The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-05-11 00:00:00

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, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. COVeNT-GARDEN
TO-MORROW EVFNIN( wilt be wood,
the Play of

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v COLONEL WARDLE. 1
. QUBSCRIPTIOII for indemnifying COLONEL
1.. j WARDLE egainst all Losses, Charges, and Expenses
beauty have sustained, or he liable to, in consequence of his•
exertions in the Public behalf, particularly during the last
Session of Parliament ; and to express the setae of the Natiou
on his independent, undaunted, and patriotic conduct.
AMoVINT ADVERTISED - £4,095 13 0
LIVERPOOL, per favour of PAlssag.
Thomas Rawson, jou. Esq. 1227 Subscribers £32 10 0
*.T. G. Crump -£5 0 0 Ma lunar's.
Edward RoSene - .5 5 0 Thirty-flue Members,
Thomas Booth -5 0 0 front room, Haunch •
Col. Williams - 1 1 0 of Venison Glob- - 89 6
Win. Robinson - 1 1 0 Magna Charta men 16 3 0
.1. P. Wilson - -, 5 5,0 John Russell. Esq. ‘ 1 1 0
Edward Ilainnett • 5 5 0 Walaltilliasast...... -•-,
I'. Womb- 4 ". I 1G A few Patriotic
Joseph B. Yates ,- 55 0 Friends -
.T. A. Yates -, 5 5.0 - Pciot.g.
W. R0.e,.. - -10 00 I Christopher Spurrier,
Rev. W. Shepherd 55 0 141- - -5 5 0
Rev. T. Hotilbrooke 55 0 W. Spurrier, Esq. 22 0
.loh,n Richartl.on - 5 5 0 William Freaderfla‘l,
Thumas Robinson - 5 501 Egg. .• • 2 2 0
Dr. Coltman - -1, 101 F. P. Garland, Esq. 1 1 0
'J. C. . 1 1 0 G. Kcmpe, Esq. - 1 1 0
J. Frans - - 1 1 0 Mr. P. Jolille - 1 1 0
J. Boult - , - J les- Mr. Rohe - - 1 1 0
C. Worthington - 1 1 6 Mr. J. Bristowe - 1 1 0
.1. Fletcher, jun. • 9. 9 0 Mr. Thomas Bell 1 1 0
.1. Boillick - .•.1 1 0 Dovga Sithseription..
.T. K. Casey ' . 8• 0 0 W. kiiigsford, Esq. 1 2 0
Henry Ellison - 20 0 A Friend - - 22 0
Thomas Martin - 5 5 0 Din.. - - 1 1 0
W. Ratlibinie - 5 5 0 Ditto T - - 1 ,I 0
Wilson Ledger - 010 6 Ditto - - 1 1 0
James Cart ley - 0 10 6 Ditto - - 1 1 0
•Thisenai Ranson • 3 001 Srxxrnaa. per favour of
T. Rawson, jun. -• 2 0 0 T. Drakard.
Robert Fletcher - I 2 0 The perturbed Spi-
Samuel Reid - 0 70 , nit of Allan Mac-
'W. Thornley - 1 1 0 lend - - 1 0 0
'James Smith - 1 1 0 Iluxriscooa.
Thomas Belton - 1 10 J. Mervin, Esq. - 1 1 0
John Jones - • 2 2,0 J. Ibberson, jou. - 1 1(I
William Hilton - 1 1 0 1. Ibbersua.-Esq. - 1 1 0
Thomas Green - 2 2 0 I. llibers ttttt jun. - 1 1 0
Emir+ Harvey - 5 5 0 John Saunders,
,jun.
Sarah Harvey - 55 0 Esq. - - 1 1 0
Charles Ran !bison 010 ti 1 Francis I bberson, sen. '
William Harvey 55 0 Esq. - - 1 1 0
William Dealt - 22 0 W Saunders Esq. 1 1 0
John Haney - 1 1 0 John, Ingle, ::.' q. - 1 1 0
A. ('. - - 2 2 0 Mr. M. West - 0 5 0
Joseph Yenta - 5'5 0 ' Footslog, Sostraser. 1
James Cropper - 5 3 0 Enemies to Cornip-
William Doming - 1 1 0 Lion - -1010 6
John Slater - - I 1 0 BURY Sr, EDMUND,.
