The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-12-08 00:00:00

9?_ a W - il-q•iiit _it ou i : I cwit... - _ •-• .... 7 aw -,. .., • • , ~....... • 0 , '•.' • :-.(c- ! . r . . a ..: 'e •," lAAJU(.6k. - 414 . ;/\, b t a . . 1) ~..). ...•t ~. Ltill.. vik man. ;‘.4f,14t.i..f..i.._..Aii ~•_. irfarx. .....nr,m41,1 - - -1 r 'l° No. 0-.87 TIIORP. MAsoa. A COWMON COCNCI L. hoiden in the t'll %WIER of the 0V111.911 MI. of the CITY of I.ON Dos, on TltL'ltS- Dt,y, the 7th Day of December. trig°. Ar4oLvvv. las the impartial administration of Justice. 1 and the scmrity of the Richt% end Liberties of the depend greatly on the qualification of .Ifll (Wines fir the NO% the Freedom of this rlty. in a lin%. gi 3 d. Heart of Oak, of the value of One !kindred iltrieeas. he ?rectified to Henry Itronglizrn. Esq.. M.P. the Queen's Al tornfm•Greeral. In manifestation of the sense 'it enteetalar of theievinisble integrity. unsliskon firmness. and &stiff pistod sgesca • wifieb he has displayed in defending het N b uril y siesinst the Rill of Pains and Penalties, iltrodneed AM Parliament for the purpose of divorcing her Majesty from lifeKieg, and depriving her of her Rights and Digni airs as WWI of these !testiest. Rewired—That. as the impartial tire. and theaeCNity of ILA Iticilsta and Liberties of the Rub. ire% depen: greatly on the qualideatioa of .Idvnestes a! the jr.a the Freedom of this City. in a Rom. made of Ilenrt of oak. am t . rape of Oar Hundred Guineas, be presented to Thmnas I>onesit, KN.. SIP.. the Queen's Kolicitor-Gone- TA. A inanifestnUon of the sense it entertains of the inviola ble integrity, unshaken firmness. and distinguished talents. which he has displayed in defending her Majesty agnimit tfe• Rill ofPaies gad Penalties, Introdaeini into Parliament for the purpose of divorcing her Majesty from the King. and de priving her ether Rights aid &pities as Queen of these Reakv. afJus- itv , ..lied--That. as the impartial ailuilnlstrrrtion of In s flee. and the security of the Rights and Liberties or the Sobjeet. depend greatly on the iiiialiliestion of .tavocces ft the liar. the Freedom of this ('itr. in a Flog. insole of Heart of Oak. oldie salts of One Hundred Guineas. be re:rated to titipben Ltisisington. Esq., M.P.. and Doctor io Lag. in manift•statiun of the 4rn...• it entertains of ttr inviolable integrity. witstiaken firmness. and distinguish ed talent, 'which he has displayed in defending hei Majesty against the Bill of Pains at .0. Penalties imroflueed into Par. limiwnts, for the purpose of divorcing her Majesty trbus the bins. and depriving her of her Rights and Dignifies as *eye of the.. Waling. WOODTDOR LOOKING GLASSES. EVRRAL large SECONIMIAND PL.ITES, citable for Chimneys. Piers. sad Chevalv. are now uti sale, on reasonable Terms, at Coort.k. ELLIuTr ail Comma's, 93, High° gate-titreet Within. Hoene of the larger vises are adeinMy adapted for large diaing-romec and elegant drawing-rooms. Plant titan for windevra titled In at a greater relative ad vantage than Crewe Class. THE WORKINO CLASS OF SOCIETY, will sektiowlelpr that the Proprietert of the Colonial toffee-('olam first gear la neet-worlet. near Whitlow street, were Pre lest Opt, supplied them salt a rood and cheap aveskthat. by MR. a plat or strong ('ntre. for Yjd. Arid notwithstanding the greet whence of rfre srtlele or l'otree since the) Nrst opswod la ltlll. they ceetinno to so licit nwtr favorers fora traperier beverage, at the name los price. Rolls. Celts, &milt/rad a nd butivr 54 signal. Open a* sic o'clock in the mowing till half-past nine at otht Itt.t.da) 4 exeeited, EgfigNCE OF SiCiIMPS. FRO , , the idereesing demand of this moth ash mired Butte, for all sorts of Fish. kc. it has iodu.ed the Pftlrirtor. HENRY POWELL, at his Who!erste OM NW Italian Warehouse. W. Neepte-street. (where the Trade may bs supplied with this and all other (dentine Spares. Plarkm. &e.) to return his most grateful aelsnowledgments to the Public for their Lied patrousge. and at the same time bees leave to acquaint them that it is Sold b all the Oil and Italian Warehouses In London. and by one or more res;seetahle agents in every tow th►oaghout the United Morton!. Observe. sone is genuine unless signed " Dinmore sad For. and the Proprietors' seta on the Cork. To Merchants, Captaios. and others. it is particulnris re commended for