The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-12-27 00:00:00

hilil (thc o .... ' LOPla l la 74.110RESS .0 VIC PEOPLE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. [Continued from our !hew or Dec. 12.. j I shall now endeavour to perform my promise spec tieg the corrupt means used by the..present Aiministratioo to contract Newspapers in , general, 6 ,4 particulasly. to DESTROY the I Notettnettece of oeSusrasman. It is notorious to all Wunt.o t he, at the present moment, there ale several owietve and Evasive PATERS, enclusive of m e i:ly Peblications, fu the pay of the pres e nt mi. l i ite r.,bired fur the purpose uf propagating falsehood sad calemny, witha view to mislead the Public, and t oo their attended from the dangers which our. ro und the country.. I do not think it necessary to l otion the wheslo of those Hireling N u ts, b u t shall s hortly notice the following as the must con. toeless —namely, the Morning Post, the Courier, the s u n, and the Pilot. It Is equally notorious that, from sonie of these venal sources of corruption, the present Ministers (as well as those in Mr. Pirr's Administration) are in the habit of circulating a considerable number of papers daily, fur the use of the public Offices and other !looses, froth in town and country, to poison the mind , of the Penile; the whole of which forced cirrulatil.o is actually paid f o r out of the Purvis The Morning, Post being t wiversally allowed to excel all its c u mpetitrirs in venality, falsehood, aro! Oiler, I have placed it at the head of the li st , as a wooneitt of P OLITICAL [SLIMY. I hate but little 1 te outs ledge of the Proprietors of this Prins, previous to its filling into the hands of Mr. DANIEL STUART, , tie live Proprietor. Mr. STUART conducted 'the Notting Post for several years upon fair and We, pendent principles, until he was (for certain name. less reasons) induced to change his rotaries,. and two the Paper in favour of Mr. Pict's Adeinis. onion. The effect of Mr. STUART'fi dereliction of principle is well known to the Public, as in a very few years he realised a large fortune, and sold the Yarning Post fot SIXTEEN TIIOUjAND IVIINDS, reserving a share to himself worth shoat 20001. more, although he had purchased it for the paltry sum of Five ffundred Pounde! The per was perchesed by some Ministerial men, and occasionally called the " NABOB'S PArcR ;" but. there have been some changes since Mr. ST U ART parted with it, and for suave time past it has been conducted by a Mr. BYRNE ' , who appears as the erosible PROYRIETOR of it, and it is generally en. derstood he has a haodsume allowance fur taking anon himself the responsibility of the Paper. This Grades.* kas been wonderfully fortunate in escaping the retribution of the 1.4 w, for all -the' SEIIIkORIP/OJEY ARTICL E S 14411 . been pebiished moat Mot conternptible criat, until Virg recently, when in 'Sicilian was brought against him by Mr. Ikon Btu., a very respectable merchant in the City, for a gross Libel, peblished in May last ; and I understand the same . article was copied bats some other Government Prints, namely, the Courier, the Sun, and the Pilot. I have not the honour of knowing Ar. El but it might 'have been well fur the course of Public Justice, that he had proceeded by Indictment, or Criminal Information, as the course malty pursued against NEW , PAPER MEN. My moire for pointing out this mode of proceeding, in preference to the other, Is to try if there be any 1410ALITT in the application of the present con structinn of the Law of Libel. I hope it will be sell understood by the Public, that a Ft NE levied Nina these Ministerial Agents is no burden to them, as long as they continue their political creed ; so that the bulk of the People are nut only kept in the dark as to the real state of the country, but hare the pleasure of paying for the DECEPTION into the bargain ! It may not, perhaps, be amiss to give a short sketch of the character of Mr. BYRNE, the ostensible Proprietor of The Morning Poe. I have nut even a personal knowledge of this Gen. deems, but I am informed by those who do know him, that is early life, when he obtained an honest nointeftance, as a JODRSIZYKAN PIIIIITSR I at Wa. terford, and afterwards iu Louden, he Nos much esteemed for his upright conduct. From a printer, he became a RIPORTER in the Hoses of Commons, end lam told he gave pascal satisfaction to his employers: he veal then considered as l i firin sup. porter of the Rioters and LIIIERTIRE of the Pco. is therefore much to be lame-died, that a man of this description should !sod . 