The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-07-09 00:00:00

r angir O,F rf R IE. ; M • . 4478 SESSION OF PALIENT; I 1:1°Int the DCBLLY CIPARESPONDpIT.] ti on; of our latest pablications, we observed, e r e our retrospect to. the proceedings of last See 3iuu yf Parliament would be highly interesting, ii out extremely gratifying to all those, who are I, o dahly anlipus for thp character of the British Leislature; and, now that we have reached the pe aced of its prorogetipe, in the language of Lord Vraettyt, " the vantage ground," from which, they may be surveyed in their fullest iotegrity, we t!tall enter upon a review of the senatorial labours o f our Representatives, with all the respect which. is de . to, their station, but, at the same time s with that freedom of *cession,, which is the distin. characteristic of ah independent Press.— Such, tempered conduct we think strictly due to, the critical situatihn at which the Empire be i s ar. rived,. or to which it km been condacted o And s if a resokotioas most at last be taken, there ikaohe so nisei; to be supported with *sees% es that Which has been adopted Olt moderation. It was the opinion of as great la a Statesman as any who compose the present Cabinet, and who di.eeted the affairs of En land at a juncture ap. katottly as dangerous, and certainly as glorious, to that in which it is our fate to bre, that 4` ENSLAND COVER NETER BE DESTROYED BUT SY APAti t. m .r." The possibility of our ruin, Anti by such au ihstrument, is thee admitted by one perfectly competent to judze ; and the opinion, we remark, is tittered, sot in llie warmth of e ke bite, not in the affectation of paralos, but seimuilly recorded iu an apophthegm, which, frogs ; couractiut% of its truth, was coestantly - in the tim;tl; of that illustrious( character. gx.PeriglAci coqcerred with speculation to support his theury i Ile know that i 4 a preeeilkog reign a PI rkkament bad poen lease enough to confer the le4hilative poetics upon the ware reoclamationa of the Crawl); and acqualoterl s ,s um ( with this do a privity of !Nemo maitre, and its proatencA to, corruption, he might conclude, although, qo it, with relitetauce, as to the pearitalki, tltltt At some future age e. irarliarnetit might utast, of which the Minister would be the soul toad *alma. ing spirit, no matte, IRK destitute of talent or p r inciple he might be; which would confoand subservience to his wilt with attachment to the So. vereign, and cover the basest sacrifice of duty at the Shrine of office with the imposing mask of iqyalty ; which would regaid public meesures, net as they affected the public, bet the Minister, and applaud or condemn from the impulse of nasty, rather than the independent exercise of reason; which would become the mere organ of an influence more powerful than prerogative, and watch but to obey, every change in the. Mmes. phere of the Court:—baring been forced so far os to admit the possibilitiof the existence of such Aepretentatives of the People, he could enter tain ee doubt of their betreying their trust, and knew that, whatever might become of the forms of the Constitution, the ruin of England most he the necessary consequence. But quitting, for the present, the opinions of Lord Beacaron, which may be considered as a digression, let us resume our own upon a subject, with which we' here a nearer and more important counexioq. - 1 . It would he, perhaps, invidious at.the preseni, moment to dwell much upon the otanier io whallt:" PERCEVAL and his Cellelz os especially as they have slway etie** iihility, delicacy, or shyness at any alluelosefao that circumstance in their political life. Thai disis r ',' pie of England, upon thatoocasion,. acted -bps& the liberal and patriotic principles of p ! ,4 4 E; opt' held it to be the duty of a' man to fight4hilils country, into whatever hand* the