The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-02-27 00:00:00

ti~ L RV - . 4 7" m "''` . - - - 7 . 7,2131 . 1r 7 wr—*Jem• - son; awl in its iip — dress, a fatal blow perhaps is struck, not meditated indeed, but never to be re medied. In overy country, there are some men of wicke;r. minds, and desperate fortunes, who would rejoice to have a chance of bettering their condition by h geitersl scramble. Let the loyal party, as they arro gantly style themselves, seriously reflect, whether .theirileterisaimed opposition t. alt radical and 'fin , teal Reform and iirtrenshimint, does oat add daily "tri this clan or petsorim ---.-:.--°".'"'-'' -- '''" Litt them, I is,, after a retrospective. glance into 'Aistery, ponder most seriously, upon the possible • consequence of • it 'east mattitede of people being *isms by deepetedee4 to W stateless of their fate, eeeltesthisipeveselberseettatimispen what will, their ' lot cannot be wail,. -. 4 . • . If rarer such foots& shoelld. eefortosetely exist in tkcessesortutity, awl be pet Is action by ill designing men ; it is sot for me to predict abet mischief would , 'woe. i can only is, for myself, that homiest anticies .I may be, foe the purifying see meat excelleetConsti. titles, from this many ilograatalsesesi which the ee.. eadoeal sway of week, or betiKhigs, or the still more maidens influence of corrupt Statesmeo, bars from., time MLtime, int:edema intuit; I ass seat as *der . es"..Weeent,kfilid of.vielence, end to inky isomers ; : Mos 40,i awe feMt i eit4ol hues mmd established prim cipatt„ recorded in our Statute Books, and held op &Telles oar ancestors. My hostility, Gentlemen, late Measures red not to 'ilfers. I obeli, atoll times, be as ready "to give my confidante cod soppert to the King's Ministers, be they wheat they may, if they set wisely and ho nestly, as I shall be to oppose them, whomever I be. lieve in my coescieuce they do neither the enamor the ether. . I hay only a few words to add, Gentlemen, bet upon a subject which ovally concerns us. When a very good frieed of yours and of mine, solicited your soffragei some years ago, he very justly 'b owled , " That a passage void of corruption to the Iloess of Commons, is the best security for conduct void of correptiou ix the [louse." This principle I al all fully act open ; I shall be most proud of your support, Gentlemen ; but, if there be a man among you, which I do not suspect there is, who would, like Pau, basely exchange his birth-right for a mess of ,pottage, be must not look to me for a chapattis. The few jut sad necessary ripeness incident to an election, I shall cheerfelly defray ; but I will not, in any direct or indirect manner, subbrn any man to commit perjury, by violating the oath, which, •s en Vector, be may be called upon to take; nor will I w is goy wlay, knowingly be instrumental, in trans. grossing those laws of my Country, which were- Irmte ti for the express purpose of securing the Purity of en. . • I make no apology, Gentlemen, for the length of this Address, conceiving as I do, that a quarter of an hoer of your leitiere time can hardly be better employed, than in• being made familiar with the intdemos and political principles of an unproved baiii(ate, fee Use i1436•41e of becoming one of the preseutatives of your free and iudepeudeut Bo- • '- I afeilld los molly wanting in attention to my awn. 6111111611, is my respect to you, were Ito Anttclude, witheehapressing to you my most grate ful thanks for the high degree of Supprat and so epersgemento, 'with which I hare been hitherto ho noured ; it if with extreme satisfaction 1 am able to Owl it to be mach, as to leave me little doubt of my 11130014 1 in obtaining the great object of my ambition. It shall be my pride and my care, Gentlemen, so to act, as by continuing to merit, to confirm your good opinlon.—l have the honour to be, Gentlemen, with unfeigned respect and gratitude, your most faithful and obedient humble servant, CHARLES FYSILE PAUSE& Luekley, 18th Feb. 1818. BOROUGH REFORM. When we animadverted on the speeches and con duct of Ministers on the occasion of the motion by Lord Archibald Hamilton respecting Reform in the Scottish Boroughs, we expressed ourselves curious to learn, what would be the effect of the resistance given to the motion on the popular feeling in Scot land. We are informed of the light in which this proceeding is beheld in that part of the kingdom, by the following article, which we extract from the ablest Paper published in Scotland : " The proceedings ki the [loose of Commons on Friday