The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-10-12 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

WISDAT 2,1011110, OCTOBER 12, Idl9.
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When nationl evils are allowed to nn to a `►eat
length they become,pest removal ; and of themselves
operate a different order of things. There is not a
single branch of the Government of this eoent►y
which don not partake of the above quality. The
Armlets it last, in spite of every effort to Cement
the circ•tnstance, have exhibited • frightful ce•ote-
-1 ounce. If one branch of ti-e lemma happen to be

more productive than common, the Tensely writer
descant upon it with gooiest complecesey, and
predict a cornucopia of National wealth in coon.
(pence. It is ►eally diverting le see with !what
ingenuity these same Gentlemen et this element
explain sway the most alarming prognostications es
to the deficioary of the taus. They confidently talk
of 'corning commerce and a Wean of trade; el.
thoogh the prohibitory er rest riciltesystem with which
we here been se long carved, most prevent sock a de.
suable event from ever heppeeleg, tki a very differ's%
national policy has been resolved on. Our Corn
IA yr, calculated, no doubt, to enrich the tona-
-1 owner, melt inevitably cootie's so impoverish
the State itself and the people at large. Will es.
dues seed their empty ships to this areetry to pot.
chase cf us whet they an possibly do withoot ? In
war time we do, sad most castles, to do so, send
our ships, in ballast, to the East and North-East
countries, for timber to 1111 our 'reseals and repair 1
our noels; bet settling beside as absolute necessity
will Write or force nations to grr end hide with
distant ports, with which the greatest pert of their
especial productioes are prohibited. America has
, been, no doubt, grimily injured by the interdiction
we allude to. It is impossible to my what may be
the 'Monate mischief of this change in the commercial

Mallets between two countries ism se intimately
tenanted. The twortheotssod ship.oweers uf America
fief siodoebtedly a groat edvorsity 'Toolbar prohibitory
Coro Laws, es est Issd•ewsers pocket the prosperity
of it. Bet no Ibis last t Is it Imolai or desirable
list it sbeeld 1 Well stay ikon Gentles.. sew
mare' to a property tat tether *au set asters to
the seises Ike conflation, of suck eisnlegs 11

The politics of France, sod the (Oakes of certain
leading aim in that cesatry, may sow and t►en be
inietestetily treated of. There are, however, no
open state Issasactions at the Court of the Thailieries
which strike us as &envie( particular make. Our
Correspondent at Park, ►cots that there are is.
dispositions among Moister'', whkb are ohm
imputed to tho,irregalarity of the feactioas of the
newel body, but which aro muc► moss imputable
to those of the body politic. That of M. Guymon
ST. CM, is strongly suspected to be of this class.
Tho wilier on Ills subject interprets the frequent U.
ecioncemeal of this Minister being about to mice, to
his ineffectual andesmors to horns a higher smite.
rity with the necessity of taking more eateesivo
precautionary aeraseres against the possibility of a
future war, communicating with, or esleadiag
self in time to France. That persosage is loom.
ably peak in disposition, and moot bring himself
to sea the necessity f.•r taking those ineoseres
perhsps, in good faith, aro thought recommendable,
by certain of the Frenc► Ministry.
calling 25,000 Wessel into prelim service
has been a measure talked of dories the lan twelve
months.

A Requiaitioe, sigeed by (as we bre isthmoid)*
thousand rercieetablo pOilleef, has bees presented I.
the Provost of Made,, to a call • Meeting for the
double purpose of petitioning for a Parliasestary
Reform, and for an esquiry kilo the creel outrages
committed at Manchester.
The Cadiz letters, received by the Moll of yes.
tetchy, describe the siltation of that place and *sigh-
boarhood as very melancholy, in coseequence of the
contagion which was making series, ravages. As
the troops listened togs eat in the espeditios were
dispersed, it was soprani the ermemeet, if sot 'to-
tally destroyed, wee at least enema.' for a consi-
derable time. The impressive with regard to the
distemper sl4O is, that it was brooght to the Bay of
Cadiz by the Asia, 74, that arrived some time ego
from the lievannab with mosey; sad, for the sake
trf leading which the aerial reettictioes were dispersed
with, although the Comets on his arrival made doe
siti(tuti►e that he had the fever es beard, aad that
he had lesi.l2o patients.* the agog, home.
We Mw jest heard, oe the astberity of • private
letter, that a duel has takes place between Mr. Long
Wellesley 'see Mr. Nessit. the Members for Wilt.
sbge, whisk proved foot to the tatter Gentleman.
—(P/sisenflo ) We have mew fear other
Pelson feetrtbe Same peat of the eeestry, but nut
*ewe( themreale* the Meet Mat el each a moles-
elselylitasteepbe. • We Atwood, Ise pi this the re-
seer leei ars et* ti be selsosistle

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*MIL •l Ma. Get

this iserniep at as early boor, a eerilderable
surabor of persons assembled resod the door of the ,
laviltikell, and at wady sine o'clock the pressure ;
Iseteme'ess etc► Obit lie most serious apprehensions i
were espreseedity those persons who had a ppresched
the Stalest to the door ; a few esiantes before eine, the
doors of t►e Court were thrown open, end Mr.Catille,
accompanied by Mr. Hunt and other Gentlemen, come
op to the door le-several carriages, containing as im-
mense quantity of books, pspersotc. As soon es way
could he made through the crowd, Mr. Heal sod the
ether Gentlemen entered the Coy t,w hes shortly after
Chief Justice Abbot took his seat ; before the Jury
were sworn, Mr. Hum:addressed the Beech respect-
ing the trials he is engaged lit with the Nes 7'imes
Newspaper, and wished that they should come on first
agreeable to the notice t►at had been gives.
The Cater Jurece r►plied, with some asperity,
reqoestlng Mr. liest Mg to Interrupt the proesedlogs
of the Caerr, aed said that Thursday was the day ap-
pasted for his trial to come on ; sod it sheeld do se
if possible.

