The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-02-15 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

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LONDON:
Tut/Inbar ESILNING, lIISILVAILT IS, 1821.

The osly impertaut article contained in the Paris
papers of the 12th, that have arrived this morning,
relates to Austria, and is dated Vienna, Feb. 1. It
is therein stated, that the report of the army under
the order of Oeneral Plinio:4y having crossed the
Po, is not yet confirmed. It is nevertheless consi-
dered as certain, that this movement will take place
between the Ist and lOth inst.

The Imperial Prince and the Archduke Francis.
have asked permission to serve as volunteers in the
Italian campaign.

A final delaration of the views of the Allied Sove-
reigns, relative to Naples, is expected in the course
of a few days.

It was on the 26th ult. that the Powers of Italy
were admitted for the first time to the conferences ;
Cardinal S ;'I N A on the part of Rome; Prince lit rrox
the part of the King of NAPLKI; the Marquess de St.
MARSAN. and Count d'Aatt F., on the part of the King
of SARDINIA : Prince Nutt Coasixt, Minister of the
Grand Duke of TUSCANS, and the Marquess Moms,
Plenipotentiary of the Duke de MODENA, who is in
person at Laybach, were admitted next d.y.
Letters from Corfu, says an Augsburg article of the
4th inst., announce that the Turks hate raised the
siege of Janina, and have retired to Narda or Arta,
en the South of Janina ; and also that the Suliotes
have declared in favor of Ali.
FRENCH Po N D5.—.411/411 per Cents. 84f.---Bank
Actions, 1500 f.

Among other subjects of an interesting nature that
occupied the House of Commons last night, was that
of a motion for leave to bring in a Bill, to rega&
late the appointment of Juries in the Trial of Criminal
Causes in Scotland. The Trial by Jury In Criminal
(uses, had time immemorially been established in
that division of the kingdom, though ♦ery lately in-
troduced in civil cases; but the difference between the
institution and functions of criminal Juries in
lewd and is

, sseuriiao to the statement
the mover, Mr. IiaNNEDY, considerable and important.
Other parts of the judicial practice in that country, as
pointed out by the Honourable Gentleman, and others
who spoke on the occasion, appear to be highly de-
serving revision and correction. in the first place the
power of the Judge in the selection of Jurors, and
the want of rower on the part of the prisoner to a
peremptory challenge, are points which every
friend to even-handed justice must acknowledge
demand redress. Under certain circumstances it cannot
but be difficult for a prisoner to meet with an impartial
trial; and we remember to bare heard in the once much
talked of case of Muxao Cassaau., the Exciseotan,
charged with shooting Lord HOLINTON, while his
Lordship was remonstrating or struggling with
him for sporting or poaching on his Lordship's
grounds, that as soon as the list of the jurors
was perceived it was pronounced that Camenam.
was not tried by his Peers, fur the majority of the
jurors were men of landed property, fond of the sports
of the field, and jealous of the invasion of their rights.
Another instance of a practice incompatible with every
idea of justice, is the authority alledged to have been
assumed by the Judges in Scotland, of substituting
the punishment of transportation beyond seas for
that of banishment. In the cases of Mcta, PAL.
DIM MARCIAROT, Stttaatxa, &C. this authority, as
Mr. M. A. TAYLOR observed, was, to the outrage of
every principle of humanity, originally exercised ; but
these, we find, were not the only instances. A case of
a similar description, we are concerned to learn, has
recently occurred. Such occurrences as these. in
such a season as the present, ought not to be allowed
to pus without due animadversion ; and we shall endea•
vour to recall the public attention to them on the
earliest occasion.

Sir Faaucts Buansiv, we are happy to learn, con-
tinues to enjoy good health and spirits, and as much
comfort u he can be expected to find under the priva-
tions he is doomed to suffer. He has the privilege of
walking on what is called the terrace, the enclosed
part of the carriage-way outside the high-wall of the
King's Bench Prison, leading from the Stone's-end.
His restraint is beguiled by the fragment company of
persons of the highest rook and character in the pull-
deal world ; among whom we have lately noticed
Lord Jelin Russau. and the Duke of Luxtruta.
It is proper, however, to add that it was not among
any gentlemen of this description, as was rumoured
sums time ago, that the idea originated of a
public sebseriptien for the purpose of discharg-
ing the patriotic BA UNIT.* 11... That Wea
was the spontaneous suggestion of sense of his
worthy old constituents of Westminster.; and, we
have authority to *tett, is co rreetirsa of the reports
that prevailed-on the salOsts his COONWltille with the

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plaa was serer asked. Thhi mistake aeon Yrltte a
visit that was paid to him since his emsluestent
some 8./ashram% of the Westminster Committee, OA a
business of a different nature.

