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and was discharged; and then he quitted" was able, concerning which he hesithe country, went to America, there be- tated, but he seemed disposed to came a citizen of that country, carrying if there was a place in the with him the recollection of what he had" coach for him. And this depoactually undergone, and of the risks that "nent further saith, that the mother he had run in his native land. Besides, "of the said Arthur Young being we must not overlook the state of the" present on the said last mentioned oc country at that time, and the dangers, to" casion, also urged the said Arthur which every man, called a JACOBIN was Young to inform her of the names of exposed. A strong and most curious" the Jurors mentioned in the said letter fact, relating to this point, came out on" to whom he had spoken, as stated in Mr. BINNS's trial. Mr. PLOMER, who" the said letter, but he refused to com→ is now the Vice Chancellor, was a Counsel" ply with her said request, whereupon for the prisoners, and a most able Counsel" this deponent advised the said Arthur Just as the Jury were about to Young to consult Mr. Forbes, an atbe impannelled, he applied to the Court" torney, and a relation of his as to what to have read the following AFFIDAVIT" would be best for him to do, and to and LETTER, which Letter, as the reader" act accordingly, to which he the said will see, was written by a Clergyman of "Arthur Young seemed to this deponent the Church of England, named ARTHUR YOUNG, to a Mr. GAMALIEL LLOYD," his acquaintance and friend. I shall insert the two documents, just as they stand in the State Trials, published in 1798, by Mr. GURNEY.

he was.

to assent.

Sworn in Court at Maidstone,
"the County of Kent, May 21,
"1798, before

F. BULLER. "GAMALIEL LLOYD." "DEAR SIR,-I dined yesterday with "KENT TO WIT.-The King against "three of the Jurymen of the Blackburn "James O'Corigly otherwise called" Hundred, who have been summoned to "James Quigley otherwise called James" Maidstone to the trial of O'Connor and "John Fivey, Arthur O'Connor, Esq." Co.; and it is not a little singular, that John Binns, John Allen, and Jeremiah" not one yeoman of this district should Leary, on a charge of high treason." "have been summoned to an Assize for "Gamaliel Lloyd, of Bury St. Ed- this county, nor to any of the Quarter "munds, in the county of Suffolk, Esq." Sessions (excepting the Midsummer) for "maketh oath and saith, that he this de- more than fifty years. These three ponent did, on or about the 3rd day of men are wealthy yeomen, and partis *May instant, receive the letter here-"zans of the "High Court Party." Now "unto annexed from Arthur Young of" this is as it ought to be, and as they Bradfield, in the county of Suffolk, are good farmers and much in my in"Clerk, and that he hath frequently re-terest, to be sure I exerted all my elo"ceived letters and corresponded with" quence to convince them how abso the said Arthur Young, and that he " lutely necessary it is, at the present "verily believes that the said letter is" moment, for the security of the realm, "written by, and in the proper hand wri-" THAT THE FELONS SHOULD "ting of, the said Arthur Young: And" SWING. I represented to them, that "this deponent further saith, that he the acquittal of Hardy and Co. laid saw and conversed with the said Ar-"the foundation of the present conspithur Young on the 19th day of May racy, the Manchester, London Corresinstant; after this Deponent had been" ponding, &c. &c. I urged them, by "served with a writ of subpoena requiring all possible means in my power, TO his attendance at Maidstone, in the HANG THEM THROUGH MERCY, county of Kent, on the 21st day of" a momento to others; that bad the "May instant, with the said annexed let-" others have suffered, the deep laid conters, upon which occasion this depo-" spiracy which is coming to light would "nent informed the said Arthur Young have been necessarily crushed in its inવંદ that he was so subpoenaed for the "fancy. These, with many other argupurpose aforesaid, and urged the said "ments, I pressed, with a view that they Arthur Young to come to Maidstone" should go into Court avowedly deteraforesaid, and meet the charge, and "mined in their verdict, NO MATTER "extenuate his fault in the best way he]" WHAT THE EVIDENCE. An inno