se'nnight, relative to the Dumfries Petition regarding Burgh Reform, and to Lord Archibald Ilamilton's motion for the papers respecting the new set granted to Montrose, will neither excite surprize nor disappointment in the country. They are gently of.a piece with the rest of the proceedings of the /Immutable House, and the melt is only what must have been expecte d. Bet as Parliament has only touched the question incideotally, and as no decision has been pronounced on the general merits of Burgh amelioration, which was indeed rather admitted to be necessary, we trust that the Burgesses of Scotland wilt not tamely submit to be joggled out of - their just sights. The Bergeson of Dumfries may, for aught we know, be satisfied with procuring an order for - their Magistrates to lay their accounts annually before the Barons of Exchequer; but we will yen. tura to my, that but a very small proportion of the other Burghs of Scotland will he satisfied with any such check. What good effect could such an audit produce? 11. could Word no guarantee for the proper expenditure of the Burgh fuse. Vouchers to .be sere, would have to be produced for the dif ferent sums expended, bet we all know how they can be maeefactured. The gross corruption and jobbing which pervades every part of the Scots Burgh system, might all be carried an ender a check of this kind. The thing that is wanted is not an eabibitionof an account of income and expenditure, bet an efficient matron' over the whole measures of the . Magistracy. After the.junto of this city had, in the plenitude of their irresponsible power, ex pended several thousand pounds in making a covered drain to dry the meadows, altifougb it was notorious that no water would be allowed to run in that drain, they would have been able to produce receipts for the soma thrown away in this futile and ridiculous project. Bet what satisfaction could that have given to the inhabitants? It is not enough that we are made acquainted with the amount of the semi that CITY OF ROCHESTER. Al' - a owassroos and respectable MEETING of the FREEMEN of ibis City, held at the Bull Imo, Feb. 24, 1818, JAMES HUI.KES, Esq. in the Chair; Resolved That this Meeting gratefully neknow ledges the obligations that the Citizens of Hoch , ster are under to their present worthy Representative. J AM ES BARNETT, Esq. for his disinterested and genre , us conduct. in standinc for ward when their Elective Franchise endangered. thereby affording them the opportunity of asserting their Rialtos. and effectually maintaining their independence; rind for his pan iotic eserliois in Parliament npon all dressing*. • That this Meeting is fully convinced these recommendations alone would be sufficient In cisme him the esteem and affection of his Coostituents; but they cannot refrain frets, ex pressing their high sense of the anions solicitude which he has at all times manifested, towards promoting the individual welfare of his fel low-citizens, easy of access I AI Freeman, however hatable, required any additional recommendation toobtaia admission to his presence; their reception invariably accompanied by 'affa bility, and kindness, and uo exertions spared to promote the üb ject of their wishes. Its pressed with these feelings, this Meeting consider that they should he equnlly .deficient in gratitude to him. and duty to themselves, if they lost the opporismiiy of declining their Milli* ierable• determination to use every effort towaid ensuring the Re-Election of so good a man, without subjecting him to any un necessary e pence. JAM ES HULKES, Chairman.. The Chairman haying kft the Chair : It was Resolved Umutimonely. Thus the Thanks of this Meeting are doe to James Halkm. Esq.. for his uniform patriotic conduct upon all occasions, and particularly fur the Zeal be has shown fur the best interests of his fellow-ciiiaensat his Meeting. And that the foregoing Resolutions he published in the Ken. tkli Chronicle, Morning Chronicle, Sravesnanond Courier, Newspapers. THREE PRIZES OF THIRTY THOUSAND POUNDS. ONE HUN ORM) C API TALS.-TWELYE PIPES OF PORT.