The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-01-07 00:00:00

r 1,, ~_ ; • ," cis ,•irs Ss' • iwt ..41sesthee#1 * ol , lbo 4Pfloomb CM-ihrOcenilemr- IP i p pelopinillid that ditirisitions on the cases of 'the. yegkliteitsto DortnAlrav-their, found guilty of IV . Mitik,4 !I) or Imr nary to resume theio,,iefit, ''swoopse ll shoe' .go elf with. impunity, and .eseape .s h o mpsismi merited by their unjust proceedings. oy, alt the acts mottled in the• annals of Mitils ,lo,l4 despotism of ithy country whatemn.., acne ex ceeds in turpitml?, grid . cruelty the late itat of 'those "'Ministers. Evety 441ing of respect fur their.own MO, • pri,vate as well as public; every o*, of gratitude for the innumerable benefits w hich they have derived.from the People, end - for : w hy they have rendered nothing but despair and Il d isf y ; every feeling of respect for public opinion,' theeeh they know that it is their duty to pay the most unqualified deference, end to make it lbeic polar star ; every feeling of humanity, com vision, or charity for their fellow-creatures over l'ilielmed in distress, and groaning under an tinde r rlbable weight of oppression, they have totally siren up and placed out of sight. By their per •aicious measures hiving involved the country in insur mountable difficulties, they were aware, that if a Re form In the Representation should take place on ra dical principles, they would not only lams their pl a ces, but also would be brought to account for their conduct, by which so much misery is entailed en the People. They saw almost every men in the United Kingdom come forward to demand Reform, s od zealous to attain his object. A Reform they were determined, at any rate, to prevent. There fore they looked out for victims, as tigers look out .for prey; as if thirsting for blood (though it might be supposed that such thirst - s ought to have been pretty well quenched, by more than a twenty years' war), they sent Oliver, the jackal), into the North, that they might, according to their own statement, ascertain the sentiments of what they please to term 'the disaffected districts. Bat were they not already Itcquainted with the sentiments of every district in 'de country ? Had not the People unanimously pe tiiioned for the removal of the grievances with which they were afflicted ? Could there be any doubt en tertained, with respect to these sentiments? and in case of doubt existing, could it be removed by any intelligence received from a Spy ? or was it pro. liable, that such a character would inspire hope and consolation into the breasts of impoverished menu ,fattorers, by presenting to them a speedy prospect of a peaceable, and happy termination of their woes? Ilawever, he enters on Iris mission, pre pared to accomplish the dreadful projects he had in view. He calls at Nottingham, insinuates himself into the confidence of a few individuals there, by saying, that he was a Delegate, sent from London, and was acquainted Pith Sir . FRANCis BuRGETT, Major CARTWRIGHT, &c. ; thit it was airless to petition, Parliament, for nuthi ..• short of force would he effectual in seeking redress ; that a plan was laid for a general rising, on the 9th of the following June, and preparation ought to be made every where for that event. It seems to have been in consequence of these, and similar sugges tions and instigations, that the deluded • Hamm- RETH went among the villagers in the neighbourhood of Alfretots, for the purpose of inciting them to re volt. Having sown the seeds of inserrection at Nottingham, he hurries on for other abodes of mi sery, and. visits Sheffield, Wakefield, Leeds, and Huddersfield, in Yorkshire ; by this time he had tic• quired an assistant of the name of Bradle y. At those places he foetid. the inhabitants sunk deeply in distress, by the depression of commerce, and the ex orbitant price ofj every article of life, yet patient and tranquil. He tries his base insinuations on them, but, with a few trifling exceptions, he is completely foiled. After indefatigably exerting himself in his diabolical avocations with but little effect, he re visits Nottingham, and enters Derbyshire, declaring that clouds of men were coming out of the North, to carry every thing before them ; and urging the ne cessity of being reedy to form a junction for the more effectually securing the desired object. In this manner, the poor ignorant wretches of that part of the country were