The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-01-07 00:00:00

....',. I. ‘ All • PARIS PAPERS. ORDER OF TI ) 1 AMSTIRDAM DEC. 27.—A vi ol ent gale from the N. W. has caused the loss of a ship of th e line, and " soLot" 3l— ' several vessels coming from the Bil tic. The convoy was self of the great 1 sectional Junta, underthe Hera 74• The shiprarl ashore on the North Hero, 74. various points of links, off the Texel. All th efforts made during ;oa the ot the 24th, to get to ber, we unavailing. It was ns ; you did not i only on the 25th that we could approsch her— plete victory has no thing was found but the wrecks. The crew cer- of Arragoo ; we tainly perished. , A brig, called the Grasshopper, which are 40 C went over the North Haeks. The pilot of the Furet CARO and knows µ•i - g sing on board, pilots ctl her into the Niew Diep, Army the capitulation where she now is. Ole carries 18 32-pounders. instant 2,500 met The transport Arc 'merles run ashore, but the crew Brigadiers and t were saved. T prisoners from these two ships are miners, who rer just arrived h they are 141 in number. Two • t s 19 pieces of artil other brigs lost to the North of the Texel ; but • we beliert the crews are saved. Other shipwrecks (Cones took ;dace during the same gale on the coasts of the Isles'of Eyeriand and Te rschelin g , and we expect obtained "We acousidre am s iyesitive details relative to them . taking a large c • • PARIS, JAN. S.—Their Excellencies Marshals the —( Redactor Gc flukes of Elchingen and Reggio are arrived at P aris. nue. We had n( Arr. Malls. Due. 1 . Dublin . .... ..,3 0 1 r I Cadiz 0 Guernsey 1 .... ........ ... Jersey n 1 ---------------' PRIOR Or STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank India Bonds 17s. O 'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Cons. Rd E xc h e quer Bills 9d. Idle. 1 pr. 3 per Cent. Red. 65}} Ditto Sid. 2 5 pr. 4 per Cents. 7131 f Oniniunt 5 per Cent. Navy_ Kit Consols for Aect.64ll Long. Ann. I 6 M 6 Lottery Tickets ,C2l 5 ~. ~~~ 4,1 THE STATESMAN. LONDON: TUESDAY) JANUARY 7, 1812. The Master of a vessel (cartel), arrived on Sunday, I ° at Dartmouth, from Modal:, who states, that six American vessels, bound to London, have been taken and carried into Morlaix within this last fortnight• By the Dispatch packet, which has brought a Mail from Cadiz in fourteen days, we have received Spa. nish Journals to the 20th ult. From these we learn , that Valencia held out so late as the 10th, and that the enemy have again withdrawn their troops from St. Roque; a movement which is attributed to the want of provisions. The meditated attack upon Tarifa seems also to have been abandoned for the present. St Itoque is now occupied by BILL %STE.' nos in person, and his advanced posts are stationed at Los &nos. In anorthic, dated Elras the 7th ult.it is said, a there is a talk here that 13adajoz is to be be sieged—that General Him. will fix his head-quarters in Cacares--that the French from Placentia are re tiring, and that the last convoy proceeding to Ciudad Rodrigo was obliged to retrogade on account et the unexpected movements of Lord WELLINGToN. "- • - lt is not impossible that his Lordship may again attempt the siege of Badajoa, and that the enemy may be re tiring from its neighbourhood to assist, in some new operation ; bat when we find that the relief of Ciu dad ltodrigo was officially announced in recent Paris Papers, while this is denied in the above article from Elvas, we are igelined to regard the whole of its contents as mere idle runtouit. The following are extracts from the Cadiz Papers : " CADIZ, DEC. 15. " The intelligence from Valencia comes down to the 4111 inst. at whirl time it gallantly defended itself. Letters from Knee -1 Ala to the '6th ult give as an idea of the extreme penury which that peopk, worthy of a better fate, suffer."—(itedutteur n,rai, Dcc.ls.) 66 CADIZ, Drc.l9. " We are :mitred, that up to die 10th inst. nothing new had occurred in Valencia, whose defence continues, n ithout the cue say having wad• any advances of consequence towards the color ',lesion of dick design."