The Statesman. — London, England, 1819-02-20 00:00:00

Ivr most be his envoy.—(Laugker.)—He Most, bowfin, say, that the barber had shaved the lamb's head very close—(Low,Thirr); sod that if it were erten presented to him. he was likely to cot off its ears. —Laughter )—A voice from the crosod—" armors. Sir Francis." He would take the wotthy Elector's advice. though at the UMe time he would tell him, that if he had been betrayed into levity, his fault might to be ettriboted, not to his own diiposi• Lion, bet to the lion. Candidate's wimple. To be minus then. the gentian was not whether Mr. I.seib Of Mr. Ilobbeese. the W bia or the Tory fection, 'hook' prevail, bet whether the greed principle of Reform in Parliament should be •bao. dirtied or supported by the Electors of Westminster. He was certain that they would show themselves at tached to principles, and would prove themselves set to be time fickle creatures which they were 'opposed to he by the of corruption. He was sorry to observe, that the representations of what passed of those Ilestiogs were very incorrectly give., sod that the impressions propagated throughout the country were in consequence extremely erroneous. fie had particularly to complain of one Paper, which he he. lined was this organ of tkeWhigs, and which he should denossiosee the lying Chronicle. The Editor of that Paper bed embodied into his report as Election squib, which most of the.. mast have teen, about a splen did triumphal car—there was not much harm in this, but steroid it be believed, that the Editor had up. trended a ante to it, stating that It Indite foondatios in fact 2 It was false—it bad not its foundation in fact. It was also stated that there were persons hired to make a seise and create a disturbance; this was es untrue as the former assertion. These things, might be of smell impatience; but there was one thing which was far otherwise: it was of die highest importsace that the Electors of Westminster should set consistently with themselves, and with the nese ()Mihail,. Notwithstanding, therefore, the companion of the Courier, and the rest of the venal Press, at the no iu which the Electors were said to have deserted him—not wit Amodio% that the Cou rier was eicessively shocked at his quotation from Ralph the Historian, " that the Whig sod Tory faa Lions were the two thieves between whom the Ciro mitation had been crecilled," a floatation, which, is its stupidity and falsehood, the Courier bad mistakes for • remark of hie—onmithatandieg all their pity, piety, and ignorance, be treated that, so long as be matutaitied the grand principles of English Liberty, for which he had toiled and was willing to toil to the cid of his life, he should continue to meet the Dep. port of the Independent Electors of Westminster, and, along with theirs, the sopped of the People of England at large. • Mr. Cart Jonas then addressed the s @diem:, i • het such was the tigrish ',reviling, that it was a itaponi. He to beer a syllable he slid. We cameos help remarking, that a most wines objectiou was this day taken by the f.ientis of Mr. Moblicisse, against some Gentleman of the Drury. lane Theatre, who attended to give their votes. The objection was, that they were his Majesty's servants : the High Hailifrdinniesell it, as captious and absurd. FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS. Pas. It CnAMBER OF OEPUTIEI. Ps,. li. The Order of the Day called for the Report of the Commission of Petitions. __ . M. Joists ' Reporter, stated, that the Ministers the iteforered Churches in lb. Departments of La Dordogne and La Gironde, and seventy-one fathers of Protestant families of Boardoesx, solicited Le gislative ateaseres calculated to place establishments of public instruction in unison with the rights guaranteed equally to all Frenchmen by the Char ter ' • and also prayed that Colleges more specially destined to Reformists of both persuasions might be 'reeled in several of the principal towns, end par ticularly at Boordeays. The Petitioners slam", that it was a sacred ditty in parents to watch over the ft. Woos education of their children; that they could not WM that duty in the Colleges as at present esta blished, (heir instruction being principally directed by Roman Ecclesiastics. whose 'advance inspired jest cense of alarm ; that their children are exposed to the temptations which tend to shake the prieciples of their faith, and to estrange the affection dee to their parents; that, moreover, the most serious mischief suight result from tech a classibriklion of different perressioos, and prove injerioes to the faith of both, and that it would be indispensible to separate the mils. es his Majesty had deigned to ordain io the rules for primary enamellers. These Petitious, said Ilia Reporter, merit