The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-09-02 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

TILE QUEEN.
it is with no ordinary satisfaction that we con-
gratulate our r aders upon the result of Monday and
Tuctoksy's debate, the substance of which will be
found in our cooluriird. It will hr reettentbereol, that
do the preceding Saturday, the great tinestion w. I,
*limber her Majesty's Counsel should be permitted to
cross-examine the witnesses for the frown, and yet
retain the right to call them back for re-examination
in a fittitre stage of the proceedings. This clear, and
now solemnly decided right of the Queen's Counsel
was sturdily opposed Ity the Ministry: and they con-
tended that the Counsel ought to proceed at once to
the cross-examination, .t ht not afterwards to
be at liborty t., re.exansine any of these witnesses with-
out the special grace and favour of the House. Their
Lordships, however, condescended to hear her Ma-
jesty's Counsel against those of the Crown, upon this
janitor:ant point ; and thence arose the before-men-
tioned debate. The speeches of Messrs. Brougham
and Denman on this stibect will be read with the
liveliest interest ; and we think few will hesitate to
athetit, that for Oolitic:tee aml sound argument, these
performances stand unrivalled. It is nut front the
Queen alone that these Gentlemen are entitled to
thanks. The whole country is indebted to them. It
is not the Queen's case which is so mach in agitation
as the liberties of the people at large, which • are ac-
tually under trial in the course of these monstrous
proceedings before Parliament ; and it is never to be
forgotten that the Queen's case of to day may be the
case of every r•-an to-morrow.

The effect of thus• speeches may he collected from
the circumstances, that up to 3lunda}• afternoon, the
Ministry mo•t strenuously opposed this right of the
Quer u's Counsel, and appeared •tetermined to resist it
with all their influence: that, on 3londay afternoon, Mr,
Brougham finished his address, and that on Tuesday
morning, the 3linistry retraced their steps. From the
circutustanees which °craned afterwards. it may be
reasonably concluded, that on 3100(13y night, the
Council sat in grand divan ; for, on the "fuestlay morn.
in' in question, to the a•toni'hment of all the world.
Lord Liverpool came down to the !louse, and in a

short and hasty address, which savoured marvellously
of an apology, proposed to the point in dis-
pute to the Queen's Counsel. Indeed, such was his
Lordship's hurry to make the concession. that be in-
advertently broke through Parliamentary rule, and ,
moved an amendment upon his own previous motion !
When the laugh caused by this blunder had sub-
sided, House roceeded to discus Lord Liver-
pool's motion ; and then came out the begirt, that all
was not as it should be at head quaiters, and that the
Ministry were divided in opinion. The Lord High
Chancellor opposed his brother Ministers' motion : and
so equally was the strength of the House divided.
that on a division, there appeared. HO for, and Teti
against the-motion t leatissg a issaitority alai in fear
of the glory'', and leaving the poor Chancellor by the
same number in the minority
As we have a few words to say about his Lordship,
we think it hut iiroper to inform such of our Readers
as have not the happiness of knowing him. that this
Noble and Learned Lord is a man of I•Xt
; that he has been known to %lied tears in and
out of Parliament; that h' frequently, and almost
daily, rubs up our memories as to Ilk honesty and con-
science: and last, though not least, that he is as re.
helot,. as Mr. Wilberforce. Such a man, one would
1111.101 W. must be a warm supporter to an unprotected
' Queen, as far as consi.-ts with his office. However,
from some rause or other, notwithstanding the power-
! full appeal of the Queen's Couusel. anti notwitlistand-
I Tug the concession of his colleagues, this Lord mast
resolutely opposed that which has been decided to be
the Queen's right. He made a speech ; lie again re-
mind:4l ns of his honesty and his conscience: aye. and
he wept. (Heaven Ides% the mark !) into the baroain.
He told the Lords that in his " honest opinion" they
would do very wrong ; they would commit an act of
injustice and lead themselves into interminable diffi-
culties; they would do all this, if they granted the
point in question to the Queen; " but,- added his
Lordship (and observe, Reader, the ingenuity with
which he broke his fall)" hut, if your Lordships' bet-
" ter opinion should differ from mine, I will codes-
" your to wade through the difficulties as well as I
cam" To be sure he would, else must he have given
up the seals. Let us examine this a little. Suppose
two men were engaged in an undertaking, and in the
progress of it, one were to stop short, and say to his
coo:paid tttt , " If we do this ur that act, we shall he
acting very dishonestly'" Suppose the other were to
answer, " I don't think so, and I will do it;" and
suppose ihe man of conscience were to reply, " Well
then I will join you." What should we say to this?
Why, to be sure we should say, " this man has not
the undo-swirling or the honesty of the Lord Chan-
cellor, lint unfortunately he heard his Loalship's
speech of Tuesday last."
If a Minister, who had the misfortune to differ with
his colleagues, were to tell them that a certain course
they proposed to take, would not only lead the Par.
liatuent into interminable difficulty, but would also be
unjust ; anti if his colleagues, notwithstanding his
opinion, should persist in that (louse, he ought not to
lend himself to the execution of the measures which
he had condemned, but ought rather to give up his
office. Such a loco, on retiring from public life,
would be followed by, at least, the respect of all his
opponents. He would go into dignified seclusiol;
and should he even feel disposed, occasionally, to re-
appear in the high Council of Parliament, on any im-
portant public occasion, he would, as a Peer of the
Realm, be listened to with that attention and deference
to which his past independent conduct would have en-
titled him ; and, amid the storms of contending fac-
tions, he wruld be esteemed and revered by aIL Bet,
on the other hand However, our readers will
have little difficulty in filling up the converse of our
proposition, and still less in the application of it.

