The National Register. — London, England, 1818-06-28 00:00:00

ovir) .e /r • ;1 ) iribt grialiti a _ n 1 -1 - t eirkrzinittr+ No. 54t--Vo: L. - I'OLIVLaL DISQUISITION. COSIDERATION3 UPON' THE PRE7iENT biit IT. OF I'OPflL.llt FE:d.ING. • The public zpirit of the country has at length been he itr7fol.c.t. cwtduct of the Governatent has given to this spi,it of opposition to tllpir mea seres, awl we trust that nothing may occur to damp its ardour. e* check its generous and itnportant exer cise. All the vices howevar of the Governmeut are not' Eta growth of one single year. or day...and it is scarcely rcasona , de t.: expect, that they could be either rem &A, compietely chanted by one attempt, or at one especial peri...l. Every of at all political changes should be cautiously adopted, arid fitted to the existing s:ate of Clings. All stmUcil changes ate dangerous, 1-.1 cannot take'place as affecting a nation, witho:it the imminent peril t 3 the geuera: safety. ihtt when elr gercral safety is thecatencd by those who should ba ks guardian and protgetor—ale..n Governments only appointed fbr the public gut', convert the. trust re. p.s.ad in t'aein to thei: advantage, the people can l.;:)ssa little by any charge huwi.. :er sudden which may fimm s'.lCh We never wish to make the bulk of people dissatis v.ith their eunclitiou, or.htild out to them a prospect of instantaneously aiTtMulatiu6sn ind,pendarst horde, or of bccomirg the I.. i , ,islators of the country But at Rho. same time we hose never cewed to repreh:de the pract'..icd by the Government of Cle country towards the peaceable and suffixing people cf this empire li.iwevcr all tli::se iniTaities have t'e. Colleti upon themselves nut! they now feel the hostility of the pubic eshi,iited undispi.i.elly, in every quarter of she cOuifiri. • H23 - it not been for the grass awl pressive nature. of their ni.ntsures, their hcarticssness and should not have witnessed that of public opinion which nit inveilinsent can atiffc or Jestrtw. Friends to reforri in all its whopc. suave latitude, we el jec: most decisi...itly to th,:t ar..l iive,:pirit; %firm, which rwiiins tittle short er are: r. chy, and weild end in lite,: lis than ruin. We voulti have every boitsthelder lr.-e a vote, and copy hol as Well a, freehold tenants enjoy the eledivi :;un chise. hi the. present state of thiags, we nut think it would bo a ~roof of WiSaUTTI to _o farther, 1- . . very mar. by nature is equal to the hut v....tm men enter into a state of society. they :aunt suthilled to yield op a portion a this nat'a::l I:bui-ty, its ortliir to have protectio: - ..fht iii.larifty is hilt it is nixes sary should remain to thorn. And were ill men e deadly w SC, intelligent ant. just, i e .:duo:l there would be some riia•cn ior 4 to setup is claim s to he the devo•i:ary o! . ..utt er. But as all is directly ethernet'', lac pou ur of governing must lhe confined to kg* 1!; ‘t :Are r ri sposible far the manner in *lslets they US+. it. This ss as the origin of Govt rum( itts ; lust in the pro4ri ss or time, they converted this power delegated for the p e o t ile'l, g m.rt y to the purpose of tht it own ar:)}..)i )us or *vil vie "I, and have tat terlyberom e riost Z f iit plate of a blessing te manlind.They hive noted by the people • as if they 'A vre breonit their private property, as if they bail 114 14 CCOUIIt to de ::a n ) or th* in for I heir 614..wa:t1- iTtp—in Ile, Ai if thev were born In obey thiir will and pt. more. MI:O4NT to their gratitit stions, awl be. rionte at once the puppets . of their sport, awl the play thin% their fancy. if the Governments of nrope had not hul some Fuck reoinf,s 89 vv guides, the niistaketo gni.t.es of their co;aluiit, we should not have seen, or hi ard of the transfers matte 1r; the Congress of Vienra, the broakiag faith, mod the incli.intion to despotism tthich were winced : nor in • • ri.at .Britain, the total suspension of the public liberty, without a se *do vi siva :ase t Znsiify so oppressive-aproceeding. Our Ulna> eonfltitution anD UAW; - SUNDAY, JUNE .9.8, 1818. But Kings and Governtnents may now learn that all those oppretsions cannot be continued for evvr. There k a period up to