The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-08-08 00:00:00

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TO TAR PROPRIETOR OF THE IRISH GUARDIAN.
Stn,--llt Is an old adage, 66 better to mend late
Net never."—We hare be.n given to understand lat.
testy. whether front good authority or not it is ins-

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possible for me to decide, that Mr. Peel is converted.
—the,. sweet creature ! he is at the present moment
neironty as able Statearepn, buts warm friend of
Ireland, an enthusiastic admirer of the generous,
, the waste, end 'kenos rieathiee e 6 hdllrrie -sons,
(And their devoted Merit! ! 66 Weeders will never
~'tom." I hope it is true ; bit I am inclined
Ihnitslek otherwise. He ;ethos from office in Ire-
Md.- and if report be correct, purposes to spend
snore years than one en the Continent. if his opi.;
Piens are changed, why not manfully tell the world
that it is the case? If be bar become the friend
of out unhappy country, why not httend his Perlis.
iseetary duties, and by advocating the cause of 'joy.
licit end truth, and the °porringer! (this Would be reed.
leg his recantation, as Mr. Giffard perhaps would
Say), prove to the world that he is something of a
great and good man ? But he go.s to the Continent,
and this only says fur him that he has not at present
*efficient nerve or courage to disavow his former con.
duct and opinions.
.But perhaps it is the tines that
are altered, sot M.r. Peel. He could even yet, if
he pleased, at a small *splines, purchase true pope.
• Why. He hasonseadertcstes; but can his warmest
panegyrist say .thst,lta did any thing deserving of
.Pl4/free gratitude while he held the reins bf Geoleeta-
wit in his hands ?—O yes! he had a fallingoot
with the beggarly" Corporation" about a picture, or
something of that kind, and forsooth, this is to be
deemed a proof of his devotedness to our unhappy
country Bad men have differed and fallen out with
One another. Even highwaymen, engaged in the
common cease of open robbery% have differed
and come to blows. It might with great Pro-
. priety be said, if such stuff as this could be crammed
down our throttle, that Giffard, Obese bigoted
principles are at notorious, is the friend of unhappy
. Ireland, because he happens to differ in opinion from
the Board of Aldermen, and now and then to give
Clem some merited ahem. The Aldermen were the soul
sad body of the late abominable Toll System. It is
insinuated that the Toll System would not be abolished
but for Mr. Peel, and to give the idea some currency,
It is advanced that he fell out with the Corporation.
Peel merely said or did nothing in this business,
tend credit is claimed for him, therefore, as having done
it all. You know, Sir, that other and quite different
people did this business. In this country, and I be.
lieve in needier country under theSun,could popula-
rity be sought for on such grounds. In the teeth of
the Law, and of public opinion, be, Mr. Peel could
not, if he were even inclined, have joined the Corpora.
lion, and maintain a character for common honesty--
Were not the Police sent out? and did they not cis
as much as they could with any colour of decency or
impartiality to assist the Corporator, in levying the
toll ? I ask the question, what claims has Mr. Peel
on the gratitude on Ireland ? Oh. he loves us noses
when he's gone! and he, the Panegyrist of the
Orangemen, their friend and advocate; the father of
the Peeling System; the advocate of the abominable
Window Tar, end all the rest; he is emitted to the
.gratitude of unhappy Ireland, because hequarrelled
with the Orange Corporation ; or, Beggarly Carpet.'
ration ; call it what you will, about a private busi.
mess. As I said before, as well might that hoary
Bignt Gifford, or a man of his stamp, set up their
claims to the gratitude of Ireland.—l am, Sir, your
obedient servant,
111 August, 1818. J. M. (The Younger).

'UNIVERSAL FREEDOM.—The FRIENDS
of RADICAL REFORM, and of its venerable ad.
-wooly. Major CARTWRIGHT, will dine together at the
MORNS TAVERN, Newington, oo TUESDAY, the /Bth of
August,
The Hen. DOUGLAS KINNAI RD, in the Chair.

THOMAS CLEARY, Secretary.
Tirkets, ss. each, to be had of the Stewards; of Mr.
Brook, 110, Strand; Mr. Wooler, 58, Sun-itreel. Bishops-
gatootreet ; Mr. Cahuar. 55, Blackman-street, Borough; and
at the Bar of the HOMO Tavern.
Dinner on the Table at Your n'Clock.

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THE STATESMAN.

LONDON:

SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1618.

As the Spanish Government acknowltdges it had
not the power to cootroul the Indians, whose con.
duct in Florida and on the American frontier has led
to the seizure of that territory by the Power that
is best calculated to repress such disorders, it
cannot bat be conscious also that it is now without the
ability to do much harm to the United States; but
it would seem that the Cabinet of Madrid is extremely
desirous that the High Allied Powers, who have un-
dertaken to keep the World in order, and repress all
Republican irreligion. in particular, should take up
its quarrel, and make the old walls of Aix-la-Cha-
pelle resound with Asir indignation at the ag-
gression upon the Florida,. The Madrid Gazette,
which also assigns to the Monarchs of Aix.la.Cha-
pelle the duty of adjusting " the extremely seri-
ous differences which subsist between Spain and
Portugal," says, with a singular modesty, " As
to the great events that have occurred, and
those that probably will occur, in the Florida., it
would be an insult to the superior wisdom of the Iligh
Allied Powers, to doubt that they mill promptly take
every means to obtain information respecting the
motives and developments of a quarrel which may
produce incalculable consequences." Thus) it Lord