The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-07-18 00:00:00

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from the sensations of " those out of doors ;"
and, if the Minister could, by any possible means,
(this is merely a supposition) contrive to persuade
the majority of the Nleuiberi to concur in his plans
fur the public weal, might it nut happen, at
length, that a minority, receiving no countenance
or support (torn the sympathy of the people, the
best reward of patriotism, would sink into insig-
4ificauce, and in the end be totally lost in a por-
tentous unanimity of the whole House. Our readers
14 ill recollect that we have spoken all along hypo-
thetically, and by no means wish to be understood
as alluding 'to the present state of affairs.

But we turn from such a visionary scene, as one
waking from an uneasy dream, to recreate our

mind with a very different prospect, that of the

real proceedings in Parliament, and the vigorous,
enlightened, and patriotic Ministers of the present
day.

On tho 31st of January, in the year of our
Lord 1810, Mr. MINXES moved fur the appoint-
ment of a Select Committee, to investi;ate the
state of the public expenditure ; and we must al.

low that this motion was met by the Ministers
.with a chearfulness and alacrity that were highly
honourable to their character, as intimating, OH
their part, ts costsciousness of being " pure in the
high office," with e kith they had been entrusted.
Thu motion was carried unanimously, and the se.
vcral Members Of the Cabinet seemed as eager to
promote inquiry upon this head, as Gil Bias
scribes his new companions in the Subterranean,
at the proposal made by Capt. Rolando, that each
of them should relate his adventures, and appar-
ently for the same reason too,* comme s' ils avaießt
chacun quelque chose de beau a raconter. With
respect to the qualifications requisite to constitute
fit member of such a Committee, namely, com.
awn honesty, and a competent knowledge of
arithmetic, we have a right to presume them so
very abundant in that, House, that little selection
ruuld be necessary. The ditty to be performed
required nothing more than integrity and in.
4ustry, and these, surely, we have reason to
expect to be predominant in an Assembly,
which demands omit unreserved and unlimit.
tog confidence from the Country. Ve will go
farther, and assert that, if the accounts of the
Public expenditure were fairly stated, and the
enemies, intended exClu‘ively fur the seivico of

the Nation, honestly applied to that sole purpose,
all the partiality, chicanery, or even injustice,
which hlieisters are so very liberal io attributing
to those who oppose the measures of their Go.
vernmcnt, would not only be unavailing towards
injuring them in the public esteem, but must
have ultimately redounded to their honour. This
16 so perfectly clear, that we cannot suppose it to
have escaped the mind of the English Chancellor of
the•Excliequer, without entertaining very serious
doubts of those great intellectual endowments,
which his panegyrists ascribe to that Right
Honourable, and we are ready to say, must respec.
table Gentleman. In fact, it is impossible,
without supposing him the very reverse• of what
his friends describe Mr. PERCEVA4 to be, to ima.
gins that he could be blind to so plain an Wei.
eace, What, then, are we to think of his wish to
nominate the Members of the Ctetimittee ? What
of his objections to men, whom he acknowledged
to be unobjectionable ? The reasoning, likewise,
offered in support of this extraordinary conduct
was, to all intents and purposes, of a piece with it.
He " vv.ts unwilling to have the Committee com-
posed of men who agreed in opinion." Was it
that he thought more light would have been
struck out from the collision of opposite scnti.
rents, or, rather, might he not have inspected,
that, from the conflict of such as were irrecencile
4ble, the members be wished to have apPointed
would, like their predecessors, never have come
to a conclusion 3 Were the items of so cum.
plea, so intricate, or so confused a nature, that
gique but heads, like his own, deeply learned in
011 the mysteries of analysis, could comprehend
them ? Or, were they In such a condition as to,
require the healing band, the salutary skill, the
profound knowledge of infinitcsimals, that arc
usually possessed by 'the professors of that ape.
ties of political arithmetic that is chit fly conversant
about the settlement of Boni:rapt.' .accompts?
Whatever be the cause of this Ministerial serene.
losity respecting the composition of the Commit.
tee, the effect certainly Is a conviction upon the
inind of the public, that the concurrence of the
Servants of the Crown with the urianimous wishes
of the House, was the effect less of choice than
of aeccasity.
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LONDIi :
WEDNUDAY, JULY 18, 1810.

