The Statesman.
London, England, 1824-01-28 00:00:00

F

THE KING.

Brighton. Tuesday, Jan. E. 3 o'clock, rm.
The iniuities of Nobility. &c. at the Palace to-day. to learn
the state of the King's health. have again been egceedingly
ailerons. The answer to the present Is—
.. His Majesty has bad a more favourable night, and is better

yesterday at two o'clock a Cabinet Connell was held at the
Foretep OMce, by iummons, which was again attended by all
the. Cabinet Minieters, who continued in deliberation till about
t,apast five, with the exception of two of the Ministers, who
left at half past four.
Monday evening Mr. Proudmsn, the King's messenger, left
ton from the Sretary of State's office for the Home Depart-
with despaetcches, for Ilertfard, respecting the fate of
Hunt.
Yesterday afternoon the Duke of York. as Commander in
Chief, he'd a levee at his office, In the Horse Guards.
Yesterday the Lord Mayor gave an elegant dinner at the
Mansion House to a party of about 80. consisting of most of
lie Aldermen, the Sher if., Common Sergeant. Chamber-
lain.
We have reason to believe that the information which we
eiemuricated a few days ago, un respectable authority. of Mr.
Croker's appointment to be Goveriaor of Bombay, was errone-
-o%,—(Morwing Chronicle.)
The Addre
Rowland
will bp moved in the loose of Common', next
Toesday, by lllll, Esq. one of the Members for the
County of Salop ; and seconded by Ju. Daly. Esq.. one of the
Members for the county of Galway. It Is not yet settled, we
uadersiand, by whom it Is to he moved and seconded in the
Souse of Peet s.— (Courier.)

Tes Aawy.—A detachment of the Royal Staff Corps has
received orders to embark on board the Orpheus in the City
Canal, on the 14th Feb. for the Mauritius.
A detachment of the 7th (or the Prince Royal's) regiment
of Dragoon Guards, has embarked at Liverpool for Ireland.
A detachment of the 13th Light Dragoons has been ordered
to march from the Cavalry Depot to Chatham, for the purpose
or embarking on board the William Fairlie 'Altman, for
Madras.
The 2nd and 3rd divisions of the 75th nett of Foot arrived on
the 23th inst. at Portsmontit, from Gibraltar, on board the
Faimy and Indian Trader transports, which are now perform-
irg quarantine.
The 7th ere ordered to do duty at Portsmouth.
Powrsmourn, Jan. 20.—The three companies of the .50th, in
this garrison, will remove to Hasler Derricks, where they
wilt remain until his Majesty goes to Windsor, when the
above three companies and the two flank companies will
march to Windsor, leaving three battalion companies at
Brigkton.

Tal AL OF MR. nu ru.

(PROM TB, COLONIST DRAIARARA JOURNAL.)

Grosarr ow , Dec. 1,1823.—" In what we are ahont to
observe, we are not unconscious of the tender and slippery
ground upon which we stand ; lint it is due to the character
of this Colony to give some distant idea of the impression
produced in the public mind at the issue of the Missionary
Smith's trial for a high State offence. We shall, bowever,
hr as guarded *nil decorous in expression as the great d.-
linty of the subject, in its present state of suspended
existence, necesslrily seems to require.
The grave crimes with which this man stood charged,
sed for which he has been tried by a General Court Mar-
tial, were published in this paper, from a copy of the
official document, on the Ilitl, Oct. last. His trial had been
commenced three days previous, the Court having been com-
posed of the following Members:—

PRIBIDINT.
Lieut.-Colonel S. A. Goodman, H. P. 49th Regiment.

Lieu..-Colonel Chas. Wray. Militia Staff.
Captain W. Killekelly, Military Staff.
Captain T. Stewart, Ist West India regiment.
Captain C. Campbell, Royal North British Fusiliers.
Captain Rd. Daniel, ditto.
Captain L. C. Appelins, ditto.
Captain Thos. Fairweather, ditto.
Lieut. R. Grerg, 4th, King's Own.
Lieut. TX. Hammill, Royal North British Fusiliers.
Limit. W. H. Bennis, Royal Artillery.
Lieut. J. C. Peddle. Royal North British Fusiliers.
Yd Lit ut. A. Gordon, Royal Engineers.
2d I.ieut. C. o'll. Booth, Royal N. British Fusiliers.
Yu Lieut. R. Anstruther.

