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But this vast amount was far surpassed
.4k.'.f lOfi - . -
by that of 1814, amounting to
1-f
3
TUT STATE Of THK j T
Vailed Kingiiuinr GreatJtatain and Ireland, at the
I'sHeTofFdrU, .Voe4cr20,
bv o!:o.iue ciiAtMBiis, r: u. s. s a.
Afu-r sv violent a convulsion in Euroe, with its natu
ul cri'ects, a w.'.r tii' iwq and twenty years coUumauoe,
it ,t a Vv iy rcas.-na!eyiBl!,.to uiquire w4t .ti twen iu
real coniVucnce tjtJiTeaT Biitam aal L tla'df sivUv
iJtWis. h evtry inquiry i!" th,s fcnV'tc
.piiipW are tins etiitff object : whether they luiv inpitas-
. (i. or a;TT.i:iisiini, iiirouiraouisi lonif a sn ugie, is a
From the Custom-house accounts, which have bes
made up to the lOch of October. 1815. there is reason ti
believe, that the exports of 1815 haveven suroassed ti.LJ: ,-v
vast export 01 tne preceding year. Such, then, watue
prodiffious aumenUtion ofthe foreirn trade of Great
Britain j while the British Jtaders," owing to their capi- j
laiaqa emerprize, ana to toe protection ot tne unnso
Beets, in some; flieasure engrossed the whole traffic of
tne commercial wotI4 1 though the nation was embm
rassed but hot obstructed, by the great demands, and
smaller supplies of bullion, owing chiefly to the convuV
situs of the American countries, and the continental sys
tem;.. - - y'. . " ' ' , '
. 2ndly With regard ,to the trade of lreland
Tlie value of the whole exports of Ireland in
iroi ... ' l .
A'asonty . 779,109
In 1751 . 1,854,605
in 181 4,l0,526
In
ipfnagement thereof-
t or tne sinking fund V .
Ij'.the total anniial chance Tthereon
. 29,681,664 parfttely iCV hicb lord lliibtroiii;ha.eoN
f -The Jndi4(Deiit consist of four eounts tai 1
rei many pecrfieationi : . J
.294,946
14,131,548
In 18;4
5,739,843
7,139,437
N w, it is quite evident loalk who are eapabla of rea
soning on such subjects, ihat it .required, bth in Ii'f land
and in Britain, inoi-e people and ind'is' rf f "m'ira capita!
and enterpriee, to -xport tHecafgies of. I8u9 and J8U
from both, than the cargoes' of J83i anJof 1751 : and,
whence did Great Britain and Jrelanil derive all tliost
augmentations of eliterprize and capital, of industry and
people ? "The answer must be i from their wn ptiwcrs
oiKstion 01 ffivul luinortaiiAe. UUPiiiff tile war ot uoomji reprociucnni, v"ut-r a uappjjonsxuuuon, ana a muu
.was disputed, between llrakennde and Fjfter, wiic- iivernmont. - Vf
icr tlte pCHiido Ii.id ici aed, or dun-.siicd, and wiuU V.'-fUu ftftti object of inquiry must be witfr regard to
any uet'ision. Uuring' i.Utf. snipping, wnicn were necesssary lop cspoi ung
uinniint bill wiiliout
Inose vuit cargoes
I
tllL-ll
he cohiiisl wi Dty.'. A 1'i'n.e u-vived t4saine qurs
V.; b.it la . ..s ii.we successfiitlv opposed ; he insist
ed, iliat t!ierc could not bo more tliaii S.oOOMO of inha
bitants in Kntviand and Wules : his opponenls showed, The quantity ot tbn
frnm vcj snftioient documents, tlmt I'icrc 'werr, in En-'J nage, British and for
'fhud and Wales, tipw&rus wf Sll.t.u'JU so:di.' Taesejeign, which wtre re-tuiiM-aneiies
of opinion were at U-i;tjth aettlod by .the; quired to transport the
parliamentary enumeratinn ol' 18.4, wludi, in -opp-si-. exports - .of tti.r( years
tion to lliti'octrinsof ti. Price, lbiin.1 hi E.i0LuU andi 755ofi and 57, twefe,-
. Vlfs 9.340,OiU souls: but-did thcpopuuimn cont.iiHe-jtipon an average
'..) inris tUiruiir : tie s.i. jS.oi.it'ni war f vts; as i.ic v.nrae ea.s
P' i)l. -nail coiit.nuLii Lo nniiipiy (iui-tii
British, Foreign.. The Total
Toits.