-W EUN EMMY NEXT, 4m OF MARCH LOTTERY DRAWS. PRICE OF STOCKS TRW DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank C ent. p 5 per Ceot. Nan 10bie 3 per Cent. Rot. 744 India Hondo 99 p 3 per Cent. Comols 79e --'Stork 21114 Consols for Acc. 79ii hong Ann. ?Of 15.16 4 per Cent. 9911 Exchequer Bids 15 93 p THE STATESMAN. LONDON: YaIDAT, IMBRUARY IT, ISIS. The teopestoos weather has prevented the arrival of the Foreign Mails. We have therefore no Foreign news to-day. Though Ministers, have declared, and their de claration has been re-echoed by the instruments of their faction, that their Bill of Indemnity was in no manner intended to bar any actions or proceedings that might be commenced for legal redress by persons who may consider themselves aggrieved by the acts under the Suspension, the Reader may feel some in dignation, but, perhaps, little surprise, at reading the concluding paragraph in the following abstract of the Bill now before Parliament, for indemnifying 64 the persons who, since the Ist of January, 1817, have acted in apprehending, imprisoning, or detaining , in custody persons suspected of High Treason or treasonable practices, and in the suppression of tumultuous and unlawful Assemblies." The Pream ble, like the speeches of the Ministers, and the Report of the Secret Committee, builds upon the old slang of " general insurrection, tumultuously, unlawfully, disorderly, disloyal—peace and ter quality!". &c. &c. But here it is—" mark it, Cs. sor)," and say whether it be 46 true—plain ;" it is, -in-Lord CASTLERIA49I% own style of faith and-con sistency. For " greatly to disturb add endanger the public peace and tranquillity," read " the minds of his Majesty's Ministers," and the troth of the al legations will be a little more admissible : " Whereas a traitorous censptracy was formed for the par. pose of overthrowing, by means of a general insurrection, the established Government, Laws, and Constitution of this King dom: and whereas divers persons have tonsoknoasly, maim folly, and in a disorderly manner, assembled together under pretence or for the purpose of proceeding 1. London (the Blankeicers, for instance) in such numbers as greatly to disturb and endanger the public peace and tranquillity, and to cause terror and intimidation in the minds of his Majesty's loyal and peace able subjects: and whereas in order to secure the iatersal peace and tranquillity of the country, and to counteract each traitorous conspiracy, it has been deemed necessary, since the Id day of January, 1817, from time to time to apprehend, com mit, imprison, and detain custody divers persons suspected of High Treason or treasonable practices, and to seise the papers of divers of such persons, and also to disperse the persons so to- . multanasly, unlawfully, and iu a disorderly manner assembled together as aforesaid, and to apprehend, commit, and detain is custody divers of such last-mentioned persons, and to search the houses of divers persons for arms and other • offensive weapbas concealed or inspected to be concealed therein and whereas in -9%- , 1. • AN_ - .... . sh• • , ie e. 4 • ' Lia o • k' • 6 4 s may, t i. a a q , l ia c No . , Viler if i e, N. 4 I • ' l 4 - sli qe e kw - .1 - , bleb' . • dpi. • - • " it if 1- 4110 -atlas -wed on account of ow thing Apo langentgiggling and imprison int Itersattr charged oak Hth Tl6lllllll, 814. shall flghtft Mid, and the persoos against wham sock actioos are Wright skill be itideremilled. If any action or mil hatsbeeo it shall be commeaced, Ate renal ism may be pleaded, and this Ad giant in evidence, sad defendants shall base double eau. In actions brought ie . Seollaad defenders sail be allowed their ex. peaces. Application may be made to the Court in which the adios shall be brought, or to one of- the ‘Jedges, if the Court be net tatting, IS may proceedings, *c.!' , These are encooragemacts to eltlllllltOCl actions for redress. It is thus that the compliints of the per . owhose houses were entered by the armed power, whose property was seised, and who were torn from their families, and imprisoned under suspicion,• are to be answered'; and this Act is to be sufficient evi dence of the innocence of all the transactions com 'bitted under the horrid system of despotism which has been ezerrised since the lit day of January;l 1817. The equity of this proceeding isnot just quite so summary as the Algerine mode of stilling corn plaints —but there seems a strong desire that it should be equally effectual. What a burlesque upon fair investigation ! What an outrage upon the forms and spirit of justice ! This is the greatest insult that was ever yet offered to the common sense of mankind.