The National Register.
London, England, 1818-06-28 00:00:00

/r •
;1)
iribt grialiti a _
n 1-1 - t eirkrzinittr+

No. 54t--Vo: L.
-

I'OLIVLaL DISQUISITION.

COSIDERATION3 UPON' THE PRE7iENT
biit IT. OF I'OPflL.llt FE:d.ING. •

The public zpirit of the country has at length been
he itr7fol.c.t. cwtduct of the Governatent has
given to this spi,it of opposition to tllpir mea
seres, awl we trust that nothing may occur to damp
its ardour. e* check its generous and itnportant exer-
cise. All the vices howevar of the Governmeut are not'
Eta growth of one single year. or day...and it is scarcely
rcasona,de t.: expect, that they could be either rem-
&A, compietely chanted by one attempt, or at one
especial peri...l. Every of at all political changes
should be cautiously adopted, arid fitted to the existing
s:ate of Clings. All stmUcil changes ate dangerous,
1-.1 cannot take'place as affecting a nation, witho:it the
imminent peril t 3 the geuera: safety. ihtt when
elr gercral safety is thecatencd by those who should ba
ks guardian and protgetor—ale..n Governments only
appointed fbr the public gut', convert the. trust re.
p.s.ad in t'aein to thei: advantage, the people can
l.;:)ssa little by any charge huwi.. :er sudden which may
fimm s'.lCh

We never wish to make the bulk of people dissatis-
v.ith their eunclitiou, or.htild out to them a prospect
of instantaneously aiTtMulatiu6sn ind,pendarst horde,
or of bccomirg the I..i,,islators of the country But at
Rho. same time we hose never cewed to repreh:de the
pract'..icd by the Government of Cle
country towards the peaceable and suffixing people cf
this empire li.iwevcr all tli::se iniTaities have t'e.
Colleti upon themselves nut! they now feel the hostility
of the pubic eshi,iited undispi.i.elly, in every quarter
of she cOuifiri. • H23-it not been for the grass awl
pressive nature. of their ni.ntsures, their hcarticssness
and should not have witnessed that
of public opinion which nit inveilinsent can
atiffc or Jestrtw. Friends to reforri in all its whopc.
suave latitude, we el jec: most decisi...itly to th,:t
ar..l iive,:pirit; %firm, which rwiiins tittle short er are: r.
chy, and weild end in lite,: lis than ruin. We
voulti have every boitsthelder lr.-e a vote, and copy-
hol as Well a, freehold tenants enjoy the eledivi :;un-
chise. hi the. present state of thiags, we nut
think it would bo a ~roof of WiSaUTTI to _o farther,
1-.. very mar. by nature is equal to the hut v....tm
men enter into a state of society. they :aunt suthilled
to yield op a portion a this nat'a::l I:bui-ty, its ortliir
to have protectio:-..fht iii.larifty is hilt it is nixes-
sary should remain to thorn. And were ill men
e deadly w SC, intelligent ant. just, ie.:duo:l there
would be some riia•cn ior 4 to setup
is claims to he the devo•i:ary o!...utter. But as all
is directly ethernet'', lac pou ur of governing must
lhe confined to kg*
1!; ‘t :Are r ri sposible
far the manner in *lslets they US+. it. This ss as the
origin of Govt rum( itts ; lust in the pro4ri ss or time,
they converted this power delegated for the peotile'l,
g m.rty to the purpose of tht it own ar:)}..)i )us or *vil
vie "I, and have tat terlyberom e riost Z f iit plate
of a blessing te manlind.They hive noted by the people
• as if they 'A vre breonit their private property, as if they
bail 114 14 CCOUIIt to de ::an) or th* in for I heir 614..wa:t1-
iTtp—in Ile, Ai if thev were born In obey thiir will
and pt. more. MI:O4NT to their gratitit stions, awl be.
rionte at once the puppets. of their sport, awl the play-
thin% their fancy. if the Governments of nrope
had not hul some Fuck reoinf,s 89 vv guides, the
niistaketo gni.t.es of their co;aluiit, we should not have
seen, or hi ard of the transfers matte 1r; the Congress
of Vienra, the broakiag faith, mod the incli.intion to
despotism tthich were winced : nor in • • ri.at .Britain,
the total suspension of the public liberty, without a
se *do vi siva :ase t Znsiifysooppressive-aproceeding.

