The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-06-28 00:00:00

irttnritllliniT ETIMINO.

Norfolk Parrs, received tl.ig tni.rnlng, to the 30th
of Mity„ contain the fiallowtog import.int

" NurroLts. \l►r 13.—1 n a Bill from tlw notice to

pru•ert commeree and punish piracy, two sections were
added to make the ttade in human flesh Molly. and to
be punished with death.
" By the fir,: section: if any American citizen, be-
!uniting to the crew of any foreign vessel engaged in
t!!e slave trade, or any person whatever engaged in
at,y American vessel, `hill land on any foreign shore,
auJ there sri e, decoy, or I,reibly bring away an}•
nerro or mniattu, with intent to make him a slave, he

shall, on conviction, be adjudged a pirate, and shall

edier elatb.
" APd the won't sadism awards the same punish-
pent of death on any Aturri4 an citizen on board auy
fa-eign vessel, and any lerr‘on whatever, on board

Anir!tan vessels, a ho shall forcibly confine any near°
0- mulatto, with intent to mil:- him a shire, or who
sl all sell, at te.frrt to sell, or illelirei• him on shore f
suefi vessel, ss 7th intent to make hips a shire.-

These uneatlmcr.t• were agreed to, without a di-

Extract of a I••tter from Free Town, Sierra Leone,
of ti:e 14th March Our harbour continues to pre-
s.•r•t a most gratifying aspect. Vessels arrit•e daily,
and others depart pregnant with the fruits of a legiti-
L:n•e commtree. The meritorious exertions of his Ma-
j•••ty's squail:on, in the rause of lustier and humanity,
have crowded the harbour with slave vessels. Ou
Friday lass, individuals, of all ages, were landed
as slaves, taken from on board the ship la Marie,
and are now free at Waterloo. Mr. Kerney has re-
e.tttly been app6inted a Lietitenant its his Majesty's
s nice, and detached by Governor Il'earthy, to the
Galin" with twenty soldiers, to prevent the Slave
Trade.

The news of the revolution in Spin was received
iu Caraceas las. month (in April), but no steps had
been taken, up to the Ist May, to follow the exJuiple.
General Morales was hourly expected, when it was
supposed the Constitution would be proclaimed. It
WAR reported at La Guira that the rspediiion from
Margaretta had met with a severe repulse at Mara-
caibo, and besides killed and wounded, had 300 men
taken

The 4ebite of last night in. the House of Peers has

displayed in all their deformity the delusions attempt-
ed to be practised by his Ms.travv's Ministers. After
weeks spent in hesitation ani alarm, and vain efforts
at reconciling their duty to their conscience, they
seemed at last bent on pursuing a course inure con-
sistent with the principles of justice and the feelings of
the country. Lord CASTP.ERNAGI had r. ithdrawn
their filthy Breen Bag from the table of the Com-
mons, and Mr. Buoys:llAm had congratulated the
lions, and the people OD her MAJESTY haring at
last obtained, what she had never ceased to detnaad,

a solemn and public inquiry. Even the Papers
addicted to the support of Government, feeling
themselves relieved from the necessity of concealing
their real sentiments, had expressed their satisfaction
at the new mode proposed by Lis Lori/ship, and bad
admitted that it was the wily one by which strict
sad impartial justice could be done. What will
they now say aid what will Parliament and the
country say, when they find that this sudden show
of candour, this " taws/don" to the call made
by the Queen for a public trial, bad no substance,
so reality ?—that whilst the abomination of a Secret
Committee was ropresocated as totally abandoned, it
*at only abolished in the Commons to be set up with

