The Statesman. — London, England, 1819-08-17 00:00:00

STATESMAN To rex EDITOK or mos STATISSM4N. SIR,—SO mach wit has been eepended by As, Whip in ridicule of the Radical Reformer., abut their scheme of Reform, it may be supposed, is feet of every imperfection. What that scheme is, at this precise time, or what it may be to-morrow, it will be somewhat difficult to determine. We all know, that at one time the ideas of the Whigs were suf. Adroitly Radical. When they got into power, Re form because loathsome; and their metaphysicians more employed to prove Mr. Witinnex's ingenious reredos, that the House of Commons was refined in petted purity, through the strainers of venality I and corruption. Since then, their principles have oscillated between some Reform and no Reform-- When the Whip wish to strengthen their cause by popular support, or, as It is technically termed, support " out of doors," they declaim upon the ne cessity of Reform. %Viten it is necessary to pay court to the hi RUMAT*" of the land (the wholesale Boroughmongers), they demesne. the doctrine of,Re form inculcated " out of doors," by impulse de magegu►s, ss dangerous and illusive. One day, something in our political system is considered a hideoes blemish ; another day, the sense thing is re presented to be a prop and betting to the Comilla. lion. On not one aebject connected with Reform base the Whigs observed consistency, except in their ° avowed batted of the Radical Reformers ; hatred, which has no other origin than this, that these Re formers have taeght the People to inert their at rength in their own cause, and not in that of a selfish fac tion, which, at all times, ha. used the People es a ladder, to be kicked away Immediately upon their own elevation. It is natural in the Whir to hate the Rutin! Reformers; but it is most absurd to laugh at them. Radical Reform is of Whig pa ternity, and, therefore, not a fit object of Whig ri dicule ; and, it should be kept in mind, that they who have been inconsistent in a cause, have little reason to deride those advocates of it who have main tained their consistency. The scheme of Reform entertained by the Whigs, most recently known to the Public, is that which was developed by their orations upon the discussion of Si r F. BURDETT'S motion. It amounts to this, and to named., that the franchises of Ihrgha, again st whom corruption is proved, shall be transferred to populous pikes at present unrepresented ; and that Parliament shall be made triennial. Now, the Public know, quite es well as the Whigs, that such a scheme is not only nugatory, but, like a:I other Whig schemes, is hollow, hypocritical, and delesive.— Ths promulgation of it may serve to continue the slight bold which the Whigs have upon popular cre dulity, es Moderate Reformers; but a scheme better c alculated to thwart and defeat erery object of real Reform, could not have bees devised by its bitterest enemies. The saleable, or open Burghs, it is well known, form the least objectionable pert of the Bergh Sys. tem. Their electors bring their commodity to *pee market, where Whig, Tory, and Refo►mer haloes equal chance of preferment ; end it often happens, as the Edinburgh Reviewers have observed, that the successful candidate, both by his virtue anti talents, is eminently qualified for his appointment. Were all Burghs saleable, it would not be too extravagant to hope, that by a grand exertion of patriotism, a return might be procured of • decided majority of inde pendent men, who would constitute a faithful organ of public opinion. The greet and overwhelming evil in the Bu►gh Sys. tem is, that a very great majority of the Bode of Commons is returned by Clore Bergh+ ; the electors of which have not the courage to ezercise a will of their own, but vote at the dictation of their respec. tire patrons; who thus form an aristocracy, which, unconstitutionally, and in despite both of Kind and People, directs end controuts the whole functions, both deliberative and 'secretive, of G,,versoment.