—( Itedecteur General, Dee. 19.) " CADIZ, Dec. 16. " The last expedition prepared with so much tare and ease (ton by Souza. to destroy BILLASTEROP, has had the same issue as all n former. Ac army, amounting, we arc armired, to 1 18,t10 mwr, resliged our General to place himself under cover of the artillery of Gibraltar, and at the same time threatened to in eat Tarifa, garrisoned by a body of English and Spanish troops, under the command of General Caron. lie was busied in forming roads fur the heavy artillery ; had drawls reinforcements frimt the army of VICTOR. and every thing attananeed a violent and formidable attack. The asove - nents, however, of the pa triotic parties and light troops on the rear of the enemy, had re duced them to Coe greatest scarcity of provisions, and after haw lag remained for -noise daysat only half a ration a day, they be gan their retreat in the night, between the llth and 12th hastaat. Our troops on the 19tn pccupied San Roque and Las Beans, and had made some prisoners." I 1 ; 1 .1 tA .: ff . I ; i . , , !!, : i 4 'tit; Ii " CADIZ, Drx. IS. - 6 eternal CAPONS, ander date of the 13th InsL from Tarifa, writes as Th.. enemy yesterday retired from Si. Item ue and Los II inas. (Cen. B.sii.Arrzaos occupies the fira place, and his alvanced posts the second. lam assured they contintiel th:.ir retreat, which is not the case with the corps in my front. con tosii lig of Igh).) men. A few days ago it wished to make a rerun noi hick I prevented. Yesterday, this army presented them ' es a i:h ail th..ir force towards the Convent de LA Leiz (half a front this place), I marched with 'WO Spanish ii.fa try -valry, to receive them ; and by a . rapid and imposing -ompelled them to retire for shelter to the Sierra, Nadn. The forces of the Guerilas caused them 'lssey also suffered on former reconnoisleres.— t has been, that Deena was coining to be t that his sniffer) was on the 11th, in Reton ; he hat desisted from bit intention, which -cement made in their camp, and the time their arriving here." --" In the morning of yesterday, the in number 3,500 men, with 11 calibres. It is to be presumed they hat the -700 men they advanced to of concealing the retreat. i-ch to-day to incommode the ene -cis°, Dec. 17.) " Y ELVES, Dec. 7. Aajoz is to be besieged ; thin 1 . - -quarters in Caceres; that the ra are retiring; and that the last Igo, was o' lilted to retro movements of Lord Ww ~h 1 .~ . TTII STATESMAN. " SEVILLE, Nov. 28. ORDER OF THE DAY TO THE ARMY OF ARRAGON. Dated Camp of Murviedro . Oct. 23, 1811. " %Lomas !—The General Chief, BLAKE, availing him self of the great power with which, as Presideut of the insur rectional Junta, he was invested, succeeded in collecting front various points of Spain, an army of 30,053 infantry and 2000 Wise; on the gslh, in the morning, he gdvauced and attacked com ; you did not calc ulate the manner of the enemy ; our plete victory has again preyed to Spain the valour of the Army of Arragoa ; wo have taken 450 J crisoners, 212 Officers. among which are 40 els Colon or Lieutenant-Colonels, and Generals Cleo and ---- ; we have taken 16 pieces of artillery. The Army knows with pleasure that the victory of Saguia= caned the capitulation of the fortress and fort of the said place. At that instant 2,500 men defiled by the breach, among which werande ts 50 o Brigadiers and eighty superior Officers, 220 artillerymen, miners, who remain prisoners o c war . Considerable magazines, 19 pieces of artillery, and 6 flags fell in our power. (Signed) SUCHET." (Conciso, Dec. 12.) " CADIZ, Dec. 20. " We are assured that the partizan,' Don JULIAN SANCPIEB has obtained considerable advantages in Castile, and succed in taking a large convoy after having been in considerable dan ger ." —( Redactor General, Dec. 40.) I e had not obtained a full copy of the Speech to both Houses of Parliament when our Paper was sent to press. We shall be able, we trust, to give it in a Second Editien.—The following, we believe, may be relied on as an accurate sketch of its con- tents :- ‘ 6 The Speech begins by stating, that his Roya, Highness the PRINCE REGENT has ordered to be laid before Parliament the Report just made by her MA JESTY'S Council to the Privy Council, respecting the state of his MAJESTY'S health ; from which report the melancholy fact appears of his NlAJE,re's conti nued illness; which lamented circumstance imposes the necessity of a new arrangement, for the more permanent discharge of the Royal Functions, while every provision should be made for the preservation if the dignity and comfort of his MAJESTY, and for his easy resumption of the Royal authority, in case of his hiAsestY's wished-for recovery. " It congratulates the country on the conquest of the important colony of Java, so essential to the se curity of the British Empire in India, and which may become still more interesting when the ap proaching renewal of the East India Company's Charter is taken into consideration. " In looking to the seat of war in Spain and Por tugal, there is nothing to damp the hope of the ulti, mate success of that glorious