The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-04-23 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN, .*' ~: inig.limiL4.3lßTON'S NOTION OS R 1.1.q -.11 EST.IRY R On a review of the momentons object of Mr. Lamb ton's motion which we took in the course of the prel - c eding week, we o bserved that every 'session and a tnost every day have proved that there is no hope not t in ouch continuance of a prospe rous issue of public a ff airs, hot ouch f a con tinuance of dome stic tranquillity, excep an improvement in the choice of the House of Com mons. as may sobject the Members to a grea ter share wf control, and beget a more perfect sympathy between /themselves and thei constituents. 'th facts and ar- nts adduced in r the speeches of the e snpporters of gume the measure were unanswerable and unanswered : and in the permutations which the defence of corrupt in fluence has undergone, it is not the least remarkable that old sophisms are abandoned, and the plea that sisch isylrence is indispensable to un this'Administraton boldly advanced to the very front. Nov is is ueith ron ounce, that vi rtue e r more nor less tan to h p and truth must always be in themselves inseenre grounds upon which to conduct public affair s ; a doe tiine that its trust will meet very few suppors. For if we should grant that a temporary delusion might o ccasion the overthrow of any particular measure, the triumph of falsehood can never be perpetuated, even thol' assailed by moderate ability, not could any very serious ill effects attend a solitary instance of popular fatuity, and beyond this an age so enlight yed is hardly likely to . he allured. If we understand the spirit of British jurisprndence, it goes to preclude, us far as human institutions can preclude, the exercise , of injustice, by wisely erecting the several forms and dependencies which we see introduced from the high ert to the lowest department of the executive, the legis lative. and the judicial function‘. Checks and ba -1 owes, In' in one expressive phrase, a controvling ;.. rer is to he found in every part of our institutions , and this controuling power is no where more visible than in the choice of Representatives. To declare then, that an influence which altogethee takes away that controni• from the great body of the na tion, is indispensable to enable a Ministry to carry on the Go vernment, and still worse, to argue for the mainten rnorsance of a system whic h corrupts a like the gove and ~rovernecl. appears not only to be the most Ilan : evous but the most wicked doctrine that could be assumed. Yet to nothing short of this do the argn ts of some of the opponents of reform appear to men t xtenil. There is also another grand point on this debate worth re g u ardinfr. MILr. Latnbton placed hisdi foundation upon nowTs OF NOWLEDi:E--upots git diffusion 4 1 ; ith n t e lligence--upon that universa l ac q uaintance with the springs and movements of political action. which forms so extraordinary and so noble a feature is the history of the present times. The progress and :tesn'renients of the middle ranks of society were ~trongly irsisted upon, prodncing- a current of c:.ittion Lie;, twist carry a prooli , rions force. Towelltheir ::c ute but tempered nmierstatolings, as ob served all the grand distinctions lie open and are per -4.eptible.—ln the language of Mr. Burke, it was said '• the people can very well see whether we (the House tit' Commons) are tools of the Court, or their true and •neat servants." It was further proved, by the vast nnwher of petitions, that they do esteem reform to be ecessary. Every moderate man admitted that if reform was long denied. it would come to a con t between the House awl the peAo p le. in questiowhich both c pably would stiffer injury. nd the n nf ' , Ott on the part of the people was set contpletely at re t by the unanswerable argument, that the people of England have a right to every intprovetnent in their government which the increased society , the change lligence of the a!e, the growing. knowledge i the position of property, and the altered temper of t'.e p opulion rendered desirable, if tic!l improvement L 1 (as it at must e be) co mpatible with the safety of the con utry. Such a course of reasoning, as it se ems to us a , is th the e s t r aitest and the m ust just, bee lose it rejects like ; ,Buse of the intellectual factilties 3111 the mischon ievothe u. • a,... t i v ity of faction , wh ether