The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-12-09 00:00:00

CAPII'4I. PUNISILVENtS.

The following is the preface to the published
speech of Lord Lansdowne, added by the respect.
al►ic Society for the Improvement of Prison Disci.

pline :
" The Committee of the Society for the int.
provement of Prison Discipline, and for the Refor-
mation of Juvenile Offenders, have determined to
give to the Public a corrected copy of the Speech
with which tbe Alerquis of Lansdowne prefaced his
motion, in the Muse of Lords, for various papers
and accounts which might supply essential information
as to the present state of the jails and other places of
confinement in England. This proceeding the Corn•
militia have viewed with peculiar salisfaclion: they
rejoice that Ibis important subject shoubl have at-
tracted the attention of the Legislature; they know
that accurate information alone is wanting to secure
the adoption of remeli3l measures ; and all their
hopes of future ithyrovement are strengthened,
from the firm reliance which they, in common with
the country, repose in the abilities, discretion, and
perseverance of the Noble Marquis, who has thus
taken to himself an honourable precedence in this
laborious and weighty, but most beneficial undertak-
ing. Nor is it less encouraging to reflect upon the man-
ner in which this motion was received by the Secretary
of State for the Home Department, who, from his
official situation, must of necessity be more intimately
acquainted with the details of the subject, and be
deeply impressed with its supreme importance to the
welfare and happiness of the country. Lord Sid-
mouth not only gave his cordial assent to the motion,
but declared his wish that in the ensuing Session, a
Committee of the Douse of Lords should be appoint-
ed, to take into consideration the present state of
the prisons, and no doubt suggest such measures
as the investigation might allow to be expedient.—
This Committee will sit under the moat favourable
auspices, having the assistance of his Majesty's Go-
vernment, and commanding all the public avenues too
information. Rational hope may therefore be enter,
tained that a new era will commence in prison disci.
Aline; that abuses Inherent in the present system,
sanctioned as it were by loug costom, so famiiiar to
those employed in the management and superintend-
, ence of prisons, as to excite uo surprise and scarcely

arty. attention, will be examined and' developed ;
ganduct or *silenf neglect no longer permitted to de.
;felt the ensis of punishment, and render prisons
tesere detrimental to the Public and the individuals
;seined, then even impunity for crime. We may
hope that the present state of the lawsiaifle laves.
tigated, their deficiencies pointed rint and upended,
acrd a better provision made for their due execution.
" The undertaking will require much time and
laborious attention, but no insuperable difficulties
can be apprebeeded. 'there is nu difference of opi•
nion as to the principles upon which prison discipline
should be foondeA. All the leading mans have 114.1
ceived the sanction of 00 Legislature, ie Peniteis.'
tiary Acts pissed 30 yinitaince; and orb:I/ever theta,
Acts have been carried ialst execution, pr t &niter'
system prevailed, the beneficial consequeices
been proved, and universally recogtsised. No soap'
can doubt of the superiority of Bury and Ilcheeteirq,
Jails over Guildford and the Borough Compter ; or I
deny the certain and inestimible•adtentsges which
would arise from the general introduction of the ha-
mane and beneficial systeci praeltsed in the two
former establishments. The 'Oases #llsting in litany
of our principal jails, and istricialifin the metropo-
lis, required but to be knOstn to be reprobated; and,
ak ranks of society are now unanimous in their call
for investigation and reformation. All now perceive,
that it is their interest, as:WeftSi their duty, to pro-
Mote the introduction Otdiscipline intb the jails sod
places of confinement; that
.by 04604 the due
administration of,pnnishment, end r'ciiiding against
the evils of contamination, the security of persons
and property is consulted, and that the noblest offices
Of humanity and the dearest of jectS of self-interest
are inseparably united.
The Committee of this. flOciety have viewed this
cheering prospect with petiliir patisfiction. They
feet that their past labours hits nZt been without
success; and, animated by hope; they have studi.