contest. The spirit of resistance in the people, and the activity of the Gue rillas, continue unabated and unrelaxed, notwith standing the partial successes that have been gained by the enemy; and every thing may still be expected from a cordial and well-combined co-operation of the Guerillas with the regular forces. By mutually as sisting each other, much may be done ; but their se parate exertions will be of little avail. The affair of Arroyo der Molloy* was vast brilliant and com plete, and has tended much to the security of that part of the Peninsula. " The negociations with America are confirmed, and have already succeeded in adjusting the question of the Chesapeake; and an anxious desire is enter tained to settle, in the same amicable manner, the other points in question, consistently with the mari time rights of Great Britain. 64 With respect to Ireland, the Speech alludes only to the state of her finances, which it is recommended to Parliament to use their best endeavours to con tinue to Improve. " Reference is also made to the state of the harvest, any deficiency of which, it is hoped the wisdom of Parliament will provide for. '• The Speech concludes with an acknowledgment of the difficulties with which we are surrounded ; dif ficulties which his FLOTAL lifftNi.sr hill exert every power entrusted to his hands, not only to sur mount, but to maintain, unimpaired, the honour, the glory, and the prosperity of his MA.' ores faithful people." ilis Royal Highness the Duke of CustazetANn, Viscount NEWARK, alsd MASTERTON Lnt, Esq. the T'ru'e cos under the will of the late Sir Jour JOUN STONE, Bait. met yesterday, at two o'clock, at Cumberland-house, St. James's, and remained in consultation for two hours. This was the first meet ing of the Trustees, it being deferred till Mr. URE'S arrival ficim ;Cotten& We understand that the ar rangements of the Burghs of Weymouth and Mel co ern Regis, which return four Members to Parlia ment, is entirely coulided to the Trustees by the will of the deceased: . Capt. Lewis Sitteneann is appointed to the com mand of his' Majesty's ship Victory, pro temporc, Capt. D.:mAISESQ being absent on. Admiralty leave. The Address to the, PaiNcE REGENT, in the House of Lords, will be moved by the Karl of SHAMS. BURY, and seconded by Lord BERNARD. Mr. SFIF.RIOAN had a long. conference yesterday with the PRINCE ItzGENT, at Carlton House. There is a report that Sir FRANCIS BURDETT in tends to move an Amendment on the Address in the House of CaMmons this day. The first object of the attention of Parliament will of course be the settlement of the Roval Household, and the estabishment of a permanent Regency. The warrants for the quarterly dividends have been received by the Bankers, and the payments to them sad the public in general, will commence to-morrow at the Bank. Mr. Hoare TooKE has recently had a relapse, but has ri covered, and is in a wonderful state of health, considering his advanced age, and the - frequent shocks of, his disorder. Sir THOMAS PLOMER will recover a considerable portion of his money out of the hands of Mr. WALSH'S Assignees, having been able to identify several Bank-notes, to a considerable amount * that were paid Oil draft w favour of WA141.1 at his Milkers. , IPPI . 1. • Paris Journals to the 3d instant, arrived yester day. They contain some farther details of the me lancholy effects of the late storm on the Dutch coast. Marshals NEY and OunlNor arrived at Paris on the Ist instant. Two ships yesterday arrived from Ostend, which bring accounts from the French coast to Saturday last. A strong persuasion prevails in France, that there is a treaty on the tapis between that Empire and the American Republic. The principal difficulty alleged is, that the claims of the United States under the Rambouillet D'cree, must be settled prior to any amicable arrangement of this nature. Government has resolved to grant no import li cences in future from any port without the Baltic, except to such vessels as shall have previously ex ported from this country M. for each ton, by admea. surement, in British manufactures or colonial pro duce. This order does not affect France, Holland, or the White Seas. The Martha, Maxwell, from Quebec, was taken, and carried into Calais on the 21st ult. ' An American Messenger has been conveyed to the out port by a cartel from Morlaix, but ho had not made his appearance in London yesterday afternoon. A 'vessel, arrived from the Dutch coast, brings intelligence, that, including ships of war, fifteen vessels perished off the Texel. We add with much pleasure, that the Baltic con