The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-05-03 00:00:00

l I. r 1 I .~ : ''is gUESTIt Air (4' RISFOILU FAIRLY STATED.I To THE EDITOR. The calm of Reform appears to be gaining ground il.e..ughunt the country: it is, however. to be feared • 41 its progress is seriously retarded by dissentione a ~'trot its advocates., who, in their zeal for the ditfu -I+4l of their separate and peculiar opinions, appear; s ueetisses to lose right of th e great en d o f t h e i r exer -' tens—the maintenanor and extrusion of civil liberty. i 'll.e heat of local electioneering polities haring sub- si.:+d, it may be useful to review and discuss the pro-! .i-t- rat points of difference which subsist between the: tl ki lt and the Radical Reformer. The peculiar dectrittes of Radical Ref..rin are Usti- Stfreze, dem& Parliono its, and Voting' by itedi.t. With regard to L'areeroul Slfritge. it is at teed that all men have a right to vete in the elec tion of men who are to make laws by which all are so be governed ; that a poor man's life is as valuable and liberty as dear to him, as life and liberty are t,s the rich ; that it is absurd, therefore, to maintain that property alone sl Id he represented—.that wealth should be considered the only test of qualitica.ion fair participating in the legislation of the country. Its reply, it is urged by the Whig Reformer that no man has a right to any privilege which, in its exereise, would be ditrisorntal to tLe community ; that it is neser contended that the sway of property should su perlctie the beneficial influence of intelligence, I ttttt esty, anal independence. But it is undeniable that multi tudes are in that state of servitude to their employers, that they have nut, or are not aniseed to exercise, any will of their own ; and Blackstone admits the ohjer tion to Universal Suffrage as far as it would be appli cable to sach men. The reason is obvious; so indis criminate an extension of the franchise would throw a dangerous accumulation of power into the bands of in diaiditals, affording to one man the controul over hundreds of votes ; besides having a tendency to per. petuete the most exceptionable parts of the present system, illegal compalsi..n, bribery, anal free drink. '1 hat by adopting Unirereal Saliva therefore, yon would destroy that equality for a hich you contend. I I The Whig Reformer submits, that the fairest anal most efficient representation of tlse intelligence and in dependent sentiment of the country, would he obtained by conferring the elective franchise upon honeeholslers paying direct taxes. This distinction is particularlle , applicable to a rich and co ttttt tercial country, where almost every instance of oppression, on the part of the Administration, mar be resolved, immediately, or re tele, into exorbitaut demands upon the pockets of the people, by direct or indirect taxatiou. That such an extension of suffrage might, in an enlarged sense of the term, be considered uttiversal ; in as much as there would be no religious or political die .bilitiee ; while every man, who, by his industry or his talents, ' advanced idolise!f in the scale of soviet;, and was called upon to contribute money to the support of Govern ment, would have a ♦oice in the elrrtio■ of the men who were to dispose of the money which hr had so o untributed. That against such a limitation of the franchise. the poorer classes would have no reasonable ground of complaint, unless it should hr found that a sy stem of tavvernissemt which provided for the liberty and happiness of the great body of householders, war, nevertheless, inimical to the well being of the labour ill; classes of society; a conclusion unsupported, if ot refuted by experience, and directly contrary to every rational expectation. On the subject of Willem! Parliensexis it is stoutly affirmed by the Radical Reformers, and as stoutly de- Lied by the Whip, that they were once the law and enstom, in this country. With regard to the expe dieacy of the measure, it is contended that a Repro sentative would not dare to betray the trust reposed in him, if, in less than a year, be must again appear at the bar of his constituents, to answer for the (mine of coaduct which be may have pursued. In reply, the Whip observe that it is not their wish to rely entirely upon the fear which their Representatives might en teirtain of them ; that, under a judicious extension of the franchise, it would nut be difficult to elect men, in whom their country would cheerfully confide fur three years, under an impression that such a term would