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"cent man committed to gaol never offers | " extravagant. I have now as fine a sight'
a bribe to a turnkey to let him escape, "of the chalk-hill opposite as ever was
"O'Connor did this to my knowledge. seen. The sun is setting upon that
"And although THE JUDGE IS SUF-" vile land, and presents an object not a
"FICIENTLY STERN, AND SELDOM" little disagreeable.
"ACQUITS WHEN HANGING IS
"Your's truly,
"NECESSARY, the only fear I have is," Dover, May-day.
"that when the Jury is impannelled, the
""Blues" may gain the ascendancy. In
'short, I pressed the matter so much Now, the reader will bear in mind, that
upon their senses, that if any one of Mr. BINNS would probably have had
"the three is chosen, I think something these three men amongst his jurors, if Mr.
may be done. These three men have LLOYD had not made the letter of the
gained their good fortunes by farming, Reverend Gentleman known. This let-
"and I think they are NOW thoroughly ter is an instance of the length, to which
sensible THAT THEY WOULD LOSE men went at the time when Mr. BINNS
"EVERY SHILLING BY ACQUIT- was prosecuted; and when he left Eng-
"TING THESE FELONS. I have seen, land. Can any just man say, then, that
'Sir, that detested shore, that atrocious he blames Mr. BINNS for seeking an
"land of despotism, from Shakspeare's asylum in America? And, if he cannot
"cliffs, Calais steeples, and truly I shud- blame him for seeking that asylum,
"dered not at the precipice, but by con- can he blame him for acting the part of a
"templating the vicinity to me of a mis- patriotic citizen towards his adopted
"creant crew of hellions vomiting their im- country; or, rather, towards the country
potent vengeance, and already satiating which has adopted him? How great so
their bloody appetites upon my country. ever may be our sorrow at seeing the
Ah, my good Sir, we are safe; it is arms, and the more powerful pens, of
"next to a moral impossibility that in Englishmen wielded with such effect too,
"Sussex or Kent they could land in against England, our accusations against
"force; the batteries, forts, &c. are so them ought, at any rate, to be confined
numerous, that hardly a gun-boat could within the bounds of truth. And, does
escape being blown to atoms. But this foolish and base writer in the Courier
"Ireland, alas! alas! it is lost, Sir, I imagine, that he will, by abusing Mr.
"fear it is gone. Here Government 'are BINNS, and falsely accusing him, dimi
now expending hundreds of thousands nish the powers of his pen? Mr. BINNS,
in fortifying what can never be at- safe on the other side of the Atlantic,
"tacked; they are fortifying the Castle may, probably, laugh at his calumniator's
"with out-works, ravelings, counter- malice; but, if it has any effect at all on
scarps, and immense ditches, and they him, that effect must be to make him
"are absolutely furrowing under the more zealous in his hostility against Eng-
rocks for barracks; it is, indeed, a most land. It is a fact, of which I have no
“prodigious undertaking, but absolutely doubt at all, that, if ever our country ex-
"useless. It is a pity, indeed it is, periences any serious calamity from the
"when money is so much wanted, to see power of America, she will owe no small
"it so wantonly wasted, and all done in portion of it to the revenge of men, who
"throwing down the cliff upon the beach. have emigrated from her. The native
Remember me to Mrs. L. and your fa- Americans are brave, ingenious, enterpris-
mily, assure her we all expect a re- ing beyond any other people in the world;
publican visitation here. This county but, still the accession of hundreds of
is split into party; but I never enter men of talent, burning with revenge and
the habitation of a yeoman but I see communicating that passion to their chil
"the sword of its owner suspended; dren, must have dreadful weight in the
GLORIOUS SIGHT! But the militia, O scale of hostility. Is it not, therefore,
"Lord! at Horsham, Shoreham, Ash- a species of madness in a man, who af-
"ford, Battle, Lewes, Brighton, Ring- fects to write on the side of the English
mer, &c. &c. I very seldom meet government, to resort to all the means in
"with a sober man, 'tis nothing but a his power to keep that revenge alive? In
dreary sight of drunkenness. Fine sol- America the paths of political power are
diers in action! their pay, their pay so open to all its citizens, adopted as well as

"A, YOUNG."
Addressed "GAMALIEL LLOYD, ESQ.
Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk."

