The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-02-14 00:00:00

THE STATIFMA N.

ELkCTIONESRINO.

Hall glorious time!
Fit subject for Am*.
That every distinction eon level,
When the gentleman greets
Each blackguard he meets,
And Pride must descend to be civil.
• The Thike and the Peer
Mutt gurgle strong beer
With Freemen to gaio their protection,
And all who *split
To be Knights of the Shire
Get drunk to meuretheir Election.
flow fervent the seal I

That Candidata feel,
The friendship they •ow, how shwas;
Rut %is easy to ire's',
When seem seal they profess,
That the time of Election draws near.

CITY or DVSLIN.—We regret to find that a
third Candidate has not offered for the Representa-
tion of this city, and we must confess the eirctun-
stance is very little creditable to the assurhed pa-
triotism of what is called the independent iuterest.
--(Addl.,' Everting Poet.)
A third Candidate, it is said, will offer for the
representation of the city of Cork.
A smart electioneering canvass has already can-
menced in Tamworth.

Mr. BARCLAY has formally declined the invite-
lion to offer himself for the Borough of Southwark,
at the ensuing election.
We stated in our Paper of Saturday last, that
Mr. Alderman Heygate had an intention of be-
coming a candidate for representing the City of
London ' • we have, however, been assured, by a
correspondent, that this opinion, su generally
adopted in the City, is erroneous, the worthy Al-
derman purposing to offer himself for another
place. _ _

Twelve Gentlemen, in Sir Wm. Curtia's interest,
commenced a very active canvass in the Tower
Ward on Friday morning, and met with great
:sue-
cots.

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Saturday, at one o'clock, his Majesty held a apart at
his Palace, in Pall-wall, which was attended by the
Archbishop of Canterhury, the Lord Chancellor, the
First Lord of the Treasury, the Lord President of the
Council, the Lord Privy !eal, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, the three Secretaries of State, the First Lord
of the Admiralty, the Master 0 I of the Ordnance,
the President of the Board of (moron), the President of
the Board of Trade, the Master of the Mint, the Earl of
Mulgrave, the Lord Steward, the Broom of the Stole.
The King held a Privy Council, and pricked the
Sheriffs for England and Wales for the year ensuing.
His Majesty gave audiences to the Lord Chancellor,
the Earl of Liverpool, Viscount Sideuoutb, and Viscount
Castlereagh.
Lord Heston and Colonel Whatley were the Lord and
Groom in Waiting.
TM CAWS .kakespLaboat four.

Yesterday the Duke of York and Prime Leopold vi-
site I his arajesty.
The rumour is contradicted that it is the Intention of
her Royal Highness Princess Augusta te quit Windsor.
We understand that preparations are making to enable
her Royal Highness to take immediate possession of
Irruption', which she inherits from the will of her late
Majesty. Her Royal Highness's household establishment
is already arranged. The inhabitants of Mediate have so
long had opportunities of estimating the besevolence of
her Royal Highness's nature, exerted as it has ever been i o
the most liberal and extensive relief of distress and poverty,
that no circumstance could give them greater pain than
the removal of her Royal flightless ; and no assurance
ran be more gratifying than that of her continued rest•
deuce amongst them.
It is, we understand, the intention of her Royal High-
ness the Princess Sophia to leave the Castle Immediately
after the funeral of her late revered father. His Royal
Highness's establishment will be transferred to the house
of the Doke of Cambridge, in London.
The Princesses Augusta and Sophia, and the Duchess
of Gloucester, will remain at the Castle till the day after
the funeral.
The Journal de Marseilles of the 2d instant,
states, that the Queen of England. travelling under
the title of the Cotintess Oteli, set out from that
city some days presiously, with the intention of
proceeding to Leghorn.
In the Gezette of Saturday it will he noticed, that the
order regarding the Liturgy of the Church of Blighted.
directs, as might naturally be expected, the omission its
the Prayers fur the Royal Family, ads, words, " Their
Royal Highnesses Georer Prince of Wales, the Prisms,'
of Wales, and"—now for a sehstitetier for that eases-
don we leaked, as we doubt nut many of out readers
will. in yak'. The Prayer, then, sow is, for" his Admit
Remo Oconee IF. and all the Royal. FAMILT." Ae
may, therefore. fairly infer that this alteratio, and a
to what was expected, owassiow, will excite vetted opt.,
aloes and dissimilar sentiments. The regular Clergy, so
fki as the Coeocil's order might be supposed to extant/
as to distance and time, conformed to it pretty generally.
but s very great majority, almost' a totality, of the
Dissenters, prayed for Qua's Cssointa. A few of the
Clergymen of the Establishment, however. could not
leave out their Inesful Queen. The Clergyman of
Clerkinwell church left the matter much as the oracles
of old left their answeol to certain querim. He men-
tioned sonehody, in such a manner that it would be
difficult for the listening congregation to assign what
he said of ena4ody distloctly. doubt native loyalty
on the One hand, and ecclesiastical discipline on the
other, occasioned this diffidence and hesitation.

