The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-02-28 00:00:00

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THE STATF,SMAIN

respect many of the members of the yeomanry, and also
many of those who approve of that force, I prefer a re-
gular well-disciplined army. Mr. Grant concluded lit
elogneut appeal by calling the attention of the Jury to
the excellent character given of the prisoner, and if they
had double of his intention, the Learned tientletnan
trusted they would throw that character into the scale,
aml OM him the full benefit of it.
The Lone Jcwricx CLenx took a comprehensive re-
view of the evidence. In the course of his remarks, his
Lordship observed, that it was no defence to plead that
a seditious article bad been published by others, and
cowhided by stating that all and each of the passages is
the libel contained matter of a seditious tendency.
The Joey retired for a sbo►t time, anti returned as
unanitnons verdict, finding the prisoner linilty of the
crime libelled, bat, on account of Ilk g01)11 character, re-
commended him to the leniency of the Court.

Yesterday, Mr. Watson. the publiAlier of Thr Corre-
spondent, appeared at the bar, am', after some proceed-
in=., was directed to appear again on Monday.

TO THE WORTHY AND INDEPENDSNr LIMY
OF LONDON.

OZNYLEMIIM.
THE opinion or my conduct in Parliament so
unequivocally expressed in the approbation of one of
the most numerous and respectable meetings of the livery
ever held on a similar 04V1111100, and the renewed assurances
of general surport which I am daily receiving from every
district, bale imprea,ra me with the fullest confidence of
success, and call on my part for the strongest expressions of
thanks and gratitude to my fellow-citizens.
Be assured. Gen:lents-IL twit I shall always endeavour to
fromote sour rights and interests, and render myself the'
aithful organ of :Air feelings and opinions; I Iberefore
piers mytelf in }our hands, and confidently rely on sour
active and perseveriag exertions, in your several wards and
districts, to promote my return, and at the same time to
counteract every attempt which may be made to intimidate or
unJuls inthience sou in the exercise of your elective rights.
I am most anxious to wait upon every Liveryman in per.
sou, and will perform this duty as far u the lists and the
time permit : but if l should be unable to NMI these latea-
lions. I hope it will in no case be attributed to want of re-
spect. The Committee for conducting my Election sit every
day at the Guildhall Coffee-house. king-street, where smell
information will be thankfully received.
I have the honour to be,
Your faithful and devoted servant,
ROBERT N AITHMAN.
New Bridge-street, Feb. 20.

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LONDON:
MOOD %V EVF.NING, FEBRUARY 28, 1820.

Whoever or whatever may have given rise to
the late conspiracy, concerning which we haili

suspicions, which, we doubt not, will be rtaliz
when the whole plot and its machinery are closet,
examined: one sad effect we mad• foretel of it; and
which, as well as the horror that assassination must
excite in every humane and well constructed breast,
is deserving the detestation of the honest patriot—
it will be sure to give the enemies of Reform a
great advantage and power over the public mind.
so as to lead it to consent to a further restriction on
the Press—a censorship—an imprimatur. In that
case our fetters are completely rivetted.

The French Ministry may be said, without a
pun, to have been radically loosened. That the
Count &stem; should form the chief branch in 2
new one, does indeed awaken the curiosity of
keen politicians of Paris ; as this Gentleman, how.!
ever he may be viewed as a bustling man, kiwi
never been considered one of business. According;
1

to a recent Royal Ordinance, he nevertheless sue.. I
ceeds M. de CAZES. l'hisehange by the French KING
is looked upon as a similar one to that of his late'
Majesty GEORGE 111. selecting Lord &i 3101/1 to
succeed Mr. PITT, in 1802. The othidtimbstiiiitions,
or removals of M. le Karon MOUP4ILR and Count
P•RTALIII in their respective offices, excite no ex•
traordinary notice of the Parisian public.

be annuatly made. A great proportion of its value
mould be paid out fur the labour in manufacturing.

•• po►rder, and paper retnrns have been made
from Kist Hartford only ; it appears that the capital etu-
plo)ed in these three branches amounts to MAO dol-
lars."
EXTII4ICT Or A IMITATE ►RO)I ST. THOMAS.S, DATCD
JAN. 20.

Suhseqnent to the defeat of General La Torre,
fien..ral Soulskite marched with his divison to join
General Pam which he effected at the commencement
of N•ivenilier iu Cloacae:iota, anti from thence he im-
mediately. set out fur Angostura, where he arrived on
the Psth -November, leaving his division in charge of
General Paez, in order to cunininnicate the orders of the
President and the Gentral-iii-thief of the Armies, and
thus to effect the union of all the Patriotic forces, when
they were to march in one gram! hodv, to destroy the
small dkirion of troops which Murillo had yet ander his
command; lint it is supposed that General will not
wait Cler arsdc, but get into some strong bold on
the sea-coast.-

We understand that Mr. Holmes, of the Trea-
sury Elertion Department, is gone down to Bishop's
Castle, to endeavour to reclaim the lost dabd into the
family of corruption. We wish him all the success such
a praiseworthy object deserves.
Petersfield, which has been a close borough for
Nearly half a century, will be contested at the morning
election in a very spirited uiannrr, by Nathaniel Attre-.
non. Esq. and Lieut.,Colonel Camay. Ist regiment of
Life Usards, who oppose H. Jo!ldle's, Esq. interests in
that place.
COUNTY OF YORK.—A Leeds Paper says—" A
rumour has reached this Ake that the represents-
nos of this count) will he contested at the ensuing General
Election; that the new Candidate is Richard Fountayse
Wilson, Esq.—and that he starts in opposition to the
MassaHam interest."-1 his rumour as beliese to be
witollyfilse.—(Tork &red.)
There will be no alteration in the time already
feted for the York Assizes cononiencing. We under-
stand that Mr. Justice Bailey will begin upon the se-
cond rause list upon the second Monday :deer the open-
ing of the Commission; and does nut intend to take the
ease of Rea tr. [tont and others, earlier than Thursday
le the seeowl week.