emplemployesagainst wh at or is the aide of governm ent. It assumes plainly Ode fart—that the great body of the nation is anxious only to restore and establish what is inherenth in the h t spirit of the rep resentaliye systent—naotelv, at representation should 4-natt tte lion', and be respon sible to. the property of the State, wherever property is found in such Inamstws as to fairly entitle the pos sssr to a share elm .si tug the representatives sent ' ti legislate for his indishittal as included in the ge- 1 , veal welfare. Serb we apprehend to be the natural,' tl.' r*.ghtful, the honest purpose of the honest tnolti• turia, whatever .lifference there may be about the man ref of effecting it, and such a desire we con nceive can not long be resist ed under the proofs a admissions of indefinite corruption, of the sale of seats ‘• like the .AWI' in th e beast market," and under the conviction which the imposition of taxes upon such ar ticles a. we L ove not long since seen d —the votes upon selected—the diversion of the. g •king hin the c onduct of Ministers sty. in Om Manchester business, and those upon the affairs o f sg,•iculture, together with but too many others, must Sksperintince. These decisions must, we are sure, eventual', carry absolute unalterable conviction to ev ery bon ou rable mind, that the only hope of peaceful ane front the tyrannous power of any Administration dctertnined t.4.ovv all things to cling to office, lies in a Worm of Pa...Dement. Wh en t h e ch oncellor of the Exchequer stir he per ceives no evid.lnce "of the existence of a feeling on the part of a usajority of the people in favour of reform, and adductla as a reason, that the some other many pe titions couple to this'. their especial priker, object which may be absurd or unattainable, we can only wonder bow any common share of understanding can be misled to so illcqical a conclusion. Nor is Isia inference from the various su causes, distress,evances, exagge. ra ted representatio ns of supposed gri and lute of innovation that have conduced to tha desire of refo r m. a whit more reasonable. His position goes, or the contrary, directly to prove that t he desire •f' reform does exist, and that it is deducible from a va riety of sources. Had the enlightened Chancellor argued that these premises were many of them mis taken, and therefore the conclusion must fall, it might have a ff orded some c ause for hesitation and for inves tigation; but to contend that there is no desire of reform from circumstances connected pith the motives upon which such desi is do ubt 'ounded, ean be neither sort not Was than to the existence of a fact, 4 , - Imam the very proofs by which its existence is es tablished. Nothing perhaps will, however, tend so much to awaken and excite the popular attention and enthu siasm towards this subject as the thin attendance in the House. What will the nation think of the qui patio/ between themselves and their representatives , when they perceive that this grand question, the ob ject of petition from thousands and tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands, was determined by about one-seventh part of the Members of the House of Commons!: Is this apathy or contempt ? We have reserved the last place in our remarks and citations fur a portrait, consummately drawn in the course of the debate, which our narrow limits in re porting that discussion, compelled us to curtail. it is too The portraiture will re q uire no explanation ; like nut to be known. " If it be true ," said Mr. Hobhouse, " that the Hone of:Commons is framed so happily as to afford a touchstone to the pretensions of public men, to strip the tinsel off a coxcomb who would otherwise remain mindetected, then indeed it forms a service to the com munity. If it shows the value of sounding words and big promises, and displays the treachery of pretended patriotism, it is also of mach use. I so wer, how. ever, that all that can be fairly collected from vote i i i eulogy is , that the demagogue bas hut one this House, and t hat he is not g ifted with the extra st - or di n ary quality of inducing me n to decide aga in their own interests, sod make a voluntary resaignation is of their own p ower. If, however, etgogn but six months in lindinghislevel, in shrinking to his , proper dimension, there i a description of persons that do not in six months s , n' nor in thirty years, find their level, and shrink to their proper dirae::sions here. These are the