11itaself to a CORRUPT ADIIIIIISTRATIOS. I shall, for the present, take my leave of Mr. Bvn and his worthless Paper, the Morning Post, having a much more pleasing object.kefore me ; namely, that of congratulating the Friends of Freedom, and all real lovers of the Bitreiso Coe runnels, ou the great VICTORY obtained by MT. Torem over Sir IfICaRY GIERq, in the Court of lines Rct , eb, during the Trial of Mr. 13vanz—a ricloay, of which it is impossible to foresee all the advantages likely to result from it. Had I known that there was soca ASIAN to bufound at the Bar as Mr. TOPPING, I should not hare sutfered judgment to go by default, and might, 'by the employing of this honest and able Counsel, have probably avoid. ed the sentence of Two Years IsiPrisonmen t in ilia Majesty's Gaul of Newgate. The Law of Libel seems to have taken a very Sudden turn since I appeared in CoUrt ; but thee, Too vice, 191,.. Neal boll la 01 litio ot 04 1 OPlii ) e re' , 3 3 ILO I stet on tb D DI rrial ,rung 1 trill it 11 1 ni TOE STATESMAN. a rAilltuN in all things, and the manly and teas. serty conduct of. Mr. TOPPING ) not only did elec. trify the ATTORNEY-GENERAL ) but the whole Court of King's Bench felt the force of his argument. The Public, therefore, are •no longer at a loss for. an alsToe-ATI: able to contend with Sir VICAIT dines ; ang it is much to be lamented that this able advocate had never an opportunity of facing the ATTORNEY-GEkettAL before upon a similar , occa.: SiOn. It is also piobable that his exemplary con duct may have a powerful effect upon the minds of other Gentlemen at the Bar, who have hitherto wanted eoultaGit to AMMO a man who had the misfortune to fall into the hands ofthe A GENERAL, by ex officio prosecuting, in the name of the King, but, in fact, at the instigation of the MiNisTeus ; fur, be it known to those who arc ignorant of such proceedings, that any one of his Majesty's Ministers has We power to order the So licitors employed by the different Government ()dices to institute a criminal prosecution against any person obnoxious to him, who has, by any ac sciacnt whatsoere.r, expelled himself to the vengeance of the law. This is the present wretched state of things in this country ; and such has been the 1 state of the Bea for sonic time put, that as AoyousTE was not to be found to stand up against the merciless attacks of the ATTonNee-Ga i tieital: The Courier Newspaper' being at least tlie coed vehicle fur the circulation of falsehood to up. hold the present weak and wicked Administration (as well as that of• Mr. Puy's), I- shall wide*. your to give the Public a short outline of the conduct of this notorious Print. The Conner Was formerly in the hands of Messrs. P.taitys, two brothers of respectability, who had the mis. fortune to incur the displeasure of Mr. Pm, by their independent conduct. These Gentlemen were built prosectited for a Libel on the Emperor PAUL (fur whom it is well known we had no great respect at the time of his death),, and they were both. sen. tenced to a flue, and one with the addition of im. prisoniumit io the King's Bench. The Publisher was also sentenced to imprisonment. Previous to the expiration of their sentenced, Messrs. PaltaYS were threatelied with ether Prosecutions ; in con. sequence of which they deteenined to sell the Pa. per, in order to escape the anxiety and dangers of their situation. Mr. DANIEL STUART was the purchaser of the Courier, who carried it on for some years in a re. spectable and indepeudent tumor; but, for rea. sons best known to himself, and easily conjectured by others, he changed his course of politics in like manlier as before he had dime in the Morning Post. I have not so much ar evest a personal knowledge of this Gentleman, but I am told he is mucks,. spected hi private life. lam told, hoireVer, that he has shorn great luting in the la ANAGIMENT of Nee - seams, having realised a considerable fortune by them. There aresome circumstances retakes to the political charisster of Mr. STUART, which may prre interesting to those who are unacquainted with them. I am informed there was a Society, called the " Friends of the People," ' institoted above twenty years ago by several Iritlependeet Members of Parliament, to which Mr. Stumm Wee Secretary, and had a salary of two hundred pounds a year, with the privilege of lodging at the Society's house in Frith.street. This Society broke up seen after the Trials of Masers. Weeny, Tinier, and others ; and the remaining stock of cash, amounting to about six hundred pouuds was picatentelj to the Se. cretary. Mr. STUART at this time was not in very singes circumstances, and soon afterwards ,stood iu need of further pecuniary assistkuce, which *as afforded him by the Friends and Supporters of his Papers, which were then in opposition to Mr. Pires..A4l.. ministration.