be mare advantageous than a shorter period. The Whip prefer triemalal to annual Parliamento, because one year is quite insufficient for the organisation and coal plotion of various meamres calculated to support and advance the prosperity of the nation ; particularl) the object, of those beneficial investigations carried on in committees, frequently sitting for two or three Sca bious. What Reformer would not have cause fur re gret, if the abandonment of Mr. Brougham's inquiry into the abuses of charitable Institutions had been one of the fruits of annual Parliaments ? And who dues not perceive undo r what discouragement a Member of Parliament would labour, who might be desirous of persalag - some important political investigation, when La should redlect that in the course of a few months, Mther he, or his coadjutors in the undertaking, might be removed from their posts by the issue of a general election? - - In favour of rating by ballot, It Is argued that it is necessary, in order that a man in humble circum stances may net suffer from the caprice or tyranny of lois superiors, on account of the yule which he may think it right to give; while, at the same time, it is latended to prevent that powerful contruul and indi vidual preponderance which a wealthy man might Otherwise assume, and which indeed, is urged as an 'objection to the adoption of universal ealfrare. In reply, it is observed by the Whip, that to rote with the secrecy of ballot, upon a great national qui stion, very ill Records with the open and manly spirit of as Pnglishman, with whom it is a subject lof noble pride that be delights to do every thing i.o the light of day, and ip the face of his country. Moreover, the neces sity of a secret ballot, in *reference to certain classes of the community, is mtfiicient evidence that such 'lasses are sofiret and iailltyeadeat ; qualities hitherto esteemed essential to the character of au elector. And should it hlt - esanmed that the secrecy of ballot is in sisted,44l for the very- purpose of enabling such men to r f or p.idetom and independent vote, it may fairly be ansthasetti Olstat there-Is neither proof Der probability eats: i irt l epose intentled would be effected. The eno "rjota hundred men would, it is apprehended, " m ar difficulty in aorertlining, ur imagining It;Sissiertainetl, for Rhone-they teeth in-Abe iota:; ; if they tufed• in cohfurwity with -.• him. THE STATCSNIAN. their patron's wishes, they *veld willingly declare it; if they voted in opposition to his will, their silence wonld hardly serve the purpose of their excnlpatissn in the oyes of their toaster. But this is not the whole of the argument. It is no very extravagant assump tion, that a hundred or five hundred men might, in reality, feel little compunction at voting' implicitly as their patron directed: Isere then, is a powerful po• Ural engine, by means of which a fl.w master menu fanners might turn the balance upon a country elec tion. The hare suggestion of rotimg 6 . e Go Ufa sup poses the existence of en evil, inherent in the scheme of trairessal suffrage, viz. the dependant condition of the poor. The evil is pOsitiv• and undeniable; the remedy proposed is inadequate and uncertain. I offer these observations in the spirit of c:snclia tion : the snbject deserves a serious and impartial at tontion.—l am, Ice. &c. SKETCHES OF SIMITERLAND AND THE RHINE. ['nom goLs AND NOWTHNOVSE'S 1,0111.0 N MAIDASINII.) deep precipices, and darkened by gloomy pities # now overhung with trellis *ork, loaded with litxuriant clusters of grapes, and arrived towards the close of day at Citta d'lltosta. L.dfr INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMOI FLEAS, MAT I. aSTeRN AND OTHERS r. SLADE AND °THUS. Mr. Serirain BLOSSKT moved fur a rule to show cause why there should not be a ne* ttisl in this case. It was en action on a policy of insurance brought by the plaintiffs as the owners of the large sugar refining house at Whitechapel, against the defendants as the represents ices of the Imperial Insurance Company. The policy in question was effected by the parties at an increased premium, on account of the great danger supposed to be attendant on the business of a sugar refiner. The premises were destroyed by fire some time since, and on the plaintiffs demanding p«.yincoot of the sum for which he had been insured, the ilefentl ants resisted it on three grontools—first, that the pre mises were not well described in the policy according to the printed proposals of the Company; secondly, that the fir.. took place from a new process