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London, England, 1826-09-25 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

a fool to "no retrenchment," uttered by those who have
a mortgage on the state for 30,000,0001. sterling per an-
nein his Feat enemies,
num. If the fur idholder wants to au*
let him go to Downing-street, andheneadnotbelongon
the look-Out. The Minister alone it is, whose sworn al-
legiance to the court and aristocracy of EnglaLd will
not suffer hire to hesitate, when the trial comes, about
sacrificing the " public creditor" to the public pen-
sioner and debtor. With the consent of Right Hon.
Gentlemen, the last foot of ground surrendered will be
that on which flourishes the goodly tree of patronage.
The " dignity'of the Crown, it will be exclaimed—
the " vested interests"--the " sinecure freeholds"—
the long train of colonial governors, at 5,9001. to
15,000 t., per annum—the numerous boards of ab-
sentee commissioners, never appearing at their office
but on quarter day ;—all these are identified with
the monarchy forsooth : should they be touched,
Church and King are in danger, the -Ministers re-
tire, and chaos is come again. We, on the other
band, 'shall never cease protesting, that if the question
lies between dismissing the grandee placemen, and
cheating the poor family who exist upon their divi-
dends, my Lord ought to take the precedence due to
his nobility, and to walk down stairs before the ple-
beian multitude. his because we feel satisfied in our
consciences that dividends and bribes cannot both he
paid much, longer, that we implore the upright Eng-
lish nation to join us in cutting away the corrupt
portion of expenditure, and providing means for the
stability of that part only which is sound. If a fait
reasoner should inquire of us, why then reduce the
taxes first, before' you ascertain . what amount can be
spared fi.om the expenditure ? our 'answer is, that we
place as much confidence in the pertinacity of Mini-
sters to refuse all spontaneous economy, as we do in
their tried ability to practise that virtue when it shall
be forced upon them by law. We, therefore, do not say
retrench first, and repeal taxes afterwards, for then a
beginning would not he made within the 19th cen-
tury ; but let the Parliame»t reduce taxes first, and
then leave to the Ministers the task of diminishing
their 'expences—an exercise of skill for which we have
often admired them on former occasions. Briefly,
our policy ought to be, withhold the means of waste,
and his Majesty's Ministers will find the means of
being frugal. The Court may, be pruned down, but
will become mere healthy—the civil list may be printed
•
in a more compact form—the army may halt on its un-
constitutional march—the colonies may be' defended
by ships and blue jackets; instead of bullion aiguilettes
and cock's feathers; but no, irreparable cahnnity, de-
pend upon it, will befall us as a state—the dividends
will take care of themselves, and so will his Majesty's
Ministers.—/hid.

Our readers will see with pain in the report of an
Irish Catholic:dinner at Mußinger, a speech' delivered
by Mr. Shiel on the occasion. ' The world has heard
(ftoiri Catholics) ;i. good deal 4boilt ~,theii• liberality-,
(from Irishmen) we havc beard something about Irish
generosity—. ;from Mr. Shiel, agreat deal aCont all
manner of subjects., delivered-. ex- cathedra, as the
admonitions of an ,oracle to those who did, or who'did
not • consult it ; but; in the ' name of whatever yet.
belonged to the libels), the generous,the
1 t
tn eloquent, and
thewise,.in human character or power, was the ear of
a civilized meeting, when wine and conviviality might
have been presumed to exereise their Mellowing
influence over the most acrimonious natures—was the
ear of eiSiliied man ever before insulted bY. brutality
so_ odious as that which Mr. Shiel is said, by the
Trish prints, to have perpetrated _upon the absent
Duke of York—making even ; the 'Wilily diseaSe of
the suffering Prince and gentleman, a Pointed:'subject
of coarse and unchristian eiultation ! If the Catholics
are ultimately disappointed of their aim, it will' be
through the disgust excited 'against them by their' own
ferocious and 'foolish leaders ; no )honest man would
think 'of supportitig a sect,:Which could be fairly.iden-
tified with such minds as :now and then assume the
direction of it. We do not identify them,—We are sure
6444114 of what appears upon the surface of their pro-
ceedings has taken no root in the Catholic spirit or
character;; but let the better members of the body:be-
ware. A few such after-dinner orations would raise
the 'old war-ery. through every village in England.
