The Statesman.
London, England, 1811-10-01 00:00:00

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ZSSEZ FREEHOLDRRsi C 4 (JB, MEMO-
FORD:

On Friday last, a numerous and reipectablq body
of tne independent Electors of EsielallSoltbkllll to
celebrate the second anniveristry of the Secietydeno-
atinated the Freeholders' Club.
When about 160 of the Members and othtr gentle-
men, amongst whom were'Mr. Bureoyne, Dr. Bol-
ton. mid P. W. llonywood, Esq. had assembled,
Mr. BUROO:INE addressed the meeting at Considera-
ble length, in support of the necessityef Perliaramr.
tary Reform. He then proceeded to state the nature
of the Freeholders' Club, and the purposes for which
it was formed, via. to promote Parliatnentary Re-
form and
.Freedons of Election. To promote both
these objects, be observed, it wes necessary that the
Electors should -becareful who they selected to re-
present them—and that the gentlemen so selected
should be .returned without 'any mew to them-
selves. One of the objects of the Clab.Was to raise
a subscription for that purpose, and' towards that
subscription he was ready to put down his name for
5001. 'fo.tnany, however, it might not be pleasant
to- subscribe money. lie-tlid'etot eials to press such
a subscriPtioil—they might
.as effectually• aid the
cause without, if they would only tenderessistance
to the candidate; by taking upon themselves the trou-
ble androte of cistriesing sucleviectors as from
their humea idemeaus were not able otherelse to reach
the place -et electron,' te-the poll: Thii had been
done by many of-his Mends chtfle-that Inst election
—and lie now requested. sack gentlemen as were wil-
ling to reader suchnesistance in future, would give
in their names.
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Several remotes' thin in the remit awe forward,
and declared their readiness toeless they had done
on a former oceasion,; and went gentlemen put
downtibeir names for different gums towards defray-
ing the'unoroidable expellees of arty contest which , press what he felt proposition. highly
might•efecate I ble as that-which he had.just heard. The honour of
Mik .Itittis. then addressed the Nleetirig. Ile ob- , representing the County of Essex would indeed be.
terra he we neatly'a stranger to' most of them, he highly gratifying to him, especially when he reflected
residing br atiother county, at a considerable distance; Iby whom, if successful,- he would be elected ; he
but as a brother Freeholder, he felt it his duty to de. was, • notwithstanding, placed in a most distressing
liver his -sentiments on- the `prksent occasion. The 'situation : of the proposition just made, he had not
Worthy Gentleman then entered. at considerable the most distant idea. lie trusted he should offend
length into the question. of• Parliamentary Reform, no Gentleman : but it did appear to him, that' the
and from thence advartedto the meeting. of the day, " present was not a meeting at which such a proposition
and its object. The object% upon which they were could with propriety be adopted. It was, in fact, a
called together, be observed, was most importaut:— select party, from which the Electors generally
it wits- to consider of the testroode of reforming the , were excluded, and of which he had not the ho-
existing abuses, and to restore the Constitution to its dour of being a Member, but was merely the
original purity, tied endeavour to hand it down to' guest of the Worthy Chairman ; he was also
their children in the same state of perfection in which at present the Representative of the Borough of
they had received it from their forefathers. The Con.] Malden, and had enjoyed that honour for some
stitution had been much talked of br many, but it I time. That Borough had a claim upon him, and he had
was understood by few. 'He was glad, however, to I a duty to perform towards his friends and constituents
find the present Association were well aceuninted(there ; and, previous to coming to any determination,
with it, and fully conscious of the innovations which he wished particularly to consult those friends.. He,
bad been made on it. To reform the abuses which j therefore, trusted his lion. Friend would for the pre-
existed, it was necessary they should reform indiii. sent press his proposition no further.