introduced without the defendants' permission, which they con tended, thirdly, had considerable increased the risk. The second and last points were those mostly relied un by the Learned Serjeant, s..ho contended, that by nut co 1111 l every risk to the insurer, the po licy was made void, observing at the same time, that this case was precisely similar to, and governed by the .ulc with respect to policies of insurance un ships, and that the situation of a considerable part of these pre• mites might be compared to that of a ship between two hostile batteries when liable to he ',rued upon by either. lie molded, that the evidence and oopinhons of different gentlemen as to the effect of some experiments tried to ascertain the fact of increased risk, were at the trial very contradictory to each other, owing to the r. rent discovery of the process alluded to ; and if a new trial should he granted, he had no doubt but that the evidence tv.vtl I be more definite and certain, and the result e satisfartory to all parties. The Corer, after mime tielibmttiun, granted a rule to show cause. Saturday evening last Captain W--oe was assaulted in Covent-garden Theatre in the most unprovoked manner by Mr. ; W--ee insisted upon h. ttttt arable satii.faciinn, which was accorded by Mr. E —n, requesting at the same tone Mr. .—n to act its his friend upon the occasion, who professed himself responsible fur the presence of Mr. K—n at the place of rendezvous. But Mr. E—n failing to (vim, forward, or even to be visible, notwithstanding the moat active exertion of Mr..l--.-11. a Hireling took place yesterday morning at Wormwood Scrubs between Captain W—ce and Mr. A-- Il i the latter ltenticittan being compelled to represent the person of Mr. K —n, who neglected to appear himself. Captain 14 —re, of emirs', tired. in the air, when Mr. A—n very properly declined tiring. The seconds were Mr. B—y and Captain . . iat %It CI ICC If XT.% NC/11.—The following curios. affair is the 4Ubjert of general conversation, at the pre sent moment, in the neighbourhood of the Duke of Bedford's ect4te at Woburn There are two ponds in the neighhonrhocul of the Abbey. ce:lod Upper end Lower Droyese, and some boys who went there to loathe lately, observed some Asinine attbstanees. re sembling pieces of gold coin. :wintered at the bottom of the water, for a considerable distance along the shore, end ex- tending two or three )ards from the bank. Some of these pieces they picke.l up, aml they proved to he guineas mid hall-guineas. The circumstance was soon merle public. and numbers of people doeked to the place. with all the roger.. I ness such an occurrence was calculeted to excite. Consider able 1111111 M• in guineas. half-guineas. and seven-shilling pieees. I were picked up by ntanv persons; and it was said that the borders of both the ponds above•m•entioned were thickly strewed with vome rec . a coins. The crowd increased by people coming frntn a distance ; the shrubberies were tram pled down. anti all the ordinary occupations of the neigh boerhoosi seemed to be suspended. This Coutinteed for two days : but on the third, Mr. Salmon, his (trace's steward, iprohibited nil further aettrrh, and succeeded in repelling the ntruders, and placing a guard over the ponds, till the plea sure of the De • r shall be known; but he did not effect this ' without great difficult). Since then foer men have kept eon tiniest watch day and night over the plate, and it is supposed that musty to the amount of some hundred pounds has been taken away ; but nothing has tr.inspired to shear how, or by whom it had been so singularly deposited, except the follow lag eiretinistenes.:—About three weeks ago. there died at Crawley (a village in the neighbourhood of Woburn), an el derly lad) named Sims. This person had long lived a very retired life, but was supposed to here ronaidereble sums of ready moues in bee house. In her lag !fines. she refused to base any of her relatives about her. and would suffer no per son tie attend upon her butyl old women, who resided in a cottage near her house. Pt her death, her relations took possession of her premises and effeeta• but not an iota of the expected heard of cash could he found. The old woman 'those-mentioned was /inspected of hay leg convesed it away, and she was in ennsequettee carried before a illegistrate; but she stoutly deeded all knowledge of it, and after a serious admonition from the Magistrate, abe was discharged. Since the discovery of the money in the ponds, however, several persons recollect haying seen her by the side of these ponds, who, frost her motions, supposed her to he in the set of feed ing the swans: and it weary-collected, also, that upon Date ee tiegref *ewe tweesiens, vb.