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ORIGINAL POETRr.

TILE THIRD EPISTLE OF WILL TO MS UNCLE
TOM IN Tilt COUNTRT.

'• What! again!" you'll exclaim, " why, there's Hoe a

week passes
" Without a Intl letter.—Wife ! where ars twy gi
" I hope the Lad's Well ! or, perhaps the Queen's trial
's esoninenced : for lie promis'd minutely to eye-all
'• That pass'd, and report it ; pray, call neighbour Peter,
Re quick, for in peeping, I see it's in metre.
" Ile hasn't left off yet his odd whinssiealities,
" But wants to palm fiction on sis for realities ;
" I a isli lie would write me a plain down-right letter,
" then comprehend his real meaning much better.
'Tis this you will reason. dear Uncle. I'm certain.
Refore you proceed to break seal, or draw curtails ;
Rot be not ili‘pleas'il. I will yet send you dotens
Of "straight forward" letters; give this to my consin's.
ithlorars I am sure. sou're the last that will quibble, its
Ware to thank their for the two tr.se and giblets.
And flee mutton-hams; tho' I still apprehend.
I'm oblig'il more for what they are going to i.-ad !
Without saying go:. you've that gift '• second-sighr."
I hese often reutark'il your conjectures will. right.
The Queen is my theme, for I see no just reasm,
To think a fair comment is now out of season;
I ler sufferings hate raised her the hearts orate people
So that they mono' on each house-top and steeple.
To witness her progress, as onward she passes.
Surrounded and bless'd, by all ages and classes ;
Who loudly proclaim her ILL-1.'51D. and NPULtlctru.
Isid that she shall henceforth by them be protected !
The trial is oa ; the Ilse UP'S Cli•e1051•K ;
The :Authovs. sad Agents, in train for exposing
Grimm-room. I beg pardon ! Geri 4- Hay reports highly
Of effects vrialui ed. at rehearsals held slyly :
Of witnesses, who, wills an air at stupidity.
Are led oil and on a ith mysterious rigidity ;
But perfect in all the by -play of their limn,
proves, they limit- merit by has in't by heart.—
Rut pray hold your awhile in suspesoe.
Till their swearing is NOM, upon the defence
•T will then. I trust, cleat!) appear. that the clef
They rest on is reflex : their 'shimmy Aar:
Light as air ! when array 'd 'gains, her life and her honour,
That will pass o'er her head, without liehting sit o l hrs..
-.CANNIIIIIII is i.e,.' when he 11111Itt by his drollery.
Pffeet what his colleagues could not by cajolery ;
e'er though lie declared he'd not speak to offend her,
ll.' stays not at home, you'll obsert e. to defend hrr :
'Tis all a state trick ! a deception a shuffle !
Intended to blind us, while pending the scuffle.
hitt 'TIS LATe. and sun know. yonr strict orders debar
Me. from keeping such hours ; so Dear Uncle.--" !tux vnie '•
I Any. 11. 19*.V. T.

'I lie following are the 11:17Ile4 of the Itklior who
voted on fleilitesilay, for avid against the Earl of
Liverpool and the Lord t hancellor

Pon Tim tnunctivver 1.1.0 P . roit LnRD LivenrooL.

Canterbury
I 1 oil
Lt.don Worcester
Ttisni l'lsenter
BAI l gy ll r
1 4 iloncester
St. Asap,' Os ford
Ely Pete, Ivor• oi eh
I.l.itlatt i
fork and Ross
, rzeter 4t. llaritEs.
te ntsderststui that flu. Dukes of York and listener,
and Lord W'ellinelon. voted with the lord Chancellor.
the Duke of Wont:Ester and Lord Sid ttttt uth with the
Earl of Liverpool.
.1 monument to the nirmary of the late lamented Duke
of heist is proposed to be erected by subscription at
Plymouth; and we understand, that a Committee is about
to be formed there. of those friend.; of his !Loyal High-
ness, to whom in his life time lie was endeared by nu-
merous acts of kindness, and those virtues which shed
a lustre on his exalted rank.

