The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-12-20 00:00:00

TO THE EDIT UN OF THE ST.ITES.II4I4.

SlR—Political sermons seem to be so meth tips
rage, that poor Misses. Tiilutson, Sherlock and Cs.
arc no longer considered proper models for sermonisers.
The Courier has quite super .e.led them ; lime Clergy.
man of Olney has even had an outline of his declaims.
tion published in that truly ;,,d, ',cartage paper, ‘,1%,
Nut thampton Mercury." It is impossiisk to read these
ludicrous statements without fee:ing one's risible moo.
cies affected. There is a kind of rant rms. thr,,uxit the
whole of them. "To °Wain .adieu( the people
must radicaly reform themselves, as we shad always
have as road rulers a, re dor rec." Were the writer
atlas letter to libel his Ma:,esty, in this way. he would
dread the loss of his head. it hat, then, thou sedition
Priest dour must rel.:tine:a and grackts Kin; is Jest as
a punishment fur our s:tis! for you say that the Bible
hielt:s forth dreadful jutlgittenr, against nicked rulers;
and that it is the wickedness of the people that lnings
wicked rulers among them. 'I here is no muse, say
the Clergy, for rejoicing ar the Queen's acquittal..—
.Neither was there any cause for the degradation of
her Majesty, for according to the Priest, she is "pile
ire gvod as tee de...ern."

" Don't be led away by detnaEognes who preach np
radical reform; for, radical reform means nothing Inn
rersdation."—" I confess there is one class of persons
who labour under many severe restricti.:Ls which other
people do not—the Curates, &E. ; reform, therefore,
is somewhat necessary." Remember tile Jefinition;
reform means revolution; so thee, revultoi. n is 4.w.
what oceersorp ! Has there been any instroctions how
head-quarters to suppress public opinion tin the se-
quittal of the Queen ? The Clergy seem to be lime.
fully alarmed, even at the sound of the" merry bells.'
The ringers of Daventry have feet' cited to apprsr,
for their souls' health, in the spiritnal court; but for-
tunately fur them, the citations expressed no crime
whatever, as said to be alledged against theta. The
ease is therefore disaa:ssed, and the injured Minister
and Churchwardens bare to pay the costs!
We hear the old rarakoope revived, the licentiostbs
MOO efthe Pecos, the rapid spread id infidel and nir
tiuns writings, licr. Talk of infidelity indeed, who
the pulpit is made the vehicle for political debate; sad
as fur sedition, we hate the most gross allusions timer
respecting her 31ajesty, and yet the whining, catalog
hirelings talk of disloyalty, sedition, and infidelity.—
great topic with the Priests is what they call
" visionary Spetwean equality." For my own part 1
never read any of the Spence's works alluded to. The
priests, however, make " a great noise and liWr
wool" on the subject : they say, " were the world
equal to-dry, they w aid not continue so a week, fw
some would hey and some would suit" Yes, no douk
if some buy but some must sell. I wonder they deal
harangue their hearers with route of the followiq
sapient propositions:—" 3ly dear friends (I 'leap
suspect some persons when they profess friendship,)l
circle is not a sqnare, neither is a triangle a circle, it.
I heard a very learned Doctor,. few days ago, declares
that the poor were notch better off than the rich ;
that they had many blessings which the rich could sot
possibly have. I shall Expeet, itt a short time, to +0
ninny rick elergymen giving their livings up, in order
to taste the blessings of poverty I have one word
to say respectiug that eunstellatiots of creelletrec the
Courier, and I have done. This arch old hypocrite
constantly represents the friends date Queen as" the
rabble," the " lower orders." There is not another
so great an enemy to the present Utivernuteut as the
Cuutier. By his means, in ridiculing the middling
classes, are the people united in one v. ire against the
present Ministry. 1 have heard that a certain Pees
said, he did not believe the people cared' so mart
about the Queen ! 1 have only to say, let him ccot
into the country, and he will find only one seetisseek
and that
in the day
one is in r Asstfavonr of the Queen. Thrst
question
afresh about the Queen "
een "lave yon:"l'Slh:,ard arhoirefert,huillsge
enemy generally in every parish; and the Priest has
-tie credit, and is detested for It. Itpellit **mom
rated statement g any one will hear me out in iplta
the Courier or the Post, which is emphatiCbill rabid
the stvpid, setts* Pest.

I remain yours respectfrity.
SCAIPIR IDSIA,
IMMMIMINNIIINIMIP
INSOLPENT DEMURS' AM

TO TIIR EDrIOR Or TOR STATFAMAX.
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that I have an opinion that an improvement :nightie
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STATESMAN."

LONDON:
WEDNESDAY [YINING, DECEMBER 20.

STOCK EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK.

The Fends have been a trifle better this morning.
Consols for the Account haring been done at 71,
which is now about the price ; the market looking
rather steady.