Goverata' cat of j it may have falleq ! ' " It is net fur us," said sbe, " to mind state affairs, but tq keep foreigners from fouling us." 4ceordiqgly, the Peopleqf Eng. leed, *wed by the terror of a fqreign force, which threatened tbemmith invasioq s tined all their at. teetion to the newly.rpeme4 Cabinet ; and without eaarniuing very scrupulously its claims tq public coesdonce, placed greet reliance on the wisdom, foretight and vigor qf en AclatiniWatit?ns w4° bed been loud in their declautetien ;Oast the ignorance, blinducss, and debility of their predecessors, Thet the present Ministers have acted M a very different mapper from their pedccessors, no man will deny ; that they Bare cultivated foreign alliances, been gtmerenisly prqfuse in the e4peqdituFe of the pqblic money, and equally foriartl in eatariirius of great me. mew, and big with expectation, is most certain ; but if we look to the result, in our foreign atid domestic relatiopi, it may be very (lily aughted, Nether, iheither of theist, reipects, the People of the Uuited Empire stand upon much higher girinil than they did, w hen those wise, provides, and sifea s ., roes politicians undertook the management of theft affairs. To say that they have been unifortnifeitt.' succesbfot in their measures woild„bS lllibeiralr because it would be false ; but Alte,, mischief •:14t, ;sere their success has been . omit Apparels/a as in the several military actioup &Whit tlitltara., • Lord livtinsu. paigni an the Peninsula, is where they themselves have least appeared ; whereas, failure has been most conspicuous, where the Ministers have been most bustlingly active. That this is neither eiiiison or declamation, but downright fact, will be perceived by any one, who looks into his own thoughts, atid - clamines his ideas of the different traps4ctiuns orehe war. No man attributes, in the remount ileirce, the honour obtained at the battle of Talavera to the Pursica ; whereas, the glory of the' Welchem Ea edition plays with pointed and concentrated splendours around the bcovt of tho Minister. To Lord CASTLEREAGH. we may say, in reference to that memorable event, nihil sibi cx ista laude centario, nthil prefect's:, nii#l cOz . ors, nihi,L turms, decerpit.—Quin ditto; ilia ipsa, renon humanarum Domino FogruNA in bilge se societatem glorice no‘ ()pa tib s i ced(l : foam ; essc tutam ac propriaas fatclar. Nunquam cam temeritas cum sapientia comnoiscelur, ncc ad consitium caaus. admittitur. With all due deference to Cicero, we assert that this language is at least as applicable to our re, l spected coontryman as to Cirsaa, as the following almost literal . version of the passage will pro/c. 4,4 No, no, my Lord, you can throw no share of the blame upon the General or the Admiral, the Colonel or the Captain, the Army or the Fleet. Nay, fortune herself, who bath such broad shoulders, and who is so ready to land the% for the support of blunders, that the vanity of matt. kind, is onwilling to take epee Itself, will not serve your turn upon this (weaken. phe your late Constituents, she has left your Lonithip in Word, She gives you full credit and complete alWwisoce for this far-famvk and much.laughed.at l 'hilpeditkoy. Not will all your circumlocution anik AVtillistinctness of statement ;' prevail wi th the Peo. .., 0 , plo it il the United Empire to confound, out of enesugiatent bp you, rashness with wisdom s or charms with design.' i ' Vs mind toi the public was natontsded by a ie. , crs the cause of which was easily to , 4 6 4 ow* „ be traced to the Ministers themselves ; but yet, In that temper, which has always distinguished the inhabitants of the British Islands, they looked to the meeting of parliament for information and re. dress. Yes, whatever the philosophers of the New School of politics may say, or even do„ the words of Lord VoacttEsTEß were strictly descriptive