The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-06-28 00:00:00

FROM TURSDArS LONDON GAZETTE.

ViItitUPTCY EMARGEI).
W. Clunie. St. Alartin's-lane, baker, from July Ito July
8, at Guildhall.
HANKRUPTUY SUPF.RSEDEII.
A. Evans. Brimscombe Port, Stroud, Glvurestershire,
broad cloth-manufacturer,
BANIiRUPTS. •
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T. Willis. Carisbrooke. Isle of Wight. rellinnager, to sur-
render July II ; , and Aug. S, at the Guildhall. Newport. At-
torneys, Messrs. Sewell and Hearne. New port-
M. Postans, Cheltenham, tictualler. July B. 7, end Aug. 8,
at the F:lght BOIS Inn, Cheltenham. Attorney a, Mr. Mere-
dith, Lincoln's-100, London ; and Messrs. Owiunctt add
Newman. Cheltenham.
'P. Bageolk Misedaarban. teriyakis% Jai" U. /IL se*
Avg. 8, al the Woulpack. Birmingham. Attorneys. Messrs.
Egerton and Co.. Gray's-inn-square, Loniou ; and Mr.
IBenson. Birmingham.
C. Dunkin. Shad Then.ey. Illorslevenwn. liehterman, July
I. 8. and Aug. 8, at UuilJhall. Attorneys, Messrs. Sutilow
and Co. Monument-yard.
J. Martin, Lit erpool, merchant. July Sit SA. and AIM. 9,
at the George Inn. Liverpool. Attorness, Mr. Radcliffe.
Lis erpool • and Messrs. Adlington and Gregory, Redford-
row Condon.
B. and G. Crawshaw, Rirstal, Yorkshire. carpet-manufac-
turers. July 7,5, and Aug. 9, at the Yew Tree Inn, 'Whist-
town, W.rstal. Attorneys, Mr. Evans. Hatton-garden. Lon-
dun; and Mr. Carr. (lomersal, near Leeds.
W. Mee. Market liarborotigh. Leireso•rshire. spirit-mer-
chant, July 111, 20, and Aug. 5, at the Kann Inn. Market
I I arborough. Attorneys, Mr. Lamb, Kettering, Northampton-
shire; and Mr. Nelson, Barnard's-inn, London.
W. Wright, Belibroughton. Worcestershire. letterer. July
11, and Aug. 9, at the Wheatsheaf Ina, tlewdle). At.
torneva, Alleasrs. Constable and Kirk. Sy mond's-inn, Chas-
eery-lane, London ; and Mr. Robins. Stourbridge.
T. Carr. Chorley. Lancashire. ironmonger. July 47, 28,
and Aug. S. at the Mitre Jun. Preston. Attorneys. 3lr. Ro- I
therhant, Throgtoorton-street, Loudon ; and Mr. Topping,
Choriey.
T. Petal., Rosehill, Shropshire. miller. July 17. IS, and
Aug. S. at the Talbot into, Dray ion-in-Gales. Attorneys,
Messrs, Raster and Bowler, U my's-inn-place, London; and
Mr. Stanley, Drayton-in-liales.
DIVIDENDS.
July 11. C. R. 0. Bailey, Swallow/Al. Wiltshire, dealer,
at Guildhall—July I, G. Ilardisty and J. Cowing. Bedford-
court. Covent-garden. woollen-drapers. at Guildhall—July
?I, J. R. Brown and 11. M. New, Poultry. stationers, at
Guildhall—July IS, F. Deakin, and J. °tighten. Deritend-
mills. Aston. acne Birmingham. wire-drawers. at the Royal
Hotel, Birmingham—July 11, J. Young. Carlisle, spirit-
merchant,
at the Colfee-house, Carlisle.—July IS, 'l'. Baler,
Rochester. draper. at Guildhall, London—July IS, J. Bar-
clay. Old Rroad-street-rosd, merchant, at ti ulldhali—July IL
H.White, Warminster, Wiltshire, linen-draper, at Guildhall,
London—July 211. J. Wyatt, Hinckley, Leieestershire, baker,
at the White Hart lan, Hinckley—July 17, E. H. Wilson,
Liverpool. spirit-merchant, at the George Inn, LiverpoolH
July WA W. Allan. Throgmortne-street. insishasn-broker,
at Guildhall—July 22, W. Taylor, Salisbury Coffee-house.
