ble, in tke
Home of Lords, whith appeared in msd
Curfmtr.,, 31tretrimr, April. I; 7(1 :----
Tb.• Earl of CHATHAM, having ;wetted that ithe
arrears of the Civil List (about ./.:bi;y,v411.9 wereprin-
cipally owing to the enormous stuns cepombod in
bribery and • orruptiun at the late gcner.ol
the Duke of I.lwirroN (who was Prime Minister
when the general election took ll,ce, vie. in 1,761.9
row up, and said, that 'uch a charge tunie with an
ill grace from a man, in //hose aduciui,tration the
sums lavished in bribery and corruption, at one ge-
neral election, exceeded thole expended in IL List by
41;0,000 !

Thr Sub -c lttee conducting Mr. Whitbread's
election fur the Chelsea di .trict, at the head of which
were Mr. Pension and Morrison, whore eTertions hare
been as unremitting as caravan, preceded. Mr. Whit-
breat In au open carriage, with a band of ruu,ic, and
a dag inscribed Chelsea Independence," to and
frum the hustings every day during the poll ; and on
Monday they hired, at their own expcita., carriages to
cunvey any of Mr. Whitbread's friends to the dinuer,
and brought them back. It is a bull stroke afillillst
the higher orders of the pariah Os they rail thcm-
selce,:). It is highly praiseworthy that su much spirit
has ,hervir itself in a parish so much under the influ-
ence of the Ministetialist;, who principally cumpu•:e
the• neighbourhood.
' Petition, will be presented to the House cf Com-
m rte alfairist the return of the present Members for
the following places, via.--liHrup's Castle (a double
return), Borunglibridge (a double return), Callinotun,
Ipswich, St. Ives, Nottingham, Truro, Wottun Has-

tett.
A Court of Aldermen was held yesterday at Guild:
hall, when the thanks of the Court were unatiimou•ly
voted to the Bishop of 01am-ester and the Reverend
A. K. ChOuvel, for their excellent Sermons at Christ
Church, Newgate-street, on the Monday and Tuesday
in Easter week last. 7he lintetnis-ioner- of the Court
of kesiu;sts for May were appointed; at various bills
were ordered for payment.
DUTY ON Hors.---An application by the Sus ex Hop
Plasters has been lately sent to Governno nt, respect-
ing the linty on Hops, praying fur au extension of
the time Of payment. The reply by Mr. Lushington,
is dated Treasury Chamber:, 2&th March, Itettlt,
stating, that the Duty Would be extended to the Ist
September, provided the Hops Wei.e b. bred In pre-
. mists approved of by Government, and under tke
joint lock of the excise and of the owners : but where
Government had no security but the poles tin the
ground, one-third must be paid down, at,ti the oitn-
ens enter into securities to pay one-third on the lst
of August, and the remainder on the 2Uth "eptember.
DcLi..--•A letter from Paris, dated April 1!,. says:.--
•' On ll'edn:Sday, the 12th instant, an affier of nenour
was adAsted the Buis de Boulogne, betsieen two
English Gentlemen, Mr. and Mr. D---; the for-
mer second,sl by Capt. H. S----pee the latter by Mr.
C. D---w----n Fortunately, nOthing fahl occurred;
and as it aro,: from some insinuations prjujicial to
Mr. 11-, propagated by his an!:.gotiis•, the la:t.:r
timatety g ire up his author."

SSMAN.