which isbcdi win not be given, and from that period, very often at least, re. sistart e becomes a duty. At this moment, the peo• pie of England are exhibiting a plorieus example of struggling indepenilance to the woii.l, and we trust they will transmit to their posterity, that spirit, and that feeling, which are directly in opposition to the atrocities of att imbecile and ruinotk adeninis. tration. In every part of the county, the friends of liberty and itidependeute are grlit.iiig the most sig• nal victories, and even itt thole very places wit. re Clove rime ut influence should Le snppo4ed of most ettecival and easiest extrtion, they It .e bcen triitin. pliantly defeated. • It is quite chet ring to behold the ft which row oprating throu4ll the country. Petty squabbles and little personal bickering, are no longer found actuating the great body of electors ; and if any mar. titre do evict, it is only between the lovors of hbert . t as such, and the retitimrs or tools of theoorernment, %4 ho are compelled to vete for the Court candidates. No man's private hearth is ilistuibud on this occasion, and the whole contest seems to turn IPIIOII the feeling which omissive measures have engendered against the pre-eiit order of thing,. A genuine love fir the constitotion is every where exhibited ; and where any mobi.eroey has lifteel its head, it has been as instantaneously put down. If any evidence were necessary to prove the truth of t!.is timer...en, we rice-lonly to link to the. situation in wi.ich orator Mint stands ass c indidate for %kestrninster lie t despised by every man of mum., S2llSt! ; he is even become the idiot's jest —the Imighiug stock of the le .vu.st of the rabble. It was made. an ar i ptirent egainst Reform, that Hunt could lead the working and iahouriug classes of the pcei./e, as hi: pleased, Let eetay experience proves the tiilsehocxl of the charge. Reform we will have, if the people continue to exert themselves as they have done. We cannot reelize much, without slier:- ii ng something—and rather than look for annual parliaments or universal sulliage, in all that extensive latitude, whieh some persons seek fur it, let 116 be Sa tisfied if we obtain triennial parliaments, anti a %mt.: fer all householders and copyhold tt omits. It only required to see the et:nil:act of the eersons opposite the ilustiaL,s at Covent-Garden Oaring the first days et the electioa, to satisfy every reaspning mind, of the impropriety of giving cerej rma, without discrimina tion, the right of exercising the elective trani•hise. If • it were givi a so generally, it weittl soon become matter of trtflic aamngst the poor, and would only be purchase d hr the rich, in miler to secure to them a greater ilitel.•st staler the 6,:arm.ient for the evendi ,• text: of their teitital. If we could once effect setne alteration in the laws of ,erintozenitere; it we could have r, set r of gavel-kind law an Nine: al.itribation of prorer.y of tine nobles srel other eq.:AA persons between their children, once t rit int, action and wholetome-operetion, we should soon find that disposition which has so lon:!, exist.•d, very wasted, lessened, or dcstreyeil ; and Reform with every eller blessing soon follow in its train. A . s long, however, ns a Peer or untitled estated man, a large family, it; allowed to heave his i troperty in land to ono of his children, to the exeinsion of all the rest ; we shall have the others looking for places in the army, the navy and the church—the elder brother will support the Govern ment who provides for his younger brother, and he is re lieved from all burthen by them—and hence, from a continued multip'ieation of these ;:: tancßs day after day—Government s, however base tied iniquitous, ar supported. Th : mechanic and ~ labourer ha a l a different ister:st in tl.eir fitra.livr, tit d naturally ob- PRICE JAS jeet to that taxation whi..°s fii!ls upon them, t 4 th.v. :mrposeerscipportirg those who, but for the law of primat.