The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-12-28 00:00:00

I 4 .~ t ~, ~/STEIL ELECTION. • # ,s,_ a WESTMLIC ONTRENECESSIT'YoF PR,OVU) ING 'roil rills rate light, that Mr. OwEn states the origin and RKI NG CLASSES. nature of the misery now prevailing among the work men : and as a just and natural corollary, from it he deduces the propriety and policy of making a permanent provision for the indigent multitude. lie does not, like Mr. M ALTIIUB, propose to check po pulation by previewing marriage and propagation : nor does he, like diher projectors, suggest the tape diencrof emigration, or distant colonization. His plan embraces domestic improvement, not foreign speculation ; it clings to the beloved homes and hearths, and hazards not perilous and remote adven tures ; 'it allures to the cheerful circles of conjugal felicity and innocent and youthful progeny, end not to the cheerless wilderness of celibacy, seclusion, and profligate dissipation ; and it tends to concentrate and combine labour with recreation, industry with insirection, and the improvement of all the social, intellectual, and domestic virtues, with the most se vere and patient application to the strict and diligent ve4formaace of every duty and avocation. b ,sf•-• I.YCURGUS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN. Stu,—ln endeavouring to draw the attention of the Public towards Mr. OWEN'S Plan, it will be first expedient and necessary to divest it of the dark cloud of prejudice and misconception, that bus bein artfully thrown around it by jealous end bigoted individuals, and to survey it by the pure light of reason and truth. The grand ob jection, that has been started against it Is—that it is the visioniry plan of-an individual, that it is ins * - 'practicable end absurd, that the attempt to carry it into execution would be attended with enormous ex pence, and that it pre-supposes a degree of possible perfection in the multitude, that clashes with the ordinary experience of mankind. This is the kind of language that is uniformly. heilk by the indolent end indifferent on every seed- I occasion; and by the lukewarm and callous,who Weser **tend their cares beyond themselves, beyond thelei town perseiral concerns, or the gratification of their paltry passions, or their still more paltry vanity.— lfsach had been the feelingwand. sentiments of the safieertd-iegislatore..et antiquity, they would never. bare achieved those arseidersitrtegielat ion and cal experiment, which excited the admiration 'vea l of a MOSTE , QUIcU, and made him declare, that tba • lawgivers of the free States of antiquity soared abet. , the human species, and that they justified the smuts,. •• ed divinity, to which., by a Itioo4 fiction, they referred the origin and inspiration of their plans and institu tions. No rational undertaking is impracticable to man. LYCuRGuS did not find it impracticable to make all ranks of Spartans take their meals iti public, and in common together; nor did he conceive it impossi ble to introduce a code of the most rigid military le gislation, repulsive to the natural feelings and senti ments of mankind ; and, by a sort of divine intuition, to preserve it inviolate for several centuries. He was not deterred by prejudice and misconception from from persevering in his original plan ; the conception and execution of which appeared so strange to the shrewd and philosophic Booz, that he declared, that iif it had not been authenticated by the concurring testimony of historians, end the experience of past times, it might be reasonably deemed a dream of romance, or the wild fiction of a vkicruary poet. In the same way, SOLON was not deterred by opposi. • tion and prejudice, nor even by open force and userpetion. The aws of Deaco, that were written in blood, and were, no doubt, justified on the usual. score of necessity, did not prevent him from intro• during a more rational, liberal, and humane system. NuMA, in spite of oppositiou, could tame a rude and lawless band of robbers, renegadoes, and male factors, end compel them to submit to the soft collar of morality and religion. • —lts more modern times, the idea of impracticability dtd not stagger LoTtlea, when, by his unassisted voice, be shook the throne of superstition, that bad been ce mented by hang crescription, by the ignorance of : wok intl. ease shiskets, jeelooties, and rowiesoling in. .