The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-04-01 00:00:00

THE 13.:1,3•NPE ft TvorrENHAM-
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(imam DAUM INii " LONDON aIAgAZINK.I

As von have shown a disposition 4o devote a por-
tion utr y unr Alagtssitte to the iutrodnctiou of Nog jet 3,
&:.7esiitiecUsl with the FinWArts, 1 forward yen a
r.sther remarkable anecdute Mohr to a statue (tge tori•
in.,' work of the famous (ales liahAel libber) which
• for many )•ears, uccupiei a site in a gardeu on the
tetra. e Tottenham t'ourt.roatt,
1 to- *tante iu question is vs.:ratesl iu a fine free-stone,
mi.resieuting a ltag-piper, sitttux posture, playing
his pipes- with hi. (site and keg of lispi,r by his side.
11. e latter of whit le otausis upon a neat stunt pi;Jesral.
I be folhortng bin Jul sr history is attached loots origi-
nal curcution. hiring the lireat Plague 44 Londean,
irts were sent rourd the city ?Atli night, the drivers of
whirl! !Imp a leln, as intimation tot every house to bring
wit its dead. Ilitclboslies were then thrown pratisitam•
s •Isly into the cart, and eon% ryed to a little distauce iu
tde eavirone. where deep ditches were dug, into %Lich
tl ry were depositr4l.
'1 he piper (as represented in the statue) had his eon-
staild at the bottom of Iloilnon, near )t. Andrew's
:•0r.4.. Ile herame wc.l Liman shout the neit.hbour-
-14...41. ard perked up a living from the passer gels going
fa• way, who generally urea hint a taw pewee as the re-
t. sit his ttttt ritual taleots. velum gentleman, who
rerrr failed in his generosity to the piper, was surprised,
on pessitigour day as usual, in Milo him from his ac•
t ii.•oosest plate: upon inquiry , he found that the poor man
ad been token ill in conseipis u r of a very singul ir acci-
dent. (In the joyful °erasion of the arrival ut our of his
4 ountryitien from the Highlands, the piper had in fact
made too free with the conteots of his keg: these so over-
prwered his Incultiet that lie itreft bed himself out upon
r'ie steps of the church, and fell List asleep. These acre
ant times to sleep on ehnech steps with impunity. He
aa* found in this situation whets the dead cart went its
r•Yu,!.ls ; and the carter, supposing of course, as the most
hely thing in e'ery way, that the man was dead, made
oar scruple to put flu fork tinder the piper's belt, and,
wish some assistance, hoisted him into his vehicle, a Idyls
was nearly full, with the charitable intention that our
hcutch musician should share the usual brief ceremonies
of iutertnent. The piper's faithful dog protested against
ells seizure of his master, and attempted to prevent the
unceernionious removal; but, failing of success, lie fairly
jumped into the cart after him, to the nu small annoy-
.sure of the men, whom he %14111111 not suffer to come near
e body ; he further took upon himself the otiice ut
(:.ief moonier, by setting up the must laboebtable howl-
.. leg as they passed along.
The streets and roads by which they had to go, being
very rough, the jolting of the rart, *added to the howl.
iug of the doff, had soon the effect of wakening our
drunken musician from Isis trance. It aas dark; and,
tl.e piper when for first re:ov vied himself, could form
tor idea. either of his numerous comp:sawn, or hii con.'
'factors. lestinctively. Weever, he felt about fur
his p'pes, and playing sip a merry -catch tune, ter►
edied, in no small measure, the carters, who fancied
they I. td rot a legion of ghosts in their convey-1
•ris:e. A little time, however, put all to rights;—
lights were got; and it turned out that the noisy
.cruse was the welt-known living piper, oho was The
poor released from his awful and perilous situation. The
Nor mar fell badly ill after Hsi* unpleasant excursibet.
and was relieved, during bin malady, by his former hehe- 1
factor, w ho, to perpetuate the remembrance of so noti-
fied'sl an escape. resolved, as soon as his patient had re-
costred, to employ a sculptor to eureute him in stone ;
toot emitting his faithful dog, keg of lignor, &e. Ate. ice.
'The famous Cahn KO/tie! gibber (father to Colley
-Libber the comedian), was then in Isiah repute; from
ic circumstance of his having esrreted the twantitial
Isx urea which originally acre placed over the entrance
ram of Oal Hetlitetu Hospital, and the statue in ques-
t-au, of the Highland tia:f•piper, remains au additional
specie/re of the merits of this greet artist.
It a a?.laag after purchased by John, the Ilreat Duke
of Argyle, abd came front his collection, at Isis demise,
into the !possession of the present proprietor.

