The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-01-23 00:00:00

ringdoto. liebeffewea Ore prosecutions would met
be rontiooed.
Mr. Joins Wit.ss, at groat length, contended the
Itesoletion °mkt net to pow, as the evil seas rate of
a peculiar augnitsile. The evil affected not ',sorely
the wholesale defiler, bet the poor, and the widow,
who became :lie victims of spies and informers. hired
for the peep..., by the Unieersirie., for the telly end
1.1 ..iiirappino them. It oat their dote tint to WOO-
II al, themselves before the to•
t`'o'.• had 906$1:110•1641 the proceedings, his
'Majesty's Solicitor-General being employed in the
l;•surt of Chancery to obisin the loj•netions in their
r true, as well at that of the King's Painter. 11.
u odd recommend 115 application to Paiiismput, 6,0
if the system were to be connoted, it wapiti be bet.
ter at MIN' In have the partite piescilbed, than to
have the pockets of Messes. Foss and lon filled at
the extortive of the poor, the widow, and the orphan.
lie tasted the motion would be witheliaon, end a
Cosasiiittas. appointed with powers to art and report.
ll* hail seen sterna pawnbrokers, and from them he
uoderstorol that a Committee of that Hotly had bear
appoisted, wits Weald *nil pleasure co, retried with
pity Committee of tire Loudon Booksellers.—(iiesc,
hear ..)
The motion was thew withdrawn.
Mr. Wis.as then mewed that a Committee of twelve
be appoiuted, with *Melt 10 add to their womber., anti
full rorisers to Atop' all oecessaly raeasuies to tetmi-
Del.- the proe.cilloes.
Mr. 'I aTt.oa, in seconding the motion, said the
punnet right had Wien in the reign of Henry VIII.
when almost every thing was subject to Patents.—
'I H. wea abolished tit the trip of Jana I. es they
by. sone .0 vomit oppressive es in Ivory
Sh no longer
ill) &mho of titan tyrannical tendeory•
ould t
tywie succe, then Eel/lend woold be soon
ptairol is. thytn 1161 Bot (WIedWI stet* as Spaia in respect of
Nit. iiumE agreed radially with the motion of Mr.
Ni ilk*, moil suites withal it might perhaps hate been
prover to add, that a l'oblic Meeting should be here.
afire called to receive the Report of the Committee.
Ile merely threw oat ibis observation, bet did not
'wend to make it the subject of say motion.
Mr. ALLIO, a solicitor, considered the Meeting
solely coovened for business, not for ion:, speeches.
Ile attended on behalf of Mr. Wstichavd, of the
City-road, oho bad been served with an lojenction,
by which he was prohibited from selling a Bible with
h
a few notes and marginal comoletna. Ile approve
of the oppointtoent of a Committee, end was caitiff-
dart such so enlightened body as the Iwo Unive
ties emeld never consent to persecate the poor eati
the stolinw. lie recommended as application there-
foie to be made to them, and he was fully persuaded
they II oaltl never consent le harass petsons its such
distress as many of the present seffereis were.
Mr. Banter conceived the Patents had been much
suisandeistood ; for, us the coattail, nothing could
be clear aor derisive than they wee. T
J'atentsmere were not granted till Edward there Ith.he
livery the VIII. merely gave the permission to print,
hat gave es esclesive right to soy one. The Worthy
Gentleman the. entered into a unease detail of the
&Orem editions which the Bible had gone through
before its traration into the English langoage. sod
the Tatiana eltatiltell which had el/en been adopted
in Oleg their present eights to Ilse two Universities
and the King's Print's,.
The gooiest was then put sod agreed to.
A motion was also agreed to fur a sebseripeinet in
ltd of the objects of the Meeting ; and after thanks
so the Chairs.", the Morelia( adjourned at half.past
tins o'clock. The roes was crowded to 1/1011111.

IRffLAND.

Hunts, J sW. 19.—The Depatation of Genitomen
to whole the Requisition of a Protestant Meeting iu
Woof of Catholic Etuaticipattuo has barn committed,
waited on Mr. Graitiros yesterday, at bis vest at 1
innehinch• Ho was attended by his too sons,
lobo, shit their revered father, added their signac
-
tures err the Reqobitiost. The parent of Catholi
filmdom will attend its his place at the approaching
Meeting.
The Earl of Honllngdon is at presort Ordnance
Store-keeper at Ersuiskilleu.
The Right Hon. T. H. tikeilington is presented
01t1. the Gomsorship of the county Louth, and
Colntseley of the county regiment.
Fart Moontriorris is appointed Governor of the
carroty Wesford.
Wm. Browne, F'q is appointed Cristo, Rotolo-
seas of the county Carlow.
*lhomas Fenton, sq. is chosen a Chief Eaansiner
la Chancery - and EBertram Mitford, Prow
'
bearer to said Coort, rice Mlnet.
George Mayne, Esq. is appointed Assistant Bale
SIP( of the county Cavan, rice Betty.
Th. Rev. Robert Alessoder is nomioated to tbo
Archtleacanry of Down, vice Atedersoo.
Tnu writs for electing a Pear to rotated to the
•ocrittry made in she representatima of the Peerage
or I relsrld,by the death of Lord Viseovnt Northland,
will he delivered from the Hooper Mee this day,
lha 19th just.

Senor. DtATII.--Tberilay sight Inelliesly Lady,
rased Bessett, residing at No. ISt, Dimples*,
a. eating a hearty supper, went to bed le sematent
f*
i alth, and nest morning was frame speechless.
As nce vas procured, but without eiset—sbe
di .8
riithia an hour.
TM hoses of the Opers-bona an ell newly pint-
o.). The mouldings of she compartniests With* pa- I
els mer the ilia tier are richly IP. The gtheed
oen the panels over the second tier has been re-
touci.eJ, sn as to throw the ',napes of Noses writ
int.) the light. The grounds of the panels our the
third anti North tiers sre alternate Wes and pihk.—
The cetitta remains as *fore, but the
ref
on its
I.nrilersi and on the proscenium has been refieenril.—
The tips of all the bons are lestemed, and or
ar.n a fif sop; ote that +heti the Theatre is lightes!, the
wot, a..cr of the house will he brilliant and cheerful.
Miss riosmast LLS hes resigned her 'Cities at
itt Cu.
ient.ao fries Theatre. in consegoence of Ai.. 0 N ht.
sr faring to perform oath her in tte nee Tragedy of
Mary Mewl.
A widow, named Dievois) died at Mons, tbe li'
Notabt! list, aril 1(t.