entrapped by this monster its iniquity. Nottingham Forest was *ppoiuted for the place of rendezvous. lie now goes again into Yorkshire, where, in spite of all the art he is master of, he could only incite a very diminutive number of men and boys at Huddersfield to commit some irregularities; and assembled, though in a perfectly peaceable manner, at Thornton Lees, about half a dozen men, who ' together with himself, were taken into custody, and after undergoing a few examinations by the Magistrates of the District, were discharged. It is here worthy of remark, that though be himself was taken into custody ,with those per sons, yet he was immediately set at liberty. This circumstance, and a few others which subsequently took place, principully excited that suspicion, which ultimately was the cause of his detection. The hand ful of men and boys, who committed some irregolari. ties at Huddersfield, were also taken into custody, and sent to York for trier, but were discharged at the ensuing Assizes. Yet, shocking to relate, this was not the case with the few poor forlorn peasants of Derbyshire, whom he had the address to draw into Isis gins. They were taken into custody with the greatest facility. Four of them were tried and found guilty; three of whom have been exesuted, and the other was respited. Some of them having hopes of mercy held out, pleaded guilty ; in consequence they, together with the one respited, are transported. , How distressing it is for every man possessing the least spark of humanity, to contemplate, three of 1 those starving, ignorant, but misguided wretches, tottering the heaviest penalty the law can inflict, and lime of them transported, whilst the frightful mon ster who has deluded them goes off with impunity hey, in all probability, is amply rewarded for his hellish deeds. It has always been a maxim its law, that no respect shall be paid to persons, end that•ltte - Pinisbment shall be dory apportioned to the crime; it 1 bet here are e clothing hardly any 1 ,info . Olt Orblisptiati 4, et bundorg MR 4n o ornkboco Ing the inveigler himself 'rm. - .8 trampling roit dad be , tjegp ,p a t td after seaaent o very life end f being his dipes, ainishment, and brought fordh sl st itasteecl of eaecrattons. Eery eat and . . sentiment is outraged, in the most shocking nutmeat If Ministers imagine that by this species of. proceed', iog.they will gain the affections of the People, they will find themselves miserably disappointed. ~, To the , charge of implication in the . crimes o r Oliver. Ministers gave a flat denial ; they have sc. knowledged him to be an agent, sent by them to make discoveries of treason. :No proof, however, is adduced to rebut the charge, though of such meg. nitride as to render indispeusible the productiou 4 irrefragible evidence. A bare denial places them lai I no better situation than a prisoner at the bar pleading not goilty. But their advantages are far superior to those of some prisoner., who, though they may W I perfectly free from guilt, yet have not the means tie-. 1 cessary to prove their innocence. Cm) facility is, within .the react of those Ministers . ; they have or the evidence at hand, also the power of bringing it fOrward. Then why do they not do so .1 Do they imagine assertion to be enough ? if they do, let them recollect how often they have deceived ihe People by assertion, and what has been the consequences thereof ; then let them say, whether the People will be any longer .satisfied with mere assertion. There appears no evidence to exculpate Ministers ;• hut there appaars enough to criminate them. —The non-production of evidence, of itself, pretty strong ly proves the non.eaistence of any of the ape. cies which may tend to exonerate them from the charge of participating in the crimes of Oliver. Were there any calculated to produce this effect, they would lose no time in bringing it forward, that they might rescue their characters from the odium in which they are enveloped. It is a matter of the greatest importance. Every thing which could be of any ser vice, they have urged in their defence, notwith. standing they are only io the cue of a drowning man, who has nothing to catch hold of except a few straws. No necessity esists for further evidence to rove the guilt of Ministers, than that of Oliver be tog at large, after the commission of such heinous offences. Ile has not only been the instigator, but actually the contriver, of the