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native; and, is it to be expected, that we shall not feel the effect of this abuse, whenever that power glides into the hands of those who are thus abused? America is now upon the pinnacle of fame. Her power must grow 'till it be great. England must and will feel the effect of that power; but, it is very unwise to endeavour to enlist against her the perpetuation of that revenge, which might otherwise die away with time.

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as it now is by many of those, who called others Jacobins because they spoke of it in terms not a hundredth part so opprobrious. The Tax may be, and is, now unnecessary; but, has it changed in principle or in the mode of its collection ? Is it not what it always was? Is it not what it was when Sir FRANCIS BURDETT described it in the address, which he moved in the House of Commons in 1812? Has it become more cruel, more oppressive, more inquisitorial, more par tial, more tyrannical than it was then? "MURDER! MURDER?" Has it changed its nature, or the mode of "This is the good old cry against collection changed its effect, since Mr. cruelty and oppression: never had any CARTER was sent to jaol and fined for "more occasion to raise it than I have. libelling it and the measures of taking it "A most ungrateful clamour is raised from him? Whence, then, this new disagainst my existence, though in the covery? Whence this light, all at once "course of nature my dissolution cannot broken in upon the nation? If it be true, "be far distant. The English nation is that the tax is, in its very nature tyranindebted to me, much, for carrying nical, as it is now called, it follows, of "Lord Wellington and his brave troops course, that this notion has been submitthrough a course of brilliant victories. ting to tyranny for the last twenty years. "The naval superiority of England has There is no denying this conclusion, "been sustained by my aid; the Ameri- if the premises be true; and there"can navy has hid its head under the fore, I wonder how men can look "waters of its own harbours at the ap- each other in the face, while they proach of my power: and yet meetings are passing such resolutions.-The truth are now holding in many parts of Eug- is, that the fall of Napoleou is the hardest "land at which I am stigmatized as cruel, blow that our Taxing system ever felt. It "opressive; as most tyrannical and iniqui- is now impossible to make people believe, tous. Now, considering the very impor- that immense feets and armies are neces"tant services I have rendered the country, sary. And, at the same time, prices having "this, I again say, is most ungrateful. În been reduced nearly one half by opening speaking of me, nothing extenuate nor this island to the exports of a country set down aught in malice. Let the bles- where the taxes are comparatively trifling. "sings I have conferred, as well as the the receipt at the Exchequer must di"trouble I have occasioned, be remem-minish without even any diminution of the "bered. Without me, Buonaparte might, "this day, perhaps, have been master of England and Sovereign of the World. "It is most unhandsome as well as ungrateful to kick and cuff, to insult and fraduce me,the moment it is supposed my "aid can be dispensed with.

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number of taxes. The peace is, as I said it would be, a sort of Revolution in England. The people are sore. They were drunk last June and July. The drunken fit is over, and they are now in a state of lassitude and pain: aching heads and empty purses.--The whole of the achievements of the Property Tax "THE PROPERTY TAX." have not, however. been named by the The above is taken from the COURIER Courier, who has overlooked grants of of the 18th instant; and, it must be con-public money, sinecures, the restoration fessed, the complaint of poor Property of the Pope and the Inquisition, and Tax is not altogether unfounded, though inauy others, it pretends too far, when it talks of making the "American Navy hide its head," and of keeping Napoleon out of England, which the people could have done without a Property Tax full as well, at least, as with it. It is, however, very amusing to hear this tax so outrageously abused"

LORD COCHRANE AND THE LEGION

OF HONOUR.