voy, consisting of about forty ship s, has arrived in safety off the coast of Norfolk. Six vessels have arrived from the coast of Holland, ladon principally with cheese and butter. A ship from the toast of Valencia is arrived at Falmouth, after a passage of forty-three days. Of course she brings nothing new. General Loison is appointed Commandant. of the 25th military division at Maestricht, in the room of General Demo:maxi. We are sorry to state, that the pleasing intelligence thai the St. George, 98, had passed Yarmouth, is un founded. Hopes of her safety are, however, still in. dulged, as a notice was posted yesterday at Li.os - u's, that accounts were received that two Russian Masters of merchantmen had seen her five or six days since, far to the northward, with tine weather. The Officers of the Hero, who perished in her, were : Captain J. N. Newman ; Lieutenants James Wileov, Allen Meadway, John Mitchell, John Norton, Charted D. Hit chefs ; Mr. John M. Leake, ponce; John Merritt, gunner; W. B. Watson, boatswain; Mr. Thomas Merray, carpenter. The Officers of the Royal Marines on board the hero, were Captain THOMAS lIIIILurs, Second Lieu tenants HENRY HURT, and WILLIAM WARD. • On Tuesday, Mr. WILLIAMS, the Secretary of the Bank of Ireland, communicated at the Stock Ex change, Dublin, that an extension of time had been given to the Proprietors of Scrip Receipts of the Loan of 1811, for the repayment of the sums ad vanced by the Bank, viz.— One third of the advance to be paid on the ld of February. One third Ditto, Ditto, 3d March. Doc third Ditto, Ditto), 3d April. The last instalment of 151. per cent. duo oa the 3d I , January, to be paid by the Proprietors. Is it not an extraordinary ciacumstance, that no Magistrate or Police Officer should have thought of directing a search of theprivy belonging to the house where IFilliamc lodged, till so long a lapse of time after the self-destruction of that sanguinary monster? A servant maid, at a house in Beaufort -buildings, Strand, was found dead in her bed, yesterday morn ing. She is supposed to have died in a fit. NOTTINGHAM, JAN. 4.—On Friday 'night last two frames were broken in Pleasant-row, in this town, — One more, we understand, has since been broken in Milk-street, and three others in other parts of the town. In many villages in this county, and on the borders of Derbyshire, the terror and alarm of the in habitants is such, occasioned by the late nocturnal attacks on the property of peaceable individuals, that they are afraid to go to bed at nights ; and it has been deemed necessary to keep watch alternately, for the protection of their property. A serious - accident happened near Alconbury, on Saturday last :—As two ladies (Mrs. Grimshaw and daughter, who were going to Wakefield) were tra velling post, the reins broke whilst the driver was attempting to pull the horses up, when going faster than he' wished, which so alarmed the ladies, that both jumped out,. and, melancholy to relate, in their fall, one fractured her 104 dreadfully, and the other was very seriously bin red. They are now under surgical assistance, at the Wheat-sheaf, at Alcoa bury Mil. Statement of Duties paid by the Di-tilleries in Great Britain for the last seven years, from sth Jan. ISO 4, to sth Jan. 1811 :- sth Jansary,llBo4, to Sta January, 1803 .02,322,309 7 Pi sth January, 1805, to sth January, 1807 i 2,3.5,884 17 bth January, 1806, to sth Jaauary, 1807 2,113,869 10 .7 sth January, 1807, to sth January, 1804 2,701,563 12 . 211 sth January, 18 t 4, to sth January, 1809 2,737,804 14 V sth Jaauary, 1809, to sth January, 1810 '2,056,079 16 73 sth January, 1810, to January, 1811 2 ; 127,916 J 5.; it should be mentioned t o the credit of the Chuich wardens of St. Anne's, Sohe, that they have had many hundred bills printed, containing an account of the intended robbery in Bury-street, St. James's, for the purpose of having them circulated all over the Parish, in order to warn servants against the danger of imprudent confidence, which might end in the ruin, and possibly in the murder of themselves and their masters and mistresses. We add also, with much pleasure, that Mr. BROOKES, of the Strand., has; at his own expense, adopted sa district me mea of the sure, not only to be circulated through the Savoy, but to be transmitted to the Churchwardens of every parish throughout the Metropolis. Such acts of public spirit deserve to be recorded, in kis tice to the individuals, as well as to spread the influ ence of good example. ' On Christmas eve, an honest industrous man, The Rev. Dr. LEE, of Peebles, is appointed . Richard