The National Register.
London, England, 1818-07-26 00:00:00

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Our Congtitation anit

SUNDAY, JULY 26, 1918.

an old government, the original.prineiples of which are
good. The consequences of tti a abuses are, however,
of a very serious nature, and !save a direct tendency to
demoralize the people. Not she ]cart of these is the
bloody abuse of oar laws a:iinst fin:Ty, which defeat
their own object. On this sulieot much has been said,
and we will now c..nelutle tßitiJ subjeivitia nn extract
frtart the news, to wilich weasailipielastsbing which
woull be more impressive:
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" Too wit ef clue t. ise sub. ss' brings who suffered tho
wful sentence cf rho iso,fiwklaeglAy Morning, herrre the
Di lours' door az Net% ash., wita.execatr (1 for forgery. De.
soutly do we ++:..li that the seri‘ts of the ; fisLll house. and
what pas+es eeithin those drracy wall+, could be made to
claim m re general attention: 'she Mai lid of the two pm.,
men during their confinement wits so rorrect and even extl,
Amy, that it la higtily probable. if their lives had been
N part ti+y would illvP beroinii useful in. !ohms of riv en.ii
triunity. We 'seem, however, to set es if we thought that
jostiee could only be ,atistie I bv 1.1 od ; 11. e though:, Iha
means for rrforinatien m g,:st be •or,scoverril, seems miser to
etter our minds ; while rr inahs t•arl • of die continent o
Europe the puhlie would feel iitat much s..ocked at inch
ao execution as was witnessed nu Wednesday, as if murder
hail been committed. 'float sorb series should have been
tram:toed in the dark ages Is, not very surprising ; but that
they should at this time of day. be so frequently exhibited in
one of the most enlightened emintries of the earth, is indeed
tastier of astonistiment. Illo•txternsinste instead of min.:
every ed..). t to reclaitu, reseilibles the p .hey of a barbetons
state—lirrreu inexpedient+ strong only to dc: troy

Tim QuaEst.—The aoatat—' nt of the state of her Ma-
jesty on Friday, was of a •alore flivourable nature than
it has been for several dayir past. It was, " Her Ma-
. letsty has had It tolerable gt Ind niglit, and is easier and
1414:r to-day." rh Prin.° Regent spent Thursday
eveniitg-at Kew-palace, i.tu 1-14 Ray al Higha:ss went
FritLty Tening. Tho Dale and
Duchit‘ortiarence went, na Friday affornomi.
Yesterday •the accounts re o:at her M2jesty
continues much the Tbe.ar.st affectionate and
endearing attentions are slit.rtn by every branch of the
litoyel Family, and Ly tu;ne ‘note than t:ue Regent,
whose visits at Kew are: fregl cat, ant As im receives,
every two hours, at Carltotitloose, iatelliaense respect-
Lag his beloved Parent.
.! • • .
The Prinve Regent wl,ll be one of the :spends at
the baptig.tt of the young '4,ord 13rtx)ke, for which great
preparations aro making ai; Warwick Casio.
The Duke. and Duchess, of Clarence have appointee.
Monday, 4 o'clock, dnilA,the Duke and I/achess of
Kent 5 *o'clock, for receiv the Addresses of the Lon-
don .Corporation.
The Priuce and Printmi of Hesse Hombourg, it
seems, were almost able step fnnn their inn at Frank-
fort into their 'own terrihilics ; a circumstance which it
may be tidal to-same of cur. readers to know, for there
I are many Amps of.Qennany in which Hombourg is
I.nOt markei, _

The Gra:al 'Duke 111clutel, attendel by Baron Nieo-
lay, Sir W. Cintgreat. Gottcrul Paskervetch, General
Kledertsky, Dr.:Nlichnelorsky, and Dr. Hamel, arrived
ittßirmingh:nn on Mondry evening. The next morn.
ing they visited Mr. Thomason's establishment, at
arbic;: numufactory they remained unto after flair
o'clsk, witmr,sing, with the highest gratification, the
inuracrons cbilkicat•and Mechanical processes for which
it is so eminintly
The Lords of the Treasury have refused a petition
from Nt.,weastle upon 'Fyne, to be alinveetl to import
goods from l‘nclia, on the ground of the unfit:dis of
.t•te har -cur' for mooring ships with safety totEe re-
sere.,e. • •
• A gentleman who has just arrivea from the North,
trn+' tr,velle I throttgli Lancashire, Somersetshire,
Har.loshire, Ste. describes the crops of all kinds as
abundant stod in the finest condition. In many
parts the ere:,. Itir2kidy begun to be cut down. A
held of Nviicat, nu.:./ Salisbury,. %yea reaped on Saturday
Monday, and on Tuesday a
load of it *as sold at Salisbury market. The wheat
Itarvott hae couttnenisod on different lands in the ncigh-
huurhwxi and,: we believe, with a prospect
never to, •re ill: tering to the respective growers. The
scythe, We underatmpl, has b.rn p.t holly applied.to
oats 1:4IV sown. A sample Of nit wheat
M'S Tr:ail...tee:l a. Rest (;rinstead market on Thursday
tv.sek. Now f•at.• were brought to Windsor market on
ttlaturia. tvectr.

PR. 90.

WARD OF F.M.RINGDON WITHOUT.

Fri Any a Wunlmote was licit' by the Idird 'Mayor, in
St. Bride's Church, for the election of an Allonian in
the room of Sir Clrar :rice,, Bart. demised.

