The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-08-26 00:00:00

7 , ":". - ro."1"'" "- itr , . • •- - - .. 1 .- - - 7 7 A r , I k k .)‘ . I STATiSMAN . . Sufficient remuneration is expressly stated to be the not only the establishment of an equitable reward foundation of that neglect of duty which is I everyfor public service, but by, tbe Ilibecelity4l9Puent where apparent io respect to the nuntination of these te secure thelabone of a Class of Int*trell 'Oho • from . t.. t officers. their education and early liebife, Inky iie,tonsidered Mr. Fielding informed your Committee, that in his es less assailable by. the leniplations fteribilth •they district of Westmioster, most of these officers serve are ezposed, than from the smallness of the Salary by substitutes, and that there is hardly a single con- and she dieereibt. attached in a free country to their stable serving in his own right. " Some few of them office, they may be supposed to be. In order to Ina? ii, fbet thise he hears of everyday are those who bring shortlybefore the oonsiderstion of the House go en from year to year as substitutes fur others." the present situation of these officers, your Commit- Th'e office o f constable is of great antiquity exec beg leave to . draw its attention te the following thettgh, it is i many respects admirably suited to the ract from the evidence of a person of the name of Wants of a free People, in the nature of domestic' Vickery, sue of the Bow-street officers, whose tea. policy, your Committee, howeeer, recommend that timotty upon this subject is most important : to the office of Iligh Constable of each division a " With respect to the subject of rewarding officers Wary 0004 be attached; the appointment remain. for ettriordinary services, to which rte Committee ing as it is at present, in the nomination of the Ma- has alluded, I think that the power of warding the . gistrates. The person selected for that office should officers seould be in the bands of the Magistretes on no account be a tradesman, or connected in any rather than of the Judgeti; for neboder can tell who with trading ; he should haves salary adequate tO the are mos t . deservieg of reward for activity and r duties he is called upon to perform, and be removable tions so well as the Magistrates themselves ; and 1 far misconduct,by the sameauthorities that originally am persuaded; that if this power wit left in the nominated hint. The petty constableshoold be en. hands of the Magistrates it would excite an emula. der his crontroul ; and it should be his duty to watch . tion the Ma amongst thes. e officeat-rs to.obtain the g stan ood ds at pre. opinion ea u t h e genera l state of the Police within hi s district of gistrat Bas this r sod to make to the Police-office of the quarter in sent the offi . cers are carless of the Magistrates ; fur which he acts, a daily return of the events of the they know that however active their exertions may lest 24 hours. Ile s hould take his instructions from be, they will never receive an extra sixpence from the Magistrates, and of course it would he his duty the offiee. I do not speak merely of . ..Bowenriet, to become acquainted with the state of his own dig. Cro there the •Magistratet de esercise a power of re: cries, the conduct of the victuallers, the houses of eardin Officers for extraordinary exertions ; but I g ill-fame, and o f all that affects the good order of that speak of the officers connected with the Police in the portion of the community, whose officer he is. In different parts of the Metropolis. I held a situation wester to carry this measure into effect, it would be in one of those offices .for twelve years, and I may arleisable ter makes new division of thesedistricts, so venture to say, that o ith • all the exertions I• could that each nigh Constable should not hive a eider make, and all the itelustry I could use, I never had -rang. thin he can conveniently atteid to. At pre. the means of saving a single sixpence for my family Hilt the High Constable enjoys no salary, and does in case any accident might happen to myself.• There hardly any duty. Your Committee have been in- is another thing I would mention to the Committee; formed of a practice, which generally *lists, of this I ant not speaking for myself, for perhaps I .may Officer being a cost-merchant, or engaged in some never want it, but lam speaking on behalf of men trade, by which ••he levies contributions on the vic. who will want it • for it is to he observed, that many rteallers and others. At present, though there is no of the o ffi cers har ' dly receive more reward for their salary, whenever a vacancy occurs, there is no want services than is just enough to enable them tolive .of •candidates; it is then only by being corrupt, or without becoming thieves and theri , fore I shoals, winking at the misc onduct of others, that these suggest that a prolision should be made f o r s uch men officers can be remunerated for their trouble. Your as are wounded, or receive severe bodily injuries in ,• Committee are therefore of opinion, that in order to