-,erituro, shauld elseubcre have had sli)port. This is the icand nun of Ministerial r atron,: g e tie one had, and the atiport which they derive on the other ; but take assay the causes give them improper patror age, take away tht iiccetity of appal— eati OTIS for place ; you will Lave the pe_lie. inter, sot att-:nded to, and the welfare of the community prefor. • red to the halt ke:irt;;;s of individual interest. WA wish not to 111. l::. the f,:undation of landezi prope—s.„ • nor to detract from it, its proper weight in the Neale , ‘f estimation. :t should have a proi,lortion of influence. corresponding to its real importance towards the hay:. piticss of the state; but beyond this, it should have. nothing. In conclusion, o e entreat the people to persevere-- to be motierate—to be calm—to consult the nation's safety—ar.d. their ehil.lrens freedom—and by acting ui noison together, they must inevitably succeed. "11• e Cmoese ship `lis-ria•ordia, havit:g been plan demi by the late Dcy el Algiers of consideralLe pro perry, and at the same time the Genoese Vice-Ctinsul being treated with great indignity, and ;?:missed frora Algiers, a complaint Li made to the British Go-ern meat of this outrage, in direct. violation of the t:, at v which had been concluded with Algiers by .I*!r.iiral Lord Exmouth. On fois representation the Spiot it n frigate, commanded by Captain Wise, was dispatched to demand An explanation, and to reu►ontrate against these vialent proceLdings. She returned a few days ago co Plymouth, w'r.ere she s.ill remai:►s under tinAr ratititte on account of the plague thl:t was raging at Algiers. Captain Wise has been conTletely Fticecssiltt in the tabit:ait of iris Immediately ou his ar rival he enterel, in ciajunction with his Mlajcett•s Consul, into a negotiatitn► wi;11 :he Deg ; the result ei ‘vas, the payment of 35,000 &flans as a cora peTisiition the property plundered en hoard the Mi sericortliti, and au unqualititxl disavowal, oil the part Of the reig„itig Dey, nf his predecessor (wfi.) died of the pl.que on the Ist Mari.), in scarfing away titan Algiers the '.'ice-Ccosal of his Sardinian :11a;esty. No violence appears to have been committed on the per sons of an of his Majesty's subjects, as was staici: fn the Fren:h The eel. 'oratcd Madame Manson is reconciled to family, who consider her conduct at Albi a stir:tele - It atonement fin the et ors coma i,l. Jat lletalez. Con ceiving herself released, since tLx execution of Juisioii, from her engagement of secrecy, i*lie no' poritively asserts to be one o' those who took an active part in the assns illation of Fualdes. ! ler evidence np the new trial which iq about to • ,i.e place will, it cxpeeted, :wow very intcr_•sthig and circun - staiitial partitulars respecting this ho:tid transaction.— The \ V0111:M 111 1 / 1 `:11 ha , a during plc- , stirc, ha% ing, it is said, matte a full eomensiou of ai! the eircumstin.ces attending the murder. Her disco xerh:s, t..-.l.nive. of their serving; to form Ot basis or the indietatientF agait:st tht accomplices now in custody, such light upon the conduct ci' those who have :arcade have no doubt of their guilt, and deprive!: them of all to the commiseration of iwir kiod. Jausion, Isla) was pi . e . .ion.4 supposail to hate, with n:hictitace and ti , ahlity, s..rati the first blow, wits, according to Ilancal's :ICOMJIit, mon• oefieient in dexterity than in Ftn:rgt h and inclination to poplar, e tht inunkr. Instt ad of using the poi,it, iiiieavourt to dispatch Fitaltkis with the edge of h i s p0t. 2 11,0-litediit.-, litediit.-, indignant at his auk wardnc.s.s, fa , atelteil the fri I his bath!, an i nwions c‘- clalatcd—" Why the d-1 tin yu'm woi.l: s ? L et me have it, and I will show ~ • 1 how t o T1).2 iliscoverks o: Bancal at. , ;)?:. - implicate Tlessieres Vi.svime :rid the tv.tary Colard, it is said, evinced to rev :al all lie knew of the affair, precious to his execution, but was precent..tl by the dread of his intended disco. cries sending his cherc Anne Eowit, to the scaffold. Sir Murray Maxwell, whose intrepid conduct excited so ;.;rcitt a share of public attention, was at Maxwell Land, in Scotland. He is descend etrevt line from the great Sir Eustuce Riu•well, commanded vne of the wing:. of Ilnice's slimy a battle of Bannockburn. fi , 131 antic, /N ( ct ) s bort - It - ! - ,,t; \ ► n rd. I, W !4, 1 -a), ► at ittli? • 441 e •