Though the Alarmists of recal to our minds
the Alarmists of the year 1793, there is no small
difference in the character of the different times. At
the eolussencement of the Revolution in France, the
friends of liberty in England rejoices] from sympathy at
the favourable prospect that had opened for the ame-
lioration of mankind; and the adherents of antiquated
abuses, apprehensive of the spread of political reform,
took an early and determined resolution to resist its
I,lw:re's. Some, perhaps, were actually afraid, and
others mode oo they were afraid. Placemen were
apprehensive they should lose a prtion of the gains
they derived from established extravagance and cor-
rnption; and churchmen felt some serious concern—
on the subject of their tythes. The former proclaimed
the State to be in danger, and the latter affected to
tremble f w the Ark. Associations were formed in
every parish to issue forth their declarations of loy-
alty ; mobs were encouraged to burn and destroy the
sin ellings of the friends of freedom; and spies
were employed and rewarded for betraying the
unsuspecting intercourse of individuals, and bringing
t.• punishment on the charge of sedition any excep-
tionable word th.st was uttered from the fullness of an
indignant heart. The enlightened few who saw the
evils coining thus upon the nation, in retirement
lamented the ilelnsion that prevailed, and the Dic-1
tators of political opinion set their feet upon the
neck of opposition. In the present day, we
find, indeed, a striking change.—The men who
now step forward to repel the current of popular
sentiment, are quite as bold and arrogant and
tyrannical as those who ruled and triumphed in the
days of the public humiliation. They employ the
like language as before, but they Thew a different
spirit. Their tone is high ; bat their confidence is
lowered. The parties who now seek retirement are not
the friends of frentioni, but the friends of Court nod
Conrtiers. Whon ;those who would pretend to sup-
press the public voice assemble to send forth their
mandates, they are, in fact, compelled to suppress
their own. Their meetings are all of a clandestine
hind, and discussion is out of the question.
What a •orry set to lead or overrule the sentiments of
an awakenenesl and spirited nation

LANDING AND W %REHM:MING AMERICAN PRO-
DUCE AT OUTPORTS.
Treasury Chambers. Nov. 93.
GrAvi.t.stax—The Lords Commissioners of his
Majesty's Treasury have had under consideration your
representation relative to permitting cargoes of Ame-
rican produce on board American vessels to be ware-
housed under the regulations of the Act 43 (leo.
111, chap. 132, 1 have it in command to acquaint
you, that my Lords entirely concur in your sug-
gestioe, that the order of this Board of the Pelt of
September last, should not be considered as autho-
rising the landing and warehousing of Tobacco,
except at the ports approved for that article, and un-
der the provision of the act 29 Geo. 11. chap. 68, nor
of Cora, Meal or Flour, except under theprovisions of
the Act. 31, Ueo. 111, cap. 38, and 55, tiro. 111. cap.
26, nor daily articles of American produce not eaume-
rated in the tables of the warehouse Act, nor at any
port which has not been approved for the warehousing
of each goods; and that in case of the arrival
alt any of the warehousing ports of the kingdom
of Auset4.-an ,easels laden in whole or part withl
goods which are not allowed to be warehoused
under the provisions of the warehousing Act, or the
Acts for warehoueing tobacco, corn, meal and lionr,
mit goods should only be permitted to be warehoused
ander their Lord►hips' special orlers for a limited
period, an for exportation only.
(Signed) S. R. LUSHINOTON.
To the Commissioners of Customs.

Accounts from Madrid of the 4th instant, state po-
sitively that the ratification of the Florida Treaty bad
Irft that city by a use/stager. who was to take ship-
ping at Bordeaux.
Letters have been receluesi from St. Helena to the
Nth November. His Majesty's ships Shearwater and
Leveret had arrived there from the Cape. The Owen
Glendower, Capt. the lien. R. Spencer, had also ar-
rind there from South America. The latter sailed
again Co the 341 Nov. for South America.
YeslenlAy was the last Seal after Term in the Conti
of Chancery, The loud Chancellor entered the Court
at half-past tea o'clock, soon stet which be addressed
the Mar is the following toss :--“ If i GANA: ilea

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

A Court of Common Council assembled this day for
the dispatch of business. The Lord Mayor having
taken the chair, directed the Officer of the Court to
read his 3lajesty's Answer to the AddresA of the Com-
mon Council presented on the 9th inst. This being
done,

Mr. Fir/Lt. rose and made some spirited and severe
animadversions on the temper of his Majesty's answer,
and concluded by proposing to annex to it the
regret of the Court that his Majesty should have
been so ill advised as to return such an inconsiderate
answer.

The motion was seconded by Mr. Eieke. Mr. T. N.
Williams moved an amendment, which was seconded
by Alderman C. Smith.

The Oxford University Address was yesterday pre-
sented to the King upon the throne. Lord Grenville,
the Chancellor of the University, and the two Uni-
versity 3lembers; headed the procession. There was
a numerous attendance of heads of houses, and, includ-
ing members of all the different degrees, about 360
persons were present.

