The National Register.
London, England, 1818-08-31 00:00:00

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No. LSI.—VoL. XI.

rouriciL 1)ISQUIS11 lON.

of EMIGRATION.

I is state.l as a curious 'act, that have
liccerae unwelcome guests ia most of vest hetels
own the Centineet. This account is untloubtedly at
variance with what gualatneri often talk of as u mat-
for of neloriety, natr.ely, the esgerttc-ss which ustel to
Le usanifeshel to receive " wherever
he went, and to assist in casing him of his superfluous
Itsiincas. Sech, indeed, is the history Landed down to '
13 but it is from other times, and ttp:dies to a TACO Of
leuglish travellers very different from these who ore
itcsv buffeted about the whole surface of Europe, with
frequent derision and contempt. The favocr;.te maxim
of our neighbours on the Continent, who jadge from
their personal intercetn•'.2 With Our countryezen, is, that
the British character has totally change I with circum-
stances; and that, siaoe the pence of 1815, the Mikr
Anglais and the giiueas LftYil tillappwr,A together.—
Now, foreignem of the last age, anti of this, hare had
different standards by whigb to judge the English cha-
racter. Formerly. there were many travellers from
England, min of furtuee, who went to see the world,
and who were ambitious to beheld it from that advan-
tageous eminence, svlieseen wealth and rank hod pleeed
them. There were reatly Englishereu likewise of low
degree, who eravelled ; bat they were few in oulnio:r,
• last in obscurity; and the pahlie ef the
tl;' ntittional charectte; of Englandwas g.evorned by, and
itteatid of with, that of the dupe at' class to Altiell we.
have Wit is the asc hle,tfiree,
yes:i? Instead of so.az Lunaretis of lihoral and wealthy
traveller{, we send abroad into every state of Europe
thousand; of neely and parsimonious eiaigrant:—:tun
who, driven by taxation into obscurity at home, go to
Live rummy, net to spend it; who leave no traces of
afdtenee or gran dear on their route, but olf.eil the
inhabitants by clownish manners, underbred arrogance,
• uniiszaisci sulpiciun of the truth and litml;:sty of
eve:7 pers.itt with wheat they have any dealings. It is
me, eat:referee that the English character has clertged,
Let that an inferior ales of Englih:lam expose them-
teives to foreigners, coinpared with that to which the
of our travellers wa., confided Lein): the preset':
gt.ceerati.m. The mischief they have thete their country,
tvl.at concerns the revenue, has often bon discunied
in and out of Parliamont. The evil may not be :114:-
I,e:her iticoesitlerable, the ugh we arc wailing to pass it
‘. :et- as one of those Wilk!) Ili> law can care, with any
recard to jestice. The real gravareen cif this rage fir
ver....gratien amongst our till:kite orders, is the prvjuthee
they have airiest us in the minds of lb.
roigeers, tied the obloquy which they have cast in fre-
ins!aneez :Ton the name of F.ngliritinen. Whet
• such people vt by their. emt gratiens?
:.kiog rtes tine; t:e.r .lecettre, they live a,
e!!"(lij at hone'"? When.: al: have siefered in their cir-
ra-entanoea, CA all raoban mi.; es hare tlene more or
the tini.:erselity of the erlevatme amlull;;.2:t the
t:'.og of it ; eel th Iran who 11AS dot every One of the
'ereitive.lou tehicit be once ,eijoyeil, set loses none
• respeetebirey as CollTareit With 11'S surrounding
I:44:llb(ittre. W 114: is now ass:reel Of Ai::.l.:-Chepolle,
sec.y with truth be alledged of most towns upon the
rozfinent tviticlt is within the migrating letitudes. '
"".^a7 all detest the peep le ..t 'ein.dattl, tram the great
rziority of hinelish sc.:iterns which they have encoun7
te:-.1. We erect that the mischief may itbr;.lge or lei
?gate itself, an.t the! the telp.q.ithuity of our comm?...
.e.:ett may contribute to send them home. Bet John
Pel! above the rest of his spec is fitted ex.. 1.1 ivcly
fir his in; !I lire-si:e. Ese:pt i. s Pe. ee2.),
all ellemtes are tit,. t.e:e to

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