of the feelings of the people : " the expectation of the country," said his Lordship, " is directed towards µs ;I'• at which expression, a sardonic laugh was heard from the Treasury Bench, as if in derision of the. confidence of the country, and in aptieipatipo of its disappointment. We will venture to say that, If such wes the moo. ing of their irony, their foresiOt has been justifi. ed in the event, and that the disappointment and comment merti4Fation of the country have given life and spirit to a faction, which would otherwise be scarcely heard within the walls of the Senate, but vvhich now mingles its voice pith that of the people, to which it has in some degree given its owe tone, and may be nltirnately identified with it, if a total change both of • men and measures do not anticipate and prevent such a consent., maticoa of evil. Be this as it may, on the pti of 4anuary, Barliament was opened, or, to adopt the military langegge of Lord Viscount pm. Tt.Etteliclt upon a former occasion, c c the r a iiia. liannattstYy Campaign began." It Isnur"pprpose, 'l9;poesnance of . the soldier -like metaphor of our Iluttrious Countryman, to give a detailed account iff 'the events which have occurred• dttring this 'r,anipaign, in *lflticb i without any fifore or hyper. ig‘ bele, wp may safely aged, that the British Con. etitutiou hat entered more severe and deogerous, wouode, thxu ever have beep inflicter} opon her since the ppiod of ill ilevelittioo ! The Speech from the Throne, on the ropetipg of Parliament, avotipdly the committer? of Mi. Mater% contained a brief recapitulation of the politiCal events that bad occurred during the period of the recess, the fatal .termination of the Campaign on the partube ? —the Seandal9us failure ot the upedition to Walcherett p —the per ! chase of a peace by Sweden, wittiest consutting England a; to, the terms ef the hesitan t —the glori ous, but ineffectual victory of Talaveray—the tinbi r ous state of the two nations upon the feninfula,— . ant! the WO, tardy, end unwilling adoption of that, which ought t 4 have been the very first mea sure, after a strictly popular insurrection, the ai. : iambi) , of the Cortex in fipaln,—and the threatened , rupture with the United States of America. Each of these topics had undergone ample discussion among the people, and upon most of theist the pub : lie mind was made up. Whatevcr contempt the members of the legislature may atkct to entertain for the opinions and understanding of " those out of_ doors," certain .it is that the ogillilun 9f peellt of thel fieestiooe in either !louse of Parliament, did not throw one additional !ray ;of light upon any of them, pave 'wttai might be derimi from the pietopeica. . 001 At Official , documents, which were entirely within; the 'power of the Ministers titeo!sein", and' the colO s os!ve possefuoe of which, is bat i nlene gives pear that :0 of superiority' that they . ,-, • itriA ' • TH SIPATgSI44N.• , 7..."191"111;r(f,.. * •-• ' l * • ' ,• • - : - seem to hue over other men. thollpsoch friim the throne, his Majesty had been made to pro. wise " that such documents and papers should be laid before Parliament, as should Aria satisfac tory information epos the *abject of the Ex pedi. tiers." The caution, with which this promise was expressed, denoted an' intention of partial disclosure, and as the Chancellor of the Exche quer bad been, in his time, a very eminent Special Pleader, the terms, in which it was conveyed, were examined with, jealous and scrupulous atten tion by the members of the Opposition. To ob. slate any evasion upon his part, therefore, and for the purpose of bringing the Right Hon. Gen. tlernao at once to issue, Lord donee moved an amendment to the proposed address, which end ed by demanding, upon the pkrt of the House of Commons, " that the most rigorous inquiry into such disgraceful