The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-01-04 00:00:00

--441milaiiii— 10,--. .
, ifyi le
.et yodel blistery of Charles Jatitlfi7i;
"4 rd, ttfiyit. begged tospropose " Ow
1,1 Ctortnan." 11l agreed with lade
• I Af'fallen' from him, and entirely heliP '
• titteorrast redattive of Navy, which, he woof
. napoleon* for the purpose of keeping migasber nu
; fistpleitailinic Army. As a Friend to the People. a
• as a "lend to lois, Country. he (Lord lerewe) would ad
"fit *t,*h i Piper should be, toadish's! at the end 44
ilvietit gitslAti 'of Parliament throughent leer/ countli
and then the people would haw's an iSporliiitty
knotting
what their Representitivett• dopst fa
Ipfakse.3 .• • - •r., I irtsl-1 ,
"f_7lse Whigs of the Empire, fit Illaiiiteiiretselples
‘dtttatia of seer the world." ' ""
• •• '," Gerd Erskine and Trial by Nity.." •
Taord Corfu begged to add, „And the Indrifiriodeot
11fdialleis, eft* 411 ft-crept Courts of Justke, and particu-
liitYilteltfetisher fog' llAnco In." •
.
•, illoocAWl444l,slos rose, and after the plans* bad sub-
ti.adaresewit. the Untie' t 0.1441 )0.11 o.'ll •I—.
plans*
peilrifiljitgil and, Jawbone tat his dolp 4(Locol
:(I,llo,lapvirig,coosected his oarao.Astwolor Monet
.s*. ooderpaegjly,„asigs that el a tiptoe, to, whom ,s e
dpseatiinde of „this country is dae,.wititst tho why and
. a artgvi ly of, the adosieistration a( j oattca.4ros soy pare
;Oils coocerns,he rose to express* feedial thanks
k.sr Ldlatosenner in which the teastaliollateea received.
Arc 4,01 feel himself perfectly. unjustifiable' if he
• oltolliWitiotetript to detain them for any eassiderable por-
tiere ot?ll.lisse. , la truth, it was sot secessary. They,
his .44101.0 C amt, were not elsaagoi.. hie, albeit
a lawyer...wen Amt. as be hoped they wouldgin
hits crettita-whaeged. Nor to the cooditioe o
public effatte was there any very matesial alteratioi,e
rsocetpailsat tihry seem still further edeanelog in a coaresi
.ontteteelgeoestowards a state which had. so parallel in
-1111r)histoeg,of this country, or, as he believed, of use
world. , Why. the very sautes of things were changed.
-lisat *hick used to be considered as the ruse of joy
sod *lakes, ceased to be so any longer. Peace—and
. obey 644 h years pf it--plenty —and it bad never been
empassed, now were no longer associated with, what was
went to be their sever failing companion, prosperity;
hot, on the contrary, misery, distress, sad rain, were
. awaiting a large and most important portion of the in-
hibitasis of this country. What can be said to this ?Could
say gentleman beliers that they were living, as it were,
• in aa inserted order? Was pease, indeed, no loner
she aetoral state of man, anal plenty (or to aceomnsodite
%Myself to the phraseology of high Ministerial authori-
leyivret-production no longer a blessing? Was the na-
,Sgrr of .thinge changed by some hostile dispensation to
,senclativnprejudice of the people of England, fur some
481.4 got lifences of their ancestors and their till II ? No
-wan. he, . sumrd, would be hasty in believing this ;
.41,t as, if in the arts of men—if in the most
:Adored: num te4l part of the policy of •
• pilweifel` truster (sa sorely he must be called, for MR
.who asorrs 10c not trivial. or, as they felt, transitory) an
ridernte cause could he discovered. Why, in the very
toeprons which that Minister lahoured to excite, and St)
laced; jpraiaell—in the very nature of the conflict,
which its a9ught, and in the manner in which it was car-
rieten-l-in that tirtuous energy (as he termed it, in a
. weillchowo quotation of his front a Latin poet) which
ealladliwth "all the hotly and sinews of the country,"
.smarg. to be found the h 00,14041.000 causes of the present
.ii'llic_retnest•and embarrassment What sort of pilotage
irisiliiie aid what sort of weathering a storm? Why,
instead of briogiat the vessel. intnport, it iirai leaving

prevent at the Meeting. : t: se' ;
The Castes', tit begged to propose '"AhtiltealliCtilf 111 Pt.