- -4 itirrests of Princes and Potentates. So far experisoce Batt proved, what an active, persevering, and ever , getic individual can accomplish: it proves, tha t he can mould mankind like potters' clay, and fashion them into an endless variety of forms, aspects, and combinations of character and coussitution. Indeed, the protracted esperience of the world has made it clear and manifest, that moral and political calcula tions, grounded on the data of human nature, are as systematic, rigid, and demonstrable, as the lines and diagrams of geometricians: and that no system of law, or constitution of government, has ever existed, that could not have been proved a priori, fully suscepti ble and productive of all the moral and political re sults which experience afterwards felt and witnessed during the actual operation of those systems. But the systems were called for by theaspects and cir cumstances of the times, in which they were brought into being sod action. The happy planets that pre sided over the destinies of men, were then in con junction. It was not the desire of change, but the necessity of reformation, that introduced improve ment. It was not without reason, that the ancients observed the heavens previous to any grand mea sure, exploit, or innovation. But it will not be denied, that the aspect of our own times I. most gloomy and portentous; that the most nu merous and efficient class is distressed and disaffected; and that uncommon and energetic measures must be resorted to, to eradicate the growing evil, and • substitute some well.digested plan of amendment in its place. Our political atmosphere is highly charged with inflammatory matter; it cannot be ascertained when or where the storm will first burst; nor can we discern, amidst our modern lights and sages, a political FRANKLIN—eny safe and unerring con ductor that will divert the storm from our homes and friends. Mr. OWEN, in his statements, frequently alludes to the wonderful effects produced by the ap plication of Science to our manufactures, and the prodlgiens extent to which the arts end different fabrics had•been carried by the substitution of ma chinery its the place of manual and personal labour. But while the various objects of lumen ingenuity were actively progressive towards perfection, the poor artizan himself remained stationary ; he was held in less estimation thau the inert matter which his creative hands moulded into grace and elegance, and was considered merely as a machine of inferior value and effect. This course of deterioration di. verged with au equal degree of acceleration, so as to keep pace with the progress of the improvement con ferred en the raw material, by machinery and art. Hence the necessity arises which Mr. Owes; clearly demonstrates, and the removal of which he strongly inculcates—the necessity of providing for the Work ing Classes, of making a provision for them commen. surate with the decay and deterioration of mere per.. sonal labour. But to promote this benevolent pur pose and to counteract this rPvulsion.end relapse, the machinery of the mind is requisite; moral machinery • must be set to work to supply the defects and dis tresses generated by the introduction and use of phy. 'mica' machinery. It is in this most clear and accu. r BRIGHTON, Disc. 26. • The 901 b Regiment of Foot bait bitopied the bar. racks in the room of OP 35th. The corn dealers ofmthis neighbourhood are not agreed about the changolof the market day from S. turday to the Tuesday, at Lewes. In the mean lime, however, the inhabitants are benefited by the ilk. union, as they have I supply of articles two days lastesd of one. Colvin, the poacher on Mr. Fuller's manor, has bean committed to take his tri4l at Horsham. Died, at his brother's house, St. Thomas's-square, Cliffe, Lewes, Mr: Francis Itoscorla. late of the 83d Regiment of Foot,. after 11 'ears' service at the Cape, where he contracted a debility that terminated his existence. - :•• • . Last Thursday, William Hobson was committed to the !loose of Correction