a seri ems examination. _ The Commission, therefore, proposed, that the Pe titions be referred to the Minister of the Interior. M. Voice o'Ancemson said, that the Petitions of the Protestants of Bourdeasa bad clams open the atteotioo of the Chamber, inasmuch, as that with very few exceptions, they concerned all the Prates tants of Preece: those who were inhabitants of the ,Depertesent be belooged to, had several times ad dressed to Mm several similar complsiora, which he had deposited with the Cumusiuioa of Public Instrectioo. The Honourable Member proposed, that the moat efficacious means of proving the troth of those user lions would be, to form a Commission charged " to thcertain the state of public instrectioo in France, as counected with the liberty of religious worship." He then submitted a long series of questions for Ilse guidance of the Commission proposed to be formed, in their enquiries verpecting the abuses complained of. M. Duroxv (do l'E.re) warmly supported the re quest of tLe Petitioners. They are, ssid be, fathers of families whose solicited. merits t he earnest regard of the Chamber. They claim the advantages of paa. tic instruction, which is guaranteed them by the Coestiletion, and which they are deprived of be cause all the (envious of Ibis important Institution are eacluelveli , untitled to Homan Catholics. Ile voted for the satiate being relined to the Miraister of the Interior. M. ROTIII,COLLAILD said, that the Statutes of the Universities acknowledged the free exercise of reli gious worship. The Commission of Public Insirec• lion, of which he bed the bonne► of being President, enforced the elocution of the laws on this poi's, : they bad received no complaints, and be would ven ture to affirm that eon had been addressed to the POOCH OF STOCKS THil Kook Stock Me per Lest. Iten. 7 3 per Cart. Doh .1.76 i Se per Cries. 96e t.otttrlr for Ace. 76* 4 per Can. 96 ')AI AT OPIF. O'CLOCK. 5 prr CrAL Navy 1061 lot h& heads 61 Lowg Ano. 20 519 Etch*quer Bills 17 11 °melees vi THE STATESMAN. LONDON: 'ATMIIIIIIIr, 111111WAR7 20, 1819. Now is the Patriot's heart reviving. Ile sees way before him. We predicted abet order would arise eat of confosios ; for contesiew there wee.— Bo t Sir FRANCIS BURDICET (against whom we never uttered • syllable of dispraise, for we Never felt a rea son for doing so) has pointed to the road which should betaken, by all who their country, and would pu rify the CoNsTivesuan from the stains which have too long sullied its fair face. The Car of liberty has been impeded its its course, bet it most not, cannot be put out of its proper strait-forward tract. The Electors of Westminster are acting as if oar appeal to titan bad produced a visible, a good, and an instantaneous elect. Laurels which ought to have been Avid fast, bassi been dropped by bands in opposition to eseh other, while the hearts were nevertheless enited.— The common enemy picked them up to the grief, the alarm, and the beneficial essesple of those who may and will be warned by what bas passed. It is ess longer whether Mr. titmouse's &deriders or gee. lificatine came quite up to the point wished for, it is now whether, lo dissatisfaction of that, all which has beet. gained by yesre of virtuous struggle shell be lost its one week I Forbid it reason. Let net each a critical, so short a period pass away unattended to. Being alarmed (as every tree friend of Liberty must be) et the evils menacing the GREAT Cause, by the bickering of those who have been such cluispiens in its support, we have no doubt but the good, the ve nerable Major CARTWRIGHT regrets that his mouses and too susceptible mind, contributed, In the smallest degree, by remonstrating with an old friend, to en. courage a new enemy to wound the feelings, and lot down the dee consequence, of both. After Sir Fatima cis's address from the Hastings to the Electors yesterday, in more than Cacesontste or De- MOITHEIZAN eloquence, whit man can doubt of his sincerity or of his courage ? The grander of his attitude was truly imposing 1 " The Hoe is aroused, and is shaking the dew from off his mane." if there bad been one speck of de ceit in the Orator's heart, his tongue could net have uttered so grand a sentimeot. This will be a trait in the Baronet's history for a future British TACITUS to expatiate upon, anti his readers to de light in. The words of a Dams rush upon the stied on Ibis occasion :—" If by the inevitable de crees of fate DARIUS must fall into the hands of his enemy, may Heaven grant that enemy be Max- ANIMA ! 