The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-12-11 00:00:00

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penditure to remount these regiments, snd it would
besides addls the number of his skeleton regiments,l
which have been disciplined and practised in grand
manreuvres. I have given to the Prussian contingent
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its natural direction, by sending ato ai
should wish greatly, that the aid of my ith division I
were no longer necessary in that quarter. I wish to
know therefore, from the King of Prussia, whether
he would not make an augmentation of 1000 ca-
valry and 6000 infantry, whith might proceed to
Riga, and take the place of the 7th division • the
King may easily draw these troops from Konigsberg,
Colberg, and Graudentz, and thus they could arrive
in a few days. These last' would be teplaced by those
which might be drawn from a greater distance, by
rendering effective some skeleton regiments, or or-
dering
troops from Silesia; in this manner the King
of Prussia would form a cordon of 4000 cavalry and
20,000 infantry.
" It will be an easy matter for you to make him I
comprehend that it is Lis own interest that this war
should be terminated quickly; because; in the mean
I time, he must' be greatly inconvenienced by this
struggle; and that there is only one effectual way
of bringing the same to a termination, which is, to
Show to Russia, by the powerful means which the
Enipe,ror possesses of recruiting his armies, not only
in his 'Own States, but by the succours furnished by
his. allies, that the hopes she cherishes sf ruining
the army, are void of foundation, and perfectly il-
lusory.
" -The same language most beiteld to Austria, the
rpm to Bavaria, at Stutgard, and. war where she.
only desire that reinforceseati:be ilt.nt to me,
Wikrinot %Ai Son e tor ihroimiggifflooedi
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that dessefforereigas-do order% be loserted in
lbek &Ware, not oily the gteat-nenber of troops
which they send off, but that also they double the
NNW in their statemeolss and it is to be well un-
ionised, that the Pressitaeorps at present at Me-
ted is not be be included It dyne reinforcement!. I
tray Gad tti take Y likeePitiA POt “ ZO/4."
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much acted open to thie hew. Not elitisto'e were made of the accused, there
may be told or repeated with a malignant Intenticin, would be an end of all law, and we might be
and a tendency to injure another, and distroj left to shift for ourselves in that state of anarchy !! !
his peace of rnincl, as well as that of his whole What could a Jury do in hearing such a charge ?
family, so as to merit the chastisement of the What other verdict than that they gave, could they
law. But there are cases where troths, which, resolve on under such a frighiul impression ?—To
though they wound the parties of whom they this we will speak more at leisure.
are told, yet deserve enquiry as to what use they
are of, and from what motive they are told.—
If they should be found useless and inju.leus, in
the name of justice and reason, let them be visited
by the censure or chastisement of the law. But if,
on the other hand, they turn out to be wholesome,
from their general effect, though grating to the feel-
inp of persons iu authority, let them be treated in a
far different way. Libellous falsehoods aro detested
by every body—but libelous truths meet with a dif-
ferent reception from those who know the value
and necessity of censuring the vices of the age.
Of the subject matter which occasioned the prose-
cution now in question, there may naturally enough
be different opinions. Many, even a great many,
may think the strictures in which Mr. Ilusyr indulged
himself, too severe, or too incautiously aimed or
worded, while, at the same time, they might agree
in the necessity of an able Censor, to stop the tor.
rent of vice, lateuty, and dissipation, which some-
times low bits the monarchical and aristocratical
betgbU, to the shame and injury of all below them.
IThey may reusable* the force and truth of the
maxim, that—
', The folly of Princes is the People'sseourge."
Every Magistrate of a free country is the property
of the people, as fully, nay, more fully than the pro.
petty of the people is at the disposal of the Go..
vernmeat, since the Government is the creature of
the people, and derives its birth frpm them. With-
out, however, taking a latitude In our disquisition
an this subject, which might be incompatible with
the nature of our 'publication, we will confine our
rianarks to the trial before us, in which we presume
to Say, without hesitation, that the Defendants in
this cause have a right to complain of the proceed-
ings against them. When misconduct is enrelloped
with splendour, it is always difficult, and always
dangerous to direct the shaft of reprehension
through the dazzling halo which surrounds it.—
The very advocate incurs a risk of self-iujury,
when .he defends the conduct of the satirist, who
may, have employed his pen against royal or noble
tap' Seeing then that the ordinary plea of
jestilicttion'is denied to the honest Barrister from
motives of delicacy, or more powerful reasons, it be-
comes the Court, before whom the complainant
brings his suit, to remembereat all times, that justice
is its sale attribute; and that, hi conformity to the
typiad figure which represents it, the' possessor of
its Beach should neither tern the head to the right
nor to the left ; in short, should be metaphorically
hand to the eetwptcreas fee pieheattsre of the Appel. i
lents. We were greatly, concerned, though pia col
much turprised,thetthelSortcreottGuntwei. should,
in the early part of Ms opening the taie,signify to the
defending Counsel, that, he rolgltt erpight. not makta
reply to his defence, according to the course that de.
fence should take. At this sort etmenacevfor.what
else can we call it, our hair stood Ott eticr! ' Might
not the same case, in more familiar langnife, stand
thus ?—I am about to give your client a deep
wound ; you may express your sympathy`for his con-
dition, but if you attempt to heal it altogether I
will rise up and enlarge its orifice !! Heaven de.
fend, in future, the accused in like cases, if this
newly-assumed practice is to prevail. It was not
adopted by the Crown Lawyers aforetime, upon
the trial of the Printer of the Middlesex Jour.
Rai, for copying Junius's Letters, against whom
Lord Mmssrtet.o was serene, to a degree in pour.
traying the imputed malice and mischief of that pro.
auction of the pen, which has since attracted the eye
and admiration of every lover of polished censorial
literature. DE GREY was the Attereey.General of
that time, who, with a commendable moderation,
expatiated upon the work under prosecution. The'
Defendant's Counsel, Serjeant GLYert, advocated
his Client's cause with an eloquence which, in its
wide range, happily exposed the political bias of the
Oster, and urged him to address Mr. ATTORNEY in
the following burgssege : 64 You will reply, you
will reply, Mr. Di PREY, wetet yon." That im.
partial man answered—no, my Lord ; since the'
Defendant has called no evidence, I do net think it
would be manly, or just, in me (or words to that
sleet) to reply.' His Lordship sat down full of
Ample, and the verdict of the Jury disappointed
him !! Mr. EDWARD Wiu.'as, was the Sollciter-
General at the time; but he did not take upon him
.tbe oaus of pleading in State Prosecutions, as is now
jam These recent Defendants, no doubt, would
bee been glad the dramatis personse had been cast
in the same mangier, on Wednesday last. But Sir
W. Fumes (if we may trust in our short acquaint.
ance with him) has no relish in this species. of
forensic castigation ; he bas much of the ilk of hu-
man kindness in him. He takes even more delight
in the innocent amusement of Little Cannons;
than any Colleague he may have, cart do 'in
'the thundering elptosioos of Low Culrerini.—
' But, to the purpose.—We Were in an especial man-
ner shocked by the charge of Lord ELLENSOROVC.O
to the Jury, wherein he said,
,the question for them
to determine was, whether we were henceforth to he
seder the dominion of libellers, or under the do-
Millen of the laws, as heretofore ; and as he .pro-
aided., impish% them with apprehensions, that un-