'. Alevauder Carson - 5 5 0 T. Clarkson, Esq. 2 2 0
A Friend - - I U 0 I). Newman - - 0 2 6
Mark Stevenson -• 1 10 j SOCTU BRIDGE, tint,-
ineg,-,,, - - 5 0 0 lIVRG rt.
sJoseph, Baines - 1 1 9 From one who ivislws
John SWanwick - 1 1 0 Colonel Wardle
"E. and W. Smith -• 1 1 0 had more Friend,
Samuel Fogg - 010 6 and a great • Lord
R. Preston, jun. - 2 2 0 le.s influence in this
.1. Woodhouse, jun. 1 1 0 city - - 20' 0
James Looms - 2' 2 0 CIIIPPENHAM :
Joseph Smith - 1 1 0 The subscriptiuo uLts• -' •• '
Robert Tote • ' .." - 0 1 0 few friends 19 0 0
Thonias Lodge - 1 I 0 J. Fletcher, F. q. 10 0
Jahn Woad - 11 0 1
J. Haiti -Id, E.g. 1 0 U
Richard Ratlibone 5 5 0 Wisoccsrea .21 Subscription,
A Friend, per J. per favour of Robert lel-
; Smith - 1 1 0 ton, Esq. :
3. Woodhouse, jun. 1 1 0 S. Overton, Esq. 1 0 0
J. B. Wrig:it - 0 '2 6 Mr. Bowen - 0 10.6
Richard Presion 1 1 0 Mr. Pemberton 0 3 0
William Preston 1 1 0 Mr. Brace - 0 26.
. Joseph Ilatieox 1 1 0 I. J. J. P. and T. D. 0 3 0
John Platt - 1 1 a A ICLESIBURY :
James Harvey 3 3(I Thomar Danancy 1 1 0
Thomas Smith 11 0 John Ashby - 010 6
J. Smith - 1 1 I) Philip Payne 0 51)
•W. S. Roscoe 5 5 0 J. Jackson -0, 7 0
N. Brownbill, of James Ball - 0 5 0
• Whiston - 010 6 Nine Friends - 1 3 6
Houghton Hamm: 010 ll W. Woodman and T.
Robert Willful 02 6 Higgins - 05 0
Joseph Gibbons 11 0 John Brooks - U,7 U
William Allport 0 2 6 B. Davis and D. Jen- .
.hoei Frente 5 5 0 king - 05 Q
John Clarke - 0 5 0 Jinni Peek - 010
W Miaow Shears 1 otl Thomas 11'11 0 10 6
James Smith • 1 0.0 John Cheese - U 5 0
Coopers working with Josses Margison 1) 7 0
Mr. Smith Ilb 0 Juba Ron o - 07 0
A Friend to those who W.llitchcock 0 10 ti
thwart Corruption 1 0 0 James Lewes 0 5 0
Mr. Bailie - 1 1 0 1..1. and J. M. 0 3 0
Mr. C. Barnwell 1 1 0 11. S. W. N. &T. V. 0 3t.
* The slims from star to W. Brashy and J.
star have been advertised he- Curtis - 0 5 0
fore; but at the request of the Nine Friends 1 0 0
Gentlemen at Liverpool, they liaisTnt.:
arc reimeerted With the addt-. A• tribute of respect
tional names, in order to imtice mkt gi atitude, from
their List complete. ' 'a few• friends at
Uvula-, 3d Subteription ; .Tolio's Porter iloase 6 0 0
Upwards of 50 friends Ftoat
.the city of Rocs) Es-
t.. the Constitution - r cu, per favour of Charles)
in its parity, and , Larltils. Esq.: 1
enemies to corrop• Mr. W. Coombe 5 0 01
' thin, in Army, ' Mr. T. Hulks 2 2 0
Church, and State 5661 W. Epps - 11 0
James Lambe 1 I'o J. P. • - 10 0 0
.1. E. yreelaud 1 1 0 Aii Englishman 1 1 0
Wm. Crook . 1 10 A few Carpet
John Chapman 10 0 WV:lVerg • , 015 6
Henry Friend ' 1, 1 0 240 Odd Pence. from
John Owlett 1 1 0 Lodge Nu. 24, Read-
-30 Young Citizens 1 0 0 Mg • 1 0 0
W. Mothers:olmp 1 1 0 A simal tribute of a
C. Larkin - 1 1 0 few butchers. welt
Mrs. Larkiu - 010 6 wishers to goal or-
Miss latrkia - 0 5 0 der, hut enemies to
Mis- C. Larkin 05 0 corruption, from the
Two yowl; Brick- White Hart, Fleet-
layers - 05 0 market • - 210 (1
W. Chlillev - 010 6 W. J. Roberts, Esq. '2 2 U
J. Wickeialen 0 2 6 RoflertWilliams,Esq:
20 Y item; Citizens Riiihen • 1 1 0
belonging to the Dunier HarrisoniEsq.