at Lewes, charged with stealing two pieces of cloth, the property of John Foord and Wiliiam Attree, coach•makers, of this town. A headhorough belonging to the parish of Albourne, who had suffered one of two poachers that had been given i n to his custody to escape, was fined 20s. for neglect of duly. The theatrical amusements in this town, like those. of the Races a few years back, are likely to be in abeyance. • NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. FORENSIC EPltill AM. Thefracas 'taixt the Cntft• and the famed Mr. PLATT Has excited the a it of the Law — The Conner has ousted the latter, " that's tlat," Bet still in this case seems a flaw ; For the Plaintiff, iu utter derision of pelf, Appears, in his haste, to base non-suited hinpelf. TIIE STATESMAN In the Report of a 'Speech made by Mr. Hon nonsi to the Paashilattets of the outward of * St. Gaiorge, it . the:Guu 'tavern, Pimlico, en Monday, the Slit inst. there Mete certain omissions which ma- Aerially affected thy geaersl'sense and terror of what fell from the lips of that Gentleman. The following is a statement of that putt which was omitted : After some preliminary remarks Mr. IL conti nued as follows : —•" Atibe commencement of the pre. sent struggle, there was an apprehension entertained that the Friends of Freedom might go disconcerted to the fieM. Had Lord John Russell been my com petitOr.for the honour of your free suffrages, I should at least ha . ve felt one consolation in the event of my success, that I should not have forced into retire ment an amiable, an honourable, and an accom plished young man, for 1t Lordship is already in Parliament, and whether Member for Westminster, or for any other place, lie will, I trust, as he has already done, increase the claims of the House of Itusbell to the attachment of the People. His Lord. ship was :ciselg (I use not the word invidiously) withdrawn, anti whether he himself had any concern with his proposed 'inclination, which I do not pre. some to deride, friends respected the nomination at the Crown awl Anchor. A rumour of another Candidate has also ati.en, and has also subsided, and the name .far'tpsestion has been (so I am given in understand) withdrawn, if that can be said to he withdrawn, whith way, in fart, never proposed. I j,;(lepil, have been under no small entl.srrass meta to feel myself in opposition to a name su dear to the People of Fegland, for assuredly, Gentle. men, whilst liberty stsall continue to have any claims in your eyes, the name of Whitbread will be held in vPiteratiOn and esteem. At the stale time, Gentle. men, I think it my day distinctly to state, that had either of the Geotlemett just named, or any other similar Candidate, been offered to your choice, I should still have persevered—for the event ,of the nomination, and the circumstances which have met ' My notice since that period, have given me the flat. testing conviction, that the choice of the People ofl Westminster, t distintt from that of any set of men, has already, and, will, at the Poll, confirm the choke of the first Politic Meeting which introduced me to the Electors. "'The pretrial, it shnold seem, on which some per tons were unwilling to coincide with that choice, was my' presumed opinions on Reform. Indeed there ap. peered just at the moment of the rumour * of a seeond Candidate, a sort or Advertisement for a RA TIONAL RETORillitt to represent ‘Vestminster. The imputation wis &Gifts he misunderstond;,itid titotigb It was.rettor ailislh one, it proclaimed the persou of your' choice, ant by conseqoence yourselves, tutus. flostAiiN the oiiiaien held as to Heft); m. • But, Geo denten, we shall not allow' ourselves to hare less reason than our neighbours. is it irrational when we have found out the evil and thesource of it to direct all our effrirts to stop the source, and instead of cutting off the smaller biattehes, proceed At once to dryup the 1 , 013,1TA1N Of thiiPOIsONDOO STREAM? Is it irrational when the metes . ear grievant"s errar wittfin oar reach, o thtitktirose means shotila not he attained at two, or three, or four, separate efforts I but at once. For this I rake to be the true difference bet*een RADICAL, and what is called