expeditions, should be instituted.". Now, although, Lord CASTLEREAGU professed him. self ready to submit to the most rigorous scrutiny into that part of the expedition to Waicheren, "for mk(dilt i e could be deemed to be at all responsible ;" though Mr. CANNING " put in his claim for his CO part of the responsibility," and Mr. PARCETA L " oas extremely anßious fmr, the most rigorous investigation of the whole of the business," yet i some ilo.lc In other, not one of teem could the proposed amendment, which, notwithstand. ing seemed. so well calculated to meet ti the rea. diners" of the first, the claim" of the second, and ". the eßtreme anxiety" of the third. Whe. Vier itwas that Mr. Pencevat, did not like inch. {hod notice,, or that Mr. CANNING 01 Rot cl Rie to receive any conceavion of indulgence from the enemy, upon OR classic Flociple of timed Danaos et dolts ferenles, or that ;, t ord Carmearaou did Rot think the Noble Meyer 4 " sufficiently distinct as to the (Neet of hie !amendment," they all ;poke in oppositiort to it, and in Cupped of . the original Address, which was earr i iAl bx a 'Hum-, pliant majority of ninety-sitr in favour of Mi. nistm. 'To be continued.) CEI,EBRATED PROPHECY. ~ In the yea 1792, the }.Ail oflivitaeoor. (then sitting in the Honourable Cominons House) rose, end t with a 11'011814k of- inspiration, while - de scanting on the state of France and the balance of power, informed the admiring Members, that 46 France was now in so deplorable a situation, that no change of circumstances entild ever render her a formidable rival; end, therefore i the only power on the Continent to be dreaded was— RI.ISSIA t $" Since this ezhilaratiogpropbecy was pronounced, eighteen years. bare eliipsed---eighteen years of nts done' calamity, fruitful in loss ormoney, loss of life, and loss of honour. France, who was then in " so deplorable a sititatien, - that no-eheng• of circumstances could ever render her a formidable rival,"—is now mistress of the Continent ; and all TAO LITERPOOIh exertions, and Mr. PITT'S ex ertions, and the Marquis WELLESLEY'S exertions, I and even Mr. PERtEYAL'S exertions, have only tended to exalt Fiance and to debase Europe,- -and instead of Resale being the only PoWer to be dreaded, every man of common understanding, (We do not mean either Lo;11 LsTrtipoop, or Mr. I Pencevar., or Mr. yoake, or Mr. LETitißtUatt, or any maili men) knows Well that Russia never his been nor ever can be- r at leapt hie centeries to come,--a power to be dreaded at all.—Here, thee, is a noble specimen of the political sagacity of a follower of the " immortal PITT,"—of a nian who is now ;elected by his SoTettetas as a fit per son to direct the energies of the State iu thiti hour Of trial, --and for whose " unheard-Of services!" . that SOvereign has most graciously tewarded • him with divers sinecures and places, " too numerous" hi the minpitebisnis quecklianp, t.i! to mention on 04 occunilon.r .. • To foie a military despot iiirtlitipg it oyer the. Continetit ? and threateeiqg Entilled, is indeed sufficiently olarming ; but when we al(► perceive,; that to oppose the wily Conqueror we have a go.. yeransent composed of Lords LIVERPOOL, Wet.. Lesuct, ant) PANnEN ? and .Mosin.ltino4n And yopLE, loculed by Mr. PeliCitYALe•l•Ottr . ti rcgn waOrwOri,4. 7 - 4 4 Thu Lord elsieeegeek yttgio bie toyed ! The coMpetative state of poverty tq Which the once opulent inhabitants of lenitiurgh are *me -40, may readily be inferred &on the following Cir., 'olll'sta:see ;—M'or.t.sTon, the freed?. Potingati-, der, had it recently its contees‘plating tO . mar.o the division tinder hip cominipd, emounttng to 15,009 min t tq the frontierp Hunaod t .