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His Majesty, it is said, intends being present at the
hooch of the new beautiful ship the Prince Regent,
sow building at Chatham ; after which there will be
a Royal Review of the troops quartered there.
Lantana, JAN. 46.—1 t is understood that the basis
epos which the Powers have agreed to treat at Lay-
, back, are— first, the territorial integrity of all the Italian
States as stipulated in tie treaty of 1t414. Second—the
introduction into the States of Italy Representative
Constitutions.

OFIN.REANON FOR REFORMING A OOTERNMENT.—SI-
ciIy in its present state, affords one of the most re-
markable instances of depopulation recorded in history.
Once •cultivated in ext:aordinary perfection, the
granery of Rome, and cos with large towns ; now
only b small proportion of the island is under culti-
vation, and that cultivation is wretched enough ; and
instead of twelve millions of inhabitants which it
counted in the time of the Romans, it has now hardly
a million and a half.
One hundred and furry-six form the majority above
the number of those who toted fur the ci °sure of Mi.
nisters. These gentlein-n may console themselves
with this display of force; but their efforts will as
soon drive back old Thames to its source, as obliterate
4k• feelings of the majority of the People on this sub-
ject. Little most those Members know of the true
state of the country, who pretend to believe that the
persons who rally round the Queen, as an oppressed
sad injured woman, are few in number, wealth, talents,
Of respectability. Take from the whole population of
England all who are dependant npuii,or influenced by,
Bcivernment and their dependents, and nine hundred
land ninety-nine out of every thousand support her Ma-
jesty's cause. In vain do the interested part of the
community reproach or censure their more generous
brethren, Power may prevail over right for a time;
but the voice of the People will ultimately triumph.
Whether the Queen be guilty or innocent, the People
know, forms no part of the real question ; if she he
guilty, it is contrary to natural justice, and to the
spirit of our laws, to punish before trial and condemn
before conviction, If she be guilty, she is not con-
victed. The measures instituted against her have
failed, not because her enemies have been struck with
remorse, but because they believed that they would
sot succeed in their project. Again, natural
justice and law say, a person not convicted
is innocent in the eye of the la* ; and, if in-
nocent, the abridgment of her smallest right is injus-
tice. If her enemies could not substantiate their
charges, they ought not to have adduced them; hut
having adduced them and abandoned them, they admit,
by their actions, they have failed in proof or issio-
este. 'They averred that they tronlii demonstrate hie
'milt beyond all doubt ; they described her as a wo-
man licentious Without disguise for six years ; three
of these years, and these the last, they leave untouch-
ed ; and through the whole of the other half of the
period of wantonness they offer not one single instance
of actual gnilt. This most abandoned of women,
this openly iiCETlliellt impure, who is despised in all
emintries tlsoongis which she passes, fur her bold and
rooceeed profligacy, furnishes met bee stiessioiri, Sil
her watching domestic-, one art, one single act of
I adultery. All the evidence is inferential, all by con-
seqeence, no direct proof is adduced against her; and
yet, this bestial woman, whom her enemies describe es
the disgrace of human na'nrr, affords in all her eon-
diet not a single act on which even malignity can
fix, and exclaiui here is the damning proof—here she
fill! The one hundred and forty-six will not con-
vince the People 'list State necessity, or the abhorrence
of vice, stimulated the Ministers to assail a defenceless
woman !—(..eitli cd.)
Yesterday, the Protestant Dissenting Ministers of
the three denominations assembled at Dr. Williains's
library in Red-cross-street, with a view of considering
the projected bill of Mr. Brougham on the subject et
education. Several ministers had expressed their sea-
timents, and among the rest the Rev. Dr. Lindsay. A
friendly conversation having been finished, the Seer*.
tary, the Rev. Dr. Morgan, was proceeding to read to
the meeting a series of resolutions, when the attention
of the company was arrested by an appearance of se-
vere indisposition in Dr. Lindsay. He fell insensible
into the arms of those around him. Medical aid was
instantly called in, but it was too late. The spirit had
fled to Boil who gave it. The whole company were
too much affected by this awful stroke to proceed with
bus4ess. The Res. Dr. IVaugh, attended by a large
company of ministers, offered an appropriate prayer.
The ministers departed deeply impressed with the
powerful admonition on the uncertainty of iife, and
the necessity of being always ready for the stroke el
I dent h .
Daunt-LA,I2 meeting of the New
looters, or rather the 500/. Shareholders is shoe
We Theatre, as they are described, was held yesterday
is the Brand Saloon of this Establishment, for the pat-
pose of receiving the Report of the Trustees to whom•
lie management of their affairs had been entrusted, and
lilac (or the purpose of taking into consideration other
salters relating to their interests. The Chair was takes
at 1 o'clock, by Mr. FAILLE/BILE, who read the Re part
of the Trustees:—from which it appeared, as Mr. Robins
mid, that the New Renters' were now in full possession
Int only of all the benefits that hail been promised them,
bot of greater security for a return of their advances.
Mr. Calcraft congratulated the Meeting on the improved
aspect of the affairs of the Theatre, and particular the
text of all the tradesmen's bills having been liquidated.
Jo conclusion, be observed, that the New Renters bad,
by the liberal meaner in which they had come forward,
secured one of the most flourishing concerns of its ria.
'twin the metropolis.
.law Costsv.—Signor Pons, Astronomer ef the
Ppeby of Lucca, discovered the new Comet, on the list
Ilost last month ; and perceiving from his observations
the next evening, that its tail was becoming more visible,
and its light more intense, he concludes, that this
Comet will become visible to the naked eye.
The 90th regiment, which sailed from Plymouth on
lOW Bth November, have arrived at Malta. The regi-
ment made the passage in 21 days, including wren in
which the vessels were becalmed off Cape de Oat.
The transports sailed a few days atter their .arrival
with stores for the British fleet in the Bay of Niples.
A sabscription is now going on is Greenock to per.
chase a piece of plate, to bt presented to Captain
Jowl x ALMcwa, of the Caplets, da Ponta, who so
eneronsty rescued the servixors of the Almost trans-
• from their perittun. si madam, after the Ism' of that