— Ministers have either a superlative contempt for hu man opinion, or, conscious of having done irreparable wrong, they are determined to hazard every thing sooner than esposerthemselves to the risks of an open and fair trial. "That much-injured individual," Mr. Oliver (to use the language of his humane employer), and all the rest of the Spies, Informers, and Incen. diaries, will find this Act a very convenient covering, - and sleep in the silence of forgiveness, like the other liberated blood-hounds, till their offences against society again bring them into notice. This Bill of Indemnity has been very aptly compared . with that which was granted in Ireland in 1799, to the brutal ' FITZGERALD, io consequence of a verdict against him for sentencing Mr. WitIoHT to a barbarous flog ging and imprisopmfint, for having in his possession a treasonable letter in French (which Mr. F. could not read, and which afterwards turned out to be a mere note to apologise for not waiting on .Mr. W.) The actor in this scene of cruelty; as a Resiewtr of the disgusting fact observes, not only obtained a Dill of Indemnity, A TITER, AND A rviston (for these• things are conceivable enough); but found .defenders in the Howse of Commons, who justified the general spirit of his proceeding:, and who derided any con cern at the sufferings of the innocent man. The assertion of Mr. BATHURST, that the designs of the disafeded, as Ministers affect to term the persons who were discontented because they were starving, were not encouraged by the moral Mr. Oli. slur, has been so completely confuted, that it is al most unnecessary farther to allude to it. But al `though the statements in Parliament to this effect had sot been so perfectly satisfactory, there is enough in the nature of the thing to convince any reasonable Person that almost all the outrages which took place are to be ascribed to the agency of this convicted ruffian and his associates. Oliver must have been, able to act with a confidence, boldness, and security, which no real conspirator could have pretended to.— This alone would have sufficed to gain ,him the ascendancy in a conclave composed of a few stare lug paupers. But Oliver had many other es triable advantages. . He ("peered in the character of a Delegate from the Metropolis. lie passed him self off, exceeding .to the admission of Ministers themselves, as the representative of 70,000 armed men. He came, too, with pretended recommenda tions from Gentlemen to whom the People of Ell. lead have long been accustomed to look up, as to their patrons and their friends. His pockets were stuffed with the produce of taxation; and his command of money, combined with the otitis. cq= renitence' which we IWlre noticeg,•_ and with •MI preteded knowledge of the opemtionsof 1b. 4118 lfeded other-puts of the•kingdom, most his* enabled him powerfully to influence the resolu tions of those on whom he practised his ac cursed arts. The wonder is not, therefore, that Oliver caused so much mischief, but that lie caused so very little. It was • easy for him to select topics for delineation calculated to make a strong impression on the Public, and addressing as be did, his insidious and treacherous harangues td per sons sunk in the lowest abyss of-poverty, and to whom revolution itself could not possibly have brought any accession of misery, it Is.serprising how little effect he produced, The general, we might say universal, good conduct of the People in such extraordinary circumstances, abundantly refutes all the foul calumnies that have been heaped on their heads. To be sure, they complained,—and had they not a good right to complain, of the wasteful, extravagant, and arbitrary proceedings of Ministers ? In that, however, they were only exercising their un doubted privileges. But whatever their calumniators may say, they entertained no designs hostile to the Constitution' And except in one or two instances, where the agency of Spies and Informers, gasping after blood-money, led to the committal of some trifling outrages, the conduct of the People of Great •Btitain doling the last two years has been 'most exemplary. Officers. The system pursued is evidently o r t h e worst kind, for apparently /W moral qualities of . . thatie4ipiiated to soppreSs crime are •perfectly ea a level with the culprits wheat llser are sot to wat.lt and detect. We cestainly can espect no refo rms . tion from rich a quarter. As one of our CODOmpore. ries justly observer, 6. the thiettakers appear l e breed thieves• as sportsmen breed foxes, leCriilly, ander pretence.of destroying them, bet in reality to preserve the breed for :their Oat or amusement." How dreadful this is, where-the pyre le .w r•fellow. creature, whotiOesi are prenipled by , natare, end enjoined by our reltions to love and lo preserve! There are those who set their . Wits . Meinst ill re. formations whatever-4h' spy system most he ea. cooraged in all its branches. Evea