The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-04-02 00:00:00

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kctioseqeence to me who setilhe Representatives of
Ithis town, I hctoe no viol end why should I trooble
rtnyeelf about the affairs of thew ate." •
This conversation (however trifling it may be
*wed) manifestly shows the indifference which some
:people have in the politics of the country : indeed I
cannot see how they should act otherwise; the reply
of this man was certainly a very just one. While
the People are excluded from voting (as our Reptile
sentatives are elected by so role!' a portion of the
People), I see no grounds for hoping or thinking that
men will trouble themselves about the political state
of the cowry. ;-;y•. yo,,
A Reform is the House of Commons spost be first
obtained before any good can be expected horn the
present system of Representation, whether to alle-
viate the pressure of the Tales or to promote the
happiness of the People. The grand system of Reform
.which I conceive ought to rouse every Englishman,
is a fair Representation in the People; what I
mean by a fair Representation is, that every House-
keeper paying 51. a year King's Taxes, sboeld have
a vote; this I conceive to be the easiest and simplest
plan that could be adopted to purge the present in-
fluence which rich men have over other classes of the
community ; and if every Housekeeper had a vote,
the whole system of bribery and corruption would
fall to the ground ; every man then would have an
interest in the welfare and happiness of the country ;
the attachment of the People to the Constitution
wpold be apparent, by the interest which an election
would excite; and a rich man, with all his Ministe-
rial influence, would find the torrent of public opi-
nion so poweiful against him, that were he pos-
sessed of all the gold mines of Peru, it would pre-
pondei are very little in his favour ; reason would no
longer be stifled ; liherty would again unfurl her
banners, and corruption and tyranny would sink
into nougat. This would he the spirit of Englishmen.
Au opportunity is fast approaching when the Peo-
ple will possess this glorious privilege; when
every Freeholder awl Liverymaii will have a fair op.
portunity of making choice of men who can be re-
lied on ; man who will curt their talents for the
great cause of Reform ; men who are attached to.the 1
Constitution of the country, and of well-known in-
tegrity.
I now, Sir, take my leave, once more calling anon
Englishmen who love their country, to be aria frivolous.
Unanimity will defeat a host of foes. If we ago at-
tached to our country, if KO respect its Consti-
tetion, if we are Minus in our desire for retlia-
*outer, Ro(ttrin, the lime, the day is fast approach-
isig• Let ili aeize the opportunity. I call spot) every
.town in Englasid, and particularly the City of Lon-
don, to stand forward and show a gond example to
the country. If the foul actions of the presentbli-
'dairy and their adherents are not sufficient to awake
the Nation to a proper senile of feeling, lot o.4gido
sink into slavery, and no more be called Engliabestop.
. Go K. l's
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DRURT•LANE THEATRE.— A new farce, calls :41a
Sleep:mg Draught, was performed last night at this
Theaue for the first time, end with success. The
dialogue seld,an rises above mediocrity, and rarely
indeed into wit or humour, has nothing in it parti-
cularly to deserve censure, or calculated to give of-
fence. The chief merit is in the plot and incidents,
which, though somewhat improbable, are whimsical
wets-conttived,and kept the audience is (minter-
espied good humour. II•oLzy is the life of the
piece. The character he performs is that of a sir.
sant, the chief agent in a love intrigue ; in the
course of hi; enterprise, which takes place at the
house of a medical practitioner, he *wallows a liquid
left on a table, which proves to he a sleeping
draught, and being supposed dead, is pat into a
chest ; he afterwards undergoes a variety of perils
and adventures, and becomes in the end) by accident,
the means of uniting the two lovers in whose tervical
he was engaged. The scene where he takes the po-
tion and believes himself poisoned, and tbet of, his
recovery, when, from some ipeechei be onetime
and misinterprets, he thinks be is about to be killed,
were manage( with great skill. KNIGUT has nisi the
'part of a servant in it ; the rest of the farce was
somewhat undercast in point of talent. The scene is
placed in Italy ; but there is uo reference either to
Italian manners or character.
It is reported in the City, that • Consolidation of
the Duties on Russian produce is in coutemplation ;
in consequence of which) some articles will remain
nearly as at present, but one or two others will be
subjected to a much heavier impost.