In consequence of the proceedings in the House of
Lord,. massy of the apartment% and neensions in the
virinity have been !I trantrely diverted from their ori-
ginal destinations. Ihe apartments destined for the
ace 00000 modation of the Judges of the Common Pleas
have been converted into guard norm•, for the common
soldiers; and the mansion, that it usually the Koyal
residence has, in the absence of the chief. become the
station of inferior magistrates and their runners.
From the character of many of its present occupants,
this edifice has the appearance of a police office rather
than a palace ; hut, we may therefore hope. that what
it has lint in dignity. may be counterbalanced by the
addition it has received in the attribute.% atd agency
of Joslire.

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Avosecunn, Are.. 19.—The passage which the
Austrian Government ha• asked for troops going to
Italy could nut be refused under present circums!ances.
hut a declaration is said to hare beeu made, that it
should not be drawn into a precedent. The Court of
Vienna has engatrd to pay all the expellee.

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Captain Barlow, the author of a suec,S7fnl Prama,
protium-I.d halt a eatloll at fli7o vent -parden Theatre, and
Mr. lieorge fleeces, the musical compoger, have jointly
taken thr Olympic theatre a a place of winter enter-
tainment*.

THE Ecuesr.—Our readers, who desire to possess
a full account of the great Solar Eclipse, anal of all
the calculations and details resppctitig it and other
celestial Phenomena are informed, that they are to
be found in Sysire's 13,-ansmwr s!i' Astronomy, one of
the most elegant elementary Treatises in the language.
Mr. Mills has contradicted the Police Report which
stated that be was convicted on Thursday of swearing
twice, profanely, before the Magistrates at Bow-street.
The statement he says is false, and that he is not in the
habit of swearing at any time. It is true, he acknow-
ledges, that when Mr. Birnie said, put up the prisoner,
who keeps a bawdy house. he exclaimed .. Grarions Clod.
how dare you make such an assertion respecting use:
My character. Sir, is as unimpeachable as your's. he you
who you! may." Upon which he adds, the Gentleman
acknowledged a paper had been put into his hand re-
specting some other person. and which he was sorry for,
me tore it with tnarks of indignation.
Moan ARTLCM.—.I society has been framed in the
Republic of Hayti, for the purpose of aiding the free
people of colour in the United States, in removing to,
push settling in that island. This Society is sanctioned
thio President, and proposes to raise a onthscrikion for
e purpose, and to correspond with the American Co-
lonication, and with any other Societies. religions or
benevoltit, which are disposed to aid the object, and
'provide an asylum for these distressed individuals.

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FOR TH4 STIITERAIAN:
TRR
ORANO&CLIPSE, ON THURSDAY

. ,
This Eclipse will insist an appearance which few per-
sons in this emmlry hatie'ever witnessed. and not msnywill
see again. the hint of a similar kind herbtg taken place in
F7(11, and the next that elm cterir not happenlmr till 1647.
In all the eastern, parts of the !eland. the eclipse will lw
ttiutlar. i, r. when complete, it will 'erasion the
Sun. by the interposition of the Moon. between his disk aad
the earth, to have somewhat of the appearance of a #oldris
lag. This annular appearance may be seen in the Shetland
Islands and over • great pert of the Ceatineut, exteMling
from the North Pole, by Stoat* Islintle to Westphalia, when
it 1,:t! firrs ! enter the Continent of Europa. it wtll traverse
Germany. t.r.r l'•!stearlit, and the Tyrol, skirt the Venetian
Gulf. by the (Tern of Italy, by Preeenni and Altatnuen. will
pass over the Morten 3 AlextindrTa, by Cmtattie, atut,
terminate In the losr.lan Golf; it will sir.;.,-t exreat and ap-
pearance. neeortline to the eiteatios of the obserier, though
the complete 'neuter eppeteence will not extend in breetith,
much above PPS miles from the above-named phew.. 0 t
the comas of NOrfolk and Seffolk, the erlipse Will he targ.te
than to any other plate, in the k;ne ',ono. and mitre nearly
approach to an annular eppeerinre. 'rite digits of the dun's
disk eclipsed, will, at Yarmouth. he pearly 11. and at Lon-
dun. 10 and en half, so that onle ^re-twelfth, or one-twelfth
and • half of the Sun's disk will enpear. The annular or
ring of light will he he!' a digit. or one twenty-fourth of the
Sun's apparent ,iientear. .
Front the Ir.rge proportion of ti.' Sun's disk obecerlad the
tlarkne.f. ter rather gloom in Lembo, whieit will be oeet-
siotied by the eschew. twist be very grim, la London it
will be 01-sereed to rommence fo toe right hand a rite Sra'•
uppermost point, at rt 4 minutes past twelve o'clock. The
middle or time co' the greatest olneuration. aitl be at 33
minutes past 09*. : and the eclipse will end at 17 minutes past
three. 'file duration of the eclipse will he two hours 33
minutes; the duration of the annular is ill not, iu say piece.
exreed six minutes. Greatest Oscura lion one hourllB minutes.