—Mr. STUART, not bulling the coned he was steeriug so profitable as he could wish, changed the politics of his Papers; thu .Vorning Post and Courier, in favour of )dr.PlTr's Adtuitti. stratine, from which he received such.Emo‘vatesT, u very soon enabled hies to' repay the stoney he bad borrowed of his rota= Fatencis, with in. terest! ! Bet no sooner had Mr. STUART turned his back upon his OLD TRIENDS, and felt the sweet of his KEW OFFIOR, than ho hegats.4o attack them without mercy in a wholesale way forgetting the favours he had received, and also forgetting that he had been the CONVIDENTIAL SICCRTTARY to the " Friends of the People," and having been very liberally rewarded for his services. The Sun, another Ministerial, Paper, was origi: nally establiuhed by a gentleman of respectability under the influence of Mr. Purr ; and. although I have not the honour of knowiug the gentleman, I am told his political principles accorded with those published in the Paper, and was made no sacrifice.. It has since been transferred to a gentlenian of whom the same may be justly said. I do not think this a sufficient apology for always peb. lishing such articles as an imbecile Ministty may think fit to send, and for which there is, Do • doubt, a considerable emolument drawn ; but the Paper has been consistent, sod its misdeeds arc nut tip be reprobated like those of the Morning Postand Clunrier. The Pilot, another Government rrint, is per. I . hips o f less Impanel tAkthe public than any of ~.,...-:..r~- ,~ •~ do km:pingo* Sat circulation is very trifling. l'his Print war allginally established as an Inde. pendent Joultaii find I believe merited a better fate , than has befallen it;, bat So man can commaed cue. cess, and there h an old adage, that" 'necessity has no law." This is perhaps the best, if not. the only apology that can be made for any Journal (or ra. Cher thupersons interested in one) leading Mein. selves to a feeble and corrupt Administration . for the sake of " base lucre." Ido nut wish to hart the feelings pf any gentleman concerned in the Pilot, and I am more disposed to pity than to blame them for the part they - hay:: taken, knowing es I do the difficulty they' had to encounter ; but' haring pledged myself to lay open to the, public the abuses practised by the present Miniatry, itt re. gard to Newspapers, I feel it incumbent upon me to be faithful and just. It is little snore than two years Since the was taken top by the present Administration, and has, since it has been, so taken up, received the Government Advertisements as the wages of prastitntion, independent of other favours. The Paper is now particular/2i oituched to Ike WELLest.ry family, although it was previously very handle to theas. t ' . • It is truly degrading tali GREAT NATION:, to see its MINIsTENS reduced to the necessity of bribing every Journal, bulk great and serial!, to support their measures, and to preserve their places, for which they levy a .contribution• upon the public purse ; but it is equally important-for the People at large to know, that the present Administration hate thought fit to STOP the GOYERSINENT An. earensemeters from a Journal of extensive oittula. Lion, merely because it was in opposition to their ill-judged measures, and would not be Made subser vient to.. their views. The manner in which the present.men obtained their FI.ACES, is not more dui- . honourable to themselves, than the herd of venal Prints which sulixortad them ; and it is to be hoped the indignation.of the Country will lie proportioned to their deserts—more need not be required. It was my intention to have given • literal Copy of a Letter received ut THE STATINNIAS Office, a short times after the " No Toccoa y Mem" came into power ; but at, the Letters were written confidentially, by a Gentleman in Scotland, and merely as au Agent of the parties, I do nut think it would be proper or just to give more than an extract from one of them, as follows 1— " My friend is Wriogsli dispsied to purchase, and if he " could procure Taro Maass, to which extent he would have " on objection to go, I Sirtidd 'then toy before yotionr view! ' " of PATRONAOR by a CPR POLL fiCAL PRIN. " CLIMES, which I latter mivelfreleht meet rterapproba• flora. " • • • , By the foregoing }Attract It le obvious there 4ras a letter prior to that (tom Which, the