The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-04-13 00:00:00

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ADVICE GIVEN BY SIR C.• , TUENEIX
Ills CONSTITUENTS, IN 1780.
I feel satisfaction in addressing so humeeous and
respectable a body of my countrymen, that cannot
amitosis • slavish mind. I have opposed the torrent
of corruption, and the inroads of arbitrary power,
mud though I have been unsuccessful, yet with your
emistance f will fight and conquer. Corruption and
tyranny can never stand against the efforts of • free
People ; be firm, be zealous,. be unanimous, assert
your birth-right. Anneal Parliaments, and an equal
Representation ;• a privilege inherent in the Constilu.
,gion. But if you do not think yourselves forthwith
obtaining that object, you have • right to insist on
*bat Government you please. Laws were made for
the governed, not for the Governor, and all Govern.
meats originate with the People. if you choose to
be slaves, submit to en unlimited monarchy, or an
oppressive aristocracy ; if you wish to be free, you
Lave a right to insist upon a democracy, or yes have
a right to form a republic. Do not tell me of the
power of Parliaments, or the power of the Croon.—
All power originates with yourselves, and if the
Crown and Parliament abuse that power you have
invested them with, yon have a right to re-assume it.
You are the lords of the creation, not the slaves of
power ; you are our masters, and wp are only your
servants, delegated and employed by you to do your
business; nod till you pay your servants, as was
formerly the case, they will never act to your ad.l
vantage; if you do not pay them, the Crown aad'
thou they become the servant; of the Crown, and no
longer the servants of the People. Au honest man
can have no interest but that of his country, in cow-
ing to Parliament; and if he sacrifices his ease and
retirement to •the duty of a Senator, his ezpeoces at
least ought to be reimbursed by his.country. You
now pay your Members with a vengeance for enslav-
ing you, sad picking your pockets. But if you
would once pay them yourselves, you would no lon.
ger complain of oppression, but with spirit and reso-
lution insist upon your privileges, and I will meet
you in Runnymede. I' love the poor, I divide my
fortune with them, and I will die with them. The
poor man's labour is the rich mates wealth, and with.
out your toil, a kingdom is worth nothing. While
I am free, you never shall be slates.

Q. OA

FATAL DUEL.
tsTATEWENT 01, THE FATAL DUEL AT VistaßAY, IN
Vomit LIEUTENANT GORDON, or Till COLDbTaitAll
GUAKDS, WAS BILLED BY A FRENCH orrlCEe.]
Lieutenants Gordon And M----, of the Guards,
on the evening of the 31st March were walking on
the Esplanade ; some other Officers joined them,
stopping to enter into conversation : at this moment,
a Frenchman, having the appearance of an Officer,
passed them several times very close, making very
abort turns, and though no sort of provocation had
been offered, staring them full in the face in the
most Waive manner, yet no notice whatever was
taken ef,bis conduct:
The taillteis then separated ; Lieutenants Gordon
and M walking away •arm in arm. As they
passed the Frenchman, he made use of• the grossest
epithets, when Lieut. Gordon, in the mildest manner,
enquired if such espresaions were intended for them.
The French officer's reply was, " Prene: gels commie
your voulez, ri your la prates pour your tenez le
done." You may receive them as you please. If
you tlippese them meant for you, so take them.
Cards were then exchanged, and a meeting took
place the following morning. The French officer,
when called upon by Lieutenant .M— to retract
words, refused to do so, though he had 'Allow.
!edged to the Commissaire de Police on the previous
evening, that be had misconducted himself, promise
ing to make an apology. The part) having taken
their ground, at the first fire the Frenchman's shot
took effect..the ball passing through Mr. Gordon's
body, and he instantaneously expired.
Since the unfortunate affair it has been discovered
that thii French Officer, is a systematic duellist, and
it is known that he peblicly declared in a coffee•
house, that he would take the life of some English
officer; he is in active service, belonging to the Le.
gion de Nord, awl came to Cambray to see his
frieuds.. To three different parties he gave a different
'Hoer. It was the unfortunate lot of Lieuteuatit
Gordon to fall the victim of the national prejudices
of a ruffian ; and at the early age of twenty has his
country been deprived of a young officer, who, from
his visit); totems and his characteristic bravery, pro.
n.ived to be one of its fairest ornaments, bulb as a
gentleman and a soldier.

