The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-11-25 00:00:00

iv THE EDITOR OF THE

Sea,—As I am..not used to write tar the public
eye, I must beg your correction of any grammatica
errors you may find in the following picture of softie
of the affairs of this ill-fated town, which I prefer
;sending to your Paper (as an article ef tide intelli:
Igence), on account of the sufferings of Yber Pre-
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1 pneto r.
i Our winter began yesterday evening, whiltt the
principal
part of our inhabitants were at evening wor-
ship at church and the different chapels ; and the
het Frame we have had broken was at the house of
BrIJAMIN GLUE, in Earl-street, a very saluable
one, and the property of a wet kniati who had lately
worked in it. Thereason I have heard assigned for
Is is, that the labour of the Frame was paid fur
partly in other goods. Si: men entered the house, .
I
ull in masks, and,. armed with pistols and cutlasses,
demanding to be shown a particular Frame, and upon,
being shewn it, literally smashed it to pieces. Thirty
pounds worth of damage was done to It in three mi-
nutes: this they declared was to be the beginning of
much more of the same kind of work, and any
men who opposed them, might expect death, as
death would be their portion, if discovered.
They took away the work which was upon
the Frame ; and what is remarkable, several other
Framee in the same shop were not in the least.;
injered. At length, this town seems destined to
drink the very dregs of war : within the last week,
two of our largest houses in hosiery manufacture
have stopt : not being a Manufacturer, I cannot
speak with certainty ; but, it is much to be feared
that near a thousand souls will thereby be thrown
oat of employ, or be materially inconvenienced ;
and what is truly distressing, both houses have been
considered so respectable, that they have been the
depositaries of the savings of many an industrious
family, and of the little property of several females.
and widows. Many other houses here, are talked of
as being under difficulties ; but one would hope,
give through fear than with good foundation, ;
though I can assure you no men thrive here better
than bailiffs.—The retail trade of the town was
never known to be worse :—on this subject, I '
assure you, I speak from experience. This is Not-
tingham at the beginning of winter, at the begin-
ning of an Amercan war, with a pauperage the
town can hardly support, and men seeking work in
all directions. This town, in three years, has under-
gone a strange revolution ; there never was known
so many uninhabited houses, some new streets, nearly
wholly unoccupied, and numbers of respectable ar-
titans, with faMilies, from decent comfort, are ei-
ther become inhabitants of the workhouses, or ar,!
chargeable to the parishes. What will become of
the working classes before winter is over, Gon only
knows ; for with dour at ss. 241. a stone, and pota- 1
toes at 10d. and 1 td. a pecki it is impossible those
with families can maintain them. I know of no,
remedy for thde calamities, but Raising a few
of the Ministers of State (say twenty) to ex..
\change situations With twenty journeymen stock-
Ang-makeri; With families of six children each,
or Only one week (and t can assure them, I
an find twenty, litho hive sufficient talent to fill
their places as well as many of them are filled); one
angle experiment of this kind will convince them,
hat peace is better than war, Ind that there is no
iced df sinecure placemen, or corruptionists, to
;sake F.nglishmen happy. I had nearly forgot to say,
that we have ad active and intelligent Chief Magis:
trate, With one of the best organised Polices in
England, but this will be unavailing, as I fear the
Luddites are still better organised.
Notringhum, Nov. 'A A CONSTANT READER.

Last week about a thousand mei from the King's
German Legion marched into Lewes, from Bexhill,
on their route to Portsmouth, there to embark to
join Lord UELLINGToN's army in Spain. Most of
them had been taken prisoners in the French service,
and volunteered from the different prisons in Which
they were confined. They are for the most part fine
looking young men; and their uniform gives them an
appearance sery different from that which they exhi-
bited, when they passed through this town, a short
time since, in their yellow jackets, from the tie*
at the Isle of ‘Vight, to join the Legion at Bexhill:
—(Sussrx Paper.)
In the BETTING-ROOK, the Chancellor's Fees on
the 131NKRUPITIES have been backed against the
lIERATJW FEES (Sir ISAAC and Co.) on time thick
new-made Honours.

It has thlen made a moot point, whether the C►tas-
emott's Fees on Bankruptcies, or the HER vto's on
i 3 aro:ietcles, amount to most profit. We must,
however, Bute semothing of the former to bring
them down to a levol with the latter.

Orrice Frcs. --Qa the arduous question of Com-
parison betn e'en the ANCELLOR'S Fees on Bamis-
rnptcies, and the tir.am.n's oil the other new-made
honours, it is these fir to be observed, that the
Cuaxctuu.oit's fetes never saw better days, viz.
above Two THOUSAND BkNtkaurrs per anuum 1 But
with the Iltu tr.n's it is far otherwise, as, under
another Prince,. there were made Two HUNDRED
BkRONETS at once I—namely, under JAMES TiiE
EMT!

Uniqse, Secoodus—ktic, Primus !
Was most happily written on the NEW Mmmetist
at Vienna, when Jusent Tut Stcovss tvottld sleep in
it the night before it was opened for the (statuable.
declared) Lunatics!
Same night, a large qnantity of linen was stolen
from the premises of Mrs. heather, a laundress, in
the above neigkbourhond, supposed by t►e same
desperate gang. • • • .

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