Durham-street. Strand. tavern-keeper, at Guildhall—July
E. IC G. 31onkhouse. London, merchant, at Guildhall—July
22. J. and W. L. Bryan, Grocer's Hall-court. printers. at
Guildhall—Jitiv VI. U. Waddington, Blackburn, Lanessbire.
fatter. at the New Inn. Blackburn—July IS, J. E. Yates,
Bhoreditch, pewterer, at Guildhall.
CERTIFICATES—Jt• kv 18.
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J. Spencer. idakesey, Derbyshire, neil-manufacturer—T.
sod J. Danvers. Cooper's-row, Tower-hill. merchants—R.
Coney. Strand. plumber—K Dixon, Lamb's Conduit-street,
haberdasher—R. Wetter. llorsturth, Yorkshire. dry-salter--
J. Jones, Liverpool, merchant- -W. Fear. Bath, cabinet-
maker—J. Newington, Tunbridge, Kest, farmer—T. Fisher,
Liverpool, seater-serioer.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
D. and J. Forrest, Knightsbridge, drapers and tailors—
Pearee end Charlton, Maraisbarn—Harris and Wyld. Char-
lotte-street. Fitsroy-square, hosiers and haberdashers—
Edwards sad blibter. Derby. wine and spirit dealers—Lo-
tberington and Barnes, Scot's-yard, Bush-lase, London,
brokers—Green and Boyle. Dudley. Worcester. nail-iron-
monlers—Le• and Rayner, Leeds, atkorniessat-law—Dean.
Hall. and Shirley, Keeling's-lane. Stoke-upon-Trent. Staf-
lord. manstactsrers of earthenware—J. W. and C. Blake.
Caring-cross, silversmiths—Smith and Galway. Liverpool,
ntees—Scott. Cadlip. Burrell, Borlase. Gleason. and
Thomas, Pothlevea, Cornwell—Dolbe and Sbellbrd. Cam-
berwell, gless-proprietors-proprietors—Welland and Wybern.
. -`it—Cart-
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Stilt—lt has fallen to my lot to see juggler; of
vaiions countries, and of many denotninaf I have
seen Asiatic jugglers and Chinese jugglers; I hare
seen fire-eaters and sword-swallowers; but it has never
,ten to my lot to know slight-of-hand men, of any de.
nomination, to dexterous at swallowing their mow
words, at reconciling irreconeileahles, as his Majesty's
present Ministers. Let them, as a body, be hence-
forth designated, since celebrity is nut confined to il-
lustrious deeds, by the name, style, and title, of " the
Green Bag Administration." A single example of,
their dexterity may serve to give an idea of their ta-
boll. The Address of the House of t' ))))) mons to her
Majesty was expressly founded upon the de,•ire To avert
inquiry ; and this desire was founded on the belief,
that, teldria erer rag the invnirl might tontine:le, it
must be " disappointing to Me hors of Par:iameut,'
dcrogatorg to the dignity of the Crown. and injurious
to the G.st interests Me nation." This Address, in-
cluding these words, was voted for .by Ministers and
their partizans. The word', however, hail nu sooner
been uttered than Lord Castlereagh swallows or ex-
plains them away; assuring the country (so help him'
lied :) that " a net.- and pail"! necessity had been im-
posed ?TOM them" (of predicting a different result to
the Inquiry, or of giving to their former words a new
meaning) "by the (Incas Answer to their Address."
The mere terms of the Queen's answer, then, or her
refloat to comply with the concession so improperly
required of her, which all men with their eyes open
must have foreseen, are found sufficient to render that
inquiry, which was represented so dangerous to the
public weal, not only justifiable but necessary. What
can render it either? If confusion, commotion, or con-
vulsion, be the probable ur inevitable consequences.