Daily considered in what manner their future efforts
could be most beneficially exerted. They believe
that essential service may be rendered by the active,
prudent, and discreet labours of the individuals why
compose this Society; and they lOoklitiek upoti the,
memorable example of inward, the strcersfal and
praiseworthy effOill of idle Its Lord Auckland and
Sir George Paul; with in 'Woos desire humbly
imitate them. It is manifest, that before any dt•
gested system of prison-law can be fremd and nal-
vertslly adopted, the most accotate and exteotive in-
formation as to the state of theprisons should be pro-
cured. The papers and accounts which will be fur.
wished to the Houma Lords. will undoubtedly sup-
ply a very Manisa body of information ; yet there
will exist many meted., facts, which from various
causes the motion of Lord Lansdowne will probably not
bring to light. lin many instances the information
must come from those upon whom the prevalence of sit-
treme abuse may throw the culpability bf neglect or
Italttettion ; in other ceses4 want of acquaintance
with the subject, or indolence, will render the re-
I quired communication d,ficent and jejdne. Those
who have their minds fully impressed Aith the im-
portance of the undertaking, whose hearts are iu the
success of the cause, will show greater scaleless and
greater industry. When the exertions of individuals
ere added to the results of official enquiry, more com-
plete and minute details may be expected.
" With a view to obtain accurate information, the
Committee some time slate transmitted to their cor-
respondents in the country lists of queries, to which
they requested them to obtain correct answers, that
by these means the state of the different jails in the
country might be ascertained ; and they have since
determined to visit, by their individual Members, as
many as could be effected. In consequence of this
resolution, many of the jails and places of confine-
merit have been visited, and accurate accounts ob-
tained; and a similar investigation will be made in
many others ; but the number and distance are such,
that of necessity a large proportion cannot come
within the reach of the London Committee. To
places so circumstanced, they earnestly request the
attention of their country correspondents, hoping
that they will find opportunities personally to inspect
these jails, and to return to the Committee in town
the result of their enquiries, by annexing answers to
the quer iea, as far es may be practicable. Assistance
rendered in this manner will be very profitable, and
supply the Committee with very valuable materials
for further exertions ; and they again entreat the
early attention of their correspondents to lend their
aid to carry into execution the plan proposed.—
Should unforeseen difficulties occur, or any peculiar
circumstances prevent any of their correspondents
from shording ibis information, they request that
intimation may be given them, that if possible the
deficiency may be supplied; and if not, it will be
desirable to have the cause satisfactorily explained.
They hope, therefore, under no circumstances, to
be left without some communication from their corre-
spondents.
" The list of queries which has been circulated
relate to prison discipline only ; but it is to be recol-
lected, that one of the primary objects of the So-
ciety is investigation into juvenile delinquency, with
a view of promoting the reformation of this daily
increasing class of offeeders. In remote parts of
the country, where youth are less liable to be cor-
rupted by frequent bad example, or association with
veterans in crime, it is' hoped that this evil is less
prevdent ; but in many of the populous manlike-
luring towns, youthful depravity, compared with the
respective population, is scarcely less extensive than
in the Metropolis. The friends of this Society,
whose residence may give them convenient opportu-
nity, will do well to keep a watchful eye upon this
nursery of crime end misery ; and a communication
of all facts elucidating the subject will be very ac•
ceptable to the Coinmittee in London. Where the

Ma. HOBHOUSE'S SPEECH.
A numerous Meeting of the Inhabitants of .the
Parish of St. Mudd's. Electors of Westminster, was
held yesterday, at the Five's.court, at which Mr.
Ilobhouse was present. After several Resolutions;
unanimously passed, in favour of his election, he
came forward and made the following Address:—
Gentlemen, after the introduction to the business
of the day, which you have just heard from the Gen.
tlemen who base preceded me, I deem It quite none-
ceSsiry for me to address you et soy great length.—
Tbit linnourable Chairman has desired me to come
forward to make such professions as become a Candl-
date for the honour of representing you;
,the
sions bf Candidates, believer, are now become so
common that they are despised, and es -that is the
case, I must decline making any; and must trust tri
the favourable opinion which tboke who hue pet me
in nomination have already expressed regarding my
character : not but that I could make as fair a string
of professions as any other individual; but even if
did, you would not beliete them, but, kite prudent
men, wollortook to my Parliamentary coeduct, and
would hereaftir consider, whether it 'was such
as to justify and confirm the kind opinion which
you have now adopted, regarding my merits. It
has been said, and said justly, that miry Candidate
should be explicit upon the topic of Reform ;
therefore say at once, " that Westminster ought to
send a Reformer to Parliament." If Westminster
does not intend to send a Reformer to Parliament,
am not a Candidate for its representation. I repeat
now what I hue said before, and what I shall el.
ways repeal, as well here as when I shall return
from the Hustings, whether that return be attended
with victory or defeat,—that I come before you in,
the cause of Reform, and in no other cause. When.
