The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-01-02 00:00:00

data tllo pay of the Members of Congress from eight to six dollars per day. This resolution the house refused to consider. Mr. Ltxx, of New Jersey. bfered a resolution to instruct the Committee of Ways and Means, to inquire into the expediency of reducing the pay of the members of Congress, from eight to Ili dollars per day, and also the salaries of all the *Seers of government, to what they were pre vious ta the year 1809. Mr. SMITH. of Maryland, thought that the Committee of Ways and Means, ought to be exonerated from that duty, and that a Special Committee ought to be raised, to consider and report. He hoped the Resolution would Ile on the table one day tad be printed. Mr. Coen, of Georgia, saki the " ! not go far enough. He would offer a embrace a larger scope than the Resole the Gentlemen for New Jersey. The was ordered to lie on the table, and be TRS SOUFE 07 ItTSZOINTATIVIC sorry to perceive a disposition in some of papers to represent the late election of evidence of the humph of this section over the south, anfi to indulge in expres exultation the result. If such were the be wetter of serious concern and appre every well-wisher to the Nations! Govern before we are warranted in pronouncing must be ascertained of the exact state sad Nor in the eentest. One thing, certainly known, and it is s subject of naugratniation to every well disposed man and real patriot, to know it, that the old nominal distinction of pieties, which formerly was allowed to swallow up every other consideratioo, was entirely forgotten on this °cession, from which we may be permitted to hope, tint such an auspicious beginning will be followed by a course of things the most salutary and happy, when Um cat no longer derive a consequence from their bawling pretensions and protestations that they are +lier than their neighbours, but when virtue and talent will secure to their possessors a just esti mation. This country has been too long the dupe of rr.afty impostors, and it is time the delusion should be dispelled which has given them all their conse quence. The choice of Mr. Taylor we hail as the commencnnent of a new era of good feelings, and s this light alone we regard and welcome it.--- But let as not bear of triumph at a supposed victory of the northern over the southern section of the union. —(Ner Yerk Cetwiss e r Post.) The presumed motive fur the preference . of Mr. TAYLOR 10 Mr. LeiiNDSll, Causes considerable sensation at the southward; and the contemplation of the nearly equal strength of each party in the Muse, does not diminish the adziety. No alteration is the Funds this day. Her Majesty, the Queen, being naturally desirous ■a♦tawsaeat wires-N kowo, we are M• abteitoiltiteAat a negociation is on foot for the pur chase of one in a very eligible situation.—(Morning ens-snick.) Prince Leopold's visits to the Queen, it is now said, bare relation to a bargain whit+ he is making with her fur the disposal of Marlborough-House.—(.l/orn leg Poet.) The Duke and Duchess of Leinster waited upon her Eajesly on Sunday last, and were honoured with an interview. As the Duchess is near her accouchment, al:d has scarcely quitted her house for sonic time past, there can be no doubt that the scandalous talselsoods so industriously propagated in the ministerial journals induced Ler Orace to give this testimony of continued respect towards the Queen, refarstleu of the difficul t:es which attended its completion. The county of Argyll is to meet on Wednesday the 1. th inst. for the purpose of onsidering of an Address to his Majesty, upon the present state of the country. The Duke of Wellington arrived about fire o'clock opt Thursday evening at the Ball's Head Inn, Hinck -I.y, on his way to town. The King, we are informed, did not stop on his way to Brighton, at any of the intermediate towns, heievilure, to 4 hange hors s, but was met by los ns with relays, at certain stations on the road. '1 his measure, we are concerned to learn, wasjostified on t r score of pruiltss..e by some unpleasant occurrence that tools place on the way. Being expected at Ban s mid, a groupe of rude countrymen, it is said, assent )) ed, and made use of shouts as his Majesty passed, ait consistent with the tones of loyalty. How d eply to he deplored are those pros veilings of his Ni igata by which leis Majesty is