Tout... Tms.
of
tut: wars or; Uiv quantity -or ton-.
i;.jf)iii,d 1 ?(', so did vhey n.uitiply thiring Uio war otnae, Urittis a ami lor.
lb,J; far jk pol.aiiienkiiry Hiiimeratioii of l8l 1, lticud, ;eign, w!i;Cli werc'.nc
in tt'i;iaiittna..vatcs, iu,t3U,oid. . ine state or ino.in- v?ary ior cAuorung
cargoes oi : tne
lyeais ifyj 4 and 5,
irii.s .u iu.it country i tlie enumeration ot .Bli t.niW.: were, up-w an average.
4SG.254- ,- r3,4J6 572.M0
Iniiitaiits of SsyrUand, at successive periods, gjvts the j uw.
i.iiiie ns .li : in 18-H iho. enumeration found i,ol8 3j3jyei
to 1 of tlio.se years
l'i.ii't: the population of Ireland wh n tUn Unioti was 1 ie quantity ot ton
41 mi, d, in ;800, was Si;);).ised to b 4,0 U,0 M ; by the nage, B.ttish and1 tor-.
Li i iniptnr.ti eJiu..ui :.:.on, in 1814, it apjx. ired t'uti eijjn, wjucU were nt
l..'.ia.id eoMtaii.ed.ncai 6,000,0:0 of people. I. .a a i.xt, ( ctsary tor. esging-!-ii
ii, ihat the people of tlu : UmU-d, Kingdoms of -ireaf j the. cargoes of ilio
B tain and livland have incr ase'd, darut the tate IS ycrs tfcjj-i , and 5,
wars, to-17,208 918 souls, and continue to increase- and ; were, upon an average
muitiplv. ' -rot those years'
II Of lite dometicnterpri:ea of tlie People of the U- j The ttuo c shipping,
ftfed Kmgdomi - i ho best -'evidence ot Uijje eiiteijin-, wiueh iraiisurU.d tne
t.:, tfgetlrer with llijiir extent, and brtKei'i- increase, is great export of i8J9,
UK- J..urn(i!s ot PurlTameht Frpm lhirecoid, we know- arnounteu to
h -. many Acts of Parhamcnt have parsed, soas.on after ' The whols shipping,
" on, lor malting locid ijiiprovemtnts of tvry k.nd, winch tianaporitd .tn;
d .i ig die last tinny years, of which thera have been so gitater export of 1814,
ninn per.odsof diitrtsslu. hostilities.
1,255,939 262,558 i,51898
1,4-J,J-J 589,4 J4 2,059,92
2,230,9 j'2
reourc of the itatie U. ! ttiV tUamsa whp
with the DUblicaccounl.l ar m.tiA n. th rxtt iv.tv
w Kiven-lo tue ujcumDranct, and means ot tne
fcviuuiuimy, n w, -;,(-. :u v.:
Tlie Peonla of th CnUi-d ITina-flniTi npnicr f ;rn
of kibg William; cpuld Btit have moved under the Weight
w u"' -"cumoraiiceBi But, the much more numerous
people of the present times, wild are better instructed
nd usefully employed, with an griculture infinitely su
Pf r with manufactures yastly more extensive and
pronuMe, with a foreign trade; arid shipping, beyond
M umpwaon greater, move witn ease unuer such m-
rumbranees., VV have seen wKh what facditti notwith-
tJ url u in- t.n K . .-. J"t.-- . 1 . i i
VUp jirtrsaui t; in war, tne peofne eXfcCUleU sut
i.unicrnus na various works, for the local improve
itjents of their country which, considering their vastness
ar;l utility, emulateJha ttoman labour :heDce we airy
i i, umi ite is one or tne iT jurccw ie state.
