The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-06-26 00:00:00

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The Sheriff of Berkeimerecelval the following
Letter from Sir FRANCIS BUEDzTT
66 TO Tat GBOTLiIIIEN Or SWIM ANIVOSLIIID In COUNTY
COURT,
.JUMB b. 1810.
Tower, Jane 9, 1810.
Gentlemen;--highly ns I feel gratified by year gong
opinion, so handsomely expresser( in your letter delivered to
me yesterday by the -High Sheriff, accompanied by many
other Gentlemen of Berkshire. I mast at the same time ae,
knowledge, that ' those georrausexertions; as you are pleased
to term my humble eodeavnon, • ia defending the cause a
the poor,' sluing from no higher souke. and can claim ne
higher praise than self-interest well uaderstroid.—When
the poor are oppressed, the rich mire hodenitord the
security of both rests 1111011 one and "the same fheedatiori,
viz. r the law, which ought in reason to b. as dear to
Vie rich as the poor, and by so mach the dearer to the
re; :t than to the poor, as they have sn much the more under
st, protection, and are therefore infinitely more iaterested in
441,1). • in( its slightest infringement, torn tiny quarter, or an.
tier any pretexi. As fellow subjects, the law is our cowman
and hest Mherilancet it is. as lard Cake says. "parreeribus
diritibets sceuritar." wealth to the paw. security to
she rich. Some indeed amongst us appear willing to commit
V.. u'scrime without Esar's exempt...and to sell their inheri-
tance fro a met. of porridge; but there are, as the numerous
inretings which have taken, ore taking, nod tat about to
take place throughout the country prove, very •mauy more'
who are resolved to reenact' their inhttritanee of old. end to
taaintain it, he the only meant hy which its en. be aintain.
rd, • A fair Representation of the People in Parliansent.l—
though 1 am, and always Sieve to m% tuitions to
ovoid provoking resentment, at any time. from any quarter,
yet -
0,, re.ciument. however strong, from any quarter, hoes}.
ever powerNl, will deter me from continuing to exert that
• unabated zeal; which y.ou have approvelkin. resolutely
arbitrary power, in upholding the Ord gild laws if
r.o•
glitart, ami the eights te Englishmen of every deveriptiou,
Gentlemen. POW* WOW small portion of the same spirit that'
animated our forefathers in the same cease, thinking, as they
that it is honourable to die for the laws, I trust 1 shill
trousi. as they were, tree from regret or dismay at asty
consequences which msy personally affect myself ; for, Gen.
Ileums. whenever this (mternownt shall cease to ben Govertio
went of la w, life will
said to be desinthie to au lamest man-.
for, as has well been i, • Where law ends, tyranny he-
llo,' " remain, Gentlesien,
46 Iran. meet obedient humble rervant.
" FRANCIS BURDETT,"
ecnotmeneinqm=at=te
Tilt SPEAKER'S
The action brought by Sir FRANCIS BURDNTT
against Lord MotstA, we understand, will come
before a Jury before any decision of the Court can
be given respecting that against the SPEAKER of
the !louse of Commons. 1 istte being joined in the
former case, the *trial will take place among the
Special Jury causes in the first Sittinv after the
present Term. It is not certain therefore whether
She AIITORNST-GSNIIRA Lip or any of the Crown
Lawyers, will tare the opportunity of appearing
no this first question on the authority of t:ie
SprA Rim's ‘Viirratit ; fur as Lord 110 IRA is in this
instance the Defendant, the Noble eord way ctn-
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ploy whole be pleases for Counsel. • t
Boi/CONSIW, 4; •


text year Is to be a jubilee for Baronets of
England, it being the 200th year from their
fiat institution. The Premier Baronet is Sir En.
MUNI, BAC.ON, Of Rireninghaor, Noriblk i the
creation 223 of May, 1611. There are nearly
IWO Baronets, and since the Union with Ire-
land, the Peerage of that kingdom not only bring
limited, lett decreasing, ns threw of the existing
peerages must become extinct befere one new
peer is created, thl Sovereign finds it necessary
to reward, with irsaronetage, these pe!suns to
whom formerly an Irish peerage would have been
given ; so that the ereationiwill, in future, be
more frequent. On the 42a •141. May, next year,
it is proposed to have a grand gala iu honour of
the day, and-of the Order.
. .
A Paragraph having been left at this Office on
Saturday last, and inetivertently insertedv respect.
ing the drawing of two Twenty Thotmand Pound
Prizes in the late State Lottery, mid an insurance
for Twenty Thousand more, turns out to he a
gross fabrication, and the invention-of sennealisap.
pointed person.
Mr. Melt/Uri ien. will in a few days lead to
the Ilyilieneal Altar,. the. beautiful and seem.
;gibbed Miss Mt LOMAT" sister to the 'present Sir
lIARRIf MILDDAT:
Lord G natty.' um is in a great degree reenvered
from his late indisposition ; and his installation,
as Chancellor of the Universitys of Oxford, will
take place next week. The ceremony will occupy'
foes days. Among the preparations made to cede.
bate the occasion, are a grand balloon and a car,
in which Mr, SADLER purposes to perform his la-
tenth aerial voyage. The following is the in.
seription round the halloni-
l-lorierat6sirsui Wessling" Wpidhans Barn Grenville de
Wound. Academie Ger ' Quirellarius, Electus' die
Decembris as,. A. D.
A slngli; Installation, Locking was given up a
few days since at Oxford, ,vriseaCandidates innu.
enterable pressed forward to %CNA& thd fortuuate
successor, on terms that were iastentigacceded to,
viz. sixty guineas for a bed in a Wife. 'gear°
closet, immediately over thi ovesi uR tt pesky.
e7ok, and stipulating Intake lenient, pets*, esid
soups, with whatererether famed-areal Wit, ant,
whatever prier 'lke letlt tld might reasonably die.,
nand !
Beetto.—ere.day Ikea being no Court of Al.
denten, the Lotto MAVon, after inspecting the
returns, ordered the present pried to remain.
On Friday morning last, one of the Bath and
'Bristol coaches was oveetereed galas down Marl.
borough.bill ; uttered of thif outside passengers
received very severe contusions, but they are nut
of such serioes•sonsequeses as was at first appre.
beaded and repented. The inside passengers and
• driver escaped without the slightest iskiney. Nut
the smallest blame is ettributed to the coachman,
• the accident happeeed from the pole suddenly
'breaking in the sharpest descent of the bill,. .ugh
the coach, die. was new, never having been, tad,
• ,re than three joneneys. • : •
A tradesman,' residing in Oxford.streee, Vrtalte
bathing on Sunday morning in the Serpentine
River, was seized with the, cramp. lli sank
t wice; at the third time of his rising he was rescued
from a watery grave by one of the Park.keepers,
ii.ho jumped into the water after him.
Yesterday afternoon, as' the opposition Brighton
coaches were coming full speed along Brixton
causeway, the bind wheel' of one flew of, and
sixteen passengers were throWn with great violence
to the ground ; a gentleman had both hie thighs
broken, and several others were much hurt, be.
sides the coachman.