I say in no other cause, I do not mean to lay that
the Representatives of the People in Parliament
ought to confine their duty to this question alone;
there are other questions which it is impossible to
neglect; but they ought to make Reform their par.
ticular object ; they ought to pursue it with a con.
scant and ardent pursuit ; and your Representative.
more than any other, ought to be distinguished in
such pursuit ; for Sir Francis Burdett is particularly
a Reformer ; as such, you elected him in 1807 ; and
repeated elections, subsequently, have *indicated
your choice. If you do not Dow elect a Reformer,
you will elect some person who will counteract all
his measures; and, as a Gentleman who spoke yes-
, terday evening at St. Clement's well observed, you
will commit an act of suicide upon your own liber-
ties. If, however, you elect a Reformer, the es-
ample which you, the Electors of Westminster. will
give to the country once more, will be beneficial :
• because, when your adversaries shall say, 4' There
• are no Reformers, Reform is a mere shadow;" the
voice of the country will reply, Look at West-
, minster ;—Weettniester hat stuck to Reform ;—the
Men of Westminster are Reformists." But if you
send Sir Murray Maxwell, or any other Ministerial
, Candidate, as your Representative to Parliament,
there will be an opportunity for saying; " West-
`rninster is not for Reform; one accident placed
Sir Francis Burdett in the House of Commons,
and another has put Sir Murray Murrell by
bis side." This will be said, and such argumentation
no sophistry can evade. Bat your adversaries talk
of schemes concerted and things done in a corner.—
This room is indeed a very large corner. (Laughter.)
—lt is such a corner, however, as precludes all
crecy ; and to so numerous en assembly as is rots-
ttined in it, no secrets, as 1 think, will he told. W., ,
however, do not any thing in secret; for bow ndee I
can we, when it is the cause of the People that Wa
advocate, and when it is they who twist us ies advo-
cating it? Bat though we do not seek the shade to
act in, your adversaries do, because they hue* gre: t
deal of mean and dirty work to perform.. Your ene-
mies, and the enemies Oen England, have bad :reve-
-1 ral, what they call public, bat what, from their nom-
. ben, I should call secret Meeting:. The whole
mamba of people collected Ia them all would n -._
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part of the present ineltitede. In one parish they
we mosiered en assembly of %ye ; est of thew five, wed
sent eel the invltetinns, the other two came to visit
them.--(Lasghter.)*Ain another parish they alas-
tered the enormous number of niue—(Lass
ghler
again) ; —bet these, though few in quantity, were
greet in passer. First came the boodle of the parish.
—( Loud lotighler.)—i myself recognised him es a
deliverer of Sir Murray" placards, in the last elec-
tion—next came the tat gatherer —then the over-
seer. I mean no reflections On the overseers—some
are goof, some bads suffice it, howfitr, to say, that
all the party lived on the public perm, cud therefore
met together for the dispirit of their own bnsiness,
became you most be aware that as taxation it SO* car-
„ tried on. the means and effect are reciprocal bone an-
other,one sea merely serving to generate another. This
it is you dwty to recoltect,as else that in putting Sir M.
Maswell, whols &supporter of the present lases, into
Farliument,ybo are putting him in to act for himself,'
and ho. non interest; and not for yes and your ante.
rest. Year adversaries also talk of the base, mean,
end dirty arts committed by the Reformers at the last
Elertlen; whet they mean by it I mat aloes to dls.
e-e., ; hot there were base, mean, sod dirty acts com-
mit edOlut not by the Reformers. A time shall be
found for recounting the whale tissue of them. If
not done before, I VIII do it at the Hultiogs in la.
weary ; mid In all peolabitity they • ill be kind enough
to formai so• with some new caws before that time
arrives. I hive heard, too, of Select Vestries; *hat
Select Vestries are I can acutely tell, unless they
be one efthe wassy moierte pled is cheat, gull,
4 %jars, sod atiMem the :of the People. i ad.
f
i ohs' thesw•tarbe eatdieee in their proteeditios ;
' those who Itrit dee mrs AO have their past Pon.
) duct esimeed span the Hestiaga ; end. ft there.
are once mom bid them, stet. as • titmice, bet
e a pollen, to consider, carefully what they are
i. • &grog. 1 *pp that they will do so; that they will
throw aside their Weary tbat they will go along
Wart lea bind with the People ter whose benefit
! they tight to art; and that they will pursue that
• system of which they *ill haven° occasion to repent.
