The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-03-22 00:00:00

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o ttGfIQ4L 'PURTI

ON SIR PII..4NCIS BLROtTaI.
• Ia base restraint behold the.lhartot its= -
Say what Ids crime'—•(i tadeo's tyinpothy •
Ia lead reply. pinseistiath !hi inmost ennui)-L.
Reid istelignatien at inanited loon.
Tee serve/ for durance,, fa e. Oriel bressll.
Let England's degradation tc that rest •• •
Aud stands he then dishonou. r'd—itsenndesiard ;
Or soars his Roman Ppirit while deAnalit
• Appeals he to his eountrr-t-or hisilfe • • '
. Spent 'esinst corruption io one gioelooillttMkt
A life ,o splendid dazsies-c-inst amnion f•
Ills country tiers not judge--hut only Cods t. • •
. Nenstonc, Marsh 1.2. • 4- C. W.
TIIB QUEEN TIIE ICII:4*.S. ['HAWING ROOM.
The several Papers of tJ Lis morning have pteser.tt
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various rending,' of the story of the goon an.' thy
King's Draulog
The Qu.s.-ti, (says the Morning. Peat), . ham 'written
a letter to the liari.of Liverpool, titanium-tor liar Inten-
tion of going to the King s Drinvi.ns Kootu•this say.
He understand that the reply of the tc table. Earl was.
that her Majesty was to use her owiidiscretiois on so de-
licate an occasion. fiber Majetty have; ally reit friends,
here cannot doiiiit that she hati Neon prevalitif upon to
abandon !ter intention in this respect:
The Q teen, Vie Abiteing (7/Irma& ;inert", dory no'
go to the thawing linos* to..lJt cl. but a Lady is to go
there from her M.ijrsty, for Orpose of preseutiog 4
Pe1:6011 to the glint;. l
• slate% tneMy twat, yesterday the Quern
atlilresir4 a letter to the Rail of Lliespool cnntsining .t
Petition to his liisjesty to allow her to he pnbiii4y
prayed Air by the U.l.ergy.of the lisstablislied
privilege which has been enjoyed by all her pretieerg-
sots sine..., 'be Iteforutatioti; tier Majesty, it is said. otitis
that tin., is the Only request she has to wake.

TN:: KING'S Writ?' AND LEl' RE.

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Testerby, at eleien o'ridek, his Majesty betel i Cour!,
at his Pal:u e in fall. nail, which was attended• by tits
nisters, :oszetlser with his Household.
ills ,lajestv ;1‘4,1 a Witty GummiLet which C. Caven-
dish Crit%ille, Esq. was introduced, an swain
in Clerk of the Council, in the room of Lord Yiscottn:
Chet wynd, deceased.
The Right llOn. Sir Wm. Scott, the Judge of the AA-
miralty ..!oltr% made his Repott of the Convicts capi:al;v
convicte at to, Admiralty Sessions, who we andersrova
were repriesed dining his Majesty's pleasure.
Sir John Siivester, the Recorder of Loudon, we, atlt it
eJ into the pretence of the King in Council, and made
his Reps of the Convicts capitally con% icted at Justice
Hall in the Old Palley at the last l ibruary Sok-do'n.
Ills Mujeey give audiences to the Karl of Liverpoo•
Viscount Shlinentli, Viscount Castlereagh.
The usual preparations were then made for holding a
Levee.
The King entered the Royal Closet, when the 14.1^.
:gh Attib•ssador and ihe Swedish *nicer were intro.
Iluced to the King to a private audience by Lord Vls.
Cast Ivrea gli.
The attendance of Noblemen and Gentlemen R3S im-
mense, and the presentations so macrons that we are
obliged to omit the list. 'Phe only mimes we eau ninntion
are those of Lord Holland, who presented en address
from Manchester, and of Mr. llublmuse, M. P. whu
stilted an addiess from Westminster.

L EAT ASS I ES.