The Puke of York .may be wrong on this political
tinestion : he is wrong, as we believe—but we believe
him likewise to be honest in his error ; and, whatever
may be thought of his judgment or discretion, whether
with regard '.to pecuniary matters or to politics, his
Royal Highness Is a well-meaning and kind-hearted
mart, The people of England,rwho know his character,
will, through all their ranks, resent this barbarous and
tingin 'dein:it dy- insult.,-'liinei. ' ' rr,
If the Government of England will not retrench,
and the Parliament reduce our taxes, the power of
keepliiifaith with the public creditor can be but of
uncertain duration. - The greater portion of our nil-.
tional revenue is drawn froni indirect taxes--in other
wordsfrom - voluntary Consumption---the best general
measure Of the national, wealth. This consumption
has, until of late, been largely fed by the prosperity of
our manufacturing. system-,a prosperity synOilimous
with, the ,supreme command of almost everyinarKet
throughout the civilized and semi-barbarous' world.
This . journal has, recently shown good cause for ac's
knowledging that the monopoly is now at an end, that
foreign industry has becinie a formidable and effectual
rival to the British loom, and that the mamifacturing
prosperity of England has not so much been suspended
THAMES POLICE.fOn Saturday immediately after Mr.
for a day as undermined and permanently shaken.
Ballantine entered the office, one of the officers- handed him a
Under these circumstances, let any candid observer
written communication . from a body of operative • •
look at the revenue, .sleclining on the' face 'of everyal who were waiting. outside ; Mr. fiallatine aair'elttwli:t2gstlitays'
quarterly return. In'the midst of an almost ' should be knitted. On their entering, the office, they ,handed
peace, if not rather towards conclusion Of it, all mr• nallanfine a memorial, Which they said they intended. to pre- '
sent: to His Majesty's Attorney
can be effected for the financial.stem of the c'ountry,
is to keep its "head above water.' Nothing haS been were tootOon to have itt it n t;
--.-0
and'
l'he fiAroWing is a 'copy of the memorial
asuptoonit:l:l)colp)riteitleyy.
accomplished, hardly any thing attempted, but b shifty
Y "To the Right Honourable 'Sir
.i,2l;a7leie Wetherell, K •
and expedients to kee the vessid. afloat. After many His Majesty's Attorney General, &c. Bte. Tleinsinotriaglit
nominal reductions Ate taxes, which, owing to the' the under ei ue' '
"Showeth,LilVatate. nraotro'ulr'i"Metght.ll..
xn.t.syteeswseel:eutrele,eiltelyboeunge-
increased value of money in comparison with the iSrie:e
of it in ISR, leaves the ,people bound to the tax- gaged (with eleven others) toy build a st°eral
Kiln Dock-yard, LimehOune, by the proprietor of that establish-.
gatherer every year, in as large a south of gold and Silver' oiela, Mr. chilies TOO ut
as when die paper itterriue of the Stato wets mooe than o T.1,,.„.t in „0,,,,4,44en-oui *of mi.. Tobbut
not lowing
,i,
sidiici.,,,i;
20,000,0001, higher --:tour, we repeat, these memottes 4t)ifi:Zit:it'Hiltt:llll.v
,r,tion for carrying' 014 the work of
of inadequate reductioii, into' which .`_'bolsters Misters were illiunW:ll.fint; thetii,iN,,vfluiorl:i
trt,nunottrr engaged for that
three(' by the press and the opposition, but for which PurPON° could not berm pZei,
ewoetrmeonttueloefr
ttilnic.lirneces;aiy of withdrawing thieirsetirvniaiernortilaliiits
they now take an unblushing credit onbellf oif their.
mass) in order to . I I ("2
1 the
own wisdom,---after all these, the
other establishment, leaving 11 men to finish the vessel.
as much oppressed and worn down as ever by the re- ~ That seven others of your memorialists who werenot connected
maining burdens, because the old sources of opulencethe • *
with,. budding of the steam-vessel but were employed in re-
have been shared with other nations, and wer have to pairing a ship then in Mr. Tebbut's dock, which they quitted on
support an equal, weight upon a slighter fuleruM than account of a deficiency in payment were:
ts summonedi (with, the
above ten persons) before J. &ado%
before'. . The', Sinking . Fund, a swollen bubble in
same Pulse, i.nagi.strates at rye instance orifirAeobillituto, ftotSiehosryhae:ilits:
time lif war, while ' C4oVernment was at time fur easing his work unfinished.
momentt !sorrowing and paying, has, since the peace, b Tillu,!tv,i,iif.trttl: a deliberate investigation of the affair, it was decided
and after whole years of' discussion, been established
uypoili
your
iluieyztrioil,,rtastoillutt
coMr.