Ilour.ocac In Atat/Panall.—The town of 800.
logne.ser.Mer, that •ftvourite retreat of English and
Irish emigrants on the French coast, is in a state of
uproar and confusied, 'in consequence of (he not
alarmed, gentle Reader!) a 'satirical poem published
there on the Ist of Anvil. It is addressed to the
Virgins of the San, 'Mediu., it is supposed, to a
Mrs. M. and her three rlaeghters, who lately appear.
eil it a masquerade in the costue►e.of these heavenly
damsels. These it regreseuts as actively employed in
search of husbands, god it also embraces a areal
number of military character', including some Offs•
'curs of the 18th Hussars, and several others, amount-
lag is, all, mete andfmnale, married and single, to
34 persons. Lord GitigNOCH, son of &HI CATH.
CA UT, feeling himself snarled to in the Poem, imane•
dirtely published a notice, but it was unluckily on
the Ist of April, declaring the Author, whoever he
may be, a coward, a liar, and a scoundrel. This
notice was posted up in the Subscription Reading•
room—and several other Gentlemen,* who feel afa
tented by the lampoon, have, in aid orit, threatened
to put all thel►orsewhips of she placer in requisition
for the use of the offender's back, Whether male or
(-male; bet these threats are considered more likely
;o puma, concealment than discovery.
' We understand another commotion has taken place
at the East India College, at Hertford, in conse.
quauce of which, about forty out -of sixty students
bare liven stet away.
Hussey, the supposed murderer of Mr. Bird and
bit house-keeper, is thin in person, mild and even
effeminste in his manner*, apparently bashful, and
his ceanteuatica possesses an air of much siotplicit).

OXPIORD ASSUES.

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KINGSTON. Ararr. 11. sentenced to' die."
The Assikes, the heaviest ever known in this
county, concluded this day at peon, when the fa:- L4W INTELLWSNCE. ,;• :
lowing persons, capitally convicted, received seu•
tence of death : COURT OF CHANCERY, Antis 11,
John Hill, W. Lynch, Rt. Welling, and John Wel-
ling, for stealing in a dwelling-house; John Follent, In the cosine of the morning, while the Lord
Chancellor wee beating a awe, a woman decently
Thos. Siderson, Robert 5a
lnrnn, Thos. Milgrim, and
clad obtained admitting. to the Court, sod seating
Charles Dela, for burglary;. George King, Thomas
herself near the Li-nista, seized upon the gold bag
Bishop, Joseph Street, and George Webb, for house-
containioe the seals, and esclaimiag that she came to
breaking; Clarissa 'Longmore, for privately stealing
and demand justice, declared she would not pert with
in a shop ; Charles Martin, Thomas Tooling,
the seals till his Lordship bad done her right. The
George Home, for highttay.rabbery ; John Sa-dler,
Officers were preparing to turn ber oat, but his Lord.
James Hook, Edward Holmes, James Stevens, John
ship desired that if she conducted herself quietly she
Harcourt, Reuben Brewer, William Bradford, and
William Rootlet), for horse, sheep, and cattle- might be allowed to remain. • She said no more tilt
stealing ; and Ann Toorrock, for forgery. hisinstant he bad quitted the
Court, followed by the officers, she seised the mace
ThirteSts other individuals, among whom was
David Oweu (fer cutting and maiming) had been and ran off with it. She was promptly followed,
but it.was not without a violent struggle she relinquish-
already sentenced.
At one o'clock, the Judges, Barons aR —XHAK and ed the insignia of his LOrdship's authority.
Wool', left Kingston for town, the latter having vi •
respited the execution of all the capital convicts. , COURT OF KING'S SIMON, Leash 11.
Till LING V. 'FRAMs DoRS, ESQ. •
This was a prosec6tion at the instance of Dr.
Thorpe, formerly Chief Justice of Upper Canada,'
against the Defendant, Lieutenant-Governor of the
same province, for a malicious and defamatory libel.
The case was tried it the Sittings after the last Term,
and the Defendant was found Guilty.
Mr. Serjeant COPLEY this day moved for a-Rule
to show cause why that -verdict should not be set
aside, ind a new trial granted. The motion of the
Learned Serjeant was founded upon the ground that'
the libel ire question was only given privately by the
Defendant, to the Attorney-General of the,province
(Mr. Serjeant Firth), in •his official capacity, and
therefore must be considered as a privileged commu-
nication. The fact was; that the pamphlet which
'contained the libel was written by a Gentleman, who
sent it to Mr. Gore, end he was in no respect privy
to the content', till it was delivered to him in a
printed Perm. The Learned Serjeant then proceeded
to refer to the evidence' given by Mr. Serjeant Firth
upon the trial, and from thence to infer that the cum-
monication to him was of a confidential and official
nature. He was also desired to state, that Mr.
Gore had no feeling of hostility whatever towards
Dr. Thorpe. •"
Mr. SCARLET t here intimated that Dr. Thorpe was
equally uninfluenced by a spirit of hostility towards
Mr. Gore, and added, that if Mr. Gore would pat
in the form of an affidavit, or assert upon his honour,
Abet be had no connection with the composition of
the pamphlet in question, previous to its being print-
ed, or had not contributed in any way to its colt-
tents, Dr. Thorpe would stop all further proceedings
on the prosecution.
Mr. Serjeant ConcY said, that Mr. Gore had fre-
quently made assertions to him to that effect, and he
had no doubt but that the terms suggested would be
complied with. It was then understood that the mo-
tion for the new trial should eland over.
THE XING V ALEXANDER MILNE AND OTHERS.
This was an •indictment against the Defendants,
who were appointed to carry into effect the provisions
of the Aer for making a new street from Pali-mall to
the New-road, charging them with a conspiracy to
injure Mr. Pit', the surveyor, of the Adelphi. The
case was tried at the Sittings of the last Term, and
the prosecution was conductedby Mr. Pitt in person.
The Defendants were acquitted.

