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No. 573.—V0L. X 11.

SUNDAY, JANU.

,Y 34, 1819.

PRict 944.

POLITICAL I)ISQU

price which they have the m( rs to give for it? Expe-
rience has proved, and we think will prove that it can-
not ; and we hope it 1611 al*, be the policy of our
rulers to avoid any measures which may lurid' the few
at the expence of the many. A petition has been pre-
sented to Parliament on the state Of our criminal laws,
and it certainly is one of the most important subjects.,
on which our legislature ran be Alreved. When we
reflect upon the horrible inerer4e of crimes, as stated in
the petition, and that the convictions have in the course
of twelve years, inerrand from three or four time and, •
to thirteen thousand, the prdspeet in indeed dreadful. j
The change from war to peace may have had some ef-
feet lately ou this increase,•but it cannot be considered
as very material. Other causes much deeper are impli-
cated, and eertdutly, most important is the lamentable
disposition and severity of punishments to crimes. We
have a strong proof of this from a neighbouring nation
Prance before the revolution, (the miVehiefs and horrors
of which have been expwtiated upon with so much
quence, while its advantages have been overloolted,).
there existed a sanguinary penal code. The torture
of the rack was abolished on the first meeting of .tne.
Constituent Assembly, and the punishment of death
for many inadequate crimes was soorr after remitted,
The result of this change of law was that many crimes
besamu very uncommon which had formerly pr:vailea
to a most alarming extent, and we can o•tly in this in-
stance rity, with regard to ouri reprcscutatives, " Go,
and do thou

STATE OF FINANCE, NIANVFACTURES, &v.

TILE passing events of the lest fortnight have been
particularly interesting, both in and out of the House.
from every view which can be taken on the
seeeet, the condition of our Revenue appears to he the
most favourable and improving In the Coesolidated
fund :Ilene, an increase of about three millions, as
compared with the produce.of former years, is stated
to have taken-place ; the
osetual surplus of which is
between two and three hundred thousand pounds, mid
and it is also anticipated, even by the opposition, that
Ministers would at least curry their reauetionx as far
as four millions. Such it the promising state of the,
finances in some of its leading parts, notwithstanding
the gloomy light in which many Members of the op-
position seem to place the affairs of the nation. • We
do not think either that the pro-perity of our maim.
factures was at all exage,iaratcl in the spa ech from the
vro ilsack. -1 he distreasi lig state of trade at Manchester
which has been repreaented, and sometimes naisrcprc-.
sentai, with all the powers of declamation, is certainly
now rapidly diminishing, and if we look at almost
every place of commercial calm:peace, all is bustle and
activity The manufactures of Biratingliatn have.
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scarcely ever been more fully employed than they are
at the pie Sent in meat. The worktnen have full
wages and full work, and in that extensive emporium
of trade, the northern fart of Staffiirdshire, called the
Potteries, not only are 01.- old works entirely occupied,
but sunny new se's are being eructed. The demand
for iron is now elmeee as considerable as'duriog the
war,. and the price of consumption of this valuable
mineral is perhaps one of the best criterions by which
we can judge of the actual t•tate of some of the most
important renelles of the Commerce of Great firi'ain.
The extensive wineries in the neighbourhood of
Wednesbury, Wedireeltampton, and Bilston, 'have such
a rapid sale for their produce, that new mines are daily
searched for, and happy is that mart who is a landed
proprietor in this vicinity ; if we have a rich vein of
coal under its serface, it will sell fir from 8001. to 10001.
per acre. The general value of land has also increased
within the last six .months tO or 30 per cent.—
Theft' ate facto which speak for-lisererelves, and of their-
truth any candid enquirer may be -convinced ; yet;
whew we era congratulated from • the throne upon the
inerepaing presperity of our commereitil interests, we
are mid in language, which is as reinurkable for the
pomposity or itslealamation, as for tbe.racagreness of
its facts, that it is kilse and eettegerated picture. We
fmme, however, that young opposition meinbtes tniak
a few Philipp•lest at the beeinning ei fipoirerlittefoll

day of the said month of November, the said will was
opened and read by them ; and the) then obA!tved the
following clauses, in the seventh page of the said wil!,
viz.—" i•lavitta brought from !Mecklenburg • various •
property, as specified in the list No. I, annexed to th;e
my last will and testament, it is my wish and desire,
and ncy List will n'id pleasmre, that such property shall
revert to the house of Meeleuburg-Strelitz, and I direct