CORK.—MoNtm. Slime!! 19.
Before Mr. Ji

jet Pea rswi , labourer, charged wits felosions'ir
assaillting Win. Frani:land, and, with a knife, cutttog
and statihing hind, oh!. intent. by so doing, to 'loofa,:
and us tint him. the &Oil Wm. Frankland.
Frankland stated as follows :—I am a carpenter,
and AM brother-in-law to the prisoner ; we the wit to
earls other, at Northowram, near Halifax. On Friday
night, the 15th of February, we had some north abaft
a band-saw, which I had lent to him, three months he-
fore. About eleven o'clock on the Saturday (the fol-
lowing) night, the prisoner came to his own door, ant
called lint to me, " thee, come this war
thy "tuts open ; I want thee here ;" I went down the
steps (the prisoner lived on the grown' floor, anti the
prosecutor up stairs) and when I came near to him,•ho
struck me its the face with a knife; I was nearly eimaked
with blood, which ran down my throat ; and, being Uri,
ahle to stand, I fell upon in kisers, laying hold of the
prisoner at the same time, in order to support myself;
my wife rried out, "Jet', have mercy !" The priaoiler
replied, " ID—n him, Fit •how him no miler; I'll. kill
h ion out !" I was then taken from him, and art they 'were
taking me away, be gave me three more cots in Ole
head; which rendered me senseless; he also cot ,pai
apron in two, and my breeches, hut did not hurt my body.
Three %fitness's corroborated the prosecutor's ter-
' ti ))))) ny, particularly with retard to the rut in the cheek.
Mr. Hasidic, surgeon, at Halifax, was called in on the
in question, to attend the prosecutor, whoui ke
boosd in a lens-less state; he load a wound in his cher*,
cut completely through into the mouth ; it was half, ais
inch in lengifi, on the left angle of the mouth, and tip*
a slanting direction down to the edge of the Jaw.;
course, it had opened an artery. In extending itte.
ternal wound to get to the artery, he found the point of
the knife in the prosecutor's cheek ;in his opinion, boA
no medical assistance been obtained, the artery wool •
not bare stopped bleeding, iu which case deetb out
have ensued.
The prisoner, on being raked upon for his defence,
said that the prosecutor load frequently threatened Ks
life, and that he was only defending himself from hi,ar-
oanits at the time lie cut him. - • .

The Jury Nand him Oui/ty : and hit Lordship hone-
sliately seotetived bum to be executed, giving biro uo
hope. of merry.
After the sentence had been passed, the primmer said,
" I hope your Lordship will grant me siert; ?" tWo
Learned your
replied, " Remember, when Imo lord
asked for mercy, you granted none." • •'. •
TIIIIMPAT. MARCIE SO. -,
S novel Pickea isle, of liarasley, hatchet, was, tried
for cutting and maiming Thomas WHte; with IRINA
to kill him. The prosecutor was assisting a tiersty WO
lift to execute a warrant upon the prisettet fot 311.011411
the alleged HlTence was com•yitted.- There sit *Of
contradiction in the cue, and, after a tiW .11114111110
hours, the Jury found the prisoner— Yo!
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Viiii=s/XIMIIIID • i ..• ;
Fiar.—Os Thursday eight, about ten is'
farm•steading, in the neighbourhood el Noddle • .
longing to IN. Howden, and lately greeted, was
mired to he on fire. The fire erigiastad ih a Imp
stack on the pest side of the hatalatil, sod
blowing from die west, the hart Imbiodialdly • •
bloated to the thatch roof of the tidaeliliwlfigehtibe, •
to several stacks of beans, which is asalle.ll were a
a bright Wee of fire. The Aire was las topidlyarir
surd, and the eagle's hefiaolviacta this Wit Ili Ike-
diagma promptly :proud opoo Miistopti-liodALlia at
stere
happy to bear that from the e-
thou, several Meek; oflistoperlditrieps *m Ordered
from the des:r c• se elusion'.