The Statesman. — London, England, 1820-04-27 00:00:00

il C._ C it' ittv, 6 1 -- . • %F li t . (1 1. 3 t atzzino t ab. , . . .............. ... ci,v ri - C:ut '•\*"3 - 4 : i lia l t il e . 4., .\... 7* 4i1aw.,1-7([ 1.(J\1)0N, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1820. 1702. " The etsu.fte for wisidt HAMPDEN JeU is the Field, and SYDNEY died ott the Scaffold !" PRICE "::EVEN PENCE. ft austrlsits T:lyeatrian's wn-elerfll Perf. r.niners. .7. •. e host . h•sts t-: I lorsemaushiporithout - •• . eN...*.t. 1 the greltest astonishment mill i)o r'ren.:-d every 1 .1, .tmptirritg.vritE, E1.1)1!X5Tf.f1.1.41170.1.. CVSTOII-1101'Sr, LONDON. ititb ISOM FOit SALE. the man is business, to the farmer, and to the me chanic, whose affairs are already desperate, whether the present pressure of taxation which has already deprived him of his condors, and blasted all his brightest Inert., in life--whether or not that taxation be inereased, t..waris wui.h he 1'371 now contribute nothing t bit it is ill important to those who have yet sousethine to love—whether or not England, Scot land, and Wales, a:e subjected to the same system, under the same utauate•rs, bids firt reduerl Ireland ' , to a state of degradation, then of despLir, anti finally of ruin: anti it is inferest:ng to all to know, that the r,fect of *bat system, in the skilful hands of its ripe ratites, has issued in that ill-fate I country in something approaching VI a diesolutiou of the bonds of rociety— law in the course of a re. y few years created ;debt of 150 urilliutss iof 191141,5 4 . . and II its meat perniti .is inge nuity has plared it is that enviable situation in w':ich even the relentless iron hand of unsparing taxation can not rimier its revenue productive to the atitouut of two-thirds ofttlie expenditure Ministers have iuv..lv,nl it in. Inland, t.sss s has had its !pies, its betrayers, its infaruseis, its conspirators, and its murderers ; an.l distress, thriven to detain:it- by reglert, by insolenre, by .:unteuti:t, has there produced its natural and ordinar . effect —dtatirenect s uj tvr . ration dal, LI the COSS. ry. All these have been siuwii by the string timid of tee venture:4, by military law, and by resistless trier :ion—but bare th:se restorel pr•sperity to the country Have they r..i.laced the pauperised trades- luau iu his former situation of reuiparative eon& rt I lave they tranquillized the minds and regained the af fertions of a distressed population Have they paid off the Irish National Ikl4 : Have they render:Nl the re writer equal, or any thing the equal, to the expendi tare ? Have th 7 banished topprersion, or cherished in ` t.t rewarded the exertions, civil, military, or commercial, of the great was.. of toe Irish nation And if they have not, have they :aided streneth or weishuess to the ettipir:i Or have Hwy nut brought into a star ofjiopartly its best interests, and rendered insecure the person and property of every luau within it: And let not Engiisletnen flatter themselves that pereeverauee in th• same system will not procure simi lar eticets, srAearrer it is actidtd. There is au °nal nonsue,s is circumstances whi, h trueht to snake even the mere wise man of this world *builder. SP.INISH DINNER. ... A -1 (Hy Order of the lion. the Commissioners of Ms Majesty's mitoses), on WM1)1,1E141)11 the Milli. Tilt; itSDAY the and rill 1)1V tlw 2 4 %i1i instant. at Onc tAllock lu the Yesterday a Party of 150 persons, chief:} merchants connected with Spin, sat down to a sumptuous tai:: ner at the Albion, in celebration of the late l lu au[. • re-establishment of the Constittitiun in Si sin, ill • dinner having been deferred for :utile 11W c quence of the disastrous events which took plate adix.