— Thiribore of Reprerentstios, ohs Whig scheme of Reform, so far from correcting (which, iiideerl, k does.oot profess), lends directly to aggravate. Were the open Burghs in be deterred by pairs, and penal ties from their arcestomoill traffic, setf•interest, their ruling passion, gravid infallibly dispose them to swell the number of close Burghs, by submitting to pa. troriage, for the sake of its advantages, however ca. soul and insignificant. Thep, in place of having from the Bergh elembie a mixed eztraci of merit evil with some adventitious good, we should have the essence of all that is pernicirees in the system, mid. Opted by any corrective whatever. the franchises of the whole open Burghs were weeny vested in popoloss towns, it cannot be denied that considerable importune. would be atisebedio the popular part of the Representation. This im. parlance, however, would be more ideal than real.— The accession of numbers procured t n the Independent CUM would be far from creating for it a majority over the close Bergh Members : and, since Ministers can contrive to keep their situations, with the nar rowest and most flectuating majorities, it is evident, aristocratical returns to the Boise of Commont, (meld entertsit a hope of sums, to the teesillf in. dependence' Been retold human reason allow to the Whig scheme of Reform the merit of vißrary, it might well be asked, when sill the operatioga under it be in such • state of forwardness that its elficaty tan be felt The orgeot and intolerable grievances of the nation naturally suggest the question. What answer the Whigs wi!l return I cannot pretend to anticipate; het the question, as pet, leads to some very oh. vines remarks. In the first place, it it not presuntabie, that a scheme, having for its ob ject an increase of densocratical ingeence, sill be startle and rigidly acted upon by • Parlia ment of Rorghtnongers. The natural progress of the scheme, whether that be rapid o► slow, will sows tionably be retarded by the inclinations of that eery hotly upon w►om its 'aeration devolves. Evory species of drag will be employed to cheek any wedge celerity of motion. while the scheme itself, coupled with the Sinking Fund, will be retained to delude the unthinking multitude with a belief, that es the one is gradually teeming dello the National Debt, to the other is working off the impurities of State. the second place, a resolute adherents to the scheme will hider, open Burghs to he an prudes( in their pecuniary transectiout, as to ovoid the possibility of detection ; and thee the astragal operation of this in genious scheme is to defeat itself. But sepposing that venality were to continue as flagrant as ewer, we cannot reckon, jedging by 'stridence, upon more, on an average, than three cases of established cor replies devil% one Parliament. fly that calculation, it will require upwards of • Century before that par. ►iflcation of the House of Commons contemplated by the Whigs can be effected. So that, viewing the Whig scheme in its most f ble light, it proposes to the People of England, that ibis and succeeding ge•entions ere to continue sal.j.•ct to misrule—the slaves of Burghoongers—the victims of grinding Illation, which I to the bulk of the community no alternative between • workhouse stud vola. , tery ' exile; end to south 1144 formes sill; the bore, that, when they are rrembled to dust, their remote posterity •ill eaj:•y an improved system of Govern men% Sikh is the scheme of the Whigs, considered with. net passion and dismissed without prejedice. It is disgusting to common sense. and rowelling to the feel• ings of Englishmen. It regoires of the People pal sies obedience to an Aristocratical tyranny, more de grading and intolerable then the yoke of those t)• rants who first frolicked the doctrine of passive obedience.