extract is taken on tbe seltjust„ the purport:of which was to ',Ay, that the Gentlemen world purchase. one moiety of Tim SviTaesidd PATER, " alt CONDITION or ITS PoLITIOS BliiNCI CHANGED, kNO. PUT TiNlailt TS& CoNTROUL . OF TOR PuictiAssa." • • I Will not make any comments upon these let ters ; I leave the Reader to form his Own con. clusion--but I must take (his opportunity to mess. tion 'mother circumstance of some impotelleti? Which appears to be intimately cos*ticlok . WA4W• present subject —I alltide to the netreaosaf the Goverawnent adeertisements to the STimainditr,which took place shortly after this peri'iriki Hbf which No , treasos with•reTta was assigned Ilse different Public Offices, otherwise than " i lhey were -to be istsioNTINOTIOIII future." Some remonstrances were made to the principal Clerks in the different Offices, 'but in vain; and, with the exception of some very insignifieant orders, the stilverlisetnelltS have ever Sintee been .w ithheld from the STATESat AN, notwithstanding they are regularly given to other Newspapers, many of which have not half the circulation. • . , I resolved, a fewnionths past, to make in appli cation to some of the Government Offices, with a view of obtaining the Advertisements, and pointed out the etriderkt partiality and impropriety of their conduct baltards myself on this occasion, as well as the certalninjury done to the public service, by confining their favours to the Journals chiefly 'con . - ,duated on different political principles. I likewise. *rote to Mr. Pincerer. upon the same subject, And in the manner above destivibedlitint I had so ' hopes of .success, that I did noOkeep a copy bf si own letters. I shall therefore inaert the a nswers . . which I received in reply to them, as follow, etml likewise a copy of my seeped letter to Mr. Nam wit, In reply to Mr. LISNIIITIS. 66 taglarlat Pori-Office, deg. 8, 1810. shoeld !to Tore replied to your letter of the lat.leptupt. A,TMlNstilotake tke pleasure of itt# Lords the thsiiebjectt andl now regret•to acquaint rat,' their Lordibips 6 not think it expedient ta'satead ty of Newspapers In which the ofkiat Adettissisents ateilliNtild. I ptalinot 7a are aseare,thitt ibire art sevemt obet tmi 4t7 lithe same predicament atTstiStAintiontf de • • • :I• 66 batrehe honour to be. 8/r. . -• • " tour obeitisettleneek • - TRA.IIICI3 FREELINO, Illemnlenh 01 o.l4fritti,` 201.8tattematt01110." , • '• • [Mr, ',Arm considers the last passage of Kr. Famaso's hater as a -mere subterfuge, as lie. lieves there is not a Daily Paper in London,. Tiza STATISMAN excepted, that doss not receive the Pod. Wee Advertisements.] • • . - r. 7- 7 01 * "API fon". dir.l, into. 14 SIR.—In Amer to your letter; requatifing pensimlos ty insert the Linty of Game Certificates .in Tag Senessmaw, I have to acquaint you, that those Lids are out published ia ass Emits, Newspaper. ‘• I am, Sir, " Your mkt bumble serve* • " M. -WINTER. " D. Lovst.t., Esq. Statesmen Me." [The object of Mr.Loyara.'s applicatios to Mr. W I NTS was for to rum, Advertbssests et the Tat.Office t and not for the Game Doty *lnui t " therefore he considers the answer as a mere evatiqn 4 • and he has also reason to believe the Game 410 Lists are inserts in some Evening Papers.] it " 0 . 01,C of OtiMpiCe, Oct. 10..1.10. .1 SlR,—Busing submitted to the Board year km:44,0% day's date, requesting permits* to insert la Tut Susususli Newspaper. the Goseronseut Advmeseturats froui this Mier um, in reply. e•unniatut. d to urge :int you, the B.,:erd du lout think proper to direct their Aden usesiests to be ittbette4 Is Tut STATZSZAR New , paper. " I am, Sir, 44 Your most obediea humble ssetrant, " D. toriect. . 4 , B. W. CREWE. `. Asa Office, Fleet-street." I " Downing-street. 1418 Odder, 1810. Imo receivcd Mr. Peac vd L'S directions to ac quaint you, hi reply to your letter of the 11th of this enootli4 that ite is not aware tb.st T. SIATESIIAN i tletspaper Iw any such claim to be employed by the Governmeit, as should induce him to cau-e directions to he giveh to the Public Oliva to insert their Advert iwineuts in that Paper. " I am, Sir, your obedient,' humble Servont. " J. C. II IittRIER.. • " The Editor of Tit ESTATIYAW 4ft Newepoper." 1 I To the Right limy. Srencia Pottcqv Chancilileof ll, Exchequer, dic. etc. &c. • ; I‘lll l .—l Inn obliged by your directing na anitypellit,ll9 givestto my truer of the 11th instant, althonskit tineapef Jaht cord with my wishes. I • I' 44 . 