The Statesman. — 1821-10-11 (London, England)

JAMES 11. was banished for infringing on ; and for a breach of which, one of the first talented Mouarclos that ever sat on the British throw, lost his head ! ! ! The two letter circumstances proceeded from the idvice of evil councellors, as does the present case. In the reign of Jost, so exalted was the general opinion  of Magna Marta, that the BISHOPS prepared a prayer of Excommunication, which prayer was by a Special Proclaination to be read in all Churches and plaecs of devctioa, and enforced with all the rigour of Church discipline. Thee an Englishman's house etas his castle, no trial without a regular Bill of Inilictannt prepared before a Grand Jury, and its allegations supported by respectable witnesses upon oath,  or that Grand Jury would not suffer the party to go to trial; even then, he had the protection of twelve .honest men to rest his defence on and obtain inch a,,iatance as might contribute to substantiate his  innocence. Was Sir BOBERT Wnsox'scase of so bad a nature that he was not to be allowed the chance of a Highwaymax, a Bowler, or a Murderer? Is be not au Englishman ? Was be not born under the protection of pages Charta and the Bill of Rights? The grand barriers of the law of the land are trampled upon, and by whom ? By those who approved of the persecution of the Queen of England ; the Jaspertidbit) .of foreign perjurers, and encouraged by their bdliCiillll a hungry gang of adventurers, and their bat. tulion of tcsamorsy; by those that have reduced once proud England to the poverty and insignificance of a German Province, and crammed its workhouses and prisons with the unfortunate victims of a bad policy. These are the great Statesmen, the profound Politicighs, the exemplary Divines, the Military Prodigies, anti the Naval Colossi* ; fioin such, Oh Lord deliver tr 4!!!! Avast, Great Heads. We recollect a Naval (Hiker having been abruptly dismissed the service by the First Lord of the Admiralty, whom he sued by an action at common law, and recovered damages. There Itlagua Charts was not a dead letter ; there Packed Juries were not to be seen. There the law of the land set up a defiance against Naval or Military Despotism; and in the case of Sir ROSIST WILSON we look to the law, and the honest energies of the people fur redress. No boroughmongering protection; no wanton aggression on the right of property. Twelve honest Englishmen would do Sir ROBERT justice.— Those brave officers who have fought their way to proinotion, now see to what the tenure of their bardearned pittance is subject. They see that independenceso grateful to Englishmen is trenched Upon; they see that a brave soldier, who has distinguished himself by his eminent services in all parts of the world, ren- ' dered incapable of acting as an honest Representative of the People, lest he should lose that interest which the purchase money laid out in his commissions according to justice should entitle him. We rejoice, however, to say, that subscriptions are coming forward with promptitude in all parts of the country. Last night there was a meeting of tradesmen and mechanics, the constituents of Sir ROBIRT WlLsost, where a subscription was opened under the most favourable auspices, and our advice on that point in the STATESMAN of Tuesday last scrupulously followed up, every man's mite was welcome, and the people came forward with the most patriotic ardour, from which we prognosticate the most glorious issue.  The City meeting in behalf of Sir Robert Wilson is fixed for the 18th instant, and will take place at the City of London Tavern. Mr. Hobliouse has transmitted 1001. to Mr. Weatherstone, the Chairman of the Committee in the Borough, to he added to the subscription for Sir R. Wilson. The High Sheriff of Shropshire b.s fixed the 18th instant for the election of a Knight of the Shire, in the room of the late Mr. Cotes. Mr. Rowland Hill, it is expected, will be returned without opposition. The gold plate which was ordered to be made in lien of those articles which were carried off by some enthusiastic hands from the Coronation Banquet, was on Saturday deposited in the jewel-house, at the Tower, which now once more boasts the whole regalia complete. By letters received this morning from the Cape of .40011 Hope, we understood that the Royal African carpi was disbanded there on the 26th June last.— (Biffeburgh Calumet, Oct. 4.)