shipping, es it is warranted to te. p iu any elimate„ CODE OF FAMILY INFORMATION. - - - - N,w ptiblithinst in warily Parts. price it. lid. earls. (Two n Welt are ready). au Original sad Interesting Wttk. rah' let!. THE FAMILY CYCLOPAIIIA, being a More st. or 1./so Nrcrssmity Ktcowt.enue. alphaheti rally arranged ; so inprisieg the most recent Inventions. Dis c4verirs. and Improvements., in Domestic Eennomv. culture. and Chat iistry ; the most appro , eil Alethodi of raring Diseases. a ith the Mode of Treatment in erases of Oronnine. other h‘ecidents. and Poisons; Observations on Diet and Regimes a comprehensive Account of the most striking Objects hs Natural 11 istory. animate and ina aims te and a Detail of various Processes in the Arts and Manufac. ttoe" ; also. a remise View of the Minoan Mind and the Pll4- .Inra, with ir p "irtlctilar Application to our luiprot einem Xdaratisui and Ilitsrals. Sy JANIE) JENNINGS. • COSDITIONO : I. Thia Work *ill be printed iu Octavo. on good Paper. and published in 1 Verkly Parts. 1. Each Part .Hill couvain. on the oversee. One Hundred and Fun, cluck 'printed Pa tty : Price' V'• 3. It is especial that the Work will nut excerd Ten Part"; foratlng a %erg handsome Volume, and peculiarly adapted for the lihrari of every retails. London: Pt Otte* tor tifinrwtiod, Neely. and Jones. Pert m.ster-row. I and J. ISIVEW1114;111T. the Sale Cusenscenns, 0/1 1 • 'lrvine Irreised from the Lords of the Treasury the ' .thest approt atiott of their NEW WIIEIIE. have to date cell it ma% log had at either of their 011 ices, conteiwitut 1•1 rry T icy can only by Advertisement brielir ley lw r,re their Fr:. tuts anti the Public a few of the Novell Featureg romitin%. Oz. : I) PRIZES of !VA*. Money and Console. Not Two Illank• to a Prize. I . lll' whole Money and ronsels antaants to i1114.4X1. The %CH KM f: is arranged es Two Lotteries, The First of which. haiing unly ti MU Tickets, in 2,300 Nurnberg will be Drawn J.‘NIUIRY the 43d. !WI. When the Fifth Friar will dreleto THREE PRIZES 0f.... LIMO Pm+ : And kg Prize above 1001. will bare a New Ticket, the First 1 11 9relt ..... may, for one Purchase, °Wain TWO of tll.lllm Tiekets and Shares./Itedverd in Frier. are wills/ at their thn lljfrrs . No. 37, Condrill ; 11, Wilber*. sad SRL Nap mukr, where is Oue Lottery. Last ('ontract, they Sold a .: Ito. `MIZE" OF TWEITi THOUR ANT) POiAPPI. Their % `ee Tito' Osthrit-street. heing out f.eitge. ' • the Nwi se. '.f that liaise is reamed to their other °lkea. *het, all prig will be paid. LONDON, FRIDAY,.fi " Me Cause for. E.IVI Bg R 8, 1820. I, mid SYDNIff dud ow the Beareiell" HA MP/MN fia is As Tie LEGTINI,APURN Or NEW lONIC. Key You, Nov. 9.—Both branches of the Legis lature convened at the Capita! in Albany on Tuesday. In the Mem, 121 members were present. Pete!' Sharpe, Esq. of this City. was elected Speaker by a majority of 17, over John C. Spencer, Esq.; and Deriek L. Vanderheyden, Esq. was chosen Clerk by a majority of I over Aaron Clark, E•q. A committee was appointed to wait on his Excel lency and inform him that the House was dnly iced, and ready to proceed to business.—At two o'clock the Governor met the two Houses, and deli vered the foLiouing Speech:— IiaNTI.EMAN OF THE •SERI ITV AND hose OF As. sunns.v—Ott the reestrrence of an election of Presi dent and Vice-President of the United States, the annual meeting of the Legislature is transferred from its usual period to this time, in etntsegnenee of the choir, of flee* ws by that body: and notwithstanding an 'dimmed session has been considered expedient after the transaction of extraordinary business, yet it has been usual for the executive to make his t ounnti-i nication at the first meeting—and as this measure is reeommendeel by its salutary tendeerve and will nil able the legislature in its recess to bestow deliberate attention .on the subject. recommended to their consi deration, and to consult tile sense. and understand the views of, their constituents, I shall not hesitate to comply with the customary rule on this °erosion. lit adverting to the object 01 this anticipated meets ing. it will readily ocrur to you, how much better cal cniateol it worthd be to promote crown's-, and to pre serve the pnrity of republican enveritment, and how flinch more consonant with the representative prin ciple, if the choice of electors were