The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-10-03 00:00:00

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To W. H. 41SH11117IST, Esa.

- 7'o TIIE WISE;
OR. A HINT TO THE. BELGIAN BISHOPS.

SlR,—Upon a general view of the present condi-
' Ilion of this country, you cannot be ignorant of the
lisaportance attaching to your contest with Lord SUN..
DERLAND for the Parliattsentary representation Of
I Oxfordshire; abate the issue of it (it is well under.
I stood) will determine whether liberty or despotism
shall gaiii the ascendency in the county. Your con-
test has a character very different from ordinary com-
. petitions for a al mitorial seat ; you have been se-
t lected by a liberal and respectable association of free-
holders as the properest peison to become their
champion in the cause of freedom'; and aided by their
support you are now ostensibly opposed to all the
formidable influence of a Ministry, who have nearly
deprived liberty of a local habitation on the flee soil
of Great Britain. Thus you are apected to exert
your endetivoors,, tul to signalize yourself on the beha'f
not merely of one county, hut of a whole empire ;
and stimulated by the same noble and exalted feel
legs which hare distinguished your partizans, to
exhibit to others a memorable example of political
virtue. You have been called by the suffrages of
freemen to advocate and defend the cause of a suffer-
ing nation—to assert the rights and liberties rd'
indi-
viduals against tyrannical usurpation, and to rescue'
the weak from oppression, by resisting the efforts
and impeding the progress of arbitrary power. This
delegation of confidence, whatever may be the result
•of the present canvas, has conferred on you a
prouder and more glorious pre-eminenee iu society
than a constellation of imperial stars, of any titles
could have done ; and the motto of " Liberty and
Independence," which your friends have assumed on
this occasion, as much transcends that on the garter
as the solar light the scintillations of a flint. Yet,
in the midst of all the praise-worthy and indefatiga-
ble exertions which are making by yOur supporters
in the cause of liberty, you seem to be influenced by
an unaccountable timidity or shyness, which but ill.
agrees with the soul-enlivening charge confided to'
you : in plainer phrase, you seem afraid lest your.
political sentiments should be publicly known to
vibrate in unison with your magnanimous constituents.
Is there any thing, can you imagine, terrific in the
avowal of patriotic principles, which impl&nothing
mow than a faithful discharge of duty towards the
Sovereign and the country ? Can the declarations of
patriotism disturb the tranquillity of a generous
mind ? Believe me, Sir, this unseasonable delicacy
if continued, will damp the ardour of your adherents,
and tend to counteract the sacred zeal which now
iiigpires thee. These are not. times to shrink from
the perfor:nance of the duties we owe society. Ttie
barriers of our freedom may be subverted by an over.
schelming and irresistible tyranny ; but whilst we
possess them let us not leave them defenceless by our
irresolution or fears. Be an heroic assertor of our
constitutional rights, and the independent body which
supports you will defeat the utmost opposition of
aristocratical power. The principles avowed by your
supporters, as published in the county Paper, are
worthy of their cause. Their adoption of a sprig
of oak: for their ensign, as being the.emblem of
British firmness and independence, entirely corre-
sponds with the genuine old notions of liberty, when
under the covert of an oak, our free and incorrupti-
ble ancestors assembled and deliberated for the pub-:
lic good. In your neighbourhood the gallant and
exemplary ['supine terminated his illustrious career
in the cause of British freedom and independence.—.
Let his virtue be your imitation ; confirm the high'
opinion which your friends have entertained of you,
by showing them, through the medium of your ac-
tions, that corruption cannot operate on a mind
conscious of its own integrity ; convince the world
that patriotism still flourishes in an English county ;
and instead of aiming at future aggrandisement, and
halting between various opinions, let your highest
ambition be, to ensure and deserve the blessings and
acclamations of a free-born people.
Berkillre, Oct. 1, 1815.

, • .. . • ••• • •
Ma. Ferran,—One of the most heart-cbeeriog
rients of the present ;era is the prevalence of religioss
liberty; and although the Catholics remonstrate
against it (see St.trEsree.i-, September 21, in which
is contained the address of the Belgian Bishops to
the kin; of the NETIIEitLANDS), dale is arrived
for LIBERTY to be established in the earth. A few
Gentlemen Cannot hinder lI—THEY can only fret
and lament—poor men, I pity them !! Again;
though BotrAiinTE (a mars of liberal ideas—a Mo-
narch, who founded a Protesteut College in France,
containing 80 sturientsan Emperor, who protected
the Protestants as well as the Cctholieti) is put down,
and France, fine France, is tro,lden und2r foot
;by thousands— tens of thousands—and hundreds
k
of tnousands of soldiers, STRANGERS to the soil
of that country !! Yet, nevertheleis, " social
order" will be established in the earth. For
BELGIUM has caught its true spirit. A new Go-
iernMerit will spring up THERE, without the prepon-
derance of any sect of Priests. The Apostles of
Jr.sci CiraisT had nothing to do with Governments
—ALL that they had to do with the ruling powers
was to remonstrate tirid defend themselves by ergo.
meat against unjust periecution, 4c. 4c.! ! Par-
-3117'11'1: Christianity was without power and aulho-
rily. nation of the Church (the religious world)
of which Divines on the Continent would wish to pre•
vent the recurrence! Christianity, in its purity, is
very little understood. Christianity wes not male
for a Government, as teat Judaism. Neither wag it
established for one sect or party of Christians, but
for ALL people. In the New Testament there is no
order to any Government to LICENCE either
" shepherd or pastor." Esery thing in Christianity
is open end free—the sword was ordered to he put
into i's sc•abhard—pence and happiness ;could he the
reign of Crrarrr. If men would tog Interfere with
it—it is a kingdom of RIGHTEOUSNESs, con-
sisting in " Faith, Hope, and Charit),"—juvt sen-
timents and principles. The Sun of Itighteousoess is
rising—a day of glory is coming on the worn—who
can refrain exclaiming, 66 GLORY TO GOD IN THE
HIGHEST, ON THE EARTH PEACE, GOOD WILL TO-
WARD! MEN."