Ma. KEAN —As • report has in some degree pro-.
railed, that Mr. Rams, the celebrated performer, lm
performing the part of Sir Giles Overreach, at Gies-,
gow, on Thursday evening, had broken a blood-
line by over-efertion, and died on that evening;
if think it necessary for the satisfaction of the
Plblic, to insert the following paragraph from the
Glasgow Chronicle of Saturday ; from which it
mil appear, that, instead of having died on
thrust] Ay, Mr. KEAN, according to the old
phrase, was alive and merry on Friday
ad After performing Ilerlraus with his usual es-
adlence last night, Mr. KEAN visited the popular
todge of St. Mark's, of which he is a Member, end
spent the evening in the most convivial manner. On
his health being drank, be returned thanks for the
honour done him, and said, that the kindness and
r.partiality shown bins by the inhabitants of Glasgow
had made on him the deepest impression; so mach
so, 'that, without borrowing from the great Prot
(whose conceptions he so tic/tient enbodies), be
could not express them, for he ahad that within
-which peeeetlishoo.' "
iseaatsssor Cat E.—lt is remarked that the Lent
Assizesand the present Session et the Old Bailey
4eile to afford a most melancholy history of the ge.
•nerelly increased depravity. In all the Circuits
the numbers on the Criminal Calendar have beets
most elevating, they have occupied the Court
longer than ever was known before at the same
period of the year; and they have, in many places,
oquired the assistance of several of the Serjeents
tied leading .Counvel to clear the arduous duty
of general jail delivery. In several of the As-
sizes the Civil Court has given way to the pres-
Imre of that of the Criminal, and Special Jury
waves, which weri supposed to be of lengthened itll-
- have bees necessarily adjourned to the
tamer Anise, to the no small incTueoleece of
parties teamed* aad their

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V4l-'lNl'k LLtORTiI
DEAt, APRIL 1..,,t4ai1ed tale mornieg,4
the Fairlie 4 Ward, and Henry Porchaf,
for Bengal.
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PORTSIWOUT IT 4 APRIL I..t:Atited the A *Oil
ship William Baker, Wetherell' relit ttesiia : sink
15th November in complifirattire4Aerierican Otis
Paterson and Othellos it itotletldd tot t6;ei ihd
'Ariadne, Ifelvetios, aad Selffillt" Several ;11Sh
ships were lying thera,'nicallei sitsteittsis, •
441
the Start the AmittiCan allai:014400441
'from Charteston bound 'cif? felt:i.,,,Al
lisle Biker eipetietwied eery
of the Charinel; and is much .itfrisirteii
damaged—belt 'tarp liesisis or sugar
Also arrived the-Tiger, Powell, from
and stied fot 'lolslte.+-Patid &cabs,
good; fur' Baltic.—tiine liiibOur. •
and Thomas, Smith, frbisiiNeweqtle,
away her bulwarks and Mii‘bacni.
Pwrasoute,Maece 3 t.-,-eAoia'th did
ed by lidterte winds, the Friends; Balmer,
don for Leghorn, with la, 'of bowsprit.
Head, from Lfindon for St. Leiie ..Nr•
for Dundalk; Hero, Cstepiou, tram hen
'don. —Sailed the Comet, Hall, rot Rio .1
ria, Telt, frieSt•.-Locia ; and some other
PENZANCE, MARCH 29.—Sailed the
Foi cutters, on eivoise:
Power, MEAlie at ailed the M
for the Canariess'.
Haewtch, Atilitt. 1. Arrlted
packet; with a Mail. from Cushaien,
FALMOUTH. MARCH SO. Arrived
Bryant, from London, 'fur the %teat h
GRA/MEND, APRIL I.—Arrived the
Lovins, from Harlingeu ; Industry,
Amsteream ; Beatrix Elisabeth, T
Rotterdam ; Furst Blocher, Brine's','
Vrow Catharine, Closter, tr,vo Hai
Martha, Costen, from di: torlio
Vissen, fromdittO ; Tate, fr.
Good floffrang, Se Ireton, float Ewidion
nigslay,lieffi Hamburg', ; Vrori fail
from Harlingen; Nancy, Stacy, from
Jong,- Arden, 8..0re, from Pron.',
Brt,ders, Swells, from ditto ; Jonge At
from ditto; and Isabella, Mann, from
fail -d the Pacific, Sims, for Demerara ; C
stet, for Madeira and Demerara ; lithe,
Calcutta ; Jetta Cesar, 'Jackie, f
Pe-s tverance, Stackley, far ilamhurgh
tor, Allen, for Berge,..
disp..te afoot reale cut g
Mil-garden Theatio. on Monday
Ctfptain N—, R. N., anti ,Lieetena,
F .ut Regiment. A meeting was appui
Farm, at 'is o'clock on Tuesday nir
appointed time and place, the pee
eecoods, weeded ; •he ground was
paces being the distance (med. The
Inetber ny signal, hut both shots pp
they fired again,.. hen Lieetenaef '
Ceptaiw,Dl.'a head, but fortunately did .dot
Injure bias. By that inter posit len
.of ,
amicable &queerness& of tbe
,effair tool
parties left the girtund hien& . ~4181
RIOT IN Sr. Gllonnettero4.s4.