brought nearer home to the pe o ple. IneldmiL it toast be considered a striking imperfmtion in the natisonal eonstitwtinn, that no uniform role bas been preeerared ou this sub ject. In some States. elector* are chosen by the peo ple by districts: in others by a enteral ticket : and in a I%‘• by the legislature: the last mode is certainly . the most objectionable. A body, not numerous. and selected foe several months previous to the period of action, is exposed to the droloations of intrignr, and is not doo safe a depository of this great trust, as the community at large. In seamed eaws, a minority of the iwo,ele may choose a majority of the legislature. The election of that body in time of public tranquillity may be mark without much reference to this object, loud there is such a considerable intervening lime be fore the choice of electors, that a frill and fair rapers. - stun of the public sentiment may duet take place, or he defeated. ' The people are certainly less liable to improper influence than any other body of nu-n, and _in timie,pority, diseernment, nssil public spirit. we must rely for thsistability anti pertianeria'nf thtt re pubiican institutions. When I had the bottom- of orettpyine a scat in the tad:idattiree I nag so foniblv impressed with con-1 id:Aerations of this nature, that I esteemed it my duty I to introduce an amenthaent tee the constitution pre. i (heated on district elections by the people. This . principle wassaneritened at that time, still sitter, by the legislatures; but it has never been engrafted into the ' constitution. As it may be supposes! that those s td. ' es where district elections are established, will not be . in a situation to express an undivided opinion, and wiil thereforefore be placed in a horse position than those where a general choice prevails. I nimbi sag- i gest the expeolieney of providing in future for a choice by'tlee people, of electors by a grtseral ticket, until au ttnifarm rule by district* is constitntionally establish ed. This will place the choice of :he principal magi strate of the nation where it ought to tor: more cote- ; pletely within the sovercie• anthority. Awl as there are own- two intetveving bodies, between the people of this state, and thee election of President and Vier Pre- I silent, I see no reason why the principle of exclusion should be applied almost entirely to them. . 1 In the course of your fro Teolings you will also be I called upon to elect a Senator of the United Stalts. ' The position of nor national concerns will undoubted ly demand the ultimo eirenntspection, as well on this subject, as on the mere immediate object of your userting. In order to meet the deficiencies of the na tional revenue, great retrenchments must be made in our exp,nditures, and wise plans of finance must be adopted. Oar resources may he cherished, and tide, rvil4 of heavy taxation or increasing debt, tnay be, averted by the abolition of nselem utfiees, by the Jinni- nition of expensive 4- , tabliahments, and by the coati- ;ahoy of that economy which is most congenial with the simplieity of republican government, and which.' is required ly the great pressure on the nat . : keep ittg, however, always steadily in view the public de- (rare, and the retorted safety. le order to restiseitate the prosperity of the c o m sonnity, it is also necessary to cherish the intercom , of predurtire industry, aunt to promote ti... internal improvement of the monotry. It is to be regretted that the colli*ion which, mesh *lace at the last session of Congress. relative to the lleohibition of slavery in new states, should leave tarn attended with so much irritation, and that it should be considered as ate attack on, the loral authorities, 'and an attempt tee violate the richts tel property. In states where slavery leas been ratalohshetli by lan, it is "-eat in the power of the national tiovernstwnt to inter fere; and all regulations tin this sohjeet must proceed from the Inca! Ouvernments ; lent in the atletimion of new states into thee union, it is the ditty of Congress to protect the great obligations of morality. to enforce the principles of the Ainericen revolittion. and to con sult the paramount and pernmoritt interests of the Empire. , As a member of the American confederacy, it is nut enly ear duty, but our interest. to mistake the re spectability, awl