YESTERDAY atoning, Captain Boaau, one of
Lord WELLltrovotei Aids-de-Cansp, arrived in
town from the army, which be left on the 4th inst.
No little had yet been fought, nor was any general
action likely to take place fur some time. Ciudad
Rodrigo °continued to make a vigorous defence,
but it is not expected to hold out any length of
time. Lord WELLINGTON had moved to a posi.
tion between Almeida and Culerico, in order to
support Gcnerdl C--RAUFURD. By an intercepted
letter, it .ippears that MASSENA cspected that
Lord WELLINGTON would advance to interrupt
the siege, and that he bad prepared his operations
accord i og
TILE os:a South American Commissioners from
Caracrds, had their audience of Lord WELLESLEY
yestcrii,y, anti delivered their dispatches from the
Provisional ()moment of Caraccas, and waited
afterwards upon the other Cabinet Ministers.
Their names are Don SIMON DE BOLIVAR) a Colo-
nel ; and Don Luis Lona MENDEZ, a Commis.
nary General. One of them is a relation of
neral MIRANDA.

Onstust is mended a little. It was done in the
early part of tho morning at two per cent. dis.
count; but at the hour of our going to press) was
at ono and a half.

WE this day give a full Report of the Trial,
yesterday, in the Court of King's Bench, in an
action brought by the Proprietor of this Paper
against Mr. W • %Lea, a vender of newspapers,
for sending to a subscriber of The Sr.rz Esau?,
another paper in lieu of it—the verdict in which
action was given fur the Plaintiff. The law of the
case was very ably argued, by the Arronuey.
G'ENEILAL, to be witli.the Plaintiff, and must dis.
tinctly declared by Lord ELLENBOROUGU to be so.
This decision is of the utmost importance to
newspaper Proprietors, as it protects their property
against an injury of the most subtle and clanger.
ous kind; and will also ge a long way towards
the deterring of persons who may be inclined to
lend themselves to au unprincipled combination to
substitute one Paper fur another. We have no
doubt, a little warning will be taken from the
issue of this trial, and that the Readers of
Newspapers will hereafter have an opportunity of
regularly receiving the Paper to which they give
the preference. This acacia, however, is but
one of many that will volubly be !stoned in si.
collar cases. The Proprietor of The STATES•
NAM has received a very great number of
letters, complaining of another Paper being sub-
! SlitUted fur Tux STA EESWINI sometimes' with.
lout reason given fur the change, and some.
times with the change being grounded on the barest
!fatrehoods. It may, therof,ire, require, a few
more actions to set this matter right, as far as it
Iregards these ion aild.vile practices against- TUE
STATESMAN—«* )t•it.:iillc: of law that governs the
case is, however, fortunately for the Proprietor
I of THE STATESMAN, and fur all other Newspaper
Proprietors, made 'known, in the Trial of this
1 1 action against Wat.r.r.a. -

It is stated in ti letter frou►•Oporto, that thb ez..l
plosion of the enemy's magaziue, before Ciudad
Rodrigo was tremendous ; it was distinctly heard
at the distance of fourteen leagues.
Of the four British regiments that were at'Lis.
bon, three hare been marched to join the main
qtry under-fiord ‘VELLINGTOX. The Royals set
oft on th►: 40th ultim►► ; the 9th on the Ist inst. ;
the 38:h was to follow in a day or two, and the
83d, the weakest of the four,•was lo remain, and
do g:►rrison duty, assisted by 500 marines from the
men of war.

The Wagrans, a ship of 120 guns, has lately
been launched at Toulon; the Queen Charlotte,
launched yesterday at Doptford, carries the same
number of guns. As both are on an equality in
point of birth and rank, we trust that they may
shortly meet to itegoeiate upon the existing differ.
ences between their respective countries. If they
meet, ►.e kayo no doubt but that the quo would
bring the' oilier to terms, and the Wagraus might
possibly come as far as Deptford to ratify the
treaty.
Some change in the General Staff of Ireland is
immediately to take place, in consequence of which
Sir C. Asnit.r. will be succeeded in the Dublin dis-
trict by General IN YARD. Ilia Grace the
LOftU Li EUT EN ANT has issued orders that the num.
her of exercise days for the Yeomanry shall be in.
caused to four i►► each month, from the 25th inst. ;
and this arrangement is to continue until the 24th
of October.

Lieutenant-Gencral SirJons DOYLE'S regiment,
the 87'h (or Prince of WALES'S Isiah regiment),
has recently enrolls! considerable numbers. The
motto, or legend, is national—' Faug an Bal.
lagh.' Anglice, ' Clear the may.'
The case on the Driffield Poor Rater, which
had beets assessed on the money payment of rent
fur tyahys, basing been referred to the decision of
the court of Ring's Bench, the following was
`Mod by Lord Chief Justice ELLEMBOROUGIi :

46 To comend that the Appellant is !Naiad to reduce the
rate, Is gallica most extravagant legit& You prove that
he had property in thp parish to the amount of bs. Bd. and
you oleos him at the gate of 11101.1 you might as hell have
!mod him af1,0031.; but Churehistudensitad Overseers ato-
nal he uermitted to tale person at randong, and leave him
to "el Ai, way apt the best way he can,"