Judges will say, what can we.do Without snob instrumeots? But we will tell those •who*contend for the Continuance et existing evils, 'front the tipprehenshin df changes, that where every fresh disclosure shows the system to be as bad as it can . be, a. Reform is indispensible, and must take place, or the nation will be deluged with crimes, and society fall a prey to °fencer of the most destructive character. The most callous criminals, relieved from fear of punishment, may be continuing the course of their misdeeds, Whilst new scenes of depravity, and ether actors in the complex plots of iniquity, are starting into view front the enormity el their guilty arts. is this a state of things that should be endured in a. Christian country, without the at tempt to redress it ? And is it ,left to chance and the casual observer to make these discoveries? manity is much indebted to the cordons and penetn. Lion of the late LORD Mainte, for the disclosems made in the system of Police so pregnant with ads. chief. The Committee before whom the investigations to which we: are alluding were made, acts under his enspiiiits: It will be observed that Limbrick has been suspended. Thistatements made by Sir SAKI= hOMILLT is the House of Commons on Wednesday night were very. striking.- Of three hundred and . forty.teo convicted of stealing in bonsai, not one had suffered ifthe law ; whilst of those Convicted of forgery— the imitation of a hand-writini ore printed paper, far a frandotent purpose—though the crime ii, perhaps,• the most frequent of any on the calendar, not one, or but one, ,bas escaped ea ignominious death: and it is attempted to veconcilei thia and various other in consistencies by some vaieecry of indefinite intoning and uncertain application, that " we are a' commer cial people, and commercial transactions mut be pro tected ;" though other nation i s tipsily commercial with ourselves inflict on forgery but a comparatively slight punishment, and with them the crime is rare. A peculiar malignity seems to attend the elate of the paper system in this country. A Morning Paper has the following curious pare. graph s—" We stated yesterday that a degree of ir. resolution had been manifested as to the holding of the Drawing•room. Report says, that the Minister of a great Northern. Power had presented an 016 vial Note on the marked objection which had bees made to the preseatatielli of an Illustrious Lady at Court—end remonstrating in strong terms on the subject. The objection, however, was persisted in, and the consequence was, that the Minister of the Sovereign alluded to did not yesterday attend her Nita E3TIOII Drawinproom." By the Royal Marriage Aot two modes are pro. Tided by which the Princes of the Blood may awry: —l. By the king'* previous approbation, by and whit the consent of his Privy Council, and consequestly, by the same authority, in the name end on behalf of his Mijesty, by the PRINCE iltsceeT.--2. Br lb. Prince intending to marry, if hi shall have attained the fall age'of 26 yeari, entering on the books of the Privy Council such his iotention, sperifying the per. mier t aikfils 'notice shall authorize the union, antes( 140 goities_ of Parliament shall, before the roi l/ration of.-111 months from the date of sorb entry, es preit'atYrfeclare their disapprebatiou of such. intended latiff t lage. . !.." • A lettch frisielydnev, in New South Walimosys, The Wand of Van- Dmman's Land is kept in cull, tined (tread from the out-laws, 'll in number, who commit 'upon the farmers every species of depreda tion, robbing and plunderinc l them in open day, and even setting tire to leeks of wheat ; several of the most respectable farmeri and merchants have suf fered much from these vagabonds. Effectual means have not yet been adopted to apprehend these mis creants, who bid defiance to all common measures of taking them. Van-Dieman's Land has such a fine crop of wheat this season, that it can more than tap ply the loss at the Ilawksbury." What has been stated of the amiable disposition of Miss WYKEHAN is the opinion of all who know her; -but her landed property is mit so great as we repre• tented it, its amount being between five and sit thou stud pounds a year. Iler ready.money fortune is very large. A moulage is said to be in contemplation between the Furl of ROPEBERRY and body CAROLINE GRA.. IlAk, daughter of the Duke of MONTROSE. We learn that a most respectable body of the In dependent Livery of London have presented ,a itequi %Mon to the patriotic and worthy Alderman Inoue, that he would offer himself us a • Candidate fur the • City at the nest General Election, and we rejoice to say he has yielded to their request. 