The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-09-19 00:00:00

Mr, i 4 -0. ir: *. ' a i l ' • ' .-• -..,-- 1 "7 - 71 7SZE - 77 - 17 .111. '"Fr: - , , -r"„ •••••••••••••,,•1p...... --~-~ ~r -- ~-- . t_. .. . --~ • : ... . , , 9 - . Yr ~ •. M ' , C ., 1:1101y I 7 ) s ' ...0. 3 . ' , I. jp . :' 34. e \ . ...::...-.): , ::-s• • .0 , , t ,,,'p tip 4 1 --ril , . --- e - -' .1 - A ,i: - ....:' . t- .t- • - • . ~. . 1-123. MATO: KOVAL, COVENT -GARDEN. Sepiesiber 19, IRO.. pot: Public are jespertfully informed, that, bb .006,,, of the tine necessary fur the eniipletioa of the vninoir nalkill Ihe A ne"" MO NDAY this 'theatre will ont KE.-OPENI.I) till NEXT MONDAY EVENING. , TIIE. IntOPRI rro as OF EAST INDIA STOCK. .IK. SAMUEL. DAVIS particularly retittests the (woo of a Meetiog of hi. rindo,, ?Oa 0 R ROW , Eke o Clock, preciael), Cl'Y OF LONDON TA -I.,,,hro.ptace, 19th September. ISM. Tois l)my wto , 1)111,114104 'Prme 15a- Royal livo. CATAI,O(IUE OF BOOKS in the various . ANt:ll l.ti LlTE,ROUi c igifg l i tC h 1 140 1 kfullatt 4:..cy of a ai,timoi,bect com hu d , ere sum .tioettoit, by Mr. JefftV, of Pall Milli with the Prices at eh they %sere sold, and the Pureansen Names. ',Ado, rioted for Coaitable, Hewer, Park, And fluster, to. Ludgate weer. ..„ ZARD, BORNE, atul Co..Stock.lirirktrss me -dotty int ma the ['ollie,. that Tickets aad Shares K taer*uiet4 !Avery are WOW on Sate at their Office. N. paer the ROY A,. EXCHANGE, and ab vibere ea us their stotait. SCHEME. . • s vi _moo • . -are ... . £lOO,OOO b • • • • 4) s, . • • Jtuv. • • • • . . • 5, 000 ' ;' ,• • ••aiu ,,, • ••p • • 5,000 30 100 ••9 p • • 3,(101) ,• , • • . . 50 . •, . 2,50 IC° • • • ' 25 • • 15 r,tXY) . 4,e) • • • v4ilo Tickets. To be prawn is ONE DAY, the 19th of next Month. ;e200,000 WONDIittFUL NEW AiutiyAis I 'ROYAL hIEN AGERI E. EXETER 'CHANGE, Seiatto,` ' SiVIVED S. AV; IMP POLITO . ORVED:IT • . . • N o t. the ant Earporium of Living Currie/hies io the known • World. . TOO' extraordinary .animal, of ancient fame ) ibe RII IN 0 C EROS, or, 'real Unicorn. A stapendono ELE PH AN r ; . A mit 'BEAUTIFUL ZEBRA; FIVE MAJESTIC LIONS; • ' FOUR TREMENDOUS BENGAL ROAL TYGERS; Two lariat/log 11 YRS AS ;Y `A pair of extr.tordioary hoe LEW' 4 WO S ; The JAGUAR, or TYOER CAT; EGYPTIAN CAMEL; . 1 The CTIIUS, or GREAT CRANE of BENGAL; A Pair of KANGAROOS, with their youag_ale Three Deiearic or ROYAL CROWN CRANES; A Pair of CU RASO ES ; The Silver VULTURE; The vent FEMALE ELK; .Tiot VIEWS, or, Lionaa's SOUTIlEttil OSTRICHES . And the enemata StaLETON of a SPERMACETI. WHALE, Sir raix feet Wag, and the only oar la England. Vint *g reat variety of tolerating Anita& wad. MAL I Remained in three apartmeots, at OttellltEllog melt, at Two 1 . Whey nod Siz-pewen t h e whole. __. _ . • . ; IV nitwit vahae 011111 par r ail kiegrof Farago Birds sork frosts. • , W A ikd r l C o Ll ra i S. — I, It , O en S t S ,L a r :d !EC K r m ki /N e !,.. 1 f; REALM A.TCH MAN U FAG U 114fi r aer , rs-s;ecifially iuforni their Friends aod the Public, that they hive ready f:r general inspetini an *XL ELLENr ASSORTMENT of Duplex, Detached, Horisorgal, and Vertical WATCHES, ht Silver, and Metal Ca-es, together with an assortment of LADIES' WATCHES in great variety. Engine-turned and plats, wi.h or without Gold - Dials, Ate. all of which are was ranted to he of superior workmanship, and to perform well. R. bud P. are induced, from particular cirCurnstances, to supply the public with suck goods at the . usual WHOLE SALE PRICES; they have twig been in the habit of sap idling RETAIL DOUSES withstheir prodactions, but have frequently seen with concern, that common Watches, in showy ornamented cases, have often been mingled with them and disposed of as v.duable ' to the great disappointment - and i+gury of the unwary ; and it is with a proper consciousness of tar itnproprictv and dishonesty of such practices that R. and P. plvilw themselves to secure, by rectitude of con du. t, the feline approbation of those whb may favour them with commuids. They