- Many of *wham repented• and have told me that
they have repeated, of the infamous solicitations, the
harsh threats, She decided violence which they were
ordered to. employ in the lest election. Mee ;Mt
used to cr :hot given to the melted mood, repeated-
ly told m n the coarse of the last canvass, " Sir, if
4,-
we vote or Sir Francis Burdett, wears reined in
our fortunes ; if we do not vote far him, we are ruined
in our peace of mind." The miseries,` which this
statement is no embellishment of elott, who
figure
of rhetoric, but the truth as it oc cerred
to our
notice rime after time, were occasioned by. these
Select Vestries; and I therefore ask whether we
shall allow a recurrence of the same mean arts
from the same quarter. or whether we shall spurn at
their attempts to force down our throats a man who
was rejected by a still greater wail snajmiry
• of voters than those whose names now appear
against him, on the poll-book ? There are no.
thing like facts. In the coarse of my canvass the
other day, I went into the .hop of a respectable
tradesman ter Piccadilly, end solicited his vote and
intr•rest. He replied, that he should have great plea-
sure In voting for me, if the Duke of York did not
seed him ostlers to the contaary. This .sewer was
given me in the presence of litte.lisd.tirenty -persons.
The name of tl• tradesman I shall coaceal, because I
do not wish to Wittig :he velipance of the Doke of
I rk down upon his head; but I give you my ho
re.
non-, as a gentleman, that the fact occurred as I
tare it to you ; and if the Duke of York will come
o Atom, I will there inform him more dearly
to the II
on the ,objem. That Royal Duke, with whore I have
no a :squalotance, has the character of an amiable end
good-natured maa. Amiable lila good-ustured as
he is. he is not so go.id.sietuied as Dot to ruin a
a tradesmen in his own good opinion.
Doting the interval which has elapsed since the last
election, I can assure you, Gentlemen, that the
Committee has she beep idle. 11.11 that they hare
discovered shall be Imposed as well as my abilities
can do it. In the first place, I have to inform you,
that all the money subscribed for Sir Mersa), 'Mat-
well's election comes nut of the pockets of those who
hate reined year pocket.—(o at
oneotof his 1001. eabscribers but receives at least 1,0001.
*leer from theta:ft. Thus the tas-censurnets take
money from you, and use it against you ; or, in
other words, ruin you with your own money. in
the nest place, I have to inform yos, that the majo-
rity of the list of Stewards to Sir M. Mowh
ellis
election.dinr caudated of young Officers in the
ne
Guards. What these young Gentlemen may call cam.
paigning I do not know ; their valour is indisputable,
or I should have thought that their time might have
been better spent than in feasting and rioting at the
espence ef year liberties. I would pray them to sheath
their swords against yos, and if they cannot act for
yos, at least not to act against you. I would de.
men of them total inaction ; I would advise them to
recollect that it Was your iron out of which their
' swords were beaten, your gold out of which the lace
on their coats was fabricated, and year birds from'
whom the feathers were placket'. to form their
plumage; and I would then entreat them neetes:
ploy their swords, their lace,, and
thili , 6plumage to your injury and your disadvantags. ..I do
tint mention their nam a
Lieutenes, because I hope
ant- they Colo. will
repeat ; one of time* however,
net in she army, bas made himself so conspicuous in
• Cumberland, on a similar occasion, that bad he
been Chairman of Sir Murray Maswell" dinner,
he would most undoubtedly have won the day.—
This great man, whose minions must not be passed
over in silence, must bes known better' at the Hust-
ings. lie is an amiable man in:Private life, 1 am
told; but I may be allowed to say, that for once
he has mistaken his warfare. It has been said, that
the Ladies were all for Sir Murray Maswell, be-
cause bison,* was their own! His cause their own t
I admire the phrase: if any cause was theirs, it
was yours* because that which adds dignity to man
most always give security to woman : and nothing
can add greater dignity to matt than a sense of
independeece. The fact, however, is quite the con.
trary of what our adversaries state: the bodies
, were for yea end Sir Francis Burdett. There were,
• iadoed, sons, Lodies who went about in their car-
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. rtages, intimidating tradesmen, seating themselves
In their shops, and protesting that they woula not
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leave them till a premise of a Into was gins. them;
eedlbessa Ladies must be brought to them** tribe.
old to *hid' I hroilltrestened to bring titfiers ; .