.duals—it was requisite that the electors should he Mr. BURGOYNE then declared, that after what he
etreful whom they selected as their representatives, had heard, he should uo longer hesitate in declaring
and that in givirg their votes they should notbe guided himself a Candidate for their votes and support at
by any sordid paltry motives of their own. They the -next general Election. He would be at his post
should carefully - imleire into the character of the at the first moment of the first day of the poll, and
person they selected; and Myr.v.!nce themselves he was ' continue there till the last moment of the last day, if
person who would feet that he was not sent to Par- necessary.
iiansent for his doer particular interests Of the irate- TheCHAIRKAN then gave—
rests of . his' family and: connections;, but that ,he : lewd Isrpkine, d for Trial hi. Jury t
was placed there as' the guardian of thipublic purse which was drank with great applause.
and the 'public interests-esiniditaviug discovered Such. Several other toasts and sentiments were drank,
person, they should next eleot him-fete of.eiktiee to and the company did not separate till a late hour.
himself, and then it woeld
Shy, ".I-boutskt ybu, and thereat* her a right The house's- at the end of Essex.street, in the
sell-you." If the electore.sfeuld aci thus, thejfwonid Strand, are now razing to complete.the improvement.
All the houses are to come down as far as Mr. Twin-
art Ile longer see a House of. Ccemons converted intotieseasiatioh' ahlitenblelltO motet: tEjedretiel ing's,. at Temple-bar; which gives room for finishing
of Ministers, .nor' would tt4y hearonytnore of pub-. I the xresceat„-and will be a great convenience to the
lie waste, public jobs, Or- publie•iniquity, The ex. (Public. •
as*: of the county or Timex and el- the meeting 'rift Pheasant shooting commences this day : owing
that day would, hhoped,
e operate ea:a...,stiusulus,r, to the wet weather iu the early part of the breeding
and be foll Owed by. similar °ties ilf erdoy. part of the season, the tildes are in general neither numerous,
country. Witch was'hieferrent wish,. and he trusted nor full grown. . .
that such an universal expression of the sentiments of Iloa,x AT TOE QUEEN'S PALACE.-011 Saturday
the county would enforce the restoration of our another poor woman, who had left her work at a
Constitution. , considerable distance, went to the Queen's Palace,.
• The Meetintadjohmeito the Assembly Room at she being engaged as a washerwoman there. The.
the Shire-ball, where. a company consisting of near wretch who still go s about trifling with and deceiving
200 respectable Freebelders, sat down to at elegant this hard working cla:s of women, assumes the name
repast, W. P. llonywood, Esq► in he chair. Amongst of 'Craft ; she did so with some women whom she di-
the persons present, we-observed C. Western, Esq. rested, if they found any difficulty in finding the
)1. P., M. Hal:lune, Esq. W. Heygate, Esq. Dr, Queen's laundry out, to inquire for her at the laundry
Bolton, asney,• ESQ. &c. &C.
of Mrs. Crow, who keeps the milk-house at the
On the cloth being removed, Nom Nobis and se-, Stable-yard Gate, leading into the Park, who knew
her well, she having stood godmother to her children.l
vent beautiful glees and songs- were sung by some
professional gentlemen from town. The following The whole of this is a gross fabrication.
toasts were also given : We understand that Mr. Fouerron, the architect,
who is building the Theatre, Assembly Rooms, &c.
Toe Prmee Regent. for the Corporation of the Borough of Plymouth,
Tile Army and Navy.
• and has - itted • elegant and classical design
the:

..ndering street, .
.plorable state, by a_watchman, who knew her, and
conveyed her to her father.
The worthy MagiStrate censured, in strong terms,
the conduct of the Master of. the Workhouse, in suf-
fering a per,son, in the unhappy. state in which this '
young woman wasp and who had been placed under
his care to be in the streets alone, or indeed at all.
He could not at the same time avoid expressing his
surprise, that the father should not have felt the-ne-
cessity of seeing her safe home. He, however, fixed
a time for the Master of the Workhouse, the pub-
lican at whose house she was, and the watchman who
found I►er in the street, to attend, that if possible
some traces by which to discover the villains who had
acted thus atrociously, might, be found.

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Managed, 4,ee
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he has not received a solitary body hit. "He has cut
his hand severely by hits, but be is altogether well.