FURTHER REFLECTIONS ON rite LATE
TRIAL AT FORK.

The incidents of this trial become momentous from
the strong coatirmation they give to the Constitutional
opinions of those who so stedfastly waintaiuel it to be
toe iuiperative duty of the Legislature to interpoae its
authority in sending the case to judicial inquiry. Mi-
nisters and their friends, it will be remembered, con-
tended that these trials were sufficient to all the pur-
poses of deciding upon the propriety of the conduct of
the Magistrates as cell as of the ini.eting, and this opi-
nion was sapported thy that Parlianient which is, for-
tunately. eio more. how, what said Mr. Scarlett, the
Counsel for the Crow's ? Why, he concluded his
opening, after .reciting all he thonght relevant to his
case, by **yin. that with what passed after the issue
of the warrants." he had nothing to do." lu the progress
of the trial, what said the Judge? lie considered tbst
condoet of the hirgintates and the Yeualaory us a eel.
lateral pestiox, and could not therefore allow an ins
terrogatories to be put concerning those points. Here,
Shea, is authority u( the highest kind fur these pro-
c..:edines, which tl:e advocates of Ministers have, as it
now appears, with such impetuous error denounced.
They ought to be recurred to as the primary cousideros
tions, because they are those which affect the acts
British Statesmen, and threw the clearest illuniinatioel
upon the snood constitutional knowledge of that um
• jurity In the country, and of that minority in Parlhas
went, who urged th; incontrovertible duty of enquiry.--
With respect to the evidence of facts, does it supped
or negative the averments so confidently made to pallid*
the conduct of the Magistrates and the Yeomanry? W
what is there to oppose to the host of evidence which
proved that there was no solitary act on the part
even of an individual to disturb the peace of the tom
to preclude the serving of the warrant by the civil
purer, or to provoke the cavalry zo suckan attack as
was made upon the unresisting multitude? Why, the
tingle testiwouy of Mr. Hutton, the very Magi te,
who, nn his own authority. and without consultation
with his brethren, gave orders fur the advance of the
soldiers and withdrew, (as Mr. Hunt observed, with
an effect almost as sudden and as terrible as light-
ning when it blasts Its victim) from " the right
of Mot which he .had suet Mt courage to witness."
To these nernerous witnesses is opposed the solitary
testimony of that very-Mr. Holton, whose contradicted
misapprehensions the lenity of a must lenient Judge was
careful to extennaie, by taking into accouut that " he
(-air. H.) was not in that situation which enabled him to
observe so accormely what pawed as many of those
whose evidenoe negatived the throwing of sticks, stones,
and brick-batec"lhat 44 a Joao so placed might be agi-
- that ple;itis
. unfortunate
Justice Bajley.
impala n t evidence
't to have been
'mud& h
I in the room

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testimony of *lt amities
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notcool." But, with a justice
Srampat-lorarsod against the errors of that
twos siami nafortimate day. Mr. Jus
amid as to add. "that ouch import;
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fr-7 t that correbosatiuu wbil h ht
.6° "1* they 1111i:trate. oh* wire
" froml‘adin easastable." Air.*
• left without seelivertoboratios,
far what would the testimony
ass rZlyiet ild
nsalpased hoee smiled against
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