% she perceived she was observed. she endeavoured to secrete herself among the bushes on the banks.—There has also been fount', In the grounds of the Abbey, an old pocket-book. believed to belong to the de iteaseil Mrs. Sims, end containing a number of Rank notes. The old woman. however. still persists In protesting her ig norance of the matter, and thus this mysterious affair rests at present. About a for night ago, a party went on an excursion rof pleasure from Donaghadw• to the Cope Islands, where the keeper of the lights pointed out to them a number of larks lying dead on the ground, round the light-house. Of these one thousand were immediately counted into baskets, and there still remained a con siderable number on the ground. These birds had rbeen attracted by the light, and struck against the glass in their passage from Scotland to Ireland. Med lar occurrences often take platy. PROVIDENTIAL BACAPS.--.-011the 14th inst. AS JUIEOII I Shaw, a youth about 17, was putting some tire into a weighing machine nearly Dudley, he incautiously plated it close to a cask containing sfilbs. of gun powder, with which it communicated and instantly icanged to explode, levelling the banding to the ground, sod scattering the fragments to a considerable di,- tones. The young man was forced by the explosion upwards of thirty feet into the air, and fell into an ' adjuinin7 field, with his clothes completely tors off. and his tbsh dreadfully scorched, but moat happily I without a bone broken or displaced. and be ii mar is a fair way of re:overy. (Cipasted•d frees riterday'e paper.) The Couvent of St. Bernard is open to all travellers, without distinction of age or sex, country, or religion. On them do the ecclesiastics lavish all their Assistance, and bestow all their consolations ; seeking- no other recompense fur their cares, no other indemnity for their expenses, than the throbs of conscious self-appro- Intim which such a life cannot but insure. Poring the sot 1111 l rr, the passage of the mountain is always practicable and safe ; but when the snows begin to fall it is extremely hazardous. The severity of the cold, the density of tin. fogs, and the frequency of sudden whirlwinds, are not the only dangers to be feared ; every moment the traveller runs the risk of being swallowed up by an avalanche, or precipitated into some hidden abyss. The number of persuns who cross the (trawl St. Bernard every year is reckoned at front 1:i to 2i ,I 1011; it is principally frequented dur ing the fairs of Lonsliartly, or when either aisle of the Alps h:t liens to e'perieurc a scarcity. 'I be Convent is rah:filmed to acrummoil.te from 25 t o 31; o f th e higher class of travellers, and about 360 of an inferior degree. 'I he former have excellent apartments, and single beds : the latter sleep in two lar,e saloons, con taining a great nwo.her of litters. From the totith of November to that of May t wii rallvil maron niers, daily deteriel the mountain to a rertai distance: the one towards the Valais. the other tisls:,rtill Pied mont. They carry a small quantity of breail and wine, and are accompanied by large slogs, trained to discover the path through the midst of the slum, and to hunt nut the tracks of atraying traveller-. When the ma runniers slip not return at their usual hour, or when a traveller, noire fortunate than his companions, reaches the Convent and announces their sli•tress, the ecclesi astics thelowlves, armed aids long ir o ss.sb u il sally forth mobd the slums, and 'miry to the relief of the distress...) wanderers; they reanimate and sopport their drooping spit its anti fr: .s; advancing before theta, char a passage through the sts•ivr : and, not un frequently, carry tist-to by turns on their shimbletz. The aretenrss soul rootage of the 110(3 are, howeva, most eonapicuoas when in quest of a traveller elm prised by an avalanche. If the virtinra of these moors- NI art-blows be not too deeply buried, the slogs dis cover arm by the scent ; hut this instinct nor being s ufficiently pvertyl to enable thrive to riPtietn.:e far throsigh the snow, the Monks sn i I.ly the defect, by sounding. with their long p .des, the suspected places. When, from the nature of the resistance, they bare reason to suspect that a Litman body is touched, they quickly dear away the snow, and often bye the hap piness of restoring life to totbirtsanates, on whom, but for them, life