—J. C. DE BIAINALER, EN. in the 4_ huir.)-• - 'I he room was superbly decorated. In the centre burr: • a large transparency, containing flirt e ovals, sit:- rounded with laurel. On the top of the tniddl , pne war the word Constitmion, from which rays of Wert seen descending on the Spanish arms ; and easier teeth, Ferdinand. On the two side ones e. ere inserib, .l the names of Quiroga and Kier., surrounded with raysof light. The transparency was supported by i.e., b; dutiful Spanish flai..r, and opposite was a flag beat ing the Arms of the City of London and the Union Jack. In the four corners of the room were flags be., ing the names of Arco-Agtiero, Mina, Acevedo. and Agar, each surnaandetl with a wreath of laurel. 'I !if, 'Juke of tiloucester's h..nil played Belepee and °Ater Spanish national airs during the repast. The cloth bring removed, the venerable President, Mr. Bensalem, rose, and observed, that the dinner a:. which be had the honour to preside, was given by the patriotic Spaniards resident in this country, with t'..e view to celebrate one of the grandest and most impr•r taut *trews that had occurred in modern times. It 1r.% to celebn.te the triumph of the Spanish Constitution, prod:a:tied by the Cortes in Ibl2, and the consequent dowufal of a debased system of tlevernutent, had unfortchately Leer pursued in Spain, contrary to the wishes ot the people. It was said the Censti tution had detects; but if this be the case, let throb be found out by experience; so far we only know it regenerates our country. The venerable Prrsitlen concluded in an emphatic wish that all the orders rri Spanish society would concur in the grand work which hail been begun, and go hand in band with the Mina in consolidating the attain of the nation, in Lrrn ....- tare on the wisdom and patriotism of the Cortes, which were about to assemble. Thus won:ci all the . wounds of the State be healed, and thus should we .ce a Constitutional Kim:, beloved by his so' jests. ai.d feared by his ettel..ies. He then proposed •• The Spanish Nation, glorious and marl niunom ha the tia.lication of its Rights. - **The Political tonNtitur. n of the Spanish M ,, neir.hy pro mulgated by tile Extraordinar:, ll'ort..s in him - - Fatrietle hone. Vita Iberia," tut Mr. Romero. •• Ferdinand the Seventh, the Constimtic Ca. Mongrel 4,; apart."-Tune, Henri IV. " The bieneral and ExtraordinarY Cortes, of immt•rtJl memory, for their wise lahoers."- Patriotic ',enc. His Niajesti tleorge the Fourth. the faithful ally of hpoin. - -Nong, •• laud save the King. - • Toe lleroes of the I•t of January--Quiroga and Wei o, with their bran Companions in Arms, who dared to v::st t their Conntry's Rirltis. - -(Loud applause.)-For in-re rhr n • quarter of an hour the room resounded with the 11 . 1Inri Q..irogsi end Memo, sud s us silence being 4 , bts:ar 1, a Pa triwie Soog a as sung. eempused for the occasatio, the tuusic h. Mr. (inn-fa, celled •• The lit of Jrvittry." • iiiiiiirhtened Patriot Agar. and the other wortty Presidents of the Prot iucial Juntas." • ; EVEN I Ali 27), ;Irv' IlisrinT the & it t=t sit rt•ciqt.l , as eu x hatorritiug E !veva! t Nleito-Dramta, kft—loon precisely. at the Cuaneirciai bale . . - ------. Mincing-lane. 173111; following fit HMS fur Expo , ta:lon. Emi -1 tulle, nnil other Foreign prohibited (Joints, Pictures. Print*. Books, Drop. Ike. • called OF CHINA : OR. Tut: FAT 11. }1.009-aATE. X Ail C:1 , F.' •rysan'4 Wire;„ Mr. 4.ie:. •• ..czwintr a Com- e Furtreat, vita , •::••ainT of the tvo.e: of t:se mi •:••••ii.itt pre,erva- rost CoN St , lIIPTION : ir , t-e!cn spirlls, e4i,kry. c ,iva.