Williams in a bumper, with thanks to buil for theM
ft:Minolta and able speech which be hadluit delive,
.(Three times three.)
Lord Cases, io proposing Its.r. Colutalsesltla,
. •
bad
do
1, Le; t
side said, iwtl t
hthathtabir 1
t for nearly neaureleylhimfj~by
:oral
-they had always gene steadily forward 'together, and
the hoped they would continue todo so to she slay of
,Ibeir deaths. It was a happy tbkng for them tri
'at 'they bad never contributed towards placing thoef
iiirdees upon the people. under which they were
He concluded by giving, Culteo,.'Wr
Anne and their infant Son*.s.,
"he cause of civil and religions LibeltATl sl tOton'
T
worid."—'• The strong hold of Libarty.-;.(toe
,v,•••• Prosperity to the Whig Chub of abir lberstatett
neighbourhood of Nanterich, sad may its example be
.speedily followed by other tewne."..(epplaose.)
" Lord Crewe, and may he live us seethe
went of those principles or which •be barite Icing and,
so steadily contended.' three times ree!"
,d •
Lord Caxwn returned his worm tbanite,, for the ha'
deonrAiPse ilia), owl could contemplate with aetiefactiee
that the Conduct be had pursued when he dad the .'
rogue of being a servant of the county was egproved; b
the Preebniders.—(Loud appiaase,) . •
" The Wooden %Valls of Old Englamd."—" The only+
Holy Alliance, that of people and King'.'.-.(Atpplanse.)
•" Hay the distresses et the Agrictilteriate• be speedlfr
relieved, and the excessive Taxation ore . country
diminished," three times three.
The CUAIRMAN felt great pleartia In giving t
health of a gentleman then present, sad whose' held fee
bights estimation for the independent line of eamoggso
he had pursued since he had been in office.

" The High Sheriff of the county of Chester."--4A i.;
-plum.) ' i
C. WICKSTRAD. Esq., hegteki to return his warmest•
thanks for the very handson.e manner In Which they WI,
drank his health. He was happy to see so large and re-I
Ipestable a body of persons assembled together upon tb
present occasion, and trusted Vial they would finally b
hold the triumph of those principles which, they ware!
then met to celebrate.—(Lond applause )
" Mr.Tollett and • the VW of StafrordsLiro."
(Long and continued appiliniew
ii
Mr. TOLLICTT was mach obli for the honour done,
hint and the Whigs of Staffordshire. He was highly
delighted to see so large and respectable an assembly.
upon the present occ4sion. Every body would recollesel
the estimation in n filch the Whigs were held someyeets„
ago; and no one could have then anticipated so 14.ge os
number as had met together on that day. tie had ottt,
doubt that the good sense of the (wintry would leeti
them to expect only snch a fair reln4setwatlmf of the Ili-
rions interests in the Commons Hons.; of rarilament as
would restore the original balance of the Constitution.
A Right Honourable Gentletnan, in his speech at Liver-,
pool, had called such a reform a revolutionary ineasttro; '
but it was a measure that would preserve us front reel.-
lution. That Right Honourable Geotlettian had trines-
pliantly asked, would yon reform the Holum of Lords as
well as the House of Commons? Ile said, derideolly
not. [(you reform the House of Common., the. Hoe*
of Lords will be reformed too; as any 'mine influents,
then would beat an end. With a reformed House if
Commons, the Constitution would he restored; sad.
inch a government of King, Lords and Commons, Issi
bad never thought to be the'best under vehl:h.Englidt-

IGITOW7=, Jut. S. .
girl shoat 16 yens or age, win fah*.