THE ST,

renewed strength and energy in the Lords? What,
tone of indignation will be loud enough to condemn
the meanness which could resort to such a trick, or
the more than timidity that could Inspire it ? What,.
because a portion of the Ministers, in their eagerness
to get rid of the task imposed upon them, and of the
painful necessity of proceeding against their better I
sense and their better feelings, had joined in de-,
Glaring the very inquiry which they had pro-I
posed one "derogatory from the dignity of the
Crown, and injurious to the best interests of the
cenntry :" because. as we rmiarked last week, they
had tised a cha:at round their own necks, and could
not advance one step without sacrificing. all claim to
consisten••y and to honour, they must find no better
emirs.• to emerge from the difficulties into which they
had brought themselves than one of deception and
disgrace' They must tell the country in one House
one day—" Your wishes. :red those of her Mv-
Jr•ITY, ere gre;,ted ;no Secret CUMIIIIIttee shall
try the case, the inquiry shall a open to the eyes of
the n hole world."—Ated they most tell that country.
in another flue e. the nest day—" Your wishes, moth
thuse of her I,,sasnt•rr, oru ilvisied.: a Secret C
Mittee slvill irp the ease. and the inquiry shall not
only be kept front the eyes of the world, but from those
of the very Houser' Is this consistency Is it ho-
nour? Or -ether, is it nut a miserable shift, an at
tempt at a compromise, in which both are cacrilieed,.
and nfterly destroyed? Who could explain it other-)
wige?—He only, who shonld say that there was a
schism between his Mears f s•s Ministers. But where
.lie• the evidence of snell a schism? Is it to be funod:
in the obliging alacrity with which the branch of Ad-
ministration in the Lords has assumed the (odious'
burthen cast off with so much joy by its rollerognes ini
the Commons? Is it to be seen in the hurried haste
with which the preen flog is to I,c opened. tlytt the
Secret Committee inay wake its report, and a measure
may It. introduced, Inert du tim- li:ced for Lord
t.' tsTi.carActes emil•natory motion, anal in tinier
to enehle his Lordship to withdrew it, as haling
been superseded by the proceedings of the other i
House, thus " keel INC Ole word of promise to the ear i
and breakin!.tit to the t.ense ':•• Is Otero not a perfect'
harmony of plan and actien.—.-1111C single !him; spirit
anianatifo_ the n hole trensactionc of Ministers in this
rasa' of unparalicl-ol importance and i•alamity ? There
is. 'I he only st hiSlii is bon cen than and the coun-
try: but it is ;MOW as the sLy, anal. unless they change
their tneasnyes, must prove irremediable and endless.

Halifax Papers to the Ist of June. and New illen#M,
wick to the 29th of May; were received this morning..
They contain nothing of interest.
We are informed that the Queen has postponed her
intended visit to 1 Intry-lane Theatre this evening.
Mr. Brun; moii.on on Education Charities
emotes ooto this evening in the Rollie of Common net
intimated the ''her night that he would not defer 110
any longer and there nom appears a motive for his'
urgency of a 1WrS111111) 113tUfe, we war• not
apprinod n hen he gave the no:ice. It is undentood,'
that should a Rill against the Queen be introduced
into the House oi Lords, her Majesty's Counsel, in
consequence of their being Members of the House of
Commons, cannot be permitted to conduct her ease in
the Upper !home. Mr. Brougham, however, it is said,
has signified his intention' of resigning his seat in the
Commons. in order to Iv qualified to plead her Ma.
Jess ty's cause in the House of Peers, and the Queen
has been graciously pleased to accept of this offer.
land to express her ark ll •ledgments for such a volun-
tary sacrifice to her interest, on the part of Mr.
Broug ham.
So notch in earnest were " the friends of order" that
the Resolutions proposed by h r. Wilberforce should
be properly supported, that we are assured the votes
of all who could be influenced were solicited, as they
valued their present possessions, or had regard to fu•
tare favours.
Vona ELrevox.—Robert Chaloner, Esq. com-
menced his Callra” in this city (as a candidate fur its
representation), on Friday last, and the election will
take plate to-morrow. It is now evident that there
will not be any opposition.—{York CoNrami.)
At the adjourned Meeting of Merchants so-
(adorers, held at the Court-house,

dad• last. as stated in our last Paper.
to preiieut a l'etition to the l.urd•
Council fur the Affairs of Trade,
uso%al of " the p►eseut reslN-&—•

licenreg, in the Mast India trade,
and under such regulations, as
sisall seem nieet."--( Gerd* Melvin.,

Colonel Bosanquet has received
mond, through the Secretary of
Department, to signify to the Light
his Majesty's pleasure that the Regiment should be on
duty on the day of his Majesty's Coronation.
The Orand Jury at Stirling have found trove bills
against the eighteen radicals that were taken in the
affray at lionnymuir. In addition to these eighteen,
there are twenty-four prisoners in the Castle of Stir-
ling, charged with similar offences. The trials
proceeding.