—lt offers oo relief to oar sufferings—it persuades as to carry these with ss, in patience, to , oar graves; and to return oar profound thinks to the patristic and consistent Whir, for having de. 1 vimd a scheme that is to benefit oar great grand children. Mach eras said, at the last Westminster Election,of the Intelligibility or the Hon. GEORGE Lima's prin ciples of Reform. Bet this I will venture to •csort, that if them be had made his principles as intelligible as be slid on the discussion of his Colleague's motion, he, *said aot hate hut the cote of ore honest sod incite Belot me'. _ _ Before concluding, I mast disclaim all fellowship with those who condeom sod reject every species of Reforms that does not gasdrato with their own ideas. Every real Reform, however itap erfect, should he acceptably to a Patriot. But with that aentirnent, I easy cunsisistently denounce a Jesuitiral scheme, such as that I have been considering, which has only party purpose for its ot.jeet, anti is calculated ra ther to perpetuate abuses than to reform them. VALE-111UL MIRIIAM ASSIZES, Ave. 13 CROU NAAPURT. NUtt DEN. We (*celled eh ettraordinery trial for murder stt,eo.l caster, two years ago, when a 'aloe, Fla brother, MO son, sad soother, wet* convicted of the on•rrler of t • 6 helpless females, who were left in a house where con siderable property •as to be foehd, end were pet td death only as a security against the detection of Oa robbers. This case *as remarkaldy similar to hat of the Ashcroft'. fiat here only one tr•happy solemn was in the house. Tel her murder, lineeCer, was added the burning of the bottle, in order to coN!rral both the robbery arid the murder. In this ease ton, is In that of the Ashcroft', the evidence against the Prisoners was entirely cirremstantial. Hot the diffi cultly toss much intreased in the present case by the I lope of frier years since the atrocioes deed had been perpetrated. Joists Kdee, aged 48, Jenne! Wolfe, atte3 56, end George fro.'le, 114 son, aged 30, were charged whit the •ilfol murder of Isabella Young. at Ileroingtsn, on the night of the 46th August, 1815. Mr. WtiLtAms opened the ease to the Jury. Ho amid shortly state the outline of the evidence to be laid before them. Isabelle Young had been in the service of Miss Jane Smith, since Lady Peat, a Lady of greet opulence and of singular hehlts and men: ners. One of her singulsr habits was to have only one female servant in her house. Miss Smith hart been from home far a week pleoloisly to the murder, and had left Isabella Young in her holm at Herring ton, a village (oar or fire miles from the town of Sunderland. Isabella Yoong had been %lamed the, night before this fatal attempt ; she had heard the her removed from the door, and in coneequonte snlirited a neighbour to sleep with her on the night of the 28th of August, ISIS. tier solicitation failed; but that Neighbour heard her bolt the door at ten o'clock.--r Another neighboer found her about Iwo o'clock nett morning murdered. The house had been set fire to s hat the fire had not reached the part whet, she wet at the time she was seen, and dragged oat. That the, murder had been committed by some persons of other *mild be prov , d, therefore, beyond all con.. troversy. Ile then stated to them the evidence •hicil affected the several Prisoners. Mr. Hour stated he seas Counsel for the ism Wolfes. Mr. Wit.aVISON said he *as Courted for Juba Eden. Evidence wit first given respoctin: John Eden. Ann Howe lived at Herrington in the month of Ass. IRIS, et the time Miss Smith's boom was set or fi r e; Heed 50 yard. from the house; knew Isabelle Young well. On Monday night, shout half.ped nine, Ise. belle Young came to witness's house td ask her to sleep with her, and said she *es frightened to sleep alone. Witting crossed the road with her as she re. turned to Miss Seshl's ; it was then a govter to 10. Witness stopped at the window till she got Into bed in the kitchen. Witness heard her l o ck and bolt the door. Isabella Young told her she might go away I when she Rot to bed, and she went away. She saw her nest morning murdered. John Ramsay lived at Herrington it the time. end was distorbed @beat two o'clock of the morning of the 49th ; he got op, sew Mist smith's house in names ; he went to the horse, ran along • passage, and at the kitchen door saw Isabelle Young lying ; he dreg. Red her nut and perceived no life in her She was en• dressed. and had her ender petticoat grasped in her left hand. John Cretlace, surgeon, at