1" •- . . A0: - ._ . kj J\S \ A ) 0,._ Q Itt y. . 1 - L,, rt TIDE , S'I'ATESMAN. .. - 11064. .........ailma....mmAliallill l -r--...ar -41111iL - 415 0 " .---vs--- --- - a . s presumption and imbecility may dissipate in idle,. meths ‘014.. . % . ett Use pleural Pe _ p e ' i • . ' Lie% k be. absurd, and visioear p ejects it IS not en . bat :- . 'ot& v lI P isi I "' fore t Committee of the House of Co ons at . ; f a4l: ~ . Aosta ' • y- --, - - . 4/4 " 111/ lei, ic , p , A ,' pdb Newgate, which millis tbk bay ' s Ps ;Cebtig _ '' ; , ICi r i 4; f 7trit c.ll"r etette‘tba ill * aseeeeedir- doubtless strongly es thiellqVa ti e .,.,_ km Om and the 11 " 11. by °bids th e The connection which may them be r be t -' . : 1 114141°" Ired u r -':11.-741" ?itu lkiy- n j. dr:d Itali a:l;4 os ' for s. 4 2 "."4 plitc ..:ah .ti trfplite ' said trailories . ' ' 4 ' '' 1- • made for such and suck a Wile. kie.l.iisalt an stabibi- aid t ask rso the thief-takers and the thieves will segg9t teeny re. ' lion neithir can nor ought Co satisfy the Public. by set.- flectices. It proves strongly the oeeeserty of a re. wler"""--ladthatgace.b." bees iscPe° What the Burgesses claim, sod justly claim, is the 4. a • . or "ii„,: macula , th at wt .: -and nonastion of the visaticeseueor win free, epos, and unbiase d election of their own N i e b i s g oi , meami;llol - 11116 raw lid indis- Ps Officers. The system pursued is evidently o r t h e ' Magistrates. They want to be able to exercise a done. , -.• • • real and effectual conteeel over the proceedings of .. I t t e t b ere r afe ease e e d b _ t b a t m e s a s - sa d prioridargs worst kind, for apparently ilerwtoral qualities o f I their servants. They care pot for an account of oa .moot of tut, Mal AMC ea ongokilidtoir ma fo_tP . rin t : thoiellliPitoted to •OPPrOi O aielisii i „, aih•Perfecily oa a their misdeeds, their follies, sand their extrivagauces; isr.t . f , atrro . ar_. charged :0 His agaioat : Trees**, *U. Assn as as e hew sad► seri e s ate t level w i th the culpr i ts * h ue s b ier are sot to wool but they insiston being invested with the power of °:_i_.° l l be a•a io l d " Perm . If say action or mit horbeer Or shall be and detect. We catmint,' tau aaPrat no reforms. preventing any proceedings which could give occasion girea cosausescal in mama , the gene , sad ral de lsme eeda zy:be pleaded, and this Ad lion froetiech a quarter . As one of our contempo re . for such accounts, and of dismissing the persons who have abuse& their trust, or who may have rendered "" have a"ble c ""' in ries iustiv observee, la Ibit thiettakers appear to actiool broil* iiSeollaad defenders shall be allowed their es- - • - themselves obnoxious to their fellow.citigens. No- ate . Application ii " be mese la the 6 00 c, in which the breed thieves• as spot-temp breed foxes, lec r y l l y , thing short of this will do. To talk about en es- ace's shall be brought, or to one of-the'itteges, if the Court under protegee of tiestioYitto them, bet in reality t o hibition of accounts being of itself !any check on be not sitting , loamy p„,„,dbige, b. .: . • - preserve the breed for :their profit or antusement." the mieconduct of Magistrates is palpably absurd. These are encooragoneitt to ettemeeece actions for Now dreadful this is, wherii-the g 00... is *Of fellow. -The propriety of the measures by which ezpence has redress. It is thus that the compliiints of the per- crea t ure whom' Ito. are pronlited by nature, end • been incurred, end not the accuracy of the accounts, .. • - J Magistrates $6lll whose is the prime object to be enquired into. e houses were entered hi the armed power, enjoined by our tensors; to love and to preserve! ' ~.rnust. be rendered really, and not nominally, amine- whose property was seised, and who were torn from 'es. ...en are those who set their bees itgainst all re. • bit to the Burgesses. They must be compelled to their families, epd imprisoned under suspicion,. are . formationsmations whatever—•the spy system most he e a . study the general interest in preference to their to be answered'; and this Act is to be sufficient evi- coo raged in all its branches. Even Judges will say, own, or to that of any particular set of individuals." dente of the innocence of all the transactions com- what can we.do without such instromeots? But we —( The Scotsman.) bitted under the horrid system of despotism which ---=--- sill tall those who contend for the tontinaance at