" The intense feeling of anxiety created in the politic
mind, on occasion of the trial io question, was folly
evinced throughout its progress, by the numbers that con-
tinually attended the Court, as spectators. Of course the
rsidrnce addured both against and in favour of the pri-
mer was fully heard by all present, and doubtless, it .as
canvassed day after day at private tables, in many parties.
The mhstance and general tendency of that evidence we
are restrained from publishing►, for obvious reasons—nri-
titer shall we take upon ourselves to state what were the
rsPectations. after the ev:dence was closed, as to the result.
It is only permitted us, at present, to observe, as a proof
rf the extreme patience ■nl indulgence towar•ls the pri-
soner, which was manifested by ►he Court Martial, that
erning the case on the 13th of Octoher, it continued, by
a•lJonrnment, to Monday the :4th of November, before
lowing to a close. On the I utter day its proceedings were
transmitted to the Cornman,ler-in-Chief. On Thursday
lamming Last the prisoner was escorted, by the Military
from the Colony House, where he hail been previously kept
to castody, to the New liar.), the guard there being coot-
wittel to the 214 PUsiliers, in place ..f the Militia, as for-
torrly. The rumours arising front this circumstance (the
dulling of the Court not having transpired) were various
and contradictory.

" In venturing to make a few remarks upon the nature of
11,e Ide order, it cannot he expected that the Public Press
i 4 at liberty to impugn the motives of Government, by
animadverting on a measure, the cause of which it has no
I ossihle means of ascertaining. We shall not be precithi-
rd.however, from adverting to the universal feeling of dis-
trust and dismay it has produced, with reference to its pot-
,l)le tendency. It is scarcely to be conceived that the
I:°".in4nder-in-Chirf himself is not aware of the evils aria.
int from the delays of justice ; and we are inclined to con-
("tide, therefore, that nothing but a sense of the must im-
perative duty, founded upon capital and weighty public
reasons, yet unknown, could have determined his Excellen-
cy to remit the proceedings of the Court to his Majesty, for
ultinia,e decision. This is no doubt a matter of deep re-
gret to !nail. Delayieg the ends of justice, where the
seees%ity is not abvious to all, is liable to dangerous mis-
constniction ; vet, we treat and hope, that the public ap-
Inthension %sill gradually subside—confiding in that
I,torlrful Providence which makes even the wickedness of
1I e worst of traitors, subservient to the ultimate purposes
of its justice."

An experiment is begun of a new mode of sowing wheat
In the vicinity of Chirnside. Instead of waiting till the
'el(' be cleared of turnips, before the seed of the ensuing
""P is put into the ground, two ebb furrows are drawn in
ru•b interstice between the rows of turnips, which are sown
pith %heat froru a drill machine, and covered in ; the
turnips to be afterwards eaten by sheep upon the ground.
, A disagreeable misundei standing is said to have occurred
between a principal Manager of one of the Theatres Royal
d a Dramatic Writer on the subject of a long-expected
Ir'redy, which is likely to produce a very interesting and
'salsas s'atement both to the Theatrical and Literary
maid.
Coarr }lscwanos, January 26.—We have been well supplied
4-' lasi Monday, having had 4,700 quarters of Wheat ;
of Barley ; 6.200 of English, with 1,60 J of Irish Oats.
_I:. 6,4.50 sacks of Flour; but owing to the rise of bs. per
" in Flour, and orders from the North, str our prices keep
141 Y. end fine samples of Wheat sold as high as last Market
ir.-
bFine malting Barley sells full as well has last Mooday.7—
-ohs and Oats are steady at our last quotation.—ln Peas and
WU snide, there is Mile doing, yet no alteration _lo prices.