116thgajiept. st Croydon, a forged,*
ith Janet to defraad Musts. Ladmiarl
Leek of Brighton.
.tier's ;silty kno e. several Fa
"If gm,
.ildiair
of Arept tittered sib
lagw x
or sin
Sussex 11. sores, to as many cllffe 1
of Croydon. In these transsolloit
)y an elderly tentale, and it appear*/
Croydon in a cart, accompanied by
y et the Ball end Dog, proved thet the
t IL Brighton and Sussex note, to
. gin, end received the change. She
clatiilmilds illinourt4 tint the note was a forgery.
: • ellatbrak Bray, Who keeps the Bricklayers' Arms peblie.
rased that the prisoner bought at her house, on M.
morapsaksg. SAU a plat of gin, sad paid for it In a Brighi
ten sae Seams Dote.
Ashore/se, shoplifts to Mr. Bettereby, a grocer. at Croy.
dos. *dead that the prisoner bought at his luster's sheik
on *tams evening, a quarter of a pound of sa. tea, and
paid Rail la a U. Brighton and Sussex note, and received
the
Joctrigleher, a grocer s t Croydon, also proved tint the
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!Illis eight a paid of sugar at his shop on the same
Aggebal, ehil paid for it in another forged note of the Brigh-
test end kepis* Rank.
Mary Withers, Catharine Musgrove, and Ann Coppinger,
ioved Omen other uiterings by the prisoner, under nearly
niter elccentstanoes, at Croydon, all within an hoar in the
acme evening.
Toes)! the notes traced to the prisoner were sworn by
Mr. Ihtggeridge to be forgeries.
ringo The, net., who was in tears all the time at her trial,
acid gis lier,defeace, and called no witnesses. Tim
linen seions.Ske prisoner had been sees were apprehend-
ed, an me if the articles purchased by the prisoner were
found upon them, bat they were not brought to trial.
The'sy glider the learned Judge's direction, found the
rirt•
irdit;ilty--.llleath,

• ' . . POLICE.
Mammon !(oust.--RODucTios Or Tilt Mee OP SALT
Tbe'ad passed last Session for •taking off the tax of
lbs. a bushel upon salt will commence on Monday next,
asniethipreseed price of the article is 20.. the bushel.
it west rethiced to seven'iliillings by the cessation
f theta. Hy law, the Lord Mayor and the Court of
Aldernith lealoapOwered to fix the maximum price at
• hub It, TNI sold rat the city. and any one selling
it a 144bersal:them that ordered by the Court, or re-
-folios self at that relit, is liable to a penalty of 201.
Yutnlkaistleemanaittee of the retail dealers in salt, at
the bet of wheat eras Mr. Harcombe, waited upon the
fiord . yet at the Mansion House, and represented
that it Ares bighly Isetessary, as the operation of the
set would einatetence on Monday, that a regulation of
the prices should be pobliely made, that notire might be
giiren of the alteratliwi of the price, and confusion
isMengst the trade prevented. The cessation of the tax
Would reduce the pricitif:the article I3s. and leave the
Maxima* at 7s. but AV recommended 'that another
shilling should, under exltting circumstances, be taken
from the selling price, which would make a reduction
of 14s. the bushel, and leave the maximuns at tis. the
bushel. The Lord Mayor, with great pleasure, acceded
to the request of the Committee, and signed a reduced
scale of priers, at which he ordered that all salt shonld
be sold is the metropolis after this week, under a pen..
alto of 291. The formal sanctiort of thtentirT of Ahler.
111.41 tt ill be obtained on the next Contrry. The Com.:
mittee, 'after having given directions' I the• scale of
price. ordered by the Lord Mayor sheathd be advertised
la the public papers, returned thanks to his Lordship
far tlserrner it' which be had received them, and lett
the Marten House.