.Tebbiut had no further: claim
on a sounder theory, which limits the true meaning of 1 waspient y they were honourably,
a "sinking fund " to the excess 'of income' over ex- di"cll4tg"d.
" Tllat amen_ that tirne,Mr. Tebbut has been endeavouring to
penditure. But what it gaitied in argument it has'
80(1 preventii your memorialist:l4mm obtaining employthent in other'
lost in fact, since, as an instrument for. reducing
Bent to
millions of debt, 2-i millions, the outside of the real. rii•L't*Zer;taii)lyde'rneolli3thiotf.ichiariceuelsa,rtioetttlenie fowllotline6elliiets:--t
wapitis revenue, ernmint .in realitT to' nothing. 4, ' CIRCULA
The condition, then, of Great 'Britain is Precisely having left .1-ey work tll3liiiishiel,
I lx‘:;liiiiairv.'e—toAaleliupilialli7t of persons
Caine.'- " ' SePt.
1826.
this-- the people are sinking amder 'a pretittre ortaXa-
" That these circulare,
with every man's name attached, have
.
twit, %v.:lkb barely answers tin twofold tleiiiainis—lst, I
. fund s afruoetenaleet in causing the. discharge of several of your memorialists
of the . pithlic crediter, including that sinking („3,l;seAciftsoyfairii‘l.:,
1111110iu;t1CtilVagAii;Zhiitrililu:4ytii-;:r
which is boasted of air iiis.best " seeurity ;" 2d, of the memeriediste contclre.l.taoHlide
impressiouti, injurious to voiiiinemoriaBalisiit*,vlilJ)ttyeeilvielel _nude;
Minister, with his inordinate. establishments of eourts That your • memorialist* have H trong Email fur 11^ • ' .
carnp, and Cis it patronage. What then would lie the wrong
on the minds of several other sliip•lmildera,
advice of all honest and prudent eouneellor in such a
disheartening ease ?It would be this—that since the tirY.'n'evtiutit: e44'eses employment, in cunsequenV olli'l6wtmhticcel:
Laititriey
areimoreerirennot i.inly. 'leering under mental degradation,
same revenue which , breaks down the people, and gpt wations to which they LaVe hitherto been
destroys the foreign market for our national industry, entire',etrangere.
cc That preeious to the issuing of those circulars, your memo-
is at the same time scarcely suflieient for the exigencies
rialistis svere mudded to support their families by the proceeds of
of the peace establishment inflicted on us by Mini:deo, -
~ their labour, but the influent* of Mr. TAMA has deprived th
and leaves nothing ' ',4' to Come and go'upon" if's mur. consequently, want and runt ' ein
should of that labour, and,
arise, Parhainent should relieve the springs O 1 in the face. That your menionaliate big mute staring them
further to state, that
• .
industry at all directions, by reducing ,a' portion , of up to the present time their cfieractentfiave stood unimpotehid4„,
tthat
load. which raises like a lover the price of all of which they run
give the most satisfactory reference
, your 1i1e1001111.111.4 have
necesearies, and lowers the demand for luxuries, retain- - Under 'these afflicting CircMnstances .'
r t t
been eompelleil to lay before you, Sir Charlt;i, a statement of
ing our snamillictured goods 44 110111 e, thr9Wing iI4IIL
thielili ease._
itrusting that your kind interference in their behalf
dreds of Aousands of-iictiye men out of .employment, ,
theinthtelng Mr. Teblun to withdraw his
circuit twl. eilittettlezilyi of
fettering Conssinziption, and extinguishing the sources.their
enabling your memorialists
of taxation. Let Parliament do this, and it will have, to obtan:emple employment and)e resutelean)lsuffering , •• .
re now
not inerefySa; re,veou.- Ftid with. greater ease, but one their Wonted coiYufurts, • ' . without the aid of parochial reli;tf; and
which shall cootain your memorialist* us i
Isi ) e en( env)
s.
.d b . , a duty bound, will every pray, &c.....-
withiii it a .sel 'I I t I -
. yso.teen versions with large.familiee.) . :• ' .
toward 6 improvement-rsoins, likewise, which shall oiler igne.