Our Ulna> eonfltitution anD UAW; -

SUNDAY, JUNE .9.8, 1818.

But Kings and Governtnents may now learn that
all those oppretsions cannot be continued for evvr.
There k a period up to which isbcdi win not be
given, and from that period, very often at least, re.
sistart e becomes a duty. At this moment, the peo•
pie of England are exhibiting a plorieus example of
struggling indepenilance to the woii.l, and we trust
they will transmit to their posterity, that spirit, and
that feeling, which are directly in opposition
to the atrocities of att imbecile and ruinotk adeninis.
tration. In every part of the county, the friends of
liberty and itidependeute are grlit.iiig the most sig•
nal victories, and even itt thole very places wit. re
Clove rime ut influence should Le snppo4ed of most
ettecival and easiest extrtion, they It .e bcen triitin.
pliantly defeated. •
It is quite chet ring to behold the ft which
row oprating throu4ll the country. Petty squabbles
and little personal bickering, are no longer found
actuating the great body of electors ; and if any mar.
titre do evict, it is only between the lovors of hbert.t
as such, and the retitimrs or tools of theoorernment,
%4 ho are compelled to vete for the Court candidates.
No man's private hearth is ilistuibud on this occasion,
and the whole contest seems to turn IPIIOII the
feeling which omissive measures have engendered
against the pre-eiit order of thing,.

A genuine love fir the constitotion is every where
exhibited ; and where any mobi.eroey has lifteel its head,
it has been as instantaneously put down. If any evidence
were necessary to prove the truth of t!.is timer...en, we
rice-lonly to link to the. situation in wi.ich orator Mint
stands ass c indidate for %kestrninster lie t despised
by every man of mum., S2llSt! ; he is even become the
idiot's jest —the Imighiug stock of the le .vu.st of the
rabble. It was made. an ariptirent egainst Reform,
that Hunt could lead the working and iahouriug classes
of the pcei./e, as hi: pleased, Let eetay experience
proves the tiilsehocxl of the charge. Reform we will
have, if the people continue to exert themselves as they
have done. We cannot reelize much, without slier:-
ii ng something—and rather than look for annual
parliaments or universal sulliage, in all that extensive
latitude, whieh some persons seek fur it, let 116 be Sa-
tisfied if we obtain triennial parliaments, anti a
%mt.: fer all householders and copyhold tt omits. It
only required to see the et:nil:act of the eersons opposite
the ilustiaL,s at Covent-Garden Oaring the first days
et the electioa, to satisfy every reaspning mind, of the
impropriety of giving cerej rma, without discrimina-
tion, the right of exercising the elective trani•hise. If •
it were givi a so generally, it weittl soon become
matter of trtflic aamngst the poor, and would only be
purchase d hr the rich, in miler to secure to them a
greater ilitel.•st staler the 6,:arm.ient for the evendi-
,•
text: of their teitital.
If we could once effect setne alteration in the laws of
,erintozenitere; it we could have r, set r of gavel-kind
law an Nine: al.itribation of prorer.y of tine nobles
srel other eq.:AA persons between their children, once
trit int, action and wholetome-operetion, we should soon
find that disposition which has so lon:!, exist.•d, very
wasted, lessened, or dcstreyeil ; and Reform
with every eller blessing soon follow in its train.
A.s long, however, ns a Peer or untitled estated man,
a large family, it; allowed to heave his itroperty
in land to ono of his children, to the exeinsion
of all the rest ; we shall have the others
looking for places in the army, the navy and the
church—the elder brother will support the Govern-
ment who provides for his younger brother, and he is re-
lieved from all burthen by them—and hence, from a
continued multip'ieation of these ;:: tancßs day after
day—Government s, however base tied iniquitous, ar
supported. Th : mechanic and ~ labourer ha a
l a different ister:st in tl.eir fitra.livr, tit d naturally ob-

PRICE JAS

jeet to that taxation whi..°s fii!ls upon them, t 4 th.v.
:mrposeerscipportirg those who, but for the law of
primat.-,erituro, shauld elseubcre have had sli)port.
This is the icand nun of Ministerial ratron,:ge
tie one had, and the atiport which they derive on
the other ; but take assay the causes give them
improper patror age, take away tht iiccetity of appal—
eati OTIS for place ; you will Lave the pe_lie. inter, sot
att-:nded to, and the welfare of the community prefor.
• red to the halt ke:irt;;;s of individual interest. WA
wish not to 111. l::. the f,:undation of landezi prope—s.„
• nor to detract from it, its proper weight in the Neale ,‘f
estimation. :t should have a proi,lortion of influence.
corresponding to its real importance towards the hay:.
piticss of the state; but beyond this, it should have.
nothing.
In conclusion, o e entreat the people to persevere--
to be motierate—to be calm—to consult the nation's
safety—ar.d. their ehil.lrens freedom—and by acting ui
noison together, they must inevitably succeed.

