The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-06-05 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

The humane and important mission entrusted by th.
Allied Powers, in 1815, to Col. MACISON to (*Willy
to the dethroned and wandering bletiaT (whom they
had not only acknowledged legitimate King of Naples
the year before, but whose aid they had accepted as
an ally) the offer of an asylum in the Austrian states,
is still fresh in the memory of the public. Now honour-
ably he acquitted himself of this mission, both towards
his 'nigh employers, and towards the brave hut vacillat-
ing viet;to of evil cout:sels, has also been made known
by the testimony rf the Ministers of those Powers from
whom the tender of prootecro.n proceeded. How un;ustly,
not to say infamously, he was attacked in the 37th of
the Quarterly Reei• or, for having strictly executed his
date excited too motels indignation id the time to be,
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yet forgotten. Disappointed of that personal satisfac-
thin, whit h a man of honour and courage r.ould nut
have refused to the person ,t hunt he had iti:;ured, Co-
lonel !Ilarirone appealed to the laws for redress. But
even here his evil destiny pursued him. The case
was tried during his ahaencis, and a tissue of misrepre-
sent.stions. boldly advaneed as facts. easily imposed on
a Jury, nho could have no other information upon the
subject titan that which was allowed to appear be.,
fire them, lieightered in its colouring and distorted
is its shape. No sootier had the verdict thus ob-
d defrated his hope:; of :in !i:o, than lie appealed
to Sir 4.1, i.e+ t HT, our Aulba'adOr at Paris, and ,
one of thoie Ministers who had signed his passport,
when entrusted with the mission to Murt IT. and alai!
bad expressed li:s satisfartirm at the manner in which
hr had coliductisil himself on tlia! oceation.
taL... !:/' 'till warmly declared Ow hi; yen iutcnt.
were mot change:l by the cal :mules of the gouieer/.0
He, 1. re, or the issue of the trial, and told Colosiel
91 t 4 tIt44S W. to write a letter to him. which he might
send over to Lord l'ss rt Er 141% on reciiving whose
directions he would ghr him, the rants
strong and sincere opinion which was thou ra-
in:lly expressing. The letter thus requested was
written in December la t, and up to this time
Co:oel MACIRONI has not reeeiv, tbe written
lestioamtoi which his Escellency had promised him.
As he cannot doubt the fond will or honour of Sir
Cusubrs Svrasr, the inference is obvious. Authority
superior to that of the 51inister, roust hate prohibited
him from rendering that justice, which lie himself re-
peated declared was doe: hot which, however willing to
render as an individual, as anoth.ial character, suliiected
tio the strict rules of ministerial discipline, lie founil him-
self compelled to withhold. Under such cireornstances, no-
thing remained for Col, M Actions but to publish thefacts
of the case. They oil! he found in another parr of our
columns. together with the letter smitten at the Inges-
tion of Sir tltans.tta STl'arr. They form an highly in-
teresting communication, illustrative of a new feature in
the character of our Athelnistraten, anal will, ou should,
olita:n nom the public that justice which the injured
Colonel has vainly claimed from those quarters whose
ditty it to see it strictly and amply done.

The Qrzes.---In I:rnportion as her Mak.:y ap•
proached toward. this et/owr .. the arciitint• f her
progress !nye, wilco tunately. bee confused and ob-
scure. rp to the hour when our parr went tl press.
we could learn no fuitin r on which we
could rely. than that her Majesty had actually reaehed
St. Omer. on Wednesday or Thursday lost, a/art/tam
expected to arrive at Calais on Saturday.