and iix ht had closed fur evermore. In triumph they carry them to the Convest, and there cherish then, in their bosoms as lung as wearied na ture respires their rare. Such is the generous mission which these almost divine now al*, these tutelary angels of misfortune and misery, discharge. They deserve to he regarded as one of the m o st signal blessings, at the same time that they are roe of the mot glorious effects of religion. Human nature, or philosophy, without that moving spring, (-mild urnalcre no parallel ; could ily.miller no Such I.lllllfferfrd examples of privation, zeal, an t i de votion ; of men who, at the same moment that their cares and anxieties are lavished sin this world, rest their only hopes of reward upon another and a better. It was with tears is my eyes that, on parting, I shook kends with these generous ecclesiastics ; and sever did I speak more sincerely, titan when assuring , then of the warmth anti sincerity of those sentiments of af fection and respect with which I should ever cherish their remembrance. The storms that ili4fignred the world the two pre ceding day•, had not as yet subsided ; the quicksilver was still at zero, and the snow continued to drift around the Convent. I was much pleased to remain ender that hospitable roof until the weather should change, hut Alois my anxioits eagerness to breathe-the air of Italy obliged me to decline. The good Fathers, how ever, would not allow me to venture out alone, parti cularly as my route lay down the Italia.. side of the mountain, which is much steeper than the Swiss side, and therefore ord. red a domestic to accompany me until the difficulties of the pass were cleared. Within a few hundred yards of the Convent, I passed the boundary stone, and, with feelings of inexpressible delight and veneration, hailed my entrance into Italy; —ltaly, " the throne and grave of empires.•' What classic recollections coated across my mind' —what interesting associations my senses embraced'— The wbOle Boman history was, like the Roman terri tory, spread out before me. I already imagined Car thaginian Hannibal and his troops forcing their toil some and dangerous march across the mountains that I was desesnding;—in every gust of wind I heard the martial blast of their trumpets ;—in every flitting shade I caught the glitter of their arms, and the war . tag of their banners. 3ly thoughts received a n o vel impulse, and, regardless of the difficulty of the pass, I pondered only upon days long since gone, and upon deeds long since hidden i■ the night of time. The Km vess, as though is unison with my feelings, gradually elated-up, and a genial atinosphel a sne,:eeded to the wintry reii•me that I had so recently felt. I passed the romantic ril;ages of St. Rend, St. flue.., Ktroubles, i and llignirl, along an interesting road, now skirting OLD BAILSI*. Yesterday JAR /Wiesen, alias Thomas Telme r , aged 26, was capitally convicted of feloniously uttering various forged IL notes, with intent t o d e f raud the thsvernor and Company of the Bank of E ng l an d . Wei. Brooks was put to the liar, up on an i n di ct. znt to w be hic f h or c :e a z ged a i h t. i m a with nd a 51. forged note, with intent to defraud, &c. Mr. Serjeant RodANQUIrr was about to ope n t h e case, when some of the Jury requested psrinission to rev?, a ti n i i t i h i ll h ra o w rtir a Se ft:r e w ra a l vd o s f ai t i li b e u m t o a n i e T.: e r t il t i l n rn g , l sdr t w a i t t t h e •! bot Still, however, one was absent, and the Court having waited pattently for some time, sent for him, b ut ~,. tidings could be learnt of him. At length otlierrs were dispatched to his hoine, to bring him into Cu nt% the Jur having' already been charred with th e p s i. soner. After a consideral,: e ' . "na kad officer, who found the Juror at home, brought him into Court, and the latter hating taken the box, n ithout perm i ssion. hjiatii7oungtih7yits.ur Lordship h a d di k•i:ar;• The ll'outuoar-SnturANT address e d hi m l y that he had takena most nnwarraut . J.liiirrt r n:.;4 u th s ej u tu o r° t ' i ni l rr. ti —t' ve o'clock." commoN.ssa jcANT.-......" Ton ronlil not have. tads r• stood any . nt .t, thing, Sir, knowing that you had been sworn and charged with the fate of the rimier. t fine you 301." Juror.—" I hope, my Lord" Comatos-Srn.l4:Asr.