The Champion called on MoHamm, at 'the Royal
Oak, where he is still confined, and be is sloirly re-
covering. As we stated yesterday, le has sufferod
'ost on the left side of his body, which is hideously
swollen, and the right side of his head from the neck,
upwards, and his jaw is fattured in two places, and
he cannot speak intelligibly. MOlineua has ac-
quired considerable science, but it partially forsook
him, as it doth all others, who havenot acquired it
pearly, when he got none& Considerable dissen-
Mons prevail amongst persons whO had previously,
been' considered good men, and who had 'declared
of their. bets. The matter is thus--a certain num-
ber of persons had taken odds at about two to one,,
and when the odds became higher, and they found
they had been badly to market, they declared them-
-1 selves off, a thing unknown in sporting, after they
; had been on. Amongst the principal of these are
some qui tam gentry, a bumb trap, a swell, and a
prig, Who have been followed by others of better
consideration, and the- rumpus has put the honest
better flash to his customers at least. Crib has:
condescended to take to take, chair in public to-
morrow, at Burs Chop-house, Holborn, to a select
Party of melt:. . _
In-the report of the second liattleyesterday, by a,
tianaposition of none, young Crib was said to win,
lint the countryman was two stone heaviest.

Istrorron.—A Snow was on Monday last detect-
ed
in practising the following imposition npen female
servants in Taunton. He began his story by repre-
senting that he was troubled with fits, and that he had
been advised by a Mrs. Owens, of Boroughbridge,
to collect thirty pence, by a penny a-piece from each
of thirty maids. With these he was to purchase a
silver ring, by wearing of which he would be cured of
his fits ! The libelous rogue had the impudence to
assert that ho had experienced' great difficulty in his
collection! The stocks were represented to bin) as a
better remedy for his complaint thau a silver ring; but
the fellow had no faith in this recipe, and accordingly
decamped with the utmost celerity.
A trout of remarkable dimensions, at present in-
, habits the Clyde, at Thankerton, and may be seen
from the top of the bridge, everyday when the water
'is transparent. It has been known to the inhabitants
Of the adjacent parishes for nearly 20 years, during
which time it has eluded every artifice that the inge-
nuity of the sportsman has devised for its destruction.
It has obtained the name of the.Mill-burnfoot trout,
Irom that part of the river
.which it formerly ire-.
Olmsted, and from which it was lately displaced, in,
consequence of wanting the necessary depth of water,
by the shifting of a bed of graitt..
. A person in Craven, of the name of llilsborough,
last week performed a singular act of posthumous
conjugal fidelity. Ilisfirst wife bad, it seems, pre-,
served, with religious care, fourteen of her eztractsd
teeth, and obtained. fiom . him a promise,. that, if ho
survived her, these ber

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flues which induced- the, Need* to &dive the.prf- (- t•te : . - • the worth Meigietrate.adsid him by the cidliteolid
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position of the Honourable Gentientati: HO X&. The following seVot otrocbAN vi 11147 Bossism
iteOlL Wm into the (Nice, ana held bi* to ban: .6
w.) was of opinion it was full tlM:stich ,a lieet- Ito have taken phsee.A*.thaßorough, , on-Seed* AO* Tr print fOrteettiverthe gtitittko- xtifthituttri ari:
tug *heel& be called, and wheneier sOeft ii• one'oe- { last, by an elderly man of respectable amilieriesee ..1014:wileiri let% vo4ARIECtIii fuith . -
curred,- it should hate his support i he wits' one di' who applied for Abillei to G. HIM, F 410111.11111 HOC
. A Joerheyrian'iliGiUnvilifltAirit Charged bil - a filll.
thole! who felt considerable fears, though 'he ' was thief, Mesestrate sit tkis.Offics yesterday.;— ilie lighted.
told those' fears wereamfounded, at the 'lricreasieg himself to boo* bihatittaat of **wet the parishes I'. rib; with tomtit-tie teicalityr,..;„,„..slll,,
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influence bf 'the Crown; that influence, *rising Southwark, where he had iived.nteree. "years, tied
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from the increase of the revenue, the standing army, I Sited* .respectable situation in life, thoughwww . tinit'ulel7l;l74 to 5a,..i........'"Tuurt17211117,......1igag-e,
and the abtiodng number of foreititemdrceparieseme i themes-tire of 'misfortunes,. reduced to itadiffer.ece ; not steay oitig itir erVa Zderlis i ortfPfllllll wpt6.
