The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-01-13 00:00:00

COUItTS OF JUgTICE.

The administration of justice being one of the prin-
cipal cares of a well-directed Government, the regu-
lations for that object are assigned by the Prince to
ts Commission, composed of men, whose zeal and
isdom ensure the happy issne of their undertaking.
The sail Government was HI-suited to the morals and'
necessities of our country, and it is therefore desir-
able that new regulations should be adopted, which
. may be more costgeitiaf to the manners of our nation.
. The succeeding heads relate to the state of the pri-
sons, the maintenance of the poor, public education,
•ead several local or internal regulations.
. With respect to foreign Relations, the Reporter
observes, that after n hat has been said by his Royal
Highness, on that subject at the opening of the
Session, it would be unnecessary for him to dwell
'on it.

Nearly all that could be at present said, would
partake of the nature of conjecture; but as the
:Powers who concluded the Peace of Paris had agreed
to an increase in the territory of the Netherlands,
.they might expect to result from that solemn de-
'Aeration of the consolidation of the political system
of the country, which would enable her to take that
rank among other nations, which ill.) had heretofore
maintained with so much lustre.

NEXT WEDNESDAY THE LOTTERY BEGINS—TIM
FIRST TICKET DRAWN A PRIZE ABOVE £el.3.
WILL 10.CEIVE AAA° IN ADDITION, ♦ND
• NAY PROVE A 'PRIZE OF ‘90.000.

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THE STATESMAN.

LONDON:

JATIVART 13, Mb,

• We yesterday anticipated oar cotensponriee in the
account of the proCeeslings tu the Court of Common
•Council. Oor notice was necessarily brief, and we
renew the report to-day. At this meeting the ad-
vocates fur interminable war, although they could
Alur make a direct opposition to the motion for an
.Address, yet mustered all their strength to defeat
4t. Ti.e transcendently able manner, however,
art which WAITIIMAX, though labouring nu-
'der isdi- position, managed the matter, and. gave
!Atari:nee to the feelings of the iltitish peo-
ple, defeated their hopes of pursuing the old
,road if flattery, add of converting a circumstance,
anspielous to the country, because it has been
remlered too necessary by the Government, into
praise to the Ministers and profit to themselves. It
was really curious to see how the leaders of that op-
.position, the army tailors, slopsellers, waterproof
•contractori, and the Bogging Aldermen, for there is
more than one comes under this description (we

'speak thus characteristically to show the polilical
spring and bias of the mothes and conduct of the
patties, and not frpsn any disrespect of person or
•professions), We say it was curious•to see how all
these Gentlemen, with views the same, but made to
look 66 as various as the ways they take" Wing their
heads at the triumphant march of the Address, and
the prospect before them, and with what wofully
loug faces they left the Court before the
But pace, pace, friends of war 1 Rcquiescat in
-pace.

Particulars of various Meetings to consider of the
:propriety, never more evident, of petitioning 'pink
the Property Tax, will be found in our columns;
and we have particular satisfaction in directing atten-
tion to the P.:..olutions appe►►ded to an advertise-
'went in our first page, adopted at a meeting of the
'(,'l►arcbwsrdcns, Overseers, and Vestrymen, at the
Y.:ash Church of St. Luke's. This, forms a very
ittl,per contrast to the conthict of some Gentlemen
Connected witl►. Ecclesiastical affairs, whom we* are
"sorry to see lendiug the weight of their eloquence to
:the support of this odious imposition, viz. the Rev.
RUIVLANII I flu. (rrii•abilc dicta ),sind Mr. MA aca.
LLY, of Cambridge, and of contractor connections!

. It is well observed in the Resolutions of this Meet-
ing that the extensive parish of St. Luke's, Middlesex,
contains a population inferior only to six cities and
towns In England and Wales. The expression thus
made of the inhabitants of so extensive a parish can-
not but be regarded as important; and when we
see it declared by such a respectable body of men ;
and when, in fact, two-thirds of the people of the
empire coincide in the declaration, that this Tax
has, among the other evils it has created, 64 in-
vited bribery, perjury, and fraud," we rejoice in
seeing it meet its doe reprobation, and wonder the
snore that any Clergyman should so far forget his
sacred duties as not readily to come forward and
denounce suck a measure as fraught with political.
um; moral rain) instead of adding the anthority of