1" So we say, if the seeds of public virtue are quits /affect, and that there is no troth in man or trust to be pet is the promises, the professions of those we have chosen to guard oar interests and our rights; but that we mast, after all, be deceived—be ' betrayed—why then, we say, " let Sir FRANCIS BottoET7 be the deceiver, the betrayer," for he is tits ales on whom we are determined to Si our hopes, err expectations, and our confidence. If his Colleague (for such we now wish Mr. Hommel:se to be) should prove unsound, or warped out of his proper shape and erect form, let the potter, who has the forming of the vessel, throw it beck into the mass of clay from which it was taken, and there [let it remain in the undistinguished beep! Mr. Ilonnouses political qualificatiess or confession is nothing to us now; if he is not ail that we wish him to be, be soon will become such, by the company he keeps. We can find some encase , fir a too hasty declaration ) a lams lingua, bat test times more is to be drawn from what a mon does titan from whet he soya. If he *limpid come up to the point in action, it will be of little conartgeoncit st he thee he had done so or not in profession. Those who vermin the most, often do the least. We can allow toe for the bias of beloved friends hanaing about a relative becoming a public character. They warn him against the dangers of a too democratic ardour, they remind him of the fate of a G R %CUM!, a SCK - PE/NM, in short, they caution him against the acer bity and the reveogefol power of a prnanked end corrept set of Ministers. Timm are bet objects of transitory consideration, to the lofty patriotic mind; to him who casts his eye bey's() them to behold the more distant, bet fair field of Freedom, where all abendant harvest invites the cultivator's band, and which is to bless his posterity to endless ages.— A young man may not be all this at once, innate knowledge are inconceivable terms; if our yooog aspirant will learn, be has a profound and professed master, and he will be dennenced es worse thin a blockhead (which.° one Iteeeve r called Mr. H. yet), if he does not profit from him. At all events, Ist not the Electors of Westminster be di.honoured by ►e. tensing s man of sentiments opposite to their own, nor all the Reformers throughout the United Empire be disheartened by beholding the half-raised edifice pulled duo& for waist of skill in the architect. WESTMINSrEit ELECTION. Stare of the Numbers polled Ibis day op to Three o'Clock 3. C. llonsocse, Log PI Hoe. G. LAWS 214 J. CaIITWRIGIT. FAci. Stele of tile Poll, es it closed yesterds) J. C. Hoosiocse, Esq. lOl6 llos. C. Loos 1564 • J. Ceirewium, Pee 36 It would be desirable to learn, whether the Peti tions presented to the noose of Coalmen@ from time to time, are really those of agriculturists, or whether they are not mooted by speculation sod monopo lisers in grain. Upon the bare mention of such a Petit's', being to be presented to the Hoene of Com. mons, from this or that Riding is Yorkshire, fur the purpose of sespenditre the importation of bread corn, will raise the price of the article in that hrigh. beerhood considerably. Thee are the feelings cud distresses of the poor played we la a way not dis cernible to the common eye. On Wednesday night a respitetahle individeel re. tented himself to Mr. Hoeuousa's Committoe, end mentioned instances of liberality on the part of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT towards himself sod family, while suffering under severe personifies. which met the Pahlie ear before, and reflected the highest honour on the philanthropy and benevolence of the worthy Baronet. Tito Persist, Ambassador, NMI ANDOUL HAS SAN Kcw, arrived at Vienna on the lit Inst. en lii way to London. He brings with Fim a beeetifel Circassian girl, a present from the Grand Visier of Terkey. She is gesrded by three black eunuchs. — (Peru Piper.) Yesterday, a Court of Directors was held et the East ladia.boase, when the following Captaies were sworn into the commend of their respective ships. cis.:—Capt. J. P. Wicson, Cornwell, Chins di. red ; Capt. R. Locits, Larkins, and Captain G. RICHARDSON, Masquis of Ely, St-Helene and Chine. A shocking event which took place at klaestrickt Welly, proves ►oth that human wickedness is without !mends, sod that the vengeance of !leaven is ig nitable. A newly married couple were obliged by the badness of t►e weather to cross a little wood on foot. They were Wicked by a gang of villeins, ill. treated, stripped stark naked, and finally hanged op to the trees. No trace by which the ruffians could be pursued remained. A carrier, in passing, die. covered the onfortuate victims; on shaking them be perceived that the husband was dead, bet that the young woman had slipped her hands between the cord and her neck. He covered the unhappy sufferer with his frock, placed her upon his car, and con ducted her to the nearest inn to have her taken care of. Coming among the persons who were tippling, greatly affected, he related the