The fallowing is the list of prices:—
The bushel from .t'l 0 0 to six shillings
Half ditto 0 IU 0 to three shillings
Peek . 5 0 to one shillings S: GJ.
lialf ditto .
.0 2 ti to ninepence
44.dit°0 0 1 3 to f..urpence half.
• 14oplam1• • 4) 09 to threepence
Heti qta,-peck 0 0 7i to twopence half.
One-0,11941 0 0 4 to three half pence.
Haltkiintine . R. 21 to three farthings
.C2ll. of alablagr 40 0• II to one liArpenny

Tied 911 lialisc pours. i Lie miaow wpm.' ...Tr. ........•......
observinx, that the information, and that tett,wpost iii • thanks. •
front withih il left to itself. geformemet ►begin at tbe
bitical objects, amongst the middle and lower eu4a fel ,-.4Abwitt•lt *Week, tb
root—if yea 'purify the root oft tree you bake the
has gaining ground rapidly every day, *net be rektie dahliPaiildlll, LutietCrt
-.branches' healthy. lie did not _xenlider 'the supineness
at it. net was a change which it *kb Impossible oti Ms. Davenport, and a
Hill, wliii:h the people juiced upon the Present measures
wields Oplittett,ltirat, no lOW l. -It i 1 ,•-, .. aunts
and it eeehtinly
or Govern me es 'at all edenixtedt'kohring about any , overlook,
• 4Lenge 1n the awaittres. 'llieetiniss a spirit, however, Its
in the Hound of Commons, by etentit aWai ,! t StIXREy
ri.
filo n
F. fc; r ~,,a mow oepo to foedtiso,kmlibuti they Its more obvious iteperfections and irregqifitatts, fail
' Wag avail, or regain *be attachment of the puPle, uttlent KINGSTO
knew tbe.catweep•-,ia..our gtlll, lied of notiowiffliio.—ath tab, aet
• The eittravaglitil expeaditere' of illoireerelinir'
bilittlist'te greater fatilitY be lliee. for the exhibition of this thrill' ed for ag on tbe till
akin c-ithr, aditlidgfir strietillik &bit tio4sfie ' I 'halt "bules bye eboadeebeeswer. Proems from NO 4 - ' Elrey, wit
145........ r., dist h ins fn. diorldsked themselves. llommisa* Om timmt.: • onti iill irTage","hanke
- frenttiens' li tep.p are, in some eaves be thcagitt •14°e"ttoill still totooloodasod Is ilmits he °yet stun - • the prisonet
, ton Wirt). ; r_tbstatte„ the establishment -t• wit.iclit =%4 Witili4 laitart“-.0.01,"114---** ....-
' .7soir& fir
"Aril Stilkif titirffettir eres'ttiOttilik&arybet 'we* 71firbiettit-Ni ftllfitlt"Of tit "ne or l
wiolari,e., ih ums,,.tikt,a„,,,,, iibliutifime=ka inilititown to the County, and to whom it. was indebte f ' ' lieseealleiti bul
thee ow 'ter his segues attiehatent to tile caule of lieforsa, it . lea ill''' low" o
been diteltnr.red front the ditch ilitttiot ma• - , 'in mils inuitepunlid b 3
strength of our navy was so greatly dietinished, that in Wilbrottam, of Delanterellouse." . :' • Mt ....wwid. bad come to 1
•
' . lir. B. D. Davit,: ',owe returned titanks. fur am
,caw a war shook take place, we could' sot seed out u 'lwo Me,
. now done his Ysisad. bin Will:robe*, ogal,,boolAids . ,Aik,d. d
soantrAips' at France or A met-inf. Peace was eeriaiaty I'
• Mini deniable, but pence could el:Lbeiantaitelnieed by refs that (leadsman's great, rrixest, i ~.• -mantel to hire
betamonlaged forigu:_(Losd a ) . etanees should bare takes place, so prevamDi 1 ' ere 0111 of Ir
orimet at ilia Marlin.. • . ! Ili t.:..i r, i, , esisheiMa alluswearb.A ti