The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-02-03 00:00:00

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bags are declared to relate to the internal state. of the
country, and are to be- the justificatory ' basis of
the Indemnity Act to Lord SIDMOUTH and his Col-
leagues and Instruments, for all their extraordinary
and unparalleled proceedings against the Constitu-
tional and Personal Rights of the People, the' coun-
try is not to be much honoured or gratified by the
exposures of Ministers. They are only to be laid
before a Committee of Secrecy! Though the
smallest ground for alarm or coercion h no longer
to be found, even in imagination, the mockery of
portentous secrecy and Secret Committees is still to
be kept up, that the authors of the Suspension Act
and the horrid arbitrary imprisonments may veil their
guilt and cowardly apprehensions in darkness, ands
get up a Report to screen them from the conse-
quences that ought to attend such offences against
humanity and the nation.,

The ample aryl correct Report which we give of the
business at the Meeting :mid yesterday at the Crown
and Anchor Tavern, regarding the arbitrary, the
wanton, and unnecessary inflictions of suffering upon
the individuals who have lately been released from
the State Prisons, supersedes the necessity for for-
th* remark on our part, at _present, on this interest•
ing subject. We implore the Public to give due at.
teetion to the 'Mails in these proceedings, and the
considerations they naturally suggest. No man
in the country, who has Rights to preserve, and who
has riot ? should be ignorant of the conduct pursued
by Administration towards the men who have
become its victims, for their attachment to Con.
stitutional Rights and the Reform in Parliament so
utrivesslly demanded, and towards the whole of the
country, by the detestable operations of the Suspen•
sion Act, which was chiefly aimed at, and, for a
time, suspended the Meetings of the People for esta-
blishing their rights. The efforts and base delusions
of Oliver are plainly stated,, as coming within the
observation and intimate knowledge of all the victims
of oppression ; and if a case, sufficient to destroy all
claims to indemnity, and fit subject for national re-
probation, is not made out by this cloud of lament-
able evidence, we really know not • hat can con-
vince the human mind of the abuses of power, and the
necessity of resisting its oppressions. The Subscrip-
tion, we were glad to see, began well. The Public
are apt to take too little interest in individual
wrong—they interpose in popular and momentous
questions, but too often leave unheeded the private
sufferer to perish. The sympathetic feeling is, how.
ever, now more-strongly awakened. This is the
circle that emb►aces and suggests all other good feel-
ings as well as public rights. Every particular in
the subjects of yesterday's Meeting is a public con-
cern. The question of Rights which they involve
belongs not only to the Public, but to posterity. Let
the nation calmly consider and decide upon it. It
will be observed by the Subscriptions tllit Sir FRANCIS
BURDETT and Lord COCURANI; subscribed one bun.
dred guineas each.

WINDSOR, FED `2.—'The Pittsce REGENT left ibis
morning at 20 utilities past 10 o'clock, for Brighton.
Sir H. MILL MAN arrived this morning to visit the
Clung. Her MAJESTY is troubled with a slight cold,
but not sufficient to confine her to the Palace; she
rode out to.day in her carriage.
BRIGHTON, FEB. I.—At eight o'clock this morn-
ing, the PRINCE REGENT, accompanied by Count
MUNSTER, left the l'aviliqn for Windsor Casile. His
Royal Highness dines this day with her MAJESTY,
and on Monday the PRINCE REGENT is especial at
Carlton-home, previously to the return of Isis Royal
Highness to the Pavilion. 'I he Austrian, Spanish,
and Portuguese Antbassadots, and the Prussian Mi.
niter, likewise took their departure from the Pavi-
lion for London.

•• The PRINCE REGENT'S visit to Windsor on Sunday
was very sudden : a messenger wet dispatched on Sa-
turday night from the Patilipn to Windsor with let-
ters announcing that it was the intention of the RE-
GENT to be at Windsor en Sunday.
Yesterday the dispatches were closed at the East
ludia.llouse, and delivered to the Pursers of the fol.
lowing ships, viz:—London, Captain W. Cssie-
DELL, and Princess Amelia, Captain E. RALSTON, for
Madras and Pins. Passengers per London—For
Madras, Mrs. CASSAMAJOR and child; Messrs.
CHARLETON, BEAVER, TURNER, BONHAM, GORDON,
Cadets.—Per Princess Amelia—For Madras, Gen.
'faxestm, Lieut.-Col. Cosae and Lady, Captain
WALLACE and Lady, Lieut. D. ALLLN, Mr. A.
Mileas, Writer, Mr. J. MILNER.
The PRINCE REGENT, in Council, lately sent on
order to the loyal Court of Guernsey, to prohibit
the importation of French silks, lace, &c. into that
island.—After the order had been read in open Court
by the King's Treasurer, the Court refused ,to register
it, alleging, that it militated against the long este..
Wished customs, rights, and privileges of the island ;
that the islanders had suffered great privations by the
abolition of smuggling; and that should the impor-
tation of silks and lace be put a stop to, it would
reduce many to poverty and distress. The Court
further ordered, that a humble representation should
be made to the Privy Council of all those circum-
stances, and praying that the order might not be put
in force in Guernsey.
The art and ingenuity of the Lottery Contractors
seem inexhaustible; not satisfied with having voiced
the Scheme upon a basis of One Hundred Capitals,
ornamented with Three Magnificent Prizes of 30,0001.
Sterling, they have superadded Twelve Pipes of the
best old Port Wine, thus sertking to gratify, at the
same time, the taste of honest Johu Bull, as well for
gond living as his pocket.
It is confidently stated in the fashionable circles,
that the Prioress Ei.ixAccrri vitt be shortly united
to a German Prince at present in this country.
Sir GILBERT IleaTiicolo, Bart. M. P. is arrived
at his house. in Langham-place, from his scat, Nor-
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rciran INTELLIGENCE.

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DEAL, Frs. 2o—Arrived the Luce Hes, Willis,
from the Havannah and sailed with the lomewir,f.
hoand for the Kier.—Came down front the Itiaerc
the Emulous, Sewell, for Antigua.—Put hack

evening, with loss of two anchors sod cables,
Eases, Clark, from London to Bourdeana : abe has
been supplied with others.
Tunes o'cLocK.—Tb. wind has got round to the
S. S. E. and most of the outward.bqund areaway.
Pooposou'ett, FEB. 2.—Sailed the Julitpas
vie, for Batavia, and several others of the'ontwaid.
bound. •
Fauttotrru, JAN. 31.—Saileol the Prince Etnpsti
packet, with Mails for Lisbon; and the Sande tce
packet,' with Mails for the Leeward Islands.

To rus EDITOR or THE STATES M,lll'.

Sin,—Permit a constant reader of your respects.
ble Paper, to request the favour of you to correct •
paragraph which lately appeared in the Mks New..
paper, which stated, •t that the Borough of Lan.
caster was likely to be warmly contested at th.•
ensuing Election, but that Mr.o IWTHORN E NOUN) 1141
doubt, be returned."
Now, Sir, the fact is, we Lancaster Fromm,
have not so much as heard of an intendrld contest;
and in case of such an event, we think that Mt. CAW,
THORYB't election would be very doubtful;'•
we imagine he would retire. Your's icc.
Lancaster, 31st January, 1818. A FREEMAN.

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