Bishop-Wearmoch, was soot fo. and saw the body on the morning of that ?Nth. Ile found two large *trends on the hark of her hos& and a fracture on the right side of her hesd. The blows had undoubtedly occasioned het death. James Lincoln, a seafaring min at Sunderland, knew the Poisoner Eden for 20 ears Its 1815 Filen was in the D.orhsan militis,snd hail preri.tosly heeo a badman at Sunderland. About five o'clock in the atoning before this worul affair happened, Eden game to the witness in his own house, stood on that middle of the door with hie hat on one sole of his Mad, and appeared very groggy. iVittiess sat in its area chair, and smoked his pipe. r:Jon lied a blue jacket and trnwsers on. Ile said, " James, lam going to Herrington tonight ; will you go talon with us ?" %%fitness said, "1 closet k.now."— " Why, James?" Elea said. "I am gain to Iler. flown on a very disagreeable piece of bullies.; I don't know whether I should go or not." " Well, John;' said witness, " don't go." "Do yes know any b ody about Herrington, James?" Witness said. " Not men)." Ile said, "Do you know one Wolfe ?" Witness said, " I know Mr. Wolfe, the pol.keeper, at Witham." He said, "'That is not the man ; this is a farmer man • he was a farmer to Miss Smith, at Ilerriligton." de said, I warrant yon know Miss Smith, Jaynes." " Aye." said whops.. "and her father many years ago." " That," he said. " is the hoes. we are going to tonight, and I pipect Wolfs is the man that will go throogh the business: I would not glee a d—n for a man if he cannot go through his bodiless. This is the third night and the last night I shall be at Her. rington, and to night I mean to do something, and I have to be at Newcastle at sit o'clock in tho morning, for I base ran it. If yoo gn to Ilertial. ton with me to-night, James, I don't know but Pll he able to give )uu more money tan ) no can wnrk. for, for 12 months." " John," said witness, " I'll not go." Ile raid, "No man need he frightened to go •tong with me, for I would !serer give List man or woman lease to fiend before nisi in a Court to condemn me. I don't want yaw to go into the house cet NAVAL, INTELLIGENCE. Pornmourn, Aug. 16 —Arrived his Majesty's ship Ganymede, from the Mediterraisean.—Sailed the Zephyr, Cot, for Crams's& ; and the Thames, Weynton, for liambergh.— ilia Majesty's ship Liffey west oat of harbour and bsneahs ep at Spirhaad. Auu. 16.—Arrived the Lord Nelson packet, from Holland ; and the Eclipse packet, from Ceshacen, both with Mails. MAL, Auo. 16.—Arrived and sailed ler the River, the Princess of Willi, Sims, from Jamaica ; the Wharton. Pertly, from Miramicbi; sod the Governor Myers, ilogarili, from Pistol.—Arrived and remains in the Downs, the Agamemnon transport, from the Wes! std. lavintenot., Aug. 15.—ArtiTerl the William, WKII•O, from Charleston, in 38 drys ; on the 101 h Jolt', in long. 68. she spoke the Feme transport, from !Imlores for Portsusnuth. Dime, AVG. i6.—Parsed yesteidsy, the Clews, Pi ker. from Choilesion, for Itotierdiot ; she spoke in lat. 43 16 , long. 39. 51., the John, Thomas, of Liverpool, from Londonderry for St. John's, New Brows. iek, 4110 psysenspi , s board. - - ASUDIEN, Auo. 13. —Artate.l the N.+ Middle. leo, Cargill, from Greenlead, eiih 10 ash, SO tens. ROYAL AQUATIC EXCURSIO.Y. --.....- PORTSMOUTH, Aua. 15.—Yestincley hit Royal Highness the Prince Rival made a munificent do nation of 100 guineas to the Sailing Fend at Cowes. Ahem foe, o'clock the yacht came In her moorings at Spithoed, end et sis the Prince Regent gave a naval dinner on board (under an awning, nn the gearter.ilevlt), at which *sterol Chiefs and Officers were prem. It is with great satisfaction that we do justice en a character groandlessie aspersed by a paragraph in. _ _ •111.11,1 / MN recommended him to mercy. This is one of the some rawest and most decimating majorities, it is evident, character groundlessly aspersed by a paragraph in. , contemn me. I don't want you to go info the house parodies for peblishisg which Mr. Ilosc was tried that the most respectable minority is, in fact, bet po. sorted in a Morning Paper of Friday last, arid copied aW I se; tell yam what ICI Jll whet you fe e "ad acquitted. Alive weakness. Nothing short of a numerical ma. into oar own and other Journals: as well as the de- there." "John," mid *jinn*. •.wet thw HaTacutzez Tutazzz.