*ltitthe view of encamping the for a limited time.. applied to ilieScoate to fereish the neeeiseiy plies ; but they, in repir, aeclared their 4nances . to. be Sq low, as tii"he unable to. ptirchese even the. Wood for hitildiqg huts and teinporary ereellire for the °Scars. Meltaxon remonstrated 2114, threatener], bet the Siiiite persisted hi their . decla, ration ; add inconsequence the Frencti General Was obliged toreliqvish his 400. Coati Excg*Noe, JOLT. Q.-4110 OP* PlWillt• of Wheat, coastwise, is.short, bet ctrisiderable lest week's foreign arrivale,, i lpseirtle of 94,00 Q. gaolers ; Age fully at last peke, ; Oeoails and oitlioary arc lieeity of 'sale; .Tocy little perky,' with Malt, •59PPort last cerrency ; Peas, and Beau), : of tJie two so; kiode v geaqy gets: . are in tolerable sepply with it_ demand, an d this trade esaiiiniiss its price ; wilhOut yerletiqp." wisest,' ." tios. Oat s , 5 . 00. 361. floe 3 dmo flea. no*. - 1 . +Mk t9g. 94 Ari l - 371.•4011. Vd. Bade*. - - .'• Od. Malt.. 76s. Ms. Ruse Seid - - '4656 BE6O W. l'Ons ( Kellen) 765. 8?..m. Vine NW* -•- - 9fs. WOO. nrec eraz,;.*; • - b(le. 554. Second* '9os. 9 5 '. !Imo, * 56i. 635. F y , . • -,—. .. _ _ . ' .2YIE $441 1 00 . N. , • . optaD,SATCRDAY EVENINII. The grail . Finale to do' week's a.Misseteent .(in the opinion of the'town at least) was given to day, when from Merton gelds, Mr. SADLER, and his' son went up in their car. This exhibition, which alike excited the attention of the ignorant and vul. . gar, and of the learned and great, had previously called the curiosity of Oxford to the Racquet. Court near Merton, where the balloon was shcwti at a shilling a head. By a special good cositrirance, the placards spoke of ten o't lock in the morning, though it was one quarter past two precisely, when . this aerial machine ascended. The spectacle was "very Ade. Merton fields and Christ-Church walks wore thronged; Cherwell and Folly' bridges ' crowded ; and every other place from which a view could be caught. The top'of every house; and ' what was really picturesque, the towers cifoter col. leagues, she wed between and above their venerable battlements, the eager spectators of this bold and concluding entertainment. The leads of the Rad:. cliffc library had their full proportion of visitors; where, in the midst of that inaguificent panorama; they more nobly saw the sight. From the sure „.. eoun'ding country, those to whom the eloqUent Latinity of a Prof essor PROWE, and the ardent poetry of a Student Comm *ear, if they could have heard them, would have been as nothing, hurried to ' ace a man getting up into the air, as if he contested • 'the prize with Jove's own 'bird.' The Ccx.t.Ncer,- Loa too was there. He, surrounded 'withfamily, and learning, and heuour, looked' at this eshibi.t 'on from the garden of Corpus Christi, with the eye 'of curiosity and science. Dr. Cootti, who . did him no particular service at the election, did hip nowell the honours of Corpus. The balloon ascended Immediately facing the railing of Corpus Garden. It was a very handsome one, such as would not have disgraced a 141 HARDT, or' a BLA No GUARD, a MosiTooertEa, .or a GARNSBIN. It was in colours, green, red, yellow, with black margins above ; then an inscription, With the st, e of Lord GRENVILLE, and the date of tiffs Chan. cellarian Election; underneath, stripes Of red and yellow ; and below all, a beautifully shaped and decorated ear." A long time was taken up in , '.filling the Balloon before Mr. Saut.re and, his Son wept into the Car ; the airy vehicle witithest • launched, and rose into the ambient element. - Of wind there was little ; what' there was came fruits the south-western quarter. The eeriel travellers proceeded over Merton College, and the Tower of Magdalen, where they dropped a white bag to the gazing and admiring Multitude below. 