venture to add the assurance, that every possibte care shall be taken to merit that codence which they antionsly and confidently hope to enjoy. Every article they sell is snide by themselves, attd under their immediate inspection; and although their terms will be fmnd con4derably lower (by 30 per cent.) Ants the nbual prices, yet they stake their ;credit that it shall be also found that their Watches, in soundness of construction, and uniformity of inniement shall not be excelled. Upon these conditions, Gentlemen, Ladies, Merchants, Cap tains, &c. may he supplied as above, either with Watches singly or in quantity, for Money or Bills, the dilferesice iiechange o f good Hills will be giveu Cash, and Old Watches taken is tehange. • 2is GEORGE-STREET, A DELPRI. URA ND. 1 THE TAILORS' •COM PANY'S PRICES) for CLOTHES, for the year 1810. PRICES. Best SopevfideCloth Coat. - • - - aC4 4 0 liatstcoats - -16 s. to 1 0 0 Silk ditto . . - - .. 1 5 0 Double Milled Kersey r a e re Breeches - 1 14. 0 blanchester Fancy Cord ditto - - I 6 0 silk ditto - - - - - 2 4 0 Millirem Pantaloons . - 1 0 V Superfine Cloth or Ketseynsere ditto. • - 22 0 Superfine Cloth Great Coat (plain) - 5 5 0 Pair of Superfin e D oe Ski n B reec h e s - 2 14 0 SUITS, contracted for by the Year, aid the Old Oues to be returned. Dotes Suits per Year Xl9 0 0 ditto - 24 0 0 Six ditto lFlve 6414 per Year 4.1 ° ° 0 V at . ll - 10 0 LIVE IES. A Suit of Livery . - - - 55 0 A Duffel Jacket and Waistcoat . - 210 0 A Bolt Coat - - - 5 5 0 Fthlian Overalls - - - 018 0 Clod' ditto - - 111 0 - • . PRICES OF REGIMENTAL AND NAVAL UNIFORMS. It Regimental Coat - - - - 6 Cr 0 Ditto Waistcoat - - - 0 18 0 Ditto Pair of Breeches - - 1 11 6 Regimental Superfine Great Coat - - 515 6 bittn British Wool - - . - 4 14 6 tiperfiae Cloth Overalls - - - 3it 0 Enrol' Doe Skin Psustaloooit - - 3 0 0 Pair of Lamb Skiu Breeches - . S 0 0 Gentlemen m a y contract far Crats on the Woe principle : a. a, r Coats per year XL, 0 0 1 Six Coats per year £2i 0 0 fire ditto - 18 001 „The Business being c o nducted wholly on the principle of randy Money, excepting those Gentlemen who contract, the Proprietors w , ke this opportunity of informing those Gentle men their 13.1 w ill b e sent i n h a lf yearl_y , and the Clothes 'which ar e toil • returned brought back. Naval and M Misty °Veri ni.l'und it considerable advastage lo applying to tim. PAtablishoterit fur their Uniforms, or other Articles of Dreg* Itqinteutal Orders are particularly atten.led to. Gentlesai* are informed, that by atddressingn Hoe (post paid) to die Cool 11411‘'s Office, 22, George-street, Aaelptti,tbey s ill be di en td how to measure themselves, b 0 as to fit the same us if they vrt_r! present. • Likewise to be had at the Office, Be Patel,. Pocket B ~ 2,h, which cannot bei n g or picked out of the pocket. uhe Public are requested to olaerife, that' order nee re-. lei7ed at No, 22, tivorge-stteet Us Ad Iphl only, and that the t til " ' Bli.+llbewt toe Meat sine lu e alateuing tilt bis iu tbe mcgaing. 1~~ - - - •• 4 TO PARENTS, &c. WANTED, a YOUTH of good mods and education, to the PRINTING BUSINESS. lie will • treated as one of the Family : his Friends to dad hint.in Clothes and Washing.. A moderate Premium expected. The •Advertiscr will huge no objection to a Country Youth.—For particulars apply at Mr. Evans's, No. 5, Beech street, Bar bican—if by letter, post paid. SW IcT and Co. Contractors with Govcrinnint k-7 for the present Lottery, respectfully . inform the Publie, that the Tickets and Shares are selling to great variety o tat their Oakes, No. 11, POVLTRY, . - - --• • ! , No. 12, CHAILINti-CROSS, No. ii, ALDGATE IIIGH.STItErt, • • aad by their Agents in the Countep4-Ighe Prites Are much lower than in the last Lottery, and tote Schemes •wnich is highly approved, contains an aatlitiamal Z 20,000 Prise, with 1,000 Numbers less than the last. The Drawly; will begin and (Wish 19th OCTOBER.. • • SCHEME. 5.. Prizes 0f...€ ( 20,000 3 E100,000 • i 6 2,000 • 10,901 5 . l,OOO ........ .... • . 5,000 lti - ' • WEI •• • ••••••••• 4. t... b,Ot) • sel • ... IOU.. e . ..... SAO 5a - ' 50.• e..• ./all.a. %W ! ;•• luo . 25.5. 'l' I.)a ; • • .4,9)0 • ` 15 . .....,r, 7 UM •• 1 ••••••-••••••••• . . .r,.•:•••,.... , , • 4,000 Numbers. se200•090 - FIVE TICIERTA AF EACH NII . NIBEIt.• '. lii the last Lottery,. tio 4,40. a Prize of '2U,QOOI. WM sold at SWIFT and CO - .'s °deo, in Sixteen St itetats Shares, be sides several inferior Capitals: . . . . . • BRANSCOMB and Co. 1. • Surviving Partner, and sole Conductor. - RESPECTFULLY acquaint the Pubic they are wow Selling TICKETS and &leans in the greatest variety of Numbers, at their TRULY FORTU4 ATE OFPICES, No. 37, CORNIIILI4 11, HOLBORN, 98, HAYMAR KET, aid 269, STRAND. Fok the last Seven Years they have been FoarewE'll CR ICATEST FAVOURITES,OIId in the Two bait Years ONLY, they Shared and Sold • 0013 a nd £10,103 6 Prizes of ,620,003 5 Prizes of £ 3, . • .6500 mid £4,000 'The First 941,000 N 0.7,081 Prise of 500 Tie kris The Last Y5,00L) 2,228 .. 100 Ditto. And ONLY ..... . 40,000 Ptize ever Sold or'Shared. Besides 3,618, the Grand Prize of 1,603 Tickets, nr .621,765 ; . And in Ow Last: Lottery alone, Teri Uapit'ls. The nal v S'I'ATE LOTTERY to lie draiin this Qenr, will be 19th OCTOBER, on a New Oath, isitvine: Five Prize® of iCII,OOO, only 4,000 Numbers, and mit l'hree Blanks to a Vrize. • " The Common Law of England settled a freedom in th suhjects in respect of their persons, and giveth them a true pro perty in their prods mid estates ss so that without their consent or implicitly by au ordinance which they consented tune by common assent in Parliament, it commit he taken front them, nor their estates ,charged."—crooke's Argument in the case of Ship-money. Mag. Chart. If. 3. c. Si. For this our gift nothgraut of these liberties, and of others contained in our charter of f Liberties of the Forest; the Arelibblums, Bishops, Abbots, Priors, Barons, Knights, Freeholders, an! other our subject." have given unto us the 15th part of all their inoveithlm. 25 Edw. I. e. L We have granted fur us and our heirs, as weil to Archbishops, Bishops. Abhuti, Priors, and other folk of Holy Church, as also to Earls, Barons, and to all the C ommo n a lity of the land, that for no business tromp henceforth we shalt take such manner cif aids, tasks, oor prises, hut by the common assent of the realm, and for the comma profit there of lhwinp the untient aids and prises due and accustomed]. 34 g o t.. L c. 1. No Milne or rid shall be taken or levied by us or our heirs in our realm, without the good will f oal comutuu assent Of .lackbishops, Bishops, and oilier Prelates, a pd of the Earls, Barium, Kuights, and other Freemen of the land. • SI Edw. T. c. 2 . No Olk cer of ours or o f our heirs shall take corm wool, leather, or any other goods, of any manner of person without the good will and assent of the party to whom the goods belonged.-2 Coke, 534; Biackst. lint. 94. 14 Edw. 111. c. 1. We, ill and grant to the Prelates, Earls, IFlaruus, and Coinnulns, Citizens, Burgesses, and Merchants, that they shall out he from henceforth charged, or granted, to make any aid or Stlslitillaoy charge, if it be uot by the common assent of the said Prelates, Earls, Barons, and other great men and Commons of the said realm of England, and that in the Parliament, &is 3 Car. 1. c. 1 mid 10. No man shall hereafter be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, henevoleoce. tax, or such like charge, without common consent by Act of Parliament. Waa. and Marv, it. 2. C. 2. Levying money to for the use of the crown by pretence of prerogative, without grout of Parliament , for l on g er time, of in ot ter moaner than the same is or shall he granted, is illegal. Electiou of Members of Parliament ought to be free. Who is there that, does but open an - Act of Parliament, and understands from the first page tout every thing . contained in it is " enacted by the King, by and with the advice at consent of the . Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and' Ominous," but looks on this declaration as a constant recognitiOn of th;it con sent, which is the parent of all good laws and jug obligatioii SO obey . them ?-2 kainumus t Dialog; 3. p. SI. ?<column tegibus mood 61.4 M qua 4 wanes cordinwerint.— Year Ittlok, Ed. 3. tii-ut4ex pstissima prnvida eirsisinspectione sticenrUm prin. eiputn stabilita t hortatur, ut quad °Mallow tarig,tt ab oinothui approbetur sic et inimit et Heiner tit coormisibus per !cubs per reutzdia proi:4counauniter obviLtur.—ltut. raw. LONDON, WEDNESD.#IIY, SBPTEdIiBER 19,, 1810. , • 3' . _ .~ . . - • . . . PRICE , exercised by .commoners in the sending of repro• seritatiiee to Parliament are, therefore, fundamental' principlea of our constitution ; but no countenance is any where given to the opinion, that pstvrer and the right of representation are capable of locality, and 'independent of the. persons who ore to en seise them. :Very different was the Oeinion of Kist James the ht. who 4mnianiled the Sheriffs to direct no precepts-to decayed borolighs. 'Very different too was this °Pinion of those with whom the last • . originatedOkat Members of Parliament should last by Wfsekea f .Tieeraganter Will ecom:,.. *plat Ib argement. With, respect fo thi;. oficitrri In the army and navy„ . I shall only ebietve, that if thee were freely Chosen by tie people, ithci eve the belt • *id! Only proper jadgen of the petioni by whoa: they, wish to beseried„ . no objection could justly bo math to them.. -But if they . are not freely clioica •by the people, many. ohjectroni readily nicer par: ' • ticularly this wee, that theYhave such important and fiber - 1004104 to perform elsewhere; that it is imposisble • tot them, to give due attention to the Public service in the House of dommods. The same remark applies to miens* liwyers. • I have lastly to reply to your observations on the value of seats in the !louse of Commons: it is an honour to ank many to be thought diligent, trust. worthy, and 'capable of conducting impoitant at. fairs, and very valuable to him to have honest testi. worry of his possessing such qualities ; and as Ono testimony may be received from the voice of Lit • country at a free election, and giien to the itorld by himself in his own parliamentary conductl beiides; , his labours tking amply requited by conscious feel. ings of patriotism and integrity, it is evident that • seats in the House of Commons ought to have real .value of the highest nature. But under the, present system all this is lost. A Member either has his seat given to him by his friend, the Borough Proprietor, or he buys it for money. In either cue does he.receiie any favourable testimony horn , his country; and what proof of merit can hie sub. savant conduct afford, slime his vote tenet 'be em. ploycd either to secure the patron:4e and iegard. of the person on whom he is dependent, or to procure him compensation for his expence in acquiring tho' unlawful power to give it I allow of some splett. did exceptions ; but these ate the reasons why men, who have found their way into Parliament by per. chase, or patronage, are generally distinguished either for their base and tacit subserviency, or fur a profitable perversion of talent and profligacy of character, destructive to the public service. It seems indeed more likely that money should be laid. , out in a profitable speculation than in the puitbese • of honour. The purchase of hotiOar by money! jr surely this is something new in the annals of chi..., valry : it is at least new to Inc to hear of allastions being called honourable, because it is usual 1 them like merchants' goods for a certaikprice. li, it should be urged that the borough patrtins have Ali interest to scree the country; and that they will.not neglect the common goot4 though they intend to gain some pri?ate advantage from their boroughs. would-answeb first, that the common good ought not to be at their disposal ; and next, that it is nor' , always the practice to sell aeati.to relations