exposed to each repro helmets. treatment. A letter from Genoa, dated Dec. 14. states. that dniing the stay of the Court of Turin itr that city. which terminated A few week. since, the Austrian ‘leneral Fr.motot arrived there with n d 'pair b from his lioreronnent ; the object of which was to obtain perutipsion of thr liin t r of Sardinia to place a garrison of Anstrian troop. On lienoa and in Alexandria. The f ollowing is the emphatic reply which the same letter pa's into the womb olthat Monarch :— H Jamaig ! p en " mast was urniee ivy je pew: mac (-wafter." &Ter tri,lle I have au aniev in which 1 can con fide. ' just received from Naples Bay, mention that the Tenp..r, 74, Captain F. L. Maitland ; and the A ire, Nit Jas. Ales, liortlun, were expected to sail shorn/ fur Englaud. '1 hose ships, with the Liffey, Bon. Ditnra.t, were sent to reinforce our Me dite►ranan squadron in Naples Bar, during the al lied conferences with respect to Naples, at Truppau. ()iris . to the strong gales of wind from the N. and X. E., there was not a single vessel from abroad, even I coaster, entered at the Cnstom-house on Saturday; wad yester4sy the following usAils won due :—Dals lIN It Weirdos. !, 6; Donaghadre, 6; Prance, 21 Plside rs. 1; Noland, 1; Newburgh, 2; littregek 1; Label, 1 ; aid New Yolk, 1: is si 1 23. Baudouin did Illeassbetiall to 8 o n aired by • Nooltitiott we it• atteisit or Wr are sorry aims aortbern p Mr. Taylor, as of tbe Union of doss of exulta feet, it would • bowies to ever resat. But bel it to be 'Q• we w( ti e as Itowever, ie cei .Mrs Say. ill,* Mi• 1..0 - THE STATESMAN. FOR THE STATESMAN. -oft LETTiIt 11. Tt) THE RIGHT NON. LORD CASTLPREAOk. k. O. ON THE PRESENT STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS. MT Loan—The reign of love, my Lord, and easy and pleasant, but that of fear difficult dangerous. You have assumed the rod of iron, you wield it without mercy and without consideration. Hut let me recommend you to beware, least yeti should be deprived of it in the season of apparent security, fur it may be possible to tame the lion and govern him, but.tbis must be done by gentle means, for if he be treated with too much severity, his resentment will be kindled, and he will devour his keeper, and remain ever after an enemy to the whole human race. Tee, my Lord, and your colleagues, whom I have been all along addretsing, have sons whom you hope will succeed to the stations of honour which you now hold. Do not render this impossible. The measure yea have long been pursuing may min, as it were, a wall around you, which you may fancy will afford se- Wily in the hour of danger ; but the inhabitants of Jericho were mistaken when they placed their confi dence in the ramparts that surrounded them. And you may find, if the horn should again sound, that those in whom you confide may prove as deceitful as they did. In vain then you establish a military despotism. The interests of the people are under stood by the people, whatsoever their condition. Our soldiers were bound to protect their birthright as natives of a free country, and to preserve their privileges as citizens, before they were bound to per form the duties of that 'entice wirloh-foree hewed or distress has engaged them in. And, I may safely venture to affirm, that there is not one in a hundred that would risk his byns or relations to follow the same occupation. The pinnacles of society may be thrown down, but you cannot destroy the fabrick ; it is founded in nature, and nature will vindicate it in defiance of every power that may conspire against it; although those powers should be called an Holy Alliance. If you doubt this, my Lord, look to France, to Spain, to Naples, to Portugal ! Do you think that you are better defended than the Governors of those King doms thought they were? If so, you are strongly in fatuated; for who do you think will prone your friends in the time of trial, but those -.rho are Immo diately dependent on the Ministry, or fund-holders? Those whom you are pleased to denominate Radicals have not been, and are not expostulating, as you re present them, against subordination and order. Oa the contrary, they respect rank, they revere dignity, and they love order; and to affirm that they wish to' reduce the scale of society down to a state of equality, is a base calumnious falsehood. It is against oppres sion and against extravagance that they preach and pray; they murmur and complain, and all this is very natural, for they are the persons who feel that op pression, and from whom the immediate means of that extravagance is extorted ; and you well know, that " The blood will follow where the knife is driven, " The flesh will quiver where the pincers tear, " And sighs and cries by nature grow on pain." INo more abuse them. Let nut the complainants be injured and insulted too, whenever they come present their charge. But, alas! what can peeled when the depredators are to be their iOhabitasts of this Woad millr lit their esoduet towards was disinterested *lsaias ! 