It shall be deine ititisemt shy 1604160 n Of thii '
dee to their set. or hey,tuftiogerespeof say of the
decenciel of Wet for, thank God, I belong to.that
station in life from which nothing insetting or bee&
listing to a woman can possibly come: their letters,
however, shall be read, their mottoes mentioned;
their deeds ezposed, and all their d 4 lerecticee told
to the Public. .
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Mr. Hobbes:se here begged leamaio freer *
words liberty, order, and allure, once more, es he
thought he could give the Meeting the real meaning
of the words in the mood's of rho* ‘ who used thee.
Hy liberty, was meant the liberty of potting their
Osseds info your pockete; by order, the order whirls
Caleb Baldwin and hig erame-riband men establish.
ed when they commenced their affray in the last
Election ; end by virtue-4e°, Virtue! she bid
never been introduced auto such bad company before)
—did they mean that virtue which orders each mall
to act to his neighbour ea be would have MC neigh.
boor act towards him; or did they mean that Tyree'
by which every great men is enabled to crush a petty.
individual? I cannot find any other meaning for it
than the one I have just mentioned, unless it be that
sense in %which Milton makes Satan use it, ei4n he
addresses his legions in Pandasmonium, and calls
them—
.' Thrones. kinedinasi dominations. Wages. powers."
lie calls 'he devils virtees, and in that song., Isop.
pose, the German author of the placard hiyd most
certainly used it. The union why they talk, of vote.
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jobbers,is because they trade in votes. We who on
amt., 1,1401. upon the Election, could net inh mu
for.eotes. As greet esiarepregentatioase. had gonia
abroad op that point. I overletskerl tlte.atitaunst
which may be esimined by See individial who
chooses; and I pledge my honour, that not a singles.
farthing has bees impeded which is oat there et..
I counted for.
Mr. Bathhouse that referred to die rig doctrine of
Tazation without Representation, and discoursed se
some length on the present Steeding Armies of
&rope. He sad that he had no doubt bat that
the taxes, which would be levied on the coteettfortee
Session, had Wee settled at Congress ; kiid.lolW that
Lord Castlereagh, who for oar sins wait retesn;ne to
&tibia, was earryi..g them is his packet. He con-
gratulated the Reformers upon their present union,
and hoped that, as a remedy had been found for
their miseries, they would not be sloe in applying it,
1 and would not be in the number of those 'who
thought the remedy worse than the disesie.
The other Resolution, were then pet ; the Thanks
of the Meeting vitteft to Mr. Richardson; the Chair.
1 man ; and the assembly quietly dispersed.

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sal* to eu press forgery by issuins
zo4tritot
• ...irgi.,bs' ere never yet was that thinit of bnettp
aftity'esecoted, botsingenious tier Mao'
itilo‘d to imitate it ; bet wee h bonefit most
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tiftleecommonity, and the cause of nioralit
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Me check which has thus been given to conch
mint unfeeling. and projects the most setfi
'esevamery. This new proof of the inestimable
14 the Trig by Jury has-come in time to-cooni
*jobbing stratagem to wt ich the Mooey.brokers
fiasissrliki, us s moans of extricating themselves
lirtiin'theveril of their own inordinate specolations.•
•Wil hips it has also come in time to save the lives of
die terievoi mentioned in our Paper of yetterday, of
.-Olaned to suffer eSeCotion on Tuesday neat, for
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littering Forged Notes. Ito
ppears by the notiee of
resealed to
As Reco BOER'S Report, which wait p
illai Flung' REGENT in Council on Monday, that
140 eleven persons, two of whom were women,
convicted of uttering Forged Note', last September
lii4ions, three were ordered for execution next
Tuesday. Sorely this sentence cannot be persisted
lint
in the face of the late verdicts of swivel, and
the acknowledgment of the Bank, by its with.
.
drawinilthe rest of the indictments, thst its cry
for the punishment of death on the offence of
(forgery is unsupported by the aanciton of legality.—
Yle Weld of mercy most slow be interposed to these
4 te‘ I I eit:bl ifiltncemeit:mblel obi 'i
necessarily
e'bcYreti if:aeshljirenukoggff li
t shownl
Cgnewesl,b4l:atceintots:: dd:cirianleni thosedgyf
no: grounds
thingurwit:tiatnhdAois: impossible. 4
a:
ifdstketeahipetfisl escaped,ae:
rip:eita i to:1
as.