The Wardrnote was epnetl in the usue.l way by pre.
carnation, arul the wadiag, of the precept.
Diiptity herring than rose and tits •rverl, apt
art the g,:ntl4arm. of the ward hatl b<eu thlt d.iy sulfa.
me red for the cloctien of ii..rthlerinan in the mrait
fir-it-bite worthy ffrigistrietrSffiXilftes Irriee;.he was
about to take the liberty of nominating; h gerst!e.tnan•to
supply the vacancy. The gentkmanic thcill.4 p 4 (pose
was Sir. Waithman, one of the members for this r.i4 ;
wh.,se character and qualifications were well known to
all present.
_ _

Mr. Reeve roso.to Pecond the motion, and said he mild
:mare flua gentlemen of the ward that no circumstance
of his life had ever given him reater plealcre than the
perthrtuance of that duty. -
The question was then put by the Lord Mayor, and
Mr. Wuithman was, amid loud cheers, declared unun,-
mously elected to the office of Alderman of the ware.

Mr. Waithman then came. forward. Ile bad er..
peered be:bre his fellow-citizens on ninny occasions;
but on no occasion did he ever experience so great a
want of confidence in himself, and such an inability to
express to 'them his feelings. The present instance of
their flwour bmteffit to his • recollection so many past
circumstances that he could net help labouring under
a more than ordianry embarrassment. It was in that
Church; and doubtless in the presence of maey wle,
then heard him, that be ventured to ma c his first cf-
furl in the cause of the public. His friend:, were then
partial enough to think well of his exertions, and to
conceive that their continuance might be useful,.
It was, therefore, a high gratificalion, to him to
recollect, that though he first came forward in poll•
fend life at a time when much violence and nert-
many prevailed, ho had lived to see the prejudices
against him dinipated, apd that now in that cluirch,
there he first addressed them, the inhabitants of the
ward had met to place him in the highest situation
they could boleti on any man. Another circumstance
which afforded him great satisfaction was, that he
should be proposed by the worthy deputy who had
moved his nomination, and who had known him before
he entered into business, or made his appearance in
public life. Though proud of the honour, he -knew it
was not n gift intended for the gratification of individual
vanity, but an office of grave and imoortant responsi-
bility; and when he considered the duties he had to
perform, and recollected all that he owed to the public
and to his own family, he could not avoid being ins.
pressed with more diffidence on this than on any other
eccasion on which he had to ackeowledge the kindness
of his fellow citizens. It would have becn a great it.
trusion on the part of any individual, and much mere
of so humble an individual as he was, to have put him-
self forward on the present oc:.asion. But the honour
they had now proixised, certainly was not of 1119 seek-
ing, any more than that wide!' had recently been con-
ferred on him by the livery ; on both occasions valuel
and much indulgent friends had proposed bun. When.
however, he considered that in all the efforts he had
made in the public cause he had always been supported
by a mujnrity of that tvard ; when he considered olso
• the weight that ward possessed in the City of London ;
and that through his representing it in the Common
Council he wax indebted for the honour of a seat in
Parliament, he certainly felt that he could not decline
' this important office, if his fellow eitizenit should think
hire lit to lill it. On entering on the duties of so hi.
borious an office, he WWI aware that it was scarcely
possible for a man so to condact himself as nut to ex-
pose himself on some occasion or another to censure.—
Ile would only say, that whatever errors he might
commit, they would be errors of judgment only, and all
he claimed of them was, what he koew he should have,
a kind and liberal construion of his actions. It would
be the constant o'ject of his lifi: to maintain that con--
duct Which had gained their good opinion, and con.
ferred an honour which was worthy tit be. t::e highest
object of his ambition. He mull say no more, but he
siheerelv and gratclidlv thanked them.
On the motion o, fir. Thompson, a .resoluti oi, ex-
pres.ive of the estimation in which the late Sir C. Price
was held by the ward, was ordered to be recorded.
I Thanks were then voted to ti.e Lord Nlaynr, and the
ron:ler Deputies v. er,, on the .ecomnteadation of Mr.
Waldman, radected, The Court was LIMA 116110114 XL

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REVIEW OF LITER.ITURE.

The Rights of Properly Vindicated, agaiitst the Claims
of Universal Suffrage, 4c.—MAwmAN, S vo.
lv 110 BT. FELLOW ES, it. M. OXON.

This luminous writer, chiefly on theological sub-
ects, has here trod, with great skill and discri►nination,
the trodden path of Universal Suffrage. We have fol-
lowed hi►n with great pleasure, and have culled a few
of his attractive principles. In his opening deserip-
iion of theltncied bliss to he derived by this new plan,
he sagaciously telvs, p. 3.: .‘ Universal suffrage has
been considered by the populace as synonymous with.
universal happiness. The grin► demon of taxation, the
haggard features of want, arc to vanish before the
touch of universal .eutfrage : a new era of bliss is to
arise ; old things are passed away—the day of regene-
ration dawns—and Major Cartwri3Oft, assisted by his
potent auxiliary, Mr. Cobbctt, is to Imur the horn of
plenty over the sterility of the land." As he proceeds
in his reasoning, thr.►ugh the definition, the object,
the enerease of numbers, we come, p. 13, to Ch. 5, on
the Influence, &c. where we shall fir the present gra-
tify our leaden by giving the author's own words:—