After the presentation of the address the King held I
a Privy Council, at which the Duke of Wellington .
was sworn in Lord-Lieutenant of the County of
Hampshire, iu the room of the late Earl of Malmes-
bury.
His Majesty gave audiences to the Earl of Liver-
pool, Viscount Sidmouth, and Viscount Castlereagh.
The Court broke ►►p about five o'clock. Soon after
the King left town in 1113 travelling carriage, for Frog-
more, on a visit to the Princess Augusta, escorted by
a party of light horse.
The Theirs this morning, in the following manner,
maintains the assertion it hail previously made rela-
tive to the state of his Majesty's health :—" We stated
on Saturday last, with regret, that the King has been
seriously indisposed, and hail lust thirty ounces of
blood on two successive days. A contradiction was
given to this statement, though in such a manner as
to convince us that our account was true. As others,
however, may not be equally acquainted with those
qualified expressions of contradiction u Lich to our ear
convey a perfect confirmation, we think it proper to
re-state that his Majesty was as indisposed as we men-
tioned him to have been, and did twice undergo the
operation to which we alluded."
Yesterday a Court of Aldermen was held at Guild-
hall, by the Lord Mayor, for the dispatch of general
business. The Lord Mayor laid before the Court,
the Answer of his Majesty to the Address as agreed to
at the last Court, which was read, and ordered to be
entered in the Repertory.—Sundry Brokers were ad-
mitted, and others sworn into that other, and sundry
Coal-Undertakers were also licenced.—Several out-
standing bills were ordered for payment, and the
Court was occupied at considerable length in petitions
presented to them.
At Manchester, it appears, there have been two
sorts of meetings, both to address his Majesty ; one
a Public Meeting at the Manor Court Room, where
every person might attend ; and the other a Private
one, at the PoliceOMt-e, where little more than a hun-
dred persons could gain admission. At the Pallier
Meeting the Address, unanimously agreed to, ea•
p . the deep and unfeigned concern of the Meet-
111g. that 111 'beim yews% Ms stip, hie Majesty's
Ministers should hare " precipitated an investigation
by which public opinion has been so much outraged,
public tranquillity so much hazarded, and the loss en-
dangered of any portion of that strong and affection-
ate, but rational attachment to our political institu-
tions, which constitutes their best safeguard, and
the greatest glory of the Ruler of a free people."
The Address of the Pt irate—Polire tepee Meet-
ing or Junta—which, with a decency and modesty
quite charateristic of a certain class of gentle-
men in Manchester, actually purports to be that
of " the Boroughreeves and Constables of Man-
chester and Salford, together with the Magistrates,
Clergy, Merchants, Traders, aiol Householders of
these Towns and their vicinities ; this private, smug-
gled piece of imposture, carefully avoids saying a
word in opposition to the sentiments of the other
meeting, respecting the prosecution of her Majesty,
but treats his Majesty with a most furious tirade
against the whole body of his loving subjects, abusing
them " as base and seditious," " wicked and auda-
cious," " avowed and inveterate enemies of the
State ;" as indulging in " frenzied clamours," " op-
proloious calumnies,' " domineering insolence and li-
centiousness;" as, in short, in a state of absolute
" delirium!"

Edward Baynton Sandy., Esq. High Sheriff of
Oloucestershire, has refused to call a County Meeting,
to consider the propriety of addressing the King on
the illegal and unconstitutional measures pursued by
his Majesty's Ministers, in the late Parliamentary pro-
ceedings. The Requisition was numerously and most
respectably signed. Lords Duck and Sherburne were
at the head of the list of signatures.
WILLIAM Pomsum BY, Esq.—On Monday, at Bishops-
court, died William Ponsonby, Esq. only Son of the
dis-
tinguished Statesman of that name. Among the many
instances of untimely death daily mentioned in our
obituary, there is none we are convinced, will be more
sincerely lamented than the one it is now become our
painful duty to record. His health had bees for many
months back in a very declining state, and indeed s•sre
weeks before his death, all rational expectations
his final recovery had been abandoned. He died sit-
deg in his chair.
Captain Holt's match to go on foot 300 miles in five
days, and to tonch on tea counties, was won on Sate,
day night, by the arrival of the Captain at Hansmire-1
smith. He bad 44 miles to do on the fifth day, from
Dorchester, Oxon, and he did it i■ it hosts, and upon
the whole was not much fatigued. The match ranks
amongst the lint pedestrian feats.
' Dec. 13.—We are concerted to state,
t►at the reports from various parts of this county are
albrasing to the peace and safety of the inhabitasts.
heard of throe murders having bete cow
Merest parts of the comity of lllthesay,
last week. Oa Friday night, sem see
the hoes of Junes lienelaa, • farmer, at
whom they boat with wattles is a dasod•
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