treason, for which the poor simple men of Derbyshire, have been doomed to so terrible a punishment. Ministers, perhaps, do not prosecute him, for fear he should lay open their designs to public view. Accomplices are afraid of each other, and this accounts for the passiveness of Ministers. Besides, were they to punish those whom they employ to effect their wicked purposes, who could he found so to serve them lo future. It would be annihilating at one blow their system of Spies, Informers, and Treason-hatcher*. They hue plunged the country iota so abyss of slavery. To attain this object, war ieee waged against the liberties of the French—Associations of life and fortune men were formed—Loans and Sub sidies were sent to foreign Powers, till the country has been drained of its riches, consequently poverty stares the whole community in the face—blood has been made copiously to flow from the veins of the People—the Bouneons, the Pope, and the Inquisi tion are restored— Suspension and Gagging Bills are passed—large Standing Armies are kept up in times of peace: but what is peculiarly characteristic of the effrontery of Ministers, is reprobating the System of Terror, when emplyed by nom:smarm to go. vern the French nation, and now surploying it them selves to govern this nation. . " Dismiss the Ministers" ought to be the cry from the Land's End to John.o l -Groat's. The voice.of the People is a mighty voice; who is to withstand it ? Will Ministers in that case dare to say, even when supported by the whole tribe of Borough. mongers, we will withhold your rights, and your grievances shall not be redressed ; we will continue in our places, and role you with a rod of iron ? The Constitution, though much dilapidated, yet has suf ficient- energy to purify itself. Let then Petitions, praying for the dismissal of those Ministers, issue from every corner of the kingdom ; and let every man put his signature to those Petitions. as the means, and the only means, of arresting those arro gant men in their diabolical career of driving the People into a state of desperation. Dec. 39. Id W. M. The Duke of WELLINGTON, whose recant . intlinFy• ings have, by their direction, infused a general belief that they are prompted by certain diplomatic motives, is now said to hot expected in town in the course of a few days. It is also added, that the purpose of bis visit is to be present at a final consultation with Mi nisters, on the subject of withdrawing the Army of Occupation. DANGEIt OF MOVING dowitturs BY Waxes On New Year's Day morning, at six o'clock, left Newgate fur Sheerness, by the Thames Taman packet, 50 male convicts, most of them transported for life. The fog being very thick, the vessel ran on shore facing Woolwich Dock-yard ; happily no accident happened, but had she run fifty yards fur ther, she would have struck on some piles, which would have risked the lives or loss of some of the convicts, as well as of the vessel. She lay for ten hours before she could be got off. It can only be at tributed to the strictness of the watch kept over the desperate characters on board, that no attempt was made at escape. The packet arrived safe neat morn ing at Sheerness, and the convicts were delivered on hoard the hulks, under the charge of Mr. Bishop, of Newgate. Couw-Ficameoz, JAN. 7.—We have had no ar. rivals of any grain, and what Wheat remained over from Monday's supply was fully ideqoate to the de- Mand, having bet few buyers at market; but what was, disposed of was on Monday's terms.—The Bar ley trade was very heavy, partidelarly the inferior qualities, which are un?aleable r at a decline of Is. per (patter. SCOTLAND.: entrinuin *Orly mid rsice 4 beeriesolter rind for the most ittinlly different tett *ithiitit .1111 Charlet LL. 104. , iiestiOns to n. ifficOstic , "'MAO bly lit iflagifi y ly , , 0r *bitterer . does indi rpetlytto thelialue of private prNter f, end of tfa h cheek the activity of individeateiertion. The Berkla - System, one of the worst of II ese ifinses, bsti lately' attracted much attention, rata eit/ posed in its true colours by the ass *44 tines Public Bodies ;tit we think its.Areels 'oil pro. petty may be placed i& a more conspicuous point of view, hy,a. short .outpericel statement, than by the Most laddered argumeist. in skis statement, we mean to take for granted, dist all Burgh debts in general most ultimately fall upon the property in the Brugh, iu the shape of addi. tiosel