t unur.n- n e uuftveu biicti vast anai increasing
wcaun, we suau nnu,t!iKt it was not -owing to con-
4 iiea is, ur mines; dui to- tne perfect satety, which they
derive from their salutary laws ; to theenig-tic indus
iry, which is urged umi rewardwl by that sense of safety ;
to the immense commerce, domestic and foreign, of in
spirited peopie ; so that, from those causes originate
thoae prodigious productions of opulence", which appear,
at successive -period, to the'astoiiialimcni. of the world ;
and which have induced conin.:rci:d writers to main
Is 'it,. that the tcsQUiccs of such a people- are. inexhausti
ble i wlulc fostered )y circumspection.
"" i NKW YORK PORT. AUG. 71
Latent a'rrivit.LiMi cveriuc urrived the
sjiiji Tea-p ant jiirowa in 43 day $ from Liver
pool, wiiidi jieeyshe iel't on the 2Ut June.
By her we hye received London dates to the
19th, ami LiwL'rnool to the 2tst of that mouth :
but!i ifieiujivf. Eitracis will lie iouiid in the
jirnPir columns. The quuutity of American
Hiiur roeeivy.l ut Lirerpotfl for one week previ
ous to lier,ai!;si5 aniuanted to no less liia.it 45,
99 barrelii affd I,9a2 halt' barrels The inar
k"?t wasglufted, utidho article consequently
dull.
Tli6 fiftl report was made to parliament on
I lie ltilh of June, vhicji relate entirely to the
Irish Civil estimates. The comuiittee d,uabt the
advantage of charitable instluous, us they
teiid to urtfu' tugetlier into the eapital large l:o
dieis of people desirous of partaking of tempora
ry support : liut' ri'cnutmend no reduelion at
lucsent in t!ul kind of support which llvese iu
slitutions may affird.
TiuMip'aiiiiig of t'.e V.raterloo Bridge," a
rros.s thd'Thiunes, took place on the 1 St Is June.
The prince regent, uud the principal nobility of
2,117,258 fcifgiarid, walked over the bridge on that day
. : for tiie (irst time, and paid toll. , The London
v .s ynuwippafeny that shrppmiJ vcre successively papers say that thix bridse is superior to th.
aTS S0? then. wb.cb besTri'de the Yhamea, at. 1 is oote
VI. ,The six I. odiccl of inau'irv must be. what was' qeut!y the finest in the world. . The Duke of
the whole aftiuunlof shipping, whicn belonged to the .Wellington ha,d arrived in England, and at
BriUsh dominions, in the folnny.ng permdi j as he same tended at the eefemony.
wSeeS!'S feCU0" W the kWrwJherc j Wp."avP received iiie London Courier, con-1
tii i785-7 14 43 l 473 ta'n'a5 tue particulars of Watson's trial, during
In wq ' iolo7i i)oo)i46 each;ilay, bu they are too long far publication.
In lio2 20,568 2,i28,Caj We have only room for the following.
was the KradUt extetutivc inS! . f TreasUe Morning
our shipping, si.icc die year 1792 j uhd such uieir ken,- uromciu oi ine t uiu, contains ine arraignment
oi .viessrs. Arruur i uisttewoou, james atson,
In the first period of eight years, when tlie
peace" ended in 1793, and tlie lirst war began,
thijjM. wel-, pssf-il, A.s.49 of Pari; ant ill, lot
local improvements.
In the subsequent period of war, which ended
with 1801; the number of such Utvs, for sucli b
ciil improvements, amouiitqd to
In the eight years tnd.ng w nh 1814, the num
ber of such laws amounttd.to '
.Ut.
750
1,124
1,632
These enumerations evince cl arly three points :-Hthe
first, Miat the energy' and i ntei pnze of the pevp!e rebnti
uuld to increase, v ithotit iiuerrruption, during: those
lOntr periods of warfare t secondly, that then people,
niMKing those 'ocal improvements, turned their energiea I ral amount, at the end of 1814.