chile called Con- blinzione - 1• 10
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vivials -- • 1 0 0 Mr. Peck. forge"
Astinr.ng-ga-loucit : Willingboro 1 1 0
A few Friends 10 0 0 Thos. Silas, Westinin-
WARD or litseneSGATC: ster • 0 7 0
F the indepen. S. S. If. - 2 0 0
dent inhabitants 32 0 6 Fritiu Clifton 2 0 U
Stitirli irt nit : A. 11. - 1 1 0
27 Friends to peace A Friend to Constitu-
and retitrrtn -fre-, .tional Liberty 1 1 a
quenting the. par- Enemy to Corruption 1 1 0
Jour of tneOld Ship, From a few Carpet
Stone's End 6 0 0 Weavers; towards
Ilogrov : the man that dans to
A few Friends to detect Corrnp.iion 1 ' 0
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*** Place', for the Boxes to be-takes rtt•Mr. firaudon, ut
the New Bux-otice, in Psiares-place,llust-titreet, trim; ten
till four.
Loves, 741 Pit, Ss 64. ; Lower Gall. Qs. ; Upper Gall. Is.
Phis Evening, The Merchant of Venice.

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British Constitit- ' IC. D. 010 t
tiiin, mid Lae- . , Magna Chan 0 5 0
tuies • to Corny Bator Right! 0 5 0
lion, Weavers' Nut a Tory - 05 0
Arno, Saunders An old Whig = 06 0
Gardens - - 2 5 0 Friend to Reform 0 5 0
Alcv. Galloway, A Physieian - ,1 0 0
High Holborn 1 1 0 Mr: AtonesTubbs CM-
J. Mitchell (hetter I chaillari? : • 1 0 0
late than never) 1 1 0
Ilaving beed resolved; nt a meet in of lie .Conitnittee. ap-
pointed to comluet toe foregoing Subscription, that it ,hould
be closed on Tuesday, April ld; it is etstpitirited, that thewe
gentlemen, in whose hands any subscription May he remain-
' t ng) will have the goodness to transmit the same to
liAslUliti BROOKS, Treasurer, London.

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IMPERIAL P4RLIAMENT. •
HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 10.

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Ina Committee of Privileges, the Judges; according . to
order, atteuded to hear Counsel on the Ilattlatry Peerage,
when the further consideration was deferred to a future day.
Several Inclosure, nod other private Hills, were brought
.up by the Commons, and read the first time.
The Commissioners of. Sewer's Bill was read the. second
time, and ordered to be committed.
SPANISII PAPERS.
• Lird 400.RINGDON, advertint to f-
lail and-Political
kthat hates telly
1411 e. Papers already laid upon *heir Loru..
ble ; nevertheless, after a careful penal)l of all
alioSe Papers, and a due applitition of them to
the great object of the inquiry before the House,
he was clearly and conscientiously persuaded, that
further documents Were-necessary. "On this con-
viction he should moves that Papers and Extracts
from the correspondence between Mr. Stelart,
Mr. Frere, Mr. Secretary Cunning, and the Mar-
quis Wellesley (the specific dates .of which his
Lordship stated) be produced by Ministers, its Id.
dillnn to the Papers already presented.
The Marquis of WELLESLEY could not.l
discover any new or useful information that 'was
likely to arise from the production of the Papers
moved for by the Noble Lord ; yet, since hi was
not aware of any injury to the public business by
the production of the Papers desired, he should
not oppose the motion.
It was of course acceded to ; after which the
House adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS,VaY 10.
*PETITION.
