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London, England, 1812-05-07 00:00:00

01i4ARP:0701VIS O.A. THE . /pp,

The foivnidatle ay.( ;trances which the diem
tents in the interiol of the comber have assumed.eall
for ..n imme.liate 'display of diisdoni and vigour '?n
the part of the GovernMent. With the Unerenilled
means which the Regent possess-s, not only for ruling
hut comminuting the kingd m, it will stein' his ad-
ministration with pet lutuat dise,race, if the willful-
. ness of the Misguided artisans be allowed to make
farther head ; and yet such is the v'astnessiif the pre-
ent power of Government, arising from the improved
'intelligence of ,he people, the multifarious modes of
communicating advire by the press, the celerity of
co Iveyance, the multitude of loyal, and undoubtedly
f..h(ui, stue jests in a-irs. that only coercive means
bet mployed to stitul.ue them, there isno term that
implies contempt, which ought to be withheld from
the conduct of Ministers. Many months have elapsed
since it has been notorious to all the world, that the
rna'nufacturing districts have been-full of discAntent ;
and now it appears that the measures hitherto em-
ployed to repress the evil, are so far from beingsuc-
tessful, that under them the discontents spread and
ripen 'into actual rebellion. This is a broad fact,
and though we say it with great pain, Government
cannot excuse itself from having ace4d, to use the
very gtutlest term, politically wring. The attention
of the ooentry ought to be drawn directly to this
most important circumstance, this paralysis in the
- brain of the state ; and speedy remedies ought to he
applied. Fcr if the same inadequacy of the means
oi_ledress, arid the same deficiency of consideration
in the modes, be applied to the state of the artisans,
every mischief and murder that may ensue, will
justly fall to be ascribed to those individual persons
who c• astitute the present Government and Admi-i
nittration. We state this steongly, because the case
is one of the most ext.-vim that can possibly occur.
• Destruction and vengeance are busily afoot. Grie-
vances are complained of, and we hear with grief
and astonishment a cry for a massacre ; as it the
mph ying of the military against the subjects, were
Me only means
.that, in chi. deplorable case, ought to
be resorted to.
We are backward at all times in offering our own
opiteens on public' affairs. Notwithstanding our
vocation, we never presume to suppose ourselves
• qualified, either by talent or knowledge, to manage
the machinery'of Government better than the men