Extracts of a letter from Philadelphia, dated
Oct. 27 :—" The Democrats have gained a decided
ascendancy over the Federalists in the late elections,
anti MAntson will continue President; unless,
therefore, we get a good thrashing, no peace will
take place."—" England has been playing with us
hitherto, maintaining a sort of sham light; but
should she become in earnest, and pnt forth her
power, the first thing ne may expect is to have New
York blown about our emirs."
We are concerned to state that, after a very rough
and teu►pcnoous passage, the Brigade of Hers,
Guards, by an sager forced march 'from Lisbon, la
urder to join the Allied Army, lost nearly one-thirt
of their horses.

Great exertions are makint at Portsmouth to vic..
teal and equip 'our ships of war on their antral front
the Baltic. It is thought that' they wilt be employ, a
against America in the course of the winter. The
people of New York are surprised that they ha,.
not had a visit from our navy before this time.•

ERRATUM in yesterday'sLi• RLPORT:—We now*. •
stand from those who were seated nearer to the Jurar.
boa than we happened to he, that it was bcfore
the retirement of the Jury that their Forenoon snit',
they leere.all skirted bat one ;Ina when they rAteroes4
we could see that the Foreman her Fated in ttkiverionv •
the Verdict; and looked to that one dissenter,' fet.
his concurrence.
I ALICANT, No-v. I..—Our little army has not- yeE
moved from this place: The French are fal!ing hark
upon Catalonia, lea-ring 1,000 men in a strong posi-
tion at Vaiencia.. We have plenty of provi4,.no foe
the troops. There are lying' here 'the /Woks, Ad,.
HALLONVOLL ; and the Fan,., • Cly!ttiit
?HURST, With 140 transports. This is an cacelleet
l!roatlstead.

LtiCaNCK.

IDont.; Dec. 10:—Reselti En the Down. his*Ma..
jesty's .flips lospiegnabit, Monmouth, Chatham,
Asia, Clarence, Lsitligie, Gloucester,. Warrior,
;Bedford, Christian rork, Malgrave, Ben.
can., Drake, Rosario, Mosquito, Cretan, Rinaldo;
Alert, And Speculator; and the Memoriam, Bar-
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!Ruty, Tate Briton, and Lady Cathcart .4 onsports. •
The Foreign vessel, Two Sider:, hem. Newcastle,
for Lisbon, ran on the Goodwin Sands last evening,
and is supposed to have gone to pieces; the crew
saved themselves in the boat, and have landed her.
Arrived his Majesty's ships I:getout, Cressy,
Mars, 'Plantagenet, and two more (who .have not
mad. their numbers), from the Rattle; and the bone-
warhead lUelpomeno from Leith.
. fiarldovni, Dec. 9.--Sailed the Sterling Castle
usen'a4 war, for Basge.-Reeds. •
SntsaNnoo,'Dro. 10.-4 t Is reported that four Ma
of the line of the Magian feet, helm the heedutoet
ships, tire slew mites below the Nose.
rAssvoups, Dec. 11.--Mho brig iteset. from. User►
pool, for Malta, was.drirton ashorti, digitise res.:Pita •
material denser; • • •
IlAuwica, I)rc. 10.---Areleetititerrhsee*Of Wake
*ILO, with' a Mail front GiutetOtigh. Sailed on
iaiurclay-bit; and expects that the LA .conyny,
then lying at Cottenbursb, *avid nail en Sunday.—;- •
The Russian frigates nett: pa-overt, • are- tiding In
!Lesley Bay. Count Leiwin and snft; C021416.1(14
Lipersons, hare just Mori laiided fly *Alien Oilicers
and-is lodged at the Three Cups inn. Caul" over
in the Curter frigate, and .was taken- ovt of her ho
Mosley Ray by a pilot boat. .
Sailed the Lady Ncpeam packet for Gottenburgh.

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