Dwyer, mill-wright, of Bansha, .was way lessor of Church History in St. Mary's College, in laid on his return home from Tipperary, by some the ra e r , r. T Uni iROTTER. University of St. Andrew's vacan t by the death execr able villains, as yet undisco vered, and murder ed with horrid barbarity; the skull was fractured in of lit is a fact little known, that the PRINCE has had several places apparently by blows of a stone-ham to pay rent and fates, public and parochial, tor s uer, he was stabbed through the throat with a harp sword or bayonet. This wicked murder was Carlton rent amounting, la the course of 30 t o above 100, 0001 . excluiive of p ro p ert y tax, • perpetrated very close •to the village of Banslia, , year hit is a Royal Palace. at so early an hour as se ven o'clock in the evening, though se thereabouts. A Coroner's Inquest was holden onl On the eighth of December, at fifty-five minutes -the body, before Mr. Davoreu, the Coroner, and after eleven, P. M. a shock of an earthquake, which the strictest inquiry made by him and the Jury, with I , lasted three fortuna s ly did no damage. , was felt at Ve At Maucorme, eu . in the assistance of two very active Ma g istrates, And. France. I L.yan and P. A. Butler, Esqrs. but, vai are sorry to I berg the shocks of an eartheathquake were also me e'y siy, without effect. --(Cionmel Herald.) felt ; and at Causbad evening of the leth. .4 Mr. POLE'S ECONOMY and GRATITUDE IN IRELAND. About two years ago the deficiency of the revenue became so considerable in the Window and Hearth Tax, as to induce Go vernment to appoint thirty-two (a fine batch) Super-visors of Hearths, who were to travel through the several counties in Ire land. However, it has latterly appeared that many of the gen tlemen so appointed, from the splendour of their equipage, be came Super-minors, and not Supervisor:, of come the evil in creased instead of being diminished; so that the '2OOl. per annum, paid to these Knight-errants, has not proved as beneficial as uas expected, if any advantage, but that or providing for a young corps, was intended. As it is an old saying, " Give a tinker a pot or a saucepan to stop a hole, and he is sure to make it larger ;" so it is with our State Tinker, for It is now considered neers,slry (at lead convenient to do so) to have four Provincial I , !sprLt , , - Generals, of Hearth Money Collectors Books appointed; ... - ,nd, as they mud be Gentlemen, a large salary is a mates - of coerce, and SFOI. per annum each, with one guinea a-day travelling es penees, is to he their reward. So much for oconorny at this p 2. rind of " Growing Prosperity."—And now for the objects of the 1 Secretary's bounty: The public are already acquainted with that celebrated rho, I hand writer, %situ was recommended a.ssueli to the Catholic Committee, by one of the Proprietors of that llndependent and Impartial Print, the. Hibernian Journal, Cap- ta : CHaddleston; and the public are also la possrilou a the tats proved by that " gentleman." of the uncommon care that s taken of the motouscripb, gives by him foe insertion in the Hibernian Journal, aud which were particular/8 attended to by a relation of one of the proprict.grs, how, in order to thew that Mr. 1131 e is not ungrateful for post favours, he has ap. pointed Captain Iluddlemon and Counsel/or E. 13. Farsirsimoot, as two of tte inspector-Generals of Hearths t while many ho nest, industrious, and worthy nteu, and men of information, are dragging out a miserable existence fur some YO and 10 years, on the liberal salary of sixty or eighty pounds per ammo. But per:taps they were flat note-takers, or keepers of manuscripts. PUBLICANS. We always conceived that the restrictions on Publicans were, minChtlY i subjects them hem pec to til h i c a a r y ly y se fi v n e e r s e , fo a r nd sell i i n s a g o a ne gl w ass m o u f e s h p a iri s ts tha or t a tumbler of punch on Sunday ; or in the course of the week. after a stated moment. We always looked upon it. in no other light, than as farming a nursery for the infamous and degradicg trade of informers—the very name of which is so offensive to every ear a hot bed of perjury, and contempt for that sacred bond of Society, an oath ; a procreator of ill-blood, irreconcile able rancour and revenge, and internal dissension, fatal to well regulated and peaceful Society. Let any one who doubts this to the extent stated, go to the Police Magistrates' Offices occasionally, and if he does not entirely coincide with us, after hearing the numerous informations that ire daily sworn there, we shall give up our assertions. There he shall