the performance of their duty; or who are worn (tut bare these situations effectively nd properly filled, a in the service : it is a weary life, end wears men out salary should he ansesed to them, sufficient to secure very fast. And without praising those men too much, the independence of the Officer, and to prevent the I think iomething should be done for those men, who Oetressity of his recurrence to those means which,to the have done their duty to the utmost of their power, discredit of this class of persons, end to the great in• through s long life, in protecting the lives and pro. juryof the public interests, are constantly practised. perty of the Public. I hope the Committee do not Evidence has also been off ered to y our Committee, think I am ea in too much, when I suggest tha t 40 show that great unfairness and partiality takes some trifling provision should be made in the nature place in the appointment of petty constables ; a great of superannuation money, for those men who have • proportion of these o ffi cers nominated in the Metro- attained the age* of 50, 60, or 70 sears, or who folis, serve by deputy ; these deputies, in many in. otherwise, may be incapacitated from age or infirmity, -stances, are characters of the worst and lowest de- to do their duty. I got myself cut all to pieces two scription ; the fine they receive from the person Who years ego, and that was its an attempt to take two appoints them, varies from 10s. to 51.; the conse- men w o had m h co l wamitted a murder moulds h , t I did d not e x . moence is, having some expe nce and no salary, they pect to live I s aid up for sixan I w Hie by extortion ; by countenaucing all species or in that situation at the time that I should not have lice; by an understanding with the keepers of left my wife and family a farthing if I had died." brothels and disorderly ale-houses ;by attending in " Did not the office make you any allowance for Courts of Justice, and giving their false evidence to your wounds ?—Never a farthing ; they peel my ensure conviction, when their expences are paid ; doctor's bill : but, in fact, they had it not in their wad by all the various means by which artful and de. power. I Imo? . they would willingly have done it : signing men can entrap the weak, and prey upon the and Sir Nathaniel Conant said he would have done 'Unwary. Your Committee recommend the evidence all in his power for me if he could." wpon this- subject to the serious attention of the " There is no allowance made for old age or in. -Roue. They feel convinced that some efficient re. firmities ?—Noste whatever. There is to the Magi.. inedy is requisite; and they trust the consideration trate% and clerks, but the officers are considered as of Parliament will be directed to it in the ensuing Melting in the thing 'Session. The nomination of the Magistrates to the different • Your Committee are of opinion, that if a better Offices is in the Crowe, and, according to the 16th Node of selecting persons to serve was adopted, Ilse sect. of the 54th Gen. 111. chap. 37, other consm fine for not serving greatly segmented. and a surer hies and officers are to be appointed by the Magi,. certificate of character required from the deputies, as tretes • and any two isf them are empowered to dis• well as a limitation of the period of such service, some miss from their employment the respective officers of the evils complained of could he remedied. ' 6 whom they shall think remiss or negligent in the POLICI OFTICERR —lndependent of the patrols at execution of their duty, or otherwise unfit for the Bou.strept, which consists of 87 men and 14 con. same, and appoint, subject to the approbation of the -electors, the form er receiving ‘2s. 611. per night, and Secretary of State, others in t heir stead." Your the latter 54.; there are regular office t o r tand con. Committee have however learnt, that since the pass. etables, also ameunt, in liettnn•aerdess en, but ing of this Act, the Secretary of State for the Home In all and e•ch of the other offices, indwells Bow- Department has appointed three persons to fill the -.tree, to eight ; their salary being one guinea each situntinet of officers in %V nrshilestreet. -per week. This payment is considered in the nature Your Committee observe that the olio f Parlia. la a retaining fee, and they are permitted to receive meet places the eomitsation of the perso the hands -compensation for their trouble from the private indi. of the Magistrates, subject, however, to the approbse eldest§ who employ their services. The esact amount lion of the Secretary of the State ; no doubt from wf these profits, derived from various snare's, your considering the Magistrates to be the best judges of Committee have not been able to learn ; hut as many s in glificatio of the different candidates, but im. of these officers, particularly those of Bow .street, poet the sa me ti m e the conse nt o f t h e Secretary are employed at plsces of public resort, at the of State, to serve as a check on their choice. le theatres, &c. &c. ; in almost all cases of robbery, by some