PHtthft
J1
amounted to
upon the improvement ot their several d is trie s ; aid' Vii UJ Bullion and heir LiXcmng&t ine beventn sen. 1 homas I reslon and John Hooper, in tlie
tli'u ('.ly, that the undertake! s of those vast enterprizos ! object oi inquiry must be respecting oi bullion, ex nan- j court Q Killir's Bench. Westminster Juue a
found the means, ai.d moiiev, to carry them into eii'ect, !ges, and the collateral ques.iou, arising lioni Uitse ,,,.?, im, i v;'..i' .
in their own industiv, their reproductions, and consc-, nigmat.cal topics. ' " ; for high Ireasu . 1 he triaUxcited extraurdl,
mttnt wealth. Ire.Snd. in the mean lime, has hud her I U hat 1 uubiiahed in 181h on those litii-afed Uoics at arjr interest: ultfruientionilig udfy arrantr-
full share of thnsc'donivstic improvtnu nis.
. . Of the Agriculture of tlte United Kingdom. Dur
ing the resem reign, at le s 3,... 0,000 acres ul waste,
orcommon land, Tiave beon mclcs.di aid brought, m.o
tilth. Of those local impicrt'cmtms, there were l,59l
Acts of Pa. Lament pia-Sed, for dividing common Ijiidi,
fcrtlr:iiti;r,g wet lands, and for inclosing .open lands :
tiiot facts alone demonstrate, that the United K-hgJom
has been much improved in its 'surface, during the last
tlurty jtars; and, consequently, is much more valuable,
s a collect, on oi farms. - A. Hoard -.of Agriculture- was
Otuntimeestabl six di lor asc naming the staie.-of hus
, biiiiliy in every district j tor energizing the husband
met) ; for instructing all those : who are connected "With
liiiu : their reports evince & very improving agricul-
tuie every 'vnerc, within, tlie kingdom ; and a verj ac
tive spirit of improvement,' U pon better prmcips, ap. not learn that the IhigtaVs .n PLhuodwoiioiti;
-. )fars to have gone lortb in ad paits of our cuii;ry
iience, by a necessary progress, the body of the people,
either as landowners, or t ccupiers, became more ski.i
ful, more enterprising, and more opulent. ; of conse
quence there was more l:uid cultivated, with more know
le'dge, at ;d more capital r so that from more cutuva.ioit,
tn ie skill.and more capital, thus employed in agncUl-!
iuie, there were more of the products of land brought,
'very season, to market, fiom.an improved husbandry,
at home. But, since the demands of war have ceased,
"t pricrs of those prouiicts have fallen : this is a natu
1 con'ttqtienice ; as price iS tlways set tled by thevibra
;K'"f f supply and demands ; the supply being greater.
vucries nave arisen- in trie country, t.s it our whole agn
f '.urt; were ruined Those outcries merely arise from
lift mutual comnlamts nf ImiiI.u.,1 nA ti-nnnt's nt'thnse,
landlords and tenants, whocntertd irito improvident con- ;
tracts during the war there is neither outcry, nor. com. j
ywm, in inose Uistiicts wlu-te the landlords am not
rie their rents, during tlicwiir,-when it wiis icily sup
I Psed that rents would rise, without limitation. It does
l&ot, however, belong to thy inquiry, to enter within the
'crgeot tnose outcries and complaints,. ; I .'have demon-
"laieu wnarrundertooK toprtive, that the, Unitea King
m is infinitely better improved, than it ever was be
re; and of conseauenee wou'd seh for more : that the
inds are every wlure cul'ivated with more skill and ca-ikFTOM,1-
sd-bourrnronie-.:
Ticnce must produce much more than they ever did he
I " : it is thim annarent. that nr.r airi iriiltnrv has cms.