11-111111.11M11111 OS duly estimate her sufferings; and Shay b t; ikboagtt her malicious perseci tarli w6lll 111“ telent i tbi "Tr, Asada might bare . 21- tied the armies she mast in these circamstantes hate ibtiared. DELTA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE 814TES.VAN. Northampton, Dec. 31, MO. Silt—As yon have amused the inhabitants of ibis town by fastening in your valuable columns some few hints on our Bankrupt Loyal Address, which it appears has noel obtained 300 signatures, as published in our Mer cury; knowing the whole of them, we should wish their real characters to be known to the world. Having imalysed the list, we find them to consist of the follow iog description of people, we wish von to publish it any way you think proper. By so doing, you will oblige the admirers here of your valuable paper. •• • • OISCHIPTION OP TIM MOONS WHO SIGNID THI NORTH AMPTON LOYAL ♦Duasss. Four Magistrates; four Aldermen; a Town Clerk ; a Keeper of the Yeomanry Camp Stores; the Vicar— elected by the Corporation ; the Clerk of the Peace for the County, and late Receiver (lettere' of the King's Taxes* a Commander of Volunteer Cavklry ; a Captain of ditto I_ four Parsons looking for preferment •, upwards ads., Pensioners on Oovernment, many of them hold ing very lucrative places, upwards of twenty on the Militia Staff, Officers and Men; the Yost Master and his four seas; several Collectors of the King's Taxes ; about twee" servants of the Corporation, consisting of Mace- Bearers, Hall-Keepers, Town Cryer, Beadles, Constables, Beggar Drivers and Vagrant Flogger.; a number of persong who do not reside in the 'I own ; Excisemen ; ktpereisers; Survecors of Taxes; Dlatributors of States; Half-pay {Akers of Army and Navy; Scaviu gaol jaasp•licliters ; Watchatem Sett - Ions; Clerks; Se- Ions; °rave-diggers, and paupers; and upwards of rffl ' , boys. Among these worthy characters stands the name of Oliver, the spy. This lAA signature was added in the way of joke, by a gentleman traveller, who merely went to see the Address, not thinking any person would be so stupid as to let it appear in print. When all the circumstances above stated are taken into consideration, with the influence the Corporation have over the great number of poor men, with respect to the charities at their disposal, it will he perceived that hat very few independent persons can be found in the list of signatures. The High Sheriff of the county of Dublin has ap pointed Saturday next, the 3ltth instant, for holding a meeting at KilmainLam, to address the King. The following are the names of the Reqnisiiionists : Howth, Frankfort, &r. Kildare, Edward Taylor, Hams Hamilton, M.P. Governor, Georte Vesey, Gower set, Compton Domville, Hart. M.P. John Finlay, Thaniss Finlay, Charles l'ohhe, Gen. Hamilton (Hamp ton), Robt. Slisw, M.P. Thos. Ellis, M.P. A " loyal" Address. (says a correspondent) was carried about Harwell on Wednesday, and afterwards lay at the Public-house kept by S. Giber' fur signa tures notwithstanding all the influence exerted, only about 12 names were attached to it.--(Leicester Gros.) The Hinckley " loyal" Address (says a corn.- 'poodles° has now lain a week fur signatures, and though it has occasionally been carried from house to hoses, issothe bargain, yet it has not obtained more than thirty-fire signatures. ent of a population of be tween wren and eight thousand persons.—(lbid.) A steeling was held of the Corporation of Kidder minster on Wednesday last : the object was not stated assembled the High -bich purported the same terms On the mess be imprimis% be palmed epos by the Meeting substituted, from the Bai- &c. Now who would believe that a majority of these gentlemen signed an address to her Majesty which was unasi mealy adopted by a meeting attended by the moat respectable and wealthy inhabitants, 1000 or 1200 in number ! yet such is the fact. Possibly some of the mat sapient are recovering from the effects of the de lusion which Britons are at this time, or bare been, i ishouring ander. ' Looenuonocon, Dec. 28, 1820.