regular adventurers, the (lois nright trading politicians. The House will easily suggest to itself the sort o f bein g to which 1 allude ; but to preve nt mistakes , I wou ld presume to a rtttempt a pox r- trait, not iinia matur es his hed, but not exaggerate d . sma si form buy, the l ittle hero of a little world, precorions parts at college, and scuds before hilts his fame to time metropolis; a minister or some borough holder of the day thinks him worth saving from his democratic associates, and from the nnprolitable prin ciples which the thoughtless enthusiasm of youth may have inclined Ilium hitherto to adopt. The hopeful youth yields at once; and placed in the true line of promotion, he takes his beat with the more veteran prostitutes wf Parliamnt. 'lllete he minds his e peraiods ; there he balances his antitheses ; there he adjnsts his alliterations; and tilling up the inter stices of his piebald patchwork rhetoric wills froth and foam—this master of pompous nothings becomes first fasuitrite of the great council of time nation. His very w ant of sincerity and virtue qualifies him fur a r ant of audience, who look upon his f o r their degeneracy, an regard hint, not only as the partner, but as the apolo d gist of their com mon degrada tion. Such a roan mav have notoriously spurned at every principle of public morality awl public h ed, onoandur he may have by turns insulted. d, derith.ll, e olitician, crou ched to every p art y , or at least every p in the State. Sometimes he umay have shown all the arrogance of success, at other times l have displayesi the true tameness of an mulct-linbg, ic whom aw h l have submitted to serve unties . those in pu e has con spired in private to ruin and destroy. Yet this usan —with •• Reality that shock% you. parts that none can trust. "Wit that can creep. attd pride that licks the dust ;" this man, 1 say, shall he courted and caressed in Par liament, and he shall be never so notch admired, never so much applauded, as when playing off his bulfoonecy at the expense of public virtue— ' when depreciating the understandings or muckittg time sufferings of time people. Such a man does not find his level ; he does not shrink to his proper dimensions th in tree H unrousee formed House ;o n the contrary, he is e of Commons here. Despised and detected as he may he without doors, he fin shelter in the bosom of finds a the Senate ; stink as lie may be in public opinion, he there attains to atm eminence which raises him for time time above the scorn of his failow coun n trymentmen. True , his fame is not lasting, Put for the mo he te g;nry anti the shame orParliatnent : no vue equals him on that stage. " Him the, emitted. for a wit we own. • And court him as top-fiddle of tile town." Such a man, I say, Sir, would have no place in a re formed Parliaument ; and if he be either useful tor ur n:mum:tool in a delibera tive assembly, it is for him that should be reserved that nest of boroughs which it has heed proposed to keep solely for the demagogues.-- Talents without character would be banished from such an assembly, and the honest discharge of a sa te of cred trus t would be the first instead of the last requisi a public man." DISCOVIIIRT SHIPS. —The s ailing of the D i sc days. scovery Ships from Deptf ord will take p lace in fe Tbe curiosity of the public to inspect them has perhaps exceeded that which took place prerionsly to the last departure of Ca p t. Parry. The ships may be said to be entirely free for the inspection of the public, as both Captain Parry and Captain Lyon have issued po sitive orders that no decent persons are to be refused admission, and that every facility be afforded them for which purpose an officer attends to explain the va rious parts of the vessels. The method of stowing the provisions. Lc., has been key red upon since the last voyage, and the interstices between each cask, &c.. filled tip with coals, by which a much great xtensive er quanti ssort ty of firing will be carried. The most e a ment of warm clothing is again provided, as also port able soups. preserved meats of all kinds, and every thing that cau be con ed sider as proper for s uch a pe rilous undertaking. The ships will take on board in Galleon's Reach, below Woolwich, their guns and ord nance stores, and proceed to the Nore, where the in ad offi- cers a nd crews will be paid par t of their wages va nce. From then ce they proceed direct to Hudson's Seel/eat Bay. where it is confidently