to remote the auditoria, of the ma- Menai thoveroment, by a' petsintie and erdiglateeed es eerier of eons suffrages, and by remernnelleyi 101.osr energies4to estaWish a wise unit public spirited *dad nistrati en. lint its attending to measures so important, we ought sot to overlook the duties which we owe to ourselvdn. Our Government is ertmillex in its organ isation, and it u. essentially necessary to preserve the state Goterunteuts in their purity and energy. A free Uovaismeat could never exist hi a country so exten sive as the United States,- Without a judicious com bination of the federal and representative principles. The apprehensions whirls some of one wisest states men e i ntartainell at the formation of the Constitution, that the State Governments would constantly encroach on the powers of the national Government, - appear net to hate hero realized. The practical tendency has been ii the opposite direction. The power of the ge neral administration has increased with the extension of its patronage. And if the officers 'under its ap pointment shall see lit, as an organized and dis ciplined corps, to inte.fetv in the state elections, I trust MS there will be found a becoming dispuelt• in the profile, to resist them alarming attempts upon mill the purity and independence of their local liovenis meats : for wherever the pillars which support the edi fice of the general that ernment are undermined and prostrated, the whole fabric' of national freedom and prosperity will be crushed in ruin. I have considered it my solemn duty to protest against these unwarrant ahle intrusions of extraneous influence, and I hope flint the tuitional legislature will not be regardless of its duty dlithis occasion. If the ingenuity of man had been exercised to orga nize the apFointiog poster in such a way as to pro active continued intrigue an] commotion in the state, Anne could have been devise.. with wore effect than the present arrangement. We have seen its pernit:lous infitictire in tie constant commotion, which atitste tut: and we ran neer: expert that the conottunitv will I, be trasquil, or that the state will maintain its due weight in the confederacy, moil a radical remedy is ' *ll4. Under this ituirression. I have heretofore , proposed the calling of a convention. 'I he constint- I then contains no pros isi,vi for its aturnoltnent. In !SOL t tie legislature NO-misted two specific, points ti a con- , motion of delegates chosen lay the Iscuple, which met real agreed to certalwansendments. A•tempts have! bpen made at rations times ti, follow up this :arecedent, t Which have been uosnc.cessful , not only on account of vicallisiop of opinion about the general policy% of the 1 dissistronalsat also respecting the ()Neils to he proposed t 4 the aim Trottion. T:.ese didienhies may be probably Aninesmlsel, either by submitting the subject of amend-1 mews geller.slly to a r onsention, awl tficreloyavoitli::g controvesSy about the purposes for which it is called : or by subtiaittiug the question to the people in the first ioistance, 4 determine Whether one•ougla to be con vened : and in either case, to provide fur the ratifica tion by e people in their primary assemblies, of the pror • of the convention. This don/le check sett, he reeteetatestAs carry itsto• fleet the sovereign authority of the people: to guard against dangerous iuterpolations in our fundamental charac ter: to check a spirit of pernicious innovation, and empirical prescription, and 10 all.ty the apprehensions of s of our hest tot,.: wisost tel who, already satisfied with the signal prosperity and high .lestitties of the state, are unwilling, for the sake of souse improvement', to etteowiter the risk of chang ing materially the features of a ronstitntinn, which, in its general conformation, is admirably ealrnlated to promote the happiness, In elevate the prosperity, ant to protect the freedom of the conimonity. It affords me the highest satisfaction to renew my congratulations on the slows Ail Progress of unr in tern., I improvements. rowers!. of fifty one miles of the ratialttsanreeti the 1:01Irs,e river and Mount , - roma, ins-hling fifteen locks. are under contrart, and the whole distance of•tin miles and a quarter, with two additional locks, ran be easily e ',hoed by the first day of September next. Thr contracts made daring the last sr.asun, Were 1... better terms for the state than those on the middle senior: and during the pPesent year. they are front tli!x , y to forty per cant. lower, in cluding the mason work. 