friends, or persons whose integrity` and characteC; arc known, but frequently to those strangers whO are willing to pay most. The way to Parliament 1 , is, therefore, as open to the dependent's agents; , and spies of foreign Courts, as to English Gentle. men. Mr. PITT alarmed, that in his time the Na. bob of ARCOT had net less than seven oreight Mem. , bcrs in his pay ; and what ii to prevent the hirelinga , of some European power from using the same mean s to acquire the same places ? To• u'se Mr. PITT': words, " May not a foreign state, at comity with this country, by means of these boroughs, procure d. party of men to act for them under the mask and, character of Members of the House of Commons ?" Do you not start at the possibility of such a thing ? a possibility, however, which arises from the way to Parliament being open to monied adventurers: In these several ways, the Ilouse of Commits iti contaminated, debased, and subjected to the domi. tuition of a faction of I3orough.mongers, invested oith an unlawful power to command 4majority, and using that power, both to nopress the people, and . to insult and fetter the lawful prerogatives of the Crown. It is the KING'S right to choose his Minis. ters wheresoever lie thinks proper, without any controul, but that which comes from the common opinion of the which realm ; and It is the interest of the People that he shotild have the widest range for his chtilce, in 'order that he may have a beitit chance of finding able lid honest men to.earry on his government. But liOot Ni fiis A EST IO eke his right ut choosing ? It js not .the common assent of the %!tols realm; Gdt the assent of tho 4 _ . , .. . t ,~,. to make the laws ; which would be no protection at all. Hence our Constitution has establiihed these , maxims : that none shall. be bound lke. lawi not made by.common assent ; *that what .ctnicerns all should.bit done with the' approbation of all ; and that dangers common to ell should be guarded against lay...remedies provided by all. :The lawi Which have been made in conformity fo . ,these inns, are our greatest and . bolt -ieberitance, and not only protect its against aggrissioni of indivi duals, bubisitpres . sly declare, that ."without the com. mon assent-of the whole realm,, no Olt of Lay wwsn'iproverty shall be taken froM bite,• even for national iiiirpwses. Mut. homis theCtatisonon assent i(tlittt is, by the custom of Eugialitt, .1.44 assent of the inajority)-of the whole realm to be obtaftied ? ;The blisig and the Lairds may personally appear ,and Icclave their wilt ; but the Commons at large tan. 'not ; for which reason they moat either clioose a . selectoutirber of mil to act for them, or be without the means of giving their assent, and so he,both empted front takation, arid deprived of the benefit of equal laws, 'loco eleitions were introduced, and they are commanded to be free ; in order that thefew ?An ire called to Parliament on behalf Of the Mann may, rcally.be of choice of the minty; and consequently.fit . to transact their businela fbi 'Owe; in such a moaner al to semi to be 'their very image 'representation.. • • ' Aservc; thai Idl this 'alt these just 4h '.provident laws are Violated. Very few elec. tionVare fEee.:--The Houle 'of CoMtnons Ja not tile image r • . • •ur representation, of the CoMmons at large,. but Composed of IR embrs collected togethei.i by Means whlkh ire at the'ilisposalof Very foil eitibir• ' --An'Act4'oiirtianient does hot oonvtihii r tOtn: mon assent if the whole realm. The consCqUences 'are such is might have been expected :,:" An addressing Wiese of-Commons, anti a petitioning Nation ; a House orCommons *full of confidence, when the Nation is plunged in , despair ; in the utmost harmony with Ministers, • vrhotu the people regard with the utmost abhor. .tense; who vote thanks when public' opinion calls upon them for inipeachments ; who are eager to grant, when time general voice demands account ; viho„ is all disputes between the people and Admi. olstration, presume against the People ; who pu. nish their disorders, but refuse even to inquire into ; the provocations l to them'." Such is the real picture, to be contrasted with the opinion, that the House of Commons is controuled by the jealousy of the People, and I might, per. haps, be contented to leave the subject here, as It die impossible to defend such a state of things ; bet -I.ani willing to attempt to remove the scruples psi have suggested. Yea. say that the people are virtually repro. 