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Som. Tenn: was indicted for stealing t torines and
other poultry, the property of Ann Wicks.
tleorge Taylor, a Limitable, deposes' that he went to
the lodgings of the primmer, and in the otal-hale disco.
tered • hamper in which were tarkiea picked, and
other poultry. which he said, were swig from his mother
in Suffolk. he took the prisoner to the Watchouee. The
Lead sad legs of a game rock were produced, which
were sworn to by the Servant.
Thehtry found the prisoner Onilty, tut recommended
hien to mercy.
no. Doling and .lohn Billing, were indicted for steal-
ing a great cost, value 31. the property of Catherine
Kent.
A servant of Mr. Kent deposes!, that in the evening..
about 7 o'clock, a had knocked at the door, and 'Molted
if* Alr.Watacin lived there. He delivered a note, and said
that Ise brought it from a Mr. Williams and requested
an answer. lb delivered the note to Mrs. K. and heard
the street tlo•sr shot, he immediately TAD out and saw the
prisoner Billtng, standing near the door, he enquired if
be had seen a man reit out, he said he had, and sent him
in a wrong direction.
tiuilty—Billing, Not Guilty.

ARCTIC Earenttion.--ErrecT or TRR
When John Smith, one of the men who loss his fingers
by the frost on the 24th of Feb. put his hand into a
basin of cold water to thaw is fingers, the cold com-
municated by them to the water was so great, that a
thin film of ice was formed on the surface! 'Another
circumstance also demonstrates the extraordinary ra-
pidity with which water was converted into ice, during
the time of die ititense raki, -and is aniwalieled in the
history of congilation. On the 15th or 16tli of Feb.
the morning when the thermornetet stood at 55 deg.
below Zero, one of the officers, (we believe Mr. fisher,
the Surgeon.) took a. bottle of fresh water up to the
main top. and poured the water throegh a-cullintler;
and by the time it reached the roofing of theshiy, the
drops rongealed into irregular spherical pieces of ice,
which the mate of the ship, Mr. Crawford, received in
a tin dish. The height of the main-top wavnot shoe'.
forty feet, so that, according to the law of falling bo-
dies, the water must hare been frozen in leas than
two seconds of time.
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
East-India House, whet, General Sir Alexander Camp-
bell, Bart. K. B.C. was sworn in as Commander-in-
Chief of the Company's forces on the Madras esta-
blishment, and Member of Council at that Presidency.
The General afterwards dined with the Directors. at
the Albion Tavern. The following Commander took
leave of the Court previous to their departing for their
respective destinations, vie.—Captain O. Weisser',
tleneral Harris, and Captain A. Lindsay, Kellie Cottle,
fur Madras and China; Captain 11. Cobb, Kent, sod
Captain 11. Scott, Charles Ocant, for hoinbay and
Chins. _ _