—lArt night theceseedy of jority of Independent Members can compete with, nial of the imputation by the Gentlemen ef the il l- " James," ° said he, " per heart lies . .." 111 rte the Young Quaker was revived at this house. For still less beat down, the ascendancy of olio Borth. quell, a very respectable iishibitant of the d ( ist•iet w r ong place ; before Yo° g o sith for66o"ing What reason so blendering and puerile a performance monger , . The more zealous and able an Independ en t bore testimony to the honest and upright (midget of lbere sill you peri s h l ike a thole" • pi Np. was taken down from the shelf, we were quite at a Opposition proves itself to be, the more closely will the party celled qeestion. 'rho Winning Note hosts to ; 'he phr ase was realawn Ihro k o to Id • '• while I ca• walk' N lots to determine ; there is such striking de6ciency in the Aristocrats unite, in support of those measures, death °P the marl" : John," r. IA b y . r „, • , ask for a bit of brea d . " the characters, such witless vulgarity in the wiessets, and that system, to which they owe their baneful TO Tilt SUITOR Of THE SIM TIROL " I awl sorry at ntieght, far Aweless 13. Mt James," re said, " sad such meagre probability in the incidents, thet we preponderance in Ilse State. On the a ranee of "us a,—A stateestitt which appeared In yaw Pa..' of Thar. should never have 'spotted the Theatre of Ltr's danger their common , Whigs anti Tories he, relitire to the Werkbetive of Si.. /Leder w'., _ ~.,.„h w i t h t his pipes of nosiness." Wit. to allow their ezhibition. The parts were ca sts a the would form theaseelves into a fi rm, oneand indivisible ; I, e s mar varoanded. The Jar, did one hod itie h : r a , lr .. , :f it T l e . ion 7o °, ' id . : „ N Don , t to, johp. ., Fale , rep li e d. si I ordinary way ; bat there was nothing good or bad sod the contest, thee, would be, not between two ,77€, : e ft% 74"..1::=7::" a. i so lu t : "" pr OMi led gri, end go I will. Miss Smith's maiden s hall bare to do •say with the poor lass belot• we particalarly to 6z the 'nestles of criticism. The species of Berghniongers, bet between the whole belle Incased epos by some 1114: ,,, mas perein, as ao ocesontorr bat wat t Delefiktlegls crowded with load cos- germs of Berghmongers end the re* it "'"" tativea *big tad 19. k P1w7 " . .1 8'11.12 • CI to make her ceuf:st where ail Miss Smith's pay. of the People. Who a with a knowledge of the or ti roreeria." Pe is e bit of • sweetheart of mine, and to-might I et. • Ti rex EDITOR or rex STATESMAN. Ste,—lt gives ma and the whole G agm en phi suara to ice that oar cause loss an grains', so powerful a friend: not only in aiding the Patriotic in their di vine wash of freedom, but also in checking, as far es )(re have been able, the diabolical designs of those who Jell or let themselves to the tyrants who would restive es. This double service, so freely rendered the great cease et the hazard of year purse and per mte! inconvenience, °light not to be, and will not be forgotten by its defenders. Toe have at en* and the ease time, emboldened the sympathising British Patriot, on his way, and exposed and checked the treacherous pretended friend. Some of these last described persons will insinuate themselves iota all new institutions. We have hod both French and Englivh impose open us, in a few instances, by forzcil Commissions, issokingthoinselsos Majors and Lieuten ant-Colonels, when they have never ranked higher than Ensigns andLieutensets! No nostter,are are largely be 'holden to theßeivism; they have behaved well in every Mien, and they new complain less of their privations than formerly. We have some few Italians among us, whom we call Capstans. Oar if LI, however, world not let thews enfeeble themselves, like the Car theginians of old, if they had the means of so doing. The South American