The following article appeared in the Morning Chronicle of Wednesday last :Yesterday a Chapter of the Order of the Bath was held, at two o'clock,

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"the Prince's Chamber, Westminster, at "loughby Gordon, Knight of the Bath," "which were present-His Royal High-in his ever to be remembered examina"ness the Duke of York, asGrand Master; tion on Mrs. Clarke's affair with the be"the Rev. Dr. Vincent, Dean of West-loved Frederick. I suppose this is one of minster, Dean of the Order; the Right his " achievements." LORD COCHRANE'S "Hon. Sir David Dundas, Sir George H. are, indeed of a very different Order. The "Barlow, and Sir Richard Strachan; the expression which the representatives of Genealogist, Sir George Nayler; the our most revered Regent, the Right HonDeputy Bath King of Arias, Francis ourable Henry Canning, thought proper Townsend, Esq. and the Gentleman to apply to the American navy, when he "Usher of the Scarlet Rod, G. F. Beltz, described it as hearing a few "bits of "Esq, all in their robes.-The object of" striped bunting," cannot, but bring to "the Meeting being merely to communi- every man's recollection the extraordinary "cate to the Chapter the measures which achievements" which vessels, bearing had been adopted for the DEGRADA- this striped bunting," have performed "TION of Lord Cochrane, and the ex- over our, hitherto reckoned, invincible 'pulsion of his banner and achievements | navy. One of these hits of red ribbon, "from King Henry the Seventh's Cha- which decorate the knights commanders pel, the Chapter adjourned soon after of the new order, is, I understand, on three o'clock"-So then ;-- the new le- the way to Lisbon, as a reward for gion of Honour have held their first this statesman's elegant, and witty, and meeting, or " Chapter," as they call it; novel designation of the American navy. and, in a manner perfectly consistent The list of his " achievements" must with their most honourable" intentions, then be put up in Westminster Abbey; they have commenced their proceedings and no doubt they will occupy, with with communicating on the important peculiar grace and effect, the niche vasubject of having expelled LORD COCH-cated by the expulsion and degrada RANE from their "honourable Order," tion of Ford Cochrane," which the and turned out his banner and "Achieve-" Chapter of the honorable Order" ments" from King Henry the VIt's has just assembled, in full form, to Chapel." Lord Cochrane's Achieve ratify. I confess I should like to see *ments!!!--- I have carefully looked over this list of our Ambassador's "Achievethe list of names of this honourable fra- "ments." It appears that a griev ternity, beginning with his Royal High-cus complaint has been made by ness, our beloved Frederick, the Duke of some of the persons calling themselves York, and I can discover very sufficient Heralds at Arms," as to a sort of reasons why they should be most anx-intruder, who has been put amongst jous to get rid of any record of LORD them, by the Prince Regent, and whose COCHRANE'S "Achievements." Cer-peculiar anty, is said to be to manufactainly there is very little relationship ture, in good set termus, the Achievebetween them and the achievements of ments" of these "honorable gentlemen." the members of this "most honorable fra--Now, I think, the whole College of "ternity." Can any of these men be so Arms, Heralds and all, even including silly as to suppose that they have " de- these new intruders, will be rather puzzled "graded," as they term it, LORD Cocu- to compose the poetical effusion which RANE by this measure? Can they sup-is to decorate Mr. Canning's banner. pose that they have inflicted upon him Fiction is the soul of poetry. This then one moment's pain? Poor men! They will be a poem of first rate merit. I shall sadly deceive themselves: LORD COCH-endeavour to obtain a copy of it, and I RANE suffers no regret at quitting the as- shall certainly gratify my readers by givsociation just remodelled. The quilling it to them as soon as it can be prodrivers at the Horse-Guards; the Post-cured. master of the Duke of Wellington; our beloved Frederick's Private Secretary, and such like gallant men, are certainly little Mr. COBBETT.-I have hitherto obfitted for the society of LORD COCHRANE. served no particular notice in your JourThe achievements" of these men must nal of the proceedings of the assemblage be, indeed, of a most curious descrip- of royal and noble negociatiors that 4. I cannot forget "Sir James Wilcompose the congress of Vienna. It is said