~porcrl^i t, earthenware. ca.ur ult. tea, eolLmo, .tog3r. and &twr gr ,, cer) . sueca 4 e . s . ("mei, plate-Li - tss. pict:tre.. itr:nl4, Iv*•tko, baring, useturr-e'-p. .rt seed. Otinelsilli skirts, canna... uwslin, shawls. watehrs and oilier jewellery. a ruck tiortii)%t vrelgt.ier 1811 b., rettzb aometlay +to, toptta,• , , ncia• suarid.• ery.tultt. 41k-werat lite r. nood draw;, Ito its. *tear. gastitowder. and suttdr ettre: (lends, a, tuentl.ne4 iu Inelalalogue—CLltral or L L IMUTIKX. 41( tlif . Pf 01 1 .! by lte re;:,•1C:1 of hi% I Vuuntr Ar.t-ista's sory.ri.hte 11:.r • bride. p*riic.,lnrly his imitati • % •.i a Drink..., 11• k . !tor., hart. I Airs. lir: 3cr • . 1:V013 0.0,m • '' , l•Try ; • illado e . T. ‘l.•alicur Lousitemire. from Para.—:l •; • ?..tair, b / Air. Iskolta.—Ter tr0%•13 irott4ears • Tussbiers util go through ihuir sort .:si:se Etut.stions. s.v..le to court .% to with limp) Pontootic Moto-Dratun, with eutir:ty :•Ie Pi:tures ruse.. 1.•:y. 1.1./ I) u4srstiotts, Interspersal hi 'ors, Duets, • .russes, ansi I....uubsts. called ItL lIITE DARD'S TOWER. To be clewed at tb. Tobacco-:round. iletherhithe Mangles's Ms:seine, iltarklu4 ; Landon Docks: the King's Warehouse. V.l.:um-house : and ii silo:se-yard Wll fehliUM•i. Lower Thollll . •-0 rept : on Fridn c the dlst, Saturda- the 1.2 d. and 'inesday the 21ilt inns% ten o'clock in the atom ise to three In the allernnnit. N.H. t:oodi bougi.t it thi4 orrect he phi for at the Rerelter of Fines and Fortettores Ogee. Custom 'louse. on or before Tuemlay. the Iti:4 plat. lett), or 114 e, Ireposits made thereon ails whiol.o •I v brrnMc r or r e it e d. stahnues to be trel to the Mae% N arehowte, t•udnm- Muu Thursday, the Nth iitstarit—raors uNC tItILLISL. [At N. 4s.—kit, 45.-1411er). 14.-110 ors eren M !self rove, and b:;iu at half-lust Six o'lloek preeisel).-- A-price at half-it:lqt Eight.—Plaeea fur the h o le% t o b e • .1 ..f Mr. KW!orb. at the Hu -Ofece of the Mtuatre. la Ten liit Four o'clock.. •.• Nfr. Maisoo's New Palest Coach. the Soterefra. eterp et mime.. to eons e) the I nhabitauts of la tern n kb. ~ e iotfur.l. de. to •nd fro. t.te Tnestrc. all 1 it: LONDON IIIi.IZINE, No. V. for M.ty, puhlished by BALDWIN. I'lt.tDUl*K. and JOY. n eontaln. autongother Articles a. f interest. the (dices ing I. On NI” -day ; V. Lord k rid:. his French Critics. the ♦ L . e . q .a;.ers and 31agnitines ; 3. Tice Chronicle of 1)on Pierre Nina. Cornt of Rualaa ; 4. Euphrosyne anti )10.1- 4 , re. a Taie ; S. Aite;cat Mate of the Jews in England; 6. Eztracls tram Ik. hipil.er'sTuur through England, Wiles. sa.adtand ; 7. Spanish Litcrntnre and lAngnsue P. Oa by a y oung It...Won:an of the Fader; 9. Utierte's 1-:ctures 0.1 )Ir. ll cydo.t a Account of Two Anricsit 11. 114i4 a. Hums, end on Lord f!' rows Manfred : ID. Oa the Cha rt-ter and O citing, of Curley ; 11. Bonnets tiv W. Comae :.• a: lg. Vindication of Eugene front Citseges hrou.;ut be Mr. Ilobbeser ; IS. Curious History of a , lager's Oincliter; 14. Mr. Jackson on the Nile and the Niger: 15. Midnight Hours; ie. The New Schools 11. .re'.; la. The ColleeNtr. .Ineedote of a Seattle' Burgh O. ritizal Notices of New Books. tiz. 1. Cenci. by Percy Ili e Says .ey ;2. Memoirs of Richard Love! Edgeworth 3. 'vile!!mastery :—:111. The Drama ; VI. Report of Music: rt. Historical sod Critical Summary of Piddle Events.— oesides the atzal Varlet . ; of information under the respective Heeds. NEWS I{ooli.i. Btri►l; SIWIRTIR.4, AND PUBLIC I.!tat lit 1 KN. rr ILE t0.nrni , !:...4 and outer Persqns ronhlu.•tin% I 11 1 ..,e moo •,! 