—" Let the fine he recorded." Mr. Serjeant Boa.s,turar then oisenest the eye against Brooks, from which it appeared the'. the pri• suner, on the 21st of February, went into tl.e colour shop of a Mr. Newman, and without waking any purchase, begged change for a IL ris.te (h4viugu, e 4 the name of Mr. Field), which was given hiai hy Mr. Newman's shopman. (In the slay a persssa, resembling the prisoner, came with a similar maw, for change of a SI. note, which Mr. Newman hinntlf gave him. Both of these notes erten , . Ards turned out to be forged, and it appeared that the slier Is at one period served w ith Mr. Field, but Iser for the la s t three years. lie continued in similar%reeuLti ons until apprehended, through the medium of a Mr.Fort wan, a baker, of Ursiw•street, Finsbury-soar. The dare found him Guilty—Death. INTIRMENT Or TIIIIITLILNOOD, TIN), ING DAVID- Soar, •ND WRVS T.—Late on Monday el en.ng the wiles of the shove unforunate men were informed, by the Keeper of Newgate, that the bodies of their husbands were buried, and would not be given to them, their petition for that purpose to the Privy Council having been refused. It appears that a channel was deg alongside of the enhterraneous passage that leads to the cells, and about seven o'clock in the evening, after the coffins had been filled with lime, they were stronelr screwed up. placed in a line with each other, and im mediately strewed over with earth, and tipsily covered with the s• trees. Yesterday nionsing a petition was forwarded to the Privy Council, on the part of Mrs. Thistlewmel, fur the body of her husband. An answer was almost im mediately returned. " that Thistlewood was buried." The wives of the persons sentenced to transportation applied at Newgate yesterday morning to see their husbands, but they were informed their husbands 44 were gone." Uilrhrist, it is expected, will only bare a, short imprisonment. At one o'clook yesterday mornin:, the respired traitors Cover, Harribon, Bradbury, Strange, sad Wilmis, were removed from Newgate, in three post chaises, under a proper escort, on their way to Ports mouth, in order to be transported to Nrw South Wales for life. Poor Gilchrist, wbo Iu *famishing state was seduced into the hellish loft he the conspirators, to tally ignorant of their atrocious designs, and who we hope and trust will receive his Majesty's free pardon, still remain,. in Newgste. A private soldier of the natne ef .t.erph Sparc, be longing to the 46th regiment. at Madras, has coo fessed on oath, that he was a principal in the murder I of the Marr's family, with 117llis,se.n, in 1411. The confession is suspected to be a fabrication, in order get his discharge front the regiment. Ise PORT•IXT IYenasATtox.Front cal ctilation by tie College of Physicians, melees than 40,0 00 die amodiv In tired Britain of Consumption, soil that eery Skit person were ruptured. Three complaints are Ire y alarm tinigalsoto rinvecretrviiinbilleirthhienaniuwmhbeo rusesthatthfealllearsictteinisieritosoan.celt. tain Disease, by being improperly treated. It was those circumstances induced Dr. Comm" to select eminent Physicians and Surgeons, of at least 30 years experience, to form a Medical Roan! ; and, since the establihment. upwards of 30,000 Patients have been cared, wi thout meminement—many of them after llospitals had failed. Messrs. Cooritiand Co. are consulted at Woodstock• street, nefonl-street; and at Charlotte Hawk Clseriottosetreet, opposite the Rev. Rowland hills, daily, from eight till eight.—)lechanics have mime gratis every evening, from six till eight ; and on Sunday mornings until t o clock. ••• Raptures, of 30 years standing, are also rsdirsilY cured without being confined. flt There are private doors to each house, aid tooms for Females. N. B. Messrs. Coon's and Co.'s Lectures is tin prevailing Diseases, are published at one shiffing. bf Mr. Harvry,t2, Illackfriars-road. They contain sad information for young practitioners. - -. BIRTHS. At Trsakweli-Ismsee, rear Reeding, on Sunday lad. 1 lady of fiery Rl* Keg. of it_ ems. On the Ist inst.. at ResettiCs-green, near Serra Kent. the Lady of dlr Charles Dalrymple, of. am. On Monday lest. the Lady of Captain Lake, of et Cam-hoes*, near Tewksbery. ofa son. DI Oa the 19th ult.. at Brussels, ED. Samuel Drewry. 2 9 Lt d.° Harlesden.greea. is the musty of Middlesex, is the esureof of his age. On Monday last, Is Child's-place. after aII 01- masa. the elk of Mr. John Abrams. of the Temple. r 4 ll On the thig March, et °Cord. Iluara. Thomasthethel. BOP aged 67. - 111011 WATER AT LONDON.RRIDOE THIS 0/0. MOnsiDd. it lola. after b. —Aftersoo •n, 49 rola. AIR& la.d": Prisbw l mid Published b, the Pa enistif R. WARDSI.I.. JIM. at the Olin,. No. 194. Strand. i• Sits NI. 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