Commanders set them the best samples of temperance. The warriors sill find their rewards in something sore permanently earful than dainty viands and precious liquors—they will lad them in solid land!! " It was known at Trinidad that General URDA. Wm had sailed to the Costa Firma about the 13th of Jane, with the whole of the English troops from filargareits. " The Peggy, with clothing and stores, bad en tered the Orinoco. _ _ " Tao of the Sae new Deputies from New Gra nada (Casinare) had taken their seats in Congresa. " The last intelligence of BOLIVAR left him ad vancing glum the kingdom. Nix and his cavalry accompany him.—All well ! " So far had I written, whew, being disappointed of an opportunity to dispatch my least, I laid down my pen. An occasion is now fortunately created, end in haste I resume my pen to give yen, in brief, Oolong', the eabilgrating news of • victory, which. Omagh not absoletely decisive of the war, is a happy indication, almost so as 00000 co of its successfel ter- Isleation at oo enrnsonable distance. A DECISIVE VICTORY OBTAIN! D BY THE PATRIOTS SOUTH A 3/ERICA. " On the 12th of June General Maus°, cub 1300 men, fon& I corps of 1500 Spaniards, at Cen tauri, sear Sin Diego (abort i.e days journey from Angostura). The Patriots gave way at first, when the General seised a standard and led them on again to the imp/want, the awful contest : a contest which ended in the usszstucnow of the ROYALISTS: One thousand bodies, dead and wounded, remained open the field of battle. Arms, standards, trumpets, drums, medicine chests, papers—all, all fell into the Us& of the •ictorious lIIDZIPENDENTs!! Extract of a letter, doted Madrid, Joly fit:— " Nothing has yet bon determined with regard to tie Florida Treaty by the King and his new Minis. tens, if it can be said he has any. In the political circles here it is wlii•peresl, that if it is sot ratified at the time originally prefixed, it is the inten I in of the American Minister to take his leave sod go Your. The hostile attitude of the North Americans, and the known vulnerability of the Spanish dominions abroad, greatly enhance the dilemma in which the Spanish Cabinet is placed.--Should the rail. limiest be refused, and of this scarcely a doubt is any longer entertaioed, what America will do, in my mind, is no problem. The American Secretary of State, 31r. ADAISI, I anderstand has lung since expleined himself very distinctly on the folly of continuing the samemilk and water mestere', as the American Cabinet bare been pursuing with regard to Spain, for the lest twenty. fora years; end, indeed, in his diplomatic cor respondence with M. Omit on the points of difference between them,he handled Spanish honour very roughly. —lt is evident the patience of the Americans is es- Masted ; they besides feel severely galled, and I can me, ere long, they will openly pat Spain at defiance. Those who pretend to be in the secret say, that the Council of Castile have remonstrated with King Fea ts:nano, and told him, that by the laws he cannot alienate any portion of the dominions he inherited from his ancestors. This may now be set op all a pia ; bet it is asked, why was it nJi thought of be fore the instructions were given ? It is farther asked, why the Spoisb put of St. Domingo was ceded to the French, and Trinidad to the British At all events, the King seems 'risings to throw the blame off his own shoulders, and to do this, IRUJO and ORII are to be sacrificed. Bet notwithstanding the parade of a trial that has been established, I do net think the King will venture to pot these men to the bar, for if he does sew bitter troths must come out. This is possibly the most difficult political question that has occurred for many years, owing to the great clashing of interests among parties not immediately concerned is the negeciatien, and it will be a wonder if it does not glee rise to a fresh maritime war." At the Warwick Assizes, Mr. KUSSIII.L, printer, has been foetid guilty of pl.blishing the Parody, en. titled " 7'he Political Litany." The Jory strongly recommended him to mercy. This is one of the same 'bids