fcred greatly during those long wars. " ; v
: yf-ntr Foretgil Trade.- -The next object of inqui
Whether our commerce has kent narp with ih
iP'fssof our agriculture, during our long enddrintr
OH- The average of the three years 1755-56-57, shews
Iemount of the value of our exports, when the war
.' value of the ; exports, when the war , s
J:93 began, appears, from the-average;,
TvT yc,rs 5"93-4-5, to have be to . 24,753,867
Vt2z f1' YlU Ppear.froma3 yeara-r
i frding with IS 5,-10 have been 33,6t4.9 J2
that -period, :! see no feasoii to change : iviiat 1 wrote ! menu, the Chrduicle states the following par
was dcriied from the experience of the t .nimeicial '. i i.irr While the officers of the crown
world, and frdm Uie practice of daily bnsm ; wlnitj
then foretold,; has actually occurred, i Un sm, .that
what had happened btlore, as to the pneeot butiiy.., and
the fluctuation of exchanges' wouid itgam liapt;ii, w)ien
the commercial pressurtSol tiie contiiitittal s)sieia were
removed. That system, and ili' u hor, are bodi i.i.dj.ie
lor ever. Coitmieice, aitd vxchahges, u-ve ali-tady be
gun tti run in their usual channels- , 'i'he exchanges have
become favorable ; and the prices of bullion hayp fallen
to five per cent, above the imal' 'price of 3. if, ilijrf.
though tlie countries of bullion are agiutcd wi.h ue
sire of tiidepeiidtlnce; In another country oi aiUnons,
he Exchanges are, indeed, uniavorabie, owinji to the de
cline of prices." in oil tlie nrodticts of aenculoi.e. 1 du
I. For feObinaaillKr And tmnnninA
W Unl death 7 - T '-5-
r'A For coos naisins and imir.ini 't.wM.
For levying war igainst tbe"iDr, on the f
, 4. For lopiiing to, IfiyjKaflagainrt tha
king, m order to compel him to change bio me as
area, - ;". r
Wtrlal of Vafoa for treason aeettrfedt
ver dy, and closed dn the lath of June, by ft
diet of aeqnittal.7 Lord Chief Juitieo Ellen
Urowglt, was nearly fivr hours in dlivrSn.
clprge to the ityofyy und then ; bceoining txJ
haltSft'1 i"e Akbu"? iJ5- ; I
T WV?i!w-, i0M' lord- " Tr
jory ftottld givain such a verdict as would qoi J
et theirfliatfeTenceg, protect the Drisoner. and
give him immunity from punuhtnent if he de. fl
served not to he visited by it ; while they would
af lhe taore lime, feel that they were protecting
the laws bt the land, and giving them, and i
those who administer them, effective seeurf
ty." ; !
The Jury now proposed to with4ra: and an
cfiicer (Mr, B:aumout) was sworn to take them
in charge during their deliberation,
Lord Eileuborouirh then intimated to Uie
Jury that they might have refreshment io the
box before they retired? afterward, until ttelt
verdict was given in, they could not expect to
receive any.
Mr. Justice Abbott suggested to them to have
some tea oreonee. , .
Some of the Jury wished for sandwiches and
wine and water and in a few minutes after tno.
niiVsted an aniiety to retire and consider their
verdict withoui waiting for refreshment. ;
Lord Kllenborougb told tbem not to be In a
hurry 5 the Court would very readily wait,
((hirers soon after escorted them out of Court-
tp their room. ' Most of the barristers in the
front seats, after the retirement of the Jury
stood up, as did Mr. Watson, lolding his arms..
Afterwards be wrote a note to Mr. . Harmer,
his solicitor, then conversed with Mr. "Wether- ,
all, who vras on the floor of the court, and re
ceived Mr. Harntcr's answer. t
The Officer, to wbos care the Jury were'"
eomfniittd,' tovk the following oath :
" !rou shall well and truly keep this Jury
without meat, drink, or fire you shall suffer;
no person whatever to speak to them, nor you
yourself, unless it be to ask them.wJhether they
are agreed,' or nftt." ' " .
Before the ruturn of the Jury, j great huzza
irg and clapping of hands were heard in the
Hall. Much surprise was apparent in the
Court, Lord . Ellenhorough said, the Ball
ought to be cleared, and Mr. Sheriff Kit by
went out, as if for thut purpose, but quiet was
presently iestored,and it was found, that the
applause lad been' given to the Lord Mayor,
on his passing through the HaH. ...,..:'. .