, are

The French (knees'' Clwasel and Count Grouchy
have been permitted by the French tiovernment to re-
turn to France.
it is said, that within the last fortnight thert IN"
been a considerable improvement in trade, as far is
spects colonial produce, in which there has heel'
business doing than during any'period within the
two or three years. Cutler has advanced about thi
shillings per cwt.
Duel..—On SaturdaT ecening, a weeds, took
in the vicinity of Keasington tlardens, between a leee
b
°Seer and a private Headman. The disppte •
sated in some coarse expressions made use of by
latter, applied toe female of ensiled rank. The sea
fired at the same time, and the (Meet's ball Istegol l•
the thigh of his antagonist. The ball, It best* leis
soon after extracted, and the Gentleman was doing well.

,TESMAN.

YORE ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN.

A heneral Meeting of the inhabitants of York and
its vicinity was held, on Monday last, in the hand-
ball of that city, fur the purpose of taking into con-
sideration the propriety of congratulating her Majesty
the Queen on her accession to the Throne, and her re-
turn to this Kingdom, and of expressing their senti-
ments on the degrading treatment siie has experienced.
from his Majesty's Minis!ers. There were nearly
31,00 persons present, and numbers were obliged to
retire on account of time excessive heat. •
Soon after twelve o'clock the Right Hon. the Lord
Mayor ascended the hustings, .and was immediately
cheered. His Lordship said, that in consequence of
having received a requisition, which he held in his hand.i l
Sr had convened this Meeting : but he deemed it incum-
bent upon him candidly to acknowledge, that at the
time when he received the requisition, he Was anxious
that the requisitionists should have postponed their in-
tentions—lst, Ilecanse no Address had been moved to
the King on his acet,sion to the Throne. l!dly,
ne4.uriationt were now pending of 3 most particu-
lar and delicate nature. But when he found that the
gentlemen who had signed the Requisition took a dif-
ferent view of the sithject, he did nut think himself
justified to delay calling the meeting. " Although,"
said his Lordship, " 1 candidly now express my opi-
lions, yet I filial! at all times submit to more popular
ours: and should (leen, it arrogance in me to place my,
judgment in competition with the judgment of the 559
gentlemen who hale signed the Requisition."
•S. \ F.s,j. then addressed the Meeting;
and after a rery excellent and luminous speech. pro-
posed the Resolutions, of which the following is the
substalicl•

Tits! this fleeting seriously condoles with her Nlsjesty the
Queen.iin the several prit ations which she has lately suffered.
e•pecially by the loss of our late Sovereign. and her beloved
Daughter.—That it is the opinion of this Meeting. that her
Alajestr the Queen ought to be addressesron her Aeression
to the throne. and her return to this kingdom.—'Tat we
hate dewed, whit the strongest reprobation. the conduct
adopted towards her Nlajesty —the low arts with which her
domestic manners hat e been u atched—her privacy invaded—
the designed neglect of even tibsert ance due to her high
station—the instilling propositions which have denied her
both name and nod.— an.l the (let iation. from due course of
law, in ex-pert( diaries and secret documents of Accum-
tion.—That the dignified firmness and spirited resolution
exhibited by her Alajesty in the difficult and degrading si-
tuation in which she has been !diced. hate impressed us
ail,' sentiments of wine admiration. and that we are confi-
dent a free and loyal People will strenuously support the
just rights of an oppressed and insulted Queen.—That his
Majesty's Nliiiistets. by their treatment of the Queen. have
thrown the cotiotry into a state of agitation, and de-
serted the true intere-o. of the Throne : and that. as no-
thing but the rrioisest imbecility could prevent their fore-
seeing, the result of such treatment. so nothing but an
entire failure in decorum could have emoted it.—That
the thanks of this Nteetinf be given to Alderman Wood.
for his, patriotic conduct. in providing her filajesty with a
place ul residence in this country, at a time when the Minis-
ters of the king were so indecorous as to deny her the re-
spect justly due to the Went of Englal : and also for the
able essistnnoulie has contributed to tt" Majesty's official
advisers.-11ist the above named Address to the Queen be

sigued by the 'light liou. the Lord Mayor. as tbe Chairman
of this Mertinz; sad that it ha raitlifilatiod'tbis evening. to
Marmailitior tV)vitl. F.riq. Ilispropeeta tine of this eity,
orlth a request that he shall prosent It lobar Majesty. yitbout
delay.—And that the thanks a this liteetinf be given to tbe
/tight lion. the Lora kla%or. for rolling this Meeting; and
tho) are *burr partieularly due to his Lordship. on se-
count of his opinion nut being esactil in unison with the
Itelptisiti ~,, hits.

