The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-11-07 00:00:00

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mute this looming received Paris Papers. of So.
their contents are altogether unimportant.
F,,,,0; rot os.—Fire per Cents. 76 f. IS c.: Bank
AL, ma, 13771. 30 c.
Tray.OcT, 46.—The .lustrian army in Lombardy
yeastias states, consists of 70,0(10 men. It is
:Initiat ;kr pacification of Sicily will be long and
„pit. The gnglish squadron which is in our roads.
corfeat alarm. Accottnts from Naples state, that
on no
have assembled there from pd
ifferent pro-
-0,1 hare determined to enrol themselves.
(h r. 2 I.—According to the latest accounts
Nil is still in possession of a citadel in an island
•tsJo:la—all his hopes of being succoured by the
,ilio.; vanished.
Ale:et from Constantinople states, that the troops of
~,,o,Asatinotoa have attempted to assault the fortress
.401, bat, it is asserted, they have been repelled.
loicHA still makes an obstinate resistance in the
pe, of Teklini, at the head of 1500 men.

Tutelar whit!, we had long anticipated has actu-1
Poured; the House of Lords have voted that the .
of MPS Intl Penalties be read a second time. We
Nil
lee oar readers for this decision by the cal.
caact4
gial which we had been furnished the mid. I
all d big wo, and they cannot fail to remember
komortioesotant we then presented corresponds
, mrph which we yesterday published. In our
pfis d OPely we give the list of the several
rteis alli feted on this ever-memorable occasion ;
toienolts this will be found some noti"e of the
111116111 and irresistible influences under which a
reef Ike the decisive number of these noble indi-
vilmh must have been determined in their Totes.
Gehl we with equal facility discover, and could we with
rius.: safety communicate, the more obscure, and no
iss preponlieratiag motives, arising from person3i
Gpendearesn.l party spirit, or from causes totally it,
ukcant to the merits of the ease, which are likely
u Imre operated no the occasion, bow completely
r .i we remove 31 i occasion for surprise at the tieci-
in: Never rime the claims of prerogative were
uitil, was any measure submitted to a Parliament,
asst accsayanicd by circumstances calculated to pra-
t:teas astl.:r or unconstitutional bias. Not only are
C:rpossital credit, and the official stations of the
itxc's Ministers at stake on the issue of the proceed.
4s, bat, let what will be said for the purpose of
*visits( With, the inclinations and the earnest
iilk,i d the lir va liln.se!f. It would be altogether
NANO inconsistent, and impGssible, were the case
Itiodlfinnt. In such a situation, are those noble person.
vs who, from Amity connexions as well as Political
etipliel habits, are allied in the closest manner to the
Ilsisteri, and to the Crowr. even when all direct cor.
min is discarded, and all the honour supposed to
merre which it is possible fir human beings to pos-
ts; in such a situation how is it porsihle for men to
acid. but under an influence that is hostile to the
his in question? In the formation of a Jury, bow
maims, and justly anxious are the parties who are
interned in the issue of the cause to be brought be-
he them, to exclude from the number every indivi-

laid whatever. who has the smallest in:crest or even
prejudice in the case ? With *hat precaution had the
tterstitution, by which that unrivalled mode of trial
rasappointed, provided means of removing both ob-
'saes juror•, and even the cause itself, wherever
any inkier eirculostonce was likely to produce in-
jestice In the case of any criminal charge, how care-
felly sad ten.le rly art prearded the lives and characters*f
tie accused ! The evidence necessary to convict is
required to he clear anti conclusive. To present as
sad as possible ail injury to the persons charged
frem the %twine impressions or the Ignorance of indl-
'ideals, the taw is not sltisfied with the decision of the
majority of the jurors, but demands that they shall be
all UIIaIIiITIOUS. look at this picture and at that !
What au infinite difference between them! The House
of Lords, however venerated, and however truly vene-
rable it is as a constituent part of the great legisla-
tire body, composed of men of like pasabins with our-
mitts, and constituted as we know they are,
mast be conscious that in a question of such momen-
tous magnitude as was decided yesterday, on
whith the public have had such ample means
of forming an opinion fur themselves, a decision
made by sect. a majority eu 11,311 then exhibited, can
never, in the preseut excited state of popular feeling,
obtain the due respect and acquiescence of the nation.
'The numerical strength of Ministers Is a complete
exposure of the obnoxious nature of their measure.
Their clergy', though ostensibly voted according to
the established forms of the House, are evidently con-
trary to its real and independent spirit. With a mino-
rity, consisting of 95 Peers, 10 of whom are Dukes,
and with a majority above them of only 2s, how is it
possible fur the public to be ever satisfied that the evi-
dence can be sufficient to degrade a ! To sup-
pose that the public will be influenced, in a case like '
this, by the paltry numbers of such swots, or the autho-
rity of names, is to be grossly ignorant of the actual
state of the nation. For the accusers of her Maseru,
who have just sat in judgment on her,' to hatter thens 7
selves that they have obtained a victory, Is a fallacy
which, if they pursue, they eanot All to rue. If they
are sot quite infatuated, or' overreed, and indifferent
to the good order of the nation, they will heats to
withdraw a measure which otherwise cannot fail to
prove a Bill of Pains and Penalties to themselte‘