The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-05-23 00:00:00

iiißallEsTS OF SYSTEMATIC MIS ft ULE.
DT ERAIKLES MACLEAN,
efihe Art to r.tabilsk Ferer-itospitate In Ireloud.]
)ion Till. ST a rum .tx of Prtelasr.)
" corporations, v. hich are destinied to fnrnish
;he 'Lord Lieutenant with Commissioners in times of
t,fer, lire to *hive pertrtwal violation text! sire-
-11, moo.' 'l he framers of this Bill, then, must have
o.ther conceived that the fever would have perpetual
duration and tueers.ion, or titer most base had some
,;er-.•!ealeti object in conferring perpetuity un the cor-
porations. 'I hey tunas be destined to some ulterior
ittnctioas, or they must, when fever does nut exist,
sup?osing them to be useful when it doe; exist, become
un ii•eless burden and expense.
▪ These functions, then, could only have been such
1 have described above or, at best, the object of
rendering such establishments permanent. must bare
been permanently to. attach so many additional :A-
to the horough system. Ur, perklt, duly
siresiating the ciects of their °nu misrule, Lut
sagaciously deeming it perpe:ual, judged it tie.
cessary to prepare perpetual asylntits. on large scale,
fur the reception of its vie rims.
'• These corporations :.rr to be called by the name'
of ' the President VI,: Assistants of the f',ver this.
pill for the County (fur itrta ore) of the city of Dublin,
&c.' 'I bus, corporations are to he established, offi-
cers to be appointed, buildings to be erected, and an
immense load of new taxes to be ou the Irish
people. in order to mitigate the effects of a calamity,
se?4,l, by an expenditure little mute considerable,
and without the odious machinery of corporations,
mittht be almost wholly prevented ..nd this machinery
is to continue, whether the calamity, whose effects it
is intended to mitigate. shall or shall not continue to
ctrl ? The system is to have perpetu.el duration and
stucc•sion. This is an effort at legislation which al-
most baffles gescription, transcends belief. and cannot
sae !timely be characterized.
• '1 best corporations shall consist, in the counties,
of the Archbishop or Bishop, any part of whose din-
s. se shall extend into such counties of the Representa-
tives an Parliament, and of all the Justices of the Peace
sommi,s:oned, acting as such and, in the cities
and towns, of the same persons, together with the Chief
.slAottr.ite, Sheritt, and Recorder. The Archbishop,
or Bis.hop. one of the Representatives in Parliament, or
the Senior Magistrate present, to preside. Could any
thing he more essentially aristocratic ? Any thing
mare cont.:ary to the genuine principles of the British
Cunititution, could not have been devised. Ido not
krow whether it .has been found practicable to carry
:hi. law generally into execution hut I hare heard
of deaths' happening in the pest-houses, of persons
alto were compelled to leave their homes, although in
aelnence, and who might nut have died if they bad
had the comforts and consolations which they could
have had at their own houses, under such medical
core as they would have themselves chosen, and free!
iron those terrors which the circumstances of a pub-
IS,• establishment of this nature are calenlated to inspire.
They are empowered to make bye-laws.
• They are authorized, empowered, and required,
to build or hire houses for hospitals in the several
counties, counties of cities, and counties of towns, to
be called ' Fever Hospitals, for the Helier of the Poor
being ill of Fevers,' as soon as they shall be possessed
of funds sufficient for those purposes.
.• Ihese funds are to be raised by subscription, do-
nation, and by presentments of Grand Juries. For
es'sbl,shing Dispensaries, Wand Juries may present
sum!! equal to the amount of subscriptions and private
dorations. They may present double the amount of
r7irate subscriptions for the reception of fever patients.
1l:iy may make presentments for fever hospitals, to be
raised by instalments within six years : and money is
directed to be advanced to the treasurer of the county,'
city, or town, for the put poses of such presentment, by
order of the Lord I.:cotenant, out of the Consolidated
They are also empowered to present MIK a.
yea, additional fur support of houses of industry, es.
ti.blilhed under 11 and It taco. 111. c. 30.
" 'I his is, in effect, only an indirect method of im-
po.ing fresh taxes on the people. If the Grand Juries
sbould consent to act upon theirs, they will be, in so
far, concurring to give effect to the existing system of
fiscal spoliation : and, if they do not, this part of the
law will remain a dead letter."

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The fineness of yesterday attracted thousands of
visitants to Greenwich Fair. The road to it at an

early hour was crowded with pedestrians, equestrians,
ar.d carriages of every description, almost entirely en-
velgpmfin dust, and nearly fainting in consequence ofl
tte beat. Geouierry Fair, in Tothill-fields, had also
?vie sports and elegant amusements.
RowiNo-hisvcn.—Yesterday a match took place
upon the River, which, for a long time past, has
excited the greatest interest among all watermen and
amateurs of the oar. It was for fifty guineas a-side,
between Goff and Castles, who are considered two ofl
th- best watermen on the River. It was a waterman's
wager—from the Swan at London-bridge to the Swan
at Chelsea. They started precisely at half-past twelve

n clock ; far a short time they kept together, and
neither appeared to hare any advantage, but, at the
Southwark-bridge, Castles shot ahead, until hr had
jut passed •Bleckfriate-bridge, when Ooff came up
with hiss. and they got foal of each other ; in a short

however, they were disentangled, and rowed in
tee- stile darn the opposite shore. At Westminster-
bridge they wooed the Hirer beautifully, and rowed
OE till they aunt so the Horseferry, when Castles, who
kait the stitantage, was forced, by the skilful manage-
moot of (id, on the inside, against a barge, when, in
order to disengage himself, he placed his hand on
the vessel, which circumstance would immediately
kave lost him the wager, but that Ooh, who had not
oisserred•the action of his opponent, pulled a stroke
or two, irrbrcii presented him from deriving the benefit
of 4 his adyersarY's indiscretion ; the watch must be
accordi ugly rowed again, which will be in the course
of a. Tow days. We understand there is a great deal
of money depotiing on the issue.
Owing to thelimmess of the day, the Riverboarted
cfini nunieroos an as emblage of c..mpany as perhaps
ever was seen on such an occasion, considering the
ra.Jy period of the season ; it was completely crowds&