E. 11. T.

" I give and bequeath, as speified in the lirt N. t,
annexed to this my last will and testament, to be paid
out of the value of my personal property within six
months after my death."

A nd they further made oath, that to list of property,
as stated to be annexed to the said will; under the mark
No. I, or any Hits of bequests, also stated to be an.
nexed, under the mark of No. were found annexed
to the said will, or contained in the envelope in whizh
the said will was enclosed, as aforesaid. And .the ap-
pearers further make oath and say, that they have care-
fully looked over and inspeeted the papers left by her
said Most Excellent Majesty, ana that no such lists as
those referred to in the said clauses have been disclosed
or tinted by them, or either of them ; and they do
verily and. in their consciences believe, that no such
lists were ever prepared by her said Majesty ; and that
she died without preparing the same, thoagh it is-within
the knowlrdge of the appeirer, Herbert Taylor, that
her said M,.jesty had signified her intention to prepare
the lists so referred to in the said clauses, under the
marks No. I, and 2 and to have annexed to them the
said will, so us to have formed part thereof.
The Sth day of January, 1819 the

wary to show themselves off, and who knows hut some
or :Lem may attain the place of h )nour. The seat is
yet vacant whis3l)wa,,u oi.teivjAl 4neti by *
;rune itttortAingfliattusvidhs litaisP' taken phice a;nra
the opening of l'ariiament, and many most important
s'ihjects arc now cetoing tiodsir its mature thlilY;tatioa,
1t c ventured'a few uninLers back to pre list some of
t:.ccry, aml are happy to find we huve net Len miAnl:en.
Irc etmgmtnlut,-„, too, our readers 'lima the firm and

det,rniined opposition • which Ministers have yie(iged
themselves to give to the petition on the Corn Lnivs
It Wax a petition fraught with anger, and would have
blown the embers of discord which lie scett •rod through
the: kingdom info one universal dame. Indeed, nay.
1:1-11sure whien could materially tend to heighten the
pri of breA should be slltieried as*ri pestulenee. The
queuion is Rot whether, by a 101 l euldvatiou, this
tomitry eau grow com enough for izs 0wn:04014..
t hut ,whether, tudhout 11$,
i.;4.4triss, it can supply its inhalatants witb. liteati at a

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THE trEE.V.S
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It will be. recollected, thatinthe Queen's will two
I:.ts were referred to, which, however did 110 t appeitt%
The exeeutors in the sr.bioitifed declara,ion, filed yes!:
torday in the proper Court, explained Alm cause of thio
omission :---
Appeared personally the Right Hon. Charles George
Arden, and Herbert Taylor, of Ni indsor in the county
of Becks Esq., awl being duly sw.,ru to depose the
truth, male oath that they are the executors Immtd in
the last will and tes:intirmt of her Most Excellent
.Majesty Charlotte Que:nt of the united kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland deceased, bearing date the
16th daY of November, in the year of our Lord. 1108.
And the wearer Herbert Taylor for 'himself saith,
that immediately after the execution of the said will by
her said Most Excellent Majesty, it was adivered to
him for safe custody; anti he thereupon sealed up the
same, in the pre...ice of her said Majesty in an enve-
lop-, from which it had been taken for the purpose of
being executed as athresaid ; and the said will remained
so sealed up in his possessi.n until the death of her
said Alajesty, which happened on Tu-sday. the 17th
day of November, 1818 And both the arpearers for
themselves, that on the following day, to wit. the 18th

that it shall be sent back w the senior branch of that
house ,"