'I hirty miles of the section east from Ctira, are als t under' contract, including twelve locks, and will be completed the next season. In the progress of these operations, rocks have been exrava•ed at the loit•le Falls in seventy or -unity days, which it ll'A% originally ,apposed would have taken two Veat9 , . The iallif 'cements in the Hudson fiver, and by canals, to the distance oT twenty eight miles south from Port Kiltvrol, still be effertrd the next season ; and it is hoped that the remainig tell miles to Waterford, te - airle will finish the %shook operation of the inland navigation of the north, rail ;limo be memou plishonl within that period. There will then remain *at rue hundred miles on tile western and ahnut 'ditty right on the eastern section. in order to realise our whole system of internal nal igation. The limi tation of the annual expenditure ha , had a tendency t.o tor tcrastinate the completion si this great work : and under a full persuasion that the whole cannot only he accomplished, but well accomplished in three years at Ow ut t, from the present periel, I eartiestly re r end the adoption of plenary and effeetnalmen sures for this purpose. The advantages to he gained by this course will be great Ind striking. The fa culties of the state are fully adequate to the ope ration, and all controversy • about tl." order of completion wil he avoided. The civilized s.orld is now in a state of . peace; butt the syuttonts of great and extensive convulsions begin to appear in Europe, and if wars shall unfortunately afflict that portion of the glolw, we will perhaps be eoutpelled to .1.•1111.1e a defensive attitude a7ainst aggressimot on the rights of neutrality, which may finally ptnnge us into hostilities. Now that we are free from great natioual calamities, sail the prices of 1111 l ney, of labour, and of commodities, are unc mainly low, we ought to avail muss-Ives of the favenrable opportnnity. The 1 peblic 'instilment is sow tinned in -Car.itte of the mes ses?. and the progress of time may create loppositioo from risinserical.apprelion•iions, from sel • s tints, from jarring int , rests, and from best competitions, flas increased accomusodation and easy remmunica- PRICK SVVIEN Pityrr: tion trill immediately create a vast inland trade: and if we only suppose that one hundred thonsand ton. are annually transported on the western canal, the revenue, at the rate of tic , dollars a ton for the whole distance, still def. at all the expences of r. p and superintendence, aud extinonish in a short time the whole debt. A step of ao decided and ettergetlc a tharacter will also enronrage the patriotic state of Ohio, to pursue its noble attempt to unite the waters of Like Erie and the Ohio river. And surely there can be no hesitation in devoting the resources of the state, to the speed) and effectual accomplishment of a measure which, in the language of the act of ISt7 will promote agriculture, manufactures, and com merce; mitigate the calamities of war, enhance tha blessing, of peace, consolidate the onion, advance prosperity, and elevate the character of the United States." The final and complete eatabTisliment of an able ssd reopeetoble board to Infrerintend the general it:- Wrest% of agriculture, is an event of the Itizbokt im portance; and the exhibitions which hare taken place in different enemies under the auspices of the local societies, evince increasing improventetit in the qoality and quantity of the fruits of the earth. Notwithramling the present intliffereet market fur the products of husbandry, yet it is-pleasing to per ceive the general and ri.iite estittistien in which 1 1 .4 pursuit is held, the 11.31 with which it is cultivated, and the prosperity which it his attained. In eunr.e of time the natural rorr. %penitence between the IS-W. 4 of lab•mr, the irvire of commodities, and the .Any of motley, will be restored. Anil as the evils n•tw grit arise from arrangements heretofore made on the exist ence of high prices, all pi-tort-tire operation• will be aceommodated to the reduced state of the gnarlier, and the t•onntty will emerge slowly from the evils with which it is now