---Yon would be as tonished to hear of the artful persuasions and threats made use of to obtain signatures to the ultra-loyal *Dusty Address, or Declatation, as it is sometimes called. Nay, a respectable tradesman has just inform bd me, that at the village where he resides, a few miles hence, there was actually plenty of eating and drinking provided for " the signers" at their public house, and consequently King'sonen and Queen's-men iodiseriminately flocked thither to evince their acqui escence in to good a taster ! The reckoning he sup poses was to be defrayed by the Overseer of the Poor, who happens to be the landlord of the house. In other villages, the applications for signatures have been in dignantly denied, in many instances, by those who have heretofore been considered as staunch high party men. " Bring us," said they, " an Address to the Queen, and we will sign it at once." In Staffordshire, no less than 54 noblemen and gen tlemen had given permission for their names to be pet to a requisition for a meeting of that county ; but as, ill die opinion of those who were taking the lead in the meanest, 4 . a meeting of this description mid only be beneficial by its being nearly unanimous, they have considered it to be most expedient to suspend, for the prat at, the application to the High Sheriff, in the hope that, in the ensuing session of Parliament, the dignity of the Crown and the honour of the country may be duly supported, and that a system of economy mid liberal policy may be adopted, calculated to alle viate the distresses, and restore the confidence of a brave, loyal, and enlightened people." VOIVRRIIITY OP Ot.asonw.—On Thursday, Francis Jeffery. Rsq. was installed Lord Rector of the VIII varsity of Olaegsw. An unusual interest was ex cited to witness the ceremony, and the Hall was crowded in ten =Usti" after the doors were thrown open. At three o'clock, Mr. Jeffery entered, amidst unmixed applause, preceded by the mace, and follow ed by Mr. Campbell, of Blythswood, M.P., who is M present Dean of Faculty; the Prineipal, Mr. Kirkman Pinky (the late Rector), and the Profaners. A aunt • bet of Mr. Jeffrey's friends from Rdiaburgh also at e...pooled him; Mr. Thom : Jena, Mr. Cockburn, Mr. itlarny, Professor Fillans, and ether distinguished •eharaellers. After the installation, which wearied bet a very short time, Ile. Jeffrey ithitessed the sail. Oboe le an *bequest sr web K. .. .1 . _ come to before the persons met ; and when **semi be ex- BOW drew a paper from his pocket wb judges : Zia al address; aid ran much en tI are ads $ §rodasthada ate similar *atm. rds the -day *teas dbcoveted the address could They and erefore a counterfeit l g address will IN u marh oar est Monartia; the one adopted by r cause, fuvisir been taken away and another II service. The address modestly states itself to be I o merit lii, Justices, Aldermen, Common Counc Queen! threw their aw* griefs aside, or forgot them as as it was possible, and nobly espoused her although she bad never done them any actual i But to be only negatively good is sufficient to their approbation. Had others, in a station equally high as that of her own, been insulted and cruelly treated, had they been only good as she is, how would the people's hearts have burnt to avenge their injuries. The scheme, my Lord, that you concerted, was deeply laid and adroitly managed ; hot this ii not an age of ignorance and superstition. You cannot palm your falsehoods now upon the public without fear of their detection. The feudal system which enslaved men's bodies, is happily abolished in this nation, and go is catholicism, which enslaved their minds. The people no longer think the great omnipotent, nor honsacn late, oar infallible. They have followed the apostle's advice, and " examined all things." They have weighed their rulers in the balance, and found them wanting—wanting in honour and honesty ; in ability and feeling. They hare found also, that the Royal personage, whose cause they have espoused, has been oit wrongfully and bitterly persecuted. hey found, that He who swore