The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-09-06 00:00:00

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.Sts,—As you can no longer amuse your Readers
with • the eloquence of St. STEITEN9BI and the
budgets of foreign news are at present but scantily
supplied, you may, pethaps, some time spare a co.
lumn for your old friend
.CARLOS. But, before I
proceed further in the letters with which I, may occa:
sionally trouble you, I.will.beg leave to notice one
objection which I antiticipate, vit. " that some of
the circumstances and tineedotesOehieh it wilt be
necessary to introduce, are of `'too local p natUre to
excitegeneral interest." So rat', however, :is this
from being the case, that many things, in tbemseltes
apparently trivial, assume a character of rent im.
portanec from their relation to the late proceodink
of,the F:riends of Refarns. • Actions and .seetietrete.
are brought to light: ia, the mart° wrist . clrolecatul
remotest corners of- thit*ingdonr, •.wisicii-kcannot:
fail to convince • Ad. itontlynnd. Impartial • olg-
tbat a Part/ t4ter,Osthits-ia
whore not, pawned; id employ the 'ttikstft;,Oeetati..
and stoop to .theanosediapicahle'i4terruger, in their
reposition to every- ineesure. width has for itsah
jeer the rams dl, of aqy 0014 tbusetaltild`thetifi
they Useswititmotngll fondness as the sow tisTeT:
mire,; *bit with issintb4 of
ing with folly, and .liettrig With Irak
they raise their yell„Qf cignmity .sad abate against
those Gentlemen whia,lruky lothig their King had'
their country, wish tiabavothe4o4errtiscrtt
nisterinl by wise and gopd oreri•-; who are. desjioutt;
of seeing the people enjoy tsfl litr,itisodCall those.,
rights and privileges growled to them, by the Constiz.
tuned), and who reellhe necessity of giving td.eiery.
subject or these icalmi sole-ipso interest hi his
• 64050.4, that his thread may be rattly to leap from:
the scabbard lit its defence, when that awful day
arrives. whieb;toust no loliger be treated' as 'the
phantom-arson iddelmagination, bdt as a terrible
reality—that day when. we shall. have to contend
for English freedom upoq EngliolvlSound— that
'day Whine Sun will rise io teaks and set 'in-Irlood: •
• A' spirit of free enquiry irsto:spublie
habits of reedit)/ and reaection' t} politic* mills.
jects hiive,"fui some: earOreen widely slivered-big
amortgat the Middle and.lorter classes of lilac people..
The loss of our foreigOommerce, the enormous,
arnownt of the -fixes, and the shameful:Aerate-1190
of some of our. public serrantsp haee taught ui to,
fisfrik by anaking:)“..l47. The result has been
faSobrible.- Three-fourths of the people are now
convinced of the necessity of a prudent and tetnpe.
, rate reform in various departments of the State,
and of a judicious and Weli-organized system of re:,
presentation in the House of Commons. The sent
Bible, the well.informed, know that to this we snout
come at last; and the Reformists are eiery • day
increasing in numbers, in 'respectability, in
talents Now, It will be curious add itsefdl
-know, Mr: E. Omen, of p:reons those
AereV who. continually Oat •up the standard of
opposition to every thh* which bears in its front
the name of •Reform, and larlutitsCifirt of tricks
they attempt to effect their obiest, :In my., former
.letter I -honoured them with;:triar
,appellation of,!
Qoaok;Loyalists, a team. by whieltiabitli in future.
always designate this fraternityOrielleving their
frothy declamations aboUt loyalty to be mere idle
cant, and that he only can lord his King who wishes
to lee him established in the hearts, of iiitsubjectet;
'as the htOnarch of .a tree, happy, grateful, and
COntented people:- 'Pre-eminent in this !peeing of
quacking stands the -I'ol,o'4f 'Sheffield, .or rather a •
ntnill • party iirf indiridaats who .reside Akre. 'l-
viill eentirrtirs, say,,there ii not a club' of pOtitteol
itainieli.in his Majesty's -dominions; who ate more
. protept to lick the feet • of hig'hlinistert,•• or Mote
.reedy ta thwart every militate eal c latdi fu pronote.
lite !literati of -their fellost.subjeetv: Kiori
iii!ikk sit Immediately 'opposed with all
'•the peeiteseriesi of party:spirit ; and :it* gentle.
• mist hen • lift': patilotlial Mid in dependen step
for Wird gad afford his townsmen ;itnistipOrruniti rif
acting' tipi* it*y... mac public 411.400 C hE;.O Et
once antis with altßiti .itiSpritess of indignity,.
, and all the riritience o'f.absta.. Nis 'conduct is ne.:.
,sailed, motirsii areinistrpresrntedi and his eltaz:.
rector is traduced: • Why, .Sir,'. if ,this .fiercencss
spirit' War Supported by; that power winch talents
always center, all Yorkshire Would soon be ia.• a-
flame. Happily the onil. it corretted by 'sech
..tal want of what Wit. call.iptellect,. such.n'hilqty
insipidity of mintli.,.thetMa.mischiefsntill in Prod
duced. :They belledlstiai their loyalty In. torrents.
of noise; 'hut,l like the braying of • parr
ups . the. common„ .it is heard duly *with ..re
smile .0i pity or contempt.---Thetelieoplisistia
neither talk, write, nor think; and go
,the
county, fs safe.•• 'But is it. not a shame, • MR.
Entioa, . that kerne :el. out decent 'chapel-goers
81;oult.t tend their support to this. quack club ;,• and
a yet, greater shame that our card.playing parsons.
should waste their precious time io fomenting poll.;
deal discords and animosities'amonget their parish.;
' loners ? I do trot find their Divine Teao6er has in:
eructed' them either to 121iso cabala rn public' news.
rooms, or to run about compelling the. poor. fro-.
rant watches under theirceintroul to sign fulsome
, and ridiculous Counter4thlrelles. I really think