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Ift3tNit or (I)mat4►XS. THE PUBLIC *nil DONIViTIC LIFE of his late Most Gracious :Majesty, GEORGE the TH IRD ; com prising the most et/vitt:ill and Important period lo the whole tne•tls of British ilistory ; compiled from authentii• sources, I nd intrtypersed with unmeruus interesting Anecdotes. By EDWARD HOLT, Esq. The >lpeike•r came d.wn at two o'clock; but there was not a sufficient attendance to enable hint to take the Chair until half-past two. The Cle.k then pro ceede,l to swear in a nuniber of Members, aurou i r %;11..nt 11 et"— *** The period of 8ng1144 Pistory whieb Bill Work em braces. abounds with instruction both to public chancier. , and to private individuals. Its materials are feveiskt d by one of the longest, and, unquestionably, one of the r•o,: int pertain Reimm is ancient or modern timec. 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That the present distressed state of the country. foreseen and :0.-e•o:d as th e r e sult o f the system w hi r l, has unhappily heed adopted, admits not of remedy, is a doctrine as it:Sounded as it is full of danger ; hut neither remedy rot viiel is to be administered by pie-s -eeress:fee in the. roarns,sntl mall llOre misapplird must be oures• Ice 1 exaxperatius and unnecessary coercion. " The power of the Court and the autho rity of the Lawyers, could nut, ' said an eniinent states man of the last century, " ira" a the levying of Ship money pass for law, nee prevail on the nation to `cars it. But," adds he, if is were possible to suppose a ilonse cf Commons as depend-tit as these Lawyers. the nation might theta he loaded with taxes, oppressed with debt, and reduced to tie• greatest y by law." Thar which the Foliiiral !.agacitv of Itolineb cake foresaw, in long and !,•ngthvriell Iw ropertive, haw taken pia . * in our time. Warnitnts remote and recent. the Exam ; m• of other c otntrie-, :mil even the experience of our own, hate all been vain ; and at Iron th the entintry is arrived at that point omen examination into its real situation eve No LoNON'A NE PETEREED. It IS not now a question of ex; elienry, but our of necessity; the inquiry has ZlePfl delayed too long; and it is row on lie with teufoli! i , ressere ea that account. Look at the cyasions which h::ve less, had recourse to, to the shifts which have been praetised, to the expedients which have been relied upon. country was first of all seduced in•o the war by a pro iiise that its fi nances should be pro:reteil by the wonder-working cutriteraction elan al potent Niakirso Fowl; and this grand panacea was avowedly re-inodelled i a 1793 for that purpose, whoa Fiat splendid monument, which Mr. Pi:t publicly (-fanned the merit i.t having ere.ded, was perfectei by the last tun. hen of that financial ar tist. But what has been the result? Why, Mr. rate. boasted system of finance, has, ON T,E VALANCE OW al CO 'NTS, •VOI:•+ FIVE 111311D21:0 MILLIONS el OMIT to the burthens of the country. And how could this b • otherwise r Fur it is a tact, incapable el iefiita , non, and of unquestionable notur:ety, that, from tie 1,4. A -is:Ring to the sus', the Sinking Fund, from the ear 1793 to the pies tit time, his it , 4 forms l wholly out 14e locus which Aar,. hetet Maim 4.117 , V. •d : and not withstanilii,g the sullieieent raj° err, and enensite experiment • f Me gopplits rithist flit peer, in no line year since that rcriud. las the: e bean any supplies of revenue beyond the expenditure; till, in con , ciusion, after nearly five y wof peace, the coontry is arrived at that h .peful stale. an !er the vaunted, trust worthy inarivrin.mt of a.r. Pius political disciples, that