4hort, ly afterwards they favoured the earth with e blue one; tome of these 'fiagi were ornamented with h e raldidhearings ; the blue one was adorned With this inscription, ‘.' Prutected by.t#e Conqueror of Bonaparte, the Hero of Acre, Rear.Admirat . Sir Svaust Sstrrit,' .which blue flag they thre4 down, where, we don't yet know, 'but it fell into the fields some way off. The balloon rose *ierit well, but did not move to idistande quickly, 'be cause there was so little wind. lts nortli.eistiteels direction carried it'oyer Headington and Marsden • and towards Bistan, about 9 mile's aff. 'Vier it had got up in a very glorlons way, and after ‘bit two flags had been sent down, the Eronauts tiani, mitted us Other news of their reediest' in 060.: ailment, by a neat little White balloin: At ex: tied) , sir minutes from its ascension in (he Kertoil fieldi, the aerial ship (if one so . may call it) got into a beeutifulwhite cloud, and was' there hid for a time. The shy travellers ware s in' the - cloud for about three minutes, and afterward; their' flight was eieible, with telesCopic help', till •about a quarter of an hour before three: 'then, they were not discernible; they were it; the care of that Heaven they had ItspiOtt to, and hid left all our youths of poe t ic' ( an ti be4itFl, and. certainly helosq • them i such sere then; superior merits. 'Mr. S,taLza, the chief, end the paternal 4ronaul, has nut done had(' i his bills !Mee beeti stuck up in windows,aµ4l4, walls, stating his intich.to.he.regrected miifer l.l tulles, and his ancient imtrooige. Ili preselt. tripods arc active and alert to (res liim it:itfropl ~ ble and to satisfy his cliimints. He ill a oativ# / .._, • , . here, anu his brollrelf one of our pas t ry -Qa e 1:s. :lie has Nut teeth . many atlyethiemffti,,. Aunt $4 . mated his asecosioe with thslate Me t AVartpaael went 7 who up in his car from Moutse y HOW,' a , deeCended.ue shore, close to the confluence/ 0 . .4`, Thames anti the Medw ay, . and' who did honourap:". b 1,7 set on fobt a !übsolovion to relieep Mr. SAD . Lea'trout a weiitlit of Unmerited distresst - Today there has been, nolliing of University ilmuscinent or edification ; but only a Catieltilio4 of the whole Commemoration by aloft of general jebilee. Lord pietbJvi-o.r. (heed . at the Town. Han with the SteWartls of the Redrlre Lail OR: Wedatodey, pod et Christ Churc h on Thur . dayi sitting at .the right of the leen, on 'wiles" left was the Dike of S,ostitiasyr: i‘Testerdayills 11,,orttphio was molt magaificentlirrAtert"linell la if razeqese, ieMtilor, - pie' morning, • lo,werY . b° 4 ' was reaming to MPS - the llihi4iPOD Of the , 041 f .% IP the het of ..flast COftlill? Prilri6itf to '.tbelc ilittaer this dak. .TO-day Lord • Ottennt.l4 . 4/0i hie rep** Enter Cotiage,' artef payintiereira lilies ,to Oilferatit list& elitointis, 4c. Ife . hef4 .on Tnesclay, apd. yortfaraoyop kiti_4 of eve 4 . Boot ; .and ' em tholes rid Otlio Oli t ira! ttell i rt eroreanly his Po4torVoro. Rs Isar , •v; filit . , chit erenigg; for fiwown nolo s(41 , 00011, itf!.. I * Tuosas Getzwv i sitt eat 'wallet, 00), Itst4 itetif.a is iti. + 1 3164* numcleepa 'Vieltotief'our Wed e i hibitihns ive'llite . the Mat.. asses or' ly#Arcif. and . To'w,, ? ! S li f p, .113 • arivaldwa , lord yliatrfq ppitTG, I 4 . Marquis of 11, , r. 4 or. 'tw t w ho y titetv a Pa !pl„ the Hon. *Mr. Stalthaqi ~Tha platelet/mt. .fold 's ii 0 boitfati,aigh". Oriliedo Li!,t.bli.o. k. .not borne: hip Uelpo 41000 - 1400p4otiiriqi engaged ; ' aid 'tit, nap* ofltlit r ?? .il liettil, l a .. hes ? aceOrdlng t" mtcliiiral: riiii * e o sse .r iit 14 1 '4 tar . staying awhy. ... •.., is the whole nf Os bnpitiljfi Itis lveM? bighlt cro. .diteble noir hOentsreile to the :T/hieeisity. in i respect!, pride:( pi ,th r otiirestalli n! 4 4 talents of the )iotibg ITO,' i'iliicli lifilltilielis'e that . ought never to 'be Pitied .; at 4 Ptli'itile . teacher - and the oggooptisheit scholar • `1%41 cr , ow I I . • •••• • j . • . t . • w, I d' t Y Is t• is is re Oa Os . _ _J~