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A meeting of the inhabitants of Onilford was held
on the 9th inst. in pstrsnnnee of a requisition to the
Mayor, to consider the propriety of presenting petitions
to both Hooves of Parliament to restore to her Majesty
all her rights and privileges as Queen Consort, anti to
take into consideration the distressed state of the coun-
try, and the necessity of a reform in the Commons'
House of Parliament. William Sparks, Esq. the Mayor
was in the chair ; Mr. lissome Foster proposed, an 3
sr. Finnimore seconded the resolution,; Mr. Foster
Mid fir ifirtriew llmmileesim *reline ; and the several
motions were carried without a dissenting voice.
We are informed, that on Christmas night a smart
shock of an earthquake was felt alone the west coast
of Itintail and about Loch Hoorn and the intermediate
places. It %las also lit about the heights of °lest-
moriston, and in other central places of the country.--
(.li!ei deco Jayvee.)
Monday came on before the High Court ofhisticiery
Edinburgh, the trial of Francis Adam, accusni of
falsehood and forgery, by forging bills on Oen. Sir
Robert Abercrumby, O. C. 11. After the indictment
was read, the panuel pleaded Ouilty, to which he ad-
hered after a Jury was chosen. He was sentenced by
the Court to seven years transportation. The panntl
is a poor-looking old man.
A young lady has been committed to Ylork Castle,
for refusing to answer questions put to her hi tbe Com-
mis/loners, in a case of bankruptcy.
ALARMING PIRK.—ERINIIVROII, Fee. 12.-7Yettetslay
forenoon, between nine and ten o'clock : an alarming
fire broke out in the ntill-tionse of Sunbury distellet7,
Bell's Mills. On the first alarm, a great number of the
police, and the engineers from different insurance °etas
proceeded to the spot, but the combustible nature of tbe
articles io the still-house rendered every effort to stop
the flames unavailing, as they raged with such fern, that
the roof fell in about as hour after the fire Itas disso-
vered. By the exertions of the firemen, the police, and
persons on the spot, the flames were prevented from
communicating with the other extensive premises, other-
Wise the loss would have bees very peat. A very me-
lancholy accident occurred during the fire to six perverse
who liad got on a wooden bridge on the outside, which
rotiononicated from the still-house to another part of the
distillery. It having been found necessary to cot the
bride, in two, to prevent the fire from teaching to the
' opposite aide. Ilene persons had use too awn the tad,
when the bridge gave way, and precipitated them from
a height of three stories among stones and rebhisf..
Three were slightly bruised, but the other three were so
severely hurt, that the life of one of them is despaired of.
Two were carried to the Royal Infirmary, aid the third
to his own house. A detachment of the 7th &tiler:es
from the Castle were on duty to Wier,. order.
AIRTT Mites a DAT MATCM too Tories loccasaira
Dcrs.—Mt. Young, wire started upon this Morcott's
task on Monday, arrived at Hsatingonti at eight o'cloak
in the evening, perfoensiser the 10 wiles is 14 bean. H.
started again at three o'clock on Tuesday morsing, and
our informaat left him fresh and will four miles from
Grantham, Lincolnshire, at fog, o'clock In the afterseeS.
His route will be in the line of Glassow mail as fur as
Ferryleidge, through 011ettos, Irotlourp, Doncaster.
Ike. The match is for 106 gases..
Sekantste.—Martin's battik at .the rives-tsars, os
Tuesday, lied its full shares( patronage, sad the set-
ting-to was good.—The GawLight Mai sad Crawley.
—This was es,ezrellest best, sad 'Crawley lad stem
the worst of his meanly adreeresq. • it was a radmaill
touch. Mirtis and lies flews whit a good set-tier---
Spring and gales sbewed smell sod were lastly
cheered. Cooper the Oipsey sad &trip neared moult
goodness, aid kit ivy arsteilr..;* Orpery ispd
the Wit of it; .
Piet? 0111?.—Parsell'itarbsre Ariakell plasm
to Mattis oft Tosieday eves= Is very It
flioarsan este, C•swaila Mode
.100 guineas last- sight. fin the 110iiiitellait
April.
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Utegion has real 1111 prfissegy
Gallery, ie Deb a, for teach* am
irsg, sod lie school is well assailed 1 eidiallel.

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