The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-03-19 00:00:00

ILIKIJADOES PAPERS.

We yesletday received lirrbadoes Papers to the
tfith of J v. In the finale of Assembly, en the
49,11 of Dorember, a letter was read by the Clerk
from Mr. Jordan, accompanying • pietism of Elsin
Lord Itarewond, presented to the Colony by his de-
teendant, the pretest Noblemma of that mese. A
role of thank *as immediately passed by t ft* Assert-
lily, and n trquest that his Lordship would sit for
own picture, to be painted at the tiptoes of the
Crrinny. _ .

A Proclamation by Lnid Comberutere, (Merle( a
rsemid of one hundred pounds, was used on the
3d of January, for the di•coeery of certain persons
who bad malicionsly reported that the primaeval his
Majesty's 311 Writ India Regiment had a disposition
NI revolt and mutiny. The Proclamation seen, that
the regiment has " borne the highest character
for strict diniaine, courage, mod sebettlimalioll,
whether in garrisoa or is the bold."

LONDON:

ISIDAT. MANCH 19, 1819.

As the first o►ject to the sinless eye of the Public,
'is. whether the Ministers are deteriniewd to go ors
is their owe 'strays's,. way, or yield to what nosy
be truly emosidered the impales, dictates of neon.
aity sod prudence, we 81 epos the motion of Sir M.
W. lisettv, for sballohlag the offices of two Jester
Lords of t►e Admiralty. Whet impartial, reflect.
log was, whether -Tory es Whig, no, oat of the
Hesse .r Commess, justify the negativing the Be.
reset's motion, as it was dose last 'sight ? The
Minority, it Is tree, was 111111111410.11 Med ►ighly Ti.
• epoctable for character, bet the effect of sech fre-
quent appeals to reason sod fact is degrading to the
tense and reputation of a eoestry once se renowned
for the wisdom of its institutions. For thew re.
prated instances of hamilisiies which the spirited
People of England seem doomed to sestain (how
nag se maw can say), we have only to observe,
that the mountain of ills which stifles oar efforts
to free ourselves from, should have bees pointed
oat sod redressed one by one as they wearied, since
those who hove contiosally beeaoddiag to them, a►e
sow committed body sad soul to lb* keepiog of a
stogie head from touching the vast heap, lest the
w►ole should tumble together ! One would suppose
all the tiorse.dealers of Louden bade vote epos ibis
lest wessioo, far we Ind one of these newly.appolut.
ed Loris (Lep Lords as they are propmly enosgh
called), was every day fur a mood' trying a well.
osasaged palfrey ep sod down Rotten-row es the
sheer. and certaisty of the appointoneet. Poor
Joni, Rini!

Our Reader, will naturally look at the proceediegs
hi the House of Commons last night with. respect to
the armies of the hank. Not that the body of its
transactions was laid open to public view: bet one
may judge from a linpr or a toe what the size of the
maa will be when wholly exposed (es pelt Heer-
len!). Our Readers may remember chat we said the
day after the &stormier' sae wade of the application
of sit millions of Bank Balances being placed to the
meson, athe nation. We saw through the fallacy—
we seed the very words in fart of the debate—that
" the Minister reckomed withers, his host." The decla-
ntiow hashed its full elect, for the Stocks rem ruse arid
• half rer meat. so that stemma ; and now epee the
avowal that not half that originally mentioned sum
Is available to the public service, they may go back
M what they were before, aye, and perhaps with
equal benefit to those who now admit the mistake, as
to those who alarmed the correctness of the assertion
el first. We hate Dever been wrong in one instants
of our expositions of this great and unwieldy con-
cern. It Is new touting to an absolute settling with
the Go►eresaeat—the Public cannot be, will not be,
Navy tilled wit►. The CII•NCELLOR of the Et-
commute will, tiolens vokas, help forward this de.
termination. He is fenced for his own character to
do se. He has nearly ceased I. be the advocate—
he
is ►e'dy to threw op his brief: and indeed it 1
has moved the wonder of many, how so respectable
a private gaminess as Mr. VANSITTAIT was before
be bemuse spilled by taking otEce, (as the phrase is,)
could so long bate assisted at an exhibition of as•
throal jugglers. Them desterees money changers
her, not the same merit as the hams or (Aimee
jaggier', for is no see ',steam hate they pleated or
'Polkaed the spectators. Their kgerdenteirs tricks
have surprised end disappointed only, they have
never eistertalsed the nation for • single momeot.
nem the debate of last night our Correspondent,
who seemed surprised that we affirmed,' few dopier,
t►at the Bask or the Governmeot might stand though
the other stweld fall, will no doubt now be of our
ailed. If the shire of the Bank were takes out of
the hands of the Director*, and their account closed
lmmorrow, they would not be more than from 15 to
IR millions wiser►, though their vast edi&►s should be
lest to them and converted into poor-berme or •sod.
hewn. Surely the Correspondent we refer to mown
think tech an insignificant sem,if identlied withoroold
baokrupt ear Gove:notent ! No, so; the credit of
t►e ionsenaa debt of Greet Britain is not based upon