YALLINGTON V. GARRISON.
This was is action brought by the Plaintiff against
the Defendant, for a compensation in damages for
the seduction of his daeghter, and the loss of der
services.
Mr. JERVIA, in detailing the circumstances of the
case to the Jury-, observed, that the Plaintiff, who
filled a very humble situation in life, sought to re-
cover a compensation from the Defeitdant, for se-
ducing at►d debauching his daughter. His situation,
however, did not, thank God, in this country debar
him from appealing to those laws for protection
which the Defendant had so grossly violated. The
Plaintiff was a carpenter living at Winchcomb, in
this county, and the Defendant was in a superior
situation of life; he was a brazier, and in the pos.
session of considerable properly.
Mr. Justice PARR, previous to his recapitulation
of the evidence, observed to the Jery, that the first
thing for their consideration in cases of this descrip.
lion was, whether the father had been accessary to
his daughter's ruin; and the next thing to be weighed
was, that she was not a pander to her own lust. The
observations of the Learned Counsel were correct
with respect to the application of the evidence to a
breach of promise of marriage ; that was quite ano-
ther species of action, which the young woman her-
self could bring if she thought fit. In estimating
damages in the present- instance, the Jury were not
to punish, bat to give such cool and temperate
damages as they should, upon a review of all the cis.
cumsiances of the case, think proper. He did not
consider the case one which called for damages out
of the way. At the same time be considered seduc-
tion to be one of the deepest injuries that could be
committed in society; however idle people may go
into Courts of Justice, and often interrupt the solemn
proceedings neceisary upon such occasions by intem-
perate folly and laughter. Ile felt no hesitation in
saying, it► the heering•of that very crowded Court,
and he trusted it would ultimately tie adasatagrsoue
to those present, that a seducer was a very wicked
character indeed. Still, however, the Jury were not
by their verdict to punish.
The Jury consulted for a short time, and found
a verdict for the Plaintiff. Damages—Fifty Pounds.

Mr. Pitt appeared in Court again this day, to more
that this verdict of a►quittal shoeld be set aside. Ile
pot in a petition and an affidavit, the substance of
which went to state, that a briussoin the Haymarket,
respecting which it was insinuated on the trial that he'
had been guilty of some mal-practices, did not come
within the New-street Act : and that, even if
it did, that transaction whatever it might have
been, had taken place in 1818; whereas the con-
spiracy which he imputed to the Defendants had taken
place in 1815, and had been so 'proved by five ie-
spectable witnesses. Ile also urged, that however
questionable the condnet of the Defendant might be,
the persons whom he dwelled of crimes were not the
less culpable. This doctrine, he stated, had been
ably sepported ;n the cases of Lord Cochrane end
others.
The Collet was of opinion that there was no ground
whatever for the motion, and that the Defendants,
if they bad stied erroneously at all, did so in being
too lenient in their treatment of Mr. Pitt.
THE KING V. CARLII.E.
The Defendant in thi► ease appeared on the floor,
to move that his recognizance' might he discha►ged,
upon the ground that he had attended to take his
trial in Court 'during the last Term ; but that his.
Proseentere had not thoeght proper to proceed.
The Court referred to the recognizance of the De-
fendant, which was only personal, and in the usual
form, calling upon him to attend the Court day by
day, and not depart without licence. Their Lordships
then referred to authorities upon these subjects, when
Cord &Luz Boum:roll addressed the Defendant as
follows :—By a rule of this Court, year recogni-
zance remains in force for four Terms at least ; but
one Term has inspired since you entered into that re•
cognizance; therefore, you are not now entitled to
a discharge. •
Mr. CARLILL—When I entered into the recogul.,
zance, there was no written document produced.
Mr. Jostles BAYMET.—There never is; but re.
cognizance, are always, after they are taken, re-
duced to writing.
The Defeudant then withdrew.

POLICE.
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Bow.stnerr.—On Thursday information was re-
ceived at the office, that the house of Major Morrie,
on Barnes-green, Barnes.commoo, Surrey, had
been broken open early that morning. The Major
load his family being at their country seat is Suffolk,
the Rev. Mr. Jeffery', a friend of the Major's, op-
,plied to the Magistrates, for an officer. Taunton
was dispatched, oho, after • minute rzamination of
the premises, suspected the Major's Atilt* to have
been concerned io the robbery ; he, therefore, .took
him into custody and brought him to London, where
be underwent an investigation by Mr. Bloom, and
was committed.uutil the arrival of his master.
John Pakington, who was, employed to take care
of Tripp, Esq. of Say') -square, in conse-

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