t The Aggregate Meet irg of tier! is4solawal
has just terminated and a more numerour. res ect-
able, and. we mad• add, a more splendid I üblie As-
semble have seldom met tugethei. Sir Feltvard
ilart. having Feen voted, by acel-mation, in•o
the Chair. several Resolutions were propo•cd in suit-
ahie Speeches by the respective tlentl,•nren who take
a lead In Catholic Affairs. The speerlws of 34 Cop-
pinger and Mr. O'Connell. acre deli‘ered wi:li ureat
effect, arid thanks were voted to the Lissenters of
Corkermuuth and Corti t•'inrall. and to Sir Edward
Bellew. We cannot forbear again cona;ratiilating our
Readers on the perfect unanimity that now appears to
I psis, between all Parties of the Catholics—People and
Aiirtocraey : and to expre-s a strung hope, gtoutoled
on the list information, that cur gracious Sovereign
will not be found inimical to the I. laiu:s of his Irish
Catholic Subjects.—(Muria FeesidA, Post.)
We h:.ve just been informed that a Slre.•isl Oo-
mission will he issued, for the trial of the prisoners in
'our Castle, during the course of the present month.
Another prisoner from the West-Riding Has last night
brought to the Castle, under a chaNe of Ilik•b Treason.
)Lek Herald.)

ISPEPESPENCE OF MIDDLF.SEL

A highly respect ible company of gentlemen. friends
to the independence of Middlesex, dined together on
Sattrilay, at the Freemasons' Tavern, to celebrate the
return of Mr. liyug and Mr. Whitbread, as ::erre-
sentatises of the county. Ihr lion. H. trey Bennet
was iu the Chair; on Ms right sat Mr. Byng, Sir F.
Burdett, Mr. "'Alice, Mr. ltobhouer, Lord John Rus-
sell, Sir Robert Wilson, and Sir Ronal I Ferrusson :
on his left Mr. Whitbread. the Marquis of Tavistock,
Mr. Laolloon, Mr. r. Palmer, Mr. Senjeant Lens, Mr.
Wysill,eind 31r. W. Smith. km r dinner the (*hail-
111411 give, "'The King, and may he never tb get the
principles on wheel his fauiiv was elected to the
Throor." It was drank with three Cones three. " tiod
say: the iii,:(" teas then sung. The nest toast, " The
Qu..en, an,l the rest of the Voyal was re-
ceived with great enthusiasm, and drank with three
times •liree. Mtlls--" Hail, Star of lit unswiek."
*Mr. Resnre said, that he had now a toast of pecu-
liar interest to propose. 'I hey wee.• assembled to com-
memorate the great emote of the iodepen.lettee of Mid-
dl sirs, a:, : the result of a i otoest in which th. y had
nobly fought gloriott•ly conouered
Prior to giving the toast,lie begged leave to make 3
few ob-erva:ions upon the Importance of such a glo-
rious exatipple as theirs brine. f.llowed throughout the
country. He ni.-sitt the etairip'e of returt.:n., two
Repress-811mi% rs uyun the r3itie iaterert—af nat Ree-
l! .1.:111ir the reptesentation-4 not rendering one
tron I Representative inetfii kin by accouipaniting hint
n:tli another bail Representative. I hey had not neu-
t Zee', their own representation by returning an ad-
her.mt to the Co :rt. or an appendape to the Bank
hat they were now represented by Metobe• chosen by
the ;Hoyle, and speaking the sentiments of the people.
-- The time, too, when this esample was
given, MAC it 'Doi.' important: it was occa,ioneel by
the natural death of the Monarch—on the natural
death of the Parliament---a Parliament that would
stand re, orleil, he ventured to say. as the most tiffs
graced witich ever ex'sted.--(Applause.)---There 0'25
only one Parliament on record like it, and that was the
Parliament of Veiny VIII., who declared that the
King's Proclamation was equal to law. This great
imisatice having been ahatcd---(applanse)---they looked
round to see who were lit to represent them in the
great contest in which ultyy were enraged with the
Crown. For one, they had lis oil ttiebd, who for
dairy years had been their faithful, just. and in.le-,
pendent Representative. and wuoni they had always
found constant and diligent in private business, firm
anal honest on public qin—stions.....(Applause.}..-In
own memory, which extended to a f w years. and since
he hail a seat in Parliament, he never found that Mr.
Ryng swerved from the straight line, or ever failed to
fay.oir the diminution of taxes, to countenance every
plan whose ohiret was to bevel, the people, and. wita•
the Leo. le had ino:e at heart than ony other. to lend
his aid to the great cause of Parliamentary Reform.—
(tireat applause )--Ilaving then this faithful Repre-
sentative for one of their Niemberi, they then s trio
for another who entertained the rau'e sent:otents, and
they natttrally turned round tousle whose name warmed
slielientet cll ei;.ry mail in Fuglatil--(appalirsc)---to
the sou of one whose public vlnne was meat eminent,
and. what was ram vrbi was esteemed by the public as
he deserved; they muted to one v hose moue would
never he forgotten while one spit. of English feeliog
existed I. an English ',cart.- -(l.lreat applawe )---Re
was absent when the contest took place ; but no elec-
tion in the country gave him the same gratiSeation.—
(Applanse.)—ln the early part of his life he looked up
to the father of his friend on his lett ; arsl if he ever
did any thing useful or praiseworthy for his country,
it was in consequence of the excellence of his counsel,
and the brightness of his example.--(Applause.)---11e
now congratulated them with feelings which he could
not explain. They had now then two Representatives
win; spoke their voice. It was indeed a great triumph
that Middlesex was so represented. Mr. Byng would
pursue the same course : as fur Mr. Whitbread. he
need not tell them what he would do. because he had
his path marked before him, from which he would
I never depart.---(Applause.---Mr. Whitbread would on
all all occasions firmly. stoutly, and steadily approve him-
self what was much wanted—strange as it a;peared--
1 a summates supporter of the liberties of the people in
the Commons House of Parlianient.---(Applanse.)---He
I begged leave to give "1 he Independt nee of Middle-
!sex, and its Repre-entatives, Mr. Ben, and Mt. Whit-
bread." The toast was drank with the greatest en-
thusiasni.