Mr. SIMEON said, that ho had great Pleasnre
in offering to the Rouse a Petition- from the
rough he had the honour to represent, which form-
ed a striking contrast with some, which, on. ac-
count of the language in which they had bean coo.
veycd, had been rejected. • The language of this,-
though firm, .as it ought to•be, was respectful, and
exhibited a good illustration both of the freedom
of the Constituent and the true character of the
RI-presentative Body, which, es its power was
derived from the people, could never be better
exercised than in relieving its grievances, anti re.
ceiling with open doors its complaints, when pro.
perly and respectfully conveyed. The Petition
(which prayed the release of John Gide Jones
and Sir Francis Burdett) admitted the right Of the
• House to commit, not only its own Members
but also any stranger, for any breach of privilege,
where necessity required it ; but that such neces-
sity was confuted to the case of obstruction mere.
ly. The same •ecessity, in the opioion of the
Petitioners, did not exist in the rase of libel upon
the House and its Members; and therefore, in
their opinion, libel ought not to be punished by
the !louse, but considering that freedom of per-
son and freedom of the press were so essential to
political freedom, such complaints ought to be
• prosscuted at coaimon lair, and brought before a
-Jury. • Mr. Simeon said, •he had the misfortune
to difer with the Petitioners in this distinction ;
atter the maturest consideration, and looking into
the Records of the House, and after heating those
able arguments which had employed so much of
its times. 'l'he House having no public legal or.
gin of its own by which it coups prosecute, must
depend upon the Crown fur its permission to its
Attorney-General to prosecute. Pending prose-
cution, if commenced, the Attorney-General
might stop the prosecution by nolle prosequi at
any time, which made the popular branch of
the Legislature.dependent upOn the Crown, and
might- be attended sometimes pith the dan.
ger of compromising part of the liberties .of
the People, er of the privileges of the House
(which was the same thing) as a price of pro-
secution, or endanger a feeble and inefficacious
prosecution by the CrOwn, if it-had any iitterest
which was in opposition to the privilege contended
for,, as might frequently happen. Now supposing •
the Crown to lend its aid,- and to do itsduty. ef.
fectually to the prosecution, the whole must turn
open the construction of the libel by the Jury, •
which (night he contrary to that of the House, in
which case, the third branch of the Legislature,
consisting of 658 persons, comprehending as' a
body the great bulk of the property, • talent, and •
education of the nation, and exercising practical.
ly and in effect the largest share of legislation,'
would be subjected to the judgment of twelve Ju.
.rymen, whose opinions upon the construction of
a written paper might leave the House of Cum.
mons under such contamination of, character as to
expose them to the contempt of the nation,. tied
the triumphs of the Crown. No man had a inure
ardent love for the trial by Jury than be had ;
considering it as the palladium and shield of the
public liberty, and that the freedom of the press
was equally essential. The only objection could
be a fear of trusting the House of Communs with
this power, which, however, it had exercised for
two centuries at least ; but considering the trust
the trust reposed'in the Crown, in the exercise of
its prerogative, and the trust reposed in the other
, House of Parliament, which was the ultimate and
final Court of Judicature, binding finally by its
decisions the propertyo the librlies, .and life of
the Subject; he could not think that the cool and
judicious part of the nation would be afraid of
trusting to.their own elected Representatives a
power to commirfor libels which, at tending to
vilify the Continues branch of the Legislatures un.
-detrained the true freedom of the public, and
opened the way to all the blot:lashed and miseries
of anarchy and conclusion. lie ConCluded With

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moving ".That the Petition do lie On the
bie." •'
Mr. SHAW LEFEVRE Seconded the tnotioi.
of his Hon. Colleague,' and eaid, *be felt great sa-
tisfaction that • the Petition was *so pure, and the
language so respectful, as to defy even the most
fastidious to raise any objection on ihat head. -If
there was any thing exceptionable in the prayer of
the Petition, •

uaanimons.
The motion passed; and the petition wait receiv-
ed and read ; and in addition td the opinion it ex-
pressed of the greater expediency of proceeding
by trial by .litry in cases similar to those to which
it alluded,- it prayed for the liberation of Sir Fran-
cis Burdett and John Gale 3 ones. •
The Petition was ordered to Lie en the Ta-
ble:
Mei SHAW LEFEVRE then rote and Said; he
had in his hand another Petition, which he begged
leave to over to the House. It was voted at the
same meeting, and. transmitted at the Same time
with the Petition just received, and prayed for a
Reform in the Representation of the United King:.
dons in the Commons House of Parliament. It
was couched in decorous and respectful language:
It stated that the necessity, of Reform was more
than ever apparent since the commencement of the
present war: It adterted to• the opinions expres.