• commonly pro- looted to-that awful trust :—But we
have observed, that by keeping in view the succession
of 'Mall incidents which commonly forerun g at
events, wflen we have tfeutered darer our ins-
• perfect notions of pulallS.balne/Stlres, they have
' not proved erroneous. We es sornetithes seen our
' suggestions even acquiring a degree of political' in-
fluence: For this reason, on this oceasiore we ven-
ture to speak out, and we trust.tbat the general zn&
- deration that has charactirized the STAN will pro-
tect our sentiments from being distortiai by those
who may think our language strong:
I. the artisans complain of grievancts,whether froth siaffefings;
arising front special causes, or from notions deduced from the
prospective tonsidcrition of the tendency of existing circum-
stances, has not been ascertained.
• •If. The situation of the general merchants and capitalists has
been duly considered by the Legislature, but no remedy has been
epithet'. to that of the artistans, who necessarily have suff,redfrom
the same embarras,menu which occasioned the interference of
the•Legblature in favour of the me:thetas aid capitalists.
The aid afforded to the capitalists and merchants had the
effect of remoting their pecuniary distress, but had not the effect
of induciug them to rent* their speculations to the same extent
• as formerly, so as to give again adequate employment to the ar-
tizans—consequently the relief granted by Government hss, ice
oaf at respected them, lain short of its object.
IV. The m'sinformed complain of the eacessive use of what
are called Power Mills," or to speak more prOperly of machi-
nery; they assert, ti at it has lessened the value of the artisan's
labour; and many of them, though tot immediate sufferers from
this cause, apprehend that they may hcreatt rbe euffrnrs, and
theft fore have combined with those that are :o destroy the ma-
ch'nes.
These four heads, we think, embrace the main
points of the causes of the existing discontents.
tree and alp ttension may be regarded As the leaders
of the insuirectinn, and therefore to them Govein.
trent ought to direct its attention. It. is self-tvident
that distrar will not be subdued but exasperated by
employing force only; and it is no less clear that fame
•c mpio ed to subdue disown will have the effeei
converting apprehension into retalLition. If, therefore,
the discontents be sa general as they are represented
to be, it is a thing as certain as that the sun will rise
to-morrow, that die employing of the military trees
age inst the rioters occasion a civil war—the great-
est misfortune that cau befal any state—greater infinite.
ly to this country than would be the annihilation of
Lord Wthingten and all his ermy;—greater even i
than the total foundering of all the West Indian
isluids in the sea, greater than the total entire loss cf
creii 513;p and vessel that constitutes the nary. A
civil 'wet- would be more ruinous th.in any one of these
celamitiec, more ruinous indeed than if they were all
to happen at one time Now what would be thought,
of a Minister that by supineness or any unstatesmai
quality sheuld bp the came of occasioning Lord'
Wellington and his army to surrender, or if the loss
of Jamaica, or of the destruction of Only 20 or :30 soil
of the line ? What should we think of such a Mini-
. stet ? How then :bosh' we consider these who were,
the causes of a eivTl veu--and a civil war.will end
must, by Mona and natural necessity, ensue, if in the,
present state of the arteheas oaf military means of
subjugation be employed.
We like and admire to see Government acting
with vigour; it is the proof of the nation being souad,'
andits aim in a healthful state of power. What we
conceive therefore the present cage to require i5,-that
an immediate Tray of the loyal armed suEjects be
convened in sufficient number to frustrate completely
any proceeding of the organized and :Town rioters,—
And to send down into the disconcerted districts
Commissioners to hear evidence, and to report as to
the grievances complained ef, and the means of re•
dress that ought to be empinyed. This mode of pre
ceeding woad sufficiently evince the power of Go-
vernment, and, be preventive oi those dreadful'
consequences that will ensue if the affair be entrusted
only to military men. •
We bitVe heard lately much of adihesses and peti-
tions to the Regent,. brit we- are surprised not to have
seen any requesting him to appoint proper persons to
examine into the causes of the complaints which are
so general throughout the nation, and which are less
owing to the sense of distress arising from dearth and
wag, than from a belia that there la no siluere as_

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►position to•applyitlie.YenierlY Pastrameit
•-as, indeed, thought of he.:fing.evidenee relative to
the Orders in Council, hut Parliament is not the It-
tt•sr trilimal for investigating local diets ; and
:t i,.destitute„ by its necessary forms, of thatfartscu-.
'alit, (.1 'Act iShich inessential to the ascertaining of
dscontentt tliat exist only among thelow anddlabour-
'lag orders.
Need we add that in the interns, and *khan de-
lay, it
.ought to be a Subject of enquiry with Mini:
sters, whet/ter an immediate pecuniary aid should
not be granted by Parliament •for the relief of the
labouring classes who may be out of employment
in those districts where the present distress is m re
generally felr., To those who are versant in political
economy, no argumcnt,will be necessary to shew that
-distress ivcasioned by national calamities should, by
the. interference of Government, be spread thinly over
the whole surface, to prevent a dangerous pressure on
particular parts of the body politic.