envirimed. Africa{cure must look for its principal and solid encouragement to the home market, and this will be improved by the general augmentation of our popish; tion, and especially by the increase o: that portion of it which is rot engaged in the cultiraelon of the earth. The manufacturing interest, and that numerous class of the community which will he employed in the in land carrying trade, and the dealers in the sale, par chase, and exchange of commodities. must rOnStillite the most efficient friends to aerieultonk. The Awe illations of harvests is different parts of the United States, and the ditten.tices of proilto-tioos wiil•fcrlnent ly protince facilities in the way of reciprus'sl 'apply ; and the necessities of Europe will shunt always create in a greater or less degree a demand for . olit staple articles. • It MYr be proper on this occasion to calllitaa•arten time to the expediency o; Icvvering the rate a isfterest en .asoney ; and as the. period kat- wind • wheik, allaus of the people of this state ought s t a ta nih t halos. with a view to an equal and just a pportio the representation in the legislature, I ant penuaded that you will perceive the great mail of directing at "th • sante time such other statistical investigations as In t. tiustrate our resources, aud point out the road to its creased wealth and prosperity. '1 he discovery of a i important h)draulic citsteat will add greatly to the general inconvenience, and if you shall see lit oxen. courage the discovery of coal, I feel•contident that it will be attended with success, and that the !beneficial influence of this measure will be felt in the propellor of manufactures, and is the accommodation, nf I.he whole community. . • : • 'I h.- dunrislting condition of our seminaries of edu cation, furnishes additional inducements to cualinue and to extend the patronage .of the state. 14. thmisaud cowmen schools. organized ruder she act for • their establishment, 300.000 children are taught, and 101000 dollars are annually appropriated to the woo pensation of the tea.liers. lam infornsed.by the use "ful and able officer who presides ores this department. that the number of pupils at pre , eut taught in our schools is equal to nine tenths of the whole number of children between the ages of 5 and 15 years, and al:- proximates to one fourth of our whole mutative. There are prubibly 20 s• hauls in this state conducted on the Lancastrian system exiinsively, and several other* which follow it partially, but nutty far as to assume a distinctive character. in lime of these mitaislish to .uts, several yuung stew have been recently in• *limited as Loneastriau teachers, and it is to be hoped that this system trill be carried into the trust extensive op: ration. There ace now upon an average shunt fifty scholars for every Itchoolmeater wider the present plan of common schools ; sod whe ther the number he great, or be small, Ike la troduction of the Lancastrian- method is of introit :lnce : for, admitting iu all rases the competency of the teacher to attend to all his pupils, yet when we consider the rapidity of acquiring instructiius nosier that system, and reflect on the useful habits which it (arms, and the (avowable impressions which it makes on the minds and the morale of those who paiticipate 'in its benefits, ire cannot hesitate to give it a decided preference. The education of forth is an important . trust, anal an honourable vitcation, btu it is tog ofteti cummitted to unskilful liatols. Liberal enconragernest ought unquestionably to Its dispensed fur increasing the number of competent t••arkers. In thirty of the forty incorporated acillemies, there were the last year two thousand two .huudrioi and eighteen students, of which six hnialredisid eVity were engaged in !warping Latin and lireek r :1 he funt app r opriat e for the benefit of durse institntions. lu Columbia Union rsea.nntdy.tHwo students, a ntfltonUo is t he e oll ; gni,th andare fire hnn.ired two Medical Colleges, one hundred slid ninety-0 1 X. The grants to these establishments assoribt to upwards of 7214,000 dollars : and perhaps the OW appriiirla don' fur the promotion of erihraiimi, may be . estiltafed at two million", and a half of dollar,. this unto .say appear highly liberal, yeetriwil We lboit - at `di r e so urces, ppidasies, and elk St of t e, 'Aid • S - • - - ~- 7