is it just or necessary to produce, or to run the risk of
producing, such effects, rather than that a Qu en (an
individual if you will) should be allowed to retain her
rights, being guilty of the charges brought or insi-
nuated against her? Or, being innocent, that Minis-
Sera should nut be compelled to resign ? It was for-
merly her presence in England, it is now her An-
"leer to the Commons' Address; and to-morrow it
;ill be some third emit, that has rendered it in-
dispensable for Ministers to bring forward and to
proceed with these champs. The readiness and
complacency with which they can justify even Ole
most unjustifiable acts arc truly wonderful. They
are even prepared to do this by anticipation.-
31r. Breeze Bathurst, for instance, declares, that
" the House WILL boor how to thy; at/ aysi,,st
any charge of ineo».,isteneg, in ;oar entering upon
inquiry, after the expression., rontoi.led is their re-
veler rote." Nothing, indeed, can be more easy. lie
Mouse have only to declare, multi I), or by any ma-
jority of votes, as they have frequently declared, them-
selves to be the Representatives of the people: that, not-
withstanding suspicious appearances, which Iltily be
min.:l:resented by factious men, they are the most
consistent body that is, or was, or ever will he, in the
universe, and for this they hare a precedent precisely
in point. It was decreed by Pope tiregory VII, in
council, that the Church of Rome -.wither had erred,
and never Moretti err. But, to he serious on a very se-
rious subject, it remains for the !louse to determine,
whether they will justify, in its fullest latitude, the
charges of their enemies; and, at a time like this, by
going all lengths in attempting tw cover the incunsist
encies, the rashness, and the crimes of Ministers,
'front the consequences of which they cannot otherwise
hope to escape, run the risk of invsd themselves
and the conntry in a series of perplexities anti '
agita-
tions if not in the vortex of a revolution. I have '
al-
ready warned them, in one of my early letters, that
Siboy were " sitting upon barrels of gunpowder," to
which some of their own foolish partisans were about
Ito lay the match! and it would be curious if the fire-
brand should be a saint instead of a radical.
What a change has taken place in the tone and po-
sltion of the parties respectively, since the landing of
her Majesty! Instead of reprehension fr the bli-1
nisterial benches, for factious proceedings, because the
people hastened in crowds to congratulate and to tttp-
port their Queen; instead of the nauseating repetition
of " indiscretion," as applied to one party, and of
" absolute wisdom," as the gift of the other, these
insolent individnals are now nut only obliged to desii4
front charges against others, but absolutely pat apes
their own defence. They are reduced to the necessity
of endeavouring to give to the most criminal conduct
the appearance of innocence; to the most desperate
measures the appearance of discretion ; and to the
most inconsistent actions the appearance of consist-
ency. I remember that, when the happy reception
which, at her landing from France, and inter journey
from Duvet to London, her Majesty experienced front
great bodies of her affectionate subjects, was ex-
ultingly announced by the loyal and constitutional,
and free part of the press, those men, who so well
unite the qualities of servility and obsequiousness with
arrogance and despotism, were at particular pains to
misrepresent these laudable ebullitions of popular fer-
year, and genuine virtue, as factious aid criminal.
And I shall never forget, amongst the circumstances
not the least extraordinary, of all the extraordinary
circumstances, which appertain to these transactions,
that one, who ought to have been the last to encourage
them, should hare thought It to ebisoe is with the base

carat of Ministers, and absolm
minions utterance of a
in the house of Commons,
dared thus to put !terse!
applauses and benedictions
which her Majesty trout'
avowed with indignation. cor..—.
panegyrics on talent, which so currently pass between
her legal adviser and the illegal Manager of the House
of Commons, or those which he lavishes, without
so open a return, upon the great Captain, overloi.kel
the public. These, and many other tialts, highly
inustrative of character, they will take care to re-
member, and to apply, if need he, in a manner that
shall be, useful to the cause of her Majesty and of
justice. Before 1 conclude this part of the subject,
think it proper to offer a single observation on the
viperish noel unprovoked attack, made, probably, in
the spirit of anticipation, by a certain person, upon
I.the pres.. He has, pahalsly, remembering the pre-
,verb, that " the first blow is half the battle," rash:t
coocluderl, that it applies universally ; and ventureo,
open this oceasion, to commence a very unadvised
warfare. I can assure the Learned lirietleman, far
these talents I could wish to entertain a respect, and
whose sphere of ability I should be sorry to see dimi-
nished, that, if he should think fit to continue his wan-
ton attacks upon the press, lie will probably find that
it is able to return twenty blows for his one, and each
blow worth twenty blows of the assailant. A word to
the wise—even if not from " absolute wisdom."