The Remlutions, &r. were sr led by Mr. Alder-
man l/un•lrv. whogip. ke at consider dile knoll : after
which, 31r. W. Ilitgrove and 1I r. Walker, expressed
their sentiments nu the subject.

I.VTELLIGE.WCF.
DVAL, Jesir 17.—Came down from the River. and sailed,
tke Mean well, Nlorgan, fur Jessica ; and Catharine, I lolmen,
Ott Cadiz.
POPTIUOUTII. Jt ttr 47.—Ps.:ted by, the Jackson, free
Islet ia : and Marv. from Rhode Island, for .Imsterdsm;
Prince George, Parker; arid Kingston. Lever, from Js-
tacks; William, from Antigua; Hervey, from Dunkirk;
Tigris, Sirk, Jane, and Sir Edward Ilamilton. from Jasnaira.
all fur London; with several others, names unknown.—.lr-
rived his Majesty's ship Rorhfort, from Chatham.
Ls- sr suros,l usa 27. —Passed by the Emma. Ha timgirdt,
from Madras. with part of the d Dragoons on hoard—
len Madras allOth Feb.. and the ('ape loth April, in company
with the Baron, fur Hull. The Baring, lAnth, from Bengal,
Is arrived off the IVight.
Jt sr 47.—Sailed the Princess Charlotte
packet, with a mail. for Holland.
Cowes, Jt-se zl.—Arrived the Jackson, Bryant, front
Java, in 135tInys.
Pet-mot en. Jt 98.—Arrived the Triton, Carter. from
Malta. Arrived of this port the Eliza Knightly, Smyth,
from Seville.
Je‘r f6.—The Mettle. Hunter, bolted
proceeding to sea on Saturday, got upon the
discharging part of her cargo of coals, she was'
six inches water en hour.—The Jupiter, Hall.
has damaged her keel, and received other di-
' on shore on her passage.
Jena ft —Arrived Ste Aimee. Woodhouse,
Neptune. Pierre,' from New Orleans ; Constl-
Seaward, from Norfolk (Virginia); and Victory,
Halifax.
, Jest 43.—Arrived the Duke of Kest packet,
(rum Lisbon, in l I days. She left at Lisbon a
tlO-gun ship, a frigate, and a sloop of war of 20 gum,
with troops on board, for Rio Janeiro.

MILITARY PROMOTIONS.
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Oiler of Ordnance, June 22, ISO.

Royal Regiment of trtiller.—First-Llrturnant rtippture,
front half-pay, to be first-lieutenant, vice Bruce, retired on
half-pay.
Commission in the Wirral! Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry,
Aped by the Lord Lieutenant of the Coons) of Chester.
Beejamis Parkin+, gent. to be corset, vice Asiturst, re-

The building of the new Post-office, we understand,
Is likely to be suspended, and an estimate is directed
te be preparedof the value of the vacant grafted, should
it he thought necessary to let it upon building leases.
Accintme.—Tietenisy morning the weighboerbood
of White-Lion-street, Neves Dials, threw. lute the
Cralarm by the falling of the bucks of iime houses
It street. The poor tempts happily escaped un-
hurt, and were owsployed the whole of yesterday in
removing their goods off the permisos. The reistaluder
the boom are to fall every nosorat. The
laadlordl,ll site a woods,* paling wend the pre-
Wets.

erchants and Many; Noarn Sinn.
, in Leeds, on Satyr- to London, in pr
per, it was resolved la-sand; after di
Is of his 3lajesly'n idol. waiting s
praying for tha, c roar Treport, hi
es so atersueir4,. Jo by getting
on such cunditioi
to their Lordshil !Vow Africa; ri
'ry. union. Seaward
d the King's cone FlibillaY. from II
State for the Heillj FAL*4OI7III. J
ht Horse Volunteers I with a wail. fro