- iliMMO$l,
about nine .;'clack, A lerlietilot Weillttesag:
house in Julsouottreet, St. Geoeges4 bee ,
•of two men being observed, tiirough -( Of*
flows, fighting is a most &overate They
were covered with blood, and some
apprebendiag that murder would
one or the other, went to Union,
Office for the officers. Clerksad set
immediately proceeded to tbithouagl.and
ed that the affair arose trot of the tailor
stance:—William Williams, *Wiwi
Melville bailsman, lately arrived
sent for his wife to meet him at Blacit
the said vessel. She went, according
mint, and they afterwards motel
in perfect harmony to town. On
Williams remarked to her husband
of a rather careless disposition, and
the money be bad got about hint sl
her to take care of as a matter of prudence.
tar was of the same opittino,and direct!
to her 201. in Bank notes. They arri
teidge; persons were hired to take
of the boat, and Mrs. W. conducted
her present residence in Juttion.street
fields. The moment after the sail
chattles were deposited, a tail man
sacs, and, ordered him to quit the
poor fellow's utter astonishment, 1
the order, and she said, if he did
ply, she would beadle him oat.
habit of the brave tar (who hid bEti
Navy) to submit tamely, he expressed
Lion ta'figihrt, 'either than turn out
an hotir he Jiitilned an unequal
faithless irlfillaber paiarnour.
officers relieved him from Ms dal
his wife deliverml`4 the money,
the officers thire'atening to take
end they did dot leave the deluded
property was removed to a respectat
neighbourhood. The sailor bas it&
against the man for the assault.
Swisterawa —A great number
carpenters, bricklayers, plasterers.
all parte of the Metropolikhsve
of an inditidaat, what represented
the employ. of Government. His
produce a large written parchment,
have been signed " Palmerston,
Commissioners of the Board of Ws
that be was himself Clerk of the Works, and was
employed by them to envy labourers and artificers
'o go to Bristol, where eitensite store.hooses were
to be immediately built by Government • that be had
been employed to soperinteed the buildings at Pore
cheater Castle, Guernsey '1
extremely scarce, any indi•
LI. was sore to give it
his interest to engage them
name of any person oho
pointed a day for their
to that day, which is nok
appeared. Ile gave his
Bennett, Holloway; he
age, bed of gentlemanly

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ikg,.ll hit likais
reit ef, Asistitai4
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the Ailtetiese
geniis :
American ships
left tiie;e She 4)
'levet.? gnallik
;11. Spoke off
ten tlie tie
etrpili4
—o I 11
indis4her else
eat fled raves
m the am 114+
Success, W..i
our the Wittieqz
hating carried
d'nl are detain
met, from bon.
; Moor.
Bengal for
In Janeiro trfo •
hers.
the • Maki. and
itedipito
the Auckhtes
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red the . ,
Indies,
he Marie goptiN
Wriiht frog
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Trolands from
,4 from Rostock .;
irlingen ; *Jong,
ow ge Nesters..
rdraillin ; St I (an:K, b'
switk4
Alttirtni. Jacobs,
Im Bremen ;Ds . -
Mogen ; Twe go .
fthidina, Mulder,
•
• flanstsorgh.—
Ciio, Richard-
Sogden, for
for Demerara ;
rgh and Spica•
g a▪ Lady at Co.
night, bet ween
vent I.—, of a
pointed at Chalk.
norsuog. At the
irties, their r ,
I measured, eight
e ;sorties fired te.
proved bottomless;
L's ball erased
• .110 t seriously
r Ihg Wends, as
°I4 PON Oiltifilse
;,110.1 14 . t
ro
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stb Sam•Agoimico
;k one of OIL Mau .
e manner. Tiny '‘
of the spectators
be committed by
nitro-ball Police+
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several constables
sp, and *moat°.
following circus.
twain of she Lord
rd in the Ricer,
ackwall, on board
Irding to appoint.
epanied each other
is their way, Mrs,
and, that be was
d she thought that
should be given to
*deuce. The honest
Icily delivered over
rived at Waterloo-
ie his baggage oat
ted her hesbaad to
tree, St. George's-
sailor's goods and
n made his appear.
house; and to the
his wife joined is
not instantly corn.
It not being in the
even 21 years in the
Pled his determina-
nt; for upwards of
conflict with its
'Tfieirrival of this
ing4oiss situation;
in c
her
sailord i ontileo cn
untilicoe snatFidhy, oi
s
artiste house in the
taken out a warrant •
ler of journeymen
.s, and labourers, is
e become the dopes
sd himself to be in
lis practice was to
sent, purporting to
George Rose, Ike."
Works, and to state

ley, &c. Employment being
ndirldust mho could advance
for the purpose of obtain*
lem; he always put down the
to paid him such fee, and sp..
leafing town. but previous l
now gmit, he all at once dl..
his neitte to several—James
m orppipars to be 40 rots of
y demethout.
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