Minix, Fan. 10.—It is rnmonred that Mr.
Young; the celebrated Tragedian; Mr. Johnsen, better
known by the appellation of Jack Joissson t with lie.
Phillips, of voral celebrity', hare proposed for the Patent,
to open oar theatre, in this city, jointly, atter the inter-
ment of war late beloved Sovereign. We ape informed.'
immediate steps will be taken to have some place of ra
tional arnasement for the recreation of the citisens of
Dublin.
A curious circumstance °warred on Sunday Se. IP
night, at Market &Aviary*, Wilts. A person named
Jane Webb attended Divine Service, attired precisely
in the same suit of mourning for our late .*lnvereign
uswige 111. as was wore by her for King pear,' 11.
The singularity' of its make attracted tooth notice.
This venerable and (regal spinster has attained her 76th
year.
There are at Oashaven l'io rt 4141111 *tido, till
the Elbe free from ice to proored to iliambergb.
Naommeememil

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LONDOY SE&SIONS.-(Thu D 4):)

The Sessions commenced this morning before the RN-
consita, the Luau AlAvon, and Aldermen.
After the Grand Jury were sworn, the Recommit de-
livered his charge. lie observed that the calendar did
not contain any offences upon which it was necessary
fur Lot particularly, to animadvert. There was, bow-
ever, one case of perjnry, and it was necessary for him
to intorno them that it was essential to the proof of this
Alum that more than one witness should appear. lie
esecluded by ohserving, that is Gentlemen so well as
Stith the nature and the duties of their eats,
farther remarks would hr unnecessary.
obes Dare, a city officer, stood indicted for an as-
sadlt on the person of William Birch, on the 29th of
September last.
The prosecutor stated, that on the day in question,
he attended a Common Hall in the. City, and was thus
&coasted by the defendant. -4 D—n you, you are sot a
Liveryman, and you shall go out." The defendant then
laid hold of bim, and dragged him against Mr. Dixon,
to Whom the complainant appealed for protecting. Mr.
Dixon ascertained that he was a Liveryman, and then
the defendant desisted.

w Joseph Thompson. who was with the prosecutor at
the dote, corroborated the account shove given.
The detbtolaut in defence, stated, that on the day in
question be acted ass city officer, and had found great
diffitailty in preserving order. The defehdant was-fore-
(nattla the riot, andite bad laid hold of him peaceably,
to pritosent Mist from rushing upon the busting*.
The Jury found the defendant thailty of the assault;
bet thought him justified in Acting so, as he had dose
it in discharge of his duty.
The liscoaora informed them that this verdict could
not he received, and, after a moment's re-consideration,

they pronounced the defendant Not Onilty.
Wigistos Henson was indicted for as assault upon
Thomas Fenner. A cross-indictment had been preferred
by Hanson against Fenner, for the same offence, but it
was understood that Hanson should first stand as defend•
ant, and the result of his case determine who should be
determined the aggressor.
William Fenner, the prosecutor, stated that he resifts
at Peekbain, and that on the 29th of No*ember last, he
was walking along Fencinireh-street, in company with
a friend, when, upon turning the corner, a muffin-hey,
who- wia cooing in an opposite directlos, ran against
him. and is consequence the muffins which the boy was
carrying were overturned. The boy complained bitterly
of his loss, and the defendant cause out of his shop and
laid hold of the prosecutor's collar. The prosecator
knocked himdown, sod pursued his way. Ile we., fol-
lowed by the defendant, who had armed himself with a
boot-tree, and was then violently assanlted by the de-
fendant. In parrring a blow which the defendant aimed
at his head, the it.one of his arm was broken, and being
then incapahle of further defence, was given in charge
to a constable by the deft ad tnt. He was confined two
hours, and was then liberated upon hail.
Daniel Tye. who was in company with the prosecutor
at the time, deposed to the above circumstances.
John Censer prodaced the instrument with which the
hlo* had been stench.