although the great mass of the people are peash ing under the pressure of overstrained taxation, its amount is une. : sai ;o meet, by millions, the pubic espenditnre. One of two things must therefore b: done; either th • eXpeniliiure must hr reduced to inert lb.! revenue, or ;he revenue mint be jeers:aril by the addition of fresh loads of taxation equal to the durum's of Ministers. Amt it is to effect this latter object that the subliwest efforts of that financial genius which has brine;lit the c• matey into its present deplorable sites tion are at leis isiornent directed. Of the attempts .I.a'..ing an l to be 01114. of the '6.la playing and played. an I of the arts of deception, intimidation, ;.n.l aldrin, which are practising and to Le prartis. d, we would moat solicitously wa. n ate pub lic—particularly that pulion of it whose possessions are largest, and u hose stake in the count ry is nowt im portant ;—but, above all others, l:•t the eundholder look to himself, for he is hi:sweated more than anyone else in effecting tint, by reestictiste of criartnously in creased public elpshimilaire. which his (newts the Mi nisters, and all who live upon the WWI, ::re equally interested in e,:ertio.7.--4 It is of little consequence to the two million five hundred thousand erg whom a wretched system of imp licy has rendered depenticnt aytya utbers, what new burthens of tax,,r.on may i.e kid uy.,n pri..•rty, whilst euoujh reusai•ls 1 r usom. It is very usintyurtant to Mr. Wallis, Mr. Warren, Mr. Beckett, Mr. Abererom hie, Jlr. Ricardo, Mr. W. H. Whitbread, Mr. Daventmort, Mr. Mansfield. Mr. Bennet, Mr. Portman, Mr. Childs.. Mr. T. Wilson, Mr. T. H. I Mr. U re, Mr. Mackay, Lord A. Hill, Si: H. PArneil, lir. N. Calvert, Mr. P. i Ponsonhy, Mr. J. Caleraft, Mr. Cawthorue, Mr. Nor rocks, Mr. Whi twos e, Sir T. Ackland, :dr. Hordon, Sir G. Clerk, Mr. P. .%Ifmre, the Attornev-General, Alder man Smith, Sir C. Morgan. Bor.! J. Vitaroy. Lord Pal mer/eon. Sir W. L'ongrere. Mr. Brom., Fir E. Harvey, Sir It. Wigrans, Mr. Itrant . dry, Mr. Ward. Sir J. Shel ley, Mr. Eygon, Mt. Felloors. Lord W. lientinek, Mr. Sportier, Sir C. .iliodannt, Lord Temple, Lord Kinard, Lord Belgrare, Denisou, Lord J. Itimtell, Mr. Liankes, Mr. W. Zlnndis, Mr. Arliutliitor, the Marquis of V orrester, 31r. Vernon, Alt. Prem.:sink Mr. I holism, Mr. Williams, Sir J. Newport, Ceneral Haseoigne, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Blair, Mr. Neville, Mr. ll:tirade, Lord C. Fitsrov.Sir U, iinrsrh, Mr. Ft tvgildion, Mr. 1/irkeis son, Mr. Innis, Sir James Alaeilunahl, Sir J. Owen, Mr. Ar. W. Howard. Sir C. Derrell. Mr. Irving. Lord linioleuell. Mr. Sumner, Nlr.Shrldtro, Colonel - Wood, Lord E. Somerset, Lord IVeywoutb, Air. 11. Wilbralsans, Mr. I:. Banker, &e. I :.,imicti at half-past tom ROYAL fir.V.4 NE .e'7 Err. I . e.terday the Humane Societe (: , o well known by that name, that we nee,' nnt add its pitrpose, viz. to roll••et and circulate the tot st effectual n. th.als fur re covering persons an:krt.:at iy drowned or dead), dined together at the City of banks, Taveen. In the ab sence of the Duke of Noalottuherlan I, John Black burn. Esq. was in tie" chair dtaner, Hit .u n i,,,ry's 't r am" %vas propwed, anil drank witlrap plautoe.—" lbe Royal Family" was Rig, u, but souse of the company called for " be Queen." The CRIAIRIII•X sad, that lie was so old a soldier, that lie knew the first ilioy WilS to w orstErs ; that he its Oven the toast UP It was proi.oset. h. cause llr an•lerstood the Emeriti wish was that he xh old do so. he toast, es it was originally giv,m, v. a% then drank. The int,N•sting pro..essi •n of several ;•crettas of all ages sod both se3o.s, ar) had been saved frJni death by the applkation of the means recommended by the Society, then took place. Each of the individuals ea ii d a Bible, given by the Society, with an ins.