instances, the Secretary of State has not waited Abe patties who have been robbediticome arising for the nomination o the Magistrates, but made the fr ee those Tatious modes of revenue, must to some appointment himself ; this breach of RH Act of Psr• of them he very considerable. They besides terve liament on the part of the Secretary of Stste, has pro. their share of Parliaraentary rewards, the amount of duced the result which might have bets aoticipated. which, of course, must vary ; and to each officer One of the persons so appointed by Isis Lordship, was -this source of profit must be very uncertain. a worthless abandoned clot recter,a Jew bail, who was Your Committee hiving in their second Report imprisoned in the King's Bench, an not being able expressed a decided opinion against this mode of sti• to perform Isis duty, was turned out d o; his situation mutating the exertion of Police.officers, refrain from he is described by the Chief Clerk as a man who hired recurring spin to the subject. They observe that himself out as a fraudulent bail, and was never known the Magistrates of Bow.stroet have charged in their at the Office till he came to be sworn its. eccount, in the year 1814, 1;199i. 'ls. Ild., and Your Committee beg lease to observe, that this in in 1815, 1,1861. 6s. lld: for espences and trouble terference of the Secretary of State is not warranted incurred by different officers and moieties in the ee. by the law which regulates the Police, and will no ecution of their public duty. The payments at the doubt, if persevered in, be attended with the worst other offices on these heeds are very trifling ; but effects. Of tee four persons nominated by Lord though the Committee are aware that the Bow-street Sidmouth, one declined his appointment ; another officers travel almost exclusively isstuthecuuntry, yet was turned out of the office ; and Use remaining two they cannot understand why the extra services of were confirmed in their situations, in defiance of the this body of men should be paid for, and those of propel remonstrance of the Magistrates upon the the other offices go unrewarded; the payment of tea- subject. \ - yelling espences may constitute some portion of this eapecce, but any money received for trouble must be in the nature of reward, and in that payment all the other offices have an equal title to share. The salaries of the regular officers are small, being • one guinea each per week ; bet the patrols of the city, whose duty is somewhat similar, enjoys a sa. tory of one guinea and a half, a sum which your Committee does not think to be too great. In addi. Con to this, it appears to them to be just to secure a provision to those who may be wounded and crip pled in the service, which arraegerneat does not at present exist, as well as a pension of retirement after 30 years service to the full amoont of their salary. — Your Committee, in recommendlog this iocrease lo the salary of these Accra of the Pollees have in view [To be Continued.] TREATMENT or NAPOLEON AND Its PHYSICIAN. [FURTHER lITRAETE VRO* IIR. 0 1 1111R1 COR. assroNnzwcs.) DECLARATION. Lowisood. April 25, 1818. I declare, that since the mouth of O c t o ber last, when it was decided by the Governor, Sir Hodson Lowe, that se more Bulletins should be asked from owe without communicating them first to Napoleon, I have usade Done; and that I have, to all the visits II was obliged to stake to blot, at IA beso t to re- ift in, (tale 644 j o in' d ad i t i ot fi rty 4., i i i - i - j ueiel . * __ snuff e orts to destroy the Iteaolit.iot i s This ' is an n d oi r a t sit li s t s r ° 11 . 1 1 . 1 1: r t he a ks rtP744hrialeZ:t.ilyet has e protegee of the Priesti, 'and the min who supposes that nations are for ever to remain under petticoat Government ; but it is of all things the most in . reasonable to . eapect that ibis .twentry in purl. cular, by whose means alone such an attempt could be made,• would • give its 'content - and its ten . nay to put down the system' which placed one ..t) present Royal Family on the Throne, and mein, taint that alt Gover s nment is a trust for the h e . uefit of the governed - . Ills Spanish Majesty, it eNt e seen, refers to previous Notes on the same sob. ject, and particularly to negocia tions with this ro e& try, and ihfers from the favourable answers returned, that the Allies may be induced to assist him in so. duing the ievoltecl Colonies. Ile falsely represe n t s the Revolution in those' Provinces as a part of g o . NAPIRTE'S iystens t - which he considers his Milli bound to put down .in America, as well as is L. rope. Ile s ptiteiliet to ,the Insurgents, upon thi t submitting, ',wend amnesty, and a co.participeti ns in all crificeijirlit the European Spaniards; Medals lure to his All*, 'he offer, a trade with the h o g; crin Provinces, 'founded on priticiples of freedom, The High Allied* Powers,' we hive no doublots s A i without the inducement of any such promises, VA. tingly annihilate in America itself the system which gave birth to the American Revelation, but they have not yet obtained the power of doing