The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-04-15 00:00:00

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PRICE OF STOCKS TUI
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3 per Cent Ite,l, lip j 80jo
3 per ('en 112 8114
con.nk for Arc. • t, s2Bl jA
4 per Cent. 98} 98 9ii

LONDON:

WEDNESDAY. APRIL 15, 11118.

46 The career of your tabours is opened : the Nii-
'doter of the Interior will ley before you the state of
_ the Atlministratioh of the kingdom. You will be
made atquaintml with the Projects of Laws which
*All he the subject If yob, rielibevatiot s : the object
'of then( is progreo.sive amiliorkti to. 'the improve.
vrient of the Pablic Finsecea requires knowledge,
which only time and a due appreciation of the re•
sources of tour Government can effect. The Con-
stivotional form of G.,tertiment will be gradually P.
Vied to id out. of the Adtainivration. The &pin-
moot of Justice will anon be firmed: proposals re-
lathe to the Civil and Penal Legislation will hi laid
. before you. I wiH readily believe that when you
esamine throw with po ing attention, you will
!oak, laws destined to ensure the most valuable bles-
eines, namely, security of persons cud properly, and
- freedom of opinion.
' As I cannot he always among you I have left
!Ilion a lowlier, my confidential friend, who from our
.t.narliest sears has been my inseparable companion...—.
I have ceofided pour army to him. As the deposi-
• tory el my sentiments and my rare for you, he has
exerted himeelf to fulfil his task. By his care this
\ army. already so rich in glorious recollections and
e'werlike qualities, has acquired, since he has been at
-its head, all the habits of order and regularity which
bleats be obtained only during peace, and prepare the
'l...soldier for his true situation.
" One of your worthiest veterans is my Repro-
' eentetive among you, become grey under your stand.
• .arda and a steady partaker of your'. adversity and
-prosperity, he has 'sever ceased to give proofs of his
.attachment to the country. Experience has fully jus..
t Allied my choice..-
" Notwithstanding my exertions the Iloilo under
which you had to labour are not, perhaps, all repair-
ed. It is, however, in the nature of things : w hat
iligOod thrives but slowly, end perfection is unattain.
able by human we Arms.
66 REFNESENTATIMS OF THE KINGDOM olt
POLAND,
• 66 Elevate yourselves to the height of your desti.
nation. You are called upon to give a great exam.
ple to Europe, whose eyes are fixed upon
" Show yner contemporaries, that the liberal in.
stitutions whose ever sacred principles it is sought to
confound with those destructive doctrines which, in
-our days. have threatened the social system with a
dreadful catastrophe, are no dsngernos illusion ;
but if they are sincerely carried into effect, and are
directed to an object usersi to humanity, are per.
fectly compatible with order, and that they produce,
'in common accord, the true welfare of nations.—
'Henceforth it is for you to prove Ibis great and as.
'briery truth. May harmony and concord prevail
in your Assembly,: may dignity, calmness, and mo.
aderation characterize your deliberations. Guided
solely by a love to your country, purify your opi-
felons ; make them independent of all private and ex.
tiusive interests; express them with simplicity and
flankne‘s, and avoid the seductiveness which may
often accompany fluency in speaking ; lastly, may
the sense of paternal friendship which the avitse
Lawgiver has prescribed to us all, never forsake you.
In this manner your Assembly will obtain the
app'obation of the country, anti the general e3teetn
which such a one will ever enjoy, when the Itepre.
sentatises of a free nation do not suffer the exalted
character with which they are invested to degenerate.
66 FIRST OFFICES OF THE STATE. SENATORS,
REPRESENTATIVES, AND DEPUTIES.
44 I have expressed my thoughts to you ; I have
ebown you your duties. The result of your labours
will show me what the country may expect in future
from your attachment to it, as well as from your
good sentiment towards me ; end whether faithful to
my resolutions, I can further extend what I have al.
ready done for you. Let us thank Him, who alone
has power to enlighten Princes, to render nations
brethren, soil to spread over them blessings of love
and of peace; let us implore Him to bless and pros-
per your %wk."

DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
5 per Cent. Nits", IMil*
India lion& 9i 97 p
stock 438
IM Ann. 2i)i
Exchequer Bills -

TUE STATESMAN.

The Funds experienced a farther elevation this
forenoon. The Three per Cents. at one time had
reached 82; at the time of our quotation; they
were floctoating between 81f. 811, 811.

Ministers and the Royal Conclave, whose private
interests they *ere so forward to advocate, without
the slightest reference to the condition and ability of
the People, have, in spite of all their Closet Coun•
cils end Secret Parliaments, got into a most awk-
ward and ridiculous predicament ; but it is far from
such a disagreeable one as their measures would have
tended to plunge the country into, had their wishes
met with a ready adoption. The Public have seen
with what eagerness they would have availed them-
selves of the absurd custom of complying with the
wishes of Royalty, without allowing a single day to
pass i►► examination of the propriety of such com-

pliance, in order to lay ground for the most ex.
traordinary demands ever made upon a burthetted
and impoverished People, by attaining an Address
of Thanks and Congratulation from their Repre-
sentative., for what? deigning to extort further

enormous sums from this abused Nation, to feed and
entourage the most barefaced extravagance! The
practice of thus expressing respect for the Throne,
was so Imperative, that the postponement for a single
ni4ht of the Address in reply to the Message for pro.
visions to at young love-sick Princes, wee a thing
that could Got !whom: and would hue been is the