expected Wee of Lieutenant Franklyn will be obtained, as long before this he must bar e reached the Copper Mine River, and proceeded on the coast to the eastward of it. His information will in a great meante dead, the ulterior course of Captain Parry. bet who is, notwithstanding , to examine the Welcome sadistic% other rive mpty themselves into Hud son's Bay. The offirs and crew ar e nearly the same as accompanied Captain Parry in his late expedition. TO THE EDITOR OCHE ST.ITES.II4.V. SIR—I n the debate which took place a few data back in the House of Commons, on the motion for a second reading of the Rill for the Repeat of the lalt Tax, Mr. J. Smith asserted as one reawn, why any attempt at re. Ilucing the interest of the National Debt ought not to he listened to, that there were 900,000 Stock-lsolders! ! 'rhis number appeared to me enormous ; I was therefore induced to make some enquiries upon} he subject, ccuracy and the following is th e result. oil may rel upon its a within a few thousands. The numberoo of cc Aer p oun C ts in ach 05 entes. Stock -100,000 3 ----- Consols. 50.000 3 Reduced 35,000 4 ------- 65,000 Long Annuities , Irish 3 per Cents, &c. 3:i0,000 As many of these are Joint-Accounts, 1 will take as an average two persons to each Account, which 1 have rea son to believe is near the truth, and this will therefore give 700,000 Stock-Holders instead of 900,000. It is worth noticing here that in the last shutting of :1 per Cent Consols, there were in this Stock alone, 11,000 Accounts less than in the previous one. In stating this formidable amount of d I s ould supose Mr. J. Smith intend ed to t hold out a sort of h o p the to the " Land-lords," what a force the " Fund-lords" could bring into the field, in case physical strength should be necessary to enforce the payment of the Quarterly Dividends. (heat as this number undoubtedly is, your Readers can easily calculate the proportion they bear to those of their fellow -countrymen whose names have not the good fortune to he written in the " Drama -lyre." The opinion of Dr. Johnsen upon this subject may be lore introduced with much propriety. It is taken from Boswell—" Speaking of the National Debt, con he said it was an idle dream to suppose that the country ld sink under it. Let the public creditors be ever so clamorous, the interest of millions must ever prevail over that of thousands." The attempt now about to be made oshif pay ing in gold, what was borrowed in paper, is crushing the tradesman, the manufecturer, the mechanic, and the labourer : all, in fact, who work for their living, to the earth. Although we cannot see without some feelings of regret, the possessors of ancient estates " turn out" w hile the vermin eng endered by them ebt " turn " vet, our feeling s are blunted by ti the Minister of the re m brance of the cons t a nt and uniform support which day has received from the " Lords this of the Soil," in those meas ures which have brought curse upon shoulders. -1 rim, &c. your constant Reader, April ltl, lel. 1 10E11 - ADS'. THE EDITOR Ili' THE STATESMAN. St a-1 send you from my Rath paper the follow mg curious advertisement, no doubt written as a Satire upon some amazing " cicrer" gentlewoman by a game making relation, or perhaps npon his Notable Landledy, by some waggish lodger. It is really so like a num her of ladies I have met with, 1 have laughed myself into convulsions over it, which 1 request you may do also. Tisturtiv Wise. " (ECONOMY AND 1 7 10URF.. "Wants a situation as bouse-keeper, a lady who perfect ly understands all the mysteries of a.conomiral lg. ivin She can pickle w ithout salt, vinegar. or s pices; pre serve without sugar : wash without soap, and cook o ithont fire. She can make gooseberry and currant wine without fruit and liqnours witut spirits. She can also make cream cheese of skint m ilk; and bot tled porter of small beer. She can likewise make the mos t excellent pas tt y , without butler, lard, or drip ping ; hake without an oven; and can send up the most eafitriaite soups, ragouts, f.iccassees, and bashes, witliont t reat, vs...viable., or any other of those eaten sive ingredients commonly used in kitchens. see In ad dition to those happy qualifications, the advertican dry rub fl o ors, without brushes, an d can scour , an d polish grates, fire irons, pot covers, &c. without whit ing, sand, crocus, emery, or leather; can make gentle men' waistcoats, and turn their small eothee to look as dark,s new. She begs leave to say, she can work in the in which she gveatly prefers setting ; and if re quired can sleep without curtains or beddiag.