see the unfortunate widow crying and wringing her hands, at the stern mandate that subjects her to five'pounds for selling spirits after twelve o'clock, perhaps to the very man who now appears as evidence against her, and who extorted it from her by protes tations of his integrity, and his great distress and want of it at the time! Ile shall see her fined for part of a tumbler of punch being found a minute after twelve o'clock, before a man who is either so intoxicated, or so obstinately unaccommodating, that nothing hut main force can effect its removal ; and although satis factory proof be given that every attempt was made iu vain to get him uut of the house ! Ile shall see the publican sentenced to pay this heavy penalty for selling a glass of spirits on Sunday, to a wretch who feigned sickness, or practised some other base stra tagem to assail his humanity, when nothing else could succeed I. Ile shall see the most scaadalaus and shocking contests; the most disgusting swearing about a few minutes, in order to establish the fact of spirits or punch being seen on a table after twelve o'clock T in abort, he shall bear witness sir ankh sepses as a make him strongly doubt whether any good'effects arising from these restrictions, are not counterbalanced by the formidable evils introduced in consequence. Now, if a man is intoxicated, and it is approaching the fatal hour, how can a publican keep him ? Ile knows the difficulty of persuading him to re frain from drinking more; and if he is so seen by an informer, the penalty is levied. The publican therefore is compelled to turn him oat into the street, w here his life may be forfeited. To suppose that publicans have a greater portion of humanity than others, would be a monstrous absurdity ; and yet we expect theirs forfeit five pounds, where, pettier, ourselves would would not lose five shillings. The prohibition for seltuig spirits oa the Sabbath, however well meant in its origin, is a hardship most uncommonly severe in its effects. That being the day when every person sagaged in business has leisure to spend a convivial hour, would naturally be the most profitable of all to the publi cans. Yet, by a law most singularly cruel or perverted, he is deprived of the advantage, although subject to a heavy licence., upon the punctual payment of which his privilege to carry on business depends I Let not our meaning be misrepresented by the malicious tongue of calumny. We wish it to he clearly un derstood. that we consider it not only proper, but absolutely in dispensable, that the sale of spirits should be under Magisterial controul. We likewise think it proper, that in a Christian country, the observance of the Sabbath should be duly enforced. We also deem it right, that public-houses should he closed at a seasonable hour; and that a limitation to the time for selling spirits should be fixed. All these things we admit; but at the same time we insist, that the original intention of such regula tions are entirely lost; and only now serve either the basest, or uujustifiably partial purposes. Will any one, for instanee,says that although none but the better and respectable sort of tavern public-houses, where the lower orders are not entertained, are allowed to sell spirits on the Sabbath—will any one, we ask, be hardy or foolish enough to assert, that the meanest wretch can not buy spirits on that day if he has the money ? No—the fact is too well known :—there are always houses, numerous houses, Use owners of which, either keeping the informer in fee, or trusting to their own discrimination, vend spirits, in all forms, in defiance of these lIALUTARV laws, while the los confident or adventurous lose the most advantageous chance the whet(' week presents! Much alterations and amend ments are also wanted in the regulations as to fining for selling spirits after twelve at night. From what we have already said, we think it unnecessary to dwell on that part of our subject here; as we think they w 01 immediately present-themselves to the view of those, to whom these observations are particularly addressed. To conclude—as the very best laws that can be de vised in the course of time, become defective and require im provement, we conceive, and respectfully submit to the con sideration of our Police Magistrates, the urgent necessity of a revision of the present taws respec ing the retailing of ;pirifs ; and to cause (for they can do it) such amendments, as way Gehl their original spirit and intent, which has been rendered con,- pletety nsgatory by the gradual progress of corruption and nth, ilication. _ Pro• at tr