THE CONGRESS.

by that race of expectants who are always Saxony? Does Saxony wish for the apologizing for kingly errors, that there is union? No. Directly the reverse. Do now a period arrived, when the ambition these liberators of the world, fulfil of monarchs is not tarnished with in- their promise respecting national rights justice; when the sceptre is not supported by outraging them? Could Buonaparte by blood, but by the free and generous have done more than force upon a applause of the people; when the Liber- country a sovereignty which it hated? ators of France will give peace to the Have not these liberators, according to world, and establish the general tran- the Times and Courier, done still quillity upon a basis too firm to be more? Have they not deprived Saxony shaken. However ridiculous might ap- of a monarch which it loves? Whom pear the assimilation of absolute monar- has the King of Saxony offended? his chy and impartiality, of policy and jus- people? they forgive him. The nations tice, we were still disposed to give them of Europe? What, by entering into credit for generally meaning well; and treaties with Buonaparte? They have we augured from their intentions what all done the same. By adhering to the' we might have doubted from their ca- faith of those treaties? Yes. Here pacities. The Courier, and its satellites, lies the real grievance: his adherence now say that we were deceived; that the to his word, his treaty, reproached deliberations of Vienna have unveiled many of them with the breach of theirs: their motives, and that personal advan- he had received benefits from the hands tage seems the general and the only point of Napoleon, and did not think it conon which they proceed to argue. Whe- sistent or honest to betray him. The ther our newspaper press be correct or example he had before his eyes, did not not in ascribing these motives to the convince. He exhibited the phenomeAllied Sovereigns, it is not my province non of a sovereign who did not think to decide. To time, which tries all convenience a sufficient reason for falsethings, it must be left to settle this. I hood. The Times, I observe, talks of cannot, however, refrain from remarking, conquest, as giving the negotiating nothat the infamous partitioning of Poland narchs the right of disposing of the in the first instance, gave to the revolu- fate of Saxony, and of transferring the tionary leaders of France an example Saxons, like cattle, to a master they aud a fair justification for proceeding in dislike. Would it have been advisable a similar manner; and I should not be to talk of the conquest of their counsurprised if the seeds of another, and try to those Saxon soldiers who joined a more tremendous revolution, were the ranks of the allies at the battle of now sowing upon the continent, by the Leipsig? Would Bernadotte, who placed legitimate monarchs of the day, again himself at their head, and called upon forming treaties of convenience, and them to follow him in the cause of the schemes of personal aggrandisement liberties of Europe; would he have and private advantage. Napoleon really thought it the best method of securing possessed an equal right to Spain, with their aid, by telling them that their Russia to Poland, or Prussia to Saxony. country would be treated as a conquered If these projected annexations shall take province? But Prussia must have inplace, let us hear no more of the ty-demnity? Indemnity for what? For the ranny, or the injustice of the Emperor of France. It has been very well remarked, that Calvin was far more cruel than the Catholics whom he so abused; because, alive to the condemnation of their cruelty, he equalled its vilest enormity. Why then, if what is said of these sovereigns be true, are they less guilty than the victim of their efforts? Why is the conduct which in Buonaparte was so universally execrated to be tolerated, or approved, in them? This cannot be justice; this surely is not generosity. But why must Prussia have

loss of Hanover, which she received from Buonaparte to wink at the ruin of Austria? For the loss of her own provinces in the war with Buonaparte which she herself provoked? Are these the claims of Prussia to the annexation of Saxony? Can her best friends assign any other? Would the worst of her enemies desire any more? Have the Times and Courier no recollection of their own consolation at the ruin of the infidel House of Brandenburgh? Have they so soon forgot their pious remarks upon the judgment which attended the