assessaieuts; and this must hold true in every Burgh, unless a state of things is brought about in werck,lhe Bur6h4tas e surplus revenue, prp_gortiooed . to the amount of its debts. Now the very esisiewilw or debt is a proof that Its revenue is deficient 01fit thoOgh some of that debt may have been contrartedin executing improvements which were expected to yield a great increase to the City's futirtg, esperience shows that in all burghs the necessities of the public service grow much'fister than the produce of the revenue; and that sums destined beforehand for discharging debts, when received, omit?, found sufficient to satisfy the demands of the day, or to prevent the necessity of borrowing more. indeed, no person acquainted withi the history of the system wilt tweet debts to be paid off in this way, unless the management of the funds is vested in Trustees distinct from the Magistrates. In 1799, Mr. James Bruce, accountant for the City of Edittburgh, stated, that the City funds were in such a prosperous state of growing increase, that they would not only pay ordinary expenees and interest, but afford a sinking fund for pa}•iii off the debt pre viously contracted. Bow has this flattering prospect been realized ? About 20 years have since elapsed, daring which the town has increased rapidly in wealth and population : the town's revenue, too, has risen perhaps in a still greater proportion ; and yet it is pretty well known, that the debt has increased to three or four times the amount owing in 1799. After this, wbn would be so credulousas to believe that things will be in a better state for paying off debt in the ensuing 20 yeeei than in the period preceding, or that some future period of prosperity will remove en encumbrance which our past posterity has only more and more augmented. In nearly all Burghs the the case is similer. Those who are in the must flourishing condition think they do a great deal if they keep the debt from increasing ; in the greater cumber this is mere then is attempted. There is no doubt that some of the City debts were contracted in executing what were deemed pub lic improvements. Perhaps some of these public works were m conceived, souse Of them unnecessary, some cremated injudiciously, end probably none of them conducted with that considerate regard to economy which might be expected from a private in divides, looking after his own affairs. But we do not mean to insist on objections of this kind. It is more material to observe, that few improvements are judicious or beneficial which do slot speedily reim burse the ezpence they have occasioned ; and there. fore they can never furnish an escuse for a large amount of debt. Besides, as there mast always be a call for public works of some kind in o growing city, they ought dot to be classed as eztraordinaries, end provided for by loans ; because, if this system is adopted, the City debt moat continually and una voidably increase. In short, we consider the most of the Bergh debts ascontracted under circumstances which hold out the prospect of their being increased rather than diminished, as long as the present system endures. Let us see, then, how this growing burden is likely to operate on private property. If an iudisidual, who has houses or lands, ewes a 'certaip sum, it is clear that we mast deduct that sum from the nominal amount of his property, if we wish to know its absolute value. It makes no difference whether the debt is contracted by himself ow another person, providing his property is answer able for it. Now, as the Magistrates of every Royal IBurgh can contract debts to any amount, for which the property, both heritable and persosial, of the in habitants is liable, it is obvious that the debt of the Burgh is really a mortgage over the property within it ; and that if the . debt must in some way be din. charged nut of that property, the value of the latter is diminished by every sum borrowed by the Ma. gistrates. From the nature of the circumstances, as we have already shown, and especially from the necessity of borrowing money to pay the in terest, the debt will always be increasing. And therefore. though additional burdens may not be imposed for a time, they must come sooner or later, and the longer they ere deferred the heavier they will be. Let us now lake the case of Etlisiborgh, the rental of which, according to the Police Asses.smerst, is 313,0001. Suppositts. according to the