shocking adventure, sad showed them the young woman. One of the spectators, agitated, cried snit inedly. " Heaven.: it is the woman that we hanged !" This cry wait a clap of thunder for his accomplices, who fled in every direction ; they were pursued, one of them wounded a tepnd e:rms. several were arrested, and there is no doubt that a severe act of justice will soon avenge the victims, their families, and society. Notwithstanding the frequent instances of swindling in this great city, still such is the avidity for trade, that new associates are formed every day to take io the lectutions merchant or tradesman. Mr. P. J. Micas, of Leigh Court, has been gising a splendid sapper. by way of bouse.wsrming. in hit new scansion, and gave also a ball in enatplimeto to the ladies. The streets of Bristol song with the noise of carriages, mostly with four horses; the host,Nowever, could net be present. His absence was occasioned by an unfortunate accident which be. fel his eldest son, WILLIAM MILu, Esq. M. P. for Chippenham, who, in bunting lost week in Lincoln. shire, with the Burton hounds, was cross►d in en open field by a fellow-spottsw■a at fell speed; his horse was thrown and rolled open him; and he was taken up speechless: bet we are hippy to add, that by the last Intelligence he was materially better, and a speedy recovery was anticipated. The - neighboorhood of Chelsea has been sadly plundered of the lead-pipes; ibis is indeed a sorry thievery, end ought to he treated with peculiar se verity when detected. A hoote was robbed of es mach pipe es Cost one pored five shillings to repair, and yet probably the whole booty did out bring the rope more than half-a•rrown. Tuesday afternoon, Lord Foley was hustled end robbed by a gang of thieves among the Crowd, oppn. site the besting. at Covent-garden, of a valuable gold watch, chain, NISI/ ' his pocket-book, amain log a 101. a M. end a IL Beak-octet. Moister of the !Werke; ethers/Ile, they would cer tainly have boom emit to the Commission. Ile sep portetinho proposition, that the Petitions be referred to the Milikter of the lotetfor: M. cir VILItLg. after e few obeervatlons, support-I rd th. provotaisies of the Commission. The Kneen of the Seat.. supported the propirma tiros that the Petitions he referred to the Minister of the Interior; which was adopted by the Chember. Beres Louts presented a paper, preparatory to the introdortion *1 Ihr Budget, whence it appeared that . a considerithiedricit had eceurred is every rear since 1815 lorlosieo, in the French &lances ; the expen diture indeed of 1817 sad 1818 hating to corer the support of the foreign armies and contributions, the de‘cieney in the former of these jeers was above 37.000,000, sad in the latter obese 47,000.000 of francs. Barna louts then presented a Project, of which the following Is the outline :—lt is,lo open in each Deportment, !seem the Seine, en " Natatory" or local hook for lescriptions in the 5 per cents. and for transfers of Stork in rite%ante manner as at Paris. This we regard as a Inancial measure of tremendous importance. TO CORAMPOPI DIINTS. ••• FLAOILLMII Is mistakes If list thlets 11. revere letter NY lo grids whist kr Is plemord se tell " the IiTATICONAIeII polities." Thu Paper takes a pride Is sates:aglow the Came of Freedom. bel deriver •• pleasure is week*/ peranaidly nay nightie elliarrteier became his way of dilating dues sal fall In with ihat et the Edits►. CUCRICeII east sorely have nbverted, that the STATIONAR is sal eakrtmled for reliliws pelletal°, Tie Evangelical Diarksise" le a bete; repab dory for thit Writer's wad- trot.. The Editor thinks It a flute hard to be expected le refers all the lettera be may set t►ish proper to Wort Is the SIATSDIaII. To rim EDIIVR or rss STATE'S.►LIN. Stilt,—The important eitntettit now tarrying nn in Westminster, ratites and demands the attention of all England. The spirit and *anon, of this contest is to prove, whether the People of this City de.ire efficieot Reform, or no Rnforni wherever. This being the end and bearing of the tome'', a ll personal considerations should be laid aside. As a friend to freedom, I lament as much a. any man run do the dirtensions and divisions among the Radical Re. former...of Weitmin.ter,on the personal schject Cher 111.jor CANTIVRICUT, or Mr. Ilostrouse, should be sent to Parliament tit advocate limit cause. Thet the Major has been en old, corigieent, and powerful supporter of 9 full and repel Representation of the People in the Muse of Cow/mug, all England proclaims ; and all England reveres him, hereon principles and not men have hitherto regulated his 104 and useful life in that corm. This viaduct is the Major led every mess to Wien, who valued independence and loved Lihorty, tiat he would never allow bit name in