The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-02-12 00:00:00

TRIALS IN IRELAND.

From the Morning Chronicle of this day we gather
that the Orangemen tried inf 'viand have been acquitted.
Upon this the Morning Chronicle observes that Lord
‘Vellesley ought not to expose himself again to such an
insult and to such danger. And adds, that, "as go-
.. vernment identifies itself with the Orangemen, it
" would be absurd in him to suppose that he can remain
"an anti-orange Lord Lieutenant", It mould Inisfeed
We are very glad the men have been acquitted ; because
we never could see any evidences of any conspiracy at
all ; and as to putting an end to orange tyranny, Mr.
fume's are the only means.

SOUTHWARK MEETING. • •

There was a Meeting in Southwark, yesterday, and a
Petition was agreed to, praying for P:srliameith/Y- Re-
folio and for reduction of taxes. A Mr. Black moved
this petition. He enumerated the public Debt amongst
the heads of expenditure. He observed thithe thought
the ministers would be ready to reduce the Debt with-
out reducing any thing else ; but this be said was what
the country di* not4want. It wished that every
Possible retrenchmeitrshould take place before any ar-
rangement tfits made with the public creditor. Mr.
Black was right. Thlris precisely wh 't% country
wants. Sir R. Wilson took as opportul 111-ihstylt
of old Sheridan, to compliment the press, littfirer to
an observation which bad been made against it, Woad
(just in the words of old fitteridan) that to that great
instrument mankind was greatly indebted ; it pointed
out to nations their rights as well as their wrongs; it
enabled the people to euntend against oppression." For
" mankind" the press may be very good ; but to Hog-
, land it has been the greatest curse that ever afflicted
1 the nation. Mater this, Sir Hobert uttered a philippic
against the Fiend) government, and complimented the
French nation ; though he did not tell the meeting that
the war in France was as popuiar as any war that had
ever been waged. Sir Boleti darkly hinted thattircum-
stances that might arise would impose upon him the duty
(as the Morning Chronicle seems to understand it) of
going to help the Spaniards; and the Morning Chronicle
takes this opportunity of tickling him in return for the
tickle which he had given to the infamous Press of
Londod. if the worthy Knight, of the order of Maria
Theresa; if the great historian of the Egyptian cam•
paigns and of Buonaparte's poisoning his own Soldiers;
if the envoy who negotiated with the Swiss a passage
for the Austrian, into France; if the Lavalette hero
should make the "painful sacrifice" of which he talks,
we trust that the people of the Borough of South-
wark will have too much sense to be gulled into the
keeping of the seat for him; but will insist upon his
resigning it. so that thot Borough may not be in' the
same sort of state as the boroughs of Batton, Reigate,
Haslemere and Bkchingly.

STOCA EXCHANGE, HALF-PAST TWELVE O'CLOCK,—In
consequence of an expected change in the Spanish
Ministry, which may lead to another negotiation with
France, our Consols opened this morning at 74, and
were done at 74i, but on the arrival of Expresses from
Paris, with an account oft le decline of the French
Funds to 77.45 cents, the market fell to 7313-74, at
which' price they remain. The public generally can
not attach any confidence to the idea of a negotiation
between France and Spain, particularly µ•hen the King's
Speech and ear debates reach Madrid, where no doubt
they will have an important effect. The most warlike
preparations are still going on in France. Within this
half hour an immense quantity of Stock has been sold
by the Hebrews, who are getting out of their accounts.
In consequence Consols fell to 7311, with a gloomy
market. The French Funds were done so low as 76-SO,
—No prices of any Foreign Securities, except Spanish
35/ ; were done 36 361 35L, Spanish Scrip 311.
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The decision of the French Chamber of Deputies has
been made known,:and the result can occasion no sur-
prise. The address, as proposed by the Committee,
that is, more menacing and more warlike than even the
Speech from the Throne, was adopted by a majority of
202 against 93. The persons who spoke were, accord.
ing to the Illoniteur of Sunday, MM. de la Bourdon.
naye,de Kergolay (Florian), Delalot, the President of
the Council of Ministers, Duvergier de Hauranne, Gene-
ral Sebastiani, Cabaaon, Leine, Lesigneur, Chauvelin
sod G. Foy. According to the Conseitutionnel, Messrs.
de la Bourdonnaye and Delalot attacked the Minister of
Finance for not having begun the war soon enough ;
that U. Duvergier de Hauranne proposed in favour of
ipeace an amendment, which was rejected by the previous
question ; that M. Laine proposed a second, which was