principles' we have laid down, that the Income of the City is not more than sufficient to meet its ordinary espen. dilute, and that new assessments must be imposed sootier or later to discharge the Interest of the exist log Debt, then we have to enquire what the effect of the City Debt would be on the.property oaf it►divi duals. It is clear, tint when the amount of this debt reached 313,0901. the amount of the rental, it. would require a perpetnal assessment of 5 per cent. on all the rents in the town, supposing the money to be raised in that way, to pay the interest. But if the object were to eztinguish the principal , sum et:th in a giten period, suppose Wily years, then 6.kgsw, cent. .would be required. 141 us supposo, that, the City Deist should arrive at 624,0‘1P1es then, calculating on the. principles already I Aow.ir, it would require 10 per- per coot: on the; I lrents. of Edinburgh to ;my the interest ; and if it was proposed also to estieguish the principal suit in thirty years, no less than 13 per cent. ou the rents would be required. When the debt amounted • ,_. 1-1 ....,.. ' 1 1g Iry ~ •.,. 1 — AS‘AMAirtst rvitAsitipins or t o irh0 P4111"14 14 .---4----------"" S'eoei , _ ? STEM IN SW suffitisiatta cover their nakedness —.o. lobe; coiratmien of J it 4letrr .. hb , • - • . Frame rag ssotsiestr.l . r *of proiopyrrott t• WWI "filar -la mew sr bite Roys4 . 'l3ntnvels, itse ennlnuin r ~,,......,,,, ~,,...witibbi.....,- Zel s i fie tU 4 sLit h e i d 4b o e r alet ipe raf: 1 1 1 : " p i e:li t : e l:47;r k twin 4,......... applied to ea& said purpie-es iii or himself . 4 3 at r _rge k It',*Plif —NI.: 'his is a prostiiirt on of the layf f , ; ” &on dime asesird ay law, and debts easaa!a!!ed Iftr, foot of. Oa, vary idea! qt,'r • fi t—i- ' l 4usiqr el is ~ ~ . .: r - , did It (Awl ' l3t . °ll hi . trial . 111 .)Yo ell I N e . 1114. t 'Men mil4e leoter so keenly into goestio sot reef beirreltiddopcedgq ,his. *Their dell rights 00 I n to those that I "Ail of , the censPhaeb and of e b -' property. l r et withoit 041 Itberty ion r , to consign him to ignominitma L, seearein the enjoyment of the fruits of hi d to show Mercy to them, wooldlise. , and there ,is probably no political . abase I shoots of appisase from the Point! itOscripti+di whith does not tend, dirge; riltintii • ETU Mor a l 144 hu un iw mails. to lotion the'talue of arielie neap' ~- . _ to 940,0001: - 1lf'pee ematt.. , elesidlata4ireld in the one way. or. 114 mutat. ILA' other. We do net profess to know the public debt of the Tows of Edina burgh ; and therefere pet Meer as hypothetical caseri to inottrete itt eltette es private property: Neithite do we know whether any useaseies have etrr been in contemplation for putting a step to the acceetelation of the City Debt, or for paying it off. But if the present system should come to it stop at any period. either froM ihsolvency., or from a resolution of the inhabitants to clear off incunahrances before they be. cable intolerable, the Town Would find itself in such a predicament as we hare been imeglaing. To sim plify the calculation too, we have gone upon Aesop. position, that the additional imposts resider/id neer*. vary would fall on rents alone ; city reties are go. reerally .levied in this way, whether they affect the ' landlord or the tenant. ' Our object is merely to show to what estent the borders would fall open the com munity as individual. If the City Debt gibe rise to new ceases, es we think it must do sooner or later., they may not assume the form we have been *oppos ing. They may be iinposed by degrees, and under ditTerefit pretests from that of redeeming the debt. They may corn* upon es in the shape of Se many additional pennies on the pint (stale, or or come per cents. added to the shore-dues of Leith, or to some other existing impost. This sleet . not Ans. terielly affect the argumeet, since one thing ix pietls certain, that the debt, both principal" add Lewes!, •rnnele ptid 4 either oil uf. tire hied prepnity . tit tied inhablltiots, or out of the iiiisia proa , ;ee of tlelt I industry. • ' ' .. To take i differept 'haw of the mattet4 let ea pp. pose that the value . of the berit a tile property in gdits. burgh, estimated' at fifteen or sieteen years purchase on a rental nf 3!3;9001. is, in mend untrlbliti, five millions. Then., if this property is an'sweralile for a city debt of 313,001:01. it, trde italue is dieisibished by one-sixteenth part; or, supposing