The Jury were absent about an hour and .
three quarters. Upon their return their names
were immediately called over, and they were
asked who was theji" Foreman? They rrpli
!, Mr. Richardson, who came forward. - -i he
Offu;e"r "bf the . Court then said, Prisoner,
hold tip your hand add listen to ynur verdict-''
The Foreman, of the Jury pronoumed in a
laud Voicp, IN OT GUIL'l Y. '
A Barrister, drawing aside the green enr
tain, instantly called out towards the Hall
v.c'ie thus atteuiive to the performance of t heir
dut, the Solicitor of tlie prisoners, Mr. Har
mer, and Jiieir friends 'were nol les eXerlive in
uieir arruiigeiiieiiis. , 41141m ie i e ?a on iuui f " Acqtuiieu ue was neara only by a
u to the character and principles of the jury- j small part of the company, but their plaudits
nieii su.moioned.' Subscriptions w ere rni&ed to; immediately ...made it koown to thliers. and '
defray tlie expense of the defence ; aad jester-! ere re-echoed from all parts of the f!all.
du,- for -the first tiiiie the following placard 'The intelligence spread rapidly through Pa- '
w as psteu ituoui me iowu in mrge iciii-ra. tace-yaiu fk.ua tne adjoining streets, lt was lm-
1 i - . it. I I .
" State prisoners. Ta the friends of human- possi
iiy and jijlice.The wives and families oi tlie!heari
ny other prescription for sued a disorder, tv.iitii is not
uiifrtquent in I.elaiid, than patient perseverance it well
doing -. ' .
Till Ofthe Finance of "the Country While the In
habitants of the United Kingdom apear to possess 111 a
gieater degree tha.. foinierty,Tdl the eiijoyineiits ol a tree,
intelligent, and cnterprizing people, is not TKJBSTATii
'much embarraKed with debts 'Yes : every war, since
that of the Revolution in 1688. has left the public m.ne
and more in debt. .Vbeu,-lUhost: several debts o sucas-.
sive wars were summed up, in January 17oo a deui was
found to be due, by the public, of 23d.231,24b.'. Mi
Pitt, W ho tiien, happily, conducted . the affairs of this
country, not only made the annual income quite tibial to
the national expen'di urc 1 but. provided a s.nkiug fund
of a m dlion, for the gra'dul payment of that debt The
Parliament, who enected li s measures of finance, and
the nfeonlc who henrtily concurred with both, have Co-
vtred thep.iselves wiui gory, ine siiiKtng mnu wab
four persoiis confined in the tow.tr,'. under utes.
hie to walk in the neighborhood, without
ng the words u hundred times m ttve miri
charges of high treusou, have in consequence of LoVd Ellenhorough looked rauod the Court
this coufine. went beea deprived of all means of j as if his Lordship, in the tirst moments of the
support, andhave been lett lortlig" r?ist tour impression made by the verdict, seemed to think
ice me greatest ftusiress ami the plaudits proeeaded Irom a part or the audir
rhey appeal 6 the friends of ' ence there j but his Lordship soon perceived
months to experience the greatest distress! and
embarrassment.
humauitv.and iuUice lor pecuniary aid and the' that the utmost decorum nrevaiied within his
known liberality of the.country,- that"" it ' would doors. . '
not allow hripk'ss wives and innocent children! As noon as silence was obtained, Mr. Wat
to bBcoiAe the victim's of severe privation and t soh-asked permission to say a few words. One
want. ' 7 y j or vo Gentlemen, near him intimated, that as
They forbear, al-thicmis, remarking 011 j his Counsel, MrJVVetherall, had withdrawn,
the situation of their husbands, and fathers, or! this might not be proper, but the-Court Tap.