I ployed in our service, and from the influence. which iaU of his miSferteeSe, however, the greatest. was ,_the_,,w4;tbatn.stite.is,ogfitifuratai,atandtbeltegaitistiFtcara.7
the Crowh possessed' over- the. Press,. by the- power 1 that of having a daughter, about p. yeats of age,. Patel'
possessed by the:Atterrear-Getteml of ;filing informs. 1 who,• from being diseppebtied ln her metrimonial
Vont ex o lei°. All these circumstances called loudly views, had been deprived of her senses, and &Alined esre;mt*hepSiteihris'se.weit'it.hceurt, 4riti.fertit tital.bbird'6lnthit her.
42hIs watch 111'111W- di**. Hhl stritedlit t)* AI:
a Reform in Parliament ;.'heit he agreed with his: from St. Luke's await inatrabielunatie; in this 'met'
Honourable Friend, it: was not ,to be expected. the : gency necessity had obliged, hint to apply tohisipar"-vee ,71.
House of Commons would. yeform themselves, till ; for relief, and his &tighter was te,ken into the poor. nerman, 'thatle.was i Mite- eintikabbbrv•dlad Water-
twaictirdonbeYhtatinde P,ris°antirstnal. wtoredh"hia him
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with "tete.
forced to it by the united voice of the People. To house, where she had been for some time. Since her
i the wishes of the l'eople, firmly expressed, however, " being there the master of the house had mink it a
other. Tbe Prisoner Was fatly committed.
:lhe had no doubt they would be obliged to submit. I practice to send her once a week, accomptuti by ed
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I Upon Mr. Burgoyne's-health being proposed and , some person to take care of her, to his house; he 110XEKS:
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I drank, that Gentleman returned his thanks to the ; bad remonstrated against this practice, and requested •
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Meeting, and took occasion to express his regret, :' permission td vibit her at the poor-house, instead of Crib arrived; in town yestelday in a baionde and
that his lion. Friend (Mr. Western) had not noticed her coming to him, but without effect, and on Sun-
Four horses, bestrewed with. bloe'ribtiends with a
what fell from him on the subject of the Hepresenta- ; dray lest, for the firsttime, she mime to see him with'. fcGodsengtltnaannd ahrnatettis
reception t. and
on fire told.foteWti was,ette as
rea
of;
ghiktiew..-
. : ;dontime,
of the. County of Essex. Ile took that tipper,. out any person being with her; she continued there
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; tunity of tieClariug, however, that. unless two Gene. till, bear six o'clock,
way narrative of any. glorious exploit eying a foreign. when skselett: him -to go home,
a gallant oflicer could have been teceived, bearing' AL -
IL : tiemen should that evenieg be 'proposed, he should,,,the distance she ham; to go mee;heft, but in her
it appeared fgle was met byeero men, who persuaded. enemy.
sre;
Seven
ut
Dials, was
ruiralty, but Great St. Andrew's..
poafssatheb Ice
tfiriogiimoitheoter.ehrz!
before quitting the • ramie declare himself a Candi-
'her to go to a public-houer.with them, where they
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, assembled, and the interior of Mr. DawsoN then preposed, *etre. fr.:4:Weetern,.! were ht company together., They did not, however,
wae-
' F.sq. and M. Burgoyne, Esq. shouldle:reque4ted br: continue long there, and where they afterwards went not sufficient to give audience-to pat con.
1 the present Meeting to offer themselves as canaidittes -was . not known; it' appeared, however, feom the seetdating amateurs ; but the halt of-his hoUseis a
for the County at the ensuing Election. steteinent of th'emiserable father of the poor lunatic, 401 shed, and they were recekeed in tutu without re-.
'nit proposition vas received with great applause, that the villains, after having gratified their passions, sect tb superior rank. As we stated yeeteedayli
and supported by Dr. Bolton and Mr. lleygate. . and otherwise ill-treated her; left her, and she was , Crib has suffered most about the eyes, which, how-.
Mr. Wieereax said, it was difficult for him to er. discovered about 'five o'clock the following morning ever; haVebeen well Managed, but *revery black, atuf
. press what he felt at a proposition so highly honoura- I wandering in the street, in a most wretched and de- he has not received a solitary body bit. He has cut