Fity of the punishment, the verdicts say enough.
here is not, and ought not to be, one measure of
.?
.leetice for one person, and-another for another tied;
Ivo-1y situated. If there be evil in the times of theft
iseonsistencies, it is fee those to remedy it who have
tether+ upon themselves the responsibility of that duty:
;ap artful responsibility it is, if the blood of human
4iveatures is to be shed to bolster up such a system as
that which has afflicted Ibis country with so man)
calamities.

A Meeting of the Common Council is to be held
foosorrow, for a purpose the most important to bu-
panity, namely, " To consider of the propriety of
petitioning Parliament to revise the Criminal Code,
in which numerous petty offences are visited with the
same punishment as the most atrocious murders ;
and as minor offenders are seldom mooted accord.
ing to law, crimes have been thereby increased rather
than diminished ;—and praying that a more rigorous
system of prison discipline may be adopted, whereby
capital penishtnent may be mitigated, and criminals
reformed." The attention of the country has long
been anxiously directed to this point, and with the
egression of public feeling so decidedly con-
Itheinatory of the casting jv.
act u re, it is perhaps not a little surprising
that the consideration of this most Import.
ant subject has pot been forced upon the atten-
tion of the Legislature before this time. We should
think that it will be altogether impossible for Perna.
"tent to decline entering upon the most prominent
'parts of this sanguinary system in the course of the
ensuing Session. The disproportion of punishments,
ender the law of England, as compared with crimes,
end with each other, has long been the subject of
just complaint. No one can doubt, that by enact.
ing for any given offence a penalty more severe than
the feelings of mankind have assigned to it, the ex-
cessive punishment becomes, in effect, a declaration
•f practical impunity, and so far an encouragement
to renewed transgression. Equally certain is it, that
if some punishments be unjust and impolitic in their
degree, others are, by the mode of their applics•
'ion, the fruitful source and active instrument of
repeated and multiplied offences. That branch,
however, of our Penal Code which demands
the the earliest attention of Parliament, relates to
the laws respecting the forgery of the Notes
of the Bank of England. It is said that Mr.
VANSITTAET has been advised to bring in a Bill
to put an end to the punishment of death for the
crime of Forgery, and we sincerely trust that such a
suggestion will be adopted, for the principle i$
Christian. The law, as it stands, is abhorrent to
our nature—but no modification of that law could
now make the continuance of the Bank Restliction
palatable to the community.
We recommend to the attention of our Readers
two important articles in our Paper of this day, re.
!alive to the subjects thus under consideration. The
one is the opinion of a most respectable and intelli-
gent Correspondent on the Bank Restriction Act ;
and the other is the prefatory observations published
by the Committee for Prison Discipline, its the speech
of the Marqois of LANSDOWNE upon that subject.—
We trust that the Sessions will not pass over with-
out some of the evils we have now alluded to being
effectually and finally removed.

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The Speech of Mr. 1101110 USE, at a Meeting
of the Inhabitants of Westminster yesterday,
which we insert in this day's STATELY" still,
we doubt not, be perused with much pleasure
and interest by many of our Readers. That
Gentleman, it will be observed, unequivocally
avows himself the warm and determined Friend of
Reform, and states some particulars respecting the
[ conduct of the heads and sepparters•of Correptioe

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•peak,
thos breathes bit Una eloquence in [aloof of Re.
fermi for tbis'is what Westminster and the country
depend, sad nothing but Reform can save ibis
nation from alt the erns of micgovernmentl and the
most progigoto and vicious corruption.

Paris Papers Io the Ogtiod.ltave been received.--
A new order has been liatteat by the French Court,
according to K hich the Ilsintiting-for our late Qur.ete
was to commence on Sunday. It hto last 21 day s—
eleven black and ten wilte. The celebrated CABI4
BACERES, fo,inerly Fellow-Consul witb BONAPART6
(or rather the second in command in the Consular
Government), and afterwards Arch-Chancellor of
the Empire, arrived at Pails on Friday last. The
statement of the price of the French Finds in these
Papers is not of so late a date as that which we yes.
terday published. They only mention the price on
Friday; which was from 68f. 35c. to 68f. 70e.; but
according to the mire's that reached town on Mon.
thy (as mentioned in our Parer of yesterday) the
Five per Cents. reached 69 r.n Saturday.