so; and as to the disastrous effect of this system, we suspect their sell. jects think very differently from them on that matter. Willingly, indeed, would these Potentates annilulats . the great . American Republic, but it has already oat. grown all their efforts, and. may well laugh at their is. potent malice. Under this denounced s) stem the United States have, since their etnancipation,continued . to enjoy a most u n exampled &hare of happiness and pro. sperity—a prosperity of • very diffetent kind (MID that . dispensed by the armed pow et nil hi- Logitimates, elm regard the happiness and freedom of America whin jealous fear that poisons all their triumphs. The picture ef that prosperity - firitliiii way tom every corner of Europe. Stupid and debased as the People maybe in many countries, the esample cannot (iii to produce ma impression on them, and to lead two to enquire into the cause of so much happiness in die one case, and so much misery in the other. Tire ps. inflation of America,whidi amounted in 1749 lonely' few thousiindi above a million, is now nearly ten wit. lions and, : a half; and these men are not like the dales 'whom-the despots of Russia, Austria, and Piunia,oe the-Prieita otii, Inquisition tyrannise user. line. ever intmicable • the principles of American imolai may be to the tenfederated Powers to whom Spaisis I thus appiilina: the destruCtion of the system in am. d er i tse lf, which they holt; so much in ahhorreeti, ts-ke)► tti4.4lkeig.sotef:_ . The Soul fl. Amer ica n 5, ill doubt not, are as little to be affected by the o rnt , and promises of the. imbecile Government oti e l, i s under the necessity of seeking foreign aid to se,,, -vert them. They have gone too far to rerede in their contest for independence. They are lily aware of the total inability of the Mother Count' to reduce them *gels le subjection;, and they kna‘ that both the interests, and inclinations of the oill country in Europe; from which they could have se thing to dread, are decidedly opposed to any attempt to replace them in a state of bondage. The Solth Americans know very well that the finances of de High Allied Powers are all expended on their iv mettle Armies ; they also know that the interfereats of the European Powers in the offal's of Snob America, would at once rouse the Republic of the United States, which is desirous of having no thing to do with the quarrels of Europe, and equally desirous of excluding Europe from Americo. We should really like to see the favourable warren which the Spanish Court talks of having received from the liberating Allies. They must afford be specimens of the principles on which their Holy AO once, is formed. The King of SeAtN talks of lie right" and dignities, that is the right which hi tliiiiks be has to sacrifice the happiness and p r osperity_ of 20 millions of men for t h e sake of his divilli We have not doubted that tlieworthy Government This is also the constant and disgusting cant of Idt of FvuotNAsto VII. whose humane end liberal On " c iples assimilate so well with the Legitimate C on- High Allies ; but thisis language t hat will be Isothid to scorn ,in America, where the rights of undid federacy, who have entered into a compact to de. are better understood, and the happiness and ere' stray all Republican Governments, and annihilate spirit) , of millions of human beings are not cadets the system of free election in all countries within their reach and controul , has been makin g earnest &Pena' On the dignity and the whitns and the pleated of Kings - and Princes. and repeated applications to the Powers coalesced for ! Soot' e doubts are expressed in one of the taints this worthy purpose, to obtain their aid against the Journals as to the authenticity of this document, ad South American Provinces that have shook off the this mode of discrediting the application and the yoke of despotic tyranny ; and that such represents. statements in it is very likely to be ail* lions have been actually made to the Allied Powers ed where these cannot be otherwise deltoid; appears certain, from the extraordinary Document but whether it be a genuine or a spurious produce which we this day insert from the Hamborgh end it will bate the same effect on the South Amer +l French Papers. We allude to the copy of the who will not new surrender the fabric of their liter' Note trinsmitted ; on the 12th "of June last, by the Cabinet of Madrid to t he Allied Courts iv to his Catholic Majesty, or to all the PoltelS Europe, whatever steps they may take to Wel with regard to the state of affairs in South their rights and their costly dignities. America, from which it would appear the Spanish _...... cskei Government conceives the Allied Sovereigns, who A good deal of French intelligence basbeen Tr have already defeated in Europe the disastrous the Papers that were in arrear having reached DI ii Ir system which gave birth to the-American Revolution, 43d inst. The Duke of WELLINGTON arrive 4 l"' 4 , Will not have completed their work sushi they have 1 Paris on Thursday evening, an d nest. day ree sumihilsded this system its America itself. This i visits from the Duke DE RICDE LIEV I the R. t ! task yet remains for them to accom p lish,' and his Ambassador, and the Tuscan Minister. The flo" Catholic Majesty is most• defames that the - I. rats lof Swims i antler t b a title of Countess of Gotb port—to wit,-.,lwicii a wee k, ll ex4.plaidid the pforessiA4(.o be of 'llket:cattipla)nt, which, from the firstday, give tliketitia most w oe testi belief tbat it was hepats,. at wilt appear f . Wild mate as my opinionp by a reference to the Bulletini of I ~.. inefica, :-ltre Ist and sth of October; an opinion rendered 7.iri. more probable by the frequency of the complaint in " 1 this Island, and which hae latterly been Converted.; into a certainty. At first there, were some symptom) indicative of the attack of the disease in an acute form, but these eppearances were a ft er wards 'Mi. ;buten!, to severe catarrah. I declare also that, par -tieularly on the 28th of November, 18th, '2sth, and ' 2 7th of September, 1817; 9th and 16th of is. nasty, 25thof .March-, 3d and..7th of Aril, 1818, II reported the symptoms of the complaint as 25th havin of g increased for the wo rse ; and that op the *March I decli ned to the Governor, that'l conceived the disease to be h e p atitis not very ler advanceil ; explaining to him that the progress of the complaint was o ccasionally very slow atid insidious ; bat if Napoleon B. was a soldier or a sailor, and that I was at liberty to treat him according to my opitrion, I would put in practice, first, repeated end active purging, with eoercioe, especially on horseback (the fi r st part of which plan, via. the purgatives, had been pot in execution for some time); and that if these merino did not subdue it, I would commence speedily a course of calomel, or some preparation. of mercury. That I have constantly explained the pro. greis of the disease, the symptoms of which have been at times better, at times worse, according to . the state of the bowels, skin, anti to the effect of the remedies taken.—Tbet I have constantly re p resented the pressing necessity which the patient had of taking exercise on horseback, anti that on the 25th of March, when the Governor asked me " Why he did not go out and ride on horseback ?" I answered, " I did not'know the reasons which prevented him." . In. consequence of the abusive language, violence, and bad trearmeirt which I. experienced from the Governor, whenever I delivered an opinion or senti ment not conyonant to his own, which necessitated me to come to a determination not to meddle in dis cessions foreign to medical subjects. I also certify that I never did ask to quit Longwood ; but that when it was signified to me by the Governor, that he had some intention of imposing upon me 'the same restrictions as those inflicted upon the French pri soners, I declared to him that I would sooner resign than submit to such ; that I also explained to him in July lam, that I bad been informed he had applied for my Wei; which drew down upon me from him reproaches and abuse, which he took the advantage of, his situation of superior officer to verit.upou me. (Si g rcd) BARRY O'MEARA, Surgeon. TILL BULLETINS BF:MIRED TO. Longwood, October 1, 1817. I SIR,---1 have the honour to inform your Excel lency, that this morning, Gene,at Bonaparte com plained of a dull pain in the right hypochondriac re. gion, and a similar sensation in the right shoulder, neither of which were severe. There is a trilling ac celeration of his pulse, the range of which is gene rally 60, viz. from that to 68. As his bowels are rather costive, it is possible that the sensation of of pain in the side may be occasioned by that. Should it, however. continue or increase, there will•be eveiy reason to believe that he has esperienced an Sulk's' of chronic hepatitis. I have the honour to he sir. (Signed) BAR tt Y E. O'M EA RA, Samson. To his E‘cetleiley Lientesokne Genetol Sir Hudson • Lowe, K.G.B. doe. &c. dec. Governer. '. Longwood, Oct. 5,'1817.' Six,—l have the honour to inform your Excel lency, that since the Report of' the 211 of Ottobes, General Bonaparte has complained of a dull pain in the right side, at zompunied with a sensation of heat in the same pace, and occasionally a similar sense of pain in the right shoulder. A tumefaction is also evident to the sight and touch in the right side ; 'but I have not ,et been able to determine, whether it proceeds (coin an enlargement of the liver or is ex• ternal to it. As he has not, (since the last Report, been entirely free from pain, it is most probable that the complaint is chronic hepatitis. I have the honour, &c. &c. HARRY E. O'M EA RA, Surgeon. To L owe celle Lirest..Ge. Sir Ituthoin. •, K. C. U. rttc. &c . 4.1..ver00r. PIiICK OF STOCKS THI Bank Stock 11 S per ( esti Red. S per Cent.Cott-olt. itie 76 per Cent. Stijl Con,ol- for Ace. ;613 76 i per Cedt. 95i' DAY AT ONK O'CLOCK. 5 per Cent. Naify 105} India Nnnd► 83 84 p I.tnig Ann. 9(11 7-Ili Exchequer Mite 19 Si' p Osmium 9.4; dir. THE ,STATESMAN LONDON: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1818• - `r . '' `~~ :;