1 have not the vanity to think Two STATILIIIOI/1 Xescip ; paper has any claim' to a preference from Government, in eel Bard to the Advertisements for the Public ; bat I ast decidedly of opinion it 11 entitled to is fair sad equal ohne* ut them, notwithstanding the diftrence of political sends/teats r I theveftwe view the stoppage and withkohilieg of the Advetthe 4 ' menus from Ts C STA . : six am, 1t 4 41a act of oppresoloa lend great injustice to as isdividuni, us well es injury to the Public seta vice. 4. I A s p tine, stoalte the liberty to mention another eh' suus t a ueu o f some Importance, which hits every appearance of tieing coimectestwiie the present sulAject ; namely, that re' clout to the Adtertiseineots being withdrawn from Tea STAISSISah, an application wai made by a Gentleman le Scotland, to purchase one moiety of the Parr for is Friend at a distance, on condition of Pc being put wider his eontroul, arid to support the ittanres of the present dtrineinistration ! The losmositi helm rejected, the Gm/eminent Advertisements were iMbliftfterw6tds wleadrawn. The letter kin my prow/slots, it yaw costrtairs a doubt of its authenticity. 4 , I 'hall also myself of the present opportunity 's McMinn a rel.% glaring loseince of partiality towards the Pros written of Newspapers,—l allude, sir, ta ,one of the most sigmllicam, then in uppositiou (which printed an more than Cur hundred daily), being taken up . hy the Govenntwat shoot two years ago, and his ever since rereived the•puldie ad vertls • ments ds a reward for its services. I could mention other is stoical of a similar nature; but I apprehent what I have a'. ready stated is Bette socricieneto peove the system which bus b,en ca rried on during your.Admiaidtraiinn. • " am win idling to believe, Sir, *lint you have any knows. ledge of Aerie worametions ; and, elm° a farther iriview of the bosinew, 1 am inclined to think you will admit the justiceof uy chile. I bare the hammy tn.hes , Sir. " Yuman Obedient ,floathle Smoot. • '• P. I:OVELL" " Statesmen Oftlie,lllth oct. PCRCETAL did not tenant**. to return rail itilivrivto my lag letter, but I have great reason tb believethat my presumption it making these appli, cations to himself, and the different Public °Aces, had a very powerfui effect upon certain oilier pro. reeding: then hanging over my head, ibootty welt known to the Public, and *MA till than I had reason to hope were suspended. I Shall, however, . take An early opportunity of entering, more fully into that subject, • and will ontle6voltr to explaili some Circumstances relating to the'`present Cow. 'lieu : ellen of the LAY of , Liseri. • , , • PIAVE sisot, 74inegatei Ike. In, 1810. • It will be demonstrated by the slivirion on Afoot. day, whether the Miuisterlal perfect of placing 46 barren sceptre" hi the handl of a Reamer, oats possibly be sanctioned by tI4 R4resentatives• of the People, whs4 • from one end of the fJulted Kingdom to the other, concur in sentiments that nothing short of the immediate delegation *fibs ficient Regal Authority can rescue the Country, at this distracting crisis, from the onerits Ghat suer. ro und it!. Will it then - 1* suffered to become a serious question, whether the thin s A.,P466111C • of the Throne; or Mr. Barrister . Peact:vaL, shall be the Rimester of these Realms I We may safely arister this by 'l% prediction, that all the arts of Cabinet intrigue will prove unavailing. The Illustrious .Personage, who, on this momentous occasion has so wisely abstracted himself from -party influent° of every description, is not likely 'to be swayed from his patriotic views by the sue. rabid "wiles of s Ministerial trickster, and become ass 66 instrument," as easy to be " governed untlae his fingers and thumbs, " as the ventiges ok' a pipe!" No; for ,Mr. PERPEVAL now finds, to hia political discotodture, that ...though be may fret, be cannot play upon him," • By the Jests, Capt. Glees, acc.sunts have Barra received from Alicant, of- the 16th alt. General BLAZE had then arrived at Aliaant, to embark on board the Dryad frigate, which arrived there fro* suite, Cadl ar Cadiz, leasi ng ' President t h e i r rd the h ß til eg A m i s d e es y.. de lfn a h ni i P sa a rr n ! sal at Jklicant, be levied a coetribetiow on the in e habitants, for the support of his army, which said to have' eiperieneed, 'come repulse. It Ap. pears that one of the divisions, commanded by 131.6R11 ia person, madetinwttack upon the town of alma, where* Freildh Nees was colfelted. Get. 1 but maw, • r S t: All ate a ly alteel'a they vr d er t t o :p a p r ri Pr aall isi o tie f fi cie bo rn ak!asegitn it 21 , 4 1 h e l o st WO men tilled, anti $OOlll thbottilts Ifs She attempt, • • • I ... • k