MODERATE Reform: suppose i traveller on a journey—he comes opts a river that obstructs his progress— he is preparing to s-ross it at one vigorous jump— an insidious friend warns him that it is a wide leap, and he had better jump the river at twice. This counsel, I should imagine, would plunge oar tra veller into the middle of the river and drown him outright. No. Gentlemen! I should hope that by retreating a little upon our fitto steps, and then run ning manfully forward we shall clear the obstacle with ease and with speed at once. Gentlemen, I look upon myself as a MoDruaTr. REFORMER; hut and those who agree with me, may easily differ from others about that which in this subject may be fairly called sionyttArrori. We must contend that we see nothing IMMODERATE its our principles, or its the means by which we would reduce them to prac tice, and we think ourselves just as much within the bounds prescribed by sense and reason, as do those who arrogate to themselves alone this amiable quality —moderation. " Our comforts, however, all Reformers may de rive from the language held by the enemies of all.— Our respectable Ministers take care to tell us—you, Gentlemen ! are for this Reform—you others are for that—you for a third, and so on; but we will simplify the matter with you, and plumply tell you we will give you none at all: 4. Thanks then to these excellent personages, who contrive that all Reformers shall have, at least, one point of union in their opposition to the declared up. holders and admirers of the present ROTTEN AND -slut BOROCIGII SYsTEIII. • " It was partly in allusion to this point of seiner that, in the address I did myself the honour to write to the Electors, I used the expression, • The Re. formers are united.' Amongst these Reformers, I certainly meant to class those who had appeared at the Public Meeting as friends to my Lord John Russell, and bad stated they should acquiesce in the nomination made by the majority. Indeed, I em happy at being able to quote the authority of your worthy Re. presentative on the subject.—Sir Francis Burdett, in addressing the Reformers of Liverpool, has told them he had reason to believe that the party denomi 'voted Whigs would, at no distant, period, profess themselves Parliamentary Reformers to the extent of Triennial Parliaments sod the Suffrage of ell House holders. This, if it should happen, will be a gain, •it will be a considerable gain, and with such a pro. spect of support from those who would instantly be come a powerful body of nets, the People may en tertain better hopes of the accomplishment of their great object. Considering that there appears no like lihood of any of the causes of disunion in our pre. sent contest before alluded to, it is then to he pre. sumed that we shall have the co-operation of all the Parliamentary Reformers in Westminster." Mr. 11. then entered into various topics relative to the Election, which our lialits will not admit our in serting r. at present. DEAL, DEC. 27.—Arrived and sailed for the Itivicpt the Centurion, Meade, from Calcutta ; Hombiy.4 Merchant, Clarkson, from BeMbay ; Meanwell, Morgan, from Alesandr i ia;. Sicilian, Roston, fru% Fermins ; and Commodore Barry, from New Or. leans.—Came down from the . Meer and sailed, the Layton, Morgan, for Ceylon and Calcutta ; and Jessie, Freeman, for Cork and Jsmaicn, FacstouTit, Dec. 25.—Arrived the Doke of Marl borough packet, with a' Mail, from Lisbon, in 13 days; Shadcomh, Kocher, from London, for the, Cape of Good Hope ; and some other outward-bound vessels. CORK, Dac. 23,—Yesterday arrived his Majesty's ship Cyrus. To-day Arrived fonr transports, from Portsmouth, with • part of the 25th, 39th, and 91st Regiments on board. WHITBY, Dec. 26.—The schooner GorgaffCastle, Allan, was run foul of yesterday between Flambro' Head and Scarborough, by the Fortune, of Ar broath : the former sunk—crew saved by the latter, which vessel is said to he much damaged, and is now in our Roads and will COMP into harbour nest title. Ilmtwtor, Dec. 27.