Ministers and Mr. Brougham are, I believe, the only
persons who boast of the advantages which, they say.
her Majesty has gained by the late negotiation : This
is one of the most wonderful of those many wonderful
things which are now passing in such rapid silo:es-
, 'ion, that we have not time to pause sufficiently to
consider the merits of each. What, in the name
of Heaven, had her Majesty lost ? Had she lost any
of her dignities or honours, because Ministers had
chosen to insult her with monstrous propositions to
abstain from the exercise of them ? Had sbe lost any
of them, because the May Council had chosen, by uu
Illegal and unconstitutional act of authority, to ou:!•
her name in the Liturgy ? Neither the assertious of
my Lord Castlereagh and his colleagues, nor even ae
legal interpretations of lawyers, can convince tit! or
her Majesty, or her faithful subjects, contrary to :I
evidence of the English language, and of their proper
senses, that any such authority does reside either in
Ministers or the Privy Council. And if no such au-
thority does legally reside in them, the exercise of it is
an act of downright usurpation. Their d. hie il, therefu.-e,
of those rights and dignities to which her Alajusty is
by law entitled, can be no more a just sithjett of la-
nictitation to her Majesty, however it may be a great
temporary inconvenience to her, than their recu,vi,lini
cats be a just subject of exultation. Whatever sortie
persona may think of the Infallibility of Ministers
and the Privy Council, I will venture to assure them,
not only that a very immense majozity of her Ma-
jesty's liege subjects, nut only do not care unr straw
fur such a recognition ; but that they regard the thing
itself, and the importance attempted by those persons
to be affixed to it, with equal contempt. Wha,, then,
are we in the piteous condition that Ministers or the
Privy Council may. at their pleasure, grant, or with-
hold the rights or privileges of any itirlividua;. and
therefore of every individual in the community? If
so, it is high time that we seek to recover our right.'
from the invaders of them ; or, if we cannot, or will
not do ourselves justice, that we should leave a country
in which life is but a bare, precarious, and disgraceful
existence. In what a condition would our Queen be
placed, if it could be a matter of just triumph to her
' legal advisers, that Ministers hail partially recognized
her rights I' It would follow that they are considered as
author:zed to refuse that recognition, and that the tame
breath which acknowledged her rights might deny
'them. This is not, I repeat, the individual cause of
the Queen, but that of all the nation ; and if, inde-
pendently of the unpardonable insolence of Ministers
towards her Majesty personally, they are not punished
in an exemplary manner, fur their general violation of
the law and Constitution of these realms upon this tw-
easier), then there is no longer law or Constitution ; in-
stead of which, we only enjoy the "..Sie rule, air jr-
loco, slat pi) ratione ro"matoe," of those notable con-
jurors, 'my LordVastlereagh and Company.
Among those pre-eminent for consistency in the
Ministerial group, Mr. Canning has always stood con-
spicuous. Hut he is so well known to the public, for
his various qualities, that I have relinquished the idea.
as superfluous, of giving any account of his recoil
tergiversations and duplicity towards her Majesty.
In order to persuade us that his former advice did nue
amount to treachery, and to convince us farther of his
discretion, instead of being silent, he determines
to persevere in accusing her Majesty of indiscretion,
in retnehing to England: and, as new proofs of consist.
envy and veracity, after having spontaneously declared
his resolution sot to meddle farther is the matter. he
strenuously joins his colleagues in arguing and voting
for an Address, which they were in hopes would have
bad the effect of compelling her Majesty, upon dis-
honourable terms, into an accommodation. " Fall
you this backing of your friends?"
To conclude, there certainly does not now appear to
be any possibility of avoiding an inquiry, fraught with
incalculable mischief to the State, bet by the dismissal
ur resignation of those shallow, obstinate, and insig-
nificant persons, who, under the false appellation of
statesmen, hays brought themselves and the country
We so perilous a predicament—men who, by th! ha-
bitual intoxication of power, and the actual dread of
losing it, have been completely bereft of that pleader
portion of understanding, with which Nature bad
originally endowed them; and, instead of .a state of
" absolute wisdom," may be considered in a state
of
" absolute idiotism." Let Parliament leek to the
consequences.

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