expressing Ihe nlfl eiior they have eiidured in' peared willing to hear him. Mr. Vatsonf
beiyg thus 'painfully, separated from their dear- bowing respectfully to the Jury, said, Gentle,
est couneciionS, because-they hope a jtirv of i men, Itltauk voti mueh." V
sthatgfj.8UJf. amounting to
50,301,7
s 1 ihoir i nil nt rv will shurtl v (In lliein frirv int!ni. r.nrd P.I!nf.nriinlt a mraA t,h:L A 1 n-
strengthened by annual grants of money , it was eHei- .. . fc . . , ' ur)1)(;ttl. J :c hn hd u.uh .1,. 1.5. ,li pJ?.
r I I , ' -. . ... .. u l . V W UbW.UVK & 1 -
iTtzed by various mecsures of fiiiance 1 and the sinking
fund, as its management had been wisely established, was
providently .applied .0 its real bbjccti silf tliai before lie
cember, lbi 3, tlie whole ot tuai vast deot was complete
ly paid off, and a surplus remaining in hand of 2,0,Ujy,
OOOi. Here then, is an ekample of a very large debt be
ing paid off, by a sinking fund, when; conducted under
prudent management j and this example-is oneitf theTe-
squrces of the state. Auer iiqiudaUmr that debt,' and
sustaininrr the public credit, ttirouirhcut tlie pressures
of such a war against the nation, and its commerce,' there
remained on the 1st of February, 1815, a sinking fund ot
llJ24,760. the sheet-anchor ot the state ', ,
- But the war of 1 793. as it was the lonerest. and . con
ducted on the largest scale, having other nations to sus
tain, has involved the' state in larger debts than ill our
former wrs had created. The public, on the 1st of Fe
oruary, 1815, owed a funded . -L. S.
debt of J, ' . . - ., 649. 76.905
And an uitfiinded debt 'of'""""' ;. " "r ,. 6d,58t)24
J But to these must be added the debts." ,
contractedjor the various expeusea-of tbe-"-"r "-' -
year t$I57 hd then the unredeemed debt v .
or Great Britain, for IUnd for Germany, " " -
lor PortuiraL and for Hast India, oiil ,-
mount to . . ,
ippc
un oaiuniiiy moriiing, 1 uisiiev, ooti :;txi wat-'snner
son were visited in the tower by their cnimscl,!!7o,
Mr:
Mr. AVctberell, ami 011 the same day, . Prccton
my
Tlie Attornev-General answered.
Lord."' - f .'.. : -- v. :
atson was then 1 diseharered.: but. as'
g,ud Hooper had an interview wtyh their legal j the plaudits continued in the Hall, Lord El.'
advisers, namely, MriLward Lawje
liigby .fori he former, and Mr! Holt and Mr. shouldfwaif a little time before they withdrew
Starkney for the latter. During"' Sundav Mr. and Watson, appeariuc to feel, thai. the reasoft
11 iiituu nos yisiieu ov ins tviu o. oinci a unu i oi iub request migol exttnu 10 nun, ataq re
liiree ui uia uauguters, vruo seemcu uccpiy in
fected at 'his situation. ThistlewOod, at the
same time, saw bis wife and son (the latter, a
bout ten years of age,) and Preston his. two
daughters. . : :. - :""..;:":''"''.'r"'' -
-This morning, soon after seven, sir N than
.iel Conant arrived at the tower, having been
preceded by several Bow-street officers. A
troop of life guards: was likewise in attend
anee.' " '7 T ' ;. -,-Tl' J":i:rL-.::.. ": -.--'-'- '-
Being arraigned, the attorney gene ra! inov
819,14585 right of cLsUlenging jurorsshould be tried ae-
mamed in Court. When he withdrewt wag"
through the vaulted passagewhicb leads into'
Old Palace-yard, whence be passed, with Mr.
Hafmer to Mil ibabk.
In the mean time, tfcei carriage, whieh: had
been dra wn up rear the door, of - the Hall to :
eohvey Mr. Watson back to theTower, if that
ad been permitted bv the verdict, w as remo.
ved, andlhe flofsvtjnafd Jt;
retired.
InESnhns Gardens Mr. Harmer and Hf r
Cd that the prisoners, as they insisted on tneJAYatson-were"giHzrd -nnd-eheered.'
On the latter quhtiiijg Mf. Harmer' house,
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