Should the day prove favourable. it 14 highly probable
that durin..; the greatest obscerati-,n many persons will be
surprised and gratified with the appearance of the plaaets
and some of 'be fixed stars, at a little alter coon day. Venus
may be ‘ern about 41 degrees westward of the Sun, and at
an Aeration of about 24 degrees. If Mars should he seen,
he 'till he 'bout 3 degrees eastward of the Sun. One of
the fixed oars 31 least to the northward of the Sun. will pro-
batik be as in that direction the greatest darkumes
nil ',retail. Those who hale the as-istance of a good
telescope. defended by a coloured Om; to protect the eye
fr.,m the will n .t fail to olverve the mountains
and other irrereilarities on the cireHmrerritur of the Southern
limb of the 'norm, as they are to he seen to the greatest ad-
vantage daring the time the moon Is upon the Sun's
Individuals mho cannot obtain this aid, may observe the
general effect of the erl'pse by using two pieces of window
glass, of two or three inches long, and about half an inch
broad, well smoked in the flame of a candle. and fixed toge-
ther with a threm: or sealing wax.

The German papers received last night, represent the
state of Rielly as a prey to all the horrors of anarchy
and civil war. The channel, however. through which
this intelligence comes, leads us to hope that the accounts
are exateemateal.- It is natural for the Austrian Govern-
ment to state a good excuse for their interference, as it
is said that Prince Metternich has caused three notes to
be issued, relative to the affairs of Naples. The nest
calls the attention of the German Princes to the danzers
with which the Revolution at Naples menace the rio
ral peace. as well as the public trantinillity annonnees
that a con.iderahle body of troops is already on the
march for Italy, in order to provide for the seenrity of
the Austrian Provinces; and states that the presence of
these troops will be sufficient to hinder the propagation
of the revolutionary spirit in the Trans-Alpine Peninsula.

The Second Note is addressed to the Great Powers.
It invites them to concert together the general measures
to be adopted at this moment, relative to the affairs of
the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
The Third Note is addressed to the Italian Ptinees:
Austria offers them its protection against every aggres-
sion. and renews its guarantee of the integrity, as well
as the independence of their dominions.
The Emperor of Austria is stated to have rennune•d
his journey to the interior of Hungary, since he has been
officially certified of the approaching arrival of the Em-
peror Alexander, which will be on the Ist of September.
His Majesty will wait at Vienna for the Emperor of
Russia, and in all probability they will not set out tor.
thee for Perth till about the 15th of September.
Extract of a letter from Calais, dated Aortas% 28 :
—" A person embarked h. re yesterday, in a packet
specially provided for the purpose by the English
Consul, to give evidence against the Qu?en. The
Consul gut an English Lieutenant of Marines of the
name of F. to take charge of the witness to L►ndon.
and he was particularly directed to allow of no com-
munication between the witness and any person on the
road. They were not to land at Dover, but somewhere
else on the coast."

Drury-lane Theatre, previous to its opening for the
Winter Season, is to undergo a variety of ju!lieious
alterations. The ceiling is to be lowered at least
eight feet, which trill exclude from the audience part
of the Rouse, the present Upper Gallery and Slip
Boxes. The Two Shilling Gallery is to'be formed
into the upper one, and the Boxes under, into the
Lower Boller•. The Theatre is also to be newpainted
sad ornamented.

Int•tt P. O*ISION TR.4IIN --We have the iatisfec-
' tion to state, that the Victualling Board have Awe to
the determination of not • curing, dative; .the Peace,
any more English Beef. For the linen VI they
have been in the habit of killing froon• 180114, lOUU
head of Cotle at Deptford Viers*Hint %lid', foe the
use of the Army and Navy : hut imbue!: eh/ inte-
riority of the Irish Meat, they •have iitteirldosul to
disconinue the ptactiee. 'Twill; be •a -higher satis-
faction to learn, that, in eatimaparisee, a Mite
quaa-
tity at mit provisions, of Irish Manufacture, well he
agreed fur in the Autumn ',strait than is at present
I advertised for.—(Seedie rm. Ile cry.
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