The surgeon who had set the arm of the proseautori I
was
eallerfro prove the circumstance of the fracture.
The defetidant here expressed a wish to be examined,
and was aecoedingly placed in the box for that purpose.
He stated, that oil the day in question, he was sitting at
tee With his family, when be heard an outcry from the
boy' who had lost his muffins. He went to ascertain
the cease, esti upon interesting himself is behalf of
the, bur, the prosecutor termed round and midi—
J 4 Ilaset &Ammo...pi lAN Stogie's, is is tows el.-tie,
attrevilso the ptoseentor repeated, aid struck him
several times. Being determined to apprehend the pro-
secutor, he prorated the boot-tree, for the purpose of de-
fending himself. When he again came out, the prose-I
ester had crossed the road, aid was challenging any al
the crowd to fight. The moment the prosecutor saw him
he approached, swearing that defendant should fight him.
He, defeutiaat, desired hint to keep off, or he would strike
him with the hoot-tree. This warning he repeated three
times, when the prosecutor struck at him, and in the
scuffle the blow complained of was given. Some one
then pinioned his arms, and he was beaten most tin.
mercifully by the prosecutor and his friend. Defendant
with difficulty gained his own shop, and procured as
officer to apprehend the prosecutor.
The defendant then called four witnesses, whose evi-
thence went strongly to fix the prosecutor as the persdo
who Int committed the assault.
The fteconorn summed top the evidence on both sides,
smithy Jury found Hanson, the defendant, Not Utility,
and the prosecutor, Fenner, tinilty of assault:

MIR/UNWELL SESSIONS.-(THIS DA►.)
--.4.--

These Sessions commenced this morning before Mr.
Costs?, mad a foil bench of Magistrates.
/Pillions Wallis was put to the bar, charged with
assootting and beating Elisabeth Richardson. There
was also a counter proserutioa by Wallis agalnst Rick-
ardson, for assaulting and abusing him.
It appeared that the prosecutrix Richardson, kept
coal-shed, in Rases-street, Strand. On the day in ques-
tion, a castor bee's was standing opposite her door, when
Wallis came up and desired her to move it. She said
she wink! if he woeld wait a few minutes. He swore he
wookl sot, and took hold of the horse's head ; upon het
attaining to stop him, he 4t ruck het so violently with his
whi,-that she was confined to her bed, and, ..krortling to
,tbs,Sildentte of a Weikel mass, the blows she remittal ware
the kanse of a miscarriage to her. The son of the pro-
socatili coosiag to hel his mother, Wallis also struck
itinssaboat the loins; the boy codld not stoop for above

I said, that as he was backing Richardson's cart,
her son attarked him, and he wits obliged to
Miarill Lis own defeat,. He denied ever beating her
dolesily,- he oily retaliated;
Mr. Lento numsed stp„ ind the Jury brought in
Richardson Net Guilty. and Willis Guilty. 11' was
seotencal to two menthe imprisonment in the Haase of
Correction.

Yfttetdily an Intentsting trial was brought tri issue in
the Sopreme Cauri, in thi, Cal!' of W. N. tllascock, Esq.
captain of his Majesty's sloop Drake, r. Donald Lee. the
primer and publisher of rho Meresaatile Journal, for a
libel en the character of the plaintiff. contained in a
couseionication in that paper last Thursday. signed
'" A Dreamer !" The damages were laid at tSW. The
defendant admitted the libel, soil put its a plea of Instill.
cation, on the ground that Captain lllascock had caused
to be published. in The &raised, a certain article under
the signature of " Malaprop," tending to tiring the
family of the defendant into ridicule. Evidence was
produced to skew that the plaintiff bad been accessary
to the publication complained of br the defendant, and
therefore the latter thought himself` entitled to a versHcf,
or at least to a mitigation of damages. The Judge, in
asionssiog ap, stated the law on the question t that Ow
article which fanned the preient canse of action was
libellous., he entertained no elonht i but it would rennin
with the Jury to determine how far it bad been pro.
milked br the previons condiret of the plaintiff.—The
retired for a short tittle, end returned into Conti/
gilding to! the plaintiff, damages lOW.—The Court was
excessively crowded till the close of the trial, at five
o'clock is the ersaing.-4.Kerfeeselload Hord Gas.)

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