—Wages and perquisite s are of no consideration whatever, the sole object of the lady being a coateoe raeLz surca atov. " Ap?licationa to be ma d e to Mrs. CLEvra, care of \ Mrs. S riNv, Cheapside, and next door to 3,IeST:;. R TAKERS. ShClef on and .11m IJ oniys, SPE ..N. 11. The kitchen stuff will be expecte d." --•-•'""'"-----"_ FRIGHFI-1,p1(5171111:11AS CALtIMITY. ---..e.- - We never met with any narrative of a more appal ling or awittl "note that, the wagering, w hi c h i, al ling Mr. Thomas Clark tsron,tarnidirdlisutrillhij:ltvitlO rl'i'ilit:.l!(l2the Congress at Aix -I,4:impale. it is rontritiol in the Report of the Yearly meeting of Flier 4". for 1820, which has just b een /int into cat . r 6 ,, !.414. Ow fate of the St. Leon, especially cononlycl to 010 fury of the elements with out one man on b0e...1 a i,le to see to steer her course, would form a 111.eie saitable for the pen of a ItYron , although a Haman, a Coleridg e tor at last, not least, it may sound eourthing miserably misplaced, a Liod..in, spasm of a Work which bears the same name as that of the vessel O- M... a pan., whit" would be luded to, St. Leon.--(Lirerpoul Mereary.) " The case of the Rodeur is very striking : she sailed from ----------- in the early part of hat yearl for the river Calabar. Having taken in a cago of slaves. she proceeded with them to Oandalonpe eon the passage th e p oor negrosa were seized with a vie - \ lent ophthalmia, which woes afterwards cominiuncreaseaicatod it s elf to the crew. The disorder had been d front elfin aptain's finding himself under the necessity of kepg his captives constantly below ; for they were so afflicted by their c aptivity, that whenthrow brouginhtg upon deck , they took every opporter them some we re un ity of themselves overboard. .To det b u t this having n n effect, h a nged, and other s Rhea ; they were obliged to br constantly confined between the decks. In process of time, under these cruel ch.- cuutstances. the ophthalmia spread, and a ff ected every individual both of the officers and crew, except one man, who alone was left capable of steering the ship. " It is remarkable, that while h s thela Rves odent wca as o n her n h e r passage. she pa ssed a Spanis the St. Leon, which had left the Coast of Africa some little time before her. It wrested that the crew af this latter vessel ha d also caught the opthainsia from their own negroes, mid that the complaint had spread until net even one man of the whole crew ooeld see to steer. In this dreadful state, the crew of the Spanish vessel implored assistance of the crew of the Rodeur, whose voices they beard as the ships ap , pr oached each other ; but the latter had none to lead so that the St. Leon passed on just where the wi1..1 carried her. This vessel has never been heard . t since. It is presumed, that both the o ppreissors a w l the oppressed perished on the ocean. eit!.er by famine or by finding a watery grave. When the Rodent arrived at lluadaloupe, thirty-nine Negroes. who were totally blind, were thrown into the era as being quite ageless; those vrto• had lost only one eye. wet.. ' *old at a very low price. The crew of the lit:orient. \Consisted of .32 men, of whom 12 were completely blind ; 5 of the remaining 10 were recovered, and the i other 5 each of them lost an eye." -- -- -- ------- 1111:11 WATFA4 AT LtINDO%-11RIDOIR TO•NIORRoW. 7. Morning 33 min. after 15.—Ev ENDS 3 min. after - _ We hare pectin the intimation of our swberriber Portant respg the irregularity of the del rer.l of TY* tit mom AS. We are with oh! iged to our friends jirr sto:- bey wit cirrw nista wet s, and shall do all as of rhiris owr pwer to t r ace the causes , and to remedy Hie erk aci complain EASTER MONDAT.-4144110111, RI fkt PwWir °firm ______--.................