A LOVER OF FRErDOII.

BRIGHTON, (kr. 1.

The Elizabeth, which landed passengers here from
Dieppe, yesterday ae'nnight, was blown from hence
in the gale of the following day, and, with one soi-
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man only and two boys on board, we regret to state,
foundered off Bognor on Tuesday last, when !too
whole of her little crew perished. The mother of
the two lads, a poor woman residing here, has been
almost delirious ewer since.

The Eliza packet, Captain Dud, with about 40
passengers and several carriages, sailed from Dieppe
last night. The night was squally. Captain and
Mrs. Willoughby, Colonel and Captain Wyndham,
including in the whole nineteen passengers, two
carriages, and five horses, were landed hero from
the 'MeV' Wellington n.i Thursday eireing. The
Thomas packet came in today petty well freighted
with passengers, but brings no intelligence of im.
portance:

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On Wednesday, Friday, end Saturday evenings,
Miss O'Neill appeared at the 'Fltsatre It or, in the
several etrt:acters of Mrs. Revrrley, in T7rx Game-
ster; Juliet, in Romeo nnd ; t ml Belvid.ro,
in retake P,eseraed. On each occasion the house
nu crowded at advanced prices, and the plaudits she
received were such as transcendant talents, such as
she possesses, only could excite. In the scene
where, as Juliet, she swallows the oblivious drought,
an accompanyleg of horror seemed to freeze
the audience, and, in het dying scene, tears were
the only testimonies of approbation she received un-
til the curtain dropped, when the house wrs shaken
to its base by the plauditory roar that followed. As
Belvidera, last night, the interest she escited words
are almost inadequate to 'lyres, ; several ladies,
overpowered by their feelings, were supported from
the house. The pathos of the latter scene was us-
quisite, and an entirely was the fiction w hi. lu called
her histrionic talents into action lost in the reality of 1
her distraction, that she fainted, and actually drop-' DRURY-1,41111 rintA 7'R P 7.
pad senseless on the boards, at the instant the, she •
had made the whole complete. It was came time
after the play had terminated, and she hail been Mrs. MaisTrc app!,:r.al Nat night, for the
borne to her dressing-room, that she could be re- third time, in Amelia Wildeuliaim. Ste play d
,
covered. For at least 20minutes after the fall of the the character better on Saturday, than on the pre.
fin.rl curtain the approbatory acclamations were con. • ceding Tuesday :—though still under the jothieoce of
tinned. In the several pieces that have been repre- uosmall terror, she resumed herself more qniekly
tented, it would he injustice not to tio,ice that than on the former occasion. She hoydened less,
Trotter, as Mr. Beverley ; Gomersall, as Romeo said we could dispense with her doing so at
and Jojfier ; Cory, as Pierre; Ilammerton, as the
When she treads the stage at the ordinary pace, her
Friar; end Mrs. Cory, as the Nurse, were highly carriage is full of digulty —and in the movement of
steeriteroutt, and were severally honoured with the her arms especially, she might afford lessons of
plantlits they deserved. elegance to the first ballet dancer at the Opera.—
The remains brought 'hither for interment, from There are, in Lnrcr's Vo:;:s, two scenes which probe
Rouen and Dieppe, by the Thomas packet, this day to the quirk her taste and discrimation in the
se'lright, and which report had said were those of part of Amelia lrildenhaili, viz. the first confes.
Mrs. Mary Anne Clark*, though much schism still lion of her love to Anhalt—and the subsequeut
remains upon the subject, we have now strong reason narrative of what passed at their interview to her
to believe, were rightly registered in the church obi-
father; in each of these Mrs. MARDYN discovers
teary, in the name of Mrs. Letitia Norma
exquisite powers of tenderte<s and insinuation.—
ls, of Gros-
She recs:Ved thr ,ugliout the great at applause, and
vetsor-place, aged 34 years. The deceased, who, it is
sal I had occn,ionally assumed the name of Clarke, may HOW be considered as established in the favour
,
of the town. Mr. RAE nave greet expiessiowto the
became, probably, more identified with that Lady,
from some peculiar circumstance; of her We. At one passionate sensibility of Frederick. His reproaches
time she bore the name of Creswell ; and when ofhere, the Baron, his father, were given with the finest
wheie she was well known, she assumed the name of effect, and the dechmation against the abandonment
of his lover and oirspri e g, twelve(' all the force
Smith. On the restoration of the Rombons last
of which it was capable. The other parts were well
year, she went from hence to France, and resided at
sustained, and foe whole performance gave the most
Ronen, bet the return of Bonaparte from E!ha
slimed her again to prefer the refuge of her native general and litely satisfaction. The house wascrowde
laud. 11l health, however, about two months Fiore, ed to excess.
in the hope of benefit from change of climate, took
her back to Rouen, where she died. Mrs. Norman It is confidently asserted that VicetArlmiral Sir
was lively in her person, and fascinating in her man- JOSEPH YORKE will succeed. Sir R. G. K EATER iSI
ners ; and, as before mentioned, was nearly related naval command at Newfoundland, as his period at
to the Dowager. Countess of Barrymore and Lady command expires this year. Report assigns Sir
Lade. The latter attended her funeral here, on Mon- JOSEPH'S scat at the Admiralty to Sir Joux Bum.
day last. . Foal) or Sir TnoxAs Hxany, Bart.

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