The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-03-09 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

Learned Counsel who had so ably conducted this
case. lie was aware of the practice which, since the
diykof I.„a hod been attoplettir.CoPie
.4 La wrwStsrel4it d een held theA a pt's:firi
lipecialtimight fps *Mated oh. principli had'.
•beeti adopt id •Isi • tlik who bisisefi
had lorig been colvenitit with Courts of Equity,
ba twg. had. soul pasotipa,thase. Bet, with all doe
respect for Lord be thought that Judge
had mistaken what Courts' of Equity would do in
stub cases, and he (Lord Cbanceitor) did nqt think
the roles of law applicable lime. • On Tuesday mon-
ing hP'ssould posiiively Rive judgment.

PURA; OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ()NH O'CLOCK:
Bank Stock 5 per Cent. Navy 105j1k
9 per Ceut. lied. India Bond* 96 p
S per Cent. Cos...pis 77; 781 Stock
Consuls for Acc. 7$&U Long Ann.
4 per Cent. Excitequer Rills 21 IR p

petted to,be but off; the Argus is soak deryet in the'
sa`d; ?tie WAtitude also deeper in tOe tad:.
fet A not 8.-ffittrivin itoor !toad* yes,
terdatese*lrthe Europe, .istion,.l'or India ; re-
' main the Java and the Pretiklii Iftdiamme-:::Cente
in the Watchful Revenue cotter, with loss of anchor
and cible; the LOW. Wellington ; Keene, has ran
'down from Pansind:bole; with loss of anchor and
cable,..and brought set Jp.,:oet. reads; the Prince
Rtgent schnorier•dromewat of the Roads last night.

POOLS, MARCH B.—A Medd the -Ann, -Deroests,
from Newfoundland, leaky ; ailed 18th January,
and soon got jammed in the ice, where she remained
429 days. They were just In soundings when the
gale came on, and report that it was net by any
means so severe as we have found it.
. blwroao, Mann 6.—The Minerva, Hemphreys,
lost her bowsprit,_. and received other damage ; the
Donegal, Courtney, is on shore; Friends Increase,
Harvey; lost her main-mast and bowsprit ; the
Sandwich, Post.otbce packet, has been on shore,
but has got off again with damage. The Earl
of Leicester Post.office packet parted from
her cables, and has been on shore, but has been got
off with damage; and the Gower Post-office packet
upset her windlass, and received other damage.
HULL, MARCH G.—During the gale of iVedoes.
dry last, the Metcalf, Tindal ; and the Providence,
Waiter, both for Leeds from London, with goods,
were claim on shore and sunk. •
NOUTH SHIELDS, M AUCII 6.—The brig Piece,
Cooper, and the Juno, Storm, are on shore, and the
Mate of the former is drowned—sil hands else are
safe, The 1,..dy Jane, Fleming, sailed to-day fur
Davis's Straits.

The Bill of Indemnity, which Ministers !Dye made
so comprehensive as to include, in its protecting cape-
ration, not only themselves and the Magistrates, but
the Spies and Informers who have been guilty of so
many traitorous and villainous acts, is to undergo
a review this evening in the House of Commons.—
There is still fresh ground for remaik and objection'
to this flagrant piece of injustice to the Country.
More important disclaims have been made of the,
•rinii foundations of the dark plots charged against•the
People. The framers of the Bill for screening the
promoters of treason and.tumulto, and the calum.
niators of the country, have had good reason_ for
desiring to extend thellidemnifying Act to a period'
long before the Suspension Bill was passed.—They
have also had very special reasons for making the Bill
take its start on the day before the PRINCE REGENT
seas insulted in going to Me House of Peers.—
A most singular fact, which will account for this
extension of the Bill, has transpired, and we sus.
pect a little time and enquiry might effect many more
equally extraordinary discoveries. It is known that
the day from which the Indemnity Bill takes its
operation, as altered in its . passage through the
House of Lords, namely, the 26th of January, 1817,
was the day before the Ream received the inselt
about which so much has been said, and solemn sp.
peals made to !leaven in the Churches.—There
was some lurking suspicion and murmur at the
time, that those insults proceeded in part from
persons in the pay of Government as Spies, and
who thus sought to make themselves work. This re-
trospective operation, indeed, of the Indemnity
Bill would of itself be no weak confirmation
of those surmises ; but in addition to this, it has
been discovered, and openly stated, that Oliver, the
master mover of all mischief, " that much injured
individual," as Lord SIDMOUTII delights to sty le him,
was actually a principal party in the "atrocious"
commntions in the Park on that celebrated day.—
The Times of this murniug, aye, even the Times,
gives the following relation of the particulars that
have come to their knowledge respecting this fresh
instance of culpability :—" We have now discovered,
that the most noted of the Spies, Oliver, was actually
a party on that celebrated day in exciting the tu-
multuous proceedings in the Palk ! We are assured,
by a Gentleman of undoubted veracity and respects.
bility, that, nii the day of the opening of the last
Session of Parliament, he met Oliver at the entrance
of the Horse-guards, a very short time before the
Panne passed throogh on his way to the House.—
They had no sooner saluted each other, than Oliver,
elevating his voice an as to attract a very numerous
grasp of the by-stemless, poured forth a torrent
of abuse upon the Government in general, and
his Royal Highness in particular. The Gen-
tleman to whom •we allude, surprised at this
conduct on the part of a man who bad been for-
merly most clamorous in hie profession of loyalty,
exclaimed, • How much you are changed since you
" were a serjeant in the Whitechspel volunteers ”1--1
To this Mr. Oliver made no reply, but continued bee
harangue. The Gentleman parted from him, but re.
marked, just as be was going away, that Oliver and
a little daik-comPlesinned man among the crowd re.
cognised each other as old acquaintances. We are
further enured, that Oliver, as a preliminary step to
his being taken into the regular employment of the
Secretary for the If ome Department, obtained a cer-
tificate of hie loyal cond!iet from his foimer Command-
ant, Colonel HARDY, of the Whitechapel Volunteers.
Colonel Beene was far from conceiving at the trio.:
went of his granting this honourable testimonial, that
it was to be esed for the base purpose of qualifying
his old serjearit to act as an accredited spy."
Such then it seems was. the conductor Oliver on thq
day *hen the PitlNGit HAGEN! went to the Houses