—The Jonge Eheardins, Mul der, from Antwerp to London, was stranded on the Kentish Knick on Friday last—crew saved by a collier •brig ) and arrived here. Rear-Admiral the lion. Sir HENRY BLACKWOOD, Bart. is appointed to succeed Sir RICHARD KING, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies. Mr. BAL MAC HETI' to be Secretary. Captain C. B. STRONG is appointed to the Mtn. , giana, fitting at Chatham for the coast of Africa. Sir JOHN and Lady llosEYwoon distributed on Monday last, lifty score pounds of fine beef, and five guineas worth of bread, to the surrounding poor of their estate In Kent. On Saturday morning last, a burglary of an ex tensive nature was discovered to have been committed in the house of Mr. William Mackay, of No. 44. Church-road, St..George's.—Mr. Mackay, who had been to enjoy his Chrittmas with the whole of his family on Friday, at a friend's house, remained there till an early hoar on Saturday morning, when, on their return home, they found that their street-door had been forced open by a crow-bar. Mr. Mackay instantly alarmed the watchmen, who came, and they entered the house, when the villains unfortunately escaped the back way, with their extensive booty.— On further enquiry it was found, that all the doors, 1 drawers, &c., were forced open, and property to a great amount stolen. Coati {:Zoom/CE, Dec.2ll.—Tbe prices of Grain rennin nominally rts on Monday last. Wheat (nglish) .... 70 7 8 Grey Peas.. , 63 66 E New ditto Ditto (Foreign) .... 79 82 Old do ... Rae 50 56 Tickdo. ... e • • 63 66 Barley 6O 681 Oats New — Fine d 0...... . Malt White Peas 46 51 • Feed do. New ditto. — Fine Flour 6O 65 Ditto Boilers .........63 66 Seconds...... SMITHFIELD MARKF.T, DEc. 28. To sink the Offal, per stone of 81h.. Beef —. 44. 0.1. to bs. OA. I Head of Cattle this day I Almon . 56. iii. t., 6,. 46. Beasts . ..3 03. to 1 989.0 Veal .... 7.. 0.1. Sheep and Lambs ..... 140 50 Pori( ....54. 0.1. to 7s. (ht. C a l ve , llO L a sun....o3. o.a. to Or. OA. Pies 9.20 HAY-MARKET. nay Clover Straw . : Af - 7r-7 .~, .• • • I'll E .IT'R ES . . , DRURY-LiNE.—TheTrazedy of Gennv Barn well was performed on ;4 thirdly night, ac. cording to established cusintn, sad the house was crowded as usual upon such occasions. Mr. 11. K en six, as Geoile . Barnreell, Mr. Bateaux, as True man, and Mrs. W. WEST, as Mi lzzoorl, we re all ex cellent in their parts. The Play appeared to have been welt got up, and to here merited the applause for the most part with which it was occasionally honoured. It wee succeeded by another customary (offering to the amusement of the holiday folk, a new Christ mas Pantomime, entitled Harlequin and the IPady Club, or 1818, was produced for the first 'time. —The Dandier, as the title intimates, form the chief subject of mirth, nor would it be . easy to select one more likely •to prove attetteive; we are not, however, prepared to sees, that much invention has been displayed in coureiving the incidents and arranging the chances by which they are exposed to laughter. The piece opens • *ith i view of a dandy dressing-room, and exhibits ttitit in. dustry of a dandy taylor, shoemaker, stay-Welter, &c. In dressing ttp their iictima to meet the public contempt. A gentleman enters while they see -thus occupied, and the fairy genius of pantomime hiving , descended from a cloud, this gentleman Is trans. formed into Harlequin, the hero or the night: 'Mr. Simesoa was the Harlequin, and Miss HoLtronb the Gencus. Columbine (Miss Intr)heitig introduced to her old favourite, they are pursued tw the if (Mr. ElliWORT11), Pantaloon (Mr. lIARTLAND).'enet the Clown (Mr. BRADBURt). The latter .was' ex tremely well received, arid acquitted hinnetflitrOC,,h out : eritia great activity and spirit. In the civilise of their miraculous flight Harlequin transrtrrois a i hank into a boat, in which he trot Cotrimbine este pe from their purseers. The Chian falls•intrithe water; :he is est , icated from his peril by Prinfakton, and recoveird from the shock by the st,iii ore lily. sician, el.