At the intercession of the American Charge d'Af-
fairs and Consul, Mr. PATTERSON has been'released
from the custody of Lavinder: the police officer, and
delivered over to a Mr. GLENNIE, an acquaintance of
Mr. PATTERSON'S family. Mr. GLENNIE, however,
has been swum in as a special constable, and Mr.
PATTERSON continues nominally in his custody.
Tuesday morning, the 28th ult. a duel took place
at Ospringe, between Lieutenant Ri•berts and Ensign
Andetsou, of the 71st Light In!antry lleginizitt ;
the former attended by Captain lienderson, .:td the
latter by Ensign Anderson, of the same regiment.—
On the first fire Lieutent.int Roberts received a
wound in the shoulder, which terminated the diffe-
rence. We are happy to state the Gentleman is in
a fair way of recovery.
Early on Friday morning last, were removed, un-
der a guard, from his Majesiy's gaol at tvlaidstrine,
'23 male convicts, and put on board the Zealand
hulk, at Sheerness, for transportation.

Monday se'nnight was sound drowned in a ditch,
I near Sandwich, after a short absence from home, Mr.
Thomas BotemAn, confxtioner, of that place.
As John Marsh, of Folks..one, fisherman, was out
the ether day off Dieppe, fishing mackarel, his nets
unfoi tunately came in contact with tho.e of Monsieur,
who was occupied in the same employ, when the
latter, after a seeming pretence of disintangling them,
called out ,t tout est droit," (all is right) and imme-
diately hoisted hie sail and steered a la MailON (home)
leaving John minus all his property value
On the 25th ult..as a boat with a Midshipman and
four men, were coming from the Olympia cutter
stationed off Dungeness, unfortunately it upset near
the shore: by the exertions of the Master of the Water.
ing.hoitse, and a boat officer, the Midshipman. and one
'man were saved, but the other three men perished and
j have not since been found.

As the workmen in the timber-yard in tie Savoy
were employed, on Tuesday morning, in piling boards
upon a platform, for the purpose of seasoning, the
!rack being rotten,gave way, and one of the men was
!precipitated to the ground with a great mass of the
!material.. The timber over him could not be less
than a ton weight, but tell in such a particular
as only to press partially upon him. His moans and
cries, while his companions were extricating him,
were pitiable, and could be distintly heard t4rough
the whole neighbourhood. Alter abou: 20 minutes of
great exertion, his companions succetded in getting
him out. He was conveyed to the public h .use on
Savoy-hill, and did, not appear much hurt.
A Specimen of the Songs, St:. in Me Siege of Eadajos,
now performing at Aari.Lv's Theatre
win entl,uwi-
astic applause.
Cnoisus, by a body of Sappers and Miners, with stave, en-
trenching tools, &e.
' We sappers and miners at tight take our birth,
From all eyes secure in t;.e bowel, ot the earth;
Then away to break ground, to our orders still true,
British valour quickly the toe, boys, subdue.
Sore a..J general Cnoaus, by a diviiioit of &he Arm), with stage
cannon, mortars, &c.
Then our bombs shag tiogle
I.ike stars in the sky ;
Like showers of hailstones
Cannon balls thsy shall fly.
Citoans, (waving their hats) HUZ:4I! huaza! hum!
breach their Crown Battery,
, Knock down their strong walls;
He lint enters the town first
shall be landlord of all.
CHORUS, Hutza! buzza! hum!
•
SONO and general Caucus, by Grenadiers, li3ttaltun-men, Sharp-
shooters, &c. attended by a body of Waggon-drivers, with
stage scaling ladders, &c.

I.6rd NMl:lton, as brave as can be,
' Shall find we will figl.t full as valkact as be:
Pisdl4..n bravely defends still the town,
mush e.,unqie opposition will quickly hear down.
Scaling ladders 1 repar'd, to tbe assault. boys, advance.
Unitto, well soon strike the flag or proud France.
CMORUS, hc.aling-laddsve, &c.
Death or victory, resounds three the ranks, my brave boys,
l he tin.c of attack forms the soldi:re best kora ;
While the watch-word is g yen by our nt.iile commander,
Pat al to the sword buys, that will not surrender.
Hew, hope, huzra, to the assault let's advance,
Englaufs standard shad fly o'er the flag of procl France.
Cuotoe, H,.zza,ls eye, huzza, &c.
We understand these are other.ingenions lyric composition of
the hke Lout of war. •

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