the' debt to be 6-26.0001. then it is diminishettio iglus rere.eiglsth part. In this case every tenement. arid every piece of ground, is under a mortgage for otre.eiglitli part of its value; every subject *kith %quota he worth 8001., if there were no debt, r nod be worth nts snore than 7001. These consequences of the city debt mny appear perfectly hypothetical to us 'it present; hut will the inhabitant! of Abirdeen sori-itier the id.ht of their town as a mere nominal incireihrence ? The debt of Aberdeen, as stated by the Illsgist s is 230,0001. The population, acebeding to the . ear sos of 1811, is one-thin! of that qt P.diriburgh ass ..l 'estimating the rents at something lititsteen a fourth I end a filth, the debt will probably equal three years° entlie rents. Unless Aberdeen, therefore, has a sta. plus revenue, the interest of the :debt may be consi dered as entailing a perpetual 491'4 IS per cent. nit the rents of that city. Thit may'vlot i be'the way itt which the money may be raised; but ie whsteree way it is raised an equal amount will be regirired, unless funds are already provided. Now, would any considerate person purchase a piece of property,l4+ ble to such a burden. without making a coneiderable deduction from what would be its value under eth I ei circumstances ? The principle we have laid • down is iipplicable il every Burg which is encumbered with *debt, wilt: nut having any 'dleposahle reviswear, cud is simply this :—That when the debt equals ease year'S teat of the Bergh, the burden is astiairialeitt‘ to a plerpeteal cos; of 5 per cent. nu houses, and the value of pros party within the Burgh is diminished one-lifteentb.— When the debt equals t 4 years! rents, the hoyden is equivalent to a perpetuit cese of 10 per cent. en house rents, and the value of property within the burgh is diminished one-eighth. There are, in foot. cases on record, in which the inhabitants of a burgh have been subjected to etent (tes)for payment of ibis Burgh debtr; and, judging frorikpresent appearances. most of the burghs are likely to be hi . ol o —ipurle situ. titian sooner or later, if the prefect system is allowed o continue. .- --________ ___T, N. 4 AL INTELLIGIINGE; • ."• 'ff- , ..........-. • . t .:17!1.1 SHEIRNNss, J'Au. 6.--The Hibernia, .et illiatiepi, ford, which wai on share on the Blythe lissid,libue en got off; and has proceeded to Londeso li!s , ia 7 • s' Po RTSMOUTH, JAN. 6.—Sailed the Canada., heeeris tor London. I)Ett, JAH. - 6.--Arrived the Arrest transport front Dover to Chatham ; and a brig, it.insport, No. R 74, has passed ttirringh from the Westward to the North ward.—Came down from the !liver i,e George 111. Filter, for Calcutta; and Intrepid, Johnson, fa/ Vicparaisn and Bengal; Ocean, (or Jamaica;. Ma. sienna, Moore, for Smyrna; Hope, Salmon, for Sr. Th.,mas ; Charles, West, for Savannah; and Con stantine, Wetherslt, Hayti, Cosmopolite, Barber, for Genoa ; Cerel, litatthews,for Jamaica. FALMOUTH, JAN. 40-.-Sailed the Active and Hind revenue cutlers, on a cruise. • DARTMOUTH, JAL. 6..—Artilred off this port the schooner Moira, of Ilfracombe, from Bristol, la.t Plymouth, bound to Weymouth, with a general cargo, having lost her foremast, and both topmasts, in a severe isle from the S.W. last night; the pilots will bring her in here, if 'the weather permits ft, otherwise they will endeavour to.mske Torbert • Worms, JAN. 5.-4rrited•.here yesterday the Perseverance, of Wakefield. She was blown past. the Humber in a gale and thick weather, and ow en tering the harbour she sustained much damage, sari bat for the prompt assistance of the people on. the pier and three treats, abs meet leave been lest ; se was got into. the lieboor with difficulty, after leav ing an anchor.and cable ou the bat. . G R AVESEND, J AN. ,6.--kirived the Hester, Wit kinsow, from Jersey • and Olive Branch, Hayti, from Demarara.— Sail ed the Sir Joseph Basks, ----, sod Moreland,. tied, • for Jamaica - Barbodoes packet, Balstor, forßiarbadoe4; Earl of ilelfsst, John Ablwrileieb, for Belfast; and the Elekeor, Stepheas, fbr esSeed. • • ' • • tr,.. , .0.1 , . N . ...i..-...___:._. , ft-. Sul:Mt:ganglia! for Coutri Euroutt.-.-On 'Churl day night - died § i:at hit hoisitriii liaie-rtreet, !it. JIMMO'si Coast garroato, in' hisgbith year. Toe esotreildwes descsuededierem the4rst family in Europe Fthe reblesse, being not oredeWirtince In the. 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