The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-04-09 00:00:00

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111111 DAT. Argil. 9, 18:9.

Gut *lett the lir • n ...Pi of Pnilkinont strisiersid
f 44 ills Eisler Reims. she l.•vde lill Thersdey the
rid instant, end the Can .11.111 'ill the day psecedinc
Wednesday 'he'll,. The Bill for restraining Cash
Payments at the ['sok of Ireland soot throash its
lest stages in the lions. of Lords, and received the
Royal Assent by Coninsission.

It will hi obsessed in oor Report 1 the flea,. of
Commons, IMt soother dircorrry of Kloction pro-
fligacy has taktin pleat in the notnugh of Conselford,
the discossiosi of splash shoos the dittorent opinion
I mitetteined on these matters eithis awl without the
walls of St. Stephen's.

it It impossible to End leveneg• aolionorale to the'
due representation of these installing or olaattions
All shame seems pet to defiance by oho* countenance
these Honourable Gestleaven derive from oho fee.
'Forney of 11* Willie. The whole seem, on (-oink, se
,the Sparisis tonsil/entice of the clumett.ess or vs
pertness el the dellormeney. A committal to Nee-
gate,holessei, fore few hours will, too dnubt,luerrevo
ohs toe iedividuals hew bolter to act their part awe-
oiler time. Not possessing Isugesge of eel owe sef.,
lereelly indigneet for the occasion which would all
it forth, we most willingly adopt that el a tele.-
Feeley, at este better for introit'', end more pleas.
log for oovelty, as to the dress la which this monster
of corruption ought to Le viewed.
We take it from the Iris of the North (Shoffiekl),
which, with the Vendee Advertiser, farther North.
the Alfred, West, and a few others (would aseeoeld
say cum motifs alio), deserve well of their country.
The Paper list mentissad treats this delicate sob.
jest as fellows :

" 81w1148. Tuesday, April 8, IM.

" A few levees of the popular farce of Parlia-
mentary Reform haw. lately been rebeersed in the
Reese of Commons ; and beyond rehearse! it caveat
he expected that such • piece should ever be ar►ied
no that stage. A farce, we base called it, in defer-
ence to the opinions of Noble Lords and Houser-
able Gentlemen, who ore personally interested, and
proportinnably Imitated by their share in sekiag
op that medley of grave sad gay persons'', who are
facetiously called the Represented'', of the People.
Bet if Porliameetary Referee be • force in St. Ste-
phen's Chapel, beyond the walls of that privileged
place it may vow day become • horrible tragedy,
according to the prophecy (which we need set re-
peat) of Lord CIiATHAIII. Prophecies of t►is hind,
imagist, ere *sly 'rested as the ravings of CAI.
LtilltitA were by the Trojans, at the very time when
they were thawing within their walls the Wooden
Horse, A I ed with the armed men that were destined
to make their sit, a desolation. Bet we are set
dispoied to croak on obis unwelcome subject et pre.
sent, and while elvers needs se wench Reform oat of
the Howse of Commons, we shall rather rectsmetend
it to ourselves and ear neig►bours, of whom we do
not de,p.ir, t►ee waste mar wards es t►e inter..
bits of the one noose, tor be incorrigibles of the
other.

" Many Potitinos against the MIMI, of Mershon
to the new Parttemerst, hove been presented, few of
which here beets pr ed frivolous sad ma-
riner,' whit. some have excited uncommon attestion.
In the rotten Borough of Petters, so notorious was
the proeigacy, that the sitting Member, Mr. SWANN,
has been 'spelled, and a prosecution by the Arran.
Mgt-Gansaat. ordered to be institeled Dirtiest ►is.
The wretched beings called freemen, which, in the
berosgh.slartg, means shiers, who sold their con-
afoot's, worth nothiog, and their voles, worth less
then nothing, by all thee was paid for them, to
the highest bidder, are not, however, to be &than..
chiu e!. bet the elective privilege—thee is, the privi.
lege of being corrupted—is to be purified by dilu-
tion, among a greeter number of marketable cree.l
twee, which may make the package too deer I.
future, uoless, indeed, and that Is most prohibits,'
the only difference be the proportionate fall of Par.
liensentary stock, mad totes, which before would
fetch five pounds, may be reduced to ifty shillings.
It was stated on the investigation of this case, that
correption is so inveterate in the Co►nish Boroughs,
that it would be as mock as a Candidate's hopes were
worth, to leader the oath spinet bribery to say
Elector ; all pertiee•woold instantly turn spun his
for such an insult es the purify and freedom of
Election.

" Another adventurer, upon a MIN expensive ocelot
than Mr. SWANK, has outwitted himself in 'prude-
lion for a um in the Iloooereble Bosse by dish..
nourable muss. This Countess, with a most nisi-
nificent outlandish name, Sir Man•ssui Musts.
Loris (no Berglishases sorely), bought disappoint-
atm at the rote of from 11. to 351. per vote. The set
assist Candidate and his Electors have already bees
presumed by the niemed Candidate, and eueleted
at Exeter Assizes for their patriotic proceediags ;
sad in P./neaten' further nesseres, it seems, ere'
to be taken against both, sad the Boroogh (Barn-
staple or Gramposod, we amen tell whether,
for both are mentioned, and erre is not likely to
suffer any loss of credit by being mistaken f.,
the other) is to be reformed, probably oat lilt