Mr. BALLA Niuse returned them tie memorial, and said that
the public creditor a lasting and extending security he bad nothiug whatsoever to do with it. It appeared to biro
for this' dividend's inStead of the. certainty that, with
an
inereai.
tii,
..limtris„, .
4iceeterat,o
dyda
ar c , f
itlitatilf!sy latelyl hail been in the employment of Mr. 'rebbut, and
___t_leir, work Tebbut had brought them there upon a
the firstoces, stun) a more 1 ;
0-m.ons 1 e 4sl 't
I°l
) Y(i),arra"tivtinK
1 cesst., for NOM 1
sudden reniedy,the chance of I-.►- iit Coming m fisr a share ia would not say ; :but the gentleman who lad heard the citric, diii.:
fold
of any Violent Sacrifice which May be yielded t imissed it, a* net. coming within the clause of the act of Parlia-
clamour, will be multiplied an 'nuked, ie public.)
y every leaving their work, Under- the particular ciecumstances, be, was
hour's delay. it is advisedly, therefore,- that we sorrythattwo,three four fir fiveshi ibuilderal ad f d the t 0 k
, • , i . j i re use .... 0w r .
the paramonnt interest of the public creditor, ll f say
"
ea s. or ,swbser,l,elphut, by sending roitnd circular letteni, cif he had done
avagan i 4 ' r • •
a mystetrt of retrenched eitr c, e, and , unmished so) to preivent.them getting work, had done that which was highly
tOeS, tilltt-tfoine security may he afforded for 'the
e. eO/1"' heiftca that - reason to think it was illegal; but he
, . .
.s.iy observations of hie should not replate their con-
tinued paythent by the people Of so much tic the taxes duet • ' they _night present their t. ''
pe ttion to whomsoever they
al will satisfy the interest of the debt. 'We foretold elesss's Fie ~,,,, 0u .
neither should he give an opinion
the tr;ASS,s the shaniefill tricks, that would, he resorted open it tine way ornaetrhti:r to
it
• but he should observe that if mss-
the 48 creatures, to avert an
get). trees
_for,nied u emnbinatiou for any other Pur Mateo than these for
to by the; TreasMY, d l
n'g:eillid," their trade, lit' should sa that
.the suer, resin g the
nonned,reform. One of these ingenious devicea is-to
' ' 1- ' ect and to - - ' '" a 77 I*d toratoPle ''' mid.thepuller tsar-a tin it -1,,,a
pes„, of m 0.,, 44.
e,,,,..,._
,E,
.0,1, en , 1.., 16,01.1. Any y
poitiontlie public mina-upon the sti ),,j , ,w.onuisslssrf;i4.?„„wc sniti.,, sy particular Master, of coarse his yard
sus& the mass of fundholders, that those who demand ,
time
pu,),,e „ma ; 1,:11"tuubo utrollseted I sack condtict 'would lic :Uglily reprehee-
a reduction or the taxes, "mean to " rob
condutiAttan fits f' ' that a better freling would regulate their
p t, TA ue -1. een set, allt- W-114 '
creditor" of his ilicoine. ' Now, . Unquestionably, if ap„ =1 'Mow the exam I. i' I had b '
. ervta the greatest ~
the Ministers can mimed in enlisting the fundholder made tO hint L the' ' ' imehemilon,. and should any reference he
... . oWervatiou ' 8"bI'cl, he should not 1 ••
against his Own friend*. and. seducing him to voti,
~ ~ mutate to repeat those
against his own protection from ruin, they will have "-liestaen sa:ld that they. had new:- lif
to.i the circus,,,, a mi.. I,,,hci *a abl.e to. get any work,
Achieved a victory worthy of their high renown for the owing
ths nsist s eplorahle conditit. ' '
int, and thew families were la
No " put tiwin were MO to apply :: irt'l", 'OO touch so that wma of
itwelition of happy 'watchwords. 44 .Popery,
Hasissssise I • ' ' Pu°"" "6'4-
into she mouths of honest trten, who fbrgc;t, that there mr, isms saprsssi i . .
•
i 1 ..1
are 7,00p00 a Arad Papists to be ext(3llllDatedi WWI thtir eitaatiun, they alilLl44 Wig huut' """di uommisseration for
thtit fat the etAcep

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.