'orated; but whit does this mean? What is a vie last representative ? He is a person who is not a representative, and yet possesses the power to act 'as one. - The word virtual denies the actual repre sentation'—lt Implies the power, but not the choice Or appointment of thu parties said to be represented, oi the will to mit for them. On this head,. how. ever * I must giie you the words of Sir W. Junes, who espresses himself very warmly on the subject. 'He held virtual rePresoetation " to he actual folly ; .at childish-as if You were (*talk of negative repre sentation, co and to, ntend. thatiti involved some po. sifivA . Subsititte:the Word delegation, or de. putatiou l • and yen will instantly see the absurdity 'ollie conceit. Does a . man who is virtually, not actually, represented, delegate or depute any per_ son to male those laws which may affect his pro perty,, his freeduln, or his life? None: •• for he has do suffrage. how then is he repreiented ac. cording to the principles of our constitution ? As' 'well atifhto Roman tyrint have urged that all hit vassals :were ropreseOted in his :person. He was atigui and high.priest; the religious state was there. fore represented by him: He was tribune of the people; the popular part of the nation was there. fore represented. • He was consul, dictator, master of the horse, „pvery thing he pleased ; the civil and Militaryitates wee_e, therefore, concentrated in Um. The next deduction would have been that the slaves of his empire were freemen f." To this nothing heed be added. I shall therefore proceed to your Oblervations on the connection • .between property, avid politi cal poles, 'and repre sentation. .You seem 'to hate thought thit property and power were separate thing, requiring some foreign agency. to Unite them : whereas property, as I have said, is a power over things which cannot be presersed inviolate without a power of giving or refus ing assent to the making laws, and which power the peupie can only exercise by delegaticin. That poll. tical power shuuld be anncied to property, and be _ • 4 Xpercb en Refortnniti:a ru Ar li k :Aiaiorat, ,01. VI. p. 74% ~"~ • • AN ARGUMENT ON — #.4I4tLIAMENT4RYi t - REFORM, ...- , ,s • IN A smite Of:liver E lTw . cirlt • I s _ .z _,_ . . rouniat mit) 41Kttx ;,.... . . 1 ••4. - .. ..;. -.. LETUR iv: . ' „ ... ' 1 GAM ' T 6 IVIATIAN. " - ' • 1 The laws of England command that no part of , any man's property shairlie iekOn' from him Witt. '1 out his. own consent ; that' no taxes shall be -levied without the common assent of the whole realm ; that such common assent shall be given in Parlia. I ment ; and that the election of Members of Parlia ment shall be free*. '!'head laws are perfectly agreeable to reason ; i for, by property, we mean the power which persons have to apply things to their own use ; a power which cannot be freely or securely exercised, unless there be superadiled to it a power of keeping out encroachers and usurpers. But, unless the posses. 1 sors have some protection greater than the ir own personal strength, they will be unable to resist suc cessfully the usurpers, who may be stronger than themselves. • This protection, together with the right of possessioo, and of property, or power, is afforded by laws established by common assent, and cannot come from any other.source : for, if the laws arc established without common • assent, the men whose assent has not been demanded have no pro. ' 1 tection, but that which they derive fro m the will i r i and pleasure of the other men, who have conspired