-rip lion from the donors; they amounted in all to about 40, and the greater number of them were children. A brilliant assemblage of ladies had bc..o admitted into a gallery constructed for the purpose, to view this affecting spectacle. The Secretary &Serum& pee a Report of the last year's proceedings of the Society. in n hid& he stated that tit; to:miser of persons sae..4l ante the auspices of the Society (since its institutiott) from imminent danger, had been 20,000; of those resuscitated, the nu ber nas .1,m.9. botiora , -y medallions of the Society were pre sen:rd to Messrs. Barrett, liiihans, Roberts, Artby, and 'fhomas. Very eongilershie Pubscriptions were atm:owed. ana the Ltstivity of t%t comps was continued to a Lt:e hour. ilis Exeuu.itxis then rose, nod spoke to the fdlow ing etrect:—“ Gentlemen, I rise with great satisfa... tion to return you thanks for the honour yun bee dose nee. Ike circumstances in which we are place make me truly s nsibie to this testimony of y, , se regard. I ens /tittered by your kindness, and if I knew of any terms more expressive Ilea. other., I wooll We them to eon% ey to you the sincerity of my • knowledgments. tieutletuen, the public purism* tt.'s clay have given a Proclamation of his Majesty, nhit.h. if we wanted sue proofs of his lute for his people, w..!.1.1 be alone a sufficient guarantee. and which places unsung the moist generous of Sovereigns. No abr . .4- meat of his fu user privileges, no stars ruder of pers..r .l dignity, is to him a painful sacrifice, if the happiness of his subjects be the result ; and these, Ge , t!enten. are the -üblime sentimebts, the unstudied derlar.tions which : hose, under viry different cirrums sneer, hear•l Irmit his own mouth. I again thank yon, times'. tar the honour you hare done cite, and the kindness you have shown tue." Srver.ti other toasts were drank; the evening *LA spent gsi:h the utmost eosviiialty ; and the pa:7 bru%e up at a Lite hour. Lis Majesty's birth-day was celebrated at 31 tnelity ter by a grand procession and a public ilinni.r, at th- Exchange Dining-room, I'. Sharp, E,q. huroughree,, in Coe Chair. Upwards of 300 gentlemen were presei:t. Eisissic no, .l.'s t . I 1.-1 his I ring the day :..1- poi.:ted for the eel .bration of his Majesty's birth, Vie banks and public odices are shut, and at neon tt.i great guii• were iirsil from the Castle. All the troo p s in ts.e district, ciii.sisting of the 80th, conimanded by Lieut.-Co!unel Cookson ; part of the 33d, under Major Whityre ; the 10th hyssars, under Co'onel Taylor : the Ist regiment of Edinburgh volunteers, commandos by the [tight ilon. Charlet !lope, with their rife company ; the Leith ride companies, under Cal Lin Pillans : the roya: Mid Lothian yeomanry, under :.ir John hope, and a detachment of artillery from Leith ru:!, 11.1-ailed in Bursitsfield Links, an i iired a fee-sl.- poi, in honour of the occasion. Pembroke new dock-yard promises, at no very dis tant period, to become a great ncion.il ehjeet en a..- conat of its noble harbour. t here d e already Oa ttea ships there, and a spaci•Ass dry dock has jus: been i uniplete•!. St. Jahn has Dien sentenced to its risonment Ca life by the Court; but the King of I r oiisia. in re:al let tio's of former services, has reulittel the punistiroes‘t t) MI; r.scriairnt fir It/ years, and ya' •••••%,ii le baniste meut friars the Prussian Streit( r j . %. Jaan is ab..tit 6'J years of age.