in the presence of God, to cherish and protect her, did not chum to fulfil his sacred engagement. They found, that those to whom she was introduced in this country, had an interest in deceiving her, and making her appear odious-that they practiced disgraceful tricks to make her commit herself, and that nothing but her own good principles and good sense prevented her from becoming the ♦ictim of their artifice. They beard her accused of practices of which she was in capable—they heard these ucutasioas refuted fro* the most clear and undeniable evidence; yet, net► withstanding this, they found ►er deprived of kw dignity and privileges—turned an outcast upon the world•---drivers from the house of her husband----the presence of her child, and compelled to dy from the country which had become her home, sad to which so many ties conspired to bind her. They beheld her a fugitive in foreign lands, seeking amongst strangers that asylum which her own relations denied her t they beheld her revenue comparatively scanty, and every means adopted to render her despicable and wretched; spies surrounding her—robbers carrying off her pri vate letters, and forgeries committed in her name to involve her in rain. They beheld also nen, who alone could rightly estimate her good qualities, and sympathise in her sufferings, sink--I will nut my with consent, to an untimely grave. They found her neglected on this awful oecnsiun, and left to learn the afflictive e►ent of an only daughter's decease from the public prints. Oh merciless butchers ! had they not hearts that are absolutely impregnable to every gene rous impression. this mast have recalled them I. sense of humanity. Per how must her loom have bee. lacerated by these repeated ettekes--tbe hoes. of a wife and a anther! I will aas appeal to ymatt,ay Lord, ow this .union t ter was hut those Os an Dan firtiOpuee-- of Morel— ' b oAta.--0. to No ' - MA: of siert feet of as fart ail al rairobatad oiled , Zlernan guineas Wit iisat *lk IBMs the is to &nuance i holder the pirty *ide with' Mr. B. already interest, speculation SWIM ti WC eonsideratioi wet be ► stile • two, races. Is hacks Ta nesdr ten seroni miles win, ITou In great start Bonds propriate monumental groupe, in eou►meow..~.__ his late Majesty, to be ere► ted in some public place it: the meropolis. The plan has, it appears. obtained the patronage of tl►e Duke of York, and a committee of noblemen awl gentlemen have been appointed te retry it into immediate execution. Of what the groupe is designed to be composed we have not bete informed. The reign of his late Majesty was so event hl as cannot fail to suggest a variety of appropriate subjects. It was, indeed, productive of some. mil affected by many extraordinary changes in the condi don and relations of the country over a bleb he rule•', that it cannot fail to be remembered by geuerrtions to come, aid to occupy a place of magnitude in the annals of Orem Britain. To an enquirer, who refers to the state is which the late King found and to that in which he left his kingdom, it may be truly said. si momentum rquiras eirrutnepiee. LONDON Wounnot:se.—Last night Oils asylum for the wretched was opened for their reception. Toe leemasittee bad met swig eta site day fire th e F ew e Workhouse for the accommodation of the houselese While they were employed in the new arrangements. an application was made by Hrs. Fry, who has bad a very great increase of unfortunates upon her list, to the Directors, to permit the admission of such fe males as might be discharged from the prisons in which she dispenses her charities. The application was accompanied by an assurance that the Governors. in granting such a permission, would act up to the spirit of the Aet of Parliament for the regulation of the house. The subject is to undergo immediate con sideration. It has been determined by the Committee that the cases of applicants for admirshra shall ay. dergo the strictest immediate examination that can be made, and that none shall be received who have a distinct legal claim upon any pariah. The object the Committee profess is the raving from starvation, or the fatal effects of exposure to the cold, those who have no cognizable claim upon parish relief. Newt 'hers are to be appointed from the Committee to go through the markets and search the penthouses of she metropolis nightly in search of At objects for tire no tice of the Committee. During the period when shelter was afforded last winter to the poor in Mr. Hick's warehouse, 1522 persons were relieved. NATUR•L CURIOIIIITV..