The price of bread at Paris forms a striking eon.
frost to that in London. In the French capital the
loaf of 41b. finest quality is now sold for 70 cents.
.(7d.) second quality 50 cents. (5t1.)

Yesterday the Duke of YORK transacted, military
business with the PRINCE REGENT at Ceriton-house.
Hatchments ere now placed over tie princiapal tn.
trances of St. James's Palace, Buckitigham.house,
Windsor Castle, and Krogmore.
His Majesty's German Chapel at St. James's,
having undergone repairs, will De opened for Divine
Service on Sunday nest.
THE QUEEN'S WILL.—It was stated some time
since that a will would be found, which was execut-
et! in June, 1817. That will is now in the hands of
a high Civilian. The document alluded to, at the
time of her MAJOUVademise, which we said to he
a will executed the day previous to the melancholy
event, was only a codicil to the will of June, 1817.
The Court in Doctors' Commas, have no precedent
on a claim for a Royal will to be deposited theteiu,
except that Of HENRY VIII., whose will is register.
ed there.
TOE KING'S Jews:ca.—The search Ass been re.
new ed in every direction, tismey, at the late (lotto's
Palace, at Frogmore, in the Lower Lodge, sod in
Windsor Castle, without success! The case in which
they were usually deposited was round some time
since, empty! A Morning Paper says, it is au-
thovised to state, ,that the only Jewels of his MA-
JESTY which are My miming, re his Star sort
Garter. The former was very splendid, being stud-
' ded all over with diamonds; and the buckle of the
garter was also richly studded in the same manner.
Their value is estimated at between six and seven
thousand pounds. It is generally believed among
the Officers of his Matures Household, that they
have been deposited in some place of secret safety by
the Kira himself.
Letters received from Savannah, Berbice, Demi.
rare, and the Bahamas, agree In stating that the
crops of the season just closed have been most
abundant and excellent ; with the exception of some
small districts in Georgia, which had been affected
with the rot, but not in 'o extensive a degree as had
been represented in previous accounts.
The London Gazette of last night contains an offi•
del account of the funeral of her late MAJESTY, and
of the order of the Procession which attendei her res
mains to the Royal vault.
The Admiralty Sessions will commence et the
'Old Bailey on Monday, the 11th of Jauuary nest.—
( Gazelle.)
The price of Bread at Paris was fired on Saturday
et 7d. for the loaf of 41b. of the finest quality, ant
sd. for the same weight ogilitsd guality.
Theatrics! propeity itethe Country seems rapidly
on the decline. A very few years ago, Mr. Bays-
Tors gave eight hundred guineas a year for the Brighton
Theatre: on Mr. TROTTER'S taking the lease, Me
rent was reduced to 6001. per annum.
Between the 23d ult. and the Ist inst. the French
Papers state, that 15 packets left Calais ta D,vor.
with 304 passengers, and 136 transports, with 10G
officers, 3,550 soldiers, 377 women, 311 children,
and 1,857 horses. There remained 30 officers, 30
soldiers, and GO horses to embark, to comilete the
evacuation. During the same Mind, 16 packets
entered Calais from Dover with 119 passengers.
It is a singular fact, that at the present time spices
are at a price so much below their value, that they
ore shipping back again to India; as appears by toe
enstom-house books of last week, where there were
entered for Bombay upeards of 22,0001b5. of nut-
megs and cloves only.
STOLEN Cnitn.—Mr. Horsley appeared yesteiday
at she BOw•St sett Office, to thank Mr. Birnie for Om
active assistance which he had lent in pursuit of his
child. Ile related most of the particulars contitiord
in the letter which appeared in the ST4TESK4N, of
Monday, confirming the account there given of Oa
despicably abject supplication of Bennet/ for merry.
Renuett stated that his reason fur taking iway the
child was to lay Mr. Horsley under rontriho,inos
who, however, has already given 3 0 1 to his di*•
graceful relative. The wife of Rent rt WWI roeom
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day, on Mr. liorsley's application, i iicharged from
_prison. The necessary affidavits were yesterday Cos
warded from Lord Bathurst's Oilict ft. r the surrender
of Bennett, to be 'tied in England. The child and
Mrs. Horsley are very well : the father carries lba
marks of the bodily and mental fatigue which he kg'
gone through.

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