Mr. HUNT.—It is serously affirmed thst the con-
ipirators drew lots whether Lord CASTLIRIAGIII or Mr.
HUNT should be the first vletiin of their murderous
re-
srntmeot, and the chance fell to the Noble Viscount.

It has been stated to us, on the authority of Mr. Hor',
that he was among the objects of the conspiracy of the
late detected sins. It would have been included
among the other atrocities of that night, but for the
opposition made to it by a few of the individuals assem-
bled for these murderous objects.—(Consfifictioe.)
Two oßicers were last night sent to Greenwich,
in consequenerof some information respecting the con-
spiracy. The result of their journey is not yet known.
The number of persons who docked to the ren-
dezvous of the conspirators yesterday, for a mere
view of its outside, was surprising. By the tipper
ranks it is called Utica from Coto-street ; by the less
classical Rye-hay-loft. It n.•:.-,lit seem no bad specula-
tion to purchase the premises, and show them at so
much per head. A lady of quality some years ago was
prosecuted for pilfering a piece of rich lace from a ha-
berdasher's shop in Rath, and various pamphlets were
written upon the circumstances of the theft and convic-
tion ; bat out came one with " an accurate engraving (in
wood) of the inside of the shop from which the goods
were purloined," and this outdid them all, and made
the fortune of the inventor, or designer of the work!!
So much for curiosity, with which John Bull is said se
notch to Ovoid.
Th 6 ilonthly Magazine, to be published to-mose•
row, will contain one of the most curious pieces of Secret
State History that has appeared f.ir many years. It
will consist of an original narrative by a Lady of the
Queen's household, of the ciremnstances, political and
ir sonal, which occurred during the King's illness is
8; and will itevelope many intrigues and traits of
erecter, in the most eminent personages of the time.
wholly an to the world.
A fire out last night, at Mr. Westlake's whiting
manufac near Fountain-stairs, Rotherhithe-wan,
which burnt down the manufactory and several houses
atljoiping. It being the time of low water, two ships,
lying close on shore, caught fire, as they could hot be
got off
DcaTus.—Mr. Brand,. surgeon, of Soho-square ; a
gentleman well known in the convivial as in the medical
circles.
On Sunday last, the Reverend John Baines, at the
house of his son, the Rev. W. Baines, Rector of Tan-
field, in this county, aged 94 years. lie retained his
mental faculties and gentle resignation to the last, and
uniformly passed his long life with exemplary piety and
Christian benevolence.—( Leeds Mercury.)

ITA 1. lA.V OPERA.
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An Opera. entitled Otietose e !Werth), was performed
at the liiiig's Theatre, on Saturday night, for the first ,
time. Like many of the petite pieces with which the!
English stage has been infested, it is " a lean transla- 1
tion from the French," and not original, as the blorning
Papers have erroneously declared it. A splendid drama,
written some half century ago (if our recollection serves
ms truly), by Dc lici.t.ov. one of the most respectable
mithors of the time in which he lived, has been the
etsurce from whence N. Stara xo V ISTRI s, the announced I
ILh , as drawn his materials. We should suppose
STRIPAY4O VISTRIS to be a Frenchman, as the
poetry of this Opera wonld certainly indicate no very in-
timate acquaintance with the genius of the Italian lan-
guage. The music by Signor IJTIRATI, isof a mediocre
ebaraeter ; the recitative and sirs possessing no merit
from originality, and the cliontsses producing little ef-
*et but from their noise. From these observations we
totclode the overture; it is a grand composition. and
'goal to any thing modern. The Drettino .. Seepada
co tick' has much sweetness, and pleases for a MO.
En
rot; but the unmerciful continuation of thirds, without
e relief of even au occasional variety of combination,
reates a monotuur, which eventually fatigues the ear.—
it was encored. Signor Buscoit made his deGat as first
"Moor, for which he possesses a large share of the more esti-
41tent qualities—power, compass, and scientific knowledge.
41,e to ..xecution, we should advise him to attempt lees,
end he would accomplish more. We are willing to salt~
teribe to the combined hrillian:e and neatness of maw
a his divisions, but he must hr aware that lie often faid-
as by finding himself bewildered in the profusion of Me
fabey. We place this to the account of anxiety to make
as impression, aud confidently expect the highest enjoy-
want from the future exertion• of so eecomplisbed a
singer. He was tiattcringly received. Toast; sang
with increased spirit, and as deservedly a fat (wit..
Ills sweetness and delicacy of intonation cannot he sn r-
obed. We were glad to rerognibe the inimitably rich
sod deep bass tones of rteneisa xi, whose absence we
bad 'noticed in the earlier parts of the season. Signers
Corm was in good voice, aud executed some most rapid
and brilliant passages in her best style. The Opera is
girt ep with great splendour, and will perhaps become a
favourite. II e have not sees the House so fall since the
opening.