"11• e Cmoese ship `lis-ria•ordia, havit:g been plan-
demi by the late Dcy el Algiers of consideralLe pro-
perry, and at the same time the Genoese Vice-Ctinsul
being treated with great indignity, and ;?:missed frora
Algiers, a complaint Li made to the British Go-ern-
meat of this outrage, in direct. violation of the t:, at v
which had been concluded with Algiers by .I*!r.iiral
Lord Exmouth. On fois representation the Spiotitn
frigate, commanded by Captain Wise, was dispatched
to demand An explanation, and to reu►ontrate against
these vialent proceLdings. She returned a few days
ago co Plymouth, w'r.ere she s.ill remai:►s under tinAr-
ratititte on account of the plague thl:t was raging at
Algiers. Captain Wise has been conTletely Fticecssiltt
in the tabit:ait of iris Immediately ou his ar-
rival he enterel, in ciajunction with his Mlajcett•s
Consul, into a negotiatitn► wi;11 :he Deg ; the result ei
‘vas, the payment of 35,000 &flans as a cora-
peTisiition the property plundered en hoard the Mi-
sericortliti, and au unqualititxl disavowal, oil the part
Of the reig„itig Dey, nf his predecessor (wfi.)
died of the pl.que on the Ist Mari.), in scarfing away
titan Algiers the '.'ice-Ccosal of his Sardinian :11a;esty.
No violence appears to have been committed on the per-
sons of an of his Majesty's subjects, as was staici: fn
the Fren:h

The eel. 'oratcd Madame Manson is reconciled to
family, who consider her conduct at Albi a stir:tele-It
atonement fin the et ors coma i,l. Jat lletalez. Con-
ceiving herself released, since tLx execution of Juisioii,
from her engagement of secrecy, i*lie no' poritively
asserts to be one o' those who took an active part
in the assns illation of Fualdes. ! ler evidence np
the new trial which iq about to • ,i.e place will, it
cxpeeted, :wow very intcr_•sthig and circun -
staiitial partitulars respecting this ho:tid transaction.—
The \ V0111:M 1111/1`:11 ha, a during plc-,
stirc, ha% ing, it is said, matte a full eomensiou of ai!
the eircumstin.ces attending the murder. Her disco-
xerh:s, t..-.l.nive. of their serving; to form Ot basis or
the indietatientF agait:st tht accomplices now in custody,
such light upon the conduct ci' those who have
:arcade have no doubt of their guilt, and
deprive!: them of all to the commiseration of iwir-
kiod. Jausion, Isla) was pi.e..ion.4 supposail to hate,
with n:hictitace and ti,ahlity, s..rati the first blow,
wits, according to Ilancal's :ICOMJIit, mon• oefieient in
dexterity than in Ftn:rgt h and inclination to poplar, e
tht inunkr. Instt ad of using the poi,it, iiiieavourt
to dispatch Fitaltkis with the edge of his p0t.211,0-litediit.-,
litediit.-, indignant at his auk wardnc.s.s, fa,atelteil the
fri I his bath!, an i nwions c‘-
clalatcd—" Why the d-1 tin yu'm woi.l: s ? Let
me have it, and I will show ~•1 how to
T1).2 iliscoverks o: Bancal at.,;)?:.- implicate Tlessieres
Vi.svime :rid the tv.tary Colard, it is said,
evinced to rev :al all lie knew of the affair,
precious to his execution, but was precent..tl by the
dread of his intended disco. cries sending his cherc
Anne Eowit, to the scaffold.
Sir Murray Maxwell, whose intrepid conduct
excited so ;.;rcitt a share of public attention, was
at Maxwell Land, in Scotland. He is descend

etrevt line from the great Sir Eustuce Riu•well,
commanded vne of the wing:. of Ilnice's slimy a
battle of Bannockburn.