••••••••••". Etc Ptiittdman. "TUB 11111TIS1 IT'llrialllLN" 14 tICORPOII %ES!) WITU TRW 1TAiE31170.." LONDON: MONDAY EVENII:Gt ArIUL 23, 1.421. FROM TIII PIIILAPELPIIIII °Mart. Extract of a letter front Carthagena, dated Jan. rp, :—" The Commissioners appointed by the Ite publican Congress and General Morillo, to de: isle the line of division, ke. between the two parties for the ensiling six months, are now here and treating on the different subjects of their mission no doubt tran quillity will be restored, without again having recourse The Colutabians will, I thin k, easil y ohtsia to arms. their independence. rte frigate Viria Spain, via Laguyra, arrived here a few days since, and Ins brought out the Couttnissioner appointed by the Corto, to treat with the Patriots of Lima : he proceeds in a few days for Porto Bello. From the general aspect of affairs in this quarter, we shall no doubt shortly enjoy our usual commerce, as produce is plenty in the coun try and will arrive as soon as permission is given by both parties to pass and repass freely, which I hope will be done to-day or to-morrow." otaisa°" 4 end It lb log of the 1 a cts of veal A Fermi instan t, co jug eldr" Paris papers to the 20tlb have been receved. t The will se veral articles tha t possess any particular interes moult, to whic esti. W that poi interest rel.t.tiut charge concer the po fendan his tie free tr the Ei The ties wl were e be Nand below. The French. Chambers are employed in constheiderima g two projects ( )flaw ; the fi rst to settle that when jority of a Jury shall return a verdict favourable to an intlieirlital, that verdict shall stand gond ; sad the other to put a further check to the importation of Foreign limit', of which the French farmers complain :Odle close of the l o w price at which the y are forced to sell their rmn.— on a p The Chamber his been lat t ly engaged uproposal made for enabli n g the President to silence any Member, who has been called to order three times in the course oi the same sitting. On Tuesday, an alteration of the Pre te pro posed regulation was moved, leading to direct s ident to put the interdiction to the vote, rather than to pronounce it himself. This was rejected , w ithout s baßot. Another alteration nearly reeembly this was re jetted by 161 to 143. In the course of the debate it am said, that an orator in blngland was seldom called to order. The whole regulation was fi nally adopted by s Majority of 171 to 133. A Royal Decree, dated the -Ith irsnt, ha lass of s the been male public ; according to which, 40,000 men of c I t2O are to be called out. FRENCII FeN ofs.---Fiveper Cents.3lf. SOe.—Bank Ac tions, %..,12f. TrOc• 'I he accounts from Milan and Turin contain nothicr new, but con fi rm the statemen t in our paper 'I be of o Go f Sa turday, that an a ction took place at Novara. ficial acconnt p ublished by the A tistrian tieneral, at ' Rubio, is in substance as follows :—" On the nth. two o'clock at night, the Austrian vanguard arrived ai Novara, just wh en the insurgents were menrciise tint town.—The Austrians tool- their position on the WI of Novara , the Royal Piedevritese on the riglit.---At six in the m ornin g the encinv nitilmAt 31, lively attack It was less :liar lb' A the segratfil: t he occasion that can4rill'ltio,t 1;;Ina 1 ,- ; ;,iiirx on tbe spot at the m oment the t:".li "Intreziet.l 3 01 1niteu. tide. The pre sence of his eeccllency carttt UO4 t " most enthusiasm. The enemy was repniseti furl plain of Novara. The rebels took up another peo;ti'm behind the Agona, and defended it some tire: 141 being at length attacked in front, and nwestii the left and right flanks by the Austrian TO $ l4 Inetsits guards, and the Royal Pietlmontese, OKI ". trested peeeipitately, and lust about 100 priacarltil their tbAe e et os joined rugnut issPfdrureGoemeNrrirapc:;ielos,of the 4th instant, state, tiof Government, Las, in the KPiirlegil'isdeabnstenocfet,besigPeredigTesiw:; decrees to the fol lowin g effect : I. In order that the'co.urse of public buls iuiss °. undergo no political change, a temporary is appointed, which will give its opinion on all *P i° referred to it, either by the Provisional tiovernment et, by any of the Ministers. This cominission i*Pearls rouipo* of six membe rs, cllOlll4l from the *IWO . lbe T Counsellor Critini is the presi dent. " 2. The Gber esera l Chancellery 5f the wo 1,41 Skir l ' es tablished ihy the law of th e Silt of Deter abolished. " 3. Within th e term of three day s ever?' i"lii`4l°'. possessing or h oldin g arms or ammun it i on shall dri.ir t h e same to the app ointed authorities. Contraven.. of this decree shall be ptit.i,lictl w i t h lire month, prisonment , and 50 ducats o f tine for ev er y wear'""" cealed. 4. The safety guard of the kingdosa of Nar is I . l l l n ae ly ed , IttitOn t.heAirlgtihnegi:ftin cne.rlsii'alillpiut I u7scasisiu": 1 1 111 : 3t :';11.1; estrea they I thou! Cirri impri extra be so bone the a direr our ru•h as h _~~ I 1 ii • t_ it I :‘v I i t t i .t