-..A tenant of the Be,. J. Cottle, of Warwick, hes just presented to him a part if the solid butt of an ask tree, containing within It the skull of some animal (unknown). It was in ties part of the tree, 9 feet above the ground ; and wee perfectly enclosed in solid timber. The tenant has,, sided upon the Farm above 80 years turd had ones noticed any opening In the tree nor was Iberia, lean appearance in the bark er the wood that the pain mow so firmly and solidly occupies was ever remit Some idea may be formed .t thoslie of Hrshen, what It is stated that the part which held the brain, is *boot bar inches diameter. A case, important toe the members of friendly en eleties, was lately &aided by the Justices of the Lower Ward of Lanarkshire. A society had adver tisodits intention of shutting, with as ulterior view to total dissolution should the funds sot recover revenue a specified time. ey Mr. Rose's net it Is provided that such a measure is only jos:Mali* when 4-iths of the members mown, and alsb all the sembens reedit lug. or entitled to receive, aliment. A, asember of iihe latter description alone opposed she ehlettixf or dis solving of the society ; wad. bleb t el.ed to Ilia Court for an isterdiet, be seeseeded. eali estepeihill the Society to beep its box epee. , It is tooderfal to what a degree el lib =srit chemises has arrived to, pieties's* It • nisi business. At woe et the allfti lab cheater, yore has been epee me in ee rte • 4111 hunks so welch see petted avekeilteiete • it . meter of the Mamas reel IMAir die /eel t , Se throe& et revoleekees wealth 111111111141 peak sad oar berth 7 dens sa semell, on $4l yiede. -.61.10 plied by if*, giro !MN 'skit tor 111 eel* awl I bodies. L, ... - • • . /. 4 . ,•;.•!(—• Ai .. -- --, ` . .... • • . ~ - V , . lk-..._..... : - eiggfeMEIRRIGIS SPORTING INTRLLIGENCR. Berrnia AT TATTERSALL'S, JAN. I. -*----- eay.--14to I apt Oestasse—th to I apt e. mete mee—le to I spat c. out of Maria-1d to I figs& e. out orel-111 to i egg Polypr. e ' ea,--•a to I apt ift) Lady. - • •, 1. tit • bettiog am any other race. - :1 .. , t,t , . A —re.-- ', . a . . • ; VITH yea Osa iliNvstartOctskss.—The ingerail r * food of betting has alrerly bees often the sulk •f satirical pleasantry. It aright not unfrequeol iy, . r as relates to the earrings ocessiored to both toed tnimals in conseqernee of such .a.laertaltinp,. bel bated with still greater seriousness. In the match ed to there exists no such repulsive features. A ernan at NewmarLet has laid a wager of one buts- E l a i t ne b a e s w w i i ll p l r i o r t..u j re eaphpetirlsaonnd Bland, well s ow : o s n o l r he on ice (to be selected somewheve 'within twenty • of Newmarket) in the spare of three minutest piece of ice no which the match le to be performed .7 1 be selected by the gentleman who backs the pew. anee. and 48 lionrs notice is to he gives by the swipe , . et of the ice so seL•cted being in a lit state to permit tarty to undertake the match. If the attempt is nos s within the 40.. l hones the money iq to be forfeited to • / II: Bets have been made to a considerable amount illy on the event, and it has, in the deter!' of other .est, at this season, strongly recited the spirit Of elation in the sporting World. The greater numbet I disposedito back the perfarmance within the gives • Yet, when the excessive speed is taken into , . ideration, ire see oo reason why Old Time , be backed against the performance. The rate I a in three minutes has been ascertained to be ;shire if not nearlv three parts out of four of a thorough heroin, aacl . fac.aamswes the .... s. The performance will take phis. t s day. - licked at 6 to 4. ivrixtato 31•Tcn.—A horse, the prn'rty at hit. ilemore, of Dorsetshire.street, was backed on its+ r . lay for 50p. to trot one mile in three mindere u seconds, such being at the rge of more that . 4 . ,s an hour. 1 lie horse was hacked at b tat' Itv , and the ground was on the New-road, beistessi t inslow and S.,nbary Common. The horse west eat treat form, having gone 50 yards back to take the . , .1 when in action ; won cleverly, baring three se. vi di to spare. 40NUMENT TO TON LATII KING —A scheme, we .n, has bee. formed for executing in bronze aa ap- . _ 9 . t A M leau I