° draws a fish from his meuth, and restores him to health and activity by the isperations4 tapping. The shops of n wig-maker st , Jd tailor breams ;the scenes of other trivia. Tile Clown steals tire Offense of a sheep (roes a butcher's shop. he aftyrwards steals a he,l(l. a 11; It he phces on the hod ) , tipots which Harkgrein :aver life to the animal, who nses it to ruts a way from the thit , f. Tl e transforntstimi of a hay slack iutn a cottage, the movement of a large held on the application of .11::r 1, quite, Irsifil, and the hu morons ablution of the Chtzso. who washes himself with a mop, in order to ss in the heart of an interest. ing housemaiii, are amen, the princip:d events of this piece. Though it was. not without producing amesemerrt in many parts,. some dissatisfaction was mileiftsted towards the close, and. it was with diffi. culty that Mr. BuAnautts• succeeded in announcing it for .reptititiiin. An eccentric Gentleman, whose name is‘ we understand, NIACNADGIITEM, was very vociferous and impatient to address the audience, but he cosidaot be distinctly heard. Cr:4114'1..6 tanem.—Ou Saturday night, after the Trsgedy'of Charge Barnwell,. a new Pi titomime was paodaclid e called Harlequin Vanchnusen, or Tire Porrateio of Love. The title of this Pantomime, like "Obit • Which wait brought forward at the other 41Viess14 1 431,4ketAr audience in a great measure fur the events which they were to be exhilarated.--s The name of the illustrious Baron of wondrous memory operated as a sort of pledge that their amusement should be prodigious. Mr. FARLBY, to whose skill the Public sae iodel•ted fir this and many other works of the same kind, has selected the most remarkable and dramatic parts of this au thentic history for his Pantomime. It commences . ., t t with a scene in which the mountains of snow art.— • ~. represented as in a thaw from the effects of the lova. . : of Mount Etna, which is seen at a distance. ' i ltat .f' • ! A: : ' Baron's horse is then discovered ha n g in g by thetieirlie -;;... from a steeple, but is soon released by the dexterity \ ki r S, - of Iti master, who breaks the bridle that su s pend, , b . 4.64rA Ar ',.; ed the animal with a pistol shot. The glee wiala which he rode away, after performing this feat, gave rise to much laughter. 111 the neat scene Sir Ililaro Frosticas, afterwards Panto/iron (Mr. Non. Mae), makes his appearance. Ile is about to force his daughter, Columbine, to marry Lard Hunspey Dandy (afterwards Clown), Mr. Gitistscui. The Baron, who has intimation of this intent, rides in at the window, relieves the distressed damsel, and carries her to the forges of Vulcan, from whence its a little time his restless spirit breaks into the boo.. ! doir of Venus. She, with her son Cupid, favour Munchausen's love, and transform him into liar. lequin, Lord Ilumpey Dandy and his Haar° be coming Clown and Pantaloon. Then commences the ! pursuit of the loving pair by the Father and the iLorer. They are hunted with inimit a b le p ersever. ance from the esrth to the moon, from the moon to the bottom of the sea, and spits returning to dry land, I they make a tour, of which the following scenes intro duced into the Pantomime will afford same idea :- 1 Constantinople, Dublin, France, Alexandria, a Uri ! tisk ship of war, the Pyramids, and the Fountain of Love, where Harlequin and Columbine are united, with the concurrence of all the Ileareoly Powers who took an interest in their adventures. The tricks are numerous and sometimes very laughable, and the scenery is splendid. Mr. Stamina performed the p artD of Munchausen with great humour , u ntil the ac tive properties required in Harlequin warned him to I give place to Mr. ELLAR. Miss F. DENNET dis played considerable grace arid activity as Columbine; and Mr. GRIMALDI, as Clown. together with Mr. NOHMAN, as Pantaloon, acquitted themselves its the tree broad style of this broadest cast of humour.;--• The music, which is selected and composed by WARE has some merit to recommend it; and the whole piece was so favourably recited as to promise a suc cessful carve, when it is somehat curtailed of its pre. sent extravagant proportion. The Royal carriages and horses used by the Earl of HAncouur, as Micter of the Horse to the late Qor.c.r, are to he sold by Auction, with those of (bpi late QUEEV• The coacli-horses of her late MAJESTY amount to 60. Some of tne Royal carriages appro. printed to the use of the Royal attendants are of re. markably large size, well calenlated to hold viz per. sons sitting at their ease. !~ 5 9 I a e i. le It MI