'sed in former petitions and discussions oh the sub.
ject, and also to the opinion expressed by the
Speaker on the point of obtaining seats by par.,
chase ; and it prayed for the.eStablishment of tri.
ennial instead of septennial Parliaments. lie trio.*
ed that the Petition be now received.
Mr. SIMEON seconded the motion, but beg,
ged leave at the same time to observe,ithat Oho'
the requisition to the Mayor for convening the
meeting at which the Petitions were voted, had
been
,signed by a number of respectable persons
who were voters, yet the meeting consistedd the
inhabitants at large, whether voters or nit, wire
,were very numerous ; so that the voice and opi-
nion of the real 'Electors might be completely
drowned by the voices of those who had not that
elective franchise, which might mislead the House.
There was nothing to guide the Iloutte but the •-
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games which were subscribed to the Petition; and
,here there were no more than twAre names. Sub.
scribed, though he did not doubt but that there
was a nninerous meeting, of diffetent descriptions,
and many other voters amongst them. Thom
who had signed were very respectable in situation
and character. Ile had noticed this distinction
the rather, because those who were in general the
secret .engines of these meetings (he did not sly
that was the case here, the requisition
,to the ,
Mayor having been signed by a considerable neat.:
her of voters) were desirous; for their owti per.
poses, of bringing in a multitude or persons;
whether eleeturs or not, to carry a favourite
point ; nut considering, or else intentionally cow►
ocalitig from the real electors, that it was an act
of political suicide on their part to suffer their
opinions to be swallowed up by a chew of hands
of every person present, of whom; pdrhips, nioti
tenths might not be ,voters.. This was an intimi.
dation of the real voters, who, perhaps, durst
not express their opitiions upon popular subjects
urged by artful demagogues, for fear of the mdle
titude that surrounded them. lie titlinittedi add
.gloried in the admission, that the humblest pea.
soot, as well as the wealthiest gentleman, should
be the object of our care and attention ; and that
the property," and privileges, and life, of the
poorest was as much entitled td protection, and
had a right to petition this House upon every thing
be felt to be a grievance, as well as the richest ; all
he meant -to.argtie etas, that those who were the
legal tlectors were the constitutional judges of the
conduct of their memhers, and of the representa..
live body which they had elected : and that think
political opinions, for the sake of theingelves end
of their own independence, ought to be kept se.
pirate, in order 'to preserve their character and
weight in the Constitution; for they would Speak
with more weight when they were to Speak the
pure voice of the Constituent body.
Mr. WARD said, it was impossible to Suffer
this Petition to pans without some answer to what
had fallen from the Hon. Gentleman. Was it
possible that ant, Member of that House mold
say there wasiaiy man in this kingtioM who had
not as good a right to discuss and to sign a Yeti.
tion of that nature praying for a Parliamentary
Reform, as any freeholder or burgher in the king.
dont, however legally authorised ? If any ono ,
argitineist could be stetniger than another for Par.;
liamentary Reform in the constitution of that
House, it would be the denial of that right to
cussion and petition in the persons aho arc tint
freeholders; or burgh,ers„ id corpeeale towns.—
Would it be said that the inhabitants of those
great and wealthy manufacturing towns; Nan.
Chester, Birmingham, and others he could name;
had no right to discuss nor fd petition Parliament
for Reform, or for any other purpOSe in which
their interests *ere concerned ?
Mr. SIMEON rose to explain. HO had bent
ranch misunderstood by the Hon.. Gentleman. He
' had particularly guarded against the construction
which had been put upon his words ; for he '
witted in the fullest manner, and rejoined in the
right of every (me, 'even the humbleSt and lowett
subject of the Realm, to petition the House Upon
any subject of grievance; whether he was an elec..
tut or not; but the opinion of the tea) Electors

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to be committed. the Petition; another Opportunity would occur
SPANISII PAPERS. for its discussion. For tlicße fo
.tapoid..:ooki'
LNGDON, adverting to the mills! s vie Mimes le. *hitt- ttt tut -was Signed
cal trahsv4ioue in Spaireiriereeffilt; '
was tailed by the Mayor ; it was moat numerous.
IT *irate of the voltminotuntos of ly and respectably attended; aid the decision we.*
edy laid upon their Lordships' Ta:. unanimous.