Mr. B. NG was g:eeted with revved shouts of ap-
plAu-e. He begged to rapt is his .sincere and heart-
felt thanks f r the almoner in which the last toast was
receit ed. lit trnsted he felt as he ought to feel their
approbation; fur from his early years he hail cotisi
derrd nothing so ?ratifying to public men as the un-
hired, unhonght support of their teiluw eitieens. No-
thing could he more gratifying to him than their ap-
probation, as manifested now and at the late election.
I.e doubted not that he would cuntiune to receite the
same support and approbation uhile he pu.sued the
same line of conduct --(.l.pplause.)—lle had witnessed,
since hr hail igen their Ilreresentative, many evil
changes ; he Ird seen the au;•.leutatiun of the power
and influence of the Crown, the ins r:aw of taration,l
and the de. rease of the .unif..;rts and liberties of the
people. Laws had Leo passed detrimental to that,
Con .titutitt of which their fathers had berm so pts•nd.
--(.tpplausr.)•--Ht had cuiforuily and strenuously op-
posed tl.e influence and power of the Crown ; and so
!Jog as be existed he %withd continue to identify him-
self with then,. He had no wish in going to Parlia-
ment but to support the rigles and liberties of the
people.--(tirent applause.) ,
tt istraursi. was preventei fron speaking fee
some time after he rose by hand and repeated-roesade
of applause. He said, the time bad ■rrited to which
he had looked forward with anxiety—the time when!
Ire saw his friends aiound him cummemo acing the
success of their eforts. tie frit, however, so over-
powered, that he could not girt. utterance to his senti-
ments of heart•felt gratitude.—(Applause.)—But the
deficiency was nut in proper feeling, but in los Lowe,
of giving utterance to that feeling. Ire was now not
entirely a straokter to thew, ond.iiitherto they bad us.
reason to reg-et theft choice —(Applause.;—He hoped
they would be: Om: Letter acquainted, and Wort-con:
iseveti. A, !:'!,S. as e.:ey helJ the lime principles, i.eld