The fellowieg Jury wee thee ewers s•—•
lirsesei. Jesse e.
Jells Hew , I J.,he wink
Glesee lisiey. Ceske
!Mae Illurfoss. Rl...we Clamber%
Willies reenact. Willa.se Pasta.
Teensee.

lieerr Cos%
It.bers Pint,

I 111•Itheer 11141 kt,
Jabs Batley.

Mr. CAIIIIIELL *poised the proredlnes, stalls' this
to be so loformetion fled by bis dl.jen)'o Ai**me,-
General against Rirberd Gerlile, for poblisLing a fob*
and ■elirioss libel, of and eoecernieg the Hely
Scripteres, tending to vilify sod bring them isle dia.
smite. To this Information the Defeadset bed
pleaded Not Guilty.
TM Arroanair-Gtosnsa (Sir R. Gifford) then
addressed the Jury; he stated the loformation to
have bees filed by his predecessor, Sir kneel Shop.
herd, es lest back as December, ISIS, bet Cr..
onevoldable eirceentaases coeld eel be kiosks to

as ism before the present elttie(l—a ramose had
been spread abroad that this prossesties had been
Instituted by moons who were desires. of codfishes
the Liberty of the Press; nothing was farther from
the intentles of those persons who bad the perfora-
tion of this painful public defy : the Christian nth:
lion was part of the law of the land, both statute
and common law, and be should prose it by a
reference to some of the highest authorities.-
-The Attorney-General then quoted the cam of
Ne)lor, which was tried before Justice Hale in the
reins of Chad.. 11., anal also ether cases to the time
of the trial of Mr. Williams, for publiebing the work
le question, and oleo that of Mr. Eaton, and Mated,
that it bad been 'Deserted that there was so law open
which this loformution could be supported; bet be

tbonght list, Air tie authority bi bad ,bows, this
would •ot be lesherd on. Tito [Awned Counsel

concluded a speech of seedy so boor with a forci-
ble spites' to the Jory, collier/ on thee if they were
satirtiwl of 'hie bring • libellous pablication to artists

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their conscleaces and Sod the Defendant Guilty.
Ca la Somme, Clerk to the Solicitor of the
Treasury, proved the perchasiog of Panes sr 4
Keesea, ea Om 19th of December, last year, and
was served by the Defendant. who asked witness if
►o did sat wont half -a dozen copies? and also that
Mr. Coring sold him the book within' hesitation,
for vbkh he paid 10s. ed.

The laformatien was then reed by the proper
en at tenth, sad being concladorlyilr. Carlile en-
tered en his detract. He was proceeding to refer to
varlets Acts of Pat!lament, relating to Protestant
Dissenters.
The Archbishop of Canterbury was in waiting, bat
fro■ tiro leogth of ibe defence, it is act probable
that his Lordship will be called to-day.
r. Cart& was proceeding la his defence w►et our
Reporter left the Court.

Mr. Puma, Kill's Me sager, left tows ow Son.
day with di.petches for Italy.
Mr. Barns c. King's binsager, left tows yesterday
everalog with dispatches for Pads.
Advice. from Batavia of the beginning of May,
Sato, that the Eaglish eapeditloo fres Bengs:, nodes
Sir T. RAIII.IIII, consisting of several of the Kest In.
die Composes trotters, stilt troops on board, had
mired on the coast of Sumatra, to take p ion of
I all the ports on the west side of the Island,. hid were
ceded to the British by the King of Acavan.
We endentand that a Reqeisitioe fur a Meeting of
the Inhabitaats of the parish of St. Clement Donn,
to address the Patxce on the late transactions at
Manchester, Is its • roars of signaler., and to
which already some very respectable names are et.
tachtd.
Oa Wednesday the Owen Glendower frigate, Cspt.
the Hoe. !lousy C. SPE4C ilit, arrived at Portsmouth
from Chatham to be paid wages, and finally posit,.
ped for the Semis American station, to which she
will sail in a few days. The Blossom, 28, Capt. VEn-
NON, sailed on Friday, with dispatches, for Rio
Janeiro. It is said Commodore Bowuts will return
home in the Blossom. The squadron on the South
American statiee, on the arrival of the abort ships,
will consist of ten ships of war,ris.: —Seperb,7B.Com.
sedan Sir TllOll,ll MASTlnalan 11 Altislf, 13111. ;
Captain T. Wain, (a); Veugeor, 74, Capt. F. 1..
M AITLanD, C. B.; Creole, 42, Capt. Berms ; An-
dromache. 44, Capt. Sillnnaff ; Hyperion, 42, Capt.
T. Scants, C. B.; Blossom, 28, opt.Ct Vamoose ;
Few/seri% 211. Capt. 11. Rontwaun l 20,
Capt. D. H. O'llaits; Tyne: 2G, Copt, FAWN j
tarn: 10) C.pt. 14191,