he empiny.d in any contest where his principle, mild not be main tained and cherished. Did Dot the experiment that was made in Jens last, solficiently prove that the Electors of Westminster were unwilling to rotors him to Parliament, not because they disliked his principles, bet because they considered her ceuldserve them better and longer oat of Parliament thou ho could do in it, and that hie valuable life would thereby be preserved much longer to the People of Eoglaod, than could be expected if h. es. barked in the haras.ing fatigues of a Perna. mentary attendance' To this opinion the Major subscribed, by retiring from that contest, whets he nw, that to persevere longer in it, might injure the rune of Reform ; sod although some of the Major's personal friends write displeased at that decision, yet the vast body of Reformers applauded that aligns nimose act which did him great honour, sod proved, above all thing+, hie infintible devotion to Reform. The remembrance of this tendon Induced many of his most steady and ardent friends to benne, that It would be coatis* to proper, him at soy sebeequetet period, sited ender that feeling most of them attended the G I Meeting, held at the Crown sod Anchor, on the 17th November last, which was called to coo. eider of a 6t and proper person to supply the place of the lemenred Roesitx.er 1 You, Sir. end the Elec. tore of Westminster know tafficiently well a het was done at that roost crowded Meeting to iend.r it so. neceserry for or. to go Into details. Atter a long and inipertial disconion on the Moen of mans per. sons to represent thareity, sod although a moulder. able numb*d of his friends remained daring the whole period •f the Meeting, e*" i , n one at. tempted to propose the Major, hereon all then ad. witted that it wend, from pa.• esp.iionee, have been improper to proV.se him. Mr. lioanuticx re ceived the almost unanimous paectien ref the. Nleaiing ; and in consequence most of the %Noe. iliends pledged themselves to support Mr. Ilnattou.c. Every niosideration of private end ;mobile helium demanded that they should folii their pledge. Greet and well.dirseged tendons were made dor. log the last three months by the Electors of West. Bluster, who support Radical Reform, to seca►e Ids return to Parliament ; sod when the Gemmel Meeting was convened at the Crown and Anchor, en the 9th of this month, to hear the Report of those exertions, and to ascertain what further et miles might be necessary to secure this end, then it was discovered, for the first time since November, that it was contemplated to propose the Major for West. minster, in opposition to Mr. Ilositooss. Such vacillating conduct, however well•intentineed, meld not Nit to produce both private sod politic mhchieL Thus the apple of discord was widely thrown among the Radical Reformers, sod their watchful sod Imo. terate enemies instantly took advantage of their din. union, and proposed Mr. LAMB for the vacant mat of Westminster. ThlsGentlesso is so completely theme. my of Radical Reform that he became the charm by which the personal hstreds of the Leaders of the Tory god Whig Factions were reconciled; mad such hes been his soccem with these meameo foes of the Pee. plu s that it is difficult to say to which of those partite he fairly belongs! If ever the Electors of West- Mester wore called on to agent their independence, and to prove thenstelves to be the unwilling dims of I those factions, who sever agree woe poll loge. Cher, bet to do iojory to the whole Pro. Ile, nne has that time arrived. l'ast cape. rience has repeatedly proved the colossal power of the Independent Electors of Westminster, sod that experience bar constantly shown the import• ant benefits that hese invariably resoltril from its rapids,. With this evidence before their eyes, cm the) remain indifferent or inactive ? If they do, they deserve, indeed, to be handed over to the best bidder like cattle at a fair. Bet my knowledge of the Else tors of Westminster cannot allow sue to believe, that any circumstances can either make them indifferent or unwilling to merciee promptly their overwhelming energise. Five days polling out of 15 hare only paned, and not one-fifth of the Eichler, lois ,et voted. Nest week will enfold their strength by rallying mood lite standard of Reform. and OIICP more cahibll l Leir resistible power, by potting to flight the corahioed force of all the Enemies of Liberty, unite,. tubeteette musk they may 111113111 RIP. Sir, through yuur pendent Journal, I shall follow up the,* uhtesiti lions, and by the time of in strut tenor l tied yet and